it s great to have you back with us, amara. she s back off the slopes in europe. she had a wonderful vacation. thank goodness i got off the slopes. i wasn t standing most of the time. i was seriously tumbling down the hill the entire time i was there. i ve got a few bumps and bruises and i m happy to be back. i have been watching you. it s good to be back. your skiing and snowboarding form is better than mine. that s really bad. america s largest banks come to the rescue of first republic, throwing out a $30 billion lifeline. the efforts underway to shore up the financial sector and prevent a bigger crisis. do you believe it s possible that one day we will see president vladimir putin in the dock? i think those fail to understand history. an arrest warrant if russian president vladimir putin for alleged war crimes. putin s response to the war and the odds that he s actually arrested. is he resisting? is he combat irv at all in those moments? no, not at all.
accountability. the 11 marines that were murdered that day have not been answered for. anyone who doesn t agree with it is going to be sun lined. emails showed the lab leak theory was suppressed by fauci. i don t think very many people in knew what gain of function research is but that s mad science. the author of good bumps accusing the author his books. i have never changed a word in goose pumps. maybe should be offended and challenged. we re beautiful like diamonds in the sky shine bright like a diamond shine bright like a diamond. steve: how pretty is that down the jersey shore you are looking at atlantic city right now. they say that sunrise will be in 18 minutes. it s 6:18 right now. if you go out to walk along the shore it s freezing, 32 degrees. later today hope the wind stops. right now it is 50 degrees the daytime high for there. and here in new york city we re looking for a high of exactly the same. currently in new york it s 32. and it s br
meanwhile, the us house select committee on china is preparing for a potential conflict between china and taiwan. axios reported that bipartisan members from conducted a war game scenario on wednesday in which china invaded taiwan. axios reported that bipartisan members conducted a war game scenario on wednesday in which china invaded taiwan. it came just over a week after china s military conducted live fire drills around taiwan in response to taiwanese president tsai ing wen s transit through the us this month. we can discuss that now with congressman jake auchincloss from massachusetts. he is part of that house select committee on china. congressman, good evening to you. thank you forjoining us. let s start with what we heard from the treasury secretary janet yellen there, saying the us and china need a constructive and fair relationship. is she right? yes. there s1.4 billion people in china. they are a huge trading partner notjust to the united states but to our alli
germany and the united states are reportedly ready to send tanks to ukraine, in what kyiv hopes will be a game changer in the war. at least 1a leopard 2 tanks could be provided by germany, following months of debate. the united states reportedly plans to supply at least 30 m1 abrams tanks. it s claimed german officials privately insisted they would only send tanks if the us did too. ukrainian officials say they urgently need heavier weapons. britain is providing challenger two tanks. poland wants to send some of its german made tanks but needs permission from berlin. at least 16 other european and nato countries have leopard 2 tanks, which could be available if germany approves their export. elsewhere in ukraine, it s been confirmed two british aid workers, who went missing earlier this month, have been killed. chris parry and andrew bagshaw died while attempting to evacuate people from the eastern city of soledar. we ll have more on that shortly, but first this report on wea
time for a look at the weather, here s ben rich. good afternoon. we had split fortunes temperature wise in the last few days. it has been cold in the south of the uk and another frosty start this morning but temperatures will slowly creep up a little over the next few days. this is aberdeen where yesterday it was close to 16 degrees. really mild in the north of the uk but here temperatures will be dropping away a little so essentially we end up whole in the same boat. things are starting to change because of this cold front, behind that the air is relatively cold so temperatures coming down a little in the north of the uk. this area has been stubborn in the south and will start to get pushed out of the way so we had that slight rise in temperatures but not just yet. very cold and gloomy in the south and east of england to the rest of the day and then this band of rain and behind that some spells of rain and behind that some spells of sunshine. through tonight we keep some sho