good evening pete leading a group of republican democratic members of congress meeting but the taiwanese president at the reagan library, speaker mc carthy said it is incumbent on the us to continue arming taiwan to strengthen economic cooperation and to promote what he called shared values with th self ruled island that they continue to threaten. between the people of taiwan is america matter up found important to the free world and it is critical to maintain economic freedom, peace, and regional stability. for her part the taiwanese president painted taiwan as one of the front lines of the ongoing battle between democrac and autocracy. we find ourselves in a world where democracy is and we need to keep the beacon of freedom shining and it canno be understated. the meeting with leaders speak your mccarthy was following in the footsteps of his predecessor, nancy pelosi, went even further utterly and figuratively by traveling to taiwan for her meeting but the react
from spying on the state government. that the debt ceiling showdown has begun both sides are examining spending cuts needed to balance america s budget. west virginia senator joe manchin on what he is willing to support to unleash americans energy assets. plus the people of east palestine, ohio after pete buttigieang showed up three weet after the traie n derailment.t and then claim to bebi on privae time as president bide tn jetted off to ukraine and poland. are you going down there? are you going down there at alln yes i am. when you going? i wilg?l share that when i am ready. thank you. [inaudible] maria: all this is president trumf idenp headed to east palee with water and supplies for the region.ot we have tolted you loud and clear you ar se not forgotten. you are not forgotten. we stand for you, we prayo stayr you we stay with you in your fight to get answers and accountability you deserve.a, the community a shinier tough a and resilient heart ofme americ. t
we began this morning with an update on that traumatic incident with the chinese spy balloon 60,000 feet in the air. eight days after it was first spotted in u.s. airspace, and have 22 raptor shot down the balloon with a single missile yesterday off the carolina coast. the search for degree is now underway. it my touch off a war of words between the u.s. and china. heightening tensions in an already data diplomatic relationship. china expressed its, quote, strong dissatisfaction. they have insisted that the device was a civilian weather balloon. a u.s. senior administration official said in response that they were confident the balloon was, quote, seeking to monitor sensitive military spots. we shift the focus now tuesday state of the union. president biden s first before the new republican house majority. security is being ramped up with plans to install fencing around the u.s. capitol ahead of the primetime address. we don t know too many specifics about what the president
in a list that is about the top risks. the founder of that eurasia group. straight ahead, republican mark sanford, former south carolina congressman and governor and presidential candidate, helps us understand what s happening inside the gop following a bitter speaker bottle and what it means for the future of the american democracy. another hour of phil she begins right now. and good morning. it s out of the, january the 7th, ending up in the east, 6 am in the west. i m ali velshi. as the old saying goes, if i don t succeed, try, try 14 more times until you do. that s the attitude kevin mccarthy is bringing with him into the new year as he was finally declared the new speaker of the house after four days and 15 attempts. republicans appeared optimistic as the house reconvened at 10 pm last night for the 14th ballot. things quickly devolved as that vote appeared headed for failure, which led to a lot of scrambling and conversations on the republican side. tensions spilled o
collins in washington. reporter: good morning, christine. we are now learning that former president trump and his legal team are considering releasing the surveillance footage from those several hours when fbi agents were at mar-a-lago conducting that search of course of his property looking for classified information that they believe he took with him from his time in the white house to when he went to mar-a-lago as he left the day he was inaugurated. there were major questions of course this entire justice department investigation over how this information was handled and what exactly was taken down there and we re now told that despite that day when fbi agents showed up and they asked the trump team on the ground to turn off the surveillance cameras, they did not do so and they are now in control of several hours of footage of them actually being there conducting this search. and we re told that they are now considering releasing it, though there are some inside the form