during the visit assuring that u.s. and china don t veer into conflict. lucas tomlinson is ticking things off for us, hey, lucas. ahead of the trip to china, proib president biden appearing to downplay the chinese balloon on the week long odyssey across the country. including flying over american nuclear missile bases. i don t think the leadership knew where it was and knew what was in it and knew what was going on. i think it was more embarrassing than it was intentional. and as aishah mentioned, antony blinken departing last night for beijing months after canceled abruptly after the spy balloon. the first visit by a secretary of state to china in more than five years. intense competition requires sustained diplomacy to assure that competition does not veer into confrontation or conflict and that s what the world expects of united states and china. blinken s trip to china comes after recent provocations in addition to the spy balloon. remember the air force jet tha
u.s. secretary of state is not a ceo, but what can we expect? our top diplomate, says he s not a politician, but the first visit by a u.s. secretary of state to beijing in five years, neil, and he spoke yesterday before taking that flight. sustained competition, with diplomacy and that s what the world expects of both the united states and china. now, neil, as you mentioned it s sort of like a take two of sorts, this trip. as blinken canceled his trip before that u.s. air force fighter jet shot down the massive 4,000 pound chinese spy balloon that flew across the united states and also, what other people call provocations. a chinese fighter jet across the nose of a u.s. air force surveillance plane in the south china sea used to spy on china. the fighter jet caused massive turbulence inside that air force rc-135. and also on the high seas, a china warship recently cut in front of an american guided missile destroyer in international waters, yes, not far from mainland ch
lawmakers on both sides of the aisle criticizing it as well. we re going to break down what donald trump s options are now that two states have determined he s not eligible to run. and what it all means for the election year, which is quickly approaching. and more developments on this front. hours after last night s decision in maine, bellows counterpart in california announced trump would remain on the balin that state. i ll be joined by colorado s secretary of state in a moment to talk about where things stand with the supreme court, plus the latest request for the justices to speed up their review of the decision to keep trump off the ballot. we have a whole lot to cover. so let s start with the reporting. joining us now, nbc news justice reporter ryan riley, author of sedition hunters, now january 6th broke the justice system. so ryan, walk us through what happened in maine. unlike colorado, its state supreme court ruled this decision unilaterally was made by the sta
evening. hi, bill. reporter: hey good morning good evening to you two sisters as well as their friend all disappeared in mexico after crossing two weeks ago as you mentioned to go to a flee market to sell some clothes let s take a look at photos right now this is 47-year-old perez rios her older sister 48-year-old marina perez rios and friend dora alise none of them seen or heard from since february 24th again two weeks ago when they crossed into mexico. as you look at more photos of these women we ll tell you pd confirms us to families are in touch with them that families are worried would these women he been potentially kidnapped somewhere in mexico. local police department says they did contact the fbi. the fbi telling fox news they are aware of these missing women. they are investigating but cannot comment at this point in time an the local police here saying women last seen wearing green 1996 chevy siffled rad doe with texas plates and talk about where they crossed where
hearings on capitol hill where lawmakers are probing whether or not the fbi and doj have politicized justice to attack american civil liberties. this is falling under that brand-new subcommittee on the weaponization of the federal government, ohio republican jim jordan. welcome back as america reports rolls into hour two. i m sandra smith in new york. john: sandra, good to be with you. as we watch our colleague, jonathan turley on the stand. two of the witnesses are senators leading investigations into the biden family business dealings. david spunt has been watching the opening statements. he is live ste justice department now. david, what are you seeing? senator ron johnson has paid close attention not only to the department of justice but the fbi. he noted in his testimony, john and sandra, he wrote more than 50 letters to the fbi and doj and said few of them were answered adequately, many were not even responded to. this is a hearing as you mentioned for a new subco