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
the spending showdown is about to go down. chad pergram following it all, a lot of details to pull together, but he s the man to do it. chad, what s happening? reporter: david, good morning. senate democrats aim to pass the climate, health and spending bill this weekend, but it may be a long weekend. we just got a ruling from the senate parliamentarian, she green lighted a provision in the bill to let medicare negotiate the cost of prescription drugs. democrats say that makes the cost of pharmaceuticals cheaper. elizabeth mcdonough has a lot of sway in process. the closer you can demonstrate a connection between what you re proposing and its fiscal impact on the federal budget, the more likely it is that it qualify for a simple majority vote out will. if i it doesn t, if it runs afoul of the rules of the road and/or is more designed to impact private sector activity reporter: on tapped today a marathon vote session with perhaps 15 consecutive hours of votes on amendme
Now, congressman . Well, neil, what i see right now is the senates not willing to work with the house of representatives. Im a no on the cr because i cant, in my right mind, allow this administration to destroy this country. We sent those Appropriation Bills over to chuck schumer. I highly recommend you get your house in order in the senate, pass those bills and get joe to sign it and 73 of this Discretionary Spending will be taken care of. 73 of the government will remain open. Chuck, go to work. Neil theres a lot of Finger Pointing back and forth and many say the house should get to work. The meeting, this one started about an hour and a half ago, Kevin Mccarthy wanted to call a member conference. Its just letting out right now. I dont know whats coming of it. Aisha hasney on capitol hill. The meeting just let out and a whole bunch of congressmen and women coming out and many of them looking, very, very frustrated and Marjorie Taylor greene came out and told reporters, its the same g
Scattered wind going through thg area going through the area. A lot of strong storms going through the area. That led to a lot of problems. You no doubt heard this overnight. Those high winds leaving thousands of customers without power this morning. Ni pepco is reporting they have 129 active outages affecting more than 1900 customers. To over to baltimore gas and electric, they are reporting 7200 customers without power this morning and our friendsiend over at dominion power in virginia, they are telling us they have 23,000 customers in Northern Virginia without power this morning. Rn and those high winds are to blame for this accident in college park, maryland. Ryla after just after 11 00, strong winds brought down a tree and power lines trapping insidensid their vehicle. Hicl it happened on 49th avenuenu near cherry hill road. Crews rushed both people to the hospital where one person has serious injuries. When we look at that caitlyn the thought that kept going through my head, and
To face with a 450 pound gorilla. Be calm. I cant watch. Im going to ask animal expert jeff corn if anything could have prevented this tragedy . Lets begin with donald trump on the defensive on Trump University. Cnns senior political reporter manu raju has that. Reporter tonight, donald trump pushing back at critics of Trump University, releasing positive testimonials from people his Campaign Says attended the program. And call his forprofit college a resounding success. But as he battles critics intends the school took advantage of students, he reminded about this simple fact, the republican p fully behind him yet. A long shot third party candidate, iraq war veteran and conservative writer, david french is being pushed by bill kristol. And House Speaker paul ryan remaining a key hold out. Whats taking so long . First of all, first of all, principles matter the most for conservatives like myself and the policies that come from those principles. Thats not something you turn a dime on. R