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states we will be landing in gander. and i thought what? a call on september 11, i was flying from paris to dallas. i was the captain of a very large airplane it was a 777. it was a gorgeous day. ask my partner sue and i were coming home from paris. i was a passenger on air france zero zero four. flew into kazakhstan for an adoption and we adopted a little girl while they are. we left frankfurt on her way to dallas. it was flight 3299. we had already been out of the country for 25 days. we were more than anxious to get home. i was thinking it s a matter of hours now we will be home. we had family waiting for us. all the sudden all the flight attendants went white as a sheet. the plane slowed considerably, took a hard bank to the right. my first impression, i knew something was wrong. i thought there is probably another airplane nearby or something too. the flight attendant started clearing trays and closing doors. just kinda battening down the hatches it. ....
the presidents of doctor kevin o connor that says he is feeling well, continued to feel well strict isolation measures for the doctor adding this the present continues to be very conscientious to protect any of the executive residence, white house, secret service and other staff whose duties require any of the socially distance proximity to him. this as a present is a monitoring speaker pelosi s trip from here in the residence having canceled today s trip to wilmington and a trip to michigan on tuesday. it comes amid tensions arising with china after threats possible pelosi stop in taiwan with note such a visit officially on her schedule. the speaker and a delegation only confirming stops in singapore, malaysia, south korea and japan. but might, the prospect potential short is contingent draw criticism from republicans, watch. quick i do not know why speaker pelosi signal her tip trip to taiwan so far in advance of the chinese an opportunity to respond this way for it i ....
one person who will not be in the room? yeah, that s committee chairman congressman bennie thompson. he s announced that he has covid. it s not clear if the chairman will appear virtually, but he says that his covid diagnosis will not disrupt the committee s plan. members say this eighth hearing will focus on the 187 minutes the former president trump failed to intervene as his supporters marched on the capitol, swarmed the halls of congress, and did this, took over the building there. also today, a jury has now been seated in the trial of trump s chief strategist, steve bannon. bannon is facing two criminal counts for failing to comply with subpoenas from the house january 6th committee. cnn congressional correspondent ryan nobles joins us now from capitol hill. so, what is the committee hoping to learn from these witnesses, matthew pottinger and sara matthews? reporter: victor and alisyn, they re firsthand witnesses to what was happening inside the white house o ....
a uk recession lasting until the end of next year the grim forecast from the bank of england as it announces the biggest interest rate increase, for nearly 30 years. and the indian adaptation of the hollywood classic forrest gump is released next week we talk to the bollywood superstar aamir khan. it kind of feels like a dream now because it s been such a journey and we ve come to the end, it s about to release any kind of feels unreal. it s six in the morning in singapore, and seven am in tokyo where japan is demanding an immediate end to china s military exercises around taiwan after five chinese missiles landed in the country s exclusive economic zone. beijing you ll remember is conducting live firing exercises in the sea around taiwan for the next several days, in response to a recent visit there by the senior us politician, nancy pelosi. tokyo has lodged a strong diplomatic protest and the white house has also condemned china s actions. the us national secu ....
all of our guests. we are so delighted to have you all know want to thank you again for the gracious hospitality that was shown to me when i visited with you all and the weather was all canadian. [laughs] i also enjoy that, we will get started, today i want to welcome our friends from canada to continue the committees very important conversation about how we pursue two critical goals. ensuring energy security and addressing climate change. these two goals are not mutually exclusive and it is imperative that we address both. we all agree that putin has used russia s oil and gas resources and a weapon to inflict terrible pain on the ukrainian people and on your up. other energy rich autocracies are taking note. we will be folds to think they wouldn t use similar playbooks by leveraging china s control over global mineral supply chance. putin is bringing the free world closer than ever setting a stage around a new alliance around energy and climate. that should start in ....