united states, and flying basically west to east. it attempted to surveilled very sensitive military sites. in some cases it loitered. or return to them. as it progressed east. so there is no doubt in our minds at all that this was a surveillance balloon and be it was attempting to engage in active surveillance. as for the meeting with the china diplomat, blinken said as a direct conversation about the spy balloon. there is one thing blinken did not get from china, an apology. i will tell you know, there is no apology. i told them that was unacceptable. oh, but the rest of the bite administration seem to love his unacceptable message. believe me the message was clearly sent to china this is unacceptable. secretary blinken was able to deliver that message in munich. what secretary blinken said to the chinese it was very clear what the chinese did was totally unacceptable. i am sure china is shaking in their boots. appreciate the audible laughter from you, charlie dur
footage, which so far tucker carlson has used to sway the capitol attack of something it was not. his remarks come on a day in which several republican senators criticized his decision and hard on the heels of last night s document dump in dominion voting systems cased against fox. documents revealing that carlson s attempt for the former president for his viewers and for the facts. more on that, shortly. first, some of what the speaker just said. one thing that i always want to make sure is that this capitol, it is protected and secured. i want to make sure that the officers here have everything that they need to provide that. my whole role for a january 6th is just being transparent. people can make their own decision with that. that is not all he said on the subject. our manu raju found out when he press the speaker, he joins us now. so mccarthy held a press conference today following a congressional budget office report on the debt. what did he say about the january s
latest. and mitch mcconnell hospitalized after a trip and fall. death toll rising in california. the historic snowstorm blamed for more bodies being found and now a new warning to residents, prepare for floods. nba ledgegend arrested, shawn k in connection with a drive by shooting. and president biden going bick. seeking to cut the deficit by $3 trillion. details on his plan to do it. why republicans say it will never happen. cnn this morning starts right now. we begin this morning with the war in ukraine. russia launching a barrage of missiles overnight. power knocked out. innocent civilians killed. the russians struck several major cities including the capitol of kyiv. ukrainian officials say a russian missile obliterated homes and killed five people in the western city which is right on nato s doorstep. this is a photo of russian missiles rising up into the sky in the predawn hours. ukraine s military says russia lau launched more than 80 missiles in all. and the lar
to put that in a peaceful protest is just a lie. i think it s bull. [ beep ] . there were a lot of people in the capitol at the time who i think feared for their lives. it was an attack on the capitol. i thought it was an insurrection that time and i think it was an insurrection today. why don t you tell us how you really feel? i thought it was you know what he said. they were there that day. so they believed it. yeah. but what s the picture that many americans are getting from watching tucker karlsson. good morning, everyone. welcome. so fox news host tucker carlson facing criticism after he aired selective footage and said that most of the rioters were peaceful sight seers. we re going to show you the new trove of new private text messages and e-mails from inside of fox news. we re also getting an inside look at the internal crisis over fox news coverage of conspiracies and what tucker carlson really thinks about president trump. and we re following the
signifies in today s confrontation between russia and the west, one in which moscow is already fighting a hot war in europe, and just as during the cold war, it s also actively trying to subvert pro western governments. we have a three 60 exclusive, on a russian document laying out one such plan to effectively topple a country besides ukraine, and indications that the scheme is already started. first, though, but that video tells us in new tail details on the intercepted cells. cnn s oren liebermann has that. high over the black sea, a u. s. spy drone points of camera backwards, towards its own tale. russian fighter jet closing fast on the much slower and q nine reiber. the russian jet then begins dumping fuel as it passes by the drone. the cloud of fuel vapor and crucially, the spinning propeller, clearly visible in the video after the pass. the russian sequoias you 27 fighter than flies by with another pass. dumping fuel once again, thvideo pixelates when the russian figh