up for discussion as well. but that same official played down the idea that a broad range of deliverables would come from this trip. the two days that secretary blinken is spending in high stakes talks marks the highest level american to visit china since president biden took office. keep in mind, the visit was already delayed once. that was after the chinese spy craft was detected roaming over the u.s. president biden this weekend called that air space intrusion silly. 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 intentioned. so i m hoping that over the next several months i ll be meeting with xi again and talking about legitimate differences we have but also how those areas we can get along. reporter: the taiwan strait is likely not one of those areas at present. the white house recently acknowledged that china secured a spy base in cuba, back in 2019. president biden has
what comes next for israel? we re going to discuss with a former member of the knesset. the true story behind the ousting apartments first black president. spoiler alert, it wasn t about plagiarism. we will discuss the conservative effort to get claudine gay removed. another hour of velshi begins right now. good morning it is sunday, january the 7th. it is orthodox christmas. i m ali velshi. if you paid any attention at all to the u.s. jobs report at any point over the next three years, there s a good chance you heard the phrase, better than expected. you probably heard it again over the past few days, following the latest report for december. 216,000 net new jobs were created. much better than expected, per cnbc. in the old days, we d say than 150,000 or more jobs created in one month was good. there are now one point 42 open positions for every job seeker in america. while every available job is not matched to every available job seeker, mathematically, america has more j
legal system is off the rails when it comes to donald trump. do you have a response to president trump being found liable for sexual abuse? that s the reaction or lack thereof from a few republican lawmakers after a new york jury found donald trump liable for sexually abusing the writer e. jean carroll. we ll have legal analysis on the case and what it could mean for the former president s 2024 campaign just ahead. plus, we ll go through yesterday s high stakes debt ceiling meeting at the white house and what could be next in these contentious negotiations. and also ahead, proposals in the texas state legislature are pushing the legal limits of border enforcement as a pandemic-related immigration restriction expires tomorrow. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, may 10th. i m jonathan lemire and thanks for starting your day with us. it s a busy day, and we begin this morning with donald trump, now the first former president to be found liable f
thanks, ari. thank you. we re tracking these two big legal breaking news stories. we have just learned the controversial new york republican congressman george santos has been indicted by the justice department. that s a federal indictment. we re tracking the story, as you heard nicolle just say in the handoff. this is as breaking as it gets. we don t have exact details, don t have the paper, but we do have reporting that that very controversial member of congress known, if nothing else, for his many lies that he was busted for, is now indicted. indeed, this is a fast moving story because he s expected to appear in court as soon as tomorrow. we re tracking that story as well as the other big legal development a jury finding donald trump liable for sexual abuse and lies the defamation this jury says he found he committed against e. jean carroll. that s a huge story, an important one. we have been covering that trial continuously, and i have two essential experts to lea
surround this historic moment as trump and the nation soon learned the charges, he will face words that russia hoped to never see. finland joins nato. this just happened moments ago. why this move reshapes europe include influence putin s invasion of ukraine plus plotted for months chilling you detailed in that mass shooting at a christian elementary school in nashville. these major stories and more all coming in right here to cnn news, central. you are looking at live pictures outside trump tower right now, as we are hours away from the arrest and arraignment of former president donald trump a first in america s history, and we have new details on exactly how today s events will unfold. cnn has just learned that the former president may speak to cameras in the hallway outside the courtroom before or after his arraignment. that s according to his attorneys. the judge overseeing this case is not allowing cameras to broadcast the official proceedings, but still photographers wi