o er the ramparts we watched were so gather lently streaming and the rocket s red glare the bomb s bursting in air, gave proof through the night that our flag was still there oh say does that star spangled banner yet wave o er the land f the free and the home of the brave pete: secretary of state antony blinken in beginning shinning this beijing this morning on a rare trip to china as relationships sour. will: unclear if he ll sit down with president xi jinping. rachel: alexandria hoff is live with the latest. good morning. reporter: yeah, the question is if the sit down will happen and the primary goal of the visit is to reestablish senior level communication and that includes military to military. there s also other issues that will be brought up as well. secretary blinken meeting with chinese officials and that official plaid down that a broad range of deliverables would come from the trip. the visit was delayed once after the chinese spy craft was found drifti
Bill should he step down or not . Should not. Adam schiff was a staunch supporter of secretary clinton while involved in the Benghazi Investigation and nobodys calling on him to recuse himself. Devin is the chairman of house intel whether they like it or not. What we need to do is focus on the witnesses and accessing the documents and find the facts for our fellow citizens. It should not be a bipartisan investigation. Lets meet witnesses. Bill nunes has said it had nothing to do with russia. If thats not the case why not clear it up . Whats his source and what information was he given on the ground of the white house . On the source i found it interesting last week parts of the main street media beat the daylights out of republicans for
12 years to successfully win the electoral college. What do you want to start with . Thats a good place to take our lead. Bill does that suggest youre confused what his priority is . Ive talked to Mick Mulvaney more than i want to i think its health car
Senator john mccain. It will head for a funeral home tomorrow and the senator will lie in state at the u. S. Capitol, just the 31st person to do that. Joining me now, president ial historian, Douglas Brinkley and retired general mark herling, doug, this is a week long week for senator john mccain the likes we havent seen. You dont see this for anyone other than a u. S. President , perhaps Robert Kennedy, the one exception to that. Maybe not sense Robert Kennedy have we seen this outpouring of emotion for u. S. Senator. I think thats exactly right. The fact Senator Mccain will be lying in state in the rotunda of the u. S. Capitol building one of only 31 others to have had that honor. We do it for president s or Supreme Court justices. The country has fallen in love
with john mccain this week. We always loved him and admired him. The more were learning about his lifelong career in politics and Military Service the more were kind of nostalgic and longing for the virtues that he had. They
Growth precarious Global Economy Uncertain International Monetary Fund and the world bank kick off their annual Spring Meetings with warnings to the world. Also coming up after months of disagreements the e. U. Has green lighted trade talks with the us setting the stage for the real challenge convincing washington to agree to a deal. And its said to be one of the biggest Oil Refineries in the world built by the richest man in africa but will it be good for nigeria our correspondent funny went to find out. Welcome to the business im john nelda and in berlin good to have you with us its a recurring refrain by now but with undiminished urgency i dont use Conference Marking the start of their annual Spring Meetings the International Monetary fund
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Growth precarious Global Economy Uncertain International Monetary Fund and the world bank kick off their annual Spring Meetings with warnings to the world. Also coming up after months of disagreements the evil has greenlighted trade talks with the us setting the stage for the real challenge convincing washington to agree to a deal. And is set to be one of the biggest Oil Refineries in the world built by the richest man in africa but will it be good for nigeria our correspondent funny for scharf went to find out. Welcome to the business im joined now the Melanin Brylin good to have you with us its a recurring refrain by now but with undiminished urgency at a News Conference marking the start of their annual Spring Meetings the
International Monetary fund and the world bank said seventy percent of the Global Economy is caught in a slowdown Trade Tensions that distrust and for policy making arent helping either well talk to our correspondent in washington in a moment but first this report