Quote american intelligence officials have concluded that a Russian Military Intelligence Unit secretly offered bounties to taliban linked militants for killing Coalition Forces in afghanistan listen to the certainty of those words right there see that american intelligence concluded secret bounties taliban linked was the important words theres no equivocation there which may be why as soon as the t. V. News networks here in america read that story in the New York Times they began reporting it breathlessly almost as if their hair was on fire they wanted to get this story out for them it was the perfect story and they ran with it every which way that they possibly could but most of all with pretty much this narrative you heard it putin is paying to kill american soldiers and trump is helping him do it. It sounds like a great story right yeah all of it based on the New York Times story that was on that front page ok. Since then the New York Times has written another story that interestin
Quote american intelligence officials have concluded that a Russian Military Intelligence Unit secretly offered bounties to taliban linked militants for killing Coalition Forces in afghanistan listen to the certainty of those words right there see that american intelligence concluded secret bounties taliban linked those are important words theres no equivocation there which may be why as soon as the t. V. News networks here in america read that story in the New York Times they began reporting it breathlessly almost as if their hair was on fire they wanted to get this story out for them it was the perfect story and they ran with it every which way that they possibly could but most of all with pretty much this narrative you heard it. Putin is paying to kill american soldiers and trump is helping him do it. Sounds like a great story right yeah all of it based on the New York Times story that was on that front page ok since then the New York Times has written another story that interesting
three more people charged with murder after a virginia man died in custody, his family calling for justice after seeing video of his last moments. and growing legal problems for donald trump. thousa now dozens of staffers at mar-a-lago are receiving subpoenas. here we go, friday, st. patrick s day, welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. we begin with china s president xi jinping set to meet with vladimir putin next week in russia. the kremlin says the two will discuss strategic cooperation. this is amid fears that beijing might provide weapons to russia for its war in ukraine. kristie lu stout in hong kong for us. what else do we know about this meeting? reporter: chinese leader xi jinping will be traveling to russia to meet with vladimir putin from march 20th to the 22nd. according to a spokesman earlier day, they will discuss bilateral relations, regional issues, while drawing a blueprint for the two countries relation
plus more firepower for ukraine, the u.s. about to approve longer range missiles to counter russians on the battlefield. and too cold for school, classes in big cities like boston and buffalo canceled with the coldest windchills since the 1980s about to take hold. it is friday, welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. right now chinese spies could be watching you from above from a high altitude spy balloon. the pentagon says they have been tracking this balloon about the size of three buss for days. people on the ground in montana at any didn t know what to make of it at first. there is the moon. all right. and then there is that. what planet is that? that sighting raises two big questions, what is it doing here and what does the biden administration plan to to about it. we get more from oren liebermann at the pentagon. reporter: for several days now the u.s. has been tracking this surveillance balloon over northern u.s.,
judge blocks the fda approval of a key abortion medication. how the biden administration is planning to respond and china simulating strikes against taiwan after the nation s president visited the us we re live in beijing as tensions escalate. all right. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. this is early start this morning. justice department officials are racing to find out how top secret u. s military documents were leaked online. the information is intended only for those with the highest levels of us security clearance documents cover a wide range of topics from assessments of ukraine s military strength and casualty figures to intelligence on american allies like israel and south korea. the documents will reportedly first posted on obscure internet gaming sites. but have now turned up on twitter and youtube in recent weeks, democratic congressman ruben gallego, raising concerns that this leak could jeopardize sources and