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good evening. speaker of the house kevin mccarthy weighed in late this evening on his decision to give tucker carlson first dibs on footage from january 6th, footage that carlson used to portray the attack as something it was not. several senators criticized his decision. documents revealing that carlson s contempt for the former president for his viewers and for the facts. we ll have more on that shortly. first, though, some of what the speaker just said. the one thing i always want to make sure is this capitol is protected and secured. i want to make sure the officers here have everything they need to provide that. my whole role for january 6th is just to bring transparency. people can make their own decision. mccarthy held this press conference today following a congressional budget office report on the debt. what did he say about the january 6th security footage? how much concern are you hearing from members of the house? members of the senate have spoken out bu ....
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 jan ....
you re live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. and we begin this hour with the war in ukraine and its global implications. the director of the cia confirms what cnn has been reporting that the u.s. is confident that china is thinking about providing lethal aid to russian troops in ukraine. the agency does not believe a final decision has been made. and today, the white house is urging caution. you know, beijing will have to make its own decisions about how it proceeds. whether tell provides military assistance. but if it goes down that road it will come at real cost to china. and i think china s leaders are weighing that as they make their decisions. but let s begin with the latest in the fighting in ukraine. alex marquardt is there for us. reporter: jim, some of heaviest fighting, with some of the worst casualty rates on both sides is now taking place around the eastern city of bakhmut. russian forces before the mercenary groups of convicts ....
china which was scheduled for this weekend. as lawmakers react to the incident here at home, senate majority leader chuck schumer says the entire senate will receive a classified briefing on china february 15th. charles watson is live on the south carolina coast near where debris from the spy flight rained down. also standing by, congressman ryan zinke, who represents montana where that flight was respondented lingering over a nuclear silo field. first though, lucas tomlin stomp s live at the white house. reporter: moments ago, the u.s. military issued a statement that the u.s. navy has begun recovery operations off the coast of south carolina. they are combing waters about 7 miles wide and 47 feet deep. now, earlier on fox news sunday senator tom cotton says that spy ballooning should have been shot down when it crossed over the aleutian islands which is u.s. air space in alaska. what began as a spy balloon has become a trial balloon testing president biden s stren ....
jennifer griffin at the pentagon and the latest information about the balloon. good evening, jennifer. good evening, shannon. fox news has learned the chinese spy balloon could exit u.s. continental territory moving off the east coast in the next 60 hours. the spy balloon first flew over alaska on january 28th, exited u.s. airspace and then reemerged to cross into the continental u.s. on january 31st. passing from canada into idaho. the balloon was most recently seen flying over missouri. the balloon has changed its course. right now we assess that it will probably be over the united states for a few days. the pentagon is not buying china s apology and explanation that this was some sort of civilian research balloon that was blown off course. the spy balloon left montana airspace and moving east over the continental u.s. fox is told it was launched from mainland, china. this is a chinese balloon that has the ability to maneuver. the balloon continues to move e ....