politics. i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing your day with us. air raid sirens rang through the ukrainian night as russia lobs artillery, drones and missiles in every corner of the country. that as the united states delivers a public warning to china, do not dispatch weapons to vladimir putin. plus, the chairwoman of the republican national committee thinks she can get donald trump to put pen to paper and say yes to supporting the party s 2024 nominee, even if it s not him. and new intelligence pushes the energy department to change its view of how the covid pandemic began. the agency now believes the virus leaked from a chinese lab. up first for us this hour sh, turnover and triage in ukraine. president zelenskyy dismissing the commander of joint force operations. mr. zelenskyy did not explain why or why now, as this leadership shuffle collides with a new russian offensive. 14 iranian made aircraft buzzing over kyiv. they shot towdown 11 of those drone
Newsroom. We begin this hour with more Breaking News. Yet another shootdown of a highaltitude object, this one confirmed a short time ago in the skies over the yukon in Northern Canada. President biden and canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gave norad the order to shoot down the object early in the day. A u. S. Fighter jet successfully brought it down. Its not clear if this latest shootdown is related to yesterdays downing of another object off the northeastern coast of alaska. That was near the canadian border, nor is it clear if its related to the chinese spy balloon that was shot down last saturday. Arlette saenz is at the white house. The president was just making some remarks to some governors there in the white house a few moments ago. Doesnt sound like he took any questions or made any remarks there. But obviously this is top of mind for the administration after what you and i were Reporting On Last saturday which was the shootdown of that chinese spy balloon. And now these
unwavering support, as russia s brutal invasion enters a second year, president biden sends more aid to ukraine. it s worth fighting for, as long as it takes. and as u.s. intelligence shows china considering lethal aid to russia, how will the white house react? i ll speak to national security adviser jake sullivan, next. and united front. the gop announces its first presidential debate, as a host of candidates consider joining the race, but can they all agree to come together in the end? republican national committee chair rana mcdaniel will be here exclusively. plus, common goal. in a bitterly divided house we ve got our work cut out for us. two lawmakers from across the aisle are coming together to try to help families across the country. hello, i m dana bash with washington where the state of our union is wondering how long this can go on. this week, russia s brutal invasion of ukraine entered its second year. russian forces marked the anniversary with a sl
russia s brutal invasion enters its second year, president biden sends more aid to ukraine. it s worth fighting for for as long as it takes. and as u.s. intelligence shows china considering lethal aid to russia, how will the white house react? i ll speak to national security adviser jake sullivan next, and united front. the gop, announces its first presidential debate as a host of candidates consider joining the race, but can they all agree to come together in the end? republican national committee chair rona mcdaniel will be here exclusively. plus common goal. in a bitterly divided house. we ve got our work cut out for us. two lawmakers from across the aisle are coming together to try to help families across the country. hello. i m dana bash in washington, where the state of our union is wondering how long this can go on. this week, russia s brutal invasion of ukraine entered its second year and ukrainian leaders say russian forces marked the anniversary wi
newsroom. we begin this hour with more breaking news. yet another shoot-down of a high-altitude object, this one confirmed a short time ago in the skies over the yukon in northern canada. president biden and canadian prime minister justin trudeau gave norad the order to shoot down the object early in the day. a u.s. fighter jet successfully brought it down. it s not clear if this latest shoot-down is related to yesterday s downing of another object off the northeastern coast of alaska. that was near the canadian border, nor is it clear if it s related to the chinese spy balloon that was shot down last saturday. arlette saenz is at the white house. the president was just making some remarks to some governors there in the white house a few moments ago. doesn t sound like he took any questions or made any remarks there. but obviously this is top of mind for the administration after what you and i were reporting on last saturday which was the shoot-down of that chinese spy ballo