To the world with dramatic reforms and a piece of advice. Hide your strength and bide your time. The hiding and biding are over. The iron rule of xi jinping a strong man, authoritarian dictator that he has become. He is the most powerful man in the world today. He has created a Personality Cult around himself. His vast ambition. The Chinese Military has grown dramatically over the course of the last few years. We deserve this, we want this, and were going to take this. The threat to america. You want to man handle china . No. None of that is acceptable to the Chinese Government. Controlling the Chinese People. East, west, north, south, the party must control all. Hundreds of millions of Surveillance Cameras and drones. Big brother is always watching. There is the freedom to get rich. Lamborginis and ferraris. A lot of people were getting very, very rich. But get too rich, and you might disappear. Where is jack ma . Publicly criticizing the chinese authorities. You cant do that in china
russia has a different explanation. russian troops now gearing up for a major offensive in the eastern region. and president biden is asked if he will go to ukraine. ames longman in kyiv for us. back here at home, the dangerous storm threat as we come on the air. severe storms pushing into the northeast, heavy rain and damaging winds from d.c. to philadelphia to new york. ginger zee timing it out. pfizer submits new data on booster shots for children ages 5 to 11. and prepares to ask the fda for emergency authorization. the company says human trials show a 36-fold increase in protection against severe infections. health officials are now tracking two new versions of the omicron variant now making up 90% of new cases in central new york. and late today, the fda authorizing the first covid breath test. the battle over abortion rights in america. florida governor ron desantis signing the state s new law banning most abortions after 15 weeks. florida joining a growing numbe
out for tiktok? the new plea from tiktok s ceo as a bill that could ban the app moves from the house to the senate. plus, jury deliberations under way in the historic trial of james crumbley. could the father of a michigan school shooter also be found guilty? and later, weather extremes. a big winter storm wallops colorado, and the east sees record warm weather. thanks for joining us. it is 10:00 eastern, i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin with the breaking news out of florida this morning where former president trump has just arrived at a federal courthouse. he s there in a bid to get his mar-a-lago classified documents case dismissed. there are no cameras at this hearing, but we have a team inside ready to report out the details as we get them. joining us from outside that courthouse, nbc s dasha burns. also with us, msnbc legal correspondent lisa ruben, former new york assistant attorney general tristan snell, and former federal prosecutor michael zeld
miami. this case contains 40 of the 88 felony counts against trump including willful retention of national defense information and conspiracy to obstruct justice. he s pleaded not guilty. the former president defended his actions last night during an interview with newsmax. i took them very legally and i wasn t hiding them. we had boxes on the front of a lot of those boxes had clothing and we re moving out, unfortunately, we re moving out of the white house. with us to talk more about this, nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent, ken dilanian outside the courthouse in fort pierce, chuck rosenberg, former u.s. attorney and senior fbi official, and rebecca roife, former manhattan district attorney. what has been happening so far at the hearing where you re at? reporter: good morning, jose. our colleagues inside the courtroom tell us that arguments are under way before judge aileen cannon. she s hearing two of mr. trump s seven motions to dismiss this case tod
believes that when it comes to raising kids, the schools are better than the parents. ashley strohmier is live in the new york city news room with some very strong reaction on this. good evening. reporter: in a blistering statement virginia governor s office charged a northern virginia school system perpetuating a fole s notion, for a child. this is because fairfax county schools say they will define a new state guidelines that require students to participate in activities consistent with their gender at birth. that means school officials will also not follow guidelines that require official to inform parents if their child asks to change the name, or their gender identification. they will also allow students to play on sports teams in new facilities they believe best match with their so-called gender expression. school districts have a legal obligation to provide a safe learning environment that is inclusive of all students. and the 2023 model policies are fundamentall