after a strange of deadly storms barreled through the region, leaving at least six people dead and dozens of others injured we re in a texas community still picking up the pieces. later highway collapse pennsylvania s governor vowing to reopen that busy stretch of interstate 95 through philly within weeks let s begin with the breaking news out of china this morning. u.s. secretary of state antony blinken just departing beijing after that high-stakes meeting with china s president xi jinping. that included the secretary s crucial two-day visit aimed at stabilizing the spiraling relationship between the two countries, upended recently by the downing of a spy balloon and this tense encounter by a chinese fighter plane and a u.s. jet. plus the encounter with military ships. let s discuss with janis mackey frayer in beijing as well as nbc senior white house correspondent kelly o donnell standing by in washington we know the meeting between blinken and xi lasted about 35 minutes,
world headquarters in new york. a busy hour ahead. right now, president biden is on his way to wisconsin on an unofficial post state of the union tour after his rousing address before the joint session of congress last night. imploring lawmakers to finish the job, the president defended his record and called for more bipartisanship. but did manage to tangle with republicans at times. some republicans want medicare and social security sunset. i m not saying it is a majority. anybody who doubts it, contact my office, i ll give you a copy. i ve give you a copy of the proposal. coming up, we ll talk about how president biden may use those gop outbursts to his advantage. plus, the drama on the floor before the president even walked out. what senator mitt romney is saying about this moment, the moment when he called out george santos to his face on the house floor, with cameras rolling. he shouldn t have been there. he shouldn t be in the look, he s a sick puppy. also t
in georgia and lucas tomlinson outside the white house. but we start first with rich edson in harrisburg, pennsylvania, where all eyes are on the nail-biter race between fetterman and oz. rich, good afternoon. reporter: good afternoon, mike. this is a government union headquarters here in harrisburg, the capital city of pennsylvania, john fetterman just finished rallying supporters here, he s been highlighting union workers here, the union vote. of he was rallying with union officials and workers yesterday in the philadelphia area. he said at this rally here that he plans on continuing to recover from his stroke, and he wants to win this election. c. oz has never forgotten every day that i had a stroke. in january i ll be much better, but he will still be a fraud. reporter: oz ripped fetterman for refusing to debate, and when he agreed, did so only once, two weeks before election day, and after hundreds of thousands of early votes had been cast. oz and republicans natio
days away. candidates are scrambling to make their final pictures to voters. as a country we are confronted with serious issues. including the volatile economy. war in the ukraine, weakening democratic institutions and a spiraling effects of climate change. and yet many republicans have narrow their focus to a few familiar and divisive topics. from sea to shining sea, gop hopefuls are digging into a very old bag of racially tinge tricks. to paint a picture of a country ravaged by out of control criminality. there is little evidence to support these claims and even last to connect the supposed crime waves to democratic candidates. this fall or discontent follows a summer of overreach. many of the same republicans applauded a supreme court ruling. allowing states to outlaw abortion and then doubled down on it. by calling for a national ban. many americans are understandably outraged. to see a right, they cherished for half of a century. and in the blink of an eye and the true p
The nations Attorney General Merrick Garland could be held in Contempt Of Congress for refusing to hand over an Audio Recording of President Biden. Critics are going after the president for claiming Executive Privilege. And denying the release of his interview with Special Counsel robert hur. And here is the fight. Just discussing the topic inside the House Oversight committee turned into a screaming, wild, insult hurling, shouting, it was unreal. It looked like video from a different country. But it was capitol hill. At issue, the Audio Recording of biden over keeping classified documents over many years. That interview led robert hur to find the president and here is the quote were all familiar with is an elderly man with a poor memory. Im Harris Faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. The House Judiciary and Oversight Committees both moved forward with those Contempt Proceedings as part of republicans push to impeach President Biden. Were waiting to hear if the measure will come