hello, everyone. thank you so much for joining me. i m fredricka whitfield in washington, dc all, right. now, world leaders are meeting at a major security conference in munich, germany at a time of uncertainty and festering tensions across the globe. they re discussing multiple new developments, including the death of russian opposition leader alexey navalny, and allegations that it came at the direction of vladimir putin navalny s family saying he was murdered in prison and demanding the return of his body. security concerns around the world and in space also big concerns at this conference, cnn learning exclusive new details about russia s attempts to develop a nuclear space weapon cable bullock destroying satellites and paralyzing global communications. the wars in ukraine and israel are also top of mind in munich today a vice president kamala harris, meeting with ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy and pledging unyielding us support us aid for ukraine is at a stand
heaven s gate tomorrow at 10 on cnn. hello and welcome to our viewers joining us from the united states and all around the world and leila torok. the us scrambles to contain the fallout from leaked pentagon intelligence as we learn more about what was in the documents and the evidence against the national guardsmen charged in the case, dozens of people are dead in the power struggle between sudan s army and they rival paramilitary group, the international community, urging a return to peaceful dialogue. and a major crackdown on a mexican drug cartel by the united states. the link to america s fentanyl crisis. from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom with laila harre. the us is grappling with fallout at home and abroad after a massive intelligence leak that includes blunt appraisals of some key allies. the washington post reports that assessments found in the classified information say taiwan would probably be unable to defend itself against china s air power in a direct conflict
its defense spending because it s looking at north korea, chinese aggression and also looking ahead possibly to another trump administration where it s not so sure the us welcome to the rescue. and it s making these investments to be able to stand on its own there clearly also emphasizing here, they re unity, right? but there is something obviously hanging over this. and we understood from mj lese reporting that it might not come off, which is the us still deal. however, it did come up, obviously they were going to be asked about it and that is japan s largest steel maker offered to purchase us steel to the tune of $14 in december. the biden is very opposed to this. he s trying to stand with the union and i wonder what you made the question as it was, was did it come up? did the topic come up? no. the answer is no one answer directly. and prime minister kishida basically said discussions are underway between the parties and then he sort of said japan believes something to t
donald trump and try to control the narrative because trump himself always controlled the narrative. now if you talked to any of his senior advisers, they are making no plans for him to go to present his lawyers believe they have a good case for him not to go to prison. they think is age, the fact that he doesn t have any kind of criminal record, make that case and they are insisting that he will not go to prison. however, donald trump is making his own personal phone calls privately saying that he thinks he could very well be behind bars and that he is okay with it. i will note that almost anyone you talked to, who knows donald trump does not think you would actually be okay with going to prison, but that is what he is telling people. and you also have some reporting on this vetting process in the search for trump s running mate yeah, things are really starting to heat up and they have in the last several weeks, several of those potential vice president that i m sure can