happened. china is still the enemy. what now? i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. secretary blinken says his talk with china s foreign minister and other officials was constructive. earlier after his meeting with the president of the communist nation, blinken said this. united states is committed to doing that. in the interest of china and unities and the world. we covered a broad range of subjects. i appreciate this opportunity to discuss this with you. harris: i pay way more attention to they do than what china says. the white house said it didn t exist and cleared up last week there is in fact a communist chinese spy base in cuba watching the united states. there are remaining tensions over the chinese spy craft that flew across the continental u.s. sending intelligence back to china realtime. china s ramped up aggression toward taiwan. so was it good to meet now? mixed reaction from republicans. despite our differences and despite the ratcheting
process to limit how american tax dollars are spent at the department of justice. i yield back. general lady from texas is recognized. good morning. you have value the independence of a special counsel. i do. you asked garland to allow you to continue the investigation saying we want to thank you and your office for permitting our inquiry to proceed with will without interfere answer as you assured the members of the judiciary committee would be the case during the confirmation hearings to become attorney general of the united states. you value your special counsel status. it a being a rat that garland let you proceed on your case as you wish. that s true. it was important you have to as special counsel your investigation was supposed to be independent because special counsels and attorneys are supposed to be independent, right? special counsel is. yes. they are supposed to be independent, is that correct? special counsel is independent of the attorney gener
see the wreckage of the titanic. this hour the supply of oxygen is rapidly running out. we ll show you what conditions are like inside the small, cramped sub that left with five people on board. china is now lashing out at the united states after president joe biden referred to chinese leader xi jinping as a dictator. this as cnn is getting an exclusive look at military drills preparing for a potential chinese invasion of taiwan. welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. you re in the situation room. let s get right to the massive search for the missing submersible. the source of banging sounds in the area remains a mystery at this hour but they are giving rescue crews hope. when you are in the middle of a search and rescue you always have hope. that s why we re doing what we do. reporter: with what could be less than 24 hours of oxygen left onboard titan, hope at this point may rest on banging noises detected by sonar. the coast guard re
sank. scientists saying they have fewer than 24 hours now before they won t be able to breathe inside that sub. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. the mission to save titan is growing. u.s. and canadian crews are sweeping an area larger than the state of maryland. 12,000 square miles. the titan sub is only 22 feet long. getting equipment on scene is a top priority. i can t give you an exact timeline when it will happen. there is a full-court press effort to get equipment on scene as quickly as we can. harris: let s look at the picture which shows the astonishing depth that the sub may have reached. again 12,500 feet is where the titanic rests that they went down to see. compare that with twice the size of the depth of the grand canyon. the water pressure there is nearly 400 times greater than that on the surface raising new questions now about rescuers ability to reach the vessel even when and if they find it. a lot coming out in reports about the s
the noises were heard by a canadian p-3. and that was this morning and some yesterday. reporter: the noise described as banging sounds at regular intervals in the department and homeland security briefing are now described as less specific than that. but still, the focus of the search. we need to have hope, right? i can t tell you what the noises are. what i can tell you, and i think this is the most important point. we re searching where the noises are. reporter: the sounds picked up by buoys like this one dropped from planes. and then listening for any sounds of life from the titan submersible. this team has multiple sensors. they re in the area. they re sending data back expeditiously to the best in the world. reporter: it takes about a day for ships from st. john s, the closest land, to the titanic wreck site to arrive to the search area. it is enormous. two times the size of connecticut. a grid pattern presented by the coast guard indicates the size of the