region aimed at leveling the economic playing field with china but his remarks on taijuan garnered the most attention. president biden said the u.s. would respond military if china invaded taijuan. this morning, the white house is walking back those comments. a source familiar with the president s thinking tells me biden was speaking about providing weapons to taijuan, not putting u.s. forces into any conflict with china if it were to invade taijuan so similar to the position on ukraine. weapons, not forces. we ll have more on that in a moment. in switzerland, the ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy has taken center stage to the economic forum suggesting m maximum sanctions against russia. they are continuing to encounter russia and their impacts on the war in ukraine. jeremy diamond is traveling with the president in tokyo and cnn business editor at large richard quest is attending the world economic forum in switzerland. jeremy, first to you. the news the white house
all right. breaking news overnight in ukraine, where a devastating months long battle in the key port city of mariupol, ukraine, has officially ceded control on russia. we ll have more on the deal that is right now allowing the city s final defenders to safely evacuate that steel plant. we ll also go live to buffalo this morning as president biden prepares to visit the grieving city in the wake of saturday s deadly mass shooting. it comes amid new reports about the suspect s alleged plan to turn the massacre into a spree. we will talk to a top member of the white house national security council on that. and it is primary day in pennsylvania. the senate race there has been rocked by twists and turns in the key final days. for the democrats, the leading candidate, john fetterman, is recovering from a stroke. on the republican side, an unexpected surge on the far right from kathy barnette. we ll be watching to see how trump-backed dr. oz performs tonight. good morning
before, after 1973 and the yom kippur with the army and the government exchanged very similar accusations. well, we re going to have to leave it there. i m so sorry we re out of time, michael, but we will discuss. always good to be with you. thank you so much. and yasmin vossoughian picks up right now for chris jansing. hi, everybody, good to see you. i m yasmin vossoughian in for chris jansing. he went out as a member of congress. he went out in infamy. george santos expelled in an historic vote just hours ago. where does that leave republicans and then new yorkers in his district. we re live on capitol hill for that conversation. israel resuming an all-out assault on gaza launching hundreds of attacks on land from air and sea. plus, the new report raising questions about what israel knew about hamas s plans more than, get this, a year ahead of time. and then remembering the first woman ever to serve on the supreme court. we re going to honor the life of sandra d
major developments, congress just passed a bill giving $14.3 billion in aid to israel but joe biden has already threatened to veto it because it doesn t money. plus, israeli prime minister netanyahu today says that nothing is gonna stop them from going into gaza and getting the job done and now gaza city is surrounded. we re seeing explosions erupt across the night sky, a live report from the ground later in the show. but, first, loving china but hating us that s the focus of tonight s angle. all right, the preparations for the date are underway so, what is he going to wear? how long will their conversations last? who is better at smalltalk? the president says is he looking forward to meeting to meeting with president xi and and so not going to get into details about this meeting that s going to happen this month, going to be in san francisco. it s going to be a constructive meeting. laura: constructive for whom? jp morgan? goldman sachs? i don t know, new york hedge
ukrainian military says russia s assault on the eastern part of the country is heating up as the next phase of russia s war gets under way. now a key town in that region. ukraine is accusing russia of shelling the town friday with cluster munitions which scatter over a wide area. in the small town outside of kyiv, drone video that you re looking at shows a really apocalyptic landscape left by russian shelling during the first phase of the war. ukrainian forces are being honored for holding the town and for blocking of course the russian advance on the capitol. and president volodymyr zelenskyy is vowing to keep fighting. have a listen. we will defend ourselves as long as necessary to break this ambition of the russian federation. the armed forces of ukraine continue to deter attacks by russian invaders in the east and south of the country. i m grateful to each of our defenders bravely holding. meanwhile, russia military now confirming its objective is to take full control