whelan and brittney griner. president biden preparing to speak to chinese leader xi jinping today amid rising tension was taiwan. how will the surprising deal involving moderate democrat joe manchin impact the economy and the biden presidency? and live during this show, what will the gdp report tell us about a potential recession? former white house aide cassidy hutchinson now cooperating with the justice department s january 6 investigation. who else is talking? and is mike pompeo the next to sit before the january 6th committee? we have new reporting this morning. let s go first, though, to the state department for new developments on the proposed prisoner swap of a convicted russian arms dealer for brittney griner and paul whelan. cnn s kylie atwood broke this story and is at the state department this morning. what movement have you seen? reporter: the biden administration has put this offer on the table for viktor bout, a convicted arms trafficker as part of a
at the age of 93. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. taiwan has scrambled fighter planes after chinese military aircraft entered its air defence zone. beijing is protesting against the visit by the us house speaker nancy pelosi, who vowed her country would never abandon the island. china has also begun manoeuvres around taiwan that are affecting air and shipping links. taiwan is self governing, and lies about 160 kilometres across the taiwan strait. it sees itself as independent, but china views it as its own. from taiwan, here s rupert wingfield hayes. despite what china has been saying, today s meeting between nancy pelosi and taiwan president ing wen didn t look terribly sinister. president tsai began by presenting ms pelosi with taiwan s highest civilian honour. she in turn praised taiwan s democracy and promised america would stand by the island. our solidarity with you is more important than ever, as you defend taiwan and your freedom. we are
will specifically harm women of colour and marginalised peoples. this is a heavy responsibility. to make abortion unthinkable and illegal throughout our nation. more calls from the taliban for international support to deal with the aftermath of the earthquake, that s killed more than a thousand people. a third day of strike action on the uk s rail network. only a fifth of train services are expected to run. and its day two of performances at glastonbury with sir paul mccartney as the saturday night headliner. borisjohnson says he will not undergo what he calls a psychological transformation of his character. speaking to the bbc, the prime minister insisted that policy was more important than personality. it s been a particularly bruising week for mrjohnson, after the conservatives lost two by elections, before the resignation of his party chairman. this report from our political correspondent, tony bonsignore, contains some flash photography. the war in ukraine, inflation
more than a thousand people. a third day of strike action on the uk s rail network. only a fifth of train services are expected to be running. and it s day two of performances at glastonbury with sir paul mccartney as the saturday night headliner. good afternoon. borisjohnson says he will not undergo what he calls a psychological transformation of his character. speaking to the bbc, the prime minister insisted that policy was more important than personality. it s been a particularly bruising week for mrjohnson, after the conservatives lost two by elections, before the resignation of his party chairman. this report from our political correspondent, tony bonsignore, contains some flash photography. the war in ukraine, inflation, the threat of a global recession, there is plenty for commonwealth leaders in rwanda to ponder. but, for borisjohnson, domestic politics is never far away. this week s by election defeats in wakefield and tiverton and honiton have spooked some tory
good to be with you. i m ayman mohyeldin in new york. thursday s hearings of the january six committee was basically the mike pence show, revolve around the pressure campaign by donald trump s allies to get the vice president to use his constitutional, ceremonial role, on january the 6th, to change joe biden s electoral votes, or set them aside for donald trump. the panel may know about painting pence as a man of courage, who stood up against trump s plan. we are fortunate for mr. pence s courage on january 6th. our democracy came dangerously close to catastrophe. that courage put him in tremendous danger. when mike pence made it clear that he wouldn t give into donald trump s scheme, donald trump turned a mob on him. thanks in part to mike pence, our democracy was stood on trump s scheme and the balance of january 6th. all right. the committee wasn t alone. in fact, an article in the atlantic last week hailed pence as a national hero for turning back the threat t