it s good to see you. i m yasmin dissident. we have a lot to get to this hour. new today, according to nbc news, china is considering what impact could this have on the ground in ukraine? what does this mean for peace talks with china proposing to mediate days ago? i will speak with one american on how his life has changed this past year after reporting from the war zone and helping ukrainians escape the deadly violence. new reporting on the origins of covid and the briefing lawmakers received from odni. plus, the medical breakthrough which could help tens of millions of americans survive not just covid but the common flu as well. we are also monitoring a mission happening in outer space. we will explain why it is now being dubbed as a lifeboat rescue. in our next hour, i m going to go one-on-one with former trump impeachment manager in january 6th committee member so lofgren with her thoughts on a speaker mccarthy handing those january 6th tapes to fox news, 40,000 hours o
The government will shut down if no budget is passed, mccarthy has announced he would open an Impeachment Inquiry into President Biden. Now that is a gambit that is certain to fail. And i dont just mean that mccarthy cant possibly get by the removed from office, which would involve not just an impeachment in the house, but a trial in the senate, i mean that it is unclear if mccarthy can even win an Impeachment Vote in the house. It is unpopular gambit with a smaller meeting faction of the Republican Party that still cares about governing, which is probably why mccarthy opened the Impeachment Inquiry without holding a vote as customary and as he had earlier indicated that he would do. Why would the speaker of the u. S. House of representatives third in line in the presidency, launch a presidency that appears to be both strategically and politically unwise . Easy. Because he owes that important job to a small band of farright conspiracy peddling wing nuts who belong to the cult of donald
6th committee member so lofgren with her thoughts on a speaker mccarthy handing those january 6th tapes to fox news, 40,000 hours of that, and the doj subpoena both ivanka trump and her husband jarred as well. we want to begin with that new report about china. considering sending artillery and ammunition to russia. that s according to three u.s. officials telling nbc news. the news is coming after beijing put forward a 12 point peace plan on friday, the one year anniversary of russia s invasion of ukraine. monika alba is on this for us from the white house. talk us through this, monica. how is the administration responding? i think the key word there is considering, yasmin. china right now is considering potentially providing what is known as lethal aid to russia in its invasion of ukraine. we re talking about things like