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oconnor says that the quencing of the presidents results have returned and it is most likely that he has the ba.5 variant, that is the variant that a large portion of the country is currently experiencing when they contract covid. so for the time being, the white house says that the presidents symptoms continue to improve. of course, the last time we saw president biden was yesterday, when he appeared virtually at that meeting with his economic advisers. he was supposed to be spending ...

assault charges, video of the incident there. the 43-year-old man is charged congress with a dangerous weapon. cnns evan perez is following this and other developments for us. evan, what do you know about the suspect? >> reporter: jim, we know he was facing, first, a state charge. he was released almost immediately after he was charged with a second-degree assault at the state level and now federal prosecutors have decided to charge him on a federal charge. that charge is for assaultin...

you can see in this video right here, held out a key chain with two sharp point ts on it. cnns evan perez is following all of this for us. hes here with me now. evan, what more are we learning about this man? that video, again, weve shown it a number of times. very alarming. >> its a very disturbing thing to happen, obviously. li lee zeldin, a congressman was on stage when this attack happened. the suspects name is david j jakabonis. hes charged with assaulting a member of congress wit...

thats a quote. they view it as part of their territory. thats why its a big deal. will ripley is there. tell us about what youre learning. >> so ill start with the response because thats the new information were getting from the chinese side. they have actually put out a map showing a number of different military exercises that are going to be happening at various locations that encircle the island of taiwan. some of these locations are very close to the shore line of taiwan. so we don...

cnn identified the house where it happened. and right now china is threatening to start air and sea military exercises around taiwan, this is a direct response to house speaker nancy pelosis arrival there. the house speaker is the first high ranking u.s. official to visit taiwan in 25 years. a landmark flashed a sign that said speaker pelosi welcome to taiwan. >> china is not mincing words, the foreign ministry issued a statement, quote, this is a serious rye lags of the one china pr...

six months to plan. and brittney griner is returning to a russian courtroom as she is possibly learning her fate in a russian penal system. welcome to "the lead with jake tapper." house speaker nancy pelosi is in taiwan and ignoring weeks of learning from president biden and threats of retaliation from the chinese government, and she says it is americas unwavering commitment to the american democracy which china views as inseparable part of its territory. and president biden said...

presence. >> nancy pelosi has been supporting taiwan for decades and it is very important for me as a taiwanese to be here tonight to welcome her. >> reporter: others accuse her of escalating tensions. >> translator: right now, pelosi and the united states are treating taiwan as a chess piece. once she land, china will retaliate using their own methods. >> reporter: chinas foreign ministry spokesman called her stop in taiwan, a serious violation of the one china principle that will hav...

hitting him?! >> reporter: disturbing video showing the violent arrest of a young black man following a failed traffic stop. >> theyre using force. theyre using a taser. theyre wrestling him. theyre using a baton. >> im definitely having nightmares. >> reporter: and new russian air strikes on a ukrainian port, just one day after both nations approve a grain export deal. im pamela brown in washington. you are in the "cnn newsroom" on this saturday. >> summer swelter. some 85 million a...

stand by the high stakes missions to take out the worlds most wanted terrorist. the pentagon wiped the phones at the end of the trump admini administration. ill get reaction from a member of the january 6th select committee. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, wolf blitzer is off, im pamela brown and youre in "the situation room." ♪ we begin with house speaker nancy pelosis controversial trip to taiwan and the added strain its putting on already tens...

in danger. >> state officials prepare to testify in this weeks hearing, ill speak exclusively to a democratic committee member, congressman adam shiff and a republican congressman, fred upton next. and recession looming, high inflation and gas prices are hitting americans where its hard but president biden said a recession is not inevitable. >> im using every lever available to me to bring down prices for the american people. >> when will prices start to fall? energy secretary jennifer...