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morning. im jim sciutto. >> im erica hill, and urgent calls for police reform following the police beating of ti tyre nichols. and also a push for police reform, and can any change get through this congress. here is attorney benjamin crump. >> we said that it is going to remind people of the rodney king video in 1992, and that was a watershed moment for america. and i believe that this video is a watershed moment for america, and what are our national leaders going to do? >> over the w...

hello and welcome. china has tried to calm tensions after two chinese spy balloons were spotted over the united states and latin america. the chinese foreign ministry has spoken to the us secretary of state, antony blinken, after he cancelled his trip to china this weekend. beijing says the matter must be dealt with in a "cool—headed and prudent" manner. our north america correspondent barbara plett usher reports from beijing. americans are looking up to spot the spy balloon in the s...

china has tried to calm tensions after two chinese spy balloons were spotted over the united states and latin america. the chinese foreign ministry has spoken to the us secretary of state, antony blinken, after he cancelled his trip to china this weekend. beijing says the matter must be dealt with in a "cool—headed and prudent" manner. our north america correspondent barbara plett usher reports from beijing. americans are looking up to spot the spy balloon in the sky. its actually a ...

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This spying as well. robert sutter is professor of practice of international affairs at the elliott school of george washington university. he thought antony blinken did the right thing cancelling his trip to beijing. one needs to understand what the us laws are in these sorts of things and we are in the midst of a large effort to counter chinese challenges across the board. but we want to establish guardrails and to do that, to avoid war. and to do that, we need a mutual understanding for that ...

Brinksmanship, and the posturing is in full force right now. guys? >> manu raja on the capitol hill. and david chalian, there are budget negotiation, and you follow the elections and count the votes on each side, and negotiate the bottom line, but the budget has been passed, and the issues have been passed through congress, and in effect, you have a threat here from the republicans to default on the debt if they dont get new cuts to the deal. is that the essential framework of what is happening ...

Boehner must reach some framework of an agreement by december 14 or 15 if theres going to be a deal. what does that mean? lots of serious talks have to begin now. we can put the posturing finally aside. weve run out the clock on this posturing phase. bob corker joined a growing number of republicans who argue that agreeing to the presidents position on raising tax rates will actually give the republicans an upper hand in budget negotiations going forward. >> a lot of people are putting forth a...