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>> sandra: all new at 2:00, the pentagon set to brief the press any moment now as president xi and putin wrap up day two of their historic summit bringing america's top two adversaries even closer together. welcome back as "america reports" rolls into a second hour. i'm sandra smith in new york. we are certainly monitoring the pentagon for any news that comes from there, john. >> john: it could be a big news hour. we'll keep an eye on the pentagon for any updates as president xi tries to broker a peace plan for putin's war. experts warn any china-backed peace plan would have one winn...

u.s. believes that china may give the go-ahead on lethal aid to vladimir putin. taking a question from our own peter doocy about how biden is viewed by xi and putin. >> specific to these two leaders, you think putin and xi fear president biden? >> you'd have to ask them whether they fear or not. it is not about fear. it's about president biden advancing our foreign policy goals around the world. it's about president biden revi revitalizing partnerships. that's what we're focused on. >> martha: with that, we bring in republican senator marsha blackburn from tennessee. she's traveled t...

the former governor of a big primary state, she's in the presidential race. she's the first one after president trump to throw her hat in the ring. you know what? they came going back to this age topic. they did it again today on "the view." whoopi goldberg went after her. she said she's not a new generation. the former ambassador will be here to respond to that. first, the president makes a historic trip to ukraine as russia flexes their nuclear weapons muscle again. at the same time, we're $55 billion in to this war. and the president committed another half billion when he was on t...

congress finally receives a classified briefing on the matter today. the senate being updated at this hour after the house was briefed earlier today. >> sandra: all of this as senior u.s. military and national security officials warn and have confirmed that spy balloon shot down off south carolina's coast on saturday was part of a major surveillance program run by china's military. so, what else are lawmakers learning in these briefings? we'll ask tennessee senator marsha blackburn and california democratic congressman ro khanna coming up. >> john: begin with lawmakers sparring over ...

the mexican drug cartels suspected of kidnapping four americans and murder of two oco of them the gulf cartel turn in five of its men beaten up with their hands tied behind their back inside of a black pickup truck appeared alongside of them come a hand written apology note which says, "they decided to turn over those of directly involved in the events and they acted under their own decision-making and lacked discipline. just a few hours later, reports surfaced from mexico it had arrested the leader of the gulf cartel. a crackdown on groups killing hundreds of americans over fentanyl...