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i m john roberts. the risky business of human smuggling is reaching far beyond towns along the border. numerous interceptions of smugglers with migrants shoveled into vehicles to get into america. it doesn t always end in a bust or in the migrants getting through. dramatic scene in houston. f.b.i. agents rescue migrants kidnapped for ransom. two hostages were safely rescued by the f.b.i. and no agents were injured. dana: we re live in mission, texas with more on that kidnapping horror. hi. hi. that was a tense situation there in houston. you could see that those migrants were kidnapped after they crossed into the united states illegally according to authorities and held inside that motel in houston, beaten badly and held for ransom and told if they didn t pay they wouldn t get out. the f.b.i. went in in houston, texas, a tense stand-off situation that went on for a few hours. they rescued them coming three days after investigators say the migrants were kidnapped w ....
investigations. a move certain to frustrate newly-empowered republicans. plus, alec baldwin s lawyers say they were blind-sided when the actor was set to be charged with manslaughter this week. that has many wondering, do prosecutors actually have a case? are they overreaching? we ll discuss. and the desantis administration blocks an a.p. african american studies course from being taught in high schools. we re joined by one professor for a look at what s actually in that course and why she feels it s critical for students. your weekend is finally here. we are glad to have you. it s saturday, january 21st. good morning. good morning. good to see you. we are going to begin with the war in ukraine this morning. a stalemate over tanks. ukraine s president says the country desperately needs them and there s no alternative. but germany failed to reach an agreement on sending its leopard tanks to ukraine because german officials say they will not send those tanks unl ....
he pleaded. this after russia warned if nato further arms ukraine with battle tanks and long-range missiles, it will lead to a whole new level of war. it s been nearly a year since the russian invasion t. united states perspective has shifted during that time. remember the unwillingness to be a participant in a three-way deal that would have had the united states backfill poland s fleet of fighter planes after they give mig 25 fighters to ukraine? the biden administration said no. they were willing to acknowledge providing stinger anti ar craft missiles. with a passage of time has been a softening of the biden administration s reluctance to go all in. today ukrainian are in oklahoma being trained on the system that the u.s. is supplying. as part of a new and massive $2.5 billion aid package. reports suggest a u.s. willingness to green light efforts to target crimea, annexed illegally by russia in 2014. what accounts for this change? has the western perspective changed f ....
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Referred to the meeting as a new chapter in the relationship between those two regimes and it was portrayed in china as an effort to create a new world order. that s the last thing we need is a new world order that binds china and russia. we know from trade and customs data that china is assisting russia in its illegal and unprovoked aggression in ukraine. not only is the chinese communist party financing russia by buying more of their oil and natural gas from russia, but also they are providing lethal assistance, something that the biden administration is saying they are watching. we actually have the customs and trade data to prove it. john: you had the secretary of state before your committee and you seem to suggest to him the biden administration was not being tough enough on china using as a point of inflection ....