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♪ "erin burnett: outfront" breaking news, former vice president mike pence subpoenaed by the special counsel. we're getting new details into cnn this hour. we have the very latest as this story is breaking. plus, new video into cnn of russian brutality against their own soldiers. we have this video out russians running over their own dead and injured. and new questions tonight about congressman george santos. we have a new report saying he was charged with theft after a series of bad checks were written to dog breeders. a lawyer who has known him since middle school said he a...

Ships which seriously violates international practice and sets a horrible precedent. u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin asked for a phone call with china's defense minister. beijing bluntly declined. >> and it's a precarious moment. i know you have been learning that xi jinping was directly involved in this program. and in fact, this program is not new. and in fact, balloons flying over the u.s. spying from china is not new. but just how much did xi jinping know? >> yeah, i mean, you're talking about more than 40 countries across five continents, according to a senior state department officia...

Knowledge about america's claim that this balloon is part of a fleet. i think it could be part of the information and public opinion war that the u.s. is waging against china. the international community can see clearly who is the world's largest espionage and surveillance country." >> i can say aye sure you this was not for civilian purposes. we are 100% clear about that. >> there is that. >> reporter: the u.s. linked the balloon to a vast chinese military surveillance program, a growing list of global balloon sightings, and questions. the u.s. believes many balloons are launched from china's...

Before that report is the air here is thick from smoke people burning wood, plastics, whatever they possibly can just to keep warm. it is bitterly freezing cold here. and that adds to the pressure to get people out from under the rubble. that window for people saving from these collapsed buildings increasingly short here. i've just got to tell you how utterly devastating it is to go around a city once so proud and beautiful as this and see every second or third apartment block pancaked like that behind me. erin? >> just horrid. we can see that ash floating in front of you. you talk about that ...

Is forcefully pushing back against president biden's very public criticism of president xi jinping at the state of the union. "outfront" now, will ripley who the about is in taiwan. >> reporter: fiery new rhetoric from china escalating the suspected spy balloon scandal. beijing blasting president joe biden for criticizing chinese president xi jinping. >> can you think of any other world leader who would trade places with xi jinping? not a joke. can you think of any who would? i can't think of one. this man has enormous problems. >> reporter: china says biden's remarks are highly irresponsible ...