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a chinese embassy spokesperson called the disclosure a smear attack. nicole sganga, cbs news, washington. >> all right, thanks, nicole. >>> well, when the new congress convenes on friday, republicans will be in control of both the house and the senate. but that's no guarantee of harmony on capitol hill. there is still a potential battle over who will be speaker of the house, something president-elect donald trump is hoping to avoid. cbs' erica brown reports from washington. >> reporter: mar-a-lago will be packed with a who's who from capitol hill for president-elect donald trump's annual new year's bash. >> happy new year. >> reporter: it's unclear whether house speaker mike johnson will be in attendance. but trump delivered a late christmas gift to johnson monday when he endorsed him to be the speaker of the house in the new congress. >> i'm really humbled and honored to have president trump's endorsement for speaker again. >> reporter: but even with trump's endorsement, johnson may have a tough time winning enough votes from his republican colleagues

the chinese embassy in the uk told the bbc that china operates under the rule of law, and that the lawpratten, bbc news. you can watch the full investigation, troublemakers — drugged, framed and detained, on iplayer or the bbc world service youtube channel. the world's biggest iceberg has broken away from antarctica and is approaching the british territory of south georgia, home to large penguin and seal colonies. fishermen and authorities are bracing for impact. georgina rannard reports. this is the world's largest iceberg and probably the laziest. for decades, it loitered, stuck in antarctica. but one day in december, a23a finally broke free. now captured in satellite pictures, it is speeding into iceberg alley, a place where icebergs go to die. but here, right in its path lies the british territory of south georgia. i will take you out the door. ice is a way of life for sailors and fishermen there. but they can't ignore something the size of a23a. there's an iceberg over that way. you have to have a very healthy respect for the ice. because if you don't, it will get you. it can come

denied being able to even file a complaint because the land that was going to be used by the chinese embassy, my environmental permit for the arena was going to expire in six months. so, the united states commerce department would not even allow me to file a complaint. i brought that issue here. and thanks to the good work and at the time i think it was chairman nelson and chairman wicker, we were unable -- we were able to unwind that and after six years panama returned the land to my family. sen. sheehy: there -- chair cruz: very instructive. senator ron -- senator young. sen. young: thank you for being here. the panama canal underpins our current economic strength and national security. when 40% of u.s. bound container traffic depends on a single waterway we cannot afford unilateral toll hikes that choke out of -- competition and leave smaller carriers or midwestern exporters on the hook. for instance in indiana, manufacturing firms and farmers rely on consistent, recently priced shipping routes to move heavy machinery, auto parts and agricultural products. if the canal authority's auction

. >> carley: chinese embassy responded saying they firmly oshs pose politicization and stigmatize agsz south korean officials say their initial report show duck feathers were found in both gentlemen of the juries of the akk juju aircraft crash. the new report gave no indication what led the aircraft to land so far down the runway without landing gear deployed. those are headlines. steve, back to you. >> steve: we need more answers. our next guest is making americans laugh, comedian tyler fisher joins us. good morning, you are next. first dana perino. >> dana: do you know how funny tyler fisher is? one of my favorite. i started following him during the pandemic, i've been on gutfeld with him. i hope we have him later in the week, too. president trump making serious moves on immigration, what happened this weekend and what is to come this week. secretary of defense pete hegseth gets to work at pentagon, change is coming. plus investigator of u.s. secret service failure in butler, pennsylvania, joins us with what needs to be done to keep president trump safe. super bowl matchup is set, wh

milei: we have had very fruitful meetings with the chinese embassy and with xi jinping. a meeting which we had in brazil during the g20 summit. and we consider that our economies are complementary and there is a lot for us to do together as great trade partners. the flipside has to do with commercial situations. the idea is to deepen the trade relationship. in fact we intend to pay a visit to china. john: you are a bit like president trump, do you appreciate china more now that you are in office? pres. milei: sometimes you also need to learn. [applause] don't you learn something new every day? john: we always try. one particular thing. will you go back to the international bond? pres. milei: if i ferro to learn i will -- if i fail to learn i will harm the argentines so i of pressure to learn fast. john: what about going back to the international bond markets? what you hope to do that? to raise money by yourself or the imf, when you think you would? pres. milei: if you take a look when we won the election risk was about 3000 basis points. when we took office the market wa

morning, the flag of the people's republic of china raised for the first time at what's now the chinese embassy. that ceremony, one of several marking the opening of formal u.s. ties with peking and the end of formal relations with taiwan in terms of opening up to china. >> president carter followed through on what had been an opening by a republican president, and i find that the bipartisanship of that is something that is worth noting, given what some of the atmosphere has been on that recently. how are you the chinese ambassador came and like president carter would always do, he'd say, if there's anything i can do for you, anything you want. >> and the ambassador said, yes, i'd like to go to nashville. >> the president asked me to put that trip together, and it was just a magnificent weekend because nashville rolled out the red carpet at jimmy carter's request for this. you know, first people's republic of china ambassador started with a luncheon of every business leader in the music business coming to the bmi conference room. and that lunch ended with barbara mandrell as the doors open. sta

the chinese embassy cited that cross-border adoption has fulfilled its mission for the country, as now many more chinese families have stronger will and capacity to adopt the orphans in china. well, that's good news for those orphans. the country has made a commitment to american families that's not being kept. china still hasn't given a straight answer on whether these matched cases will be completed. i've been told families from other countries have been invited to travel to complete their adoptions but not americans, and why not americans? it's been five years since families like the robinsons have prepared their homes to welcome these adoptive children. five years of a developed familiar relationship. i hope that president trump and the incoming administration see that these matched adoption cases be completed and president trump talks about wanting to meet with xi, have more friendly relationships with president xi. hopefully this is an environment that can bring the robinson and their child together. china made a commitment, and i think -- and everybody thinks -- china ought to a

chinese intelligence officer. was thomas zhao scammed, or did he willfully and knowingly betray his country? >> he would never do that. he would never betray his country. that's not him. >> reporter: a spokesperson for china's u.s. embassyledge of the zhao case telling cbs news it "hopes the united states will stop hyping up the so-called chinese espionage risk." but the ncis agent we just heard from ryan norris told us he expects the chinese are paying close attention and he thinks they will be watching the story @tonight to see if they can lean anything about what led investigators to thomas zhao. >> john: former fbi director ray said this threat from the chinese, the technical thread is the biggest possible threat. let me ask you about zhao, jim. low-level guy. so what does this say about the chinese net they are casting? >> reporter: it should give us a sense of how wide that net is right? thomas zhao is a low level. forget the cloak and dagger stuff you think of when you think of espionage. the back alley drops of top-secret files. this is thousands of chinese agents, they don't even have to travel here. sitting in computer labels in beijing that they only have to hit once. and get this, the fbi told us that the vo

chinese are here, where are you? it's not just ambassadorial placements. other cortical positions and embassies are not being filled and therefore beingng outplayedy the chinese and the russians african countries and leaders have told me time and time again we prefer you we would rather deal with youou but with rather work with you we can see by legal immigration patterns they would rather our way of life in the chinese are russians we are simply being outplayed in ways we can counter flynn a real focus and a real strategy for engaging africa the impact of disengagement is real the backbone is diplomat abroad is secretary of state on down i said this to you in the office that i want to make it plain now we are at a point in this country that what we do in the senate, white house and state a farmer planting seeds for the future we could reap a tremendous harvest in 10 or 20 years prioritizing and emphasizing our work in africa. not to do so undermines a three-point you said at the beginning that i agree. our foreign policy should be guided by what makes us safe, strong, and prosperous. the futur

chinese counterparts. the cdc does have a small, like 1%, who is embedded within the embassy in beijing, and i have spoken with my counterpart. but those interactions are limited. but i would like to make sure that, again, we keep channels of communication open. look, i think we all learned that a threat anywhere is a threat everywhere. in making sure we keep those lines of communication open. but we haven't delved into topics like ai and others. but we have made sure, again, to just exchange information and keep as much communication open as possible. again, it is quite small at the moment. dr. varmus: but there is a concern about data sharing in a hear this even from people in the white house and the biden administration. i wonder to what extent you feel that the reluctance to share certain kinds of data because of anxiety about chinese advances, and who is the leader in the health industries, could actually affect the exchange of data that might be relevant to, for example, detection of outbreaks. dr. cohen: i think this is where multilateral partners are important, like a w.h.o. and others, to keep ev

embassies are famously understaffed. people see that and they also see the very robust staffing at the chinese mission and it looks like an indicator of what we think is important. and so it's not that i think just throwing bodies into the field fixes everything but yes we need a much more serious diplomatic investment. on the g20 i would just say it's a really interesting question. obviously this is south africa's year to host and i was recently in south africa and spending some time trying to understand the degree to which their views of the u.s. had moved overtime. as far as the anc is concerned and the anc continues to insist it will dominate with more policy in the g20, the u.s. is the kind of counterrevolutionary enemy and so i think in addition to thinking about how to frame 2026. you should be thinking very carefully about what's going to be focused burn -- be the focus. elliott: i think the point about diplomacy is a good one. it's not only the embassies. it's the state department. i mean between elon musk and marco rubio we will see how that turns out. i met yesterday with u.s. ambassador for the european -- who

embassy for an event that was about welcoming the pandas. the ambassador there spoke. it was also about the chinese new year coming up. and upon the messaging was a really direct line towards u.s. china relations that said, tariffs aren't the way forward. the issue of taiwan shouldn't be discussed. and this was a crowd that had some u.s. service members. it had members of the u.s. state department, and they even played u.s. and chinese anthems at that event. so it was really a moment to try to send the message of, look, yes, pandas are one thing, but this is also a moment of panda diplomacy, and we're hoping to reset with this new administration that u.s. china relations can be on a certain, perhaps calmer track. i mean, there's no guarantee, just a few days into the u.s. administration, but that's certainly the messaging they wanted to come across. >> well, incredible. well, something else we look forward to in your documentary is we really get to see i mean, you're up close and personal experience with the journey of the panda is is really unique. tell us more about how you, i guess, became immer

chinese have a basis basis andhave docs in all kindss throughout south and central america, do they not? >> they have 48 port facilities throughout latin america and the caribbean. they are building embassieswhich are gigantic. we know it they are doing there. so, throughout the region there more influential than the united states is. we can see that the way biden was treated in november and peru. xi jinping got a red carpet treatment. biden was humiliated throughout that meeting and that shows you how important china is to these countries how unimportant we are. mark: for the viewer out there and even for me this is so daunting. we look at the islamist terrorism movement how it is infiltrated the country, our culture so much of the activities that take place here. look at what the chinese communist communist chinese have to do. i did not also with the biting regime. it certainly has expanded enormously with the biting regime. it's going to take a presidency, one heck of an administration and a united country to push back and all of these is in it? >> it certainly is. by the way the chinese have listing posts in cuba and probably that got a military base there as well. this is cuban missil

embassy. he speaks mandarin. he ordered. we went to a restaurant that serves yunnanese food. what i later discovered after having some very delicious mushrooms is that, and disappeared the next day in chineserestaurant. they were cooked properly. we had no idea that there was anything about these mushrooms until we realized this had become a media frenzy. but they were delicious and i recommend it. >> stephen: okay, good. [applause] while i've got you, you ever partake for real? i mean, have you ever... your leaving office. you're not running. have you ever inhaled is what i'm asking? >> secretary yellen: well, i think the answer is yes. [cheers and applause] i mean, it's been a long time. i did have an opportunity to smoke pot when i was in college. >> stephen: okay. >> secretary yellen: the thing that happened is, i had never smoked. >> stephen: smoked at all? >> secretary yellen: at all. i never had a cigarette. here i just graduated from college. i have this opportunity. i was really looking forward to it. people said really, to get the impacts, to feel it, you need to inhale. well, i had never even smoked a cigarette. i'm the kind of person, i like to be prepared. i always prepare. i

embassies are famously understaffed. people see that and they also see the very robust staffing at the chinese mission and it looks like an indicator of what we think is important. and so it's not that i think just throwing bodies into the field fixes everything but yes we need a much more serious diplomatic investment. on the g20 i would just say it's a really interesting question. obviously this is south africa's year to host and i was recently in south africa and spending some time trying to understand the degree to which their views of the u.s. had moved overtime. as far as the anc is concerned and the anc continues to insist it will dominate with more policy in the g20, the u.s. is the kind of counterrevolutionary enemy and so i think in addition to thinking about how to frame 2026. you should be thinking very carefully about what's going to be focused burn -- be the focus. elliott: i think the point about diplomacy is a good one. it's not only the embassies. it's the state department. i mean between elon musk and marco rubio we will see how that turns out. i met yesterday with u.s. ambassador for the european -- who

chinese officials, as he saw u.s.-china relations hit historic lows. every meeting for him has been intense. i sat down him for a wide-ranging interview at the embassy as he leaves china after nearly three years on the job. he says the relationship is more stable than it was, say, the monday morning after the balloon crisis. there are now official talks on issues like fentanyl cooperation, climate and between militaries, but the people-to-people exchanges that burns likes to call the ball last of the relationship, have not come back. he also had sharper than usual thoughts on china's behavior in the recently with taiwan and the philippines and its support for russia in the ukraine war. while burns said it wouldn't be fair to comment on how president-elect trump might handle u.s. foreign policy in his second term, he did at one point offer thoughts on the importance of allies to counter the likes of russia, north korea and iran, which struck me as less of a message to china than some not so veiled advice for mr. trump. >> if there's one thing i leave this job as ambassador to china and believe in so deeply, we have got to keep our allies close to us.