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"early today" starts right now >> good morning, and thanks for waking up with us, i'm vinita nair. >> i'm frances rivera. we begin with international intrying between the world's two super powers president biden is planning to meet with xi jinping for the first time since taking office the two leaders agreed on a face-to-face yesterday during a two-hour call, but it also came with a stark warning from china. brie jackson is in d.c. with the latest the president is walking a tightrope here with beijing. >> reporter: a tightrope indeed. this call comes amid new competition between the two world powers president biden and xi jinping spoke about cooperating on issues like climate change and global food security they also spoke about russia's war in ukraine, which beijing has refused to condemn so far. and then there's the biggest point of contention, taiwan. mr. biden told xi that america's position has not changed but china did not mince words after the call the country's minister of foreign affairs saying, quote, those who play with fire will perish by it the latest pressure point is ho

the fire department reports that abem nair arrest. police say he used a homemade gun. blake is in tokyo. what more are we learning about this? >> kim, very fluid situation here. japanese public broadcaster, nhk, is reporting the former japanese prime minister, shinzo abe has been shot twice. once in the chest and once in the neck, while delivering a speech around 11:30 this morning local time, in the western city of nara. according to the prime minister, who just gave a press conference, as you mentioned, abe is in critical condition, and doctors are fighting to save his life. after the shooting, abe was conscious and responsive after being transported after the shooting. the prime minister was bleeding from his chest, in a state of cardiac arrest. witnesses say abe was shot from behind. he didn't collapse after the first shot. did collapse after the second shot, before receiving cpr. the suspect is believed to be a man in his 40s. he has been arrested, in possession with what nhk is describing as a homemade gun. witnesses say, that were there on the scene, the suspect

a local official told cnn, abe was in a state of cardio pull nair arrest, a sudden loss of heart functionn's cap net secretary says his current position is unclear. nhk says the suspect, you see there on your screen, has been arrested. apparently, he had a homemade weapon. >>> the downwall of prime minister boris johnson, as inevitable as it may seem, is sending shock waves through britain and fueling a lot of uncertainty about the future. the pound has been tumbling. a recession is looming. johnson, lamenting his early exit saying, it's painful to not be able to finish so many of his ideas and projects. >> to you, the british public, i know there are many people that are relieved and perhaps quite a few will be disapointed. and i want you to know how sad i am to be giving up the best job in the world. but them's the breaks. as we've seen at westminster, the herd instinct is powerful. when the herd moves, it's moves. my friends in politics, no one is remotely indispensable. our leader, taking this country forward through tough times. >> the foreign secretary, liz truss, and two of the cab

. >> you've heard of the texas balance nairs, tim dunn, farris wilks? >> yes. >> the bill's author and primary sponsor representative valerie swanson received funding from wilks and dunn in her 2016 campaign. how involved do you think they are in these issues? >> money always talks and if these legislators are agetting their funding from them and the funding could stop if they're not doing what the donors are asking them to do that speaks for itself. >> your senator in the dallas area. >> senator bob hall is ranked as the top conservative in the texas senate. >> received nearly half of his 2018 campaign funding from the wilks and dunn network. >> when we return -- >> a friend of mine called me, please don't do that interview. >> former employee to tim dunn -- >> you were kept under lock and key. >> -- and conservative texas lawmakers. >> you can take an unqualified person and make them look like a legitimate officeholder. >> speak out out for the first time on camera. is this about being conservative or about control? >> it's about control. being conser

communication you've heard from the white house in the short term, they clearly seem to be softening nair >> yeah, we've heard some conflicting messages, but it's been very encouraging to see president biden has increased the commitment to supply europe with energy. listen, this administration is going to reflect the will of the people, and with these polling results, it shows there's an overwhelming of support from americans to increase european gas production, it's a sign the support is going to be there, and we'll meet the demand for natural energy. >> a place like this, they cannot run on renewable power. they need the natural gas to fire the turbines to melt the steel at 1700 degrees. no other fuel will do that toby rice, eqt i appreciate it, my friend >>> dom, i'm going to leave it with that. germany is a leader in renewables, and they're doing a great job in many ways the reason we're here is there are certain industries like this that like it or not require certain types of fuels to run their business you shut that off, you shut this place off, you shut germany offing and you shut

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and overall, what i'm coming down to is, the question is, how much can billion naires get away with, rewriting history and in a down market, you think people owe you money, but they think you can run, whether it's crypto or promising to buy twitter or whatever >> i think that's very much the case and i think the delaware chancery court, hilarious noo name aside, thinks of itself as the premiere forum for litigating contests between large pizs that's why all the companies are headquartered in delaware. they want to be taken seriously. that's their reputation. and that's what they're there for. so it's been 20 years since i was a 1-l in stewart mccally's contract class, but i seem to remember that terminating a contract requires two parties. so elon saying the contract is terminated they need to find a reason to actually terminate the contract. they've settled on bots. today's hearing is a pretty good indicator as to whether the court believes this is a contract dispute or a data and facts dispute. and i suspect very strongly that the court will pick contract dispute. >> over the past

name, if they've got a ton of money that's coming from these west texas billionaires, those billion nairese elected official. >> it is a russian-style oligarchy, pure and simple. >> really, really wealthy people, who are willing to spend a lot of money to get policy made the way they want it, and they get it. >> and so, jake, you know, we're talking about tim dunn and ferris wilkes. these are not household names in texas. you can almost kind of think of them like the koch brothers here in texas. they operate very quietly behind the scenes, and they have been effective for years. >> calling them the texas koch brothers sounds better than calling them texas's version of russian oligarchs. what makes them so effective? >> what they started doing years ago, instead of putting money into, for example, and they have, governors races that cost tens of millions of dollars, but they've really focused on smaller statehouse and state senate races, across the state, where are much smaller amount of money can make a much greater impact. and that's what they've done. as one person who has been a long-te

campaign cash from the oil and gas industry from any other senator and became a million i don't know nair blew up the plan to fight climate change. this is not a knock on one person but the system. can you put in place a series of protections on conflict of interest so that there is not the question of whether joe manchin is voting because of his concerns about inflation, which is what he said, or whether he is voting these things down because he has a personal stake in the coal industry or voting things down because he thinks a tax hike down because he himself is a millionaire. >> i love that question so much, katy. you are right on it in terms of the institutional problem. that's why elizabeth warren and i have a bill on transparency and ethics reform that would prevent much of this behavior from sitting members of congress so we can be sure that when we are making decisions in congress, we are not being affected by campaign contributions and by our own interest in what our stocks do or what our family's portfolio does. that's why we must institute those and it's the institutional failu

is taking very real action to run forment again, stumping at a rally for a fellow 2020 election die nairarizona, building an inner circle and leading nearly every early poll for the republican nomination. perhaps the biggest threat to trump's candidacy was on display thursday, in this democratic-led congress, the person who led the committee's hearing thursday was a republican, congresswoman liz cheney who has recentlessly called out former president trump and those around him and put her own political career on the line to call out his actions. >>> president trump is a 76 years old man, he is not an impressionable child. just like everyone else in our country, he is responsible for his own actions and his own choices. >> joining me from her home state of wyoming, vice chair of the exhibit committee republican co-woman liz cheney. thank you for joining us, really appreciate it. >> great to be with you. >> after everything you've uncovered and all the work of your committee, do you believe your committee successfully made the case that donald trump committed crimes, and if so which ones?

. >> no one can account for states attorney nair lynn mosby, many are questioning whether or not shene of the get away drivers. whether she masterminded the ordeal. will: she posted video same day a teen was charged with murder. baltimore has the second most murders per capita in the country, just behind st. louis. >>> a better note, ice cream fans lining up around the block today because. they took a look at the favorite flavors in the country leading the way, chocolate, really. followed by rocky road i'm out of this list. in third place, one of homer simpson's least favorite flavors. neapolitan. >> hmmm, chocolate. doh. hmmm, chocolate. doh. marge? will: strawberry cookie dough, even coconut were among top flavors. surprisingly vanilla didn't top anyone's list. that is my favorite. carley: mine too. pete: vanilla is the best. maybe a little chocolate drizzle. >> how do you feel about cookie dough? that that may be my favorite. will: blue bell vanilla. you ever had blue bell ice cream? pete: in the pail? no. will: not necessarily. yellow container. vanilla bean, it is so good. i wil

what nair solution for getting -- their -- what is their solution for getting us out of this mess? even more spending. but only increasing domestic production of our natural energy resources can get us back on track. president biden appears to prefer the destruction of our country's fossil fuel energy industry rather than using it to bring gas and diesel back down. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the chair will postponed further proceedings today on motions to suspend the rules on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the house will resume proceedings on postponed questions at a later time. for what purpose does the gentleman from oregon seek recognition? mr. blumenauer: madam speaker, i move to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 8351, the formula act. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r.8351 -- h.r. 8351, a bill to amend the harmonized tariff schedule of the united states to suspend temporarily rates of duty on imports of certain infant formula products, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant