This week on Face the Nation: From the Middle East to the Pacific Rim, America’s influence is being tested. Are we any closer to rescuing the more than 200 hostages still held by Hamas? We check in with some key players from the Biden administration, Capitol Hill, and around the world. Then, after President Biden's long-anticipated face-to-face meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, what's next for America's relationship with its biggest rival? We hear from the bipartisan leaders of Congress' China committee.

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American Influence Tested, Rep. Mike Turner, Sen. Chris Van Hollen & more

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This week on Face the Nation, with $61 billion in aid now headed to the Ukrainian frontlines, we sit down with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to learn more about his party’s role in assisting Ukraine. Next, our elections and surveys director Anthony Salvanto’s new poll gives us a state of the presidential race. As campus protests spread across the country, we ask Representative Summer Lee what is helping fuel those demonstrations. Plus, we hear from UNICEF Executive Director about the dire situation affecting children in Gaza and the West Bank. And finally, American hostage Keith Siegel’s niece Hanna joins us to share her thoughts after Hamas released a second propaganda video featuring her uncle.

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Senate Minority Leader McConnell, Hanna Siegel, Rep. Summer Lee, UNICEF Exec. Director Russell, and more.

This week on Face the Nation, the House passes a massive aid package with tens of billions of dollars for Ukraine and Israel. We talk with Senate Intelligence Chair Mark Warner. Plus we hear from Republican Congressman Tom Cole and Senator Dan Sullivan about all this and more. As former President Trump prepares for opening statements in the New York hush money trial, President Biden spent 3 days in Pennsylvania. We talk with that state's democratic governor, Josh Shapiro. And finally, we sit down with The New York Times’ White House and national security correspondent David Sanger to discuss his book, “New Cold Wars.”

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Sen. Warner, Rep. Cole, Sen. Sullivan, Gov. Shapiro, and more.

This week on Face the Nation, following Iran’s retaliatory attack on Israel, we get the latest on the widening crisis in the Middle East from NSC Advisor John Kirby. We ask Chair Michael McCaul what this means for passing the foreign aid package. Following Iran’s first attack against Israel, we ask General Frank McKenzie what is next for the region. CBS News National Security Contributor Samantha Vinograd answers our questions about the crisis in the Middle East. As for the Arizona Supreme Court’s abortion ruling, we hear from Senator Mark Kelly. We talk with IMF Director Kristalina Georgieva about the effects of regional crisis on oil prices and possible seizing of Russian assets to fund Ukraine.

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NSC Advisor Kirby, Chair Mike McCaul, General McKenzie, and more

This week on Face the Nation, following the IDF’s decision to pull out of southern Gaza, we sit down with NSC Advisor John Kirby. The outrage following the killing of seven World Central Kitchen humanitarian aid workers by the IDF, we ask Maryland Democrat Chris Van Hollen the latest. We also look at the enormous toll of this war on humanitarian aid workers and children in the Israel-Hamas war with Avril Benoit of Doctors Without Borders and Save the Children President Janti Soeripto. Next, we hear from Rep. French Hill on House efforts to pass foreign aid. Plus, we get the latest on the cleanup efforts of the Key Bridge from Maryland Governor Wes Moore. And finally, as negotiations to release the Hamas-held hostages restart in Cairo, we talk with Rachel Goldberg-Polin, her son Hersh was captured six months ago.

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NSC Advisor Kirby, Sen. Van Hollen, Rep. Hill, and more.

This week on Face the Nation, following the sudden and deadly collapse of the Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, we ask Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott about the nation's roads and airports ahead of the travel surge this spring. As foreign aid package is stuck in the House, we get the latest from House Intelligence Committee Chair Michael Turner. Plus, talk with World Food Program Executive Director Cindy McCain about the dire hunger crisis in Gaza. Finally, we hear from two faith leaders on the power of hope.

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American Influence Tested, Rep. Mike Turner, Sen. Chris Van Hollen & more

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