s. foreign policy to pro china forced a last minute change in the script there wipers, including us central command. this film was changed so that china was not the enemy anymore, but north korea was as ridiculous as that sounds that north korea would stage a land invasion the united states. this is the red dawn of 2012. and work in politics usually gets the final cut. since putting came to power, there's been a deluge of russian films on world war 2, called the great patriotic war in russia. in 2018 epic, 234 brave russian soldiers battle the evil nazis trying to destroy them. today's propaganda towards ukraine draws directly on the cinematic images of the enemy. what we're seeing today, if we think maybe just specifically about your crime is a very visual, fastest mouth, see type of propaganda where there's absolutely no nuance in is sort of to pick thing the enemy and very clear visual language. so there is a direct line and the way that these nazi enemy images are being revoked in today's russia. but in the middle of an actual war framing the other side in terms of made up a movie, batt

s. foreign policy to pro china forced a last minute change in the script. there wipers out, including us central command. this film was changed so that china was not the enemy anymore, but north korea was as ridiculous as that sounds that north korea would stage a land invasion the united states. this is the red dawn of 2012 and work film on politics usually get the final cut. since putting came to power, there been a deluge of russian films on world war 2, called the great patriotic war in russia. in 2018 epic t. 34 brave russian soldiers battle the evil nazis trying to destroy them. pennies propaganda towards ukraine draws directly on the cinematic images of the enemy. what we're seeing today, if we think maybe just specifically about your crime is a very visual, fastest mouth, see type of propaganda where there's absolutely no nuance in sort of to pick thing the enemy and very clear visual language. so there is a direct line and the way that the nazi enemy images are being revoked in today's russia. but in the middle of an actual war framing the other si

. >> pro china hack, i will say it .ut the biden administration announced yesterday that we would welcome 100,000 ukrainian refugees. it is absolutely horrific what has happened to them. it is bringing them all the way to the united states. what about the u.s. taxpayers? genuine now is the senior for immigration studies and author of america's covert order wall. you recently called it a fable that these ukrainian were refugees desperately need american sanctuary and even would qualify for asylum. >> that is because all 27 countries of the european union have generously offered three-year residencies to every ukrainian war refugee. that means that they have full access to their healthcare systems, to work authorization into housing subsidies and also the uk i might mention also so they are is really reason whatsoever. for ukrainians to be coming to our border or for us to be bringing in huge numbers of ukrainians here. they are doing great for a grou of war refugees. it is kind of the issue is that they are not asylum-see

. >> he refused to abide by the sanctions, this is quite a shock for the pro-china people in our wonderfuly of washington, d.c., who thought china would somehow say you can't invade a u.n. country but china did not. it came out and said we won't abide by these sanctions, they are wrong and they have been echoing some of the russian themes that there are neo-nazis in ukraine that need to be taken care of. china has made a mistake i think, they have alienated a few of the remaining friends -- >> laura: when they alienate the chamber of commerce, when they alienate the business roundtable, then you can tell me they really alienated a lot of people. following up on a topic you brought up, you are so good on this. this was late last week, would china's alternative to the swift banking system -- they posted notes banning them from swift was likely to accelerate the expansion of beijing's own system of cross-border payment and settlement which has gained some prominence and threatens to decouple its own economy from china. what about replacing the dollar as the world's reserve currency, that coul

the democrats are accordingly the pro china faction. >> laura: right. of republicans, too. >> lee: agreed. absolutely. >> laura: that was a big conversation. thank you. we want to take you back to the ukraine, where explosions are rocking the capital city of kyiv and air raid sirens. lucas tomlinson, what can you tell us tonight? >> lucas: it is the first time we have heard those air raid sirens so early in the morning. earlier, u.s. officials tell me that several russian warships are underway from prime. headed northwest to odessa, ukraine's third largest city. they those amphibious -- they think an biggest assault could take place in odessa. the president described the hell. >> translator: they have the order to erase our history, our country, and all of us. >> lucas: five ukrainian cities are now surrounded. one was just captured in southern ukraine. the russians claim to have captured the city. now, russian forces have their first prize in the black sea russia fired over 450 missiles in ukraine. this is kharkiv regional university on fire. the ukrai

so, the pro china forces in the administration, treasury and commerce they won out. e predicted they would, signaling more weakness to beijing. so, why would china ever take america seriously when our own government is so easy to intimidate? china lied about covid. china supported the invasion of ukraine. but joe and his team, they just don't care. and poor old secretary blinkin, i feel bad for him, knowing his boss will never use or look for leverage over china, he can only do wishful thinking diplomacy. >> got on the phone with my counterpart, because one of the things i said is china speaks often about the sanctity of this principle of sovereignty. we would expect china based on everything it said in the past to stand up and make its voice heard. >> stand up and make your voice heard, china. it's more embarrassment. now, china is really the leader of a democratic establishment, what they sold him as, he would have assembled a team of foreign policy realists who would have provided a frank assessment of the options available in ukraine. they would have told them tha

on ukraine, amplified in china. chinese state and social media broadcasting a very russia and meet one sided version of events. and you've great, an expert called it maximum pro russia new china t stay 2 of the what that means and china backs it's claims of the south china sea with military might look at the island, a u. s. among those days, china has minutes arrived. ah, i british manager, welcome to the dublin news. asia ledger could join us russia as view of its invasion and ukraine has found a ready audience in china. the government refuses to call russian actions and invasion, and state media routinely echoes the official kremlin tom special military operation . comments on chinese social media 2 are heavily censored in favor of russia. the result is a heavily one sided view of a war. a majority of the world has condemned. he has more from fabiani gretsch bye in beijing. you let him in putin. he's a formula, one driver and an ice hockey champion. how formidable the caption reads, social media and china's filled with videos like this, idolizing the russian president, wilson and in state media coverage of the war almost exclusively shows sympathy for mosco

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yellen should actually start to s look at the facts before she make public pronouncements on tv pro china hack. i'll say, gentlemen, thank you . now of item administration announced yesterday that we hat d welcome a hundred thousand ukrainian refugees. obviously our hearts break for the people in ukraine. it is absolutely horrific what has happened to them buthe is bringing them all w the way o the united states and their best interests. and what about the u.s. taxpayers? joining me now ise todd benjamin, senior national security fellow at the center for immigration studies and author of america's covert border wall . todder, you recently called it a fable that these ukrainian war refugees desperately need americans sanctuary and evenin would qualify for asylum. whyiarate is the well, that's be all 27 countries of the european union have generous offered three year residences to every ukrainianme war refugee. that means that theyan have fulf access to their health care systems to work authorizationin and housing subsidies. and also the uk, i mighttos mention also. so there there's really

you might say it's a form of neutrality, perhaps a little less pro-kremlin then china but still veryed on neutrality, calling for a cease-fire and dialogue among both parties but reticent to call this an invasion. what that means is india is worried this will serve as the cause for rapprochement between russia and china and that would sever ties. india needs for its defense capability as well. kathleen: today, the head of nato speaking on meet the press was pushed repeatedly to say if russia using chemical weapons on ukraine is a redline. he refused to say that. my question is if nato and u.s. won't draw any redlines on anything putin does, will this war ever end in any kind of form that is favorable in the least to ukraine? herve: i think what we are seeing out of washington dc now is humility, it is apprehension, it is a recognition that u.s. military power, though still the most dominant in the world, is actually very limited as a policy option when it comes to ukraine. on the one hand, there's been a lot of support for ukraine in terms of military aid and other forms of humanitar

for another 30 days and temporarily banned 11 opposition parties claiming their hold pro russian positions. china's deputy foreign minister meanwhile, says punitive measures against moscow, counterproductive and only add fuel to the fire, hurting ordinary people and disrupting the global economy. the un says there's a shortage of supplies, including food, water, and medicines, in the cities of my real pull. and for me, russia has there more than $3600.00 tons of monetary and 18 queens since the start of the current complex. and that's of care of official say they have agreed. 7 escape routes with the clip criminal and the safety evacuation civilians is ongoing . ukraine is not cooperating fully on the issue. question. forces of also destroyed a fuel storage base plan, ukrainian ahmed vehicles in the south of the country. as well as a training center for foreign mercenaries in northern ukraine. the ports are coming from ukraine's 2nd largest city hot calls that at least one person was killed and 11 were wounded in the shilling of a regional institute. rescue is now searching for survivors. local aut

k, me, they hold pro russian positions china. the deputy foreign minister meanwhile, says punitive measures against moscow a counter productive and only add fuel to the fire, hurting ordinary people and disrupting the global economy. the un says there's a shortage of supplies, including food, water and medicines. in the cities of my reopen. and so me, russia has said more than 3600 tons of meditation, a to ukraine. since the start of the coming conflict that says kid officials say they have agreed, 7 escape routes with the kremlin. moscow says the evacuation of civilians is ongoing, although ukraine is not cooperating fully on the issue. russian forces have also destroyed a fuel storage base supply, ukrainian army vehicles in the south of the country, as well as a training center for foreign mercenaries in northern ukraine. the reports are coming from ukraine's 2nd largest city hot calls that at least one person was killed and 11 were wounded. in the shilling of a regional institute whiskers are now searching for survivors. local

. >> reporter: liu says he left china after the pro-democracy movement in tiananmen square in 1989. >had an incident in the 1990s that someone was sent from china to spy on me, who actually got very close to me, who posed as a friend and i helped him out and took him to my home. >> reporter: in the doj's criminal complaint it says the defendants did knowingly act. he says this shows the u.s. government is on top of things. >> this is a free country, we are allowed to speak our minds. we have the freedom of speech, and they should leave us alone. >> reporter: if convicted, the three men could spend years in federal prison. sharon katsuda, nbc bay area news. late today, teachers in the east bay have voted in favor of a strike. teachers in the mt. diablo district's demands bigger salaries and smaller class sizes. an overwhelming number of them voted in favor of this strike. >> 92.3% voted yes. 92.3% indicated that three have strong trust in our executive board to make the decision to strike. if it becomes necessary. >> so here's what comes next. the teachers say if their demands are not

. >>> as europe, the united states, nato unite to oppose russia's aggression, china is projecting what has been called pror to the u.n. says the humanitarian crisis to ukraine has become increasingly serious and something china does not want to see. he insists major powers should not force developing countries to pick a side in the conflict between russia and ukraine. steven jiang joins us live from beijing. china will not criticize russia. >> that's right, christine. when it comes to china saying no one has to choose a side, they are talking the talk but not walking the walk. there are some subtle changes recently. their rhetoric. now they're saying ukrainian security has to be acknowledged and they're even sending some small scale humanitarian aid to ukraine. they're still very much refusing to condemn the war. not even calling this a russian campaign. they're strongly opposing to all forms of sanctions against russia. now reports have emerged recently. their ambassador to russia met up with a group of chinese business leaders urging them to seize economic opportunities created by this crisis and tellin

the president comparing the unfolding conflict to china's deadly crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in 1989 >> i mean, talk about what happened in tiananmen square that's tiananmen square squared >> reporter: and this morning, the president unveiling another step to try to squeeze the russian economy. the u.s. will start shipping more liquefied natural gas to europe. >> we're coming together t reduce europe's dependence on russian energy putin has issued the energy resources to coerce and manipulate its neighbors. he's used the profits to drive his war machine. >> reporter: but even after today's announcement, europe, like china, india and others will still continue buying russian oil and gas, providing putin with a critical economic lifeline it comes after the president wrapped up an emergency nato summit in brussels where the u.s. and its allies announced new sanctions against russian lawmakers and a billion dollars in humanitarian aid to ukraine. but it's all fallen far short of what ukraine's president zelenskyy is pleading for, including tanks, fighter jets and anti-ship weapon

can you bring out an up of the key for the china grinds? cannot pro, furnish the riot something severe but the most. but it said it in the gut. me as will answer. but if you just, i mean who you may think you just, i mean you but you my at the yellow yeah, i trisha because i took rains. can with him when you play, it's over a regular so aches in id dog brass. i do that boy bigler moody ged. there are old, countless of weaken. things never called it for. and each funded by your legal, in each funded by the globally supported by natal, grinned, cannot spot this war until this hit quarter is demolished. and when it happens, i promise you civil war and ukraine will stop next day. ah, on february the 12th 2015, the mincing to agreement is signed, but the fighting continues with people can have different opinions about the course of events. but to me, it looks like an illegal unabashed open act of russian aggression against the sovereign ukraine. he sent his up at all naked than he but his lad to store unless i did it today for teachers. good. have done so

china. that is pro-western, unfavorable to russia. >> reports and video footage from ukraine are showing russia has been bombing largely civilian areas. leading lawmakers in washington to take on a stronger tone. our washington correspondent alexandra limon reports. >> good evening. u.s. officials are now taking an even tougher tone when it comes to russia over the past. 24 hours, several u.s. officials have now said that they believe putin and russia are committing war crimes. officials say just this week russia bombed schools a hospital. and on wednesday, a theater in ukraine that was housing. civilians were children. >> have been written in russian in giant white letters on the pavement outside the building. so that you could know from the air there were children inside. russia denies responsibility for that u.s. officials are no longer shying away from calling putin's and russia's actions. war crimes russia's actions. war crimes personally. targeting civilians is a war crime. but defense secretary lloyd austin says the united states still can't grant one of ukraine's top requests declaring

putin under pressure: the russian dictator's chilling pro-war rally in moscow. deterring china: president biden's nearly-two-hour virtual call with president xi, trying to convince the chinese leader not to provide support to russia. severe weather. a sus

. >> reporter: he escaped from china to hong kong and ultimately the u.s. where he has organized pro-democracy rallies. >> i had an incident in the 1990s where somebody was sent from china to spy on me, who actually got very close to me, who posed as a friend and helped him out and took him to my home. >> reporter: liu says his daughter, alyssa, also became a target at intimidation by chinese operative, noted in the complaint by the fbi. >> alyssa had become part of team usa for figure skating for the olympic games. so i think that's one of the reasons they are paying attention to her. i think they targeted her and also my daughter to try to gather our passport information, our social security numbers. >> reporter: these are pictures of the three chinese agents arrested and charged. >> the defendant did knowingly act in the united states as an agent of a foreign government, to wit, the people's republic of china. >> in a way, this case, you know, at least tells us that the u.s. government is on top of things. >> reporter: sharon katsuda, nbc bay area news of the. >>> it had not be ha

i was just telling bill that the censors in china have said no pro russia, anti-ukrainian messages bute to thread. i think the question, too, is does xi, even as he tries to challenge the u.s.-led western order, is this the vehicle, this war that he wants to do it on? to beth's point, we are seeing him distance himself. . >> which is a good sign. xi did not support russia in the security council or the general assembly. they abstained. they did not indicate they were in support of russia there. so i think there is this thread, this needle to thread that you don't have to indicate the support. >> we will be watching this call. i know you will be very closely. perhaps no major pivot. but even little movements are going to mean a lot. beth, ambassador, thank you so much to both of you. "new day" continues right now. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >>> welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. it is friday, march 18th. and breaking overnight, the city of lviv coming under fire. the mayor says an aircraft repair plant hit there by russian missiles. according to ukrain

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putin under pressure: the russian dictator's chilling pro-war rally in moscow. deterring china: president biden's nearly-two-hour virtual call with president xi, trying to convince the chinese leader not to provide support to russia. severe weather. a suspected tornado, flooding, and thunderstorms hit alabama. the threat continues tonight as wildfires force evacuations in texas. moderna's fourth shot: what age group may need a new booster. plus, does a european spike in cases mean the u.s. is next? saving gas and money. how some americans are going to extremes to conserve fuel. >> every dollar i save in fuel is a dollar in my pocket. >> o'donnell: and "on the road," one wom woman's journey o transform a michigan neighborhood. >> this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell reporting from our nation's capital. >> o'donnell: good evening, and thank you for joining us. tonight, russia's attacks on ukraine are heading further west toward nato allies. six missiles were launched at the western city of lviv. ukraine's defense systems took down two of the weapons that the others

they have also censored a lot of the pro ukraine voices in china as well.ce criticism against russia. and those people have been on social media. so, the view in china right now among the viewing public is very similar to what people in russia are getting from putin in the state media there as well. >> could china step in and buy a whole bunch of russian oil on the cheap? >> they are definitely looking at ways where they can bank economically from the situation. but they are worried about getting too caught up in the sanctions. i think they will be careful and this is something that they are definitely looking at. >> putin's best friend. always remember, the truth matters, but only if you see. it thank you so much for joining us tonight, amy qin, we will leave it. they're coming, up from performing onstage to join the war effort. have some of ukraine's top ballerinas or getting involved in the fight. that's next on the 11th hour continues. ter wind noises] you wanna go out, walter? let's go. yeah! mush, walter! pace yourself. ♪♪ whoa. that's incredible. oh

china for u.s. after tiananmen square massacre, he was part of the pro-democracy movement and wanted by the government. >> i had incident in the 1990s, somebody sent from china to spy on me who actually got very close to me, who i -- you know, as a friend's friend, helped him out, took him to my home. >> reporter: in the doj's criminal complaint said the defendants did knowingly act in the united states as agents of foreign government, the people's republic of china. liu believes this report shows the u.s. government is on top of things. >> need to respect the u.s. laws, this is a free country, and we are allowed to speak our minds, we have the freedom of speech. and they should leave us alone. >> reporter: if convicted, could spend years in federal prison, nbc bay area news. >>> gas prices are up, we know that. so are uber prices effective today, riders paying extra 45 to 55 cents per trip and uber eats deliveries have a surcharge to go to the drivers who pay for their own gas. expected to last two months. lyft will also impose a temporary fuel surcharge next week. >>> boulder across traffic, over ec

follow the official line a little bit more closer. >> reporter: for millions of main land china viewers, this sanitize pros of chinese president and his strengthening alliance with the russian president. no mention of u.s. intelligence claiming china persuaded russia to postpone the invasion until after the beijing winter olympics. critical coverage by cnn and other western networks censored along with graphic images of terror, unprovoked and unleashed on the ukrainian people by the same president putin praised on chinese state media. they are very reluctant to go against the government's official stance and as a result of that, they are not showing some of the graphic images, the cruelty that's happening on the ground in ukraine there. you saw it first hand when you were there. this reporter who is seeing things as well, choosing not to show those in his reports. >> incredible. thank you so much. >>> next, an update on the american father we first told you about last week whose twins were born prematurely via surrogate in ukraine. the twins are safe. wait until you hear the story about rescue the childre

pro-west. cnn research has found china's major state media outlets appear to be following that play book. etweeted more than 46% contained pro-russia comments compared to less than 5% with pro-ukraine statements. roughly 35% of the posts included attacks on the u.s. and its allies. with reports by russia state media outlets being banned in western nations and moskow enacting its own great firewall to censor chinese state media is spreading misinformation on-air around the clock. >> i'm hala gorani in lviv ukraine. thank you for watching. paula newton continues our coverage aftfter a break. a fan. it works in minutes. nexium 24 hour and prilosec otc can takeke one to four days to fully work. pepcid. strong relief for fans of fast. >>> foster children from cities in ukraine under russian bombardment have been moved to relative safety in lviv, but those caring for them fear how long the safety will last. as russian forces, as we've been telling you, advance closer to the city. michael holmes has their story. >> reporter: in a government run children shelter in lviv in western ukraine, kids be

china has been pro kremlin neutral, and it's difficult to maintain that stance when you continue to see images like this, civilians being bombarded at the bread line where as many as 10 civilians died. >> antony blinken had tough words for china yesterday. do you think there's any chance that biden could somehow change the direction that china is headed? >> well, listen, getting china to conform with your demands is much more difficult than getting russia in line. one thing the u.s. has in its favor is the sanctions and threats that led up to this war that biden publicly announced against russia together with european allies came through. right? vladimir putin didn't think that that would actually happen x we saw the worst case scenario in terms of repercussions for russia. maybe this is a way that xi jinping can say the u.s. is not bluffing. unlike russia it's not clear where the europeans stand in terms of how far they're willing to go to sanction china. >> the russian foreign minister, sergey lavrov just did a press conference, and one of the things he said, and we know this because

on ukraine, amplified in china. chinese state and social media broadcasting are very russia and meet one sided version of events. if you've prayed an expert called it maximum pro russia new trinity, stay to the what that means and china backs it's claims of the south. china sea with military might look at the islands. us to mando say is china has been it's arrived.

a taiwan trade office essentially a quasi embassy and so because of that actually china's threatening the whole eu pro project. they're telling german automakers that they well they're telling the lithuanians. they just actually took her out the country code for lithuania. so lithuania can't import or export anything to china because there's no country code. china says it hasn't anything against wto. just sorry you don't exist as a country. so that's interesting way of zeroing a nation, but then they've gone farther and they've told german automakers that they can't use components made or assembled in lithuania for cars or for you know for export to china. i mean, so it's actually thrown the eu into i don't want to say turmoil, but it's it's really testing ties within within the eu. so i think china has a capacity for for mischief making that is you know quite at odds with it's early that it was a you know, i'm kind of have a peaceful rise. and the role of the us and all this so we saw the us during the protests, you know, take steps and congress the us congress nancy pelosi and mitch mcconnell got to

china. that is pro-west or unfavorable to russia.ht now there's legislation in congress to stop oil companies from price gouging when it comes to gas. some lawmakers say that is the reason americans are paying more at the pump. our washington correspondent reshad hudson has the latest. >> oil is back below $100 a barrel, but americans are still paying record prices at the it is very appropriate that we scrutinize for price gouging. wisconsin senator tammy baldwin says oil companies are taking advantage of people hiking the price of gas before there's any shortage of supply. but baldwin is proposing legislation to stop price gouging. west virginia senator shelley moore capito says will she shares that concern? she thinks the biden administration's energy policies are bigger problem. this is been building since the day the president went to office when he cut the pipeline. democrats largely blamed the war in ukraine for the price hike. but house speaker nancy pelosi also says companies aren't taking advantage of existing opportunities

china. that is pro-west or unfavorable to russia.orities have extended the detention of wnba star brittney griner for at least 2 more months today. a russian news agency said local courts have ordered she be held until. >> may 19th at least griner was arrested last month after customs officials said they found hash oil in her luggage at the moscow airport in russia. that crime does carry a prison sentence of up to 10 years. human rights group recently visited griner at the detention facility. they say she is sharing it with 2 other people and that she is not complaining about the conditions. the u.s. is issuing travel advisories for mexico. this is as we're heading peak spring break season advising americans not to travel to many areas just days ago. >> across the texas border, gunfire broke out between the mexican military and gang members on the streets of laredo. and this is coming after the arrest of a high-profile cartel leader. the violent shut down the u.s. consulate in 2 international bridges. also last week, skeletal remains

however, increasingly china has been more pro russia in the statements it's been consistently blamingr the ukraine crisis. also president xi recently heavily criticized the western sanctions as well as the expansion of nato. and then just today the foreign ministry denied the reports that u.s. officials had suggested that china was asked by russia to assist with military gear saying this is false information. all the while state media has been amplifying russia's theories that u.s. bio labs, the u.s. has been operating bio labs in ukraine now, before his visit the nsa adviser jake sullivan said he was going to be speaking with china's top diplomat about the potential consequences if there is what he had said, a large scale sanctions evasion. this, of course, then puts china in an uncomfortable position where it doesn't like to be. where it has to make tough choices when it comes to foreign policy or what happens risk a harder break with the u.s. and its allies >> and at the same time, now facing the worst covid outbreak they've had in china in two years. right? >> yeah. that's right s