that view of those talks are correspondent, nick conley joins us from keith. welcome, nick. so we have the chinese president in moscow to act as a peacemaker in this war, but he's not going to you. great. i think phil, this comes as little surprise or there is going to be a consolation prize. a little phone call between zalinski and she, but no more than that. i think since the beginning of this war, it's been very clear that china is no honest broker is not equidistant between the west and russia. in this, it has helped russia to get around sanctions get hold of western spare part has been buying huge volumes of russian energy at a big discount, helped russia to kind of deal with those western boycotts. and i think the major fear here in ukraine is that china will seeing how badly rushes doing fearful of a massive russian defeat here in ukraine. potentially even a change of regime in moscow to arranging that might be more western facing more friendly to the west. is now potentially going to supply russia with weapons on a larger scale and really helped keep rushes military,

of time before rush and forces take back what we put that question today doubly correspondingly. conley re, 1st off, is import distress that this wagner group is known for pretty tall tales and britain. never knowing understating their achievement, but it does seem like a ukrainian controlled withdrawal could be on the called finally after weeks and months of full starts. we'd heard in recent days other so still hear about this one route out being left a little seat very, very difficult situation to be in. and the pundits talking about the fact that strategically. but what isn't that crucial? it is as important as it is like slogans, comma towards, which is still safely within ukraine, held territory. and that this is yet we'll see now a crucial kind of symbolic when for the russians of the months of sex on their part . so they're said that this might now be the beginning of the end for ukraine control in buffalo for now, we're just the last couple of minutes had some news that some ukrainian drone surveillance units have been ordered to leave city. but of these kind of pullouts take ti

now dw correspondent ne conley joined us from the ukrainian city of crime, a tourist near the front line in the east of the country. and here's what he told us about germany's delivery of the long awaited lepper to bottle tanks to ukraine. i think this is really important. i was just the front lines couple of hours ago. and before this news came in and the 1st question for everyone, when they found out that we were from the gym and broadcast was where are the tanks? it was a joke, but it was meant with a lot of seriousness and concerned because people here tell you that this spring offensive, everyone's talking about this kind of last chance as it were for ukraine to really push russia back before the pressure when you crane mounts to get back some kind of negotiations with the criminal for that they really need tanks right now. they're doing pretty well defending what they have to move forward any time. so this is a massive, massive development. they calmly in ukraine, their finland is now one step closer to joining nato. after the hungarian parliament approved it's paid by an overwhelm

nick conley sake looked out, some of the other stories making headlines around the world today. better and human rights activist and nobel peace prize winner, others via leanne ski has been sentenced to 10 years in prison by court in battle ropes. he was charged with smuggling od cash into bell rose to allegedly fond opposition activities. his supporters have called it a fake trial. thrown a cambodian opposition figure kim. so car has been sentenced to 27 years house arrest after being found guilty of treason cam. so car is a fierce critic of long time prime minister one sin the u. s. has condemned the case as politically motivated. you as jury has found prominence, south carolina lawyer, alex murdock. you're guilty of murdering his wife and son. the jury deliberated for less than 3 hours before finding him guilty of 2 counts of murder. he faces 30 years to life in prison. the trial drew worldwide attention. a global day of climate action has begun, including hundreds taking to the streets in australia. o unions, workers and other supporters of the fridays for future movements h

conley. >> think you mr. sherman. you know, the issue of subpoenas in this committee's has a long and sorry history. when dan was chairman he issued hundreds of subpoenas, losing track of who he had subpoenaed as a matter fact it kind of made a mockery of the process. when tom davis, my predecessor and henry switch back and forth as chairman and ranking member, they actually set a model where they genuinely did consult each other and try to cooperate on the issue of subpoenas. why is that important? from institutional point of view i fully simply proliferate the world with subpoenas we are going to dilute the importance of that as a tool. you correctly pointed out mr. chairman it is a tool to be used sparingly and it ought to have force. i happen to believe congress ought to revive contempt enforcing subpoenas institutionally as a separate coequal legislative branch of government. that is a fight someday i hope we will revisit. but, we want to make sure, i think all of us as members of this committee a subpoena has fo

thanks, nick. nay. conley and cram a torch. well, fierce fighting in the east of ukraine means casualties have been mounting on both sides. cave doesn't disclose its losses, but u. s. officials estimate more than 100000 ukrainians have been killed or injured during the war so far across the country made shift, graveyards, have been marked out to bury the fallen. followed me over a shank. ho was just 20 when he died. oh, later, butter. 20 sakes bo down palace go, was 21. they all thought for their country at this graveyard in hoc eve, there are hundreds of soldiers graves over each one flies, a ukrainian flag that sits in though the price is so high. do you see how many of our soldiers have fallen in this war union? i hope the sacrifice is not in vain your ship, so it's a novel on the durham in ukraine during lent relatives bring bread and sweets to the graves for the dead. irena is here with her son. her husband. it was a border guard club though we do that well, it looks you could a there are so many graveyards everywhere in u

nick conley support for ukraine is expected to be a major topic during a visit by german chancellor, all of shots to washington. later today, talks between transfer shots and you as president joe biden will focus on russia's invasion and concerns that china is planning to provide russia with military assistance counselors. yester schultz last visited the white house shortly before russia invaded ukraine. unlike previous trips, no journalists are travelling with the chancellor and there will not be a press con rush after the meeting. the chance for her to day i am a senior german opposition mp has said the trip is needed to repair german us relations after recent disagreements about sending battle tanks to cry. of the trip is now a trip in order to fix all the damage we'd. we do have, in our relations that assert the deeper reason that that, and no journalists are allowed to go with the chancellor. and that he, they, they are not going to add to the, to the public. after that talks, it is very in a critical situation where a lot of damage is in our relations, of course, are in attempt

dw net conley has been to meet people in the neat prairie region who are keeping ukraine's metals industry going despite the air strikes. ah, it's a sound that means one thing. time to head for safety on the ground. no matter how many times you've heard, it never stopped being unnerving when will began seeking shelter. also, men stopping work a urine and production of this metal plant continues. regardless, thanks to this improvise set up a little more than a few computers and internet connection people down here and keep the machines running up above the hut. their boss shows us his emergency supplies if needed. he tells us they could survive on these provisions for days or even weeks. so far, this talk hasn't been hit with russian troops still less than a 100 kilometers away the risks a real li be granted. this is war. and no one can possibly know what will happen. tomorrow's a good. we can't afford not to be prepared. a decision is the boss, i pray will never need any of this with. but other ukrainian companies have been less fortunate to russian missiles a few days apart. it this produ

nick conley and keith. let's take a closer look event at those non ukraine ties between china and russia with d. w. china hollister, cliff couldn't. who's here to look at the the business aspect visit. welcome cliff . so let's start with the economic background between these 2 countries, china and russia. well, if ever you wanted evidence of just how china has risen in the last 3 decades and how russia has kind of slipped. and over the same period, this visit really highlighted when german mazda dawn went 2 months after the foundation of the people's republic of china. in 1949. you went to russia for 2 months to cease darlin and style and kept him waiting for 6 weeks for to get $300000000.00 which he needed. and he charged some interest in those days, which among socialist allies was, was unheard of am. so he's basically the situations that have been completely reversed or china is very much the dominant economic power is the 2nd biggest economy in the world. russia has slipped from being this great superpo

occupied maria pull straight to the ukrainian capital van, where we find the w correspondent, nick conley. welcome nick. at this is present, zalinski 2nd visits to the backwoods at region. why is he taking such a risk? i think all through this war volumes, lensky has been all about showing his willing sake risks to get closer to the action i was and had a song when the ukrainian came back in the autumn. and he was there, even though there was kind of artillery fire, very close. it's all about the implicit contrast with vladimir putin who, as will remember, likes to meet people, the end of a very long table. his roommate spelled out of time in a bunker and it move around russia in a special homage train. so he is that contrasts especially to christians, recent visit to marble there, which will happened at night with very little interaction with people on the ground . and i think it is also definitely about morale. i mean, buffalo is the center of actual front line. now, huge losses, although we don't have any real kind of data that would talk about the actual numbers. but certainly lots of

oh, nick conley. thousands of ukrainian civilians have been killed in russian missiles struck sir, leaving relatives to grieve and to look after a young children orphaned by the war. dw is funny for char reports from keith. this family portraits shows alive that no longer exists. the father died of a heart attack just before the war. now the mother is gone to you. grandfather gregory is now in charge of the boy who was left behind was anyway, a special. i heard the explosion, so i was downtown at the time. did it on last year and then video started circulating on telegraph. need your properties, you'll see more. yeah. much as i started calling or to nibble, but there was no connection. and i knew it was her root. she would take it of all the time. it was october 10th when a rush and rocket hit, oksana scoring keith grigory got to the scene quickly. security officers kept him away from the wreckage. this is good of shameless. they told me there's a burned car and human remains on the front seat and i asked, is there any one on the back seat? the answer was yes, everything is burnt in. it do

nick conley will support for ukraine is expected to be a major topic during a visit by german chancellor. all of scholes to washington later tech talks between chancellor schultz and u. s. pros and joe biden will focus on russia's invasion and concerns that china is planning to provide russia with military assistance shots. last is the white house shortly before russia invaded ukraine. unlike previous trips, no journalists for traveling with the chancellor this time by and there will not be a press conference after the meeting after short. so we've met before a senior german opposition. m p said the trip needed to repair german us relations after recent disagreements about sending battle, thanks to ukraine. of the trip is now a trip in order to fix all the damage we do have in our relations. but it's the deeper reason that no journalists allowed to go with the chancellor, and that he, they, they are not going to the, to the public. after their talks. it is very in a critical situation where a lot of damage is in our relations of cos, an attempt from from all of charles to come back to a

i leave my conley, i do this some political issues. and like because i was having no feature in my country. and then like for the game, i decided to leave my country and toward 30, what time was that 3? that was my brain. so like, because here i wouldn't go to my. busy i want to continue with my studies. so then in the band i was i will go to school and so on. so then i decided to leave. and then i believe i said the because these are now like because. ready the time i arrived and i found out like a war on like my larry for the day and yeah, what not only me, but like for me or the friends that i met doing the journey. like because we were like for, for like, for many mars i'm then i will have our lives have been wasted because there was a way that we are fight in. so to come here and i'll just say are including from jail, birds to book world prisoners in the philippines are supporting inmates education for a better future. and in california is covered in snow after weeks of cold weather, the course across the state more that i ah wind

i so that nick and nick conley and keith let's get more on that. you summit now from i corresponding to rosie birch out who is in brussels of welcome rosie. the ears agreed to send ukraine a 1000000 rounds of ammunition in the next 12 months is more military support likely to be on today's agenda. it will be on today's agenda. and as we just heard, nick, alluding to, there are some fears that you countries may get a fatigue about this, but that's not what they say. brussels and the european union as a whole insist that they will stay by key of site for as long as it takes and part of making good on that promise. is this latest steel which you leaders will roberts down in this building here to day to jointly procure ammunition for you crate? that's important because so far, t of has been firing ammunition much faster than european arms production companies can actually produce it in order to backfill and keep ukraine's supplies up to the levels which key of says it needs in order to defend territory on the battle field . no, aside from that initial

but conley monk essentially is taking that data. he is a found a suit as a vietnam that who found a suit 3 l. a in federal court in um, in this past november and so calmly story i think it is, is emblematic because he joined up as a volunteer and the late the late sixty's went to vietnam, did 2 tours as, as a marine their god got into an altercation when someone called him a racial epithet and next thing you know, he was on the other side of a dishonorable discharge, it took them 40 years of fighting to get access to the health care disability compensation to get. he wasn't able to use his g, i build a by home for, for, for, for decades he wasn't able to gain access education benefits. and he is sewing up for back pay for what the v a should have. good been giving him the whole time. but he's also suing on behalf of his deceased father, who was a world war to veteran and return. it didn't get access to the g. i bill. and i think a carly story, this is one. this is common. this is common in an intergenerational goes back to the compo

conley of virginia held a hearing to explore that the federal government should in fact use sharing and proactive analytics and customer experience to research and to prevent improper payments on fraud before they occur. many of fought hard on the coronavirus crisis recovered or the hundred 9 million and they are still recovering money that was improperly used in payments that went out improperly. among the many accomplishments that committee helped us to be able to do what we ought to dot when things go awry. that is to try to find a way to save taxpayer dollars before they continue to become victims of father. i like to enter into determine thefo final report of that subcommittee. geico's unobjectionable be entered into the record by quickly title to major successes of the democratic effort fraudsters must be prosecuted and sent to jail. this is theft, grand theft of a great deal of premeditation. you be able to find a way to g recover funds and to protect the innocent i think is very least we can do. the innocent in this instance is the united states of america which responded as it

joining us now, democratic congressman jerry conley of virginia.ct house committee, jackie, frank and rick are still here. congressman, this falls in the giant bucket of shocking but not surprising. the report is clear as day that this much ballyhooed subcommittee has got absolutely nothing. >> it's actually -- i mean, if somebody wrote a novel about how to completely mess up an investigation on capitol hill and run as incompetent a set of depositions and interviews with utterly unreliable witnesses, this would be it. it actually is amazing that they would actually find these kinds of witnesses. malcontents that left the fbi because they couldn't do the job or wouldn't do the job. serious issues of, you know, almost cultish behavior in terms of conspiracy theories and more troubling than that with respect to january 6th itself, perhaps lending support to its direction, and these are their primary witnesses who, as you said, have witnessed nothing. so they're not whistleblowers, they're malcontents who couldn't cut it at the fbi. >> what is the demo

a year and a half ago democratic congressman jerry conley of virginia made that point be when criticizingeene among them, who voted against awarding congressional gold medals to the police officers who defended the u.s. capitol on january 6th. >> they voted to overturn election, but in their vote today they kind of sealed the deal of basically affiliating with the mob. they now are part of the insurrectionist mob. they brought enormous ris represent at this tut on themselves in not honoring the capitol of the united states, everybody in it but also defending the symbol of democracy in the world, not just here in the united states. shameful moment. >> now what is different from that shameful moment, and perhaps more alarming, is that the republican party is now in power. it holds the majority in the house. and in the process of gaining power, republicans, especially speaker mccarthy, have made the decision to elevate and basically become political prisoners themselves of the party's most extreme members. more from the times reporting. quote, the investigation of the jail is one of several