and i started by asking jack parrot, what were his main takeaways from was left on the line speech? well, there was really a lot in that speech, and i think the fact that this speech has been so heavily anticipated and is getting so much attention shows how around the world, china's power is growing and china's, or the way that china operates. and the way that especially european partners are focusing that as efforts on sort of working out what they want the relationship to be. this is a real signal of that. that was so much that she said some of the things that stood out to me. she said the china is changing its sort of policies from reform and opening to security and control. she also really crucially mentioned european dependence on china, specifically on things like lithium, which is crucial for batteries. crucial for the green transition. she said that europe is 97 percent reliant on china for lithium, and that by 2050 that there would be $7017.00 times more demand in europe for that lithium. and this is the balance that she's trying to put out that basically we need china. we

i also corresponded in brussels, a jack parrot about how chancellor shows responded to that. yeah, that's right. he was really trying to sort of calm the concerns around this. he said that it deutscher bank is a very profitable bank and there's no reason to doubt its future. he said that he did thoroughly reorganized a modernized his business model and that it will be very profitable. now, this is over concerns. did you say of this shadow price greatly reducing this morning over fears of contagion after credit suisse. the major swiss bank was taken over by u. b. s. this real concerns about what this means for the banking sector in europe now. and another press conference just along the who french president, emanuel micron. he also backed up this position. he said that the european union's banking system is sound. and he blame the market turmoil around deutschen, but deutsche bank on speculators who was trying to get in while there's a turmoil going in it going on in the banking sector. you said that the use banking situation shouldn't be compared to the swiss. he said it's no

for more we can talk now to our brussels correspond and jack parrot, jack in 2014. the european council committed itself to quote, combating and eliminating all forms of violence against women. yet, this is the 1st time were seen concrete sanctions, but took them so long. it's taken awhile, hudson, it is really interesting one because this set of sanctions that has come out is related to an agreement from december 2020 which essentially gave the european union permission to sanction people on the grounds of human rights abuses. they were really sort of looking originally at things like crimes against humanity, genocide, and for slavery, etc. but they also put gender based crimes and sexual based crimes. in there in this today is the 1st time that they've done that. and that's because in november 2022 last year, you government sat down together and said, listen, we need to start looking at this idea of crimes against women, especially in was owns in places where there is conflict. and that's why it's taking so long. essentially, nicole, it's procedure they've taken a

jack parrot, jack schwartz, sounding quite a beat there. he was signing quite a bit that he was also relatively combative on the issue that everybody is talking about here in brussels today. and this was this meeting between himself and the french president emmanuel, my chrome, where we know that they were discussing this issue of the combustion engine. and the plan that the european union had set out to end the production of combustion engines by 2035, which germany is now saying that they want that to happen. but with the exception for cars that use e fuels was really interesting. the chancellor there said when he was asked and pressed on that question about what was happening, he said there is no division between him and the french that there was a nice, a friendly meeting. we've been her hearing from multiple sources that they've been battling over this issue and that the french are really unhappy with what the germans had been doing in this ending of the combustion and gym plan. and they felt that they essentially kai boasted. what the

like how responded jack parrot in brussels are outlined some of the commission president's main points. was really interesting that point she made that for the european union, china's position on the war and ukraine is fundamental to the relationship is really significant. she spoke a lot, join the speech. she had a lot of points that she made. but the sort of overarching idea is that europe has to continue with this balancing act where they want to continue to trade with china . but they also want to press china on these issues. for instance, human rights, the geo politics around the ukraine war. and also the shift that she mentioned, what she called it is a shift from from reform and opening to security and control. that's how she called it. and what she said to that effect is that the european union and the partners in the members of the you should actually look at restricting china's ability to access technology coming out of europe. the could be used for security and for military purposes. for instance, like the ubs observation and, and, and looking at the population of china. so

people like jack-in blank, sarah -- jackie blank and license, monica edwards, dr. par rot, at physician -- parrot, amy navero and karen stone and nina, and lay leila at the women's law center and so many across the country, and amanda skinner and gretchen, liz guferston. make no mistake, this fight will continue. the women's health protection act will pass it may not -- will pass. it may not be in the next couple of weeks or next couple of months, maybe not in this session, but it will pass because the conscientious of america demands it. that's why referendum 1 passed, and that's why voters showed where they stand. that's why we need to fight rulings from the court, hard-right republican judges who have declared a war on women as soon as next week a judge in texas may rule mifer mifer pris- mipherstone is illegal, despite 25 years of safe use of that drug. a nationwide ban that will affect women in connecticut if he does it. and we've seen also that walgreens will not sell or make available of mifepristone whose states attorneys general have threatened to sue walgreens if they make that drug ava