if russia is cut off from the western world, geez jinping could come to his -- g jinping -- xi jinping come to his rescue. elizabeth: russia and china have had a long history of working together, really since 2014, we have seen the relationship become closer. trade has increased slowly. russia remains a major arms supplier to china. they have joint military exercises. when xi jinping gave a speech in moscow, he said putin was his best friend in the international community. they had a joint statement in the olympics where they called for a new world order. i think the relationship is close. that doesn't mean that there are not problems. it bears noting that china's ambassador to ukraine said china supported ukrainian sovereignty. i think china will probably come in to help out. but i don't think there is support for russian military action in ukraine by the chinese. tom: i want to go back to angela's work and your work as well. angela talks about the risks that we go back to a tri-polar international relation, where it is about america, russia and a nation china -- and china. those chin

spending in the new friendship between vladimir putin and xi jinping. be right back. ople. it was proven superior at helping people stay alive and out of the hospital. don't take entresto if pregnant; it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. don't take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren, or if you've had angioedema with an ace or arb. the most serious side effects are angioedema, low blood pressure, kidney problems, or high blood potassium. ask your doctor about entresto. >> i think xi jinping believes his military is capable of invading taiwan if he gives the order if america doesn't come to its support. there are reasons why, like the winter olympics coming up or the party congress later this year in which the chinese communist party will give him the unprecedented third term in power, but after that, i think, when the geopolitical conditions are right, maybe when the light and weather data is suitable in the taiwan strait especially vladimir putin pulls off invasion of ukraine, you could see xi jinping go for the jugular in taiwan. mari

then, the threat at home as xi jinping strategizes with vladimir putin as joe biden gives into a ron. secretary of state under the trump administration mike pompeo on the foreign threats heating up. plus the truckers get railroaded by big tech. go find me forced to backtrack after first trying to seize the truckers $10 million in vaccine protest fundraising saying it will give the money to other charities. coming up texas senator ted cruz on the text censorship. democrats throw biden a lifeline with an upcoming supreme court nomination but the president's poll numbers keep dropping and now with less than half believing he's actually mentally fit all of that right now on it "sunday morning futures" appeared. ♪♪ ♪♪ maria: first this morning the beijing olympics are underway after house speaker nancy pelosi warned us olympians not to anger the ruthless chinese government with any negative comments while competing at the games. republicans are questioning the speaker hasn't held any hearings about the ccp's surveillance, genocide and its role in the origins of covid-19. last week on this

it is different from xi jinping's thought. the ideological mission that they have domestically and internationally are quite different. he does not just have an ideology for home. he seeks to propagate it abroad. he sees a nice division of labor between china and russia. he focuses on the developing world, china is focused on the developing world. he invests in propagating these ideas. he has had a lot more success than people in the western world relays. think of lepen and donald trump. they are more ideologically aligned with putin then joe biden. there is also a lot of alignment with xi jinping. that creates commonality. fifth and finally, putin seeks to undermine the liberal order. he is comfortable to be in a 19th century world, redrawing borders. he already has three times. he has already gone to war four times. he is very comfortable with the use of power that does not have the u.n. giving it legitimacy. he is risky. he is on the brink of another major war. he thinks he has won all those wars. there is a triple data to

xi jinping is going to do something we don't like him. a statement from china's ministry of foreign affairs, a partial statement of the phone call between out xi jinping and vladimir putin. it is important to reject cold war mentality. take seriously in respect reasonable security concerns of all countries and reach a balanced, sustainable european security mechanism. china has long held the position of respecting sovereignty and territorial integrity and going by the principles of the un charter. moving forward will this change president it xi jinping's relationship with him or is it rhetoric? >> looks like complete rhetoric. this is something we've seen in recent weeks. beijing hasn't changed its position was what will change xi jinping is as the world reacts to ukraine and russia. he sees the military faltering he will try to distance himself from his best friend. in that case he doesn't want to go down with the ship. arthel: we don't have to worry about a russia china problem? >> we certainly do. they are working closely together, coo

e and what do you think xi jinping once in return?lions of dollars on these games. >> what she wants in return is really state board but he wants tol tell the world the west is in decline and look how great china is. liquid free wonderful nation this is pray look how beautiful it is. that is why put the uighur in the opening games of the ceremony sways holding a million of that person's family members the western partner of china and sterilizing women and tconducting the worst kind of human rights violation about genocide while the genocide games are going on but we know what she wants she wants to whitewash his regime. what is in it for america sally and the reason i think our athletes should not have been put in this place, is my talk about burner phone speaker pelosi said hey go overer there do not express your views of america as a great country just be quiet because the chinese will pulley from the streets. they will also collect information on these young people. not on the digital footprint that they have in place either asked

you see the same thing with xi jinping. can imagine what would be rational to us but it is much harder when you don't have the interaction you would have had in normal times. lisa: if the west is dealing with an irrational figure, does xi jinping hold the only key to a quick resolution? that sanctions won't have a logical consequences because of the lack of rationality? daniel: sanctions have failed to deter this kind of action. the u.s. was public in describing the kind of sanctions. they work very hard to bring the europeans on board. that has failed to deter putin in taking these steps. it is hard when you have a leader set on this kind of action to use sanctions to deter it. this suggests there will be a cost for other leaders who may be thinking of it and certainly xi is one of those leaders that european and american policymakers have in mind. there is lots of speculation now about how chinese policymakers, what they are taking away from what is happening in ukraine with taiwan and other potential actions in east asia

so just how close is president xi jinping to president putin?o to los angeles and speak to derek grossman, senior analyst at the rand corporation. thank you very much. president xi jinping has called president putin his best friend before but how important is this rhythm to glol politics? >> thanks for having me and i think it is very important for global politics because putin and xi over the last several years have strengthened not onls but they state-to-state ties with thed a very sayers being the utah and their alleys from their perspective. so what we saw the last day with putin traveling to beijing to meet with xi for the opening of the olympics was very much kind of a sim pollic event to demonstrate that these two authoritarian leaders try to deeping their ties to make the world safe for author ontario -- author tarrism worldwide. it's important to know nene released a joint statement, the russian version talks about how china and rush rhode island a -- are alied -- aligned on the need to stop nato involvement but if chinese version didn'

this is a big showcase moment for xi jinping, the chinese leader. there are going to be more than 20 other heads of state that will be visiting including the strong men who rule saudi arabia and egypt. notably absent here, isa, will be a delegation from india. it's not a big winter olympic power but new delhi just announced a diplomatic boycott of the winter olympics furious that one of the torch berers for china in the olympic relay was an officer from the people's liberation army who participated in a deadly battle in 2020 on the border where more than -- at least 20 indian soldiers were killed. a sign of the complexities of the geopolitics swirming around these games. >> important context from ivan watson in hong kong and nathan. >>> millions of americans have to hang on at least one more day before they can bid good-bye to a massive winter storm. forecasters expect it to link kber until at least friday night and dump a new round of heavy snow in the northeast. that is expected to create risky road conditions just as it has in parts of the midwes

xi jinping would love to see us go. i can't say much more than this, but suffice it to say, i believe that it is in north korea's strategic interest that u.s. forces remain in south korea. because if you ask chairman kim, he is not worried about a south korean invasion. there isn't a country that borders china today that doesn't have a border dispute. you see what is going on in nepal as we speak. we saw multiples of people killed in india and in the himalayas. every maritime boundary that the chinese continue to demand. north korea is watching this, too. there is a complex set of issues around north korea's proliferation, not just its missile systems, we worry about them selling technology also, transferring and purchasing technology. . it is a very comforted issue and it gets back to where we began, this is really a chinese issue. we should think about these arsenals collectively, because in the end, i don't believe there was a meeting between myself and chairman kim, or between the president and chairman kim where in

president putin wants to go to the olympics and president xi jinping wants to host them. they visited each other dozens of times in their were specked in areas of leadership. this is not a surprise. most of the conversations they are having are ongoing. but i generally agree that they have different priorities for politics to put it mildly and putin in particular has an ax to grind with us. i think president xi jinping sees the commonest parties rule in china as very beneficial to the economic growth and beneficial for holding together the country of 1.4 billion and generally successful. even though we disagree with him, i don't think he is quite a cynical as vladimir putin. for him, this rhetoric is used to justify his own suppression of his own fellow russians including the killings of dissidents and politicians. and he's really turned back the clock on democracy in russia. some people would say that about xi jinping but he's essentially the strong-armed leader of an ongoing communist regime in china where his putin took what was a promising democracy and took it backwa

president xi jinping, i got along with kim jong-un. it is a good thing to get along with people. you can be very tough and get along. i am the one that ended his pipeline. he said you are killing me with the pipeline.

olivia salazar when spare has more. >> there is more -- one man xi jinping can rely on.ladimir putin touched in beijing friday for talks with his chinese counterpart and a to take in the winter olympics opening ceremony making the russian president the highest profile guest to attend. >> it is the start of spring. on this special day we meet. we believe this new spring meeting will inject more vitality in china/russia relations. >> it is the first face-to-face meeting for the two leaders since 2019. they lost no time in sketching out a new strategic partnership that they say aims to provide a counterweight u.s. lead in lens in the world accusing certain states of trying to establish global hegemony. the kremlin published a joint statement at the end of the talks with the two countries pledging support for each other on a number of issues. moscow affirms taiwan is an inalienable part of china and expresses opposition to any form of taiwanese independence. china calls for an end to nato expansion in eastern europe especially with regard to tension in ukraine. there is mutu

here in hong kong, quoting g jinping is saying this .ize all forces and resources that can be mobilized and take all necessary measures and protect hong kong people's lives and health." it should be the top priority of the hong kong government. he didn't say that there should be a citywide lockdown. and i, saying that is necessarily going to be the marching orders. but the story does say the vice premier will be given the instruction by xi jinping, to be delivered to the hong kong government. so, we will see if there is any change. right now, the hong kong government is battling and i can probably guarantee, it is the top priority right now as they are facing what local media is reporting, 4200 at least 4200, confirmed cases pretty local media also saying there is at least while thousand preliminary positives awaiting hospitalization as the health care system is overwhelmed, according to many officials including carrie lam. haslinda: you have got to wonder how hong kong will respond to all of that, steve. what are early indications? step

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i think president xi jinping believes, over time, think president xi jinping believes, overtime, he cangle shot. natasha kassam, thank you _ single shot. natasha kassam, thank you so _ single shot. natasha kassam, thank you so much _ single shot. natasha kassam, thank you so much for- single shot. natasha kassam, i thank you so much for speaking to us on newsday today. thanks for having _ to us on newsday today. thanks for having me. _ china�*s president, xijinping, has urged hong kong�*s leaders to take "all necessary measures" to control a surging outbreak of coronavirus. more than 4,000 new cases were reported on wednesday — a new record. the territory�*s chief executive, carrie lam, has admitted the authorities are overwhelmed as space runs out for the infected to self—isolate. the bbc�*s tim allman reports. in hong kong, the hospitals are almost bursting at the seams. at this accident and emergency department, the patients queue up on trolleys outside. for more than two years, the authorities have tried to keep the virus out, but covid numbers are rising at an alarming rate. none o

president xi jinping was sending a mess aedge. >> faced with a question, double down.er let an insult go unanswered. >> reporter: it is to be sure an unusual winter games but even with the politics and pandemic e. there are moments like these. team usa getting ready for the parade of nations with all of the same excitement and joy. >> let's go! >> the representatives of the united states of america. >> reporter: and if the first couple of days are any sign, there will be a lot to cheer about, especially on the ice. the u.s. figure skaters have a good chance for a medal here in the team competition but for skaters like nathan chen, this is all something of a warmup for the individual competition that's still to come. but nathan chien-ming not need a warmup. he came out on fire, on his way to redemption after stumbling in 2018. >> what is it like for you to come out here four years after korea and skate as well as you just did. >> it's just wonderful to be here. i'm really happy to skate the way that i did. >> reporter: americans sitting in first place with the team meda

but russian president vladimir putin was here, and china's president, xi jinping.er next week. so let the games begin. competition in full swing. you're going to see jamie anderson performing tonight in slopestyle. we've been talking about her the last couple olympics. these are her third olympics. she has two gold medals in slopestyle and a silver medal in big air. she's considered a veteran but she says she loves being a role model to younger snowboarders. so a lot of action and we are so excited. my photographer and i are headed to the mountain that is furthest away. it is usually a four-hour drive, but we are taking the bullet train and we'll be up there in 50 minutes. >> wow, that is fast. and janelle, i know medals haven't been given out yet. some competitions have already started. you should know that the medal count, they're going to start giving them out tomorrow, some of them? >> reporter: that's it. right now the medal count shows zero. some preliminary events, qualification rounds. but biathlon, speed skating, men's moguls are going to have medals hande

titers; jinping that he has turned up? very imortant. jinping that he has turned up?? - important. the difference between this 0lympics important. the difference between this olympics and the previous 0lympics this olympics and the previous olympics is that there aren't that many world leaders here so having vladimir putin here is quite something. imran khan is here from pakistan. but not too many known leaders beyond that, for your average viewer. you compare that to the 2008 summer games, lots of leaders came from western countries. and part of that is because of the official sword of government boycott by many countries, it's also because the winter olympics, i suppose, is not such a big deal when you compare it to the summer games. with; not such a big deal when you compare it to the summer games.— it to the summer games. why have they decided _ it to the summer games. why have they decided to _ it to the summer games. why have they decided to stay _ it to the summer games. why have they decided to stay away? - it to the summer games. why have | they decided to st

>> one thing that i would love to know is what putin told xi jinping.se diplomats were going around discounting the possibility of war, so did putin mislead xi jinping, and he can't be happy with this war, because it is against one of the fundamental principles of china of not to interfere in another country, and it goes against their internal affairs and they don't want to see economic disruption and this is on the eve of xi jinping's critical moment, because he wants to get the green light for a third term, so i can't believe that china is wildly happy about what is going on and they don't want to see the economy disrupted so my hunch is both ways here. they want to distance from russia as much as they can without going, you know, without breaking from them. they obviously have some things in common, but i think that our point of policy, to make it very uncomfortable, and china to continue to have it both ways, and at some point with sanctions, china should be forced to choose, you support russia in which case you are covered by the sanctions or you d

carrie lam in hong kong said they are not doing lockdowns and jean jinping said yes you are.at it as it's the most important thing and we are risking the potential social uproar. what is the likely consequence 4g zheng paying? can he win this and get what is looking for in hong kong? >> hong kong is a shadow of its international past. it used to be the international center for china. the president of china is treating the covid policy as stamp it out and make it happen fast. that's his way of exerting control over the democratic movement going on in hong kong but throughout the world and china. the present of jenna's telling his international audience that china is in control. lisa: there doesn't seem to be a concern for investors. even as the pboc contemplations just contemplates easing policy, they are strengthening to the highest level. do all of the measures she zheng paying -- teaching pang -- president xi has put in, are they having an effect? >> you guys the great article about how american brands are no longer in favor because of the shift in attitude toward the west.

what it is also showcasing as a totality in nature of she jinping to china. where athletes cannot speak out freely without risking cannot turn on the phones or bring them. this is something chinese citizens have gotten used to. it's a dominating every aspect of her day-to-day life. i think the american public should pay attention to this request he said the kind turn on their phones, they can turn on their phones the risk is they are going to be listened to, right? they're going to be spied on that is the problem, right? >> they cannot take the personal phones of the personal laptop they will be spied on for sure. paul: dan, the games are supposedly about brotherhood, a political and all that there's always been a political edge to some extent to the games are often there is. what do you make of the spectacle of xi jinping meeting with vladimir putin and making the grand strategic statement about their shared common interest, essentially at the games. >> it is quite extraordinary, paul. something out of the 1930s really. in the years leading up to world war i

xi jinping will be meeting his russian counterpart in the hours before the opening ceremony, and the the opening ceremony. at the contrast, people will be able to see at this opening ceremonial, to that when the summer games were held here, in 2008, many more world leaders were at the same stadium, the birds nest stadium for the opening of the game spend. much more toned down in international presence this time around, because of the, well, the boycotts that some countries, diplomatic boycotts, have put in place, because of china's human rights record. possibly also because the winter and picks is not such a big dealfor many winter and picks is not such a big deal for many countries, only the winter countries. but it will be an entirely different opening ceremony. that said, the same director who is in charge of the 2008 games will be in charge of the opening ceremony, so what image of china will he be presenting out that ceremonial? it is going to be quite fascinating to see how china sees itself now, because it is a very different country this time around. i different country this

xi jinping, ccc -- ccp boss would love for us to get bogged down in ukraine.n in singapore, no one down there really asked what was going on with russia and ukraine. it's just a separate issue. xi jinping does not care really about what's going on, the sanctity of ukraine's border and it would be the wrong war with the wrong enemy at the wrong time. the fight is with china and we have 3,500 troops. maria: let me ask you about china, did you see the george soros comments this week, he's predicting that president xi jinping could be replaced after the beijing olympics, watch this, got to get your take. >> xi jinping has many enemies although nobody -- because he controls all of the leaders of power. tide brewing in the ccp that is so sharp and found various publications. xi jinping believers he's introducing governance that's superior to liberal democracy. but he rules by intimidation and nobody tells him what he doesn't want to hear. maria: rules by intimidation, soros predicting that xi would be ousted due to mismanagement of covid and the chinese economy but

it should because china's xi jinping and russia's vladimir putin are calling different plays from thelaybook and now that putin has pulled the trigger on his own invasion of ukraine, he's launching his own response. the situation between russia, ukraine, china and taiwan, they're not exactly the same, their outcomes will be different and xi jinping is monitoring the situation and weighing the risk versus reward of launching an assault in taiwan. there is a shift happening in the world. in, once the keeper of world order is jostling for control. china and russia are changing the rules. let's not forget that xi and putin made just last month, a so-called no-limits partnership to collaborate against the west and promised to back each other when it comes to the standoffs in ukraine and taiwan. for 30 years the west has grown comfortable with the global rule book in which some combination of the g7, the united nations and nato maintain relative stability, but right now those who are looking for a new world order are sensing an opportunity. e sensing an opportunity. okay everyone, our missi

xi jinping promised safe and efficient games.ost people in beijing ts is the closest they would get to the olympic ceremony. watching it on a road side or on a walkway. it is not because there are not enough tickets on sale. there are no tickets on sale to members of the general public, part of extreme covert restrictions. >> i came to feel the vibe, this woman told us. standing at her side her son asked can we see it or not? for athletes just getting here is a lifetime achievement. their leaders have stayed away. britain, australia, and dozens of others have joined a u.s. led diplomatic boycott, a protest over what they call a gracious abuse or genocide carried out by china against muslim minorities. this leader was here. in fact he was the star guest, russia's president boudin was one of 20 prime minister's workings came to support china and. mr. putin came for more face-to-face talks and has agreed trade and energy deals and a new friendship with closer cooperatn with china. they used to share communist rule. now what divides

putin met with xi jinping ahead of the opening ceremony and released a statement, the two countries russiaave each other's back, no end to the support they have for once another. you have to wonder, after the olympics played out and drum beat of war along the russians and ukrainian border, look at juxtaposition of the two things, this could be the start of a new world order, at least that is what xi jinping and vladamir putin want. what are the chances that could happen and how do we prevent that from happening? that is the big issue here. >> yes, a lot of historical analogys we have to be careful, this looks like 1936 olympics and you had jesse owens, who won so many medals for america. that was short period with three years before world war ii. tensions are high. notion china and russia would have a pact, which they do, suddenly announced to the world, indicating they will redefine human rights and define the future is direct throwdown to the western european and entire western values, all of our values and need to throw back by saying this is battle of ideas, free market and free will w

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that the talks began as the winter olympic games get underway, vladimir putin joins his host, xi jinping, in beijing for talks. three countries in four days. a lot of pcr tests, but what a movement in global government bond yields. this is a hawkish pivot from all the central banks in the bond markets are quite literally laying down the gauntlet with the momentum and belly of the curve. we are pricing two rate hikes for 2022. good morning. dani: good morning. so lovely to have you on a day when the bond market has been turbocharged. one of the charts you had was the amount of bonds yielding for developed markets below zero. zero, manus. no developed market 10 year yields are currently negative. what a change we have had. manus: what does this mean for real yield? if you look at the momentum, i think we gave ourselves optionality. she did not give the doves what they wanted but she has repriced the narrative from the ecb. with that in mind, we see that momentum across the various pockets of the bond market. when do real yields yield above zero in the united states of america? in the last

however, many people will see a phone call today, with vladimir putin speaking to xi jinping as a formort. think about it. in the middle of the war, they are the two leaders having a chat, discussing how things are going in ukraine, vladimir putin blames nato and the u.s. for causing the crisis there on this call and we are told that xi jinping speaks about the need to recognize the legitimate security concerns of certain countries, i.e. russia. now i say that china hasn't criticized the invasion of ukraine. actually, the chinese foreign ministry rejects the use of the word invasion for what is going on there, and instead said the door is open for a political solution, but without telling us how they can reach that political solution. jane: stephen mcdonald there from beijing. now joining us for more is retired general ben hodges, who is the former commanding general for the united states army in europe. general, thank you very much for joining us, you were actually in kyiv a few minutes ago. what is your assessment of the country's ability to fight back against russia? and is, as many

angela: we have just seen putin and xi jinping together in beijing. this would be a shock.ght this has ended with the system of spheres of influence and domination by the great powers. this is precisely what vladimir putin would like to restore. if you ask the japanese are the koreans are a of other countries how they would feel about that, you can imagine what they would say. certainly east european countries do not want to go back to being in the russian sphere of influence. lisa: how close are the allies in terms of coordinating to try to counteract the kind about, vladimir putin is looking for? angela: the biden administration has done very well. we have the german chancellor in washington today hoping to get him on board with sanctions. president macron is in moscow today trying to talk him down. apparently he is in close contact with the white house. the coronation is good. the difference in interest between the european countries and the u.s., particular he about sanctions. lisa: is vladimir putin winning? angela: at the moment it looks as if he is. he has more escal

that gives president xi jinping his best chance to bolster china's image.issues looming over the games. >> the 2008 summer olympics in beijing showcased china's rise as a global power. 14 years later, the winter games are happening in the same city, but a different world, one where a pandemic is raging and tensions between china and the west are worsening. fresh outbreaks continue to challenge china's covid zero strategy. for the games, that means confining the movements of athletes and other participants inside a bubble, isolated from the public. those unvaccinated will have to quarantine for 21 days before heading to venues. like japan's summer olympics, there won't be any foreign spectators as locals can't buy tickets to watch. the winter games are also at the center of international pressure on china over human rights. the u.s. and several allies won't send official delegations, although their athletes are still competing. beijing has slammed washington, saying it will pay a price for the diplomatic boycott. sponsors also face risk. u.s. lawmakers and h

russian president vladimir putin and china's xi jinping opposed the expansion of nato. they are a counterweight to the u.s. putin attended the opening ceremony. other leaders didn't send officials to the winter olympics to protest china's human rights abuses and treatment of muslim minorities. >>> the lighting of the olympic flame for the first time featured a blunt political message. china promised an unconventional lighting to begin the 2022 winter games. lighting the flame were chinese skiers who shared a torch to represent gender equality and placed it into the center of a large snowflake suspended in the air. one of the skiers identifies as a member of the muslim community. >>> american figure skater nathan chen, from utah, rocked it. did you see this? his second -- the second highest short program ever in the team event. the u.s. is on track to medal, perhaps gold in this team event. chen delivered a technically flawless performance. it was cool. >> amazing. >>> so much to look forward on the ice, the slopes and the track. >> we are just getting going. some of our

jackie macke frier has more. >> reporter: there was xi jinping and vladimir putin standing by by tidepics. they issued a joint staggering statement that proclaimed no limits to friendship and cooperation. it didn't mention ukraine by name. and it wasn't a formal pact, but recruitment was open support by xi jinping and proclamation of what they called their common interests. now what's happening in ukraine, china is in an awkward position. the leadership all but disappeared for a week, no doubt discussing how far china is willing to go to back putin. there are real risks for china's economy. including the possibility of sanctions and eu extending to china if seen backing russia. china also has good ties with ukraine, big trade deals and significant investments there so it's by no means a straight and unfeathered line between beijing and moscow. the relationship between russia and moscow, still with these two in power, it's a complicated relgszship. so far the official statements here have been been very generic, calling for all sides to calm down. and blaming the u.s. for hyping up war

. >> i think that probably president xi jinping would not be ecstatic if putin chose that moment to invade ukraine. so that may affect his timing and thinking. >> reporter: still the u.s. and nato allies are on edge. >> today secretary of state tony blinken meeting his polish counter part as u.s. troops arrive in poland to showcase the united states commitment to the nato guarantee that an attack on one is an attack on all. >> we're here at a time of real concern for european security because of russia's aggressive posture toward ukraine. >> all of this as the u.s. says it has intelligence that russia has plans to amass thousands more troops in belarus and could develop elaborate, fake video that they could use as a pretext to invade ukraine. >> reporter: one thing they announced was a new deal for russia to provide china with more russian gas. russian gas, russian energy has been a central topic of discussion. there have been mountingers can that russia could cut off its energy supply to europe. they're a dominant supplier to europe and that could create a widespread crisis, particularly

now, xi jinping is calling for more dialogue as china accuses the u.s.. the chais -- chinese foreign minister spokesperson said this, such hyping up and disinformation by some western countries will create turbulence and uncertainity for the world med joining us now, chairman of the china policy initiative, steve yates. great to see you this morning. thanks very much. this is rich with china backing russia and accusing the west of making up stories and plight politicizing this. your thoughts on where we are first with this standoff between russia and ukraine? the u.s. says russia is lying about pulling back troops. >> yeah. well, this is rich to hear the possibly largest giver of disinformation to the world critique others on disinformation. maria: exactly. >> i think we're in a very troubling position with regards to the standoff between sort of the state department spokesman and president biden versus leaders in ukraine and what the rest of the world can kind of see with their own eyes and hear with their own ears. we don't get the luxury of knowing ex

>> a little about that i totally agree with cliff xi jinping is part of looking over the taiwan straitme before he starts. but the point here as at this point, 33 years after the fall of the berlin wall america simply does not have the wherewithal. does not have the desire, the wherewithal or even the moral courage to actually fight multiple conflicts on the mobile stage at the same time. china is by far the biggest threat to the united states by far. and to that extent what's happening in russia in ukraine while tragic this footage is horrific it's terrible step is on the geopolitical chest board from the chinese threat it really is. gerry: coming up with all of this war in the back and president biden gives us first state of the union address next week. what will he say about the crisis abroad and at home? we will talk about that next. thanks for coming. now when it comes to a financial plan this broker is your man. let's open your binders to page 188... uh carl, are there different planning options in here? options? plans we can build on our own, or with help from a financial consul

but, perhaps the most important audience for xi jinping is the domestic audience. i think one of the great challenges is that a lot of the progress over a 30 year period for reform that was really done by ordinary chinese people, chinese lawyers and journalists and others, that has been rolled back, and i do think that xi jinping is hoping to show that world leaders are standing with him and his repressive policies. this will, in turn, further crush of some -- any signs of uplift -- of opposition in china. and hoping to show the policies of crimes against humanity, torture, repression in hong kong and tibet are approved by the world. but, there is still time for everyone to say we do not approve of these policies, and it is time for reform that will bolster human rights in china i think that the international olympic committee, there should be tough questions about bringing the olympics to china a second time without protections or framework for human rights. host: we appreciate you being on the program. thank you. guest: >> c-span's washington journal, everyday we

chinese leaders xi jinping and russian president vladimir putin, together for the opening ceremony ofpics, forming a united front in its tension with the west. our panel has something to say about that, plus breaking news. plus, why immediate team is ignoring the report out of john hopkins. why the lockdowns were ineffective and destructive. we begin tonight with a state of the economy, the biden administration had a much better than expected january jobs report. the latest on what the white house is not talking about: runaway inflation. speak of president and the white house are publicly warning that the january jobs report might be dismal. instead, 467,000 jobs were added, and we are learning expectations for january might have been lowered. the disappointing jobs reports for november-december were underestimated by the labor department, which revived november and december jobs report by adding 700,000 jobs, and part because of confusion over covid payrolls and seasonal jobs. "the wall street journal" editorial board says "no one should make too much of this single month report," bu

. >> in a show of solidarity between america's two rivals, vladimir putin met with china's xi jinping before the opening ceremonies, issuing a joint statement calling for interestingly a halt to nato expansion. of course that's one of russia's top security demands as it continues to threaten ukraine. >>> and the breaking news we're following this hour, the u.s. economy added nearly half a million new jobs in january. that's a much stronger report than expected. cnn's chief business correspondent christine romans with more. and i got to tell you, i was talking to the white house yesterday, they were concerned about a negative report and this surprise is on the up side. what happened. >> i was talking to them, too, they were bracing for something that was going to show maybe even a negative job creation picture but it shows you that the economy is resilient, the job market overcame the omicron problem in the second week and the third week in january, and created almost half a million new jobs, and you guys, december, 510,000 net new jobs, that is far and away bigger than the original re

as the west turns its back on china, xi jinping is finding friends elsewhere, friends who won't be souick to criticize. john, this opening ceremony will be simpler with 3,000 performers compared to 15,000 in the summer. there was pressure to pull off an extravagant ceremony as this emergent super power. in 2008, china tried to meet the world's terms. now the message is the world must accept china's. >> the united states is sending its biggest delegation ever to the opening ceremonies. more u.s. athletes than ever marching in the opening ceremonies. so china getting the spectacle they're after. selina wang, that you can very much. >>> the u.s. is accusing russia of an elaborate plot to stage a fake attack that they could then use as a pretext for invasion. >> as part of this fake attack, we believe that russia would produce a very graphic propaganda video including corpses and actors that would be depicting mourners and images of destroyed locations, as well as military equipment, at the hands of ukraine or the west. >> so russia is denying this claim by the pentagon. >> i can assure y

president xi jinping is going to use this chance to boost china's image. the limelight, so this is a very big day for him. he has been surprisingly hands-on making decisions. he is really staking his reputation on ensuring these games will be a success. of course, russian president vladimir putin will be the most high-profile attendee. i want to remind you that is despite his country technically being banned because of the doping scandal. the presidents are expected to meet ahead of the sacrament -- ahead of the opening ceremony. it is their first in-person meeting in two years. haslinda: thank you very much. let's get a quick check of the latest business headlines. amazon sword in late trading after announcing plans to increase its prime membership price by $20 a year. amazon's fourth-quarter profit topped expectations, led by cloud computing divisions. we saw a 40% jump in sales. company sales for the first quarter came in short of estimates. rishaad, the markets. rishaad: absolutely. this is our stock and trade, as it were, having a look at what is goin

and russian leader vladimir putin and chinese leader xi jinping, side by side, policywise, figuratively, right next to each other. with 100,000 troops on the ukrainian border, putin wants support for what actions might follow. and he sure seemed to get it. >> so a joint statement just released by russia and china says this. the chinese side is sympathetic to and supports the proposals put forward by the russian federation to create long-term legally binding security guarantees in europe. right now russian forces are poised at the ukraine border for a possible invasion. u.s. officials are alleging that the kremlin is preparing to fabricate a pretext for an invasion by staging a fake attack by ukraine against russia. >> all right. more on that in just a moment. i want to bring in cnn senior global affairs analyst, brianna golodryga, jim sciutto and john avlon. i feel like this is the senior meeting right here of all people. lookive to say, i want to start with that statement. first of all, the extraordinary picture between xi and putin, they get-together a lot. this is the olympic games.

the country's leader xi jinping can in a time of covid.id country's leader xijinping has said to the ioc that this is going to be a glorious games, it is going to be safe so people shouldn't worry but today like i say the highest number of cases inside the olympic venues would seem to 0lympic venues would seem to suggest that covid is spreading, behind me and inside these venues and the danger is that more and more athletes could come down with the virus. by could come down with the virus. by testing everyone inside those huge bubbles every day, officials are thinking hopefully they can stop this because they can identify each little outbreak as it comes along and reduce the spread if you like, so we've got three weeks of this to get through so weeks of this to get through so we will see how it goes. absolute the, and we will talk to you again soon but now, thank you stephen covering the olympics from us but as you 0lympics from us but as you hear, the opening ceremony is taking place on friday. now let's have a look at the sports news. he

the foreign ministry here is denying report that xi jinping had asked putin to not invade during theut there are reports that the biden administration believes that china is looking at the ukraine situation as some sort of test case for what the u.s. might do, if china were to make a move on taiwan. so the bottom line is that the china/russia relationship is a very complicated one and there is no straight-line answer to this question of how far xi jinping might be willing to go to help putin. jose? >> janis mackey frayer in beijing. thank you. with me now to talk more about the crisis in ukraine is california democratic congressman john garamendi who sits on the armed services committee. great to see you. you received a brief on the situation in ukraine, including one yesterday from retired generals clark and hodges. i know you can't talk about classified information, but what is your assessment of the situation there right now? >> i think the situation remains very, very dangerous, very dire. russia clearly can invade at any time they choose to. however, the other side of this coin