unattainable christmas trees, come visit us, anastasia arrived today with the sphinx, whose name is keiraght? yes that's right. did you travel from tomsk? didn't it just happen that easily? yes, the journey took a very long time. the cat was also shocked by everything that was happening, but we managed. thank you for enduring all these adversities and coming to our studio today to that, probably, maybe even give some advice to people who are now suffering from cat aggression towards christmas trees during the new year, right? yes. have you tried to change this, how did you come to this decision? well , it all started with the fact that as soon as we got cats, we realized that they were very active and that when the time of the new year came, something would need to be done about it. we first tried to install it on the floor, like ordinary people, but the tree immediately fell, then my boyfriend suggested this the option was that you could eat the christmas tree, and he brought an anchor bolt, so we started installing it all, at first they watched it from afar. they tried to get it a littl

he had been campaigning for the protection of the local gosh keira language. as move now to the ukraine war and a potential new source of funding for keeps defense effort. the united states is reportedly looking into the possibility of seizing some $300000000.00 in frozen russian assets. now, the bottom administration has been exploring this idea as a future for us funding, if they've remains caught up in a domestic budget dispute. but any such move to claim russian funds could come at a cost with russia warning washington, it would respond in kind several weeks of to these images announced rushes invasion of ukraine to the world. the us and the you retaliated by freezing around $300000000000.00 worth of russian state assets, but nearly 2 years old and with no end in sight to the war, washington and its allies and now talking about taking the more radical step of not just freezing the russian assets, but confiscating them kids is keen for this to happen. to move in 2024, one of the key tasks is redirecting the frozen assets of the russian federation in the wes

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. >> reporter: keira, if you want indication how much enthusiasm there is for the game coming up tomorrow, look how many niners fans showed up before the sunrise friday morning just to be a part of the "today" show pep rally, to show the country that niners fans are the best fans. now, we know there is another rally planned for later today at the plex in san jose. the niners are favorites going into the game. favored by a full touchdown. deebo samuel back in practice after a shoulder injury and if on the field tomorrow, kira, the word i keep hearing is that he and christian mccaffrey will create magic. >> 49ers block up the defensive line they'll going to have a field day throwing the football through the air and i think mccaffrey will get over 25 carries. hasn't seen a player with the capabilities of christian mccaffrey. 49ers take care of the football, all things equal on offense, i don't think the game will even be close. >> reporter: hoping for pt niners/lions, hottest championship ticket this season. niners happy to have the fans fill levi stadium sunday and know folks will watch els

. >> keira and west on the episode of booknotes+ ailable onfree mot your podcasts.e viju -- feature markers that guide you to newsworthy highlights. they appear on the right-hand side of your screen when y hit the timeline tool makes it easy to quickly and easily get an idea of what was debated and decided. scroll through few minutes on the points of interest. >> washington journal continues. host:we are joined by weifeng z, a senior research fellow at the mercatus center. thank you for coming out in the weather. so taiwan recently had a new election, can you explain the stakes, whoguest: the stakes ars very high because taiwan is a hot issue, increasingly so between the united states and china. the fact that it is remarkable that taiwan andwanese people have been choosing their leaders for decades now, more than 20 years. that is a remarkable achievement on the side of the taiwanese people. and also that becomes problematic for beijing because being able to choose their leaders is not somethingthe chie rights to do. that is what creates a thorny issue between the t

. >> keira and west on the episode of booknotes+■&j available on te free mobile app or where you getu can find any time on c-span.org. hearings, debates, and other events viju -- feature markers that guide you to newsworthy highlights. side of your screen when you hit play. the timeline tool makes it easy to quickly and easily get an idea of what was debated a decided. scroll through and spend a few minutes on the points of interest. >> washington journal continues. host: welcome back. we are joined by weifeng zhong, a senior research fellow at the mercatus center. so taiwan recently had a new election, can you explain the stakes, who won, and why it is important? guest: the stakes are always very high because a hot issue, increasingly so between the united states and china. the fact that it is remarkable taiwan and the taiwanese people have been choosing their leaders for decades now, more than 20 years. that is a remarkable achievement on the side of the taiwanese people. and also that becomes problematic for beijing because t■5 that the chinese people have the rights to do. that i