i'mjust_ that macron can pay. in which case, i'm just trying - that macron can pay. that macron can pay. in which case, i'm just trying to work. case, i'm just trying to work out what you think would happen. you say that with that much closer to an invasion of sorts. ., ~ .., , sorts. from the american side, at least, sorts. from the american side, at least. they _ sorts. from the american side, at least, they would _ sorts. from the american side, at least, they would want - sorts. from the american side, at least, they would want and l at least, they would want and they just at least, they would want and theyjust had a phone call between macron and biden, they would want to understand what they want. they want macron to get those details out of putin at the meeting today, they would want to follow—up from the chancellor next week to do the chancellor next week to do the same and then maybe as allies they can come together and try to figure out is there something workable here, is there a last—ditch diplomatic effort that can be made to avoid war?— effort that can b

pen or at least ten points behind macron. that it continues a hike in energy prices to which french electorate and french workers are sensible and might actually curb the support macron has in his leadership. >> understood it is a sensitive issue with macron with the history. has his government done enough to help citizens in france with the surge of energy prices we are halfway through winter. the ukraine situation with the tension simmering. >> there are two things to say the government is not enough most of government initiative were passed in november and october. they frozen the gas bills for the regulated gas bills. they put a cap on the possible freeze of electricity prices on fuel, it is unlikely we will see a government intervention mostly because macron is actually placing himself as a rather strong candidate on reducing france emissions. to subsidize fossil fuel will come as a backlash he has seen early on in the previous summer. on ukraine, we really see this event can actually be problematic. if there is a russia

second, the power of macron. if anyone is able to i guess talk putin out of this or convince him that another route is better, i'm hearing you say that it really is macron. he would be the only one who could in any way influence putin here? >> well, at one time it was angela merkel, the chancellor of germany. they had a great understanding together. merkel spoke russian. putin spoke some german from his time in the k gegb in east germ, but macron has become a putin whisperer for europe. no one understands him better. i wrote this for cnn this past week in my column. macron has become the putin whisperer for the west, and this is very important. putin needs to have someone in the west with whom he can speak and to whom he can convey himself authoritatively. if he undercuts macron by going to war, this is going to be bad for everybody, but it's certainly going to be particularly bad for putin. he will never have another intein interlock or the in the world. >> thank you for writing that, the putin whisperer. folks

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presidents macron and putin to meet.e report on the frontline of hostilities in the east of the country. this entire village is a casualty of the conflict. it is extraordinary that anyone still lives here. the handful who remain are pretty much cut off. chinese tennis star peng shuai again denies making allegations of sexual assault in her first western media interview since the accusations emerged on social media. a second storm wreaks havoc in madagascar — whole villages are swept away as a cyclone leaves a trail of destruction the canadian capital ottawa declares a state of emergency as truckers continue their rowdy protest over covid rules. and a leap to olympic history for snowboarder zoi sadowski—synnott. it's new zealand's first ever winter gold medal. we catch up with her very proud parents. the french president emmanuel macron appears to be taking the diplomatic lead for the west this week in seeking to avert a russian invasion of ukraine. on monday he heads to moscow to meet president putin, after earlier holdi

mr macron is making a bold claim _ the week. mr macron is making a bold claim for— the week.laim for its diplomacy, he said the diplomacy— claim for its diplomacy, he said the diplomacy was likely to prevent a military— diplomacy was likely to prevent a military confrontation but that is indeed _ military confrontation but that is indeed a — military confrontation but that is indeed a very bold claim, but there is a feeling — indeed a very bold claim, but there is a feeling at the moment that, as we approach this moment of maximum danger— we approach this moment of maximum danger with_ we approach this moment of maximum danger with american officials still talking _ danger with american officials still talking about mid february, as the point _ talking about mid february, as the point at _ talking about mid february, as the point at which russia might be capable — point at which russia might be capable of launching some kind of military— capable of launching some kind of military intervention, western leaders — military intervention, western leaders and officials are intent o

all eyes here on moscow ahead of president macron's visit.e've been watching russian state television which is a barometer of thinking just to get a sense of the mood ahead of the meeting between macron and putin. while the russian state tv loves to mock, for instance, yesterday on main news show, they were spending time making fun of uk prime minister boris johnson. they have been complaining a lot about western coverage of crisis in ukraine with the foreign ministry spokesperson, the russian foreign ministry spokesperson saying all the drama surrounding ukraine was the effort to spoil the olympics. the tone about macron, on the other hand, has been quite respectful, and we know from read-outs from the french side that putin sees in macron a quality inter locutor. he's had two phone calls with macron, so there is a flurry of activity on his end, a series of conversations. he does have a fairly tall order, as melissa pointed out. there is going to be an effort to see if they can get some kind of headway when it comes to restarting the diploma

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emmanuel macron believes he _ just fine. emmanuel macron believes he can _ just fine.s he can prevent - just fine. emmanuel macron believes he can prevent war| just fine. emmanuel macron - believes he can prevent war and on the back of some phone calls, a face—to—face meeting in the kremlin. mr putin wants a historic agreement on the future of europe. we a historic agreement on the future of europe.— a historic agreement on the future of europe. we are aware toda , future of europe. we are aware today. both _ future of europe. we are aware today. both of _ future of europe. we are aware today, both of us, _ future of europe. we are aware today, both of us, of _ future of europe. we are aware today, both of us, of the - today, both of us, of the gravity of the situation and of the urgent and imperative necessity in the interests of everyone to find a path of peace and stability in europe. but now the focus is back on kyiv. emmanuel macron coming to the you capital to brief the government he on his talks in moscow and perhaps to reassure ukraine again that nothing is bei

macron didn't push back on that. um, part of what putin was doing was putting pressure on macron because he is going to kyiv tomorrow to speak with ukrainian leadership. and both leaders said, look, uh, we have got some points of convergence. there are places where we agree. we can take more steps forward. but putin framed it this way, which was a lot more of pressure on macron than macron putting pressure on putin. putin said let's see how macron gets on in kyiv tomorrow. what progress he makes on the points that i'm making to see how much more progress we can make going forward. macron was the one stressing the point, it's really important to keep the dialogue going. we owe it to find a peaceful solution, let's keep the talking going. it came out feeling somewhat unbalanced, john. >> any sign that macron, if this goal was to get putin to deescalate, that he made any headway at all? >> you know, no. it was hard to sort of come away with it, that kind of read. they did talk about you know, they used the language here

and when president macron talked about nato, — president macron talked about nato, he — president macronually that when i — nato, he meant actually that when i say we, we talk europe, european, _ when i say we, we talk europe, european, we can always rely on america — european, we can always rely on america to — european, we can always rely on america to protect us and to be responsible for security. especially donald trump, in washington, and it is very interesting what president macron said in the early hours atter— macron said in the early hours after the — macron said in the early hours after the european council last friday— after the european council last friday morning, he said the european _ friday morning, he said the european union isjust... is not — european union isjust... is notjust— european union isjust... is notjust a _ european union isjust... is notjust a market european union isjust... is not just a market of consumers. we now— not just a market of consumers. we now need to be a power to project — we now need to be a power to project power, and we need to accelerate an

they are very wary of potentially what president macron is proposing. so i think we have to be very clear-eyed about what he is able to achieve. >> schifrin: macron is emphasizing talks between france, germany, russia and ukraine to discuss agreements known as the minsks accords from 2014, 2015 that focus on trying to reduce violence ineastern ukraine along the border. today president put inside there was no alternative to those agreements. so is that fore mat a path towards de-escalation? >> well, that has been a fore mat that unfortunately-- for mat that unfortunately has not produced diplomatic benefits. am fact if anything the ceasefire in eastern ukraine, has been violated every day repeatedly since the minsk agreements were formed. there were some moments of promise, of prisoner exchanges and humanitarian checkpoints to allow citizens to cross between the line of contact. but unfortunately, the minsk agreement really hasn't produced, if anything, the way the agreement was sequenced, meaning the ukrainian government has to give greater autonomy, de

described president macron as a good interlocutor. robertson, cnn, moscow. >>> day two of the winter olympics underway in beijing, but political tensions, controversies, and the covid-19 pandemic are still casting a shadow over this year's games. let's bring in cnn's ivan watson now live in hong kong. so ivan, olympic organizers, of course, say they want to keep politics out of the games, but we did hear the ioc reconfirming again that they were wanting to meet with chinese tennis star pong hsueh. what more do we know about this. >> reporter: this is a very sensitive matter. months ago, when she publicly accused a senior formal official in the chinese government of sexually assaulting her, that set off a fire storm, and ultimately, the women 's tennis association announced it would suspend its tournaments in china. peng shuai, she later kind of recanted and said that the accusations weren't actually made by her. there have been meetings between her, virtually, and thomas bach, the president of the ioc, and there had been an indication

this would be a public failure as well for macron interesting to see what is happening with macron andin and a translator it will be interesting tomorrow. guys >> charlotte, thank you for bringing us the french angle i want to stick with europe and move to the latest from germany. scholz will hold talks with president biden in the first trip to the u.s. since becoming chancellor this comes amid mounting criticism for a perceived reluctance to weigh in on the tension with moscow and kyiv ahead of the trip, scholz reminds people of the contribution to defend across europe >> translator: concrete in what we do for defense. in the european union, we're the country with the highest contribution nobody should overlook that. we expanded the abilities and i've advocated this when i was finance minister we will continue with this posture. >> putin's gas pipeline with germany is a strategic mistmist. the german government should top operating and admit the mistake and make corrections now before it is too late. >> strategic mistake of the german government. it is time to admit that mistake and c

i’ll french issues of being against macron and price rises.- macron and price rises.macron and price rises. i'll be protest limited to _ macron and price rises. i'll be protest limited to paris? - macron and price rises. i'll be protest limited to paris? this| macron and price rises. i'll be l protest limited to paris? this is paris. protest limited to paris? this is paris- the _ protest limited to paris? this is paris. the freedom _ protest limited to paris? this is paris. the freedom convoy - protest limited to paris? this is - paris. the freedom convoy so-called, paris. the freedom convoy so—called, started off in towns all over france but what the people have done is drive up to paris and today was to be the big day when they would gather in paris. i think they envisage something much more effective than theirs. we have seen some quite dramatic pictures from the champs elysees but in reality the champs elysees but in reality the impact has been very small. life has gone on here in paris without any real change at all today. except around the arc de triomphe for a

so what ipresident macron really trying to do? >> this fear is completely unjustified.ally important maintain this unity, and we are doing that. and what we try to do is to deter an aggression and to avod a war. then to keep our unity, our solidarity in a way which makes us together stronger to deter th aggression, but then also to have this dialogue because if we don't speak with the russian leader, with the president of russia, how do you want to find this path to deescalation? and what is it it mean deescalation? it means also as germany and france are mediating in the eastern ukraine conflict in 2014, make progress in the implementation of the so-called minsk agreements. >> reporter: let's go into some of the specifics. you helped create the minsk accords, you were instrumental in those being written. they are diplomatic agreements and call on kyiv to give donetsk and wwthe special status. today we heard from ukraine's foreignments who said the autonomy for the regions are beyond a red line t thattenned cross. what is the solution. >> both president zelensky and put

emmanuel macron and blood in your prudent continuing that news conference -- emmanuel macron and vladimir continuing the news conference. kailey: more earnings tomorrow, including from pallets on. plus economic data on both sides of the amtek. coming up next -- both sides of the amtek. coming -- both sides of the atlantic. coming up, it is "balance of power." >> from the world of politics -- >> what we do not have in this bill is a serious strategy to counter the threats from china. >> to the world of business. >> the odds of five or six hikes this year have gone up a lot. >> this is "balance of power" with david westin. david: from bloomberg's world headquarters in new york to our tv and radio audiences worldwide, welcome to "balance of power." we start at the white house, where a short time from now president biden will welcome olaf scholz for his first visit as german chancellor. the talk will be about that important question of the nato response to a possible russian invasion of ukraine. annmarie hordern's on-site, i hope not too cold in front of the white house. what does president b

macron's proposals could form the basis of steps.essage from the kremlin was this. >> in the current situation, moscow and paris could not make any deal. it is not passable. france is a member of the european union. france is also a member of nato. leadership belongs to another country in this block. what kind of deals can he speak of? ros: russia continues to build up its forces on the border with ukraine. there are around 125,000 troops, about 70% of what is needed for a full-scale invasion. the nato defense alliance estimates 30,000 troops are being sent to belarus. russia, meanwhile, continue to deny its plans to invade ukraine. or the latest, we are in moscow. >> at the kremlin, they are keeping their powder dry about this meeting. there were plenty of warm words about president macron, saying that president putin appreciated the fact that president macron made the effort to come to moscow to have those discussions, put a high value on that. but it does not seem there has been a determined resolution to this. the kremlin spokesp

looking to thaw tensions between russia and the west — president macron is heading to moscow for talksn ukraine. we report on the frontline in the east of the country. this entire village is a casualty of the conflict. it is extraordinary that anyone still lives here. the handful who remain are pretty much cut off. did politicians�* comments costs hundreds of thousands of lives? the former head of britain's armed forces says it's time to work with the taliban to protect the afghan people. these people have been through so much in the past decades, they simply do not deserve it. and celebrations in senegal as they beat egypt to win the africa cup of nations football title for the first time. hello and welcome to the programme. the chinese tennis star, peng shuai, has given herfirst western media interview since she accused a former a senior communist party official of sexual assault. there's been global concern for her safety since november, when she made the allegation and disappeared from the public eye for three weeks. she's now told a french newspaper, she didn't write the post and

mr macron will travel to moscow later to speak to his russian counterpart, vladimir putin.ussia has continued to deploy large numbers of troops on the ukrainian border. at least ten people have been killed and thousands left homeless in madagascar — after the island was hit by the second severe storm in two weeks. cyclone batsirai brought strong winds and heavy rains leading to flooding. whole villages were reported to have been almost completely destroyed. the canadian capital ottawa has declared a state of emergency in response to more than a week of protests by truckers against covid restrictions. the mayor said the protests posed a threat to the safety of residents. the truckers have paralysed the city, with vehicles and tents blocking roads. now on bbc news, it's hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. today i'm in paris as france gears up for a presidential election in the spring which will test the level of anger and frustration in this country. the incumbent, emmanuel macron looks pretty much certain to be a candidate and he's well—placed to make it into

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last month, macron, who is running for re-election, said the e.u.ld its own talks with russia, rather than rely on u.s./russia talks to diffuse the crisis >> ( transled ): for both us and russia, for the security of our continent, which is indivisible, we need that dialogue. we have to, as europeans, lay out our own demands, and put ourselves in a position where we can make sure they're respected. >> schifrin: whether russia intends to de-escalate and respect demands for diplomacy, will be tested again thursday, when the normandy format meets in berlin. for the pbs newshour, i'm nick schifrin. >> woodruff: in the day's other news, the c.d.c.'s director stuck by existing guidance to wear masks in public schools to guard against covid-19. dr. rochelle walensky spoke a day after four states announced that they will soon lift indoor mask mandates. she said she believes caseloads will fall below crisis levels, but, in her words, "we are not there right now." canadian officials warned today of mounting economic harm from protests against covid vaccination

president putin has said talks with france's president macron to de—escalate tensions surrounding ukraineave been useful and substantive. at a joint news conference in the kremlin, mr putin said some of mr macron�*s ideas for security in europe were realistic. the uk opposition labour leader, sir keir starmer has had to be escorted to safety by the police. he was targeted by a crowd near parliament — as the prime minister boris johnson faced more calls to withdraw a false accusation he made against him in parliament. israel's government will hold an independent inquiry into reports that police illicitly used spyware against aides of the former prime minister benjamin netanyahu and other public figures. now on bbc news, it's hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. today, i'm in paris as france gears up for a presidential election in the spring which will test the level of anger and frustration in this country. the incumbent, emmanuel macron, looks pretty much certain to be a candidate and he's well—placed to make it into the second round run—off. who willjoin

, borisjohnson ramping up for weeks nowjoe biden, manual macron, boris johnson all teaming — manual macronunfortunately, that isn't looking likely. despite the fact that macron has managed to secure some talks that putin — has managed to secure some talks that putin says he will take part in to try— that putin says he will take part in to try to— that putin says he will take part in to try to find a diplomatic solution, us intelligence is really saying _ solution, us intelligence is really saying that they don't think that that is— saying that they don't think that that is the route we are going to see and — that is the route we are going to see and that russia could launch an invasion— see and that russia could launch an invasion any— see and that russia could launch an invasion any day. it's a dire situation _ invasion any day. it's a dire situation. you've got people on the ukrainian _ situation. you've got people on the ukrainian border, buying emergency shelters— ukrainian border, buying emergency shelters and places that they could shelter— shelters and places that they could shelter

on the ft, kier starmer mentions macron. _ right. on the ft, kier starmer l mentions macron.l that the sovereignty, the integrity of ukraine of moldova, belarus are maintained, just briefly. just maintained, 'ust briefly. just briefl , maintained, 'ust briefly. just briefly. he _ maintained, just briefly. just briefly, he wants _ maintained, just briefly. just briefly, he wants to - maintained, just briefly. just briefly, he wants to be the prudent whisperer— briefly, he wants to be the prudent whisperer in the way that he was a trunrp _ whisperer in the way that he was a trump whisperer a few years ago. that didn't — trump whisperer a few years ago. that didn't end very well he's got an election — that didn't end very well he's got an election to fight in france in a couple _ an election to fight in france in a couple of— an election to fight in france in a couple of months' time. he wants to, and the _ couple of months' time. he wants to, and the world's attention and there has been _ and the world's attention and there has been a — and the world's attention and there has be

president macron said the coming days would be decisive.iament. israel�*s government will hold an independent inquiry into reports that police illicitly used spyware against aides of the former prime minister benjamin netanyahu and other public figures. the allegations relate to the israeli—made pegasus hacking tool which can be used gain covert access to telecommunications equipment.

emmanuel macron is meeting with vladimir putin.ve images of that meeting which has just begun. we are expecting these two to hold a joint news conference later on today. vladimir putin and emmanuel macron meeting in moscow. we want to focus more on the particular conversation when it comes to the u.s. and germany. joining us now is john emerson, chairman of the american council . thank you so much. germany is in a vulnerable place when it comes to russia, and particularly given its reliance on nord stream 2. can it be a reliable partner in the western alliance, given that? john: no question. germany has been a reliable partner for literally decades, including through the western part -- through the entire cold war period, at least the western part of germany. there is probably no more important relationship for germany than that with the united states. they talk about the transatlantic relationship, that means there relationship with the united states -- their relationship with the united states. while germany has its politics to d

i mean, macron talked a couple of years ago, i think, about it being brain—dead as a concept.could say that the irony, of course, is suddenly brain—dead nato is being resurrected and it has triggered article 4 on friday and it needs to actually show that it is there for a reason. but, you know, i mean, we have been talking about how institution — international institutions such as the un, for instance, or nato were not fit for the 21st century. and when president macron talked about brain—dead nato, he meant, actually, that can't — when i say 'we', i'm talking he meant, actually, that we can't — when i say 'we', i'm talking about europe and europeans, we can always rely on america to protect us and to be responsible for security. and especially in time of donald trump in washington. and, you know, it's interesting of what president macron said in the early hours after the european council on friday morning. he said the european union isjust — is notjust a market of consumers. we now need to be a power — to project power. and we need to accelerate our agenda of sovereignty — th

a meeting between putin and macron is under way now. what are these leaders saying as they were heading into this. >> yeah, president putin was thanking emanuel macron for being engaged in the situation, for taking the time to work on it. he pointed out how they had some good phone calls which paved the way toward the meeting. he said that he wanted to -- he believed that president macron was going to be able to help ensure security in europe. he also spoke about the need to ensure security inside ukraine in the intra-ukraine conflict as he phrased it between essentially the separatists, the pro-russian separatists in the east of the country and the ukrainian government. of course, the president putin is understood to be strongly supporting and backing and helping those pro-russian separatists in the east of ukraine. but he in essence said that he saw president macron bringing both -- bringing help to both of these situations. macron, for his part, said that he hoped to be able to de-escalate tensitensions, not inside ukraine and really

they are very wary of potentially what macron is proposing. we have to be clear eyed about what he is able to achieve. reporter: macron is emphasizing talks between germany, russia, and ukraine about the minsk accords to focus on trying to reduce violence in eastern ukraine along the border. today president putin said there was no alternative to those agreements. is that format a path toward de-escalation? >> that s been a format that has not produced diplomatic benefits. if anything, the cease-fire in eastern ukraine in don bosse -- in donbas has been violated every day since the minsk agreement's were formed. there were humanitarian checkpoints tallow citizens to cross between the line of contact, but unfortunately, the minsk agreement has not produced, if anything, the way the agreement was sequenced meaning the ukrainian government has to give greater autonomy to centralization -- autonomy, decentralization to the occupied territories of eastern ukraine. the ukrainian government has to give them basically a vote, and only then can other is

a lot of eyebrows are raised last week when emmanuel macron— raised last week when emmanuel macron wenthe west might— off script in hinting that the west might be — off script in hinting that the west might be willing to grant some of russia's— might be willing to grant some of russia's security guarantees. particularly around this issue of whether— particularly around this issue of whether ukraine should have the i’i l ht whether ukraine should have the right to _ whether ukraine should have the right tojoin nato in whether ukraine should have the right to join nato in future. whether ukraine should have the right tojoin nato in future. so whether ukraine should have the right to join nato in future. so for boris _ right to join nato in future. so for borisjohnson and joe biden it's is absolutely— borisjohnson and joe biden it's is absolutely fundamental that it's our country _ absolutely fundamental that it's our country and freedom to decide his own future, its destiny, its policy nato _ own future, its destiny, its policy nato is _ own future, its destiny, its policy nato is absolut

i did also say macron had a phone _ peace. i did also say macron had a phone call— peace.l with - peace. i did also say macron had a phone call with putin. | peace. i did also say macron i had a phone call with putin. is that it was frank, direct and quick, but it was to ask him to discuss with mr zelensky who because it could not reach him, so he mentioned that at the summit as well. the financial ramifications will be felt far and wide. i want to bring in the wall streetjournal�*s new york rullo shape. thank you so much for spending some time with us here on bbc news. it has been quite rapidly moving with the sanctions that have come in. how would you describe them so farfor our come in. how would you describe them so far for our viewers? will they really have an impact on what mr putin desires to do next? fist on what mr putin desires to do next? �* . , on what mr putin desires to do next? �* ., , ., , on what mr putin desires to do next? ~ ., , ., , ., next? at least that is what they are — next? at least that is what they are aimed _ next? at least that is what they ar

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not yet, but vladimir putin said he would keep talking to president macron.as and proposals, which are probably still early to talk about, i think it is quite possible to make these the basis of our furtherjoint steps. we are aware today, both of us, of the gravity of the situation and of the urgent and imperative necessity in the interests of everyone to find a path of peace and stability in europe. just having the french president in town is being seen as a diplomatic success for the kremlin. there's a very long but very colourful russian word, "nyeroka pazatny". it means quite literally, "no one wants to shake your hand." you're like a pariah. after russia's annexation of crimea eight years ago, vladimir putin was nyerokapazatny. world leaders avoided him like the plague. now, they're queuing up to meet him — today, it was president macron, in a week or so, it'll be the german chancellor — and the west is willing to discuss russia's security concerns. that's why moscow believes that coercive diplomacy is working. but what if diplomacy fails? america has se

putting emmanuel macron, who is expected to run in april's election.s yet to announce his candidacy. watch this. i'm laura trevelyan. thank you for watching bbc world news america. ♪ narrator: funding for this presentation of this program is provided by... man: bdo. accountants and advisors. narrator: funding was also provided by, the freeman foundation. by judy and peter blum kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs. and by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ ♪ narrator: you're watching pbs. ♪ da-da-da-duh-da-da-da♪ ♪ da-da-da-da-da-da ♪♪ captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> woodruff: good evening. i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight: tensions rising. president macron of france acts as mediator, traveling between russia and ukraine, in an effort to prevent war in eastern europe. we discuss this fraught moment with the french ambassador to the u.s. then, balance of power. the supreme court sides with the alabama republican party in a redistricting case, despite a lower

that comes ahead of macron's trip this week to moscow. global news 24 hours a day, on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. dani: juliette saly in singapore appeared coming up, hike bets ramp up. larry summers says we should expect a hike at every meeting. manus: efforts to continue to find a diplomatic solution over tensions regarding ukraine. french president macron heads to kiev as the german chancellor is in washington for talks. this is bloomberg. ♪loomberg. ♪ >> markets have to be prepared for a rate hike at every meeting and they have to be prepared for the possibility that as the inflation process continues, we might need to have meetings with more than a single 25 basis point rate hike. manus: former u.s. treasury secretary larry summers for the markets, you need to be prepared for a rate hike at every fed meeting. kit juckes is the head of affect strategy at socgen. i don't think the market is prepared for a rate hike every meeting. do yo

mr macron has been updating the german chancellor, olaf scholz, and the polish leader, andrzej duda,ng lengthy talks with president putin in russia, and a meeting with the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky, in kyiv. here's stephanie prentice. as nato allies run drills in the adriatic sea, on the ground, key members of the security alliance united with one goal in mind. preventing what they think will lead to a war in europe. their chief emissary france's leader emmanuel macron making his way through meetings and briefings in berlin and kyiv to push the message that peace is possible. translation: | believe | we have concrete practical solutions that will allow us to move forward. we have had the opportunity to discuss this together, i have also had the opportunity to discuss this with president putin. as he spoke in kyiv, russian warships moving to his south making their way in the dark through turkey's bosporus strait for naval drills. their movements however no secret. russian military also released footage of their fleet in action, turkey which shares maritime borders with u

he actually, putin actually addressed macron in a friendly way. the russian language he used was very friendly, the tone was frie friendly. he appreciated macron coming this way, taking his time to try to address what they both see as, you know, an unbalanced security situation in europe. there was that part of the conversation. he said he appreciated president macron for his efforts to try to bring stability inside ukraine. macron, for his part, said he was there to talk about deescalation, deescalation between the ukrainian government and the pro russian separatists in the east but also deescalation of the russian forces that are moving and are getting closer to ukraine's border on the north. now, there's a lot more detail that's going to happen behind closed doors, but that first, those first few minutes, it was a lot of pleasantries, and both sort of thanking each other for taking the time on this difficult topic. >> nic, thank you so much for that. cnn learning new details this morning about russia's appetite for war with ukraine. indicating

let's get to -- emmanuel macron. let's get to our guest. the white house has shown their desire to participate. good morning, gregory. give me your take. gregory: good morning. i think you are right, they announced agreement in principle but there are a lot of hurdles. we don't know what deal they will agree. we haven't heard from the kremlin about any details. so far, the french have said there will be more talks on setting up a potential meeting this week between the foreign ministers of russia and the secretary of state blinken. on thursday for those two. the question is if they can find something to talk about. so far, rushes demand's have been unacceptable to the west, and the u.s. and its allies have offered to talk to the kremlin, but they've said it is inadequate. manus: ultimately this is about membership of nato. various people have been telling me you need to focus on what xi jinping has to say about potential membership ukraine than anything else. it will be a tense week. i'm sure we will speak through the week. gregory, thank y

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that he hoped that macron would be able to de-escalate tensions in ukraine.ut also bring about a better security arrangement in europe. but all that nice language around a big long table where they were sitting inside the kremlin belies the fact that the message from the kremlin today has been they don't expect a breakthrough, these talks. they haven't got what they independent terms of their security guarantees and that, you know, president macron's visit here in many people's eyes is an opportunity for president putin to try to peel some nato nations away from their unity. now macron, for his part, said, you know, that he was coming to this to try to find a way to de-escalate tensions both in ukraine and around ukraine. the russian troops that are building up very close to the border with ukraine. but, you know, trying to find a bridge between these two positions today, that's not going to happen. and it's not clear precisely what macron is bringing to the table that makes him think that he can get something out of president putin to shift him on his so far

not clear what macron achieved from meeting with putin yesterday. what is he saying to the ukrainians? are they welcoming his visit? do they see any progress? >> they did seem to see some progress, jim. there was a slight clarification, you're right, in terms of the language around what emmanuel macron believes he achieved when he met with the russian president yesterday in moscow. we had been hearing from sources he had got an assurance that russia would not continue its military buildup, rather he explained that what he had obtained from moscow and he said this just now in the press conference was a guarantee that putin would not be behind any further escalation. that is a slight nuance. and yet, the french president explains the extent to which he believes this is progress, a step in the right direction, some kind of engagement on the part of vladimir putin. two concessions he spoke of clearly, vladimir putin says he will not be behind any kind of further escalation. and also a promise he will withdraw from belarus when those giant military exerc

you know, it's hard to say if macron's peace mission has failed. the door to diplomacy is not closed, but again, i can agree and align myself with the view that russia is using diplomacy to buy time as it continues to prepare its forces for what seems to be and what could be a sizable invasion of ukraine. >> a lot of people reading the tea leaves yesterday noticing that putin not once but twice referred to macron and the informal instead of format and i don't think he would have done that with president biden but one thing that i did notice from macron that caught my attention was that he said this crisis was not going to be resolved anytime soon. it may take months. given the amount of troops we see surrounding the country, how sustainable could it really be for the kremlin to keep so many 100,000 if not more troops in place for months? >> i think that's one of the key questions is, you know, you're exactly what you're saying. how long can they maintain this heightened state of readiness? again, putin here is the master of actional ity. they could

i think it's clear that president macron - much into it?at president macron has decided to lead with this point of view, but saying the fact that russia has the right to be able to talk about security concerns and the fact that either side are happy to talk about security concerns, we had actually heard that from america before, saying that, yes, we understand you want to talk about your security concerns and, yes, we will talk about those, but we also want to talk about our security concerns as well, so possibly a slight change of emphasis. suggest this is never been discussed before is perhaps a bit too strong, but nonetheless, the fact that present macron has gone insane, we understand you have security concerns, is certainly a very different response to saying, we are sending troops to your neighbours. at the same time, but we are seeing in the course of today, is slightly friendly from president macron, but we also hearing from multiple nato countries as well about how they might respond if there does, if an action is taken by russia a

have described president macron as a good interlocutor.obertson, cnn, moscow. >>> the latest calls for diplomacy haven't stopped russia's military buildup. new images show troops and aircraft in belarus. u.s. officials say russia has assembled 70% of the troops and weapons needed for a full-scale invasion of ukraine. meanwhile, as mentioned, the u.s. is sending more troops to europe. a u.s. aircraft carrier is already in the region, and its presence sends a clear message. cnn's fred pleitgen reports from aboard "uss harry s. truman." >> reporter: the u.s. and allies in a united show of force, facing aggression from russia. the "uss harry s. truman" is in europe refining cooperation with nato allies to make sure the alliance can operate more coherently, says naval flight officer jeanette lazaro. >> we integrate two different nato partners. we work to kind of smooth the communication processes. >> reporter: as russia continues to amass troops near the border with ukraine, the u.s. says it will help further strengthen the nato alliance. this