president is speaking with xi jinping.l now heads to the senate, voting to end relations with russia and belarus. congressman, it is a pleasure to see you. with this call between president biden and the chinese leader going on as we speak, what do you want the president to tell xi jinping? >> i want him to put as much pressure as possible to china to make sure they don't help russia. china did not know what to do. putin was not honest with him about his intentions. they certainly want to maintain a strong relationship with russia because they see russia being on their side in term of weaken us. putin is devastating civilian population, president biden needs to make it clear for xi, this is a choice, whether you are on the wrong side or right side. the rest of the world will judge china. they'll not let putin get away with this type of a crime. >> if they are seen helping putin, what's the west, specifically the united states could or should do to china. >> that's a complicated question. certainly there are tariffs we could

whether or not xi jinping is in power the end of the year remains to be seen, but there is still a lotf pushing and shoving. it is important for xi to guide this politically and economically well this year. some of the key factors he has been talking about that are slowing down the economy include ham-handed regulation of the tech companies, the need to deal ever and the property market. if they fall into bankruptcies and declining super sentiment -- consumer sentiment, minus -- they are raising debt for local governments and also turning to the same traditional carbon heavy polluting industries, like cement and other forms of construction they have been trying to get away from. who they will do what they just do with ages you this year to you gr -- to get growth to air it needs to be. caroline: coming up, it's china's national people's congress, opening on saturday in beijing. we discussed the economic challenges facing the country and what to expect from the gathering. our next guest, leland miller is with us, ceo of china beige book international. this is bloomberg. ♪ romaine: today

president biden convening a call with his chinese counterpart xi jinping. task one, dissuading beijing from dispatch anything military help to moscow during the ukraine invasion. let's get to kaitlan collins. what more do we know about this call? >> we know it lasted an hour and 15 minutes. even when you take into account the time for translation, that's still a pretty long phone call for president biden and chinese president xi jinping to have. their first conversation, we should note in four months, since they last spoke in november when they held that virtual summit. now this invasion has happened. we're in the fourth week of it. so really the first goal of this call was the white house wanted to get a sense of where the chinese leader stood on this invasion. an invasion he has not referred to as an invasion yet. an invasion china has not condemned and the white house wants to know in china is prepared to respond to this russian request for more military equipment, more economic assistance, but, of course, the military equipment would be so critical for

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president biden and chinese president xi jinping spoke for nearly two hours on friday, with much of thecussion focused on russia's invasion of ukraine. biden reportedly told xi that china would face consequences if it provides material support to russia. it was the first call between the leaders of the world's two largest economies in four months. in february, russian president vladimir putin traveled to beijing for talks with xi ahead of the invasion. earlier this month, china joined india, iran, pakistan, and 30 to other nations from the global south in abstaining from the united nations vote condemning russia's war in ukraine. on saturday, china's vice foreign minister criticized nato as a "cold war vestige" and criticized western sanctions on russia saying globalization was being used as a "weapon." to look more at china's evolving relations with both russia and the united states, we are joined by alfred mccoy, professor of history at the university of wisconsin-madison. author of numerous books, most recently,to govern the globe: world orders and catastrophic change." his recent ar

kailey: how does xi jinping respond to that. what is he willing to risk when it comes to the penitential -- potential imposition of costs. jonathan: those talks are two hours and five mins away. teachers are negatives. .7% on the s and p. we have had a ready decent week so far. through thursday's close, we were higher by almost 5%. we pull back a little bit, about .75 percent. on the nasdaq 100 and the s and p. yields are lower by two or three basis points. prude is higher by one percentage point. we are nowhere near the highs of the last couple of weeks. wti, or brent. lisa: just shocking this week. down 10% and up 20%. again, it is like bitcoin. jonathan: volatile. meme stocks over the place. the meme efficacious in of the bond market. all of the above. we will be joined soon from alpha simplex. we are looking forward to that. this is bloomberg. >> ukraine has been a concern and that is playing into the equity market. >> i think the market dynamics will shift a little bit as we get into the second quarter. >> we are in a phase

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president but in warns she's paying of consequent xi jinping -- xi jinping of consequences for joiningar in ukraine. and the who warns global covid cases again are on the rise as fears grow about a more transmissible variant. but should americans be worried? we'll ask the cdc director. ♪ nada: welcome to world news america on pbs, the u.k., and around the globe. russian forces e hitting ukraine on multiple fronts nearly four weeks into its invasion. in one of the latest attacks, a missile strike strikes army barracks. a local mp's has dozens have been killed. inn lviv, which has been relatively unscathed, a missile has attacked and mary upper has reached the city center where thousands of civilians are trapped and where at least 80% of homes are either destroyed or damaged. those who escaped warns their city is being wiped out by constant russian attacks. many refugees are arriving in lviv, where our special correspondent, fergal keane, begins our coverage. fergal: this is of security here is ebbing, a missile strike aimed at a repair plant. nobody was hurt. but this close to the city,

conversation with xi jinping. now, i guess it was six days ago, seven days ago, in that range. and i made it clear to him, i made no threats, but i made it clear to him that he had to understand the consequences in helping russia as had been reported. and as was expected. and i made no threats, but i pointed out the number of american and foreign corporations that left russia as a consequence of their barbaric behavior. and i indicated that i knew how much he, because we had long discussions in the past about his interest in making sure he had economic relations and economic growth with europe and the united states, i indicated that he would be putting himself in significant jeopardy in those aims, if in fact he were to move forward. i am not going to comment on any detail about what we know or do not know as a consequence of that conversation. but is it tomorrow or next monday? that ursula is having that conference with china? the first. on april 1. we have had discussions, because i think that china understands

let's are member xi jinping spoke to putin after the invasion. -- let's are.did not speak to the ukrainian leader. we have to keep this in mind, and i think china would like to rebrand themselves as a peacemaker. but we are on day 19 and the big asks now will be that russia's assets which are in chinese banks should be sanctioned. this will be the real bellwether of china's role on the international stage. will they allow their banks to be chinese russian assets to be sanctioned to chinese banks? host: it looked like he wanted to jump in. i want to follow-up with you on something you mentioned a moment ago, that abstention. unsc by china when it comes to that resolution that would have deplored russia's invasion of ukraine. the reason i want to ask about that is because that was taken to mean different things by different players. some interpreted it as a dip o-matic win by russia. some said it was a diplomatic and by the west. do you believe it was a diplomatic win for either the west or russia and why? hino: i think it's indicative of china walking that tigh

>>> if it's friday, president biden speaks with china's president, xi jinping. the russian assault on ukraine, as they indiscriminately shell targets across the country. new attacks hitting an apartment complex, a theater, a kindergarten. >>> plus my interview with the kyiv mayor. defending ukraine's capital against the siege and what he needs to hold the line, as well as prospect for peace with putin still in charge. >>> and an update from an emergency coordinator grappling with the worsening humanitarian crisis in ukraine, amid efforts to rush medical supplies to active war zones. >>> welcome to "mtp daily." i am chuck todd here in washington. the white house today is stepping up its efforts to try to isolate russia a bit more. president biden speaking with his chinese counterpart, xi jinping a few hours ago as u.s. officials renew concerns the kremlin is laying ground work for a chemical weapons attack. russia is expanding the assault on civilian targets in ukraine, even as you hear claims of trying to have peace talks. richard engel and his crew shot this vi

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but biden wants to hear that from xi jinping himself on where he stands.rom the chinese side, they are very wary of being seen to have their foreign policy dictated by the americans. so that in some ways accounts for a lot of their hesitation on this. but we have not seen full-scale support of russia or assistance. some state run companies have been very cautious about dealing with rush this time. juliette: we know this the first time they have spoken since november. a lot of guest pressure here for this call. is it likely to bring anything meaningful? i know it is obviously a diplomatic movement, what do you think it's actually going to be achieved? dan: it remains to be seen. u.s. china relationship has been at a stalemate since biden came to office. he kept a lot of trump's policies in place. we have not seen movement on any of the major issues, tariffs, sanctions, export controls. you name it, there has not been a lot of progress at all in these substantive issues left over from the trump administration, and in part that is because there is a bipartisa

a warning president biden repeated during a call with president xi jinping this morning. kaitlan collins reports now from the white house on what the two leaders discussed in their nearly two-hour discussion. >> reporter: for an hour and 50 minutes today, president biden spoke to chinese president xi jinping as he seeks to deter him from bailing out russia. >> china needs to sound on the right side of history. it needs to ensure that it does not backfill or in any way impede the sanctions on russia. >> he also described the consequences of china for providing material support to russia. >> reporter: biden hoping the persuade the chinese leader to distance himself from president putin and find out whether china plans to answer the request for desperately needed military equipment. >> what is critical is for every nation of the world to call on president putin to end this war of choice, this war of carnage. that's where we are. >> reporter: china has refused to call the invasion an invasion or condemn putin for brutalizing a sovereign country. today biden warned xi of the c

saudi arabia has invited chinese president xi jinping to visit the kingdom.instead of dollars according to the "wall street journal." both significant moves away from washington and towards beijing. >> beijing may be a way to send a message to washington that its pro-iran policies is going to have some consequences. >> five years ago then president trump made saudi arabia his first foreign trip and his administration fostered a most closer relationship with saudi relationship. the biden administration has been much more critical of saudi arabia's human rights record and its war against the houthis in yenel men. the administration also argues the irgc has grown more aggressive since then president trump withdrew from the 2015 nuclear deal. >> the status quo where we stand has done nothing to make us safer in any regard. in fact, the islamic revolutionary guard has only been strengthened. >> opponents argue a new nuclear deal would tonal give iran more money to fund the irgc. an agreement would also only address iranens you nuclear program. not the irgc's activ

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xi jinping is set to meet virtually with the eu leaders on the ukraine war. set to dominate the agenda. for more, let's bring in jodi schneider and other guests. jodi, why did joe biden order this release? what domestic pressures is he under? >> it's all about gas prices and inflation. the last thing the president needs on election year when a voter goes to the gas pump is to have the higher numbers staring them in the face. he basically is releasing one million barrels per day for the next six months from u.s. reserves. he said this should lower gas prices. he calls it vladimir putin's price hike. even though inflationary pressures have been sending up gas prices higher even before this increase in the past month the war in ukraine. president biden in a press conference lay this out. he was talking mostly about oil, but he threw a bit of a bone to the environmental lobby and those who want to see the u.s. lower its dependence on energy sources from abroad by looking at things like solar and battery powered vehicles and electric vehicles by saying he would sp

>> pierre xi jinping's vladimir putin's last friend. he's hoping that xi jinping will bail him out. china, by the way, is the single most largest buyer of russian oil more than any other nation in the world. so that's not -- they're not gonna stop doing that. they are in effect financing the war, but there is reputation will damage to china, their trade is not with russia. they're traitors with europe and the west. xi jinping cares more about his economy than he cares about what putin is doing in ukraine. the reason he is siding with putin is that there common interest is undermining american power, undermining the american commitment to democracy and human rights. he does not want america or anybody else talking about human rights in china. that's where he and putin have linked arms, but they will separate if it starts hurting china's economy. >> rick single, and lucian kim, thank you both for this -- for joining our discussion tonight. >> why a no-fly zone has never been achieved in a war with a major military power. that's next. major military power that's next. that's next. year

that warning coming ahead of the call between joe biden and xi jinping.n the markets, they are breathing a sigh of relief as russia makes good on bond payments that were due on wednesday. let's get the details from jodi schneider. what can we expect from the phone call? >> the expectations are that joe biden will seek to get xi jinping to try to agree or to push him to give some assurances that they will try to help the u.s. and its allies to get russia out of ukraine. we have been hearing in recent days from chinese officials that they are trying to reassure the ukrainian people publicly that they are their friend, they will not ever attack ukraine. of course, the u.s. has been concerned given that there has been in the past xi jinping and vladimir putin having warm relations and president putin went to the olympics before the invasion. the u.s. is trying to suss out where china stands and at the same time, trying to push to get china to try to compel vladimir putin to leave ukraine or take steps to push back, to pull back on the war. we will see how sig

xi jinping has said for years that he believes in these principles.oment for him to prove that. by telling vladimir putin to end this war of choice, war of carnage. in terms of what we have, i don't want to get ahead of the president. they're assessing each other. the last one was in november virtually. we want to see where just jinping is. he hope he ends this carnage and these attacks on civilians and, indeed, the prc is a very important, very great nation. there is no question about it. i went on the meet with the chinese a few months ago, jake sullivan met in rome recently. secretary blinken talked to the foreign minister on a regular basis. we are candid, very direct what great powers must do. what the responsibility of xi jinping on the world stage and sign up to the u.n. charter, which he says he does. we will see, whether, in fact, xi jinping, his future is with the united states, with europe, with developing countries around the world. his future is not with russia and vladimir putin. >> mad dam deputy secretary, good morning, it's jonathan l

an hour from now, biden will be speaking with chinese president xi jinping and this will be the first time the two have spoken since russia invaded ukraine. the president is expected to warn xi not to provide support for russian war efforts. cnn reporters are covering the latest on ukraine. >> i'm scott mcclain in lviv, jh ukraine, where the first bombs dropped in city limits hours ago. the air-raid sirens went off early this morning shortly after explosions were heard from the city center, and thick black smoke seen on the horizon. according to ukrainian officials, the bombs were dropped on an aircraft repair facility which was near the airfield which we were able to see from the top of this bridge. the governor says that russia should know that lviv has become a humanitarian hub for hundreds of thousands of people fleeing violence elsewhere and this strike is proof that to russia nothing is sacred. >> reporter: i'm natasha bertrand in brussels, u.s. and nato intelligence tell cnn the number of forces killed in combat in the last month are in the thousands. one intelligence assessmen

president joe biden will speak by phone with chinese president xi jinping.st conversation since russia invaded ukraine. the white house is growing increasingly concerned that beijing is at least considering a russian request for military and financial aid. president biden expected to warn xi jinping any help to russia will come with a cost. now to hong kong, cnn's krity lou stout is standing by and earlier thursday, the secretary of state was kind of blunt about this saying the u.s. would punish china for helping the russians. do we know what that punishment might be? >> yeah, that punishment could come in the form of secondary sanctions. we know russia has been squeezed by sanctions for its actions in ukraine and relies heavily on china for trade but china has other priorities, namely its own stability and continued economic growth. look, according to chinese state-run media, they are closely watching this upcoming phone call between joe biden and xi jinping. they say that both sides will exchange views, discuss areas of common interest but according to tha

president biden speaking for nearly two hours with china's xi jinping by phone yesterday.nt warned of stiff consequences if beijing gets moscow any material support for the brutal war in ukraine. mark meredith is live where president biden spending the weekend. >> what even, president biden said the u.s. will continue to stand with ukraine while at the same time holding nations supporting russia's invasion accountable. this happened on a phone call between president biden xi jinping the president speaking by phone for two hours are direct detailed conversation in a direct message to the head of the chinese counterparts. >> the primary focus was for the president to lay out specifically consequences and where we have come today on his assessment with the most constructive way to spend the call it will be up to president xi jinping and chinese to decide what role they will play moving forward. >> china has no doubt played a role in this crisis, china even asked russia to hold off on military invasion until the end of the beijing winter games and chinese put out their own gre

preparing for what could be a tense phone call between president biden and the chinese president xi jinping. as the question remains, will china support or resist russia's invasion of ukraine or try to remain neutral is this we will be live at the white house in just a moment. back on the ground in ukraine, intense shelling by russian forces pushes the russian army significantly west. >> the siren has gone off in western ukraine and lviv. >> we're hearing explosions, and there was an air-raid siren that went off a few minutes ago. we're going to have to wrap it up from our location here. >> at least six munitions, possibly missiles rained down near the city of lviv in the west of ukraine. the mayor there says several of them struck an air craft repair plant. we should know, erica, this is just miles from the polish border. >> absolutely. in an area you know well having spent several weeks there, jim, in the capital city of kyiv, meantime, at least one person is dead, several others injured as russian forces continue to target residential areas. we have new details this morning about the fir

>> because xi jinping believes united states is an animated existential struggle.an't survive as long as you nice it says goodbye to people in china and elsewhere. oberg particular tactics are one particular matter. this is a fundamental struggle. >> how is china helping vladimir putin? >> first bullets enhance financial support the commodity purchases. so giving sanction russian entities. they are now and the service of russia and it is important, china's propaganda machine is amplifying these ludicrous russian narratives. so you put that altogether it shows xi jinping is fully behind what rush is doing. and if vladimir putin is a war criminal or promise president biden's said, well then it xi jinping is a war criminal because both of them are working together. eric: this reports that rush is helping the russian military targets chinese drones, have you heard about this that they are providing military assistance from afar to russia to kill ukrainians. >> yes there's open source reporting that china is provided russia with the intelligence that russia could used t

extraordinarily consequential phone call will take place between president biden and chinese president xi jinping. it's a conversation with potentially massive implications for this war. biden is expected to warn president xi directly of the cost of helping vladimir putin, concerned that china might give russia military equipment. if you want to know how china feels about this u.s. pressure campaign, check out today's op-ed in the cheese communist party's official newspaper. it's titled "washington: the world's biggest bully." back in ukraine, the attacks have expanded to the very city where hundreds of thousands of ukrainians have sought shelter. this morning, smoke is rising from the western city of lviv just 50 miles from the polish border. the closest strike yet to the center of that city. the mayor says missiles fired from the black sea hit multiple repair facilities near the airport. lviv had been seen as a safe haven, its population increasing from about 700,000 to close to a million people as they arrived after fleeing their destinations and the devastation further east. gabe gutierrez sp

into ukraine and the capacity of the ukrainians to really resist a russian onslaught should give xi jinping that he could do something similar with regard to taiwan. again, i would expect president biden to underscore that in his conversation with president xi. >> i'd like for you to explain to us a little bit nato's role in this. help us understand why ukraine is not a member of nato and what is the relationship between ukraine and nato. >> formally nato only has the members it has. at the moment that's 30 members. after the cold war the countries of central and eastern europe and indeed some of the former soviet republics asked to become members of nato. steadily nato has expanded and has included the countries of central and eastern europe. the baltic states which used to be incorporated in the soviet union. there's been a debate within nato whether nato should extend to parts of the soviet union that are independently, primarily ukraine and georgia have requested membership. it takes consensus of all 30 members to bring a new member in. right now there is no consensus, although this war

to pick a side, picked the side of the west, which is a pretty tall order given that president xi jinpingp with president putin. he doesn't even use the word invasion. afterwards, a senior official said mr biden was direct, substantiate of detailed with mr xi. he ordered implications and consequences. we know russia has asked china for help and america claims china's thinking about it, which china denies. in terms of consequences, the white house would not go into any details because they were kind of quiet about that. thought it might be economic sanctions. china offered its own interpretation of events of the conversation and the language was quite neutral. it's always about what they don't say. mr xi jinping refused to condemn russia and he also didn't explicitly blame russia for what's happening.— also didn't explicitly blame russia for what's happening. nomia, thanks so much for— for what's happening. nomia, thanks so much for that _ for what's happening. nomia, thanks so much for that analysis. _ turning to the pandemic now. here in the us, most states have removed the majority of t

if you look at xi jinping, putin declared themselves, you know best friends blood brothers, and as fart he was going to do chinese find themselves suddenly squeezed into this corner with russian taking little steps calling ukraine foreign minister, you know, putting out, different stories on sanctions and stuff. indicate they are trying to work a little bit away from the russians back towards the middle. maria: yeah, i agree with you, that it has to be stunning in terms of how the world has reacted to russia's aggression thanks very much for insights on this we appreciate it. >> thanks allotted a lot good to talk to you economic news jobless claims hits tape dagen mcdowell. dagen: first-time claims anonymity benefits recent week below expectations, 215,000, that is actually even below the min estimating track unemployed workers collecting benefits about in line 1.476 million people, that expectations was 1.475. again, continuing claims, 215,000 i mean, initial claims 215,000. that shows a job market that is solid. maria: yeah. look at market i think the market turned much earlier than

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yesterdayjoe biden warned his chinese counterpart xi jinping there would be �*consequences' if beijingwill they listen? i'm joined now by dr theresa fallon, the director of the centre for russia europe asia studies in brussels. thank you for coming on the programme. great pleasure to be with you today. what do you think china will do as my late you today. what do you think china will do as m— will do as my we are trying to sit very carefully — will do as my we are trying to sit very carefully on _ will do as my we are trying to sit very carefully on the _ will do as my we are trying to sit very carefully on the fence - will do as my we are trying to sit very carefully on the fence are l will do as my we are trying to sit i very carefully on the fence are not like they are too close to and not to upset markets in europe and asia but i think this has become very problematic after the recent meeting or phone call with president biden. we saw the meeting on monday in rome, it was a seven hour long meeting with jake sullivan and his chinese counterpart which is very testy from what i've bee

xi jinping doesn't want it to happen.l with carrots as jen psaki was asked about yesterday, in other words him dangling loosening the trump tariffs which are in in force. they said this call is about warning, not carrots, this call. >> we know the president heads to europe next week, stopping in nato to rally allies in the effort to support ukraine. you will be on the trip with the president. give us a sense of what we could expect. what could we see next week? >> i think we will see more of the united front. he said he will meet not only with nato but eu leaders. there's ongoing concern in europe about how far the sanctions should go, particularly when it comes to natural gas. i think joe biden would like to paper over some of those divisions which are there for country specific reasons. they've held the door open to whether he will make other stops. we will be watching closely for announcements on that. yeah, he has even apologized at one point to nancy pelosi, thanking her for some measures moving for slowly than house

meanwhile, president biden will speak to xi jinping this morning in about three hours after xi formed a partnership with russia's vladimir putin. china is denying that its military is supporting putin and and his war on ukraine. the biden administration claims it will cost beijing. what you need to know ahead of the phone call this morning. plus, 16 months after the presidential election and the new york times is finally confirming the influence peddling we told you about years ago. the times confirms hunter biden's laptop and the e-mails in it are authentic, the paper reporting on hunter's shady business dealings while his father was vice president, accepting money. prosecutors are shaping their case around the e-mails discovered on the lap touch. 50 -- laptop. 50 intelligence officials signed a paper dismissing the e-mails as russian disinformation. the new york post broke the story. >> this is not part of some russian disinformation campaign. the intelligence community has not been involved with hunter biden's laptop. hunter biden is a u.s. person and he would be subject to any inv

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what should he tell xi-jinping? in your opinion? >> well, i think he has to say to him very bluntly, do you want to be a player or do you want to be a pariah, it's your choice are you going to side with a country that has a gdp of new york state or are you going to side with the rest of the world? it's alan economic argument for xi. you can't appeal to his humanity , so, you got to put it in numbers that he can understand, that if china sides with russia, the sanctions that we are putting on russia can be put on china, the american people are prepared to sacrifice if necessary, but china is either going to be a player on the world stage or a pariah. it's that simple. stuart: if we put sanctions on china, the way we've put sanctions on russia, into a limited degree, that up-ends the world trading system, and the world financial system, and the world economic system. are we prepared to risk that? >> well, if war is an option, that must be taken off the table and it's much better to have a little sacrifice or maybe much sacrifice in th

. >> the president is speaking with xi jinping.rting that russia has been asking china for drones and for help. what happens -- do you think china will stay out of this? and what happens if they don't? >> well, again, don't want to speculate or get involved in hypotheticals. i would hope that china would not support this despicable act by putin. i would hope that they would recognize a need to respect sovereign territory. and so hard to say what they will do. but, you know, we've been clear that if they do that, we think that's a bad choice. >> you also asked the ambassador about the potential of russian forces to use chemical or nuclear weapons. >> yeah, the intelligence shows that the u.s. and nato believe that vladimir putin will use nuclear weapons and then try to falsely blame the ukrainians. the secretary of defense said there will be a strong, very strong, international response if that does happen. and anderson, as you know, there's article v. in nato, there's article v. an attack on one nato nation is an attack on all. the

president joe biden will speak with his chinese counterpart xi jinping in the coming hours with a warning that beijing must not support russian aggression in ukraine. mr. biden met virtually with the irish leader on thursday, offering some choice words for the russian president vladimir putin. >> and the public standing together against a murderous dictator, a pure thug who was waging an immoral war against the people of ukraine. >> well, ukraine's president delivered another stern speech. this time, to german lawmakers for not doing more to end the war. volodymyr zelenskyy condemned german businesses with ties to russia, and said that economic sanctions had come too late. he, also, made reference to the berlin wall and to the holocaust. >> translator: every year, politicians say "never again." now, i see that these words are worthless. in europe, a people is being destroyed. >> in northern ukraine, near belarus, russian forces have stepped up their bombardment of the city of chernihiv. local officials report at least 53 people killed since wednesday, including an american. fred pleitgen

president joe biden and chinese president xi jinping meeting virtually friday morning to discuss russia'se media cctv, xi told biden china and the u.s. have a responsibility to work for peace. saying, quote, the world is neither peaceful, nor tranquil. the ukraine crisis is something we don't want to see. these two governments have grown used to combatting one another and have traded barbs as russia's vladimir putin has rained misery on the people of ukraine. >> china is already on the wrong side of history when it comes to ukraine and the aggression being committed by russia. the fact that it has not stood strongly against it. >> translator: remarks by the u.s. are slandering and smearing against china. such remarks are not helpful for solving the problem. >> reporter: the world's two biggest single economies may have the power to stop the suffering but biden needs xi to set parameters for putin. tricky, since xi once called putin his best friend. the two leaders have met more than 30 times and their countries have grown closer while becoming increasingly isolated from the west. here, th

this goes back to a xi jinping meeting with putin more than 30 times. xi jinping's first visit when he took over china was to go to russia. we have is wonderful, "the wall street journal" that putin said to xi jinping after first meeting, your personality is a lot like my personality. so is it friendship that has no bounds, as they sit at the olympics. now there's this new leak from a european official that putin actually had to surrender to a requester from xi jinping, please don't do the invasion of ukraine until after the olympics is over. it's made it tougher on the russian military in ukraine because they were relying on the cold, hard ground to get their tanks across. >> judge jeanine: delaying two or three weeks before his friend xi jinping, you might say his backstage boss is complicating matters for the russian troops on the ground. there is a phrase. it means a backstage boss. that's kind of how the chinese see their role with putin. >> laura: how do you say it? say it again. >> [speaking mandarin] >> laura: [speaking mandarin] >> backstage bo

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the geopolitics in the world, xi jinping signaling a looser covid policy could be on the horizon. speaking at the politburo, xi pledged to reduce the impact of measures which have weighed heavily on the world's second-largest economy. even as they minimize the fatalities. we are joined by bruce einhorn. what could this mean for the economy? bruce: i think we need to be cautious and say that this is unlikely to mean that this is a significant move away from china's covid zero policy. what we do know is that president xi did speak to the politburo standing committee which was the highest level of the chinese communist party and talked about that china will strive to achieve the maximum prevention at the least cost and minimize the impact of the pandemic. a lot of work. it is the first time that president xi has talked like this at such a meeting, talked about minimizing the economic cost of china's control mechanisms. it is in keeping with other comments we heard from chinese officials recently about the need to stimulate the economy. that said, we need to be cautious. it's highly un

that has been bothering putin and xi jinping.ants to see out of the war is a weakened u.s. and alliances as well as a new international order. more favorable to authoritarian governments. putin losing power in russia would be a nightmare. very few people see china pulling back from russia. despite the u.s. warnings. >> well, all that being said the u.s. president and xi jinping had an almost two hour phone call the u.s. and western countries are china's biggest customer for products. and how much influence does the u.s. does biden really have an xi jinping to try to have to put encourage china to put pressure on putin to stop this assault? >> that's a very good point. because since the war began, they really the beijing leadership really has been trying to balance this almost impossible strike. strike impossible balance. one aspect is trying to minimize their own companies and entities exposure to increasingly severe western sanctions and we have seen some signs of that on this front. including chinese authorities. letting the ru

i'm putting and xi jinping of china both want to replace this peaceful order which spheres of influence and they would've been other countries to the will. and redraw orders by force. in ecmo under no mistake, this crisis does not and will not end with ukraine. and the reason is not simply that the appetite confrontation with the west as prudence main objective. and you must restore russian empire and he said explicitly that he wants nato rolled back to his 1997, borders. and we've a dictator trying to dismember a u.s. partner. in trying to decapitate his democratically elected government. does anybody really thank you so top-tier. and does anybody think that europe for that matter, that iran and they will be safe and that the world was the standard we would only deter further russian and chinese aggression if putin has made to pay a significant price. and sustained sanctions that undermine the ability to wage war now, and into the future. and that will be necessary pretty and sanction to russia as massive currency reserves and has options for that economic pain and to impose on america

at the same time, the relationship is closer than it has been, xi jinping and vitamin putin have a good personal relationship, security ties have increased somewhat, and they continue to view each other as in cooperation and also being competitors. a good friend in the russian foreign policy establishment explains that for china and russia the motto is not always with each other, because they do have different interests. for example, china is ukraine's biggest trading partner. china and russia are not always with each other, but they are never against each other. the idea that neither will stab each other in the back even if they have disagreements. host: let's hear from alan in fayetteville, north carolina. caller: good morning, sir. it is almost sickening to hear these republicans call in and voice their opinion of anything about this war. look at the cpac convention they had last week. you understand? i invite them to watch john bolton's segment you have going on at 11:00. he totally dismantles everything that the republicans are saying. it is sickening. it is. now they want to voice