with xi xinping, it is hard to say. it is relatively opaque and hard to determine how he sees donald trump. i think he is sort of cautiously circling right now and trying to figure it out and figure out what is next. i think xi xinping has focused very much on his domestic enemies, on repression, and then on his threats against taiwan and the philippines, the moves to build military outposts off of coral reefs in the middle of the ocean. i think he has been focused there. but now he needs to focus on the economy, and i think that is something he has, in the words of one of our interviewees, taken for granted, that the economy was in very good shape when he took over, not such good shape now, and that he needs to focus on that. i think the coming of donald trump will force him to focus on that even more. during the covid lockdown, there were demonstrations across china against the restrictions on movement of people, and they were the largest demonstrations since the tiananmen square protests in 1989. the pla and the stat

with xi xinping, it is hard to say.is relatively opaque and hard to determine how he sees donald trump. i think he is sort of cautiously circling right now and trying to figure it out and figure out what is next. i think xi xinping has focused very much on his domestic enemies, on repression, and then on his threats against taiwan and the philippines, the moves to build military outposts off of coral reefs in the middle of the ocean. i think he has been focused there. but now he needs to focus on the economy, and i think that is something he has, in the words of one of our interviewees, taken for granted, that the economy was in very good shape when he took over, not such good shape now, and that he needs to focus on that. i think the coming of donald trump will force him to focus on that even more. during the covid lockdown, there were demonstrations across china against the restrictions on movement of people, and they were the largest demonstrations since the tiananmen square protests in 1989. the pla and the state se

sir keir starmer says he wants a respectful relationship with xi xinping. there are obvious pitfalls to rebuilding diplomacy with beijing, but what are the upsides for the uk? and how does the prime minister keep washington on—side? also tonight, joe biden finally relents. ukraine get the go—ahead to use longer range missiles inside russia. the un security council will meet this hour to discuss ukraine — we will take you live to new york, the foreign secretary david lammy, presiding. and we have a special edition of the security brief brief to discuss this. good evening. world leaders have gathered at the 620 summit in brazil with the war in ukraine top of the agenda. president putin is not in rio, subject as he is to an international arrest warrant. but the kremlin has reacted furiously today to a change in us policy that means ukraine will in future be allowed to use long—range us missiles to hit targets inside russia. president putin has yet to comment directly on that decision but his spokesman said it was a further escalation and would pour "oil on the

i think that under xi xinping, it's going to be difficult. i don't think that he is really looking for improved relations with the west. his friends of course are russia, iran, north korea. he set himself up sort of on the other of the equation. host: this is from anewn texas, our text messaging service. xi xinping has already change the constitution to stay in power. do you believe that he will remain in power his entire lifetime? guest: i don't know what his intentions are but he did in a 2018 revise the constitution and it was ratified by the people's congress a few years later, so it allows him to serve his five-year term and then run again and be elected. so as long as he can lead china in a direction that pleases the party, the top-level party officials, he will remain in power. he has tremendous ambitions. more than any chinese leader since mao. he has a strong vision for how china can be a leader in artificial intelligence. he has put together the biggest infrastructure program in history with connections around the world, building po

on the other hand, i know you guys are talking about xi xinping. a little over a month and a half ago, he was videotaped in front of his entire military saying to prepare for imminent war with the west and whatnot. speaking to the threat of these people constantly talking about nuclear war and whatnot, this is escalating to an enormous level. i think we need to pay a lot more attention to what these leaders on both sides, whether it is china, russia, the u.s., turkey amongst a whole host of other nations that are really perpetuating this threat of war at this point. thank you very much. host: georgia, republican, good morning, open forum. caller: good morning. i'm calling about the fact that in response -- do you believe in scientists? basically if you believe in scientists, can you hear me? host: yeah, the question we had was what role should scientists play in creating public policy? it was based on a few research report that found americans were split on whether they should be involved, actively involved in public policy or just focused on estab

abide meet with xi xinping as trump taps china hawks mike walt and marco rubio. how are allow relationship with the communist china change. iranian officials say elon musk met with iran's un ambassador. should be get involved with foreign policy, we ask 4-star general jack keane next. ♪ that's a different story. with the chase ink card, we got up and running in no time. earn unlimited 1.5% cash back on every purchase with the chase ink business unlimited card from chase for business. new projects means new project managers. you need to hire. i need indeed. indeed you do. when you sponsor a job on indeed, it's easier for talented candidates to find it. which makes it easier for you to hire them. visit indeed.com/hire stuart: plenty of reading, it's getting worse, the dow is off 260 now, the nasdaq is down 326 points. when the fed chair powell said he's not in a hurry to lower interest rates in the near future, that set the market on a downward path and it is still a downward path this friday morning. general motors laying off nearly one thousand workers most of th

xi xinping refused to meet with biden. has been six or seven months he has been pushed off repeatedly. this is perfunctory, something xi will check the box. biden is hoping to get more out of it but everybody is looking past this meeting, already exchanging notes. about what to expect in a trump presidency. it is interesting that trump shifted the narrative in washington, got everybody focused on the power competition. he will be taking office again with a much more empowered china that is weakened economically but politically seems to be surging. they are interesting challenges for the white house. griff: senator marco rubio before he was tapped for secretary of state talked about weakness as it relates to china. >> it's not a coincidence that after afghanistan happens, ukraine happened, october 7th happened, made the taiwan, they said this guy is weak. griff: is there a need for donald trump to change the view of how china looks at the us. >> reporter: xi and donald trump haven't on standing relationship that goes back t

president biden and xi xinping will be meeting in peru for the third and final sit down, biden is expectedssuade north korea from furthering the russian ukraine war. this comes as a new trump era of china relations are set to begin in january. the president-elect promised a hard line on china. recount is triggered in the pennsylvania senate race between bob casey and dave mccormick, despite the ap having called the race. the cost of the recount is estimated to cost $1 million, 7 million ballots. the commissioners openly defined pennsylvania state law by voting to count ballots of that don't have the required signatures. the rnc filed two lawsuits to stop those ballots from being counted. they are flouting the law to count illegal ballots. the gloves are off and after a year's, mike tyson was defeated in a unanimous decision. >> by unanimous decision, jake paul. will: dallas crowd roaring as the pair went in for a hug after the fight. millions of fans watching from home if were not happy. netflix is facing backlash after viewers reported a series of issues on the broadcast from buffering to

not long after his meeting with xi xinping, the foreign ministries of china and russia were bonding onthat is the highly awkward part of the uk's china strategy. there is some reporting today that the government is looking again at the india trade deal. although one thing india will always want is access to the uk labour market. and that too is difficult given the governments commitment to reducing net migration. which, leaves us with the united states. so so here we are again. we have a trump presidency urging the uk not to look towards europe which we may talk about in a second,is which we may talk about in a second, is a trade deal even feasible?— second, is a trade deal even feasible? ., , , , feasible? one of the best parts about washington _ feasible? one of the best parts about washington is _ feasible? one of the best parts about washington is you - feasible? one of the best parts about washington is you can i about washington is you can always— about washington is you can always dust off old ideas if it seems — always dust off old ideas if it seems like they were thrown irack—