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with china and what point does the president ask for a call from president xi? >> i dont have a call to talk about today. let me again, level set here, and i know im running close on time, sorry, but the president met with president xi at bali at g20, and most consequential bilateral relationship in the world, the president knows that and wanted to move that relationship forward in a better way and secretary blinken was dang near wheels up trying to head to beijing to have those kin...

Enemy is. those pro-russian militias on ukrainian territory, backed and armed by moscow. >> not very far away. >> reporter: an all-out ground war could expand beyond ukraine. the u.s. state department warns neighboring belarus, putins closest and increasingly dependant ally could also be drawn in. >> thanks to richard engel for that report. to the capitol, a big step towards raising the debt ceiling and hopefully avoiding a deficit disaster. reaching a one-time deal to make this happen. the cl...

Threshold. chris, a lot of democrats wanted that $1 million number for saying lets lower $1 million or below. why is that number better you feel? >> i dont know if its better, but it just -- in their perspective, its a higher threshold. it covers more small businesses. politically, i think theres a couple ways to look at this where its kind of interesting. the $250,000 fits the presidents narrative in make ing a strong distinction between him and romney. the million-dollar threshold allows them ...