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Months. taking steps to acquire the gas canisters and gas mask. hes going to be aggrieved, hes going to be angry, and then silent for the last week or two as he got very close to his flash point. if that describes someone you know, please call the police. thats the kind of public appeal that will cause the light bulb to go on and say i know who that is. >> so, pete williams, to give a little bit more information, add to what you were saying, upon leaving the train the suspect left his 9 millimet...

Rights. Its about who we are. Thats why were not going to tolerate attempts to destabilize our democratic elections and we would respond. I think there is a genuine prospect to significantly improve relations between our two countries. Do you believe you can trust it . This is not about trust. This is about selfinterest. The administrations in both parties historically have tried different postures. But nothing compares to the past four years as donald trump as president backing up putins propag...

Three hours. Afterwards the two president s held separate News Conferences but hit some of the same tones and themes, Mutual Respect and optimism tempered by realism. I did what i came to do. The bottom line is i told President Putin we need to have some basic rules of the road that we can all abide by. I made it clear to him that i believe. Consequences of that would be devastating for russia. I dont think hes looking for a cold war with the United States. President putin seemed to be looking f...

Happening right now in australia novak djokovics lawyers are in court fighting for the worlds top tennis star to be allowed in the country to play. his case of course has become a global flash point in the debate over vaccine mandates. >> reporter: tonight as novak djokovics supporters rally outside his detention hotel, his fate is being decided in an australian court a hearing is under way as he challenges the governments decision to revoke his visa because he is unvaccinated djokovics lawyers ...

Over moscows intentions. number four. chinese leader xi jinpings steel grip on power tightened. >> david, how has president xi been able to cement his hold on power for so long? >> it really sets him up as the undisputed supreme ruler for years to come. >> and with this, an ever more assertive china. 2021 saw sophisticated propaganda campaigns to deflect criticism over allegations of human rights abuses in xinjiang. the arrests of pro-democracy activists and former lawmakers in hong kong, as w...

These elections. now, what is the practical outcome of that? youre going to see, you know, school curriculums change. youre going to see laws around or policies around mask mandates change. you could see things around inoculations, not just for covid but for other things become flash point issues too so again, its the hyperpoliticization of things down to the granular level here. >> errin, its so disturbing. i mean, i wish i could have stopped sam but i didnt want to interrupt his brilliant flow...

Get there but youre kind of fine tuning skills those last couple of days. they may not be there. if he does win his appeal and get back on the court, this would be one of the greatest challenges hed have to overcome on court, daling with the crowds and the rust from not having the couple days of practice. >> you ever mens the tennis community could become a flash point? >> i never thought it would come like this. in the nba, the kyrie irving, aaron rodgers in the nfl. theyve gone through all the...

Leaders. >> reporter: it has become something of a guessing game among international diplomats, will vladimir putin invade ukraine or not? or stage a partial invasion. negotiations have been under way. detailed talks about ukraine are supposed to take place in mid-january, but before those talks do go forward, vladimir putin said he wants to have one more direct conversation with president biden. once again, president biden and vladimir putin are trying to pull back from the brink of war in ukra...

Turning the corner on the omicron surge. but its too early to say for sure. >> the supreme court on thursday blocked the biden administrations sweeping vaccine mandate for larger businesses. but it did keep the administrations mandate for health care workers to get the shot. help us understand what that decision all means. >> well, as you know, this really has become a flash point in the country. the battle over vaccine mandates and the testing requirements. the u.s. supreme court weighing in an...

Children in the last two years. it is shameful and it doesnt border on child abuse. it is cultural child abuse what we have done. bari weiss, the editor of common sense, heres what she has to say about the impact culturally of these covid restrictions. and who should be held accountable. >> we were told you get the vaccine, you get the vaccine and you get back to normal. and we havent gotten back to normal. and its ridiculous at this point. i know that so many of my liberal and progressive frien...