administration come in like that of donald trump that s going to throw out agreements that the united states had made? and so i think one of those questions that world leaders have is america you know, does it have a national foreign policy or just a partisan foreign policy? so that helps. i also think the other issue on the agenda here is ukraine, and i think that s something president biden is going to bring up with xi if only to point out the u.s. sticks by its friends and russia has not done very well with its territorial war of aggression. speak of russia one world leader that won t be at the g20 summit is of course vladimir putin. earlier this week biden spoke about negotiating brittney griner s release with the russian leader. let s take a listen to what he said. my guess is, my hope is that now that the election is over that mr. putin will be able to discuss with us and be willing to talk more seriously about
yesterday when he was overseas on an extremely important trip. and they said what does it mean this georgia seat, and he said it means more committee assignments. and what that means is more power within the united states senate for democrats as a whole. but it just goes to show you that joe biden, president, vice president, he s really an institutionalist. he really is a senator more than anything. so as we re trying to move forward, as republicans are trying to, you know, get their act together on the hill, can joe biden go in and cut deals with mitch mcconnell, other republicans in this final two years because that s the only way he s going to get anything does is his ability to try to come to the center. and on the committee power you re talking about it also means subpoena power where right, which democrats don t have right now in that 50-50 senate. if there s a house republican and then house republicans in power dueling with senate democrats in terms of investigations, that s
it ll be the first face-to-face talks between the two leaders since biden took office. and it s a marquee event for biden ois this overseas trip. on the agenda north korea and its escalating series of missile tests, taiwan, china s ambitions there and tensions over trade relations between washington and beijing. joining us now is cnn global affairs analyst susan glasser. let s start with this biden-xi meeting. what can biden realistically accomplish here? let s just say the president s advisors are trying to set expectations low. how low? well, the other day they gave a briefing in which they suggested that the goal here of this face-to-face meeting was to, quote, establish the floor in the relationship. so obviously they re not looking at any kind of major agreements coming out of this conversation. it s really a chance for two very wary global powers coming out of this pandemic, isolation that xi has maintained much
well, a lot of democrats are giving him credit including senator elizabeth warren i think today was out there saying that democrats should credit him because of the fact he was really crystallizing they think the argument heading into the final stretch. a lot of people did doubt what he was focusing on, and biden was focusing on what he and his administration had been doing they think to help america s pocketbooks but also abortion access and threats to democracy. those were two of the biggest arguments from the president and from a another of other democrats. and there was a question about whether or not those two focuses would actually help vulnerable democrats. now, i although some of the polls didn t show that was top of mind for voters when i was traveling to michigan and talking to some voters in pennsylvania it was very clear abortion access was front and center for those voters. in michigan there was an abortion ballot measure in that state along with four other states, b
january six committee exists. the hope is that merrick garland is going to follow those criminal referrals. i mean, he still has not gone that with the meadows. i mean, i hope he does. there are four or five criminal referrals he hasn t followed through yet. so, january six committee is doing a really good job there, doing a really thorough job. a lot of things are coming out, but ultimately, democrats have a smaller and smaller window, in which to hold trump accountable. and if they don t do it, and if they don t produce a narrative, there is no stopping them from doing it the next time. we re out of time for this segment, but my panel, please do stick around. we re gonna carry on this conversation after a short break. still ahead, next diplomacy went to kyiv today. should joe biden go as well? i will ask our panel. should joe biden go as well? should joe biden go as well? when they can enjoy the best? eggland s best.