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.
that a congressional delegation to meet with ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy in kyiv today. that now makes speaker pelosi the highest ranking u.s. official to visit ukraine during the war, they took their photos a visit by the secretaries of defense and state. so is it time for president biden to go to kyiv as well? let s ask our panel who still with us. but norm ornstein, molly jong-fast and zeeshan aleem. norm, what do you think, should president biden go to kyiv? i feel like it s gonna be the right thing to do. let s be honest, politically midterm election, with his approval ratings pretty bad. i have mixed feelings about this, mehdi. it s a dangerous thing and you know, the house speaker and that delegation which included some of the finest members of the house, i think every time we re out there publicly expressing our solidarity with zelenskyy, it s good. more important is that we have a president who is started in
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.