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Shared spirit. the biggest divide when it comes to things like energy policy the democrats are completely different place than we are. granted we all join hands to sanction russia unleash the true power of american energy and democrats are effectively sanctioning domestic production in america, thats how we undermine putin in the long term, with not been able to bring democratic colleagues along as well as the iran deal which is russians trying to use leverage in vienna to force us into a prostr...

Sullivan, and chinas top security adviser. and they were unable to kind of get some kind of agreement that biden and xi could sort of pick up and run with in that call on friday. so, you know, it looks like to me that, you know, biden was hoping that this personal relationship that he has built up with xi over the years was going to be able to help leverage some greater cooperation. and it looks like theyre not getting it. and instead, for theyre doing, is there promising consequences. theyre tr...

Frankly, right now, i mean this is obviously a mistake by putin. his military is not performing well. i think russia has been very diminished in the eyes of the world. >> martha: you say a waivering and intermittently alert president biden could give them to pursue their goals. putin is likely to feel better off making no concessions at all. >> right. trumps hands were tied by the russia-gate scandal. biden could have freely started working on the russian issue. but i think once putin saw afghan...

We are afraid of putin. that he needs to be afraid of us. but there is that balancing act. getting into a war with russia directly changes the dynamic. >> it does. president biden has led the world in this isolation. i think that this will have an credible impact on his people. maybe on government officials, on people that have some power or some leverage with putin. that is a goal. that is not an immediate solution. the challenge is to ways we can support them militarily that dont escalate, don...

Of hostilities is going to be created because another few oligarchs have been stuck i on a list somewhere. and we heard from joe in australia wondering about chinas role in all of this, and martin in vienna wanted to know about chinas stance as well. james, lets go to you first. well, this is a reallyl interesting question. i mean, the chinese have been sitting very firmly. on the fence, not _ condoning nor condemning. saying, yes, this is terrible and that theyll be happy. to talk and have some...

Life. and its exactly what hes doing in ukraine now is the wanton application of military force. and very frankly, the only thing he understands is the use of force. so, thats why its absolutely critical that we provide as much weaponry and assistance and military support as possible to the ukrainians right now. because their ability to continue this fight -- that, more than anything else -- killing russians and stalling their advances -- that more than anything else sends a message to putin tha...

Committing war crimes, when that hits home, thats when they start to lose support. >> carruth ben ghiat, as always, i am so grateful for your time and expertise. thank you so much for being with us. next, china and the potential pull they could have with putin. well take a look at their leverage, and the question of if china might use it. first, a preview of what else is ahead for you tonight on msnbc. you tonight on msnbc. >> hey there, im ayman mohyeldin. ill be joined by congresswoman sus...

Ukrainians have given themselves an opportunity with their bravery to have a spot at the negotiating table. russia feels like they have all the leverage. we need to take that leverage away. we can do it by using the power of the u.s. dollar to sanction russian gas and oil so that no one around the globe can purchase it. we can completely defund putins war machine. once the money stops, hell realize he only has x number of days he can continue this operation before the funding is gone and that he...

Creatively. >> reporter: now, pam, as you see, president biden has just landed in brussels. he will be greeted by belgiums prime minister. tomorrow starts the full day of very intensive meetings to talk about whats happening in ukraine. of course, this comes as the national security adviser told reporters on the trip here that there has been this intense back and forth between the united states and european allies over their dependence on russian energy. talking, of course about, the concerns th...

Save the planet, you have to start by making more things in america. he said america can produce our own energy, lower the cost of gasoline, take leverage away from dictators like russian president vladimir putin, and says biden wont do it. elise stefanik told me the biden administration policies will not hold up in the court of public opinion when it comes to the midterms later this year. listen to this. >> i have been focused on prosecuting a case against joe biden, nancy pelosi, unified far l...