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More bad economic news. during the congress. but lockdown like this that we are seeing in beijing that is happening also in shanghai. in inner mongolia, in xinjiang whole cities are locked down. in fact xinjiang the whole region, is kind of lockeddown. you cant leave there at the moment. without special permission because of coronavirus outbreaks. then there are cities like hangzhou, xian elsewhere with partial lockdowns. in xian the tourist industry is being absolutely hammered by these covered...

Mongolia, in xinjiang, whole cities are sit down. in xinjiang, the whole region is shut down. you cannot leave there without special permission because of coronavirus outbreaks. then there are cities elsewhere, partial lockdowns. the tourist industry is being absolutely hammered by these covid measures. we have spoken to people they�*re barely hanging on, in terms of keeping a business afloat. but nevertheless, at the communist party congress, they are preparing to usher in a historic third te...

By these covered amelioration efforts we have spoken to people there who are barely hanging on in terms of keeping their businesses afloat. but, nevertheless at the communist party congress they are preparing to usher in a historic third term in powerfor xijinping. on sunday, he will reveal his new leadership team and there is no indication at all from the chinese government that has an idea of how or when it might provide an off ramp for the coronavirus crisis and with winter closing in, every ...

Independent candidates. you know, people who have benefited from the two-party structure often say you put a third party candidate or independent in its going to split the vote of one party. it was havininteresting that tw those candidates have cleared the field of one of those parties. in a way its a two-party election in these states. >> thats an important point. its a an off-ramp from the polarization and these one-party states and this is western states, overwhelmingly republican states wher...

Putins ability to sustain his war, as we talk about what any end game might look like? >> well there is a combination of fab factors here. first of all you have the phobes fleeing and then i think also there is a legitimate concern as the ambassador indicated about a fracturing in a number of his hard-line supporters. this is what were seeing play out right now. but then again bear in mind russia is nothing but a very, very severe, secure environment for putin and in this blanket of security kin...

To be welcomed. i think he totally miscalculated it. >> you talked about this a few days ago, the search for an off-ramp for him because his back is against the wall, there are questions about how rational he is. he already was a brutal dictator. what is the off-ramp? is there any acceptable way that he can leave in his mind without seizing territory in a way that would not be acceptable to ukraine? >> i dont know whats in his mind, but clearly he could leave. he could just flat leave and still ...

Country. the ukrainian people, the ukrainian military, had another idea, and here we are, seven, eight months into it. >> well, joining us now, democratic senator, mark warner of virginia. hes chairman of the senate intelligence committee, and to willies point, senator, we were talking earlier with admiral kirby about this. it seems vladimir putin has been in a corner, and everyone talks about what the off-ramp is, how this ends. obviously, most people would like this to end with russia moving b...

Was gonna be welcomed and i think he just totally miscalculated. >> we talked about this a few days ago, the search for an off ramp for him. his back is against the wall, theres questions about how rational he is. he was a brutal dictator. what is the off ramp? is there unacceptable way that he can leave without seizing territory in a way that wouldnt be acceptable to ukraine? i dont know its an as mine but clearly he can leave and coldest position together in russia. the idea that he has convin...

Look like going forward post-war. its not like were just trying to get to the table and throw up our hands and quit. >> and one more thing, john. the president talking about wanting an off ramp for putin. that suggestive that you and your colleagues in the white house think maybe there is one? what would it look like? >> this kind of gets to mikas question. i mean, its hard to know right now. we cant get inside mr. putins brain to understand exactly what hes thinking now or where he wants to go ...

Each other or some five minutes somewhere on specific subjects. >> you think putin wants an offramp? >> i think he does. i actually think he has been wanting an off ramp for a long time. the problem is, as i said, he swirled all the other sharks he created. the kgb chance around him. >> theres this draft now, now you have recently returned from russia, talk to me about the reception to that, the atmosphere in the country. >> when i was getting in, i think it was end of june, i got in, it seemed,...