now, last month, china proposed a 12-point peace plan, calling for a piece fire, an end to western sanctions. but it did not address russia s occupation of ukrainian territory. china s peacemaking credentials were recently bolstered when it facilitated the reestablishment of diplomatic ties between saudi arabia and iran. so it s certainly positioning itself as this peacemaker. the kremlin says it s considering the proposal, it s giving it great attention. the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelenskyy, said he s willing to work and speak to xi. virtual talks are expected, although that is yet to be confirmed. but the u.s. obviously is not buying it. it believes that xi s considering russia s request to supply it with lethal weapons, as you mentioned, including artillery shells and attack drones. and also, as you made perfectly clear, this is a blatant show of solidarity and a further
we ll tell you what you need to know. but first, here is my take. on his trip to saudi arabia last year, president biden made an emphatic declaration about u.s. policy in the middle east. he said, we will not walk away and leave a vacuum to be filled by china, russia or iran. last week s meeting between saudi arabia and iran brokered by china suggested that this is precisely what is happened. the reestablishment of relations between iran and saudi arabia is not a seismic event. they broke off relations only seven years ago. but last week s revelation exposes a deep-seeded flaw in american foreign policy. one that has gotten worse in recent years. in 1995, the journalist and scholar joseph offy yet a essay
welcome back to our town hall with former president, vice pence. he just witnessed a launch of the moon mission. he is a democrat who volunteered for the party any voted for joe biden, james. hi james. mister vice president, thank you for coming to new york. this morning, nasa launched, successfully launched the historic artemis i mission, bringing american back to the moon. as vice president, you lead the reestablishment of the national space council and i know the artemis program was a big focus. what do you think the role of america should be in space in the coming decades, and how can we continue bipartisan support for our nation s great space program? well james, thank you for the question. i tweeted about artemis i this morning. i couldn t be more excited. i want to send my thanks and appreciation to nasa, and all of the great companies that work with them to send that extraordinary rocket on a path around the moon. really setting
bureaucracy to move along faster. that is obviously the most important point of the interview. but the second important one about zelenskyy, is that it is very clear that he is someone who also sees one of his most important tasks the reestablishment or the establishment in the first place of a different and more modern, and more accurate image of ukraine, of this country. he is someone who lives very much in our world, he makes club culture references that you and i recognize, bill murray, beetle songs, other things, he sees himself as a democrat leading a democracy, he is a jewish leader of a mostly christian country, but that is not a problem because he believes in a civic patriotism, not an ethnic nationalism, something very like where americans believe in. and he wants to transmit that as well. i think he does it successfully because it is true, because he feels that he believes that, he