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Tesla or an entire home locally. these are things people are concerned about now. >> so you outline all these reasons very well. the thing im struck by, if this is going to be a war which cheap is not that important, efficiency is not that important, thats by nature structurally inflationary. so are we entering a world where were going to be living in a world of inflation, because people are paying extra for national security, for the environment. thats inflationary. >> its true, cheap isnt chea...

From the u.s., and cheap energy, in particular russia going into europe. all those things are going away. so this is happening for a lot of reasons. there are geopolitical shifts. covid, war in ukraine. its made us realize that it matters where we get our energy. it matters where the supply chains are. even if we didnt have such a fractious politics globally, we are moving to a more localized economy for all kinds of reasons. the environment. you look at the emissions cost in transporting cheap ...

Arabia, or anywhere else, on bended knee and ask for more oil? we have the resources and we have to do it with a climate policy. but we have waited too long. there has to be a coherent, strategic approach to this, and get over the whole progressive thing that we cant talk to oil companies. if the biden administration doesnt get a coherent policy together, if the energy secretary, who has been missing in action, doesnt get the group together, we need to have a coherent policy that maximizes econo...

Third term to xi jinping, kremgt his position to one of chinas most powerful leaders. what agenda will china set for the next five years and beyond? joining me now is a former prime minister of australia, now the president and ceo of the asian society, and this year released an important new book called "the avoidable war, the dangers of a catastrophic conflict between the united states and xi jinpings china." kevin, welcome. i want to ask you about this party congress. we look at china right no...

Did to ukrainians in bucha. >> translator: civilians were crushed by tanks while sitting in their cars in the middle of the road. just for their pleasure. they cut off limbs, slashed their throats, women raped and killed in front of their children. their tongues were pulled out only because the aggressor did not hear what they wanted to hear from them. >> the former australian prime minister kevin rudd, now hes the president of asia society policy institute and author of the book "the avoidable ...

Thing to do. technically, the russians can try and escape from the international criminal court because the methods of referral are complex. russia is not a signatory to the rome statute which underpins it. and secondly, because theyve got veto power in the security council, its difficult to have the case referred. therefore, if you stand outside of that and looked at new mechanisms like they did and had to innovate in 1945, then there is a way in which these folks can be brought to justice. if ...

Pyongyang, tehran, damascus in syria. the list is starting to look a bit thin. but beyond that i cannot see how the international community will regard this man and the government hes led as in any way a normal state. and therefore, you cannot simply accept his presence in the international community, international conferences, as being normal. this is 2022. what were looking at here is 1945. therefore, i think weve crossed a threshold. but the challenge for all of us is not to forget, to allow ...

You wrote a fascinating piece today about how this is president bidens instinct. he makes big things personal. so lets listen. wendy sherman there saying were not about regime change. but she also knows that pokes putin. the president of the united states in recent days poking putin. >> very public standing together against a murderous dictator. a pure thug who is waging an immoral war against the people of ukraine. >> are you ready to call him a war criminal? >> he is a war criminal. >> pros an...

The air defense intercepted two. four, though, did get through. until today, the city in the western half of the country had been relatively untouched by bombs. now, no longer. in kyiv, the capital, at least one person is dead, four more hurt after a downed russian rocket tumbled into a five-story building. in kharkiv, a russian rocket set the citys market ablaze. smoke black out the sun. in mariupol, a city besieged by the worst horrors of this war, faces of hope. 130 survivors have emerged ali...

We have people who wounded. >> what is the weapon that is hurting your men? >> the most dangerous is artillery. >> does your battalion have an estimate for how many russians they killed? >> for now we destroyed almost 200 russians. and captured alive close to six or eight soldiers. >> now, john, this officer is a veteran of the 2014 war in southeastern ukraine against russian-backed separatists. he said the big difference between them and now is the sheer size and scale of the russian invasion f...