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happening now, new fears that russias war against ukraine is about to get a very serious boost from china. ill acquit white house national security official john kirby whether beijing is actively considering sending lethal aid to putins forces. also tonight, a new assessment on the origins of the covid pandemic is stirring up major controversy. well tell you why the u.s. energy department now believes the virus likely emerged from a chinese lab. and breaking news, new legal filings in ...

that facility. new images first on cnn show little to no change in damage at the site compared to last month, but worries are continuing over the safety of europes largest nuclear complex. both russia and ukraine are accusing the other of plotting attacks on or around the plant. now, the lack of independent access to the plant makes it impossible to verify what is actually happening there. >> yes, its very hard for even u.s. officials to have visibility into exactly what the security s...

People have been killed in israel, in addition to 3500 wounded. In gaza, weldon and 9200 injured. And according to the state department, 29 americans have also been killed while 15 remain with missing. Now, israel promises a new phase of the war is coming. Hours ago, Prime Minister netanyahu met with his Emergency Cabinet and vowed to demolish hamas. The Israeli Defense forces said yesterday it is preparing to strike from air, sea, and land. Israeli troops and tanks have been amassing on the bor...

Some sort of action or operation at the plant, it is russia that as part of its m.o. has accused ukraine or other adversaries of that which its about to do, which is why the threats and rhetoric coming from russia are so concerning. >> thank you. lets discuss with nuclear policy expert jeffrey lewis, also a professor of non proliferation and terrorism studies at the middlebury institute. good to have you. this fear over the nuclear plants, this was really what we started to talk about at the s...

Able to neutralize or change. is there an example that you could point to as a great one? >> probably the greatest example is the limiting reach on rt and shutting down rt both in ukraine but also in the european union. thats probably been the greatest example and here in the united states undermining their finance to limit the spread of russia today. and that really shows us how -- that mobilization of the market, of governments working together, can really change the dynamic of how we see war ...

Podium, the president, the vice president when they were talking to the american people were not doing a very good job of impressing upon them why ukraine mattered, why acting in ukraines economic, political and defense and national security interests was something americans here at home should be concerned about. now were watching this war play out on television, theyre seeing prices go up at the pump, no end in sight. so its hitting home in a whole new way. i want to pick up on something will ...

This war play out among other they thinks, a democracy on russias autocratic border. and i think about liz cheneys journey from trump critic to powerful vice chair of the 1/6 committee and her warnings for her party about the dangers of decimating our democracy at home. and i wonder your thoughts. i know too many of the people you and i knew in republican politics are beyond a wake up call, but i wonder if you think it changes anything in sort of republican-based politics to see the leader of th...

Until we get more information. thank you. appreciate it. >> we just heard from the president there speaking from the roosevelt room announcing this ban on russian oil imports. clarifying the way in which the administration plans to fill that gap. 60 million barrels from joint oil reserves, 30 million provided by the united states. i found it interesting the president directly addressing gas and oil companies saying essentially do not exercise excessive gas increases as were watching this war pla...

China Daily, August 7, 2017. Tim Beal is a retired New Zealand academic who has written extensively on Asia with a special focus on the Korean Peninsula. Recent publications include the entry on Korea for The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Imperialism and Anti-Imperialism (New York: Springer, 2019). He has also written some chapters for a forthcoming collection: Immanuel Ness and Stuart Davis, eds., Sanctions as War: Anti-Imperialist Perspectives on American Geo-Economic Strategy (Leiden: Brill, 20...