republic, if you can keep it. can we? thanks for spending your sunday morning with us. fareed zakaria gps starts now. this is gps, the global public square. welcome to all of you in the united states and around the world. i m fareed zakaria coming to you live from new york. on today s program, the u.s. and britain strike the houthis in yemen. and the strife between hezbollah and israel heats up. is this turning into a war between iran and its proxies on the one hand and the west? we ll tell you all you need to know. then, china s eagle eyes were watching across the strait as taiwan voted yesterday. what did they see? will the results bring us closer to conflict or further away? i ll ask an expert. also, escaping from north korea is an incredibly dangerous prospect. would-be detectors are likely to be tortured or killed if caught. we will bring you an extraordinary inside look at the journey out of the hermit kingdom with the people behind the new film beyond ut
Your question. Think you, everyone. Thank you, everyone. Good afternoon, everybody. Thank you for being here in thank you to the several hundred people joining us virtually as well. And president of the council on Foreign Relations. Today is a rare occasion because we are joined not by one, not by two but by three ambassadors. As a former ambassador, i can tell you how ambassadors time is how valuable ambassadors time is. We are honored the three have agreed to be with us today. All of our panelists today. The ambassador from france, the ambassador from singapore, ambassador from australia on the screen. They know china exceedingly well from prior experiences. Ambassador rudd spent the last eight years at the asia society looking enviously at the council on Foreign Relations across the street. [laughter] comes to washington after having served as Prime Minister and foreign minister and a longtime china expert. Indeed, during covid, ambassador rudd decided to go back to school and get h
additional business deals with chinese companies, that is on top of a more than $1 million wire transfer hunter biden and other relatives received from a business deal with a chinese energy company. sandra: despite the newly revealed money trail, president biden is denying the allegations as questions grow over influence peddling. will it pose a threat to the president s expected 2024 election bid. we ll put it to elise stefanik, here coming up. over the last few years, china has made a leap in the development. it causes a genuine interest all over the world and we are even slightly jealous. president putin, i always call you my dear friend. we have carefully studied your proposals on settling the acute crisis in ukraine. we will discuss all those issues, including your initiatives. i am sure that the people of russia will support you in your best efforts. john: begin this monday with the high stakes meeting between xi jinping and vladimir putin as fears grow china is
On capitol hill. Well have much more on that. Also ahead, the latest out of The Middle East. President biden is pushing for a ceasefire to address the humanitarian crisis in gaza. Well show you former president Donald Trumps outburst during his Civil Fraud Trial in new york. First, willie, lets go to the latest on the tragedy unfolding in maine. At least 15 people are dead this morning, up to 50 may be injured in the community of lewiston, located 30 miles north of portland, maine. Police s gunman entered two separate locations. First, a Bowling Alley, where he fatally shot seven people before moving on to a nearby bar. Some of the victims may have been injured in stampedes as crowds raced to escape as the shooting started. Officials fear many teenagers could be among those killed and injured as the Bowling Alley was hosting its youth night. Police have identified now a 40yearold male as a Person Of Interest in connection with these shootings. Hes still at large, considered Armed And D
Major market opens. Vonnie good evening from new york. The top stories this hour u. S. Markets barely move as we await lots of catalysts including the instacart pricing. The chevron ceo said we may reach 100 a barrel in oil. Haidi a rare meeting with foreign banks and companies. Vonnie instacart set to plan ipo pricing of at least 30 a share. Lets get a quick check on wall street and see where futures are trading. Looks like we are moving higher but that is after a lackluster day. A no luster day. Looks like markets are awaiting the fomc meeting and decision on wednesday. Particularly the dot plot for a little more direction perhaps on where the fed things we are going. The fed whisperer wrote today that every hard landing looks at first like a soft landing. So that seemed very ominous to traders and investors who were reading the journal today. The 10 year yield is at the highest now since 2007 at 430 an d change. At one point earlier we had a bond maturing in 27 years, trading below