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words. critics say president bidens words not nearly strong enough. house speakers nancy pelosi visit to taiwan adding tension between the u.s. and china. this is "the faulkner focus" and im dagen mcdowell in for harris. xi warning biden not to play with fire when it comes to taiwan. speaker pelosis possible stop there. the speaker is set to leave for asia today and expect to hear from her later this hour. general jack keane criticizing americas passive approach to an aggressive china....

also tonight, theres growing frustration inside the biden administration right now, as the kremlin refuses to engage with a u.s. offer to exchange brittney griner and paul weelan for a russian arms dealer. ill speak with a key white house official john kirby. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." lets get right to cnns exclusive new reporting on the u.s. justice departments criminal probe into january 6t...

A new wave of covid-19. the worst since wuhan 2020. economic blow back from the war in ukraine is the last thing beijing can afford. american officials have warned china will pay a price if it circumvents sanctions to help russia. or helps militarily. >> china has to make a decision for the themselves about where they want to stand. and how they want the history books to look at them and view their actions. and that is the decision for president xi and chinese to make. >> president biden right n...

They are playing up that xi pressed biden on taiwan, which china considers part of its sovereignty. xi warning biden that if the taiwan issue is not handled properly, erin, he says it wont be good for u.s.-china relations. >> all right. thank you very much. david culver, fantastic report there from china tonight. out front next. russians beginning to feel the sting of sanctions but are other countries about to suffer, too? as ukrainian workers abandon their firms to fight. >> guess where -- wher...

Look at them and view their actions, and that is a decision for president xi and the chinese to make. >> reporter: president biden hoping to get xi to take on the role of peace maker. interesting to compare readouts from both sides. u.s. side stressing it was mostly about ukraine with biden warning xi of consequences should china help russia. state media in china playing up that xi pressed biden on taiwan which china considers part of its sovereignty. xi warning biden if the taiwan issue isnt ha...