0 we'll stay in touch with you. good information to have. >> bill: the u.n. will be on the plate for harris when she takes over in a moment here. this is the leader and joe biden follows him. >> dana: he will be here and harris faulkner is next. "the faulkner focus" is next. >> harris: we begin with breaking news this hour. president biden is expected to speak at the general assembly of the united nations at any moment. he is next on the list there and they have been ticking along pretty expeditiously. we'll go to it live the moment that happens. we can tell you that we expect him to say something about russia because of what has just happened. we can't imagine that he won't address the nuclear threat from russian dictator vladimir putin today. putin mobileizing 300,000 additional troops. i'm harris faulkner and you are in "the faulkner focus". the president will speak to the u.n.'s general assembly for the first time he has addressed that world body since putin's unprovoked invasion of ukraine. his address will come just hours after putin cranked up his war efforts, as i've just explained. putin has ordered a partial mobilization of reservists in russia effective immediately. the call-up after a string of humiliating setbacks at the hands of ukraine forces and he doesn't stop there. watch. >> those who try to blackmail us with nuclear weapons should know the prevailing winds can also blow in their direction. if the territorial integrity of our country is threatened we'll use all means to protect russia and our people. this is not a bluff. >> harris: nikki haley and former u.s. ambassador to the united nations is in "focus" with me. first peter doocy is at the u.n. peter. >> harris, we just watched as the presidential motorcade rolled past us on first avenue into the united nations. the president was in the back seat with an advisor going over the remarks. a lot of papers in hand. and we know that before the president got here, he is dealing with a lot of foreign policies problems with russia, iran and everything happening at the southern border. the way those problems might negatively impact the u.s. is not going to be his focus here. >> we believe that the president heads to new york with the wind at his back. >> so it's all good and president biden is hoping to keep threading a needle and talk about all the money and help the u.s. is giving ukraine without making it sound like the u.s. is fighting russia and putin head on. >> are we effectively at war with russia? >> no we are not. not at all. russia is at war inside ukraine. despite the rhetoric we heard from putin last night trying to make it about the west versus russia or united states versus russia or nato versus russia, nothing could be further from the truth. >> this week with the united nations gathered together in new york don't expect to hear president biden for russia to be removed from the u.n. security council. we're told it won't be in his script. >> harris: those are good notes to get started with the ambassador now. thank you, peter, very much. ambassador nikki haley former u.s. ambassador to the united nations and former south carolina governor, good to see you today. the president has a lot on his plate. i feel like every time you and i get together maybe somebody has ratcheted something up or stepped in something. where are we with the situation in russia? >> putin is getting desperate. he lost the confidence of his people and military. he literally had a dozen or so generals killed. you know it's desperate when he is relying on iran for drones and north korea for missiles. he has hit rock bottom. what that means is biden doesn't need to get more weak need. we need to make sure ukraine finishes this. the inroads shows they make progress, putin feels it and this is what he does. he wants to scare everybody to back off because he doesn't want ukraine to finish the deal. >> harris: so much respect for what you just said. the kind of leadership that requires intestinal fortitude is what needs to be applied now. you lean in when they are backing out. >> that's exactly right. what putin is hoping is that the u.s. will act the way the u.s. acted with afghanistan. they will do when putin tried to hack the -- we need to make sure ukraine has the ammunition. what biden needs to be doing at the united nations rallying with all the nato countries and rallying with our allies and saying what equipment are you sending ukraine, what else are you doing for ukraine? make sure we do that. today and this week he needs to rally the nato countries. >> harris: so when you hear that people are boarding planes. the flights are almost out to leave russia. russian citizens trying to get out of that country. what does it mean when a dictator calls up 300,000 reservists? >> you're in pretty bad shape. the idea he raised the draft age to 65. think about that. >> harris: that's everybody >> it's an amazing point. when you look at the inroads ukraine made. a lot of the military just bolted. they don't feel like they are winning this and feel like they have anything to stand on and see they get faulty rockets and drones. what we need to be doing is making sure that we and the nato allies are selling anti-drone equipment right now. that's the one thing that russia is getting inroads on. they do have the drones, they are causing damage. if we sent anti-drone equipment we could go ahead and help them finish this. >> harris: let's go to china. they're part of this, too. chinese president xi had a pretty lengthy from what we could see from the video discussion with putin just days ago. what do you make of it? >> i think we need to take it very seriously that he called russia their ultimate partner. he chooses his words carefully. ultimate partner means he is going to join with russia. their junior partners iran. china sees russia as being very sloppy right now. they think they are much better than russia. if you see they're starting to distance a little bit but don't let that fool you. they see russia as an ultimate partner and the west as the great sinners. they want to destroy the west and they'll use whatever means they can to do it. >> harris: their economy would fall if they didn't have us buying their stuff. >> our economy would be a mess if we didn't have them. there in lies the problem. we can't be that intertwied with china. >> harris: for the fourth time in a year president biden made comments that appear to shift the united states policy on taiwan. let's watch. >> president biden: yes, in if there was an unprecedented attack. the idea they can be taken by force, just taken by force is just not appropriate. >> china sent a hypersonic missile what will you do to keep up with them militarily and can you vow to protect taiwan? >> president biden: yes and yes. >> you are saying the united states would come to taiwan's defense if they were attacked? >> president biden: we have a commitment to do that. >> harris: so much back and forth on this and cleanup on aisle 7 from the white house. he shifted to defend taiwan. >> the thing about this is yes, we're used this as americans. it is embarrassing. i worry what our enemies think. when they see him say something like that what does it tell other countries. he doesn't need to talk about how he would handle anything. quit talking about it the idea is china should no don't mess with us or our friends and believe that. during the trump administration you didn't see china doing anything or russia doing anything because we didn't have to tell what our plans with. we just said you mess with us, we mess with you so stay away. that's what biden needs to do. he keeps changing policy clearly he is acting like he wants to go to war but every word he says matters and it affects our allies and enemies and he has to stop and i don't know how many times they can walk this back. >> harris: we expect the president within a minute or so and we'll just watch for this very moment. what should be the first thing that we hear? does he go to russia first? >> i think he should talk with strength and i think he should talk about what we'll do in terms of terrorism, iran, russia, china, all of that. >> harris: the president of the united states at the general assembly at the united nations. let's watch. >> president biden: the world has experienced great upheave all. a growing crisis in food insecurity, record heat, floods, droughts, covid-19, inflation, and a brutal, needless war. a war chosen by one man, to be very blunt. let us speak plainly. a permanent member of the united states security council invaded its neighbor, attempted to erase the sovereign state from the map. russia has shamelessly violated the core ten either of the united nations charter. no more important than the clear prohibition against countries taking the territory of their neighbor by force. again, just today president putin has made overt nuclear threats against europe and a reckless disregard for the responsibilities of a non-proliferation regime. now russia is calling up more soldiers to join the fight and the kremlin is organizing a sham referenda to try to annex parts of ukraine an extremely significant violation of the u.n. charter. the world should see these outrageous acts for what they are. putin claims he had to act because russia was threatened. but no one threatened russia. and no one other than russia sought conflict. in fact, we warned it was coming and with many of you we worked to try to avert it. putin's own words make his true purpose unmistakable, just before he invaded, putin asserted and i quote, ukraine was created by russia and never had, quote, real statehood. and now we see attacks on schools, railway stations, hospitals, war on centers of ukrainian history and culture. in the past even more horrifying evidence of russia's atrocity and war crime. mass graves uncovered, bodies, according to those who -- this war is about ukraine's right to exist as a state plain and simple and their right to exist as a people. wherever you are, wherever you live, whatever you believe, that should not -- that should make your blood run cold. that's why 141 nations in the general assembly came together to condemn russia's war against ukraine. the united states has helped with humanitarian aid and direct economic support for ukraine. more than $25 billion to date. our allies and partners around the world have stepped up as well and today more than 40 countries represented in here have contributed billions of their own money and equipment to help ukraine defend itself. the united states has also working closely with our allies and partners to impose costs on russia to deter attacks against nato territory. to hold russia accountable for atrocities and war crimes. if nations can per sue their ambitions without consequences we put as risk what this united nations stand for. this past year the world was tested as well and we did not hesitate. we chose liberty, we chose sovereignty, we chose principles to which every party to the united nations charter is beholding. we stood with ukraine. like you, the united states wants this war to end on just terms, on terms we all signed up for. that you cannot seize a nation's territory by force. the only country standing in the way of that is russia. so we, each of us in this body who determined to uphold the principles and beliefs, we pledge to defend as members of the united nations must be clear, firm, and unwavering in our resolve. ukraine has the same rights that belong to every sovereign nation. we will stand in solidarity with ukraine. we will stand in solidarity against russia's aggression, period. now it's no secret that in the contest between democracy and autocracy the united states and i as president champion a vision for our world as grounded in the values of democracy. the united states is determined to defend and strengthen democracy at home and around the world because i believe democracy remains humanity's greatest instrument to address the challenges of our time. we're working with the g-7 and like minded countries to prove democracies can deliver for their citizens and the rest of the world as well. as we meet today, the u.n. charter is very basis of a stable and just rule-based order is under attack by those who wish to tear it down or distort it for their own political advantage. and the united nations charter was not only signed by democracies of the world, it was negotiated among citizens, dozens of nations with vastly different histories and ideologies. united in their commitment to work for peace. as president truman said in 1945, the u.n. charter and i quote is prove that nations like men can state their differences, can face them and then can find common ground on which to stand, end of quote. that common ground was so straight forward, so basic that today 193 of you, member states, have willingly embraced this principle. and standing up for those principles for the u.n. charter is the job of every responsible member state. i reject the use of violence and war to conquer nations or expand borders through bloodshed. to stand against global politics of fear and coercion. to defend the sovereign rights of smaller nations as equal to those of larger ones. to embrace basic principles like freedom of navigation, respect for international law, and arms control. no matter what else we may disagree on, that is the common ground upon which we must stand. if you are still committed to a strong foundation for the good of every nation around the world, then the united states wants to work with you. i also believe the time has come for this institution to become more inclusive so it can better respond to the needs of today's world. members of the u.n. security council, including the united states, should consistently uphold and defend the u.n. charter and refrain -- refrain from the use of a veto except in rare extraordinary situations. to insure the council remains credible and effective. that is also why the united states supports increasing the number of both permanent and non-permanent representatives of the council. this includes permanent seats for those nations we have long supported and a permanent seat for countries in africa, latin america and the caribbean. the united states is committed to this vital work. in every region we pursued new, constructive ways to work with partners to advance shared interests. from elevating the quad in the indough pacific to signing the los angeles immigration and protection at the summit of the americans. adjoining nine arab leaders to work toward a more peaceful integrated middle east and hosting the u.s. africa leaders summit this december. as i said last year, the united states is opening an era of relentless diplomacy to address the challenges that matter most to people's lives, all people's lives. tackling climate crisis as the previous speaker spoke to. strengthening global health security. feeding the world. feeding the world. we made that priority and one year later we're keeping that promise. from the day i came to office, we've led with bold climate agenda and rejoined the paris agreement, convened a major climate summit. helped deliver critical agreements on the cop 26. we helped get 2/3 of the world gdp on track to limit warming to 1.5 degrees cell use i've signed legislation in the united states that includes the biggest climate commitment we've ever made in the history of our country, 369 billion dollars toward climate change. that includes tens of billions in new investment in offshore wind and solar. doubling down on zero emission vehicles. increasing energy efficiency. supporting clean manufacturing. our department of energy estimates that this new law will reduce u.s. emissions by 1 gig ton a year. our investments will help develop energy policies worldwide, not just in the united states. this is a global game changer and none too soon. we don't have much time. we all know we're already living in a climate crisis. no one seems to doubt it after this past year. we meet -- we meet, much of pakistan is still under water and needs help. the horn of africa faces unprecedented doubt. families are choosing which child to feed and wondering whether they will survive. this is the human cost of climate change and it is growing, not lessening. so as i announced last year, to meet our global responsibility my administration is working with our congress to deliver more $11 billion a year to international climate finance to help lower income countries implement their climate goals and insure a just energy transition. the key part of that will be our plan which will help half a billion people in vulnerable countries adapt to the impacts of climate change and build resilience. this need is enormous. so let this be the moment we find it within ourselves, the world to turn back the tide of climate devastation and unlock a resilient, sustainable, clean energy economy to preserve our planet. on global health, we have delivered more than 620 million doses of covid-19 vaccine to 116 countries around the world with more available to help meet countries' needs. all free of charge, no strings attached. we're working closely with the g-20 and other countries and the united states to help lead the change to establish a groundbreaking new fund for pandemic prevention preparedness and response at the world bank. at the same time, we continue to advance the ball on enduring global health challenges. later today i will host the seventh -- to fight aids, tuberculosis. with bipartisan support i pledged to contribute up to $6 billion to that effort. so i look forward to welcoming historic ground of pledges at the conference resulting in one of the largest global health fundraisers ever held in all history. we're also taking on the food crisis. with as many as 193 million people around the world experiencing acute -- acute food insecurity, a jump of 40 million in a year, today i announce another $2.9 billion in u.s. support for life-saving humanitarian and food security assistance for this year alone. russia in the meantime is pumping out lies trying to pin the blame for the crisis, the food crisis on the sanctions imposed by many in the world for the aggression against ukraine. so let me be perfectly clear about something. our sanctions explicitly allow russia the ability to export food and fertilizer. no limitation. it's russia's war that is worsening the food insecurity and only russia can end it. i'm grateful for the work here at the u.n., including your leadership, mr. secretary general, establishing a mechanism to export grain from black seaports in ukraine that russia had blocked for months and we need to make sure it's extended. we believe strongly in the need to feed the world. that's why the united states is the largest supporter of the world food program with more than 40% of its budget. we are leading support of the unicef efforts to feed children around the world. take on a larger challenge of food insecurity the united states introduced a call to action, a roadmap eliminating global food insecurity that more than 100 nation member states have already supported. in june, the g-7 announced more than $4.5 billion to strengthen food security around the world through usaids, feed the future initiative. the united states is scaling up innovative ways to get drought and heat resistant seeds into the hands of farmers who need them. while distributing fertilizer and improving fertilizer efficiency so farmers can grow more while using less and calling on all countries to refrain from banning food exports or hoarding grain while so many people are suffering. because in every country in the world, no matter what else divides us, if parents cannot feed their children, nothing -- nothing else matters if parents cannot feed their children. as we look to the future, we're working with our partners to upda