0 as always thank you for being with us you make the show possible. in the meantime we have thus be one of next. we hope you have a great weekend we will see you next week. >> we have a lot to get through tonight to be your fingers crossed we haven't gotten any accountability for those that lied about the laptop. we begin tonight with the big news of the day. he held a call with china i don't know what the topic was. it came one week with a lot of aid. while joe on the decided not to mention the skull during his first appearance of the day he brought her back into play clean up i guess. predictably she made sure to say he was in command. we have a detailed overview of efforts to stop the invasion and of course i just want to say that he also conveyed and described confusion when it comes to russia expects they have issued a warning after warning. beijing ignored this the fact that normally come back they came away from this clearly thinking may have the upper hand this not included their least a readout of the call. the summarize this this way. let he who tied in the belle of the tiger on his neck. whispering into the best in the business when it comes to this topic. >> stephen is here the president of popular restructuring. statement aside there was a lot of state today what is the goal of the president and you think he achieved it? >> does but a lot of statements from chinese officials and some propaganda out there. what he got in return were statements that were general but also some ambiguous statements like seeing results in the ukraine war. we are very sad to see him being beat up by the ukrainians. i don't think the chinese were terribly impressed with our wine we will have to impose sanctions on them to move them in the right direction and he has not been willing to do this yet. >> that is one thing china does not want. they don't love the fact that they're going to to be best friends with russia. >> i think he has been surprised by the response of the ukrainian people. the russian vet isn't looking so smart. the fact that the ambassador to ukraine said in this situation he told the ukrainian people that we will act responsibly. i think that he is saying that china has seen it is not a walk in the park they will install a puppet regime in the next few weeks. you might try to look away and that would be one thing. will he retreat from the agreements they just signed? of course but not because he was asked two today or any other day they will retreat because he looks more like a loser every day. he is talking less and less like a superpower every day. you see the numbers that then you see the numbers behind the numbers. i can see this virus hitting them hard and hurting their economy again. this be painful obviously i also see all the nationalizing of industries that are putting down entrepreneurship and very surprising really expecting new roles in their economy. do you really think they need sanctions at this time when he is about to be voted on? >> sanctions at this time would make china incredibly vulnerable even by their own numbers they have shown that the economy is slowing and fast because they've only shown a little bit of growth in the fourth quarter. and these numbers are exaggerated. as you have pointed out they are shutting down large portions of the chinese economy. it's critical for the tech sector as they go into a retreating state and they would not stay at the bottom had not been for this announcement a couple of days ago. china is where we want them. i don't think he really wants to do this. can be convinced the president to not give weapons? >> they are bound on their own trajectory through time. they are acting through their own interests. i wish we had a government that would do the same. sadly we don't. we have a president in the white house that has taken money from ukraine russia and china. >> my hope is that china understands that they are a fading power in russia. they're dealing with a newly reunited europe. thank you and have a great weekend. often times a talk to you and it's quiet. is a quiet there now? >> its early saturday morning. but on friday morning it was very noisy. the most significant aspect is that we are quite a ways away from a established border. one stray missile in the us will be involved. if they think the convoys are coming in they are fair game. reports are even meeting with his friend had to talk about what he wants in ukraine. we do have some reports that the president is willing to compromise on the neutrality. but it really seems they are starting world war ii over on this terrain. >> i was reading some of the transcript. >> contracting all the various negotiations. >> should we feel optimistic about this? >> we do see the outlines not in this makes a a lot of sense the problems going to be slowing things down. i think it's ukrainians doing well enough in their own territory they are even beginning to wonder if they can get anything back. >> this is in fact an interesting thing because i'm not sure of believe a cease-fire this might just be an opportunity for the russians to regroup. in the worst performance since the soviets. they may well need a breathing space. i don't want to give you the impression that the ukrainians are winning. they are in a position to fall at any moment. if they could capture this there is a distinct possibility that they will control the entire coast. just because they are putting up a impressive defense that they are winning. they are not. there is a fear in my mind that they could make this a grind because they are brutal and bloody. >> he's gotten contact on the ground. >> this is going to set the stage for people that bombed civilian targets. there's a reports of empty shelves and banishing goods. any final thoughts on where we stand? >> i think we should not make the mistake of leaving. i think we should just let this war continue to go and bleed russia drive. it is a record of failure in the worry that they will allow this war to drag on not using the power of the us. this is risking some sort of victory. the risks of this strategy are skewed to the downside. >> maybe we don't have the qualifications and the balanced approach. >> they are leaning on him and threatening him with sanctions. only if they take a lead will they actually see this and. i do hope they keep going in hopes that he folds. i wouldn't hold my breath this is just not the way russian history plays out. >> they do like to absorb punishment. >> fifty intel officers telling us this was russian disinformation. we will show you some of the worst defenders. an update on this ncaa champion.