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with china and what point does the president ask for a call from president xi? >> i don't have a call to talk about today. let me again, level set here, and i know i'm running close on time, sorry, but the president met with president xi at bali at g20, and most consequential bilateral relationship in the world, the president knows that and wanted to move that relationship forward in a better way and secretary blinken was dang near wheels up trying to head to beijing to have those kinds of conversations to get some of these communication vehicles and venues back on track, whether ...

Enemy is. those pro-russian militias on ukrainian territory, backed and armed by moscow. >> not very far away. >> reporter: an all-out ground war could expand beyond ukraine. the u.s. state department warns neighboring belarus, putin's closest and increasingly dependant ally could also be drawn in. >> thanks to richard engel for that report. to the capitol, a big step towards raising the debt ceiling and hopefully avoiding a deficit disaster. reaching a one-time deal to make this happen. the clock is ticking with less than a week until our government is set to default on its debt. from capit...

Threshold. chris, a lot of democrats wanted that $1 million number for saying let's lower $1 million or below. why is that number better you feel? >> i don't know if it's better, but it just -- in their perspective, it's a higher threshold. it covers more small businesses. politically, i think there's a couple ways to look at this where it's kind of interesting. the $250,000 fits the president's narrative in make ing a strong distinction between him and romney. the million-dollar threshold allows them to make a distinction between them and republicans but between them and the president. >> tha...