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rights on a mass scale. they had a drone floating around saying to people, control your soul's desire for freedom. none of that worked. the shocking thing is that they kept at it for so long -- a lot of public health authorities wanted something like that here in the united states. you know, not -- with a smiley face, i guess. it was inevitable that this virus was going to infect basically everybody. it's a respiratory disease. our efforts to try the control the spread of it, we don't have a technology that does that. chinese authorities capitulated. they didn't pro tech the elderly population. they're at high risk. there's a lot of people that have never been infected before that are really at high risk. their healthcare system is much more easily overwhelmed than ours is. that's what we're seeing now. it's tragic. at this point, i -- there's not much i can do other than to pray for the people of china.
their civil rights on a mass scale, even had a drone floating around saying to people, control your soul's desire for freedom. none of that worked. and the shocking thing is that that they kept at it for so long, you know, a lot of a lot of public authorities wanted something like that here in the united states . not with a smiley face, i guess it was inevitable that this virus was going to infect basically everybody. it's a highly infectious disease. our efforts to try to control the spread of it. but we don't have a technology that does that. and finally, i think the chinese authorities capitulated. the problem is that they didn't protect their elderly population. that's still at high risk. and as you said earlier on , there's a lot people in china who've never been infected before that have a lot of that that are really high risk. and their health care system is much more easily overwhelmed than ours is . and that's that's what we're seeing now. it's tragic. and i this point, i just there's not much i can do other than to pray for the people of
motherland, she's home among her people. >> in her role as queen, she was also the head of the commonwealth, a group of countries, most of them, former british colonies, aligned by choice in a shared commitment to democracy. >> the first time a reigning british sovereign has visited australia. >> canada helms the arrival of queen elizabeth and prince philip. >> when queen elizabeth came to power, the british empire was already shrinking. >> in 15, 1947, the british empire came down for the last time, and they were replaced by the banner of a new indian government. >> she made it her life's mission to grow the commonwealth in its place. this time, spreading british influence through friendship, instead of conquest. >> the commonwealth bears no resemblance to the empires of the past. it is an entirely new conception, built on the highest qualities important to man, friendship, and the desire for freedom. >> she was passionate about the
and then to make the humiliation complete, police collected household pets, tore them from their owners hands, and beat them to death in the streets, claiming that dogs and cats somehow spread disease. anyone who complained about this at a very clear answer from the government, which was broadcast at full volume from drones circling overhead. they said "control your soul's desire for freedom," so people did. they had no choice. that is what life is like in an authoritarian society. and not just in china. also in new zealand. less than a year ago, the left-wing new zealand government shutdown the entire country over a single covid case. don't talk to your neighbors, commended the prime minister, keep to your bubbles. in neighboring australia they did pretty much the same thing. police in australia beat a man for daring to have a cigarette outside his own apartment. that may all seem horrifying toc health authorities here loved it. they looked on in envy. unfortunately for tony fauci who recently claimed to msnbc, "you
food the growing worry here, that a lockdown is coming. that's what's happening in shanghai, a city-wide lockdown of 25 million people now in its fourth week authorities using harsh tactics to enforce it, like metal fencing around apartments to barricade residents in their own homes. disinfection teams roaming streets. mass quarantine centers full the government has put down protests. while drones tell people "control your soul's desire for freedom. at the shanghai campus of nyu, students are stuck in their dorms anna catalina is one of several american students there >> i do get a little frustrated that it has to keep going on this long >> reporter: two years into the pandemic, china's zero covid strategy now faces its biggest test here in beijing, while the mass testing dragnet has found relatively few cases,
robert frost, i always loved robert frost. robert frost said freedom lies in being bold. and i remember reading a quote from herbert hoover. herbert hoover said, freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit. isn't that beautiful? >> beautiful. >> willie, in a few minutes, we're going to be talking about a new quote that they spread in china when they're talking about freedom. >> oh, right. >> drones going over people's heads in freedom. that says, control your soul's desire for freedom. >> well, that's just sick. >> you have to ask why free democratic societies prevail over oppressive, tyrannical authoritarian societies? we always do. every, like, couple decades, people start whining and say,
might be coming to beijing next, which is full lockdown. stay in your home. don't leave. fly drones over your house and say, not very subtly, what they've been saying sort of implicitly forever in china, suppress your urge for freedom. >> control your soul's desire for freedom. it's something. again, ed luce, we have seen just the difference between russian troops and ukrainian fighters. russian troops coming into ukraine, looting kitchens, looting homes in ukraine. wondering why in the world they are so far behind this nation that wasn't even supposed to be a nation, according to vladimir putin. they're getting routed on the battlefield and now, of course, vladimir putin, he's failing in every respect, economically, militarily, strategically. so what does he do? he dials up old cold war rhetoric, trying to scare us back into an old cold war.
get to. still ahead on "morning joe," there are growing fears that the war in ukraine could expand to other neighboring countries. we'll get to that reporting. plus, we'll be joined by senator chris coons who is pushing congress to take a more active role when it comes to ukraine. also this morning, beijing cracks down on restrictions amid a spike in covid cases. the government has put down protests while drones make public announcements, telling people to, quote, control your soul's desire for freedom. hello. and dr. anthony fauci sounds cautiously optimistic about the end of the pandemic. but he's not attending the white house correspondents dinner this weekend, after the gridiron dinner a few weeks ago became a super spreader. we'll get to the new reporting on president biden's participation at this weekend's event, what that means. you're watching "morning joe." we'll be right back. joe. we'll be right back.
beijing, nearly 20 million people. three rounds of mass testing this week. to contain an outbreak of what officials say is roughly 140 cases. it triggered panic buying at stores. at one point, some shelves stripped bare, despite the government saying there is enough food. the growing worry here, that a lockdown is coming. that's what's happening in shanghai. a city-wide lockdown now in its fourth week. authorities using harsh tactics to enforce it. like metal fencing around apartments to barricade residents in their own homes. disinfection teams roaming streets. mass quarantine centers full. the government has put down protests, while drones tell people, "control your soul's desire for freedom." at the shanghai campus of nyu, students are stuck in their dorms. anna catalina is one of several american students there. >> i do get a little frustrated
still spreading. another 23,000 new cases added today. shanghai's 25 million people still largely confined robot dogs patrolling streets. drones in the sky. reminding residents of covid protocols. control your soul's desire for freedom, it says this woman and the neighbors built up their own online supply chain to get everything from flour to medicine for 1,500 people in their community. >> hopefully, it's not going to be too long because i think for people who are in lockdown, we all know this shouldn't be a new norm >> reporter: thousands of asymptomatic people still stuck at mass quarantine centers still, china's president xi jinping says zero covid won't be relaxed with restrictions now expanding in dozens of chinese cities and no end to shanghai's lockdown in sight. janis mackey frayer,