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I wonder what are the ambitions there for an agreement, a commitment from the some 200 nations that are there. and can that commitment hold if you don't have one of the world's biggest emitters and one of the world's biggest oil exporters in russia present? >> and the saudi arabia leadership has decided not to attend either. they're not here as well. so all of that is so significant. they would have loved putin to be here, president xi of china to be here, the saudi leadership, other countries represented. but sadly, they decided to not attend. they have all sorts of reasons, the covid pandemi...

How unusual is that, wolf? >> it's sort of unusual, but, you know, he does have a good -- president obama and president biden, they have a good relationship. president biden was vice president under obama for eight years. they have a very good relationship. it is unusual for the former president to show up a few days after the current president undertakes a mission like this, but this is so important, and president obama has so much credibility on this issue especially with world leaders that the biden administration thinks this will be helpful in getting these talks going and getting some spe...

That makes the chinese very very nervous and anxious. this relationship is in trouble right now. there's a lot of work that needs to be done. i know that president biden would have loved to have sat down with president xi of china and had this face-to-face meeting. i'm told they're going to have a phone conversation very soon. the president of china has not left china since covid erupted. he stayed put at least for now. they would have liked him to come. would have loved putin, the russian president to come here. he's skipping this g20 summit as well, as there are several other leaders from th...