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a week. he finally did make the trip yesterday. he was looking a little more like a child dressing up for halloween than a cabinet secretary there to bring hope and help to scared residents. here's how repeat did eventually respond to his 20 day delay. >> when i tried to do is balance two things. my desire to be involved and engaged and on the ground, which is how i am generally wired to act and my desire to follow the norm of transportation secretaries, others, and thinking about whether i got that balance right. >> no thinking needed a pothole. pete, you absolutely did not strike t...

it remains free. it remains independent. putin's first objective was to erase ukraine from the map, erase its identity. that has failed and will never succeed. >> secretary of state antony blinken weighing in one year since russia invaded ukraine. remarkable to see what they were doing a year ago, where they are now, what their assessment is and what's next. good morning. undaunted and undefeated ukraine still standing a year after russia invaded. ukrainian president zelenskyy is making a bold vow this morning telling his forces that 2023 will be, quote, the year of victory. the big ...

It has been months since US defense secretary has spoken to his Chinese counterpart.

Will have a change of heart and schedule that call. >> when was the last time you talked to him? >> the last time that i talked to him was a couple of months ago. >> wow. >> mm-hmm. >> how concerning is that, that the secretary of defense in the u.s. can't get your counterpart in china on the phone? >> again, i think -- >> what is the risk involved with that? >> it's not like we don't have any lines of communication open. you just saw secretary blinken talk to his counterpart in munich. and so there are diplomatic lines of communication open. but i think for the military, it's really, really i...

China -- china has a lot of capability in terms of munitions and weapons. if they provide, you know, substantial support to russia, it prolongs the conflict. >> with china recently the tensions have gotten worse between the united states and china, especially after the u.s. shot town that surveillance balloon. you tried to call thundershower chinese counterpart and they didn't answer. >> yeah, so the day that that happened my office reached out to his office to schedule a call and they did not schedule the call. >> did that surprise you at all? >> not really. you heard me say a number of times...