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At the same time, though, john, i do think there is a sense here that president putin really feels he can play the long game on this one. and he looks at president mack ron m macron and he's banking on the fact that because russia is willing and already engaged in weaponizing energy, weaponizing food, because of soaring inflation, that he will be able to last longer and to protract this conflict for months on end. so that really becomes the sort of main challenge for all the leaders here, even as they strengthen the alliance with all the significance that that brings with it is how long can it...

Ignore all that. they really expect our eyes to deceive us and for us to believe this farcical claim. >> the national security council spokesman, john kirby, said that vladimir putin has weaponized food by blocking delivery of ukrainian agriculture around the world. how big is this problem and how bad could this crisis get? india is having climate related farming issues and may stop exporting grains this year so they can feed their own people. >> it's really bad, anderson. there's no way around it. it was bad before putin launched this gratuitous and brutal invasion. now that he is weaponizing...

They can feed their own people. >> it's really bad, anderson. there's no way around it. it was bad before putin launched this gratuitous and brutal invasion. now that he is weaponizing food, that he is holding back what's going to amount to about 50 million tons of grains. really, 50 million tons, when there were people who were starving in subsaharan africa and beyond. it's going to get a lot worse. you now are seeing dire effects in countries like somalia, kenya, ethiopia. you have 7 million kids in somalia who are acutely malnourished at this point in time. you have unicef predicting what i...

Russian missiles are destroying warehouses and equipment and Russian warships and mines are blocking ports Ukraine needs to export grain.

Focused on the food, potential food crisis looming by what russia is doing. russia is weaponizing food. not just to hurt the people of ukraine and their economy but to hurt the rest of europe as well. so it's a big focus of a lot of global leaders. >> admiral john kirby, appreciate your time. we will continue the conversation. >> yes, sir. >> thank you. >> thank you. up next, california voters send the message on the politics of crime. making democrats even more nervous about november. pepepcid. strong relief for fans of fast. my a1c stayed here, it nded to be here.