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🗓️ 22 February 2023

⏱️ 47 minutes

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After meeting with China’s top diplomat at the Kremlin, President Vladimir Putin announced President Xi Jinping plans to visit Russia, saying relations between the two countries have reached new frontiers amid U.S. concerns Beijing could provide material support to the invasion of Ukraine. Michael McFaul and Garry Kasparov discuss the growing relationship between China and Russia and the potential political effects of American involvement in Ukraine. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0	If it's Wednesday, President Biden wraps up his historic wartime trip to Eastern Europe,
0:07.7	meeting with NATO allies amid renewed concerns of a Russia-China alliance and renewed nuclear saber-rattling
0:15.2	inside the Kremlin.
0:17.3	Plus, increased scrutiny on the toxic train derailment in Ohio as federal investigators
0:21.9	prepared to release their initial findings following a campaign stop from former President Donald
0:27.5	Trump that shut down the area of schools today.
0:31.5	And in today's trail mix, another potential Republican presidential hopeful, Barnstorms, Iowa.
0:36.9	Trump and DeSantis tried to carve out lanes with primary voters.
0:40.0	And a key Democrat announces he's running for reelection.
0:58.6	Happy Wednesday. Welcome to meet the press now. I'm Chuck Todd reporting from Washington. Right now,
1:02.7	President Biden is headed back to Washington from Poland, where he commemorated the upcoming first anniversary of the start of the war in Ukraine, a trip that included a defiant demonstration
1:07.4	of Western support in Kiev on Monday, a guarantee against Russian victory from
1:11.2	Warsaw on Tuesday, and a meeting with frontline members of NATO's defense against Russia today.
1:16.7	Also happening right now, the UN General Assembly is meeting ahead of a vote on a resolution
1:20.6	calling for a, quote, comprehensive, just, and lasting peace in Ukraine.
1:25.4	That vote is not expected until tomorrow. And all of that comes as that
1:29.5	war enters its second year, with the U.S. and our allies facing renewed concerns of an expanding
1:34.8	conflict. Because as President Biden was meeting with allies in Eastern Europe, Vladimir Putin
1:38.7	was meeting with Beijing's top diplomat, Wang Yi, who, according to Reuters, pledged that China is
1:43.6	ready to deepen its strategic partnership with Russia. This, Wang Yi, who, according to Reuters, pledged that China is ready to deepen its strategic
1:45.5	partnership with Russia. This, after Secretary of State, Tony Blinken, told me on Sunday that U.S.
1:50.8	officials are concerned China may provide lethal military aid to Russia to help boost its struggling
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