fighting. but i don't want our country to be fiuuhtin. , fighting. there is something sinister about _ fighting. there is something sinister about what - fighting. there is something sinister about what is - fighting. there is something - sinister about what is happening here. russia's president is dividing the nation into us and them, into patriots and traitors. vladimir putin is looking for scapegoats, looking for someone to blame for the economic problems ahead, so that russians don't blame him. the kremlin creating an alternative reality, portraying russia as a besieged fortress at attack at home and abroad. president biden has asked beijing not to provide russia with weapons for its war in ukraine, in a phone call with his chinese counterpart, xijinping. beijing hasn't condemned the invasion and says it wants to remain neutral. peace talks between russia and ukraine are continuing, but are they getting anywhere7 in a moment we'll talk to our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, but first, let's hearfrom our north america editor, sarah smith,