right now in the ideological struggle between democracy and authoritarianism. and china's watching very carefully. they are stressing taiwan's air defenses with those massive number of incursions. they want to win that fight without firing a shot, and they're watching very carefully about whether the united states and our allies will stand up to russia and ukraine. and if we don't to that effectively, there are severe implication not just in europe if for our nato allies on the border including the baltic states, but also for asia and ukraine. arthel: ukraine and taiwan on the geopolitical fault line are. dan hoffman, thank you very much for joining us. >> thanks. arthel: rich? rich: arthel, hundreds of truckers have blockaded parliament hill in ottawa to protest canada's covid mandates and restrictions, and now gofundme is canceling a fundraiser in support of the so-called freedom convoy 202. it cites reports of violence among the protesters which it