the war in ukraine apparently and his aim dissuading, of course, president xi jinping from helping russia in ukraine. and if not, joe biden said there would be consequences. our david culver picks up the story from there. reporter: u.s. president joe biden and chinese president xi jinping meeting virtually friday morning to discuss russia s war in ukraine. according to chinese state media cctv, xi told biden china and the u.s. have a responsibility to work for peace. saying, quote, the world is neither peaceful, nor tranquil. the ukraine crisis is something we don t want to see. these two governments have grown used to combatting one another and have traded barbs as russia s vladimir putin has rained misery on the people of ukraine. china is already on the wrong side of history when it comes to ukraine and the aggression being committed by russia. the fact that it has not stood strongly against it. translator: remarks by the u.s. are slandering and smearing against china. such re