The leaders of the world s largest economies. they want to draw some of the other countries away from the economic influence that china has exerted over the course, especially over the last decade. they talk about the economic coercion that china uses to build relationships throughout the world through infrastructure, development, president biden making the point throughout the day that these democratic countries offer a better way. let s listen to part of what the president had to say during one of his sit down meetings today. we well, our setting today is different but our mission remains the same. and that is to advance our vision of a free open, secure and prosperous indo-pacific. and to demonstrate the capacity of democracies to deliver. to deliver on a shared region. i think people are gonna look back at this quad and, god willing, with ten, 2030 year from now and say, it changed the dynamic we in the region
Escalatory to russia, and it may not be the weapon systems that we provide, because we ve seen russians tolerate long-range artillery, the kinds of things that the u.s. is reluctant to reply but whether or not that is used against russia inside of russia s borders, i think the u.s. has some concerns about crimea, as well obviously that s ukrainian territory but that is the first part of the ukraine that russia took and it s the part that vladimir putin s most attached to in some ways according to some analysts. so the question is, this shows some trust in ukraine, that if these weapons are provided, they won t take the to attack russia. it s not just a sign of support for ukraine but it s a sign of trust. we can provide systems that could be used inside of russia because we believe that the ukrainians understand that we don t want to see the escalation. another one, here with the president returning home earlier than planned, the debt talks have proceeding in d.c., not today. w
Good day to all of you from msnbc headquarters here in new york. welcome everyone to alex witt reports. we begin with new reaction to president biden s plan to send american f-16 fighter jets to ukraine. president zelenskyy flights into the meeting in japan today for face to face meetings on the sidelines. he has already met with leaders of the uk, france, italy and india. french president, macron says that his visit could be a
Oil. and so she was sentenced in august to nine years in prison. but she was released in december in that high profile prison swap. last night we really got to witness what this was all about. to get her, back and fans and her teammates were just so excited. her coach, vanessa nygard, had this to say last night it s a miracle that she is. here. it is everyone s gonna see the game and they re gonna witness a miracle. she s returned from a russian jail and she s playing basketball for the wnba again. it s by the force of will for so many people, including the biden administration and the players in our, lead and to so many people that made this happen. and just to be a part of that is i m grateful to support her however i can. so the l.a. sparks went on to win the, game 94 to 71, but no doubt britney griner was the true winner in that arena last night. as the fans were, leaving they were just soak, europe so excited to be able to see her for the first time. especially after the ord