the winter olympics in a country accused of ongoing genocide. how should athletes and sponsors challenge china during the games. the author of the book called chaos under heaven, josh rogin. i don t know how nbc handles this, right? the lights come up. you re in a country accused of genocide? happy to be here? reporter: you have a lot of sponsors, not just nbc but all the corporate sponsors who are not just part of it, paying for it. putting money on the line and giving the money to the regime that is accused of genocide. that s doubly difficult because they are supposed to be objective. but they have an interest in the outcome. a total conflict on one hand. on the other hand you have the
u.s. officials, russian officials, it s interesting. sam kiley and jasmine wright, to you so much. let s get insight on this crisis from cnn political analyst josh rogan with us, also the author of chaos under heaven . also cnn military analyst major general is with us. thank you, gentlemen, for being with us. josh, i want to ask you about the biden/putin phone call yesterday. at this point, based on what we know, do you see any options for president biden other than these severe sanctions, and how much support does he have from europe for that? right, christie, it s clear that the biden administration is trying to come up with more options, not for president biden, but for president zelensky to offer to president
an administration official says this would bring the total assistance offered to ukraine to over $2 billion over the course of the last year. so, we will see if we get more details about how-e what exactly that assistance might look like. of course, the white house has insisted that they will continue to provide support to ukraine. in the face of these attacks. and a little bit later today, the president will be getting the latest updates on where things stand. arlette saenz traveling with president biden in wilmington, delaware, thank you so much. let s get perspective from josh rogin, a columnist with washington post the author of chaos under heaven, trump, xi and biden. josh, let s talk about something you wrote that the united states has forgotten the 2008 invasion of georgia. saying, quote, putin understands