the west coast on fox news channel. have a great week. we ll see you next on fox news sunday. born just a fe the show. congratulations, jeff and amy? maria: good morning. thank you for joining us and welcome to sunday morning futures. morning futures. maria bartriomo. panic in the air. whispers of war in ukraine with the stock market selling off, murder and lawlessness spiking as democrats run for cover. on top of multiple crises hurting the american people president biden publicly opens the door from russia to invade ukraine one thing for a minor
doing is producing even more oil and gas and turning some of the gas into liquefied natural gas which we could then export to germany so germany would have a reliable energy source from the united states as opposed to depending on russia. maria: senator, what about the timing? do you think putin will imminently invade or does he need more time before invading ukraine? what are your thoughts on timing? maria, i think he could invade at any moment. i think probably according to all the reports i have seen, he s probably maybe one to three weeks away from being fully prepared and having all the combat enabling troops he needs, for instance, so may say medevac on the border. he may want to wait later into the depths of winter when the ground as more fully frozen for ease of maneuver vehicles like armored personnel carriers and tanks. i don t think we can be complacent and think we have a week or two weeks or three weeks as it could happen at any
place on the internet is not only family-friendly that will follow all of the laws on the books, but also a place where you are not stuck in some internet ghetto because your political affiliation or your political ideas. this is an opportunity, not only for millions of americans to get their voice back that are conservative, but i think also independents and moderates where recently we have seen people come out like joe rogan i think a well-known independent whose expressed his frustration with big tech in the list goes on and on so hopefully it s a place not just or social media political expression, but also for sports, art and entertainment. maria: and of course we saw that right before the 2020 election with social media blocked all the information about the biden family and the money that it received from various foreign countries. i want to switch gears and ask you what you learned it during your, you did such a good job in congress in terms of rooting out corruption.
here s what she said about the upcoming winter games. listen to this. we know that the chinese communist party chose to disappear a tennis player. i m very concerned about the safety and security of these athletes and what they may be exposed to while they are there. maria: so, what you think? what will our athletes face when they go to beijing? first of all, team usa just announce to bring your burner phone because china will tap into your phone and i m like this is crazy. also, to tell all these people like you want to go i understand, but the communist party, chinese communist party does not represent the values of excellence, respect our friendship and i believe they engage in a censorship, cut freedoms , don t respect
imposing on its people, government and big banks working together to try to enforce woke social and economic policies on private businesses. maria: it s actually quite extraordinary as you mentioned blackrock and they are perfectly fine operating in china. they told their investors to up their investments in chinese companies by three times and yet they are attacking american companies for fossil fuels and last time i checked china was the biggest polluter in the world. i have to get your take on china. moments ago you said what will the ukraine situation mean for xi jinping as he eyes taiwan. when do you expect china to invade taiwan? well, i think xi jinping believes today that his military is capable of invading taiwan. they can execute that operates and if he gives the order. if america doesn t come to its support. there are reasons why he might not do that imminently like the winter x coming up or the party congress later this year was the chinese communist party will give him t