. russia has now halted a deal rumored for a while, but now it has halted a deal that allows ukraine to ship ukraine grain through moscow s black sea blockade to the rest of the world. this is an agreement that helps feed much of the world. it keeps global food prices down. the extension was not related to today s attack earlier that killed at least two people on the kerch bridge linking russia with the peninsula of crimean it annexed illegally in 2014. joining me john kirby national security council coordinator at the white house. it s great to see you here. let s talk first about the grain deal, how critical this is. so important, andrea. more than 50% of the grain thats of shipped out went to developing countries, latin america, asia, africa, countries that needed this grain, and now there s going to be greater food insecurity as a result of it, and i m glad that in your
Especially in rome and the other capitals as well. claudio, thank you very much. keep cool if you can. coming up, weaponizing hunger. russia cutting off aid, critical grain deal, potentially throwing the global food crisis into a catastrophe. security council coordinator john kirby joining me next. you re watching msnbc.
Supposed to go and her e-mail unclassified e-mails were hacked in the large hack? two things on the call, absolutely president biden expects to have a conversation with president xi some time in the future. i don t have anything on the schedule to speak to, but he said he s going to do it and we ll do it at the appropriate time. he s glad these visiting are happening and the lines of communication are staying open. on the hack we found it and alerted microsoft and did things to try to shut down our vulnerability on that. we re being careful right now. we have no reason to doubt the assertion it came from chinese hacking groups. john kirby on all things greeshgts see you in person. thanks for having me. there are three is a crowd. how disruptive of a potential third-party run could be in 2024. that s next. you re watching andrea mitchell reports on msnbc. ndrea mitchell reports on msnbc. felt anything.
Singe. what does this mean for u.s. allies? with me john kirby, phil mud and jean pac. we saw a war of words between president trump and our key allies. do you think these countries will still be willing top keep a potential deal here together? i do. if you look at what happened the weekend, this was an abomination from american perspective. can you have a difference of opinion with an al lie but these are allies who contributed men and women who died with us. you walk out and embarrass them oaf a statement you saw on air force i. that s not acceptable don. that said we re going into a circumstance in north korea that could potentially change not only what s happening in the korean peninsula but nonproliferation around the world. this is an historic opportunity. i think security professionals like me look at the comical performance of the president of the united states and canada and