governments.th the government of new york, theo government of georgia and the government of the united states. beforernor we do do you see thet kisses passed between president xi and putin, the serious business, that is not a joke, serious business as pointed outo inup foreign policy china s j presidency xini jinping to visit moscow the first trip abroad aso no election to those surprise of those who been watching carefully. when one steps back and analyzes the relationship between china and russia the facts cannot be denied. along every dimension personal economic, military and diplomatic the undeclaredis alliance that president xi has built with vladimir putin has become much more consequential than most of the united states alliance today. the greatest threat is china, not russia, was not iranch it is nit s china. is like saying it s world war ii but the precipice but the greatest threat that we face is italy bu ft not japan and germay this is a complete lack of knowle
reporter: but the president is laughing off questions about what exactly he gains by being so cozy. coming under a lot of fire for your fist bump with the crown prince. [laughter] are i want to give you a chance to respond to that, but also how can you be sure another murder or like that won t happen again in. ■ç god love you, what a silly question. i just made it clear if anything like that occurs again, he ll get that response and much more. reporter: president biden said the big takeaway from his meeting with the crown prince and others here in jeddah was a commitment between the u.s. and saudi arabia to clean energy in the future. he did also say that the saudis agreed to increase oil production here, but the prices back here at home might not go down for several weeks. back to you. will: hey, peter, i d love to ask you■ç this, it was clearly coordinated. that had to have been something that was discussed ahead of time to see that entire reception line. d
backing up permitting wome nn in uniform out in the field and becoming frustrated and. embarrassed by the two political parties, your thought?rtie weaver pentagon and oval office that does not understand the urgency the chinese are preparing for war it is the fastest military buildups and subsequent world war xi jinping talks about war all the time he is sanction proofing the regime and mobilizing the civilians fon war. i don t know what more we needou but clearly we can see what xi jinping is doing unfortunately the pentagon does not. you know strangely enoughee people who see this people who understand recent history people who were listening to whatthey president xi is saying and putin is saying in the regime and ther fundamentalist entire ran are e saying and doing were ringingwe the bells and banging the pots and pans and therefore you and i and ronald reagan are warmonger
not reflect the kind of the sense offer jen si that we might convey when we talk about this meeting, the high stakes, you know, the fact that the u.s. and china tensions are at arguably the lowest level in decades. he speaks with confidence about what he plans to do, the kind of meeting that he thinks is hi greatest strength. listen. i know xi jinping. i spent more time with many other world leaders. i know him well, he knows me. there s no we have very little misunderstanding. we just have to figure out where the red lines are and what are the most important things are to each of us going into the next two years. reporter: well, the most important things are obviously maintaining stabilities across the taiwan strait, which is something that china at least publicly claims they want, as well, even though they re in the middle of one of the largest military buildups that the world has ever seen and now have the
conferences. the united states will not allow a foreign or regional power to jeopardize freedom of navigation through the middle east s waterways including the straits of hormuz, nor will we tolerate efforts of any country to dominate another in the region through military buildups, incursions and/or threats. the free flow of commerce and resources through the middle east is the life blood of a global economy. that s as true today as it has been for decades. and when nations adhere to international rules that work, my administration has made it a priority to protect those vital waterways. we ve established a new naval task force to work in partnership with many of your navies to help secure the red sea. that includes the first naval task force to use multimanned surface vessels and artificial intelligence technology to