powerful than ever as you say? we know that biden is not shy about mincing words. this is about understanding each other. will they reach even we re not talking about agreements here. will they reach an understanding or seeing each other s side? right. i think it s good they talk face to face. i think there s no doubt they should hear it from each other s mouths what their policies are. not only is there no agreement, there s no overlap at this point. the relationship is going down fast. not just on taiwan, on trade, on human rights and technology. we re facing full-blown, all-out competition with china and what president xi and president biden are going to try to do, if they can, put a floor under that fallout, put guardrails around the competition so it doesn t speed knew a conflict that neither side wants. that s a worthy goal, but basically they re going to talk at each other, not with each other. that s not useless, but dot expect progress at all.
stakeholders like the u.n. commissioner on human rights, national investigative bodies will make the final results what happen on this territory. but just to see what we see for the current moment of what happened on this territory. you ve written it s not just about ukrainians being repressed by russia but also the russian army, indigenous peoples being forced to fight for russia. explain what you mean by that? russia started the forced mobilization and this is a clear war crime. they engaged people in the region and obliged them to go and fight with their native country, and this is a very cynical policy to kill ukrainians. i want to ask you before we go as the momentum for this
this edition of an abc7 news at 5:00. where spencer and chris and all of us here tonight, several developing stories as we come on the air. the fallout from president biden s controversial fist bump with saudi arabia s crown prince. the images still sending shock waves, stirring outrage here at home. president biden saying he called out the saudi crown prince on human rights and the murder of american jamal khashoggi. how the white house is defending the trip. and will it lead to the saudis increasing oil production? and what could that mean for gas prices here at home? our mary bruce standing by. the unprecedented subpoena from the january 6th committee, seeking information from the secret service, the first subpoena for an executive branch agency from the committee, demanding those deleted text messages from january 5th and 6th. the former nascar star mrdered as he filled up at a california gas station.
i indicated earlier was to shore up what had been a flagging relationship and vital relationship for both sides. be that as it may however, i have no doubt that mr. biden will mention human rights in his interactions with both the king and most especially with mohammad bin salman. and in the previous meetings, meetings that preceded his visit to saudi arabia, i also have no doubt that there was extensive conversations about where this relationship is going to go on various levels, including on human rights. so we may not see any immediate action on the part of the saudi government during or after mr. biden s visit, but i suspect that we will see some baby steps as the saudis begin to move forward and repair this relationship as well as address some real issues they have within their own country. ambassador, thanks very much as we wait in just minutes for the president landing in saudi