their armor and artillery, but it really positions the ukrainians as having to fight through some of the toughest terrain, and we ve seen a lot of the mine fields, the armor the dragons teeth and barriers for the tanks to move in. it s been very difficult, so the longer that drags on, the more the humanitarian crisis ratchets, and this is why it s important for folks that care about this for both the diplomats to be looking for off-ramps. how do we encourage the settlement of a negotiated cease-fire of some sort, and i think for that reason we look a actors including president xi jinping. no one wants to risk escalation. i have reporting that when this mutiny was going on, the white house was quick to say there are channels that still exist they said, hey, we re not pushing this. china has been supportive of russia s efforts.
how putin approaches some of those issues you have mapped out. thanks very much for now. we will come back to you. we will talk to a former army officer and commander of the nato rapid reaction battalion. thank you for being here in the programme. militarily for russia s what is your assessment in terms of the fracture that we see today? it terms of the fracture that we see toda ? , ~ . terms of the fracture that we see toda? y today? it is changing rapidly. but i think the ratchets today? it is changing rapidly. but i think the ratchets across today? it is changing rapidly. but i think the ratchets across the - think the ratchets across the battlefield, i m sure those russian troops who are facing up in the donbas and zap erasure and elsewhere are fully aware as you have just said that the much vaunted wagner group, the most successful part of the russian army appeared to have mutinied and until a few minutes ago we thought that they were marching on moscow to take over power. ju
top-secret military sites. you know, doing figure eights. no way did they not get that back to china. now we know. mark meredith is live outside the white house. mark? heirs, good morning to you. the white house continues to yawn play the impact of the taiwanese visit to the u.s., however we re also still waiting to see whether this ratchets up tensions between the u.s. and china even higher. on wednesday, as you mentioned, multiple lawmakers from both parties met face-to-face with taiwan s president at the ronald reagan library outside los angeles. we were waiting to see whether or not this had any major impact on u.s. relations, but lawmakers say the meeting and those recently held in new york should energize future engagement with taiwan. it s important that we just show that taiwan is an extremely good partner to the united
we can control it, we can control the border. this administration doesn t want to do it, rather it panders to another country rather than what s best for the american citizens. john: we ll likely find out more about the six folks who turned up dead in the days to come. good to talk to you. thanks as always, have a great weekend. sandra: new at 2:00, the far left ratchets up the fight on virginia college campuses days after the push to cancel governor youngkin s commencement speech at george mason. lieutenant governor winsome sears why it to hurt the trust in higher education. larry kudlow, jonna spilbor and bret baier in a new hour of america reports. a family of long island brewers. harvests their own ingredients, on their own turf. there s a story in every piece of land. run with us on a john deere mower and start telling yours.