american, european and ukrainian audiences. as well as russian audiences, too. but as we talk about the wrong information getting to a massive amount of people, i wonder how susceptible are people? does the average chinese citizen buy into the russian propaganda? i think we re in a much different place than eight years ago in 2014 when russia invaded ukraine and took control of crimea and areas of eastern ukraine. and i think one sort of enormous advance has been, you know, that western governments have been playing a really useful, novel strategy of trying to get ahead of putin s moves with a remarkable series of intelligence disclosures that prepared the information space and created sort of a ground swell of support among european and american public among as well as in other places for a tougher response. that s one i think important advantage over 2014. another is the rise of this very
doubts pleaded this week for his viewers to take the virus seriously and said this about the vaccine. it makes sense for many americans to get vaccinated. i believe in science. i believe in the science of vaccination. reporter: what s behind the shift for those that have been skeptical. if you re a politician in state facing re-election in 2022 or perhaps a very strong candidate for the republican nomination for president in 2024, it is imperative you re on the right side of this issue. reporter: could it help president biden in his quest to get more americans vaccinated. if you re trying to reach american who is take their cues from different political leaders, republican political leaders and that message is consistently take the vaccine, it can save your life, it could have an impact. reporter: not every conservative have gotten the memo. this week twitter briefly suspended the account of marjorie taylor greene for misinformation about the dangers of coronavirus vaccine.
military drills with allies in the region, more sanctions. shepard: moving ships and personnel. accelerating the deployment of a missile defense system for south korea. will that stop the north koreans? nothing else has till now. shepard: you don t have to reach american shows to detonate a nuclear weapon in the air to knock out the power grid below to cripple the national economy. a lot a crazy guy can get away with. shepard: that s right. a few miles south of you, south korea, japan, to the east. the question is what is china going to do. china has a lot of sway over north korea. most of north korea s trade is with china. the united states has been after chinese companies to not do business with north korea. a law was passed against year allowing the u.s. to sanction