the goal of these russian operatives was to undermine western support for ukraine. this is now one of vladimir putin s primary goals to weaken the united states and other western democracies and drive a wedge between them and ukraine. here in the u.s., some republican members of congress like congresswoman marjorie taylor-greene seem to be in lockstep with that plan. this week, congresswoman greene announced multiple amendments to the ukraine aid package including one that prohibits funding for ukraine until ukraine stops persecuting christians, something that ukraine does not do. another prohibits funds until ukraine bans abortion. this proposed requirement is for members of congress to join the ukrainian army if they vote for this supplemental aid. lastly, there is an amendment for the u.s. to withdraw from nato. is it any wonder that this is how russian state media talks about marjorie taylor-greene?
giving comments in these debates that are forthcoming. jim sciutto, thanks again. we are waiting for the president to step to the lectern. and now let s bring in jim acosta. jim acosta in the newsroom awaiting this conference. we talk about the 2020 election. you can t help but talk about the u.s.chy. it seems to be doing well right now, and this news from chinese state media talks will resume, there ll be no new sanctions from the united states, that news has got to be welcome news as the markets hear what is coming out of this g-20. that s right, george, and we should point out the secretary of state mike pompeo and the chief of staff mick mulvaney they ve just entered the room here. so it does appear we re getting closer to this press conference getting started but i think you re right. the global markets are going to be breathing a collective sigh of relief after these talks between the president and xi jinping. the fact things did not ratchet up further in the trade war
provocative for the u.s. the threat in north korean state media talks about the nuclear test over the weekend their most powerful test to date t says the great success of the h bomb test which stunned the world reflects the faith and will of the dprk and people to blow up the u.s. mainland and annihilate the wolfish u.s. imperialists running amuck to cut off the lifeline of the dprk. fiery rhetoric we ve heard before from north korea but never before north korea with a weapon like this. here in japan scientists are saying they believe this bomb that blew up over the weekend is the strength of the bombs dropped on hiroshima and nagasaki combined, all of this, john, as russian president vladimir putin warns of an impending global catastrophe with many, many victims if there s not a shift in strategy by the united states. will ripley in tokyo, thanks a lot. south korea by the way conducting a second day of live fire drills at sea, vowing to destroy and bury the north if provoked but t