In less than a week, donald trump will be the 45th president of the United States. Now were learning more about his possible plans for russia. In an hourlong interview with the wall street journal the president elect suggested that he is open to lifting sanctions on moscow. But he also said that he would keep them for a period of time. The u. S. Placed additional sanctions on russia for alleged hacking during the u. S. President ial election. A Senate Committee plans to look into russias alleged hacking and whether there were contacts between moscow and any of the political campaigns here in the president ial election here in the u. S. More now from phil mattingly. There have been a lot of questions across washington. Whats the next step in the wake of that explosive intelligence assessment that russia and its services meddled in the u. S. Election . The u. S. Select committee on intelligence, one. Most powerful committees on capitol hill will be holding a bipartisan investigation into
around the world but here at home as well. that s why the reopening borders after being met with mixed feelings of the public, especially those separated from loved ones for a long time and those desire the need to travel abroad, after being told for three years how scary the vie was was and how disastrous other government responses had been remained very concept cal, even very angry with the reopening. the biggest concern right now is with domestic travel with millions of chinese again looking to go home ahead of the lunar holiday. remember, this is the first time this is happening in three years with likely consequences the virus being brought from wealthy cities to a vast countryside where the medical resources are very much lacking. that potentially is going to cause more deadly consequences with global implications. steven jang in beijing.
but turkey is pushing back, the defense minister saying it is out of the question for turkey to harm coalition forces or civilians. for the second day in a row, china has set a new high for daily covid neinfections. large outbreaks having occurring across the country with two cities reporting the bulk of new infections. let s bring in steven jang. thank you for joining us. of course this is resulting in lots of people in china questioning whether or not the government s strategy is working here. reporter: that s right, max. i m actually working from home as you can probably tell because the cnn beijing bureau is under lockdown because of a suspected case in the building where our office is located. obviously this has been standard operating protocol for quite some time but it hits you when you are personally impacted and
authoritarian at home, more aggressive abroad. the biden administration has been doubling down on its effort to build this china coalition to continue its rise on the global stage. not only has biden kept most trump-era tariffs on china. the u.s. commitment to defend taiwan s military. all of this is why xi jinping has shifted the country s, the party s, top priority from economic growth to national security. that s why stakes are so high in this meeting, despite the very low bar of expectations set by both sides. all right, kevin lip pack, steven jang, many thanks. scott kennedy is the director of the project on chinese business and political economy at the center for strategic and international studies. he joins me now from falls church, virginia. thank you so much for being with us. happy to be with you. in just a few hours from now,
the foreign policy front. that s why it s likely we re going to see more and more increasingly assertive and some would say aggressive chinese diplomats around the world proudly wearing a badge and training for anyone who dares to question. that doesn t bode very well for anyone hoping it see calming of tensions with china and especially the united states. the current foreign minister often seen as the epitome of that doctrine he got elevated despite being 69 years old. that s past the previously observed retirement age for senior officials, but obviously all of those old norms and rules no longer apply in the era of xi jinping. rosemary? steven jang joining us live from beijing. many thanks. hurricane roselyn roared ashore across west mexico on