but a huge breakthrough on the president s agenda with news that democrat senatorjoe manchin will finally support a bill that injects billion into key climate policy. and in ukraine the counter offensive is on with progress to report around the city of kherson but will the supply of weapons from the west come quickly enough to sustain the momentum? tonight with the context, the republican strategist rina shah and chief political commentator for the i paul waugh. hello, welcome to the programme. it has been a while. four months in fact, sincejoe biden and xi xinping spoke, on the phone. today the two leaders talked for two hours 17 minutes. a long time. but let s be honest, there s plenty to talk about. the war in ukraine, china s behaviour in the south china sea, trade embargoes, nuclear proliferation, taiwan. and specifically the planned visit of the house speaker nancy pelosi, who is heading there next month. that has infuriated beijing. ms pelosi would be the highest
consciousness here in the west, do ou think? ., ., , , you think? yeah, that is definitely the case. you think? yeah, that is definitely the case- i you think? yeah, that is definitely the case. i mean, you think? yeah, that is definitely the case. i mean, she you think? yeah, that is definitely the case. i mean, she made i you think? yeah, that is definitely the case. i mean, she made clear| the case. i mean, she made clear that she is a private woman normally but she is effectively becoming one of the most important ambassadors for ukraine globally. the fact that, as you said, she went to the white house, geographically my address to congress. and ultimately these are words that equal weapons. that is what really counts here. not weapons in the rhetorical sense alone but actual weapons. the more she can keep the west on board and keep them interested, the more there won t be any waning of interest in actually supplying hardware. ithink any waning of interest in actually supplyin