it is clear he intends to continue with this fight. it is something we ll follow with the split-screen. about an hour putin speaking, and a few hours, biden with a speech of his own. thanks so much. china s top diplomat is expected in moscow today. he could meet with vladimir putin and sergey lavrov. he has been selling china as a peacemaker in the war. and the u.s. is skeptical, warning beijing not to offer lethal weapons to russia s military. given the strong words at the security council in munich, in the last few days, what message do we expect them to send? and what would be the agenda at this point? this is a meeting that is
states of flying balloons over chinese airspace, something the united states has denied, saying that that has never occurred, so, this war of words continues. again, this is a relationship that is critical, very important, and one that, again, they want to keep a dialogue going, even though there are clearly plenty of disagreements, not just on this issue of the chinese surveillance balloon, but plenty of other worldwide challenges as, well alex. yeah, as you say, critical, that is the optimum word. thank you so much, monica alba from the white house. let s go now to the warren ukraine. some new revelations that the u.s. believes china could be preparing to provide military aid to russia. on saturday, at a security conference in germany, secretary of state antony blinken warning beijing of consequences if it moves to supply support to the invasion. joining me now is nbc s erin mclaughlin joining us from kyiv. erin, let s get to the very latest on the meetings and the update from the
raising alarm bells warning beijing poses the biggest long-term threat to economic and national security to america and our western allies. china firing back stating, actually, the u.s. is the biggest threat to world peace, stability. it comes as the fbi christopher wray and leader of great britain mexican intelligence agency raise fresh concerns about the chinese government and attempts to steal technology and data. rich, this is very interesting. you have two superpowers pointing the finger at each other saying you are the biggest threat. you will talk to lieutenant general keith kellogg in the next hour. that should be an interesting discussion to get his take on it. rich: the issue really is what is the actual threat to the united states? this back-and-forth has been going on for some time now. it escalated through the beginning of covid, the two countries going at each other a host of issues and playing itself out throughout the pandemic.