belief in sovereignty for another country, considering how they behave when it comes to territories, countries that don t want to be chinese but are being forced to be. well, you raise a very valid point. recognize that china s territorial disputes relate to what they believe is legitimately their country through either the rights of sea or through the historic relationship between taiwan and mainland china. the issue concerning their domestic population areas that we believe violate international norms, but they re certainly not sovereignty issues. so i think the sovereignty of a country, even for china, what russia has done has gone too far. we hope they understand that. what mr. putin did is unprovoked attack against a sovereign nation that was peaceful. i would not think that any legitimate government would want to support that action. president zelensky addressed
he s delivered the toughest sanctions that are really crippling mr. putin and the russian economy. and more importantly, he s delivered international support, unity, globally under the leadership of president biden and now we re providing humanitarian assistance in ukraine and in regard to the refugees. what mr. zelenskyy wants is more and we all want more. he wants us to have a staying power. the house of representatives passed an important bill yesterday that dealt with trade issues and the enablers to those who commit the atrocities. we want to see that done. so i think we need to do more. you have to stay resolved. president biden has provided the leadership to allow ukraine to defense itself and has organized unity among the global community. the democratic senator, ben cardin, thank you for your time. coming up next, as russia hammers ukraine, what happens to the people who can t leave? plus, what is it like to
genocide of the muslim community. what makes anyone think they will care what side of history they re on? china does not share our values. we recognize that and that s disappointing. we would hope their leadership would understand the importance of respecting the sovereignty of state. and that when mr. putin, what mr. putin is doing violates every national norm in regard to sovereignty. and china, i think, believes we need to respect the sovereignty of its own country and other countries. i would hope that the leadership would recognize that mr. putin crossed a line. that no one wants to be on what he s doing and facilitating what he s doing. explain to our viewers why they would think that china, considering what it has done in tibet and hong kong and taiwan, why china would have any sort of
thank you for joining us. you just heard white house press secretary jen psaki say even between the nearly two-hour call between president biden and president xi jinping, that china will help russia in its war on ukraine, do you think china will actually do that? well, jake, first good to be with you. i think president biden underscored the point that china needs to be on the right side of history. any country that assists mr. putin in what he s doing has accountability to produce atrocities. and i think president biden made that very cheer. i would hope that china wants to be on the right side here. the unprovoked attack by mr. putin, any support of that, will cause consequences and accountability. chinese, it is an oppressive autocracy. they re currently according to the state department committing
the possible use of nuclear and chemical weapons. and he said, listen, the united states, nato, they are dedicated to keeping article 5. they are dedicated to article 5. if russia attacks a nato nation, that means an attack on all. an attack on one is an attack on all. he said they will do whatever it takes to combat that if that does happen. i think the number one priority, a big priority is not to get involved directly with russia. if there is an attack on a nato nation, who knows where that can go. yeah. don lemon, thank you. so. appreciate it. and you can watch don s full interview with lloyd austin tonight at 10:00 p.m. eastern. only on cnn. on don lemon tonight. coming up, at what point does putin s invasion of ukraine and the massacre of the ukrainian people, at what point does it constitute genocide?