Editor Nic Robertson in moscow. And, nic, what is your assessment of what were seeing. It almost looks like russia is in its final stages of combat readiness. Yeah, of course, for weeks now weve been hearing from u. S. Officials and other officials, british officials saying, look, if russia is really serious about wanting a negotiation, a diplomatic track to open up here, then it should reduce the tension. If it really wants to have a discussion and get its issues addressed, then why the need for troops and russia keeps insisting it has no intention of invading ukraine. But as the British Foreign secretary said today, russia is creating completely the opposite impression because it continues to build up its forces, presenting a very clear image of an ability to invade should it so choose. So i think you have to take it as read that this is clearly what the kremlin intends. This is clearly how they intend to negotiate, not from a position where theyre walking away from a buildup of forces but one where they project a real threat. That has been fairly clear from the beginning, but theyre doubling down and emphasizing it now, again. And enter that the french president Emanuel Macron comes tomorrow to essentially see if there is room for negotiation, a diplomatic track with President Putin. Completely far apart on the central issue of what putin wants in terms of nato and what nato is willing to give. Macron doesnt really have room for maneuver to bridge that. Indeed what he says is coming to moscow to do, in part, the specific part for President Putin is to get him to agree to reduce the tensions. You know, this track of this opportunity for diplomacy tomorrow, macrons office says its not going to happen in a day and the reality is, you know, the kremlin is sticking to exactly what its been doing all along and putin really, on this, playing his cards very close to his chest. Not even yet responding to the u. S. And nato, letters to him. A week and a half ago now. Yeah, he definitely has the entire world paying a lot of attention to him, im sure, as he wants. Nic robertson in moscow, thank you so much. This comes as russian president Vladimir Putin and chinas president xi jinping held a summit in beijing. A preolympic summit just before the games kicked off. The two called for an end to nato expansion in europe which could potentially include ukraine. Joining us now is max baucus, former u. S. Ambassador to china and former democratic senator from utah. Ambassador, always great to have you on. First off, i want to get your take on, i guess, the strategy of the biden administration. Is there one by making these intelligence assessments public and calling out russia, warning the public of potential fake videos from russia, staging an attack as a pretext for invasion of ukraine . Well, first of all, my apologies to the people of utah and montana. I represented the state of montana. I dont think apologies. To answer your question, putin because hes one tough cookie is just pushing as strongly as he can in many, many fronts. Not just military. But its also psychologically with nuclear maneuvers coming up. Its also meet with president xi in china. Hes doing all he can to get concessions from europe with respect to nato. So this is all a huge orchestrated piece on the part of President Putin. And i apologize for that. So sorry about that mistake. Well correct that next time, ambassador. Talk more about that, you know, deep Strategic Partnership that was announced, you know, right after their preolympics summit. What do you make of this putin xi new, i guess, alliance and should the world see it as a threat . Well, i dont think its really an alliance at all. Its a marriage of convenience. That is of president xis putting on the olympics. He wants the olympics to be very successful. Hes doing all he can. And President Putins applying all the pressure he can to ukraine and doing all he can and going overseas and having a conference, a meeting with president xi is another opportunity for him to exert more pressure on europe. So this is just, i think, a meeting of convenience. Its both an opportunity to kind of embarrass the United States. A lot of this comes down to, frankly, how we are perceived. That is the United States is perceived by the world. Not only president xi and President Putin, but the world. Many people are wondering, is america in decline . Is america as strong as it once was . How strong is america . And really all this comes down to, how well we americans turn that around. How well we americans show that, no, were not in decline. We passed the infrastructure bill. Were getting other legislation passed. Were focusing more on producing technologies that are so important to us like semiconductors. The big problem here is that the partisan divide in our country. And if we can somehow reduce that partisan divide in our country, and show that we are unified as a country, thats going to go a long, long way in pushing putin back and also pushing back urgently by china. The reality is were not united, and it seems like were quite far from projecting that kind of unity, especially with the polarizing politics thats continuing to play out in realtime. You talk about the era of america as america as a Superpower Being tested right now. How important is the olympics right now for, you know, xi jinping, especially as hes going into his unprecedented third term. Is this about more of his image and cementing that authoritarian power . I think thats a lot of it. I think hes holding his breath. Hes hoping that nothing bad goes wrong at the olympics. He wants the olympics to be a showcase where china can put on something very, very well in very difficult times, during covid, for example. Its very hard to put on olympics under those circumstances, especial he when hes under when china is under lockdown. Thats really hard. Our athletes were complaining about how tight the lockdown is. And those poor athletes, frankly. They want to compete, yet they have to compete under very, very difficult circumstances. President xi is doing what he can to project power, help shore up strength internally in china to get that third term. This is very important to him. Do you think if russia were to launch a full invasion of ukraine, would China Support that . China certainly would support it as a friend of russia, and china would support it by saying, sure, they are doing the right thing. That is nato is too much of a threat. That nato is trying to if not contain russia, nato is trying to push back on russia just like other countries are trying to contain china. So he would be very speak favorably of any potential invasion. There would be no Chinese Military forces in ukraine. None. None whatsoever. Frankly, if you look at chinese history, they do not show that they are a country that is militarily invaded other countries. They just dont. Many people tend to forget that. Frankly, we, americans, send troops to afghanistan, iraq and iran and have more of a history of sending our troops into other countries than do the chinese. The chinese will not send troops to ukraine. And i do have to ask you about north korea, ambassador, before we let you go. Theyve been launching a new round of missile tests. Just this weekend a United Nations report accused them of continuing to produce Nuclear Material for potential Nuclear Tests or missile launch. Have we, i guess, is the world not prioritizing north korea as it should in terms of it being a threat . Well, i think the answer to north korea very much depends on whether we can get an agreement with china. There will be no north korean solution until let me put it this way. Any north korean solution will go through china. Would have to have chinese acquiescence. China cares deeply about the peninsula. China does not want the peninsula to be controlled by north korea. China does not want the peninsula controlled by south korean government. China likes the status quo, but china does not like kim jongun. I was talking with president xi, very much impressed me how irritated xi was with kim jongun. He doesnt like him. So any solution we try to impose on north korea has to be through china. Were going to leave it there, former ambassador to china and former u. S. Senator to the great state of montana, max baucus, thank you so much for being with us. Apologies once again. Thanks for joining us. Here in the u. S. , President Biden is attempting to build off a very good week of momentum for his administration. On friday, the news that the economy added nearly 500,000 new jobs in january. Covid cases are continuing to drop. And biden ordered a successful attack on the leader of isis in syria. And the president is poised to name a new Supreme Court nominee. Despite the positive developments, bidens social agenda remains stalled. Today senator joe manchin said the president s build back better plan is all but dead, but he and gop senator murkowski, Lisa Murkowski, say parts of it could be revived. The build back better, as it has been presented over, what, the last, seven, eight, nine months, that bill no longer will exist, okay . Should there be parts of it . You want to talk about Different Things . My biggest concern, and my biggest opposition, it did not go through the process. Whether lisa votes for it or not being a republican, she should have at least the opportunity to have input. It should have gone through the committee. These are major changes thats going to change society as we know it. Those changes should be a hearing, a mark up and then youll have a better product whether you are friends on the other side or not. But they have to have input. Have you talked to President Biden . We can work on energy and climate if we went through the committee. Cnns john harwood joining us from the white house. Hi, john. So how is the president hoping to build momentum build on his current momentum . Where is he going to put his focus . Hes got a lot of good things happening, amara, as you just suggested. Opportunity to choose a Supreme Court justice. A very strong economy. Yes, affected negatively by inflation, but nonetheless, great job market, helping people in particular at the bottom end of the scale. He did have that successful isis raid and, in addition to that, theres the reason to hope for better news on the pandemic. As omicron recedes, there seems to be a growing awareness and desire on within his party, as well as among more conservative americans to move beyond the pandemic, try to get into that endemic phase with less restrictions where people recognize that vaccinations are the principal thing we can do. Masking in isscertain situation but trying to get more back to normal. That could have an effect of lifting the public mood. Hes also got a chance for a bipartisan legislative accomplishment on this bill to invest 50 billion in new Semiconductor Manufacturing which is something that has fed a lot of the economic problems we had. Shortage of chips. Makes it harder to make automobiles and that makes the price of automobiles go up. Some of the build back better elements that joe manchin and Lisa Murkowski were talking about are going to be revived. So hes got a better story to tell in 2022 than the latter part of 2021. The question is is that going to help him politically . Theres no guarantee of that whatsoever. Its more going to be over the next several months, if we see the public mood lift, people see themselves getting past the pandemic. Thats going to be the key to Potential Revival for President Biden. Yeah, a lot having to do with how the people feel about whats going on. John harwood, appreciate you. Live for us at the white house. Thanks. Coming up, an incredible rescue caught on video as a s. W. A. T. Team arrests the man accused of kidnapping an employee at Mike Bloombergs ranch in colorado. Later, a u. S. Born chinese Figure Skater is under attack on chinese social media after falling on her olympic debut. Your Dell Technologies advisor can help you find the right tech solutions. 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Authorities say this began on wednesday at around 10 15 in the morning. Surveillance video showed beacher arriving to the ranch belonging to the bloombergs and he got out of his truck, assessing the front gate. Then he got back into his truck and rammed it through that gate. Was able to get inside the ranch and thats when he found this employee that is not being named in many of the documents weve been going through. But once inside, those documents say that this man began to ask the employee where the bloombergs were, specifically asking for his daughters by name. Going on rants about Michael Bloomberg and saying that he would shoot her face off. He said he wanted to create an international scene. But then he realized that the bloombergs were not at the ranch and so he asked this employee to get into her truck and drive him around. So thats exactly what she did. They had to get out in a gas station, put in some gas and then went to an atm and she had to get out and get money. She says she tried to mouth the words help me so that if authorities watched the sur Surveillance Video from the atm theyd be able to help her. Eventually, though, what was key in all of this was her ipad. Authorities were able to track that ipad to wyoming, to that motel where the s. W. A. T. Team arrived. And thats when they were able to arrest him. He is facing a number of charges, including a federal kidnapping charge. This is, of course, extremely serious. Were waiting to hear who his attorney will be to hopefully get more information on that. But we did hear from a spokesperson from the bloombergs who said that they are just thankful to authorities for bringing this employee back to her family. Amara . Its incredible that she was not injured. Thank goodness. Camilla bernal, thank you for that. Now to just a horrific story. A navy s. E. A. L. Candidate has died and another hospitalized in san diego after completing a Training Phase known as hell week. 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