hello and welcome. president emmanuel macron of france has told xi jinping that he s counting on the chinese leader to bring russia to its senses over the war in ukraine. mr macron made the comments at the start of a meeting with mr xi in beijing. the french president is in china on a state visit. in his opening remarks, the chinese leader told his guest that the two countries could overcome their differences. but on the issue of the war, that will be difficult. france has aligned itself firmly behind ukraine. china has given support to moscow. earlier, the bbc s mariko oi explained what a good outcome might look like from the meetings. well, i think it s fair to say that there is a lot to discuss, as president macron has been facing those rather embarrassing pension protests back home so he wants to score some economic victories and he wants to push for closer trade and investment ties, basically an accord which if ratified could boost investment ties there. and of course is
you know, drink to a little bit done. great assignment, don have fun this morning continues right now. mike pence, headed to the witness stand and the boj s january 6th investigation. this would be the first time that a former vice president testifies about his former boss and criminal investigation. do you think that there will be more than he can shed light on, particularly when it comes to his conversations with the former president, having the vice president of united states with a special counsel under oath, i think adds enormous value. take our support for the people of taiwan seriously, the white house has tried to downplay the historic nature of the meeting, trying not to overreact, threatening to fight back of violation of its sovereignty. the speaker of the house, there is no place that china is going to tell me where i can go or who i can speak to. concern is mounting in the middle east after israeli police and palestinians clashed at one of islam s holiest sites d