continue to slaughter more innocent ukrainians. we don t want to see that. again, we ll see what these leaders come out with and what they say at the end of these discussions. we ll watch this very, very closely. again, we have communicated privately to the chinese. we certainly have communicated it publicly that that would not be an outcome that s to the better, not only of china and their interest, but certainly to the ukrainian people and to the whole idea of peace. what does it say to you that after the international criminal court issued that arrest warrant for putin, that, a, xi did still show up in russia, but you saw putin over the weekend in mariupol, in all of these other cities. i think to your first question, you ve got to keep this relationship in some sort of context here. these are two nations who chafe and bristle at the idea of u.s. leadership or u.s. influence around the world. they don t like playing by the r rules, that the world order has in place and
covered in mud and debris. in fact, it is still a ghost town. you cannot get in if you are a resident. there are still polblockades an the only sign of life you see, first responders, those who are helping to clean up some of the mud, and those who refused to leave. this is impacting the community on every single level. not only can they not get back into their homes and those areas that are con tam taminated with and water and debris, but we re standing in a strawberry field, this is where so many people work. i m trying not to fall in this mud here, but it is kocovered i mud. those leaves just brown from the mud here. people are not going to be able to and have not been able to come back to work. they can t get in their homes and they cannot come to work. there is only a sliver of good news for this community, who for the thousands of people that have been impacted. this 13th atmospheric river, this next storm coming in, it is expected to hit southern california harder than it is