for russia. a minor incursion, president biden sparks confusion and sows doubt on america s response if russia invades ukraine. we ll have reaction from moscow this hour. donald trump gets handed a major legal blow as the u.s. supreme court rejects his request to keep his white house documents hidden. what this means for the january 6 investigation. and hundreds of thousands of syrians facing a harsh and brutal winter. human rights groups calling it a crisis within a crisis. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with isa soares. good morning, everyone. welcome to the show. it is thursday, january the 20th, and we begin with the last thing u.s. president joe biden needed really with his approval rating at a listless 41%, and that is a foreign policy stumble. his administration is scrambling really to clean up his suggestion that a minor incursion by russia into ukraine might get a less forceful response than an outright invasion. have a listen. russ
james landale, reports. president zelensky arrived in vilnius to the sound of cheers and applause. the crowd is healing a leader that has taken the fight to russia. on his mind, using nato to support the fight but letting ukraine joined the club.- fight but letting ukraine “oined the club. ~ ., ., joined the club. ukraine would make nato joined the club. ukraine would make nato stronger joined the club. ukraine would make nato stronger and - joined the club. ukraine would make nato stronger and nato| make nato stronger and nato will make ukraine safer. but while the will make ukraine safer. but while the welcome to the summit dinner was warm and friendly, the cold print of the summit communique was anything but. nato wants ukraine to join, yes, but it will not say when and it will not say how. we will issue and it will not say how. we will issue an and it will not say how. - will issue an invitation to ukraine tojoin nato will issue an invitation to ukraine to joi
and they have specific objectives included in them that need to be met, and that is up to each individual country to agree with nato, so they include areas like cybersecurity and also. and information sharing. cybersecurity and also. .. and information sharing.- cybersecurity and also. and information sharing. there were also talks of information sharing. there were also talks of opening information sharing. there were also talks of opening a - information sharing. there were also talks of opening a nato - also talks of opening a nato office in tokyo, but then france strongly objected to it. can you tell us about differences of opinion about how nato should deal with the concerns over china, with these asian allies. so, i think the conversation is increasingly around the interconnectedness between the end of pacific region, notjust around china, but of course around china, but of course around concerns about china as well. we have seen that mentioned in the re
countries will include the united kingdom, bahrain, canada, france, italy and spain, among others. this is notjust a us issue, this is an international problem and it deserves an international response. and that s why i m convening a meeting tomorrow, a ministerial meeting, with fellow ministers in the region and beyond to address this threat. for exactly what this shipping disruption might mean for the global economy, i spoke to hung tran, who s a seniorfellow at the atlantic council and also former deputy director at the international monetary fund. this area of the red sea leading to the suez canal is quite important in terms of the volume of trade passing through it. about 12% of global trade passes through the red sea, including 30% of the container shipping. all together, it accounts for about us$1 trillion per year of world trade, so it is quite significant, and a disruption there would cause damage to world trade. aside from avoiding this area, what can companies do
italy and spain, among others. this is notjust a us issue, this is an international problem and it deserves an international response. and that s why i m convening a meeting tomorrow, a ministerial meeting, with fellow ministers in the region and beyond, to address this threat. for more on what the shipping disruption might mean for the global economy, i m joined from washington by hung tran, a senior fellow at the atlantic council and former deputy director at the international monetary fund or imf. thank you so much forjoining us on the programme. firstly, if you can explain how important this area is to global trade? important this area is to global trade ? important this area is to global trade? important this area is to ulobaltrade? , ., ., ., global trade? this area of the red sea leading global trade? this area of the red sea leading to global trade? this area of the red sea leading to the - global trade? this area of the red sea leading to the suez l red sea le