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words. critics say president biden s words not nearly strong enough. house speaker s nancy pelosi visit to taiwan adding tension between the u.s. and china. this is the faulkner focus and i m dagen mcdowell in for harris. xi warning biden not to play with fire when it comes to taiwan. speaker pelosi s possible stop there. the speaker is set to leave for asia today and expect to hear from her later this hour. general jack keane criticizing america s passive approach to an aggressive china. the old paradigm we ve used for years, which is self-censorship and self-deterring in our relationship with china all because we don t want to spook them. we don t want to aggravate them. that paradigm has failed massively. dagen: jacqui heinrich live at the white house. good to see you. president biden and president xi had a long conversation today, 2 hours and 17 minutes. then the white house agreed to a face-to-face meeting. an odd thing to do critics say after a death warni ....
also tonight, there s growing frustration inside the biden administration right now, as the kremlin refuses to engage with a u.s. offer to exchange brittney griner and paul weelan for a russian arms dealer. i ll speak with a key white house official john kirby. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s get right to cnn s exclusive new reporting on the u.s. justice department s criminal probe into january 6th. federal prosecutors preparing to fight in court to force former white house officials to testify about their conversations with then president trump. our senior crime and justice reporter kaitlan po lance helped break the story here in the situation room. this could be the clearest sign yet that justice department is honing in on trump s efforts to prevent a peaceful transfer of power. walk us through your exclusive reporting. well, wolfe, evan perez and i are learning from sev ....
Words. critics say president biden s words not nearly strong enough. house speaker s nancy pelosi visit to taiwan adding tension between the u.s. and china. this is the faulkner focus and i m dagen mcdowell in for harris. xi warning biden not to play with fire when it comes to taiwan. speaker pelosi s possible stop there. the speaker is set to leave for asia today and expect to hear from her later this hour. general jack keane criticizing america s passive approach to an aggressive china. the old paradigm we ve used for years, which is self-censorship and self-deterring in our relationship with china all because we don t want to spook them. we don t want to aggravate them. that paradigm has failed massively. dagen: jacqui heinrich live at the white house. good to see you. ....
Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices, impose a 15% minimum tax on corporations, and eliminate the carried interest tax loophole. this will reduce inflationary pressures on the economy. this is a bill for the country. not just for democrats. reporter: president biden speaking today with chinese president xi jinping. amid rising tensions over taiwan. tell two-hour call turning tense, according to chinese state media with xi warning, if you play with fire, you get burned. urging the u.s. to, quote, abide by the one china principle. the white house i m not going to speak to that statement. the united states strongly opposes unilateral efforts to change the status quo, or undermine peace and stability across the taiwan strait. reporter: and on the economy, the white house has been preparing for over a week now for those alarm bells to ....
A new wave of covid-19. the worst since wuhan 2020. economic blow back from the war in ukraine is the last thing beijing can afford. american officials have warned china will pay a price if it circumvents sanctions to help russia. or helps militarily. china has to make a decision for the themselves about where they want to stand. and how they want the history books to look at them and view their actions. and that is the decision for president xi and chinese to make. president biden right now hoping to get xi to take on the role of peacemaker. interesting to compare the read outs from both sides. the u.s. side stressing this was mostly about ukraine. with biden warning xi of the consequences should china help russia. state media here in china playing up that xi pressed biden on taiwan. which china considers as part of its sovereignty. xi warning biden if the taiwan issue is not handled properly. it won t be good for u.s. china ....