![]() MCMASTER: You know, sadly, Margaret, I don't think so. Do you think it gives any pause to Xi Jinping, when he boards that flight to Moscow that Vladimir Putin was- just had his arrest warrant issued? government of actively conducting genocide against minorities in country. ![]() MARGARET BRENNAN: China, we should also know is accused by the U.S. So, I think what you're seeing is really quite clearly this axis of authoritarians, who are a real threat to- to- to freedom and to civilized people around the world. And, of course, this is all on the eve of Xi Jinping, you know, visiting Putin. And as you mentioned, you know, he's just been indicted by the International Criminal Court for kidnapping, you know, tens of thousands of Ukrainian children. You know, visiting sites - the few sites - you know, that hadn't been rumbled, you know, by- by the Russian military as they inflicted murder on innocent people in Mariupol. I mean, look at just the- the brazen cynicism associated with him going to Sevastopol, which he illegally annexed in 2014 and then to Mariupol, going there at night. MCMASTER: Well, I think this is a moment of clarity. This is days after an arrest warrant was issued on charges of abducting and deporting Ukrainian children forcibly to Russia. His first known trip to the occupied Donbas region of eastern Ukraine, the Kremlin made a point to say he visited children's centers. When it comes to your wheelhouse on the national security front, we just saw these images of Vladimir Putin defiantly traveling to Ukraine. MARGARET BRENNAN: And we will be following that. And I hope Americans really recognize that what's not, not- not appropriate at this stage is any kind of violence, but but really to demand the best from our institutions to ensure that they're insulated from any kind of political interference, but to have to have confidence, you know, that, you know, if the President is, you know, as rumored to be indicted, that he will have the opportunity to defend himself against these charges. ![]() And I think that's what you're seeing play out here. MCMASTER: Well, of course, Margaret, what I'm hoping for is that Americans come to their senses and recognize that we have strong institutions and should have confidence in the due process of law. How concerned are you about security and what it means for the country? The former president, who you worked for, has issued this call for protests. I want to talk about Russia and China with you, but first, stability in this country. McMaster, who joins us from Palo Alto, California. MARGARET BRENNAN:We turn now to former national security adviser retired general H.R. ![]() McMaster,former national security adviser in the Trump White House and a CBS News contributor, that aired on "Face the Nation" on Sunday, March 19, 2023. The following is a transcript of an interview with H.R. McMaster says there will soon be "more and more evidence" that China is supporting Russia 06:22 ![]()
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