Is China now the world's key geopolitical player?

First: As French President Macron urges China to help bring peace to Ukraine, we ask a foreign policy expert whether China is stepping in as the world's key geopolitical player. 

Next: The Biden Administration ramps up its push to bring Evan Gershkovich home from Russia. Journalist and friend Polina Ivanova looks at what the WSJ reporter faces inside an infamous Russian prison. 

Then: Correspondent Ben Wedeman reports from the trenches in eastern Ukraine. 

Plus: CNN legal analyst Joan Biskupic discusses her new book about the Supreme Court, Nine Black Robes.

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