PREVIEW: #XI: #PARIS: Conversation with colleague Steve Yates re Xi's eager embassy to Europe and his romance witn Macros and France -- and the explanation that the Chinese brand is at risk. Details later.

PREVIEW: #PUTIN: #ASSASSINATION: Conversation with colleague Jeff McCausland of CBS News re the report of a Russian plan to murder President Zelensky -- and was it tied to Putin, since it was to take place on Inauguration Day?  Details tonight.

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