The paladin rebooting, the state of the union, just wrapped up in moscow at nearly two hours long. The address filled with propaganda about his invasion of ukraine, with Putin, again accusing the west of starting the war. Giving no indication Fighting will end any time soon. Prudent speech comes with new reporting. this morning on China's growing concerns about russia's weakens, us on the world stage. Meanwhile, we will hear from president Joe Biden later this morning as he is in poland now to meet with allies falling that store. A trip to ukraine also the mega members of congress staying brand. Criticising the president for visiting ukraine will go through some of their comments good morning and welcome to morning it's tuesday february, twenty first, with me here in new york way to really host and what has been achieved: political, jonathan, le maire and at the table

Joe in washington, pulitzer prize winning calmness of the washington post, aging robinson from a warehouse press secretary. when MSNBC host Jen saki and come it's an associate editor for the Washington post's David Ignatius, also with us, founder of the conservative website, the bulwark charlie psych. So Joe, just incredible staggering historic scenes yesterday of president by walking the streets of key we'll get into some of the details that jen appreciate about how they pull this off to get the present inside of that country. the train on a secret flight out of Andrews air force base. But what a message the president sent yesterday, why? honourable and incredible message that he sat his historic trap David Ignatius, the first time since the civil war since lincoln road, it is to see how union troops are doing in the south and a president row,

into a war zone that his side was not controlling, just stub No, u s troops. Obviously, no! U s troops in crane, the security obviously cannot be guaranteed the job. I went and sent distant. Absolutely stunning message to the world, but, most importantly to the people of ukraine, where here Are you in Ukraine stands key Stands freedom stance He said, and what I thought was the signature line in the speech were sure. As long as it takes to me Joe his his presence. There just was a reminder of what physical presence and personally it has met in this war. This war became a real battle in which the russians were being pushed back because of that image of volunteers, lansky the president who didn't fleet keith, we offered him

we said, tat. We hope you find another alternate Happily said, no, I'm staying with what was his line easier said. I need weapons, not arise, not not arrive, I'm staying I'm here, and it was that here we all remember the image of him and is in his grey green outfits sitting with, with his pals. He stayed in the countryside and I had just from ukrainian friends yesterday, who said they were in tears because we're so move that this american present had taken the rest physically to be there with them too, to make this statement were here. We support shoe for his life, is it takes. So I think it's one of the most important days in

I didn't buy the presidency and which has basic qualities of commitment. Caution is part of it, but overcoming that caution to be there with people who needed him an extraordinary trip during the trip again any president in our lifetime. Any president Biden's lifetime new president, as you wrote in the column abraham, lincoln. The guy takes things out of washington goes to the border. The and the train station goes about. Ten hours through the night gets there and then with the russians knowing easier yanks attend our train trip back exactly essentially you're daring potent go ahead. You know where I am it's. it's a saying again, but we have not yet we have not witnessed in our lifetime. Many president betsy one thing I mean you're so exposed he's exposed on that train for ten hours riding through ukraine and yeah funeral come on

cash out. If you wanted to know, if you, if you weren't, take a shot, I thought it was an incredibly moving day man's. You said an incredible day in the in the bud and present See an incredible day for ukraine, I mean just every report- is that it is about what it has done to the spirit of the ukrainian people, but the then it was necessarily flagging, but it certainly got a boost from as in violence presents and the message delivered words farm and helps you like the hours keep the hours together as well, when they see President Biden taking this risky step. So it was a huge, the huge with when spoken time and again, J R, a gene about how vladimir Putin, as

underestimated you crying him he's underestimated the west resolve underestimated as I'm not overestimated. Its own military he's underestimated Joe Biden timing, but that's really. biden, strength Biden underestimated time and again before the twenty twenty two election, everybody shot underestimated again, you start to hear the talking in Washington every two weeks: who's gonna replacing these two all does the state of the union address and people set up in their chairs got my this we ve underestimated, met and here make an. I had a lot of discussions when we know he was going to college because you think you're gonna Kieva, I just don't see, I think, hard, how how any body could make that twenty our trip exposed. He did it yeah I mean it were at about a year right from the start, this war, which is so stark- and I was just thinking this morning, remembering back what we were

looking at a year ago, which was a russian military. We all thought was going to immediate quickly in raise bomer power, the ukrainians. They did not scepticism If the european staying together and providing support that was wrong, even we here in the united states were sceptical. Even sitting in the white house were skype runnel about what would happen, I think it's impossible having I've plant. I worked on a lot of these trips. You plan to go to war zones. This is a step beyond, given the. U S, military doesn't oversea ukraine. the key thing, but for any war zone Ghana, Santer or rack places where president's have gone for decades. It is secret, you tell no one, it's so dangerous and the? U s military controls. Those areas binds wanted to go. I, since I was back in the white house, but, as you all have said, this is was dangerous and he did it because he wanted to show where, with you,

my message to the public to see that of u s jets flying along the polish border, but being able to follow the train and crime as bite and goes in with a small staff winding on on and excruciating ten our train trip where the russians again russians. It could very easily taken the train out taken taken bide mouth. He took did the trip anyway and and willie It is really is something It's been a long hard winter for the ukrainians, and for Joe Biden for the american president, any american president to arrive but this time shows extraordinary vote of confidence and also, of course, with the message came

stands and we're going to stand next to you as long as we need to- and it was clear The ukrainian people felt that their extraordinary videos on social media of kids, looking at the windows of their apartment buildings and keep after you, of living under bombardment and air raid sirens day and night, and seeing the motorcade of the press of the united states pass by their window and kind of cheering in delight so the the obvious geo political concern. Where he's making a statement saying yes, the west is here, I am here, I'm willing to walk the streets of key with president lansky, but then there also as you are, I've been saying the emotional uplift that have brought, even if just for a day or two to the people of ukraine as a wow, the present I'd say it's there's so much that he rest a lot to come here and be here and there he is out my window, right now they will not soon forget that when you come back to this vote, just a second wave cure, simmons standing, why we mention the speech by russian president vladimir Putin

about ninety minutes, long on the status of his invasion of ukraine. Now nearly a year old, the speech given in front of russian elites, members of parliament military commanders, some soldiers focus large. Domestic issues, but also included a warning to western nations about their a putin said in part. The more law range western systems are being delivered to ukraine. The farther we will be forced to move the threat from our borders. That's a quote from him: joyous life, scale. I may see new chief international, corresponding here seven's, here. What else do we hear in that speech? I said like a lot of what we ve heard previously blaming the west for the war in ukraine and curious, if you ve got reaction inside Moscow to present binds visit to Keith what really you're right Its bitterly cold here outside Moscow. We had almost two hours of bitterness inside from president Putin.

Notably used the term war in this speech, but notably blames ukraine and the west and washington for the war. He said they start the wall. It was unleashed day unleashed the war. We are using force to stop it in that kind of, Jake continued on on describing ukraine owing to its western. And suggesting that this is about an existential threat to russia He said that they wanted to russia. They are trying to turn a local conflict into a global conflict and then he ended his speech with the words. The truth is with us to another standing ovation, never multiple standing ovation from what is basically you know the kind of russian politburo sitting out, in front of him. So you get the answer to your question. He's just getting:

evoking the answer. Your question sensibly in terms that reaction, certainly from his officials, his his team around him of his life. If you like, of course, praise as you would expect, I think there will be some because of this that will be poured over in western europe and him in washington, he tricked sick fleas suggested that russian intelligence believes that u S is considering testing doing, have a nuclear test and said: if it's the west does that that then we will test, we will conduct a nuclear test to he said that he is going to stop operation on the strategic weapons agreement, then quickly said we're not saying that we are expecting that agreement. That is the last between the- u s and russia over that nuclear weapons. So he justified that by

saying that the west is helping ukraine with intelligence Why would we allow inspections and give give Ukraine more intense? and it went on and on like that, really really well, just as we expected from President Putin, no compromise. No, gee after a year of killing, frankly no end in sight no sign of retreat at all people are looking for a cracks in is a resolve to continue this war, nothing that we saw in those nearly two hours? We ve been talking this morning, keen that the united states did give the Putin regime Russia, fair warning that president Biden would be travelling on that train and into keys to avoid any kind of conflict. While he was there that as a matter of routine, it's happened on other visits as well when we're trying to avoid a conflict. What are you hearing inside Moscow about president Biden's visit? What's been the reaction there

improving, didn't mention. President Biden dimension presents against you didn't mention the visit today in that, in that speech, has reaction kind of ranging from mocking to outrage amongst us, and officials and the russian establishment. plainly, as we have been saying yesterday, president putin, a year ago, would have wanted to have been key for the differently than just the way that president and was their presence lansky yesterday you so I must have. It must have hot trembling, claiming that yesterday he spent the day simply working on this. today is his version. The states of the union benefited looked up on, television. He would have seen a president I didn't have varying in ukraine other point just dimension ready. We are waiting for china's talk. Diplomat too, Hey moscow. China, warning that this conflict

could spin out of control walls and then ski warning, china that, if it backs a russian literally, that could turn into world war? Three, I think you mention the fact that the russians but told that president bite it was gonna, be in ukraine, that I guess a slither of something clearly you would imagine that president for its present fidget wouldn't want to escalate things to the extent of targeting an american president. So you know this small light of logic. I suppose I think lies in the chinese. This we go because china faces a very, very different, diplomat, difficult diplomatic position. They don't want sure to crumble, and you could present a person sporting claiming that there is an existential threat to russia. Frankly, it's more like you that, as she, the threat is to his leadership but brought to trial doesn't want to see russia but I don't want to see. President Putin moved out.

his leadership position, but at the same time it needs to try to play, needs to continue its economic connection with its very the important economic connection with europe and with the? U s, I think go to china, that that is a shoutings that they're trying to address by turkey coming up with some kind of a peace proposal at the end of this week. of course, there's no trust I trust- and presently she from Washington, To do something like that, so that diplomatic tectonic plates the shifting, I think, beyond the rhetoric it was just paying attention to what various countries are doing, particularly beijing through this we can. As we look ahead now come from Putin on president binds visit some senator some members of parliament calling this in russia calling this a provocation. Former present dimity Dmitri Medvedev, saying Biden finally went to keep swearing allegiance to the neo nazi regime. They call

let him years olenska regime, the neo nazi regime, and we see new chief international, corresponding cure simmons in moscow forest here, thanks so much, John. This has been a long time coming. President Biden has watch other world leaders walk the streets of key boris Johnson, most notably among others, Presidents, alas, he wanted to go for a long time. This is known, while feet, though, to get the leader of the free world quietly into ukraine. Now the president of that shame for a while to go. There was some consideration last june when he was in europe nato meetings they perhaps could attach a visit. Then they opted against. There have been several moments here this planning months now to make this happen with, present, was presented with a go or no go moments every time they answer was always go expressed, aid say no has haitian. There did not fear for his own personal safety, the message to moscow ahead of time that is routine and there is something to be said that there is still at least one diplomatic channel open between washington and moscow,

make sure things don't s late, but it was also another message: subtext, airily, they'll mess with us we're doing this you you're not going to try to stop us in moscow did not The president was for the last major western leader to make it to keep but certainly very meaningful in the timing of this deliberate, more so than just even the idea that it is the first animal We have a war in a couple of days, but they know this is an inflection point. The fighting is only going to grow more fierce there in the spring. These next couple of months and Biden, aides tell me understands this moment to both rally. Support at home and polls have yes to the americans are their support, for ukraine has slipped away. Bet- or at least the idea of- sending money weapons to ukraine that slipped a little bit rally at home, try to keep those republican force at bay. Still a minority in the house to say we shouldn't be helping cave, try to keep push them back, but also to, of course rally european allies and send that message to boot and say we are here for the long haul and we will continue to support cave because it's a battle for democracy itself,

care, makes such a great point when he says a year ago around this time, this first adversary, the war, is a year from friday, it'll be, that it was supposed to be Vladimir Putin walking the streets of key after an easy victory with his tanks rolling in a parade dead. On the one year anniversary, its president Biden walking the streets of presidents olenska, who still standing a year later and showing the resolve of the united states in the west to stay with ukraine. it is one of the most remarkable foreign policy stories of our time, Talking earlier about, the white house didn't expect us to go more than three or four days. I don't know a person I spoke with around time and the leader of the war. That thought craniums would, last more than a week It was going to be in cave within a week, going to reconstitute thea the greater russian empire, we're gonna take over eve odessa his his dreams of of the past. While I was going to say that

twenty years going, all the way back to nineteen. Eighty nine. When he worked for the kgb in east. Germany was hurriedly burning. Our for the kgb before it was a wall was going down. This was his dream and it was supposed to be accomplished a year later hundred thousand casualties according to british intelligence, six thousand. Seventy thousand russians killed. in war. I act in mama turmoil. All he has to provide one year later. Jane is This is a fire hose of falsehood. falsehoods that it exists quite up to ten there is one why after another lie after another like but a so, we thought for us here, Lot of russians believes exactly. I mean this is what does this work prussians here,

It is in, I think, human nature really to rally around the flag. We ve met in conflict in a decade after death in the end, many russians have rallied around the flag and and or are sort of buying. This patently illogical story that Putin is telling about lewinsky, somehow it'd be nazi and about the west. Having started this war when clearly it did not, but nonetheless people have rallied to some extent around him, we'll see how long that lasts. I mean it doesn't last forever, but it could last for a while something that that's happened over the past couple months, absolutely fascinating. the chinese after meeting with Putin, putting out a cool statement modi criticising the war, a war and criticising the war, people that putin.

does business with David and now reports that the chinese, who had had year ago, decided to go into this. What do they call it? A total, no limits know where it's friendship has limits and its had limits for a year The Chinese. I care is saying we dont trust presidency. Of course we dont trust present cheaper we can trust present she to do its present cheese, best interests and the wall street journal story this morning. Talking about how she has come to realize rush it's getting destroyed. They are rumbling as a nation He needs russia to survive, to counterbalance the united states of america, so now talking about putting together peace plan, she seems to have decided to things, which is that russia cannot be allowed to lose and so this war needs to end before that happens. And second, this war cannot go nuclear and he's been various exits, explicit in saying that the chancellor schulz asked him to to to take

stronger. Why lotta any did so that that's it! That's a guard rail for this, for this conflict struck, looking at at at at Putin this morning in the classic manner. I hate to say of a russian leader lying in the face of reality, these backed into a corner, and here asserting that es started this. Where we all watched here, I throw out what are we all watched them prepare for it, we watched every, but the whole world say, don't do it and they did it any and we listen to them like I'm in time again we're not going in he won't you remember the old days. Does the soul would have worse. They didn't have some leader got remove they just for racist braces face from the one that picture and they re there anymore. This is a little bit like That is a racing. The inconvenient fact that water, this war has failed, but his vision for the future of ukraine was completely false and he's now stuck

in the situation where, I suppose he is only hope, is the Chinese will come and rescue him some. But when you don't want to see what is trying to do, though, I mean what we are trying to lose. If China, china decides that he is about to fail, and rather than if they think that they are unable to get a settlement that will work in his favour, they they could supply. What are the problem with that is generally, they haven't supply them with weapons. Over the past years, we have warned him again. We ve senator in the show before if China's occur who is growing at seven eight nine percent. They would have already done and told us go to hell she has so many problems right now, others, zoning, russia and prudent free zone making did the last thing you can do is getting there was the sort of trade war with the west that happen. still, he stuck a little bit because he clearly, I would guess, hoped that a year ago that this would end

clay and remember he was kind of straddling this spot of not being engaged really not taking sides right now. It's this question. No, I mean one of the themes of putin speech where he lied consistently. Was that it it's us for then the audience of that speech was the russian people, how much losing them. What's not overstate that, but he needs to convince them when two hundred as troops have die russian troops that this is a war worth fighting and some of the things in that speech were it's not we're not Ukraine were fighting that big. U s military and all those western interests its us against them. So it's like I now what side are you going to be on, and that is the thing that is very awkward for four. She really you look she's reaction to this, and it becomes more evident every day that just as putin, fears of free will

sward leaning, ukraine. She fears disruption inside of Putin. Russia, he doesn't know what comes next. does russia become less autocratic, visible more democratic does lean more to the west and Putin's russia will, of course, it would so again, for she to do everything it can to hold up bad partner I think short of really getting in supplying the troops, because he has to know that doesn't end well friction. either. But as we talk about, it is so clear that this is a battle between western democracy, and and russian and chinese autocracy and you add wall the majority of republicans in the senate, supporting the president and, and and western democracy you have. profound yesterday on capital held, say some absent.

Lee remarkable things that I am no doubt aren t we'll be playing for the next few weeks. Russian television we play for their legs for weeks they They hate the american president so much that they willing to provide aid and comfort. To the russian cause. It really is upset one why I Kevin Mccarthy's closest associates talked about a civil war, talk out, secession and others openly openly. Just contemptuous of ukraine and the efforts they are saying, does it matter to us and a guy you want at present the united states act. Going on television yesterday saying russia doesn't pose any threat to its knees, verse, yeah, we're gonna walk through all that, because some of it is pretty stunning there.

with some small group of those people that you just name that don't understand why it's important that the present united states may that visited but most of them do, which makes it worse there in intellectual dishonesty was on display yesterday will walk through some of that were also going to have more how this trip by president Biden inside ukraine into the streets of he came be when principle, deputy national security adviser John finer joins our conversation, plus the most readable in pages, including a piece titled, fine, just destroyed Putin's last hope and Twenty twenty four presidential candidate, Nicky Hayley says she has not attacked former president trump He has criticized her campaign several times already morning, job will be right back

the president Biden left key forty governor rhonda santas was on television downplaying the threat russia's military poses to europe and to the the world is what the santa say. in an interview on fox news. I think it's him. or not point out, I mean you're, the fear of kind of russia going into NATO countries and all that and steam rolling. You know that is not even come close to happening. I think they ve shown themselves to be a third rate military power. I think they ve suffered tremendous tremendous losses. I gotta think that peat

in russia are probably disapproving of. What's going on, I don't think they can speak up about it for obvious reasons, so I think russia has been really really wounded here and I dont think that they are the same threat to our country, even though their hostile, I don't think there on the same level as a china, more in a moment. The president's visit to keep also do criticism from a number of food right house. Republicans. Andy bags of arizona, for example, wrote the president should be eased. Hosty in ohio or the train derailed earlier this month. Exposing this all town to hazardous chemicals, marjorie too green of georgia claim the worn ukraine has become a proxy war between the? U s in china and that it should immediately. An gregg murphy of north carolina blamed president binding for the war in ukraine. Writing it's a war zone he created. There were also a few weeks We can senators who accuse the present of neglecting the people of ohio and the crisis at this,

border. That's notably different from the continued support for ukrainian aid from senate republican leadership. Russia has to lose a new crime and we put a time limit on, but the ones we can do to address the problem that was raised by our friend down from ukraine in spain the decision making get the weapons there. wicker joan far as I'm concerned, and I think I can speak pretty thoroughly for most of the members of my party in congress we're in this to win because losing is not an option. such a. There were obviously we pointed out some of those republicans the leadership Mitch Mcconnell. His ongoing continued support for the effort in ukraine. He just wants to move a little bit faster, but going back to the guy Hu, it looks more and more like is going to run for president florida governor round the santas. I guess

trying to stake out some point of difference of president vine but kind of losing, his way was really is as bad as with charlie Chris generally, as some few is going to run for president just sort of it was a brick tablet. Mom I may say, ouster fr in toaster That interview had gone any longer and they'd ask a follow up question. He would have obviously come back and said I love why I'll get a rare thing guide, but it was it was. It was difficult to that and charlie sykes disposed to be like the great help for the republican party, the great hope- and I guess doesn't understand that he said will this rule, but russia's not as dangerous as they were a year ago, because every Joe Biden has done over the past year year,

eggs statement, which makes no sense. He says I love lamp, and then He starts talking about how russia It's been degraded been degraded as a military they're, not as careful as they once were there not as powerful as they were a year ago. He might as well send a bouquet of flowers to Joe Biden, yeah? This is a run, a santa suit, debut on the national stage, and it didn't go well. I mean his comments. I thought were as pathetic as they were predictable and look. he can allow himself to get the by the america first isolationist, but but he went through that the playbook Blame Biden downplay. The russia threat deny the stakes that we ve been talking about. The fact that this is they you, this is extension challenge between the west and and and and russia though I guess Mcconnell says that we cannot lose look it. You know, he's he's not at this point. One of you know:

the house, useful idiots for Vladimir Putin, but look the republican reaction is fleet revealing here. First of all, there are no doves. There are no anti war pacifists. Here there are some who are genuine isolationist america. First isolationist there are some who are actually actively pro the latter, mere putin, but primarily there in linsky, and they are anti Biden and so what you, simply saying he is that whatever Joe Biden does they are going to oppose, which comes a day after should have been a moment of by partisan unity. I mean it was an extraordinary seen, the president of the united states in this war zone. I am old enough to remember when leaders of both parties would have fino that is a moment of pride. Instead, what do we get

get some sort of you know: hetty ankle buying from autumn congress and from rwanda santa's and again, tweeds coming wall an american president on the ground in a war zone and where There were now: u s troops to protect him. It was it's really quite remarkable david nations, though? Let's, let's keep this perspective, we played a clip amidst Mcconnell mitch Mcconnell has has said time and time again, russia must lose crane must when and most republicans most other than than the that, and they go sit on bells and hay, and balloons and where there are fifteen's most ropes and republicans of acts. We've been very sober and very serious and stood shoulder to shoulder with Democrats in the senate and the press

I mean I'd that that's the real story today by Biden went to Keith. He went to keep with basically united united states congress, the moorish, a few outliers, but they're, not many, but he went with the united atlantic alliance with with a europe that had been predicted, the they'd be relative. actually that was pretty solidly, but behind you leadership, and behind ukraine in the end war is about. Will we are seeing the clash of two strong wills here I'll, say Lansky. Besides back by Biden against prudent and in this test of wills I think yesterday, the west stronger right mover, whereby this trip yet it showed a more united america. A more united europe then I never imagined and that's that's the real story, these other frederick taylor, green. How many of you know whatever that or talk again, charlie,

talking about secession, which, of course we ve looked at all the numbers. when and by the way, not back venture somebody was responsible for Kevin. Mccoy these rise? Somebody who Kevin Mccarthy said he would stand next to till the bitter and said that red states needed to secede from america? Of course, this is so laughable, because those states, as we all know, are donor states are the states taxpayers take it on the chin. To take care districts, like marjorie taylor, greens, to take care of districts across taxis, we're ted crews, talks about yellow It's about secession and not all of texas. There's there's there's a lot of taxes that actually contributed very well, but look at the dark, blue states. Alabama

mississippi louisiana. South carolina kentucky Virginia you're talking about the states letter. Lastly, the biggest supporters of donald trump and tromp ism and, of course, you know what can you say what what? What? What do you say We always hear about this. You know secession and get it ask what what is it that so deeply offends them that, like trans athletes, and you talk- want to swim, isn't real our military stronger than has ever been, are our opponents on the run rush, on the run china in decline, at least for now. Iran face facing protests day in and day out will again is it

it is fascinating that that they're. So does to raise money that there will from small donors, actually willing to say we endeavour civil war. Well, is deeply unserious, says you d expect from our drug dealer who, by the way, sits on the homeland security, combating slowness transit. We leave a scene, the transition from sedition to secession in in a very short period of time. Look a year ago, Joe. I actually call this shot. I said: look the next big muggah play is going to be national divorce, they're going to talk about it, not because they're going to do it, but because they have to keep a ratcheting up the outrage look. This is still the far right, but one of the things that we have learned is the way that

the crazy ideas from the far right become mainstream because there are no longer guard rails will be interesting to see if Kevin Mccarthy has anything to say about all this, but there's not going to be a national divorce, but this kind of rhetoric is dangerous and also while I think that we have the leadership of both parties showing unity. Dull neglect the fact that people like marjorie taylor, green enron, dissatisfied appealing to the aid of the party, the aid of the right, which is anti ukraine. We, is willing to tolerate this sort of notion that our real enemy is. Let him with Putin are real enemy is other americans that we need to do that. We need the pit red stage versus blue states and so unfortunate lee there is an audience for. This will be interesting to see whether there whether and how much push back there is to this kind of crazy rhetoric,

and well? We ve talked about it before, but but I don't hate russia. They hate americans, they an attack, Vladimir putin. They attack to unite. States military senior senators say they wish american troops were more like russian troops. You have You have them saying that that kaliko those are coming from afghanistan- that we use the afghanistan war. You military helicopters to hunt down americans here at home that the fbi's going to kick down the doors. americans about it for donald trump and dragged him off to jail the irs a senior republican center. I think the most senior republican senator saying that irish agents we're going Go to his home state kick the doors with a r fifteen and shoot and kill middle class islands,

keep going down the list, but it's one after another after another, and it's all about hating america at why they do this it. It's it's it's it's baffling the me. I can't imagine that this is us. The thing that conservatives used to get angry about when the radical left would do it and would say america love it or leave it. so sure why they hate america. So much, but I do know this. It raises on a lot of money. So, at the end of the day, like two jim tammy fake baker taking. grandma social security checks of the nineteen eighties vague day they take Twenty five dollars here five dollars there by preaching hate by pre conspiracy theories by two, king, about how they being hunted down by their own government in our age, sunup, Matt, masterfully and cynically for the ass, thirty years talking about jack, booted thugs, and so why

Why would they do it? Will you I can see how much the crazy as members of the house will raise and the small dollar, downers, that that day from crossing country but give money and and its autographed, they're literally willing to burn, the american flag with their rhetoric to, is twenty five dollars across and it's it's really just sec and that you answer the question: why would marjorie taylor green call for a civil war secession? Why would she scream liar at Joe Biden during the state of the union? as she is incentivize to do so. Everything in our system tells her to do so. She's in a disk well, she's, never gonna lose or sugar ray ton of money if she builds her brand by yelling liar at the president of the united states, of course, she's going to do that. So you take it all with the of salt. It is in the oh chamber and it works for her, but his charlie says it has. All the way up in motion as to the white house, but willie.

again, the bigger point is, and we bring this up again, exhausting but this causes The colonel noses causes republicans they keep losing elections? I thought Lana, braves fan and the light was I'd, get the most painful thing: debate, sports illness, raided had a picture of a plan. Fulton county stadium and headline? Was loser ville? U s right loser veil, usa, solar power importing now loosened twenty seven. Ten lose twenty eighteen lose lose and twenty nineteen lou Twenty twenty lose and twenty win lose are twenty two: they keep this. if they're, going to twenty twenty four willie and they just Charles what's wrong with our own party. Why don't they get this? Do they not?

care that they're going to keep losing until they start nominating adults No, they don't want just look. What just happened in Michigan, one of us being states right and they have elections. Lord chairman of the republican party, they elected an election denier, a woman who had been show lack for secretary of state. She lost five fourteen. means by more than six hundred thousand boughs, and yet she refused. Just to concede- and that was one of her selling points to be elected. The new chairman of the republican party she beat a guy who lost for attorney general by nine points, and yet he conceded the election, which was a sign that, while he's weak and he doesn't fight so look what burning in some of these key swing. State report on the market

We must learn the lessons they are doubling down on election denying and crazy. Look. Look Republicans Did they themselves in pennsylvania? Now, look what they're doing in michigan these a key states twenty twenty four going forward to answer your question job there is evidence whatsoever that this is a republic and party that looked in the mirror and said boy. We need to change things. In fact, they looked in the mariners yeah we kind of like this. Now, let's go over here more, carry like give us some more marjorie taylor, grain talk about leaning into it when she declare victory and she said I am honoured to take the position that the new chair of the republican party michigan shoe, congratulate by down Tromp just came out and said. It said she is a careful and fearless election that entire. That was what he

apparently a badge of honor charlie sites. Thank you very much. As always be deceived. Coming next will speak with principle, deputy national security adviser John finer about the x offensive in secret and planning that went into president binds historic covert trip into ukraine. Yesterday, new details and mourning Joe comes right back ukraine is weak. in the west, was divided. As you know. Mr president, I said at the beginning is counting on us not sticking together He was counting inability to keep nato united in this county not to be able to bring in others

craig. He thought he could at last us Thank you sneaking out right now. God knows what he's using their president, and promising american solidarity with ukraine in its war against russia. Now we're learning details about that historic visit to keep and how was kept under close guard for months at the white house, joining us now principle, deputy national security adviser, John fire john thanks for being here this morning, boy, we started in the last twenty four hours, or so to get some of these details about how this came to be what you all were working on for weeks and months, as it turns out flight a plain that was not the usual air force. One quietly leaving Andrews air force base a tenant. Train ride a motorcade without sirens to the extent you and tell us about. Others came together, sheriff

as you and I and my former colleague jan saki no well. There is always an incredible amount of work that goes into any presidential trip, it said this one had a significantly higher degree of difficulty in part because it had to be kept secret. So it was done by a much smaller group of people and in part, because usually you don't have to worry all that much about the physical security of of the boss of of the present, but in this case traveling into an active war zone where the does not control the ground where the? U s does not control the sky where he was going to be going in overland, a very long journey overland. Each way there just elements of this that we're unprecedented required even more meticulous planning than these trips normally undergo. And you know we were quite relieved and quite gratified by how well things went on the ground. We knew. I think that it would send a strong message once the present arrived and that took care of itself, but we were also quite pleased that there were no hiccups that can happen when you're travelling in a place. That is an act of active warzone, germ window, the person,

I have wanted to make this that's true For a while, what made it? Okay now as opposed to what we did Very long, extensive security assessment, the intelligence community was involved. The secret service was involved, the pentagon was involved at the end of the day. The trip was planned. The present was briefed on all the details over a period of weeks and then on the friday before he actually departed. He sat with his cabinet some members in the oval office, some members by phone, you got everybody's advice and decided, ultimately to go ahead with the trip? John Congratulations are organizing. This were left with with the basic question. The presence ski and president Biden both put witches When will this war and presents lansky said to them Twenty three as the year of victory, present buttons

As long as it takes wear with you give us your assessment, the white house's assessment of what's going to happen this year in this battle. What's is there a ukrainian counter offensive coming? What do you expect? So I think predictions in these situations is a bit of a fool's errand, so I'm not going to project too much, but what I can say is we are doing what we have been doing throughout this conflict. invite announced another half billion dollars in security assistance. While he was in kiev that wasn't the the main news of the trip, but it is important to continue to demonstrate that we are going to provide assists. It's going forward. The ukrainians have said they fully intend to go on an offense in this conflict during the spring and the summer, we're getting them the resources. We think they need to be able to do that effectively, but I'm not going to put a time limit on either our support for on the conflict. This is a very hard and difficult war. There will be were difficult days ahead yesterday we think was very good day. There'll be other days that are not so good and we're gonna be with this with the ukrainians. Throughout, I don't usually quote.

Someone like Senator Mcconnell in these situations, but I heard a point that was played on this broadcasts just a minute ago from him. That's it we're not going to put a time limit on how much will continue to support ukraine. I think that's exactly our mindset as well. So as you and I AL snow, the next day you wake up after a big trip, and then there are still big questions about what's next and what are you giving us- and the big question is what about these f sixteens, that the ukrainians want that people have been talking about what kind of war is that not something the united states wants to give at this point or provide, and what are they other types of now. Terry support that tony blink and the secretary of state others will be discussing a mother. we are discussing and will continue, discuss everything. We think the ukrainians may actually need on the battlefield in the immediate term. Our approach has been the same throughout at each phase. We have tried to provide them what we think they need to be successful during that particular

the conflict and, frankly, it has been successful that was stingers and an anti tank weapons. In the first phase, when it looks like the russians may actually move on Keith the capital, the ukrainian succeeded in repelling that, with you in huge part. Thanks to the weapons that we provided them that the more evolve into more than artillery war. We ve been providing them significant numbers, hundreds of thousands of rounds fertility for that phase, the com, now, it is armoured vehicles, tanks, armor personnel carriers, infantry fighting vehicles to allow them to go on this offensive that we know it intend to to conduct in the spring and the summer, and we will continue to assess and provide them what they need. as the next phase jonathan owner A john want to get you to respond to what we just heard from russia's president, Vladimir putin a short time ago. He delivered his speech there to a number of the elites in moscow, more of the same doubling down on his claims as to why russia is involved in this fight. But in particular I want to get you. He made some news here and says that russia is gonna, be suspending its participation.

In the new start. Nuclear weapons tree tell us what the women's straightens responses to that from Putin so alone, Russia has not actually been in strict compliance with new start for quite some time. We think they're announcement that what sounded like us suspension is opposed to a full withdrawal, is frankly unfortunate and and pretty irresponsible, but but really the latest in a series of steps that shows that russia is not taking its international obligations as seriously not taking international law seriously. This administration actually extended new start when the very first things that we did upon taking office after been negotiated for quite some time, but but hadn't been completed by our our predecessors and we're gonna be continuing to assess not just what the russians say on this topic, but what they actually do an end for now. That's where we are billy reaction to news that china is going to be putting out their own peace plan in the few days. Is that positive? Well, I figure

It depends on what the plan actually says. So we'll look to to to hear the details. It's it's one thing to say that you are for peace or another thing to to to describe exactly how you're going to get from here to there in a conflict in which neither side appears exactly ready to get to the negotiating table. But what I will say about the chinese as if they are actually interested in bringing about an end of the war. They should talk not just to the russians but actually to the ukrainians. If they are going to develop, a planet should be done in consultation with keef, not just with moscow. They seem to want to have it both ways. They are providing a lot of support, increasing support that we've said we're concerned about to the russian government while staying there for, therefore, the end of the war. I'd be interested in hearing more about how they plan to get there and what are the consequences of china ramps up military support for russia? I don't think we're going to flag in advance what we might do in this or that situation. We have said quite clearly that we think providing additional military support to russia in this moment would not be constructive, would not be conducive to bring about the end of the conflict that they say they want, but for now we're just going to keep watching this and see what they actually do all right. Thanks so much principal deputy national,

security, adviser John find it quite a day yesterday. Thank you so much for being here with us this morning