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good morning and welcome to morning Joe, it is tuesday may seventeenth, along with Joe willie and may we have flowed surprise when, in columnist associated editor of the washington post and msnbc political analysts, eugene Robinson Washington, bureau chief for USA today, susan ages with us and you as national editor at the financial times loose Joe a lot going on today I have going on, of course, we're going to be starting to buffalo in just a minute I've got to say the media reaction to it, especially on the hard right that tromp right was Well, it would have been a laughable last night if, if it weren't so tragic- out the day, people trying to make excuses. for an entire network and entire media ecosystem trading in great replacement theory and then, after of course, the tragedy.

Trying to develop its owner. We we were talking about that. We haven't been talking about that despite the fact they been, talking about it by name pennsylvania. You talk about the pennsylvania primary fascinating somebody that I think a lot of pensively insiders consider the front runner now, despite the poles attacks, I'll drop. about how she would have a better chance of winning statewide than donald our best fascinating, also endless, really quickly. Before we go to buffalo. We ve So we talking about marry opel, but my guy I declare that circulating around all all over the place of russian tv, where russian tv analysts are now talking about how miserable russia is doing and also talking about how their isolated in the world and they needed just face up to that. Dublin

as because nobody shows courage on russian tv. We all remember this is where they were talking about nuclear using nuclear weapons against the united states just amount, or two ago they say what they say on russian tv because they are allowed to say what they say on russian tv. So I'm not exactly sure what it means, but there's a growing realization that Vladimir Putin's lies are catching up to him and they're. Going to have to are telling the russian people the truth. This is an extraordinary crap. It's a very respected russian defence analysed and columnist live tvs. Presumably they want forty wonder what he was going to say it, but it wasn't cut off when he said we are geopolitically isolated even amongst our friends, were nice, isolated soldiers and then for the ukrainian soldiers. They have morale. They have asked for what they are doing justification

we'd better we'd, better start digesting reality, because, actually we're losing here. It was an extraordinary courageous for me passage and if that's what's happening on control, live russian tv, then putin real problems at. We have a lot to cover in ukraine by willy guys. Let's start things, often buffalo yeah

as an abiding we'll be there today may be expected to renew calls for national gun reform legislation. During a visit to the city. According to a white house official, the present will ass congress to take action against what he calls weapons of war and to curb access to guns for people with serious mental illness. The trip comes as information continues to come out about. The alleged shooter in saturday's attack and review of hundreds of pages of internet pose NBC news reports. The eighteen year old, suspect was planning, has attacked for months and intended to continue the violence at other locations. Had he not been arrested there at the supermarket to additional possible spots. The suspect allegedly wrote a black church in buffalo elementary school in the city, the author of the post They were targeting the school because of its predominantly black student body, which they found by law test scores online after reportedly choosing to attack the buffaloes supermarket in February

kill those. He called quote replaces the washing post reports. The suspect was nearly caught during reconnaissance style trip to the grocery store and when he reported this rob, as it quote, close call. The alleged shooter was confronted by a security guard after repeatedly entering the store back in march to man, the the according to the post. He then made excuses for it is strange behaviour and fled the supermarket address find the store, as quote attack area one. The suspect reportedly decided two other nearby locations to continue as he wrote to shoot all blacks his words joyous now from buffalo and me see news corresponding crisp alone Chris good morning. So what do we expect today on the president's visit? What is the city expecting and how are the people there doing?

Will the president in the first lady are coming to a city that still in shock, still experiencing grief when they come here today? They are expected to come to this supermarket. There's a memorial about a block away from where I am of balloon

in candles and notes left to the ten victims. They are expected to visit that before going to a community center to meet with the victim's families as well as first responders, who came and and and and responded to this attack here on saturday. In terms of the investigation, the owners of top say that it will reopen. This grocery store is a key part of this community. Almost like a gathering center for people who live in this area, they say it will reopen, but that certainly won't be today, because federal officials and local officials are still combing through that store, trying to build as good a case as they can against the accused gunman. As you mentioned, they have revealed that in reviewing all of these social media posts, both both bad one hundred eighty page manifesto and then also social media posts, things that have been put on sites like discord over the last several months. They believe that this has been in the works for quite some time

as you mentioned, the the the accused gunman apparently looked at other cities before settling on coming here and coming to this supermarket. They believe that if he was successful in carrying out the attack and then escaping, he was looking to drive down jefferson avenue here and either go to other businesses or perhaps a church looking for more victims, so obviously with buffalo police and that heroic security guard engaging him. They were able to stop further carnage, but they believe that he came here back in march to take a look at the place and then was also here the day before the attack and then a few hours before the attack out here. Taking a look around willy president first lady expected right where you are that top supermarket a little after ten o'clock this morning, NBC is crisp alone in buffalo Chris thanks so much mika. When you read through that manifesto and you see a black church and an elementary school, it sends a chill up your spine. We could have been talking about this incident and charleston and sandy hook all put together and this.

I could have continued. Had he not been stop following by the way, an alleged threat last year that led to this aspect being investigated by law enforcement police say they did not take steps to trigger a law which could have prohibit, the accused shooter from golly owning a gun. Speaking to the ark times yesterday, new york state police declined to say why they didn't pursued the so called red fire. Ag law. That legislation allows a judge to bar people who pose a danger to themselves or others from possessing a gun. In the case of the accused, buffalo shooter, a law enforcement official tells the times they investigated a situation. Last year with a suspect wrote that he was, turning to commit murder suicide. After being hospitalized for a mental health evaluation. The suspect was reportedly released two days later,

The gun used in saturday's attack was believed to have been bought legally and then modified, using a power drill, belonging to the suspects father and Joe there's somebody questions here. First of all, he was a minor during a lot this here written all over this gun. There were so many opportunities potentially to see a problem but easy to say in hindsight. Well, I guess you could say in hindsight, but a lot of issues the Joe binds gonna be talking about today are issues that we are seeing in the papers say whether eighteen year olds can get military style weapons. We just, I believe we just reported on it. Court case you're so ago, saying that they couldn't be banned from getting military style weapons of that somehow infringed on their second amendment right

I, the gene robinson, you look at the challenges facing the bite administration, many people on cable tv, many people well on all tv and end on line and in part cas we'll talk about Joe Biden going to buffalo with a divided america debating one issue after another, may I suggest that on many issues, americans quite is divided. Is you I believe, if you listen, to certain television shows he Biden said he decided for president after charlottesville with this is charlottesville revisited the majority of americans, not donald trump other. Majority of americans were repulsed by charlottesville, the majority of americans- think what happened in buffalo woods repulsive, the majority of americans It think the replacement theory is also

fence of interference of conspiracy theory. The majority of americans very for years overwhelmingly, since sandy hook have supported. Expanded background checks and the majority of americans, even though the margin narrows a good bit of the majority of americans do support it some sort of increased regulation on military style weapons. I don't think that's what Joe Biden should lead with, but we're just talking about what the majority of americans support any like what ever. He goes up there in talks about. He hasn't opportunity to unify americans, not behind guns safety laws. But spied what's right and it's wrong when comes to race. Well, I am, and I hope he able to make progress

it's on that, but we have gone backwards, Joe and in terms of what's right and what's wrong on race. I think we just have to acknowledge that over the past decade we have seen I have seen a kind of of it's vicious overt power jeddak racism surfacing resurfacing in a way that I haven't seen since the Jim crow if, by childhood and in south carolina and and it I mean, eat what you need, so you can say this is deeply troubling. This is appalling. This is this is awful. and I think this is something that specifically, is something that press Binding has to lean in too big as your right of the majority of americans would reject.

that, and also a favor sensible done laws in and also favour are paying attention to mental health and all the other issues that are involved, but race, is at the heart of this atrocity that happened. And I think priority needs to be frank. and an aggressive leaning into that in a way that it, when, when the sort of thing could have happened during when it did happen during president obama's illustration did you know in charleston, if he leaned into the issue, but it it was frankly difficult for him as the first black president, too be as forceful.

As I think the president united states can and should be in denouncing this says this. This trend this this. A fusion of five, racism that we have so we all see around us and that certainly I as an african american c n and everybody I know, sees and perceives and and is appalled by, and I think Biden needs to go hard at that. Yeah me. He certainly does, and you know maker As Jane said, it was a little more difficult for brok obama for reasons that so many of us will never understand being the first black president You had issues charles and come up. He was, of course, extraordinarily effective that day and on many other days,

There has been a long history of of prizes of both parties. calling out racism that just stopped thousand sixteen and and into january two thousand seventeen when Donald trump became president change. The and entire of american politics and, by extension, american culture, where you have a present that was telling a black member of congress, muslim member of congress telling his and a member of congress to go hall. Go back where you came from that that sort of racist rhetoric has infected our politics for the past for five years, and there are people who obviously feel like they ve been given permission to speak like that, on podcast on line on tv- and it is in fact in our politics a deal. I mean I think, back

and then we all remember this right. Four nine eleven. What did George w Bush do? George, w bush what do a mosque and he had a very clear message for americans- in that very clear message was this is not about muslim americans, don't make it about muslim americans. We are. We are a country, that's better than that. We are now going to engage and racism in hay against muslims that some that's a message. Unfortunately, we did not hear during the trump administration. It's a message: Joe Biden needs to be clear about in buffalo, and it's a message- lives. Cheney wants to hear from her. Fellow republicans, she wants them to go on the record, because this faction is getting worse in a president Biden and first lady doktor, Joe Biden are planning to grieve with the community there, but there are going to be so many problems coming out them in terms of what led to this and he be calling on congress to act on weapons of war and act

as two guns for people with serious mental illness, and these are some of the of problems across the country. But then there is the action in our politics. New york congresswoman at least a fanatic, they third ranking house republican, has denied any role in may. Streaming, the so called replacement therein. She tweeted a statement from a senior adviser that reads impart despite sickening and falls reporting congresswoman stefanik has never advocated for any racist position or made a racist statement. But twenty minutes later, the house Republican, prince chair, tweeted

using the same language of racist ideology, claiming quote Democrats desperately want wide open borders and mass amnesty for illegals allowing them to vote should follow that up with this tweet an hour later. It is a fact that Democrats have been explicitly be explicitly pushing for amnesty for years, specifically for political and electoral purposes. Republican congresswoman, less china, whose stefanik were placed tweeted this The house geo, p leadership has enabled widened nationalism, white supremacy, die semitism, Story has taught us that what begins with words ends in far worse geo pay leaders must renounce and reject these views and those who, hold them and Joe? You know took out of a few hours yesterday to watch and read the fall

right, quote news networks or websites or whatever covering this, and they completely miss characterize witless cheney said purposefully. They never showed her tweet and they didn't something completely different doubts the game now. Well. The thing is you you, you spew hatred of every day You do you do your best to get rich off of white grievance. You do best to make black and brown american suspects. You bill entire network strategy around that you mean you build an entire podcasting strategy around that you build an entire medio echo system strategy around that for growth to it racists and and and p infected with white grievance and they. This happens and you have to say

next day going home. We didn't mean what we ve been saying every day. What our strategy has been every day they get more viewers to get more listeners and they can they can't they can't address it directly and so so they lie then a lying about immigration, they ve been lying about these issues. For such a long time I had ass, you know is very interesting big span from the tropic yesterday was the replacement theory. Why liberals have been talking about the great replacement theory for years whenever anybody says demagogic, fixing dustily, that's the great britain up now inside I've been set, for thirty years, demographics, its destiny, not relationship to immigration, but in relationship to social security in relationship to me, I care in relationship to me saying we need to you're out a way to save entitlements,

because we're going to have a Democrat explosion, as americans get older but it also has- plied the issue of america and this called browning of america. Now here's a difference. Folks, ok, because you really lie to over and over again to these people have been quite they ve, been killed using ways us rhetoric to try to make money when you're gonna hear from them is that time. Anybody talks about demographics, oh that's, the same thing is a great replacement. There are no its not when you about demographics. What you're talking about is what's inevitable what going to happen and by the way, the greater He's my theory that since at Jews, that's just george soros, or that a yes, a jewish international banker, they will tell you has scream. And it's a great replacement theory, and he and and

is cabal of elites on the left trying to make the country more round. Here problem with that we have been hearing of this country now and a lot of you are too young to know this. I'm an old man. So I do remember. We hearing this for a generation that there is going to be a change in demographics. In fact, I look last night and I found this appeal. For time magazine was written in teen mighty, really a henry. The third in Eighteen, ninety explained the changing demographics of the united states in the pieces, titled beyond the melting pot, and this is what he wrote some day soon. Surely, much sooner than most people who feel, their senses forms realise last week wider against will become a minority group long for the day arrives. The presumption that the quote typical you, a citizen, is someone who traces his or her descent and addressed,

Linda. Europe will be a part of the past the time these elementary students at brentwood science magnet school in brentwood california reach their midlife. Their diverse ethnic experience in the classroom will be echoed in neighborhoods and places throughout the: u s so I can keep going and reading, but the The point is meagre. the point is that there is no ray conspiracy theory here, george sir we're up soils and international bankers, and- and this could ball of of of of left wing leftwing people at its secret society meetings planning any thing this has been happening. Naturally, since nineteen ninety and they're, just some white americans. It can't handle it. So there were politicians too-

or try to users and make it is by. This was what I do want to say. One final thing too, because a reminds me what's happening here reminds we want an apple bomb said was in hungary. what is warming due to see power. What did he do? He talked about the rate wave of muslim immigrants coming into hungary. The only problem they they never came. It was a major problem, and here you have a lease. and you have all these other people talking about. Oh there's this great wave coming in- and this is the democrats- it's been there their plan all along so there's a million times it makes me time I have to say it again, but I'm gonna have to say it again because Obviously, there are, people that listen that are listening to her, I'm listening to other people on tv, we see just ignore the facts. Me say it again in my lifetime, Mika and in your lifetime

and in willie's lifetime the lowest number of illegals crossing the mexican border came when at the end of the obama by the administration. Let me say that again in five times and willie mays and my lifetime The lowest level of illegal crossings across the mexican border came the last year of work, ok obama's year, as president of the united states and this is the environment. To build the wall. This is environment when all this and tie a great rhetoric rises to the top, at the very time immigration is that its lowest level ever. That was a democratic, lays check it out.

and you can even look at the numbers and donald prompts administration put out when she was pretty when he was president of the united states. They admitted it the low Level of illegal border crossings we're when a Democrat was present, the united states right before Donald trump came them, so the transformation. Susan page of at least evonik to me is tragic because I met her at the beginning. But this is what's happening throughout the politics and even in local and senate races. How? How do you see what's happening here in washington? With that I mean we. We've we've literally started the show with the mass shooting and we're ending up talking about the language being used in republican politics Republic can say: that's not fair what we waited. Do this? Is that it's it's all related? and we see that in the day, of the alleged shooters access to websites that, replacement theory are his his

aspirations fuelled by what happened in new zealand. This is it's not in america. It's very much in america, but not, but not only here too, now. The face of the republican party is at least of and, of course it was training. It is clearly only as that of annex north, some of these republican candidates who espouse placement theory or make a hatchet to it. With language that that echoes replacement theory will they be penalized by voters are rewarded by republican voters in these primaries, and the moment it looks like they will be war. What will I I? I I wonder if many of these republicans, if they were approach today and said, do you do you do reject. Racism do worse, rejects replacement theory. How many of them would walk away without an answer

Yeah they'd be scared to say that they do reject it, because they're worried about losing boats and losing their power and you're right Micah. At least stefanik was a garden variety establishment republican. She worked in the bush white house. She worked on the romney campaign, working with Paul ryan they're, getting him ready for debates, and then she found some currency in acting like donald trump, and she is accelerated up into a leadership position in the party. jeanne robins in this hall, in buffalo a couple of days ago, seems to me to be served. The combination of all these conspiracy theories that used to live somewhere in the fringes of the internet, the income lately, mainstream by a president of the united states by members of congress by prime time, cable things that people dare not say in public now are just part of the conversation they are and that message is getting to the wrong people, including eighteen year old in buffalo, who thought he was doing something

in the name of his race, by going out and attacking two year old women shopping at a grocery store year, When will we hope it's combination, which, which implies an end point zero and start to ensure that a snack that that is not the end of this, and you know what makes a difference. I think it makes a huge difference that for decades, it's the certainly since the seventies to twenty in twenty sixteen, the dark are two major parties had essentially a compact. Essentially, agreed on that racism was bad there diversity was good and so any republics in president, before Donald trump,

during that period? One could imagine coming out today after horrific thing and and issuing a forceful round denunciation riles of of of them. Racism of the cis. This appalling replacement thierry would have embraced the nations diversity as its strength right would win, would would know the history. The idea of of talking about killing african americans have replaced errors when we have been here literally witness into way before this was a country. You know I place my family Pierre back well over two hundred years and late, and they get the idea. And republicans the party and the individuals who let it would be out

and would be for full and would be worth would you know join hands march across the fetters bridge and necessary right and republicans. Pretty is gone now there to do. I don't you hearing from republicans in the wake of of buffalo your hearing, these sort of way weak defences. Are we didn't say that we didn't mean that I've never sent on racist thing? What believe It's in your heart. Where are you know, are you who are you? Who are you? we thought we know who you were only stefanik clearly you're, not that you and your doubt that that conventional republican, we thought. Maybe you were at one point one. What is this now, but you can't even You can't even sore denounce racism and replacement theory. In fact, you go right back to it.

even in the wake of of buffalo, who are you ok, persons, one of many of which I welcome? to this, we ve gotta take break still. I had on morning, Joe after being surrounded four months. Ukrainian troops have finally been evacuated from that steel plant in Mary. A pole we'll talk to at least about the significance of that defeat, plus the FDA announced plans to ease the nation wide baby formula shortage, but there are still several safety hurdles to clear before production can restart also ahead. It is primary day in six states. Continuing this conversation, the biggest storylines playing out in pennsylvania, we'll take a look at the trump factor playing out in that battleground state and congress has held a public hearing on EU foes and about fifty years that's changing today. You're watching morning, Joe will be

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beautiful. I picture the white house and six thirty six in the morning, as we mentioned, president Biden will be on his way to buffalo in just a couple of hours when it turned out of the latest from ukraine. The long stand off at that steel plant and marry you people now coming to an end as ukraine surrendered control to russia, allowing hundreds of its fighters to leave that devastated complex more than two hundred soldiers. Some seriously injured were evacuated yesterday to russian control. Territory's ukraine's military says per an agreement with moscow. Those soldiers eventually will turn to ukrainian held areas.

President Vladimir Zalewski says the movers to quote saved the lives of our boys. Ukrainian officials say they still are working to rescue the remaining soldiers, although it is unclear how many more remain inside the evacuation of the fighters marks the end of the longest and fiercest resistance of the war. So far, meanwhile, the united states Senate soon could give final approval to a massive forty billion dollar aid package to ukraine. After voting overwhelmingly yesterday to advance it out debate the eighty one to eleven votes sets up a final vote later this week. All know Votes came from republicans the package. ass, the house with a significant majority last week, but was stalled in the upper chamber after objections from senator ran Paul of kentucky senate minority leader mitch. Mcconnell pushed for the passage of the bill on sunday after meeting with ukrainian president lansky in keith accorded the new york times hours after that meeting

The cairo offered? A strong counter argument to republican isolation is to have questioned the? U s, sending another aid package to ukraine. This is not some handout. Mr Mcconnell declared and comments that just as easily could have endured lawmakers. He leads rights the times it is orton for the united states to help its important for the free world to help its important for the ukrainians to win, and hopefully not many members of my party will choose to politicize this issue a quote from Mitch. Mcconnell said Joe: that's a direct shot, of course from Mitch Mcconnell to ran Paul into many other members of his house constituency who say why are we sending all this money to ukraine when we got all these problems at home? The package is going to pass, but there is a group of republican hold out that Mcconnell was speaking to directly. Yesterday,

yeah. There certainly was, and obviously isolationism has been a growing trend in the republican party for some time. Donald trump, of course hated nato. He hated the that the united states would have to defend other countries if they were drawn into war that he tried to destroy nato. You had staff members chasing him around europe when he was going from meeting to meeting trying to get him to say that that he he actually would the united states would be there for other members of of nato. Eventually forcing to say something, but there's no doubt He was an isolationist. He pulled troops out of syria twenty five hundred troops is tragic. He always skeptical of expanding nato. And so at loose. Obviously Mitch Mcconnell comments very

important to rub the the republicans in the senate and the Republicans allows as well talking about the benefits of The united states port in ukraine, and I found it inching we're going to talk about does this russian television commentary and a little bit found. A very very interesting that, just as whether we were Putin's mouthpieces on russian television love, ox knows they love playing fox news clips all the time They also noted did it was rand Paul that way was doing russia's bidding. That was doing Vladimir Putin's bidding said well, we we can't count on him much longer there probably going to be able to roll have

Yeah I mean rand. Paul, as you know, is, is warning about the inflationary impact of this bill. It's just somebody who works for a financial newspaper is laughable. There is no empirical basis in that, but yeah they're paying very close attention in russia, so this lend lease bill because they know that forty billion dollars in ukrainian currency is a lot of weapons. A lot of support, a lot of sustenance for a country that is gaining in confidence, and that is preparing a major counter offensive in the east. To try and dislodge right. Some of russia's gains there, so forty billion dollars what we were beginning to talk real money here this this is an

ordinary act by the united states, it really is a retired. Russian colonel is giving an honest and damning assessment of russia's performance in ukraine appearing on state television. Yesterday, as part of the panel, russia's invasion of ukraine is not going the way the kremlin is, or training it. He also said the global isolation his country is facing as more daunting. Then russian leaders are letting on the colonel played president Vladimir Putin's threats against finland calling on the russian president to avoid quote sabre rattling over its abolition to join nato. He said it's such a poor tactic that it's almost quote amusing, that colonel also urged viewers to not accept the russian states narrative about the war

criticized: the logistical failures of the russian military on the ground and dismissed russian, claims of low morale in the ukrainian army. He said russians should not quote. Take information tranquilizers ed, lose. You know. That seems like perhaps somebody's point of view on russian state television and not something that came from above. That seems pretty damning toward vladimir putin The inner this guy's got standing right, he's not a piece, nobody manner this. I think it's just It's a sign that putin isn't controlling the narrative of home having its clear that the will cost is, is generally censored, its generally propaganda to spain. More frere in russia. But what most people see has been

gobbles ask in terms of the in the pipeline of lies about ukraine and abandoned this, did not suffocation campaign. So the fact that you got somebody disrespected any is in I've. I've asked about me is considered to be a pretty important, credible figure and say this is Think of measure of pollutants. Lack of of control over the narrative, even with all the propaganda he controls susan paid, what you're fine then it can. You believe this is where we are after two in three months of war that we're in a situation where ukraine is it getting some real money because they ve earned it because they have shown they can stay to the russians. Russia this being an effect criticized by respected, analysed on his own tv. Show Sweden and Finland are joining nato

I mean this is not the war that we expected to know now is not, and I I will say Joe was the the explanation for sweden and finland joining nato. Apparently, some needed I've been watching lots of different types of coverage last night and there were all these damning questions as to how in the world they could be allowed to join nato, because this, of course will create a bigger problem. I mean my guide guide. I now finland and sweden, and nato finland, with an eight hundred and sixty miles border the russia of finland, with a great military sweden with a great professional military, the coverage, the protection they cover for the all the states said that are on the front lines and have been fearing. Putin's wrath three years now,

Then, and again it is not only do they have an eight hundred sixty miles border. with russia. There also couple a hundred miles away from saint petersburg. Its its extraordinary and it is a defence of coalition. We ve it time and time again. It is always been a different, of coalition, but jane robinson, we find ourselves in a fascinating position right now. I it's just like that up. Add that a consultant to the chinese government place in the new york times on sunday several months ago. Right, It's all bill Clinton club, if you ve the turtle on top of events post. It didn't

it thereby accident, so you don't have people. Can I do with the chinese government riding up ads for that in the new york times? Saying? Don't worry, don't worry. We have a lot more interest with trade with the west and we do with russia we're not going to get involved in this war and that certainly that certainly weight was was a good guide for us. But here we have somebody users respected zen, says he is dead King Vladimir Putin sabre rattling towards family, saying it's embarrassing, it's a joke. When he's Talking about the morale the russians are being fed, lies suddenly and you- and I will remember this: its kind like all looking up at the a bureau during the may day, parades going, ok, wait. What are we seeing up there is somebody empower his. Somebody's not upon the stand when some like this happens on russian television. It doesn't happen by accident. This is

The young woman who held the sign up at the beginning of the war vis planned vis was staged ages personally, find it hard to believe that it was, while a mere proven that at the end signed off on their saying. Yes, say that my my ideas on finland are foolish. I don't think that's happening, something's happening out there, but is as I've would say we I don't know what it is, I'm aware of as this way, but we don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind's blowing in the wind. In this case it brought against Clinton. So here's my question about that is was this message primarily for the russian people was it's like you know, when the clock. I went to vietnam and came back and said you know we're losing the boar, and that was a huge moment. In terms of? U s poem

opinion on vietnam, Laos trusted in america and with the devil. it totally wrong that was it for the people was, is alternate woogie was this message for Vladimir Putin was this aid, which was a decision made that needed to hear this needed? truth spoken so that he could get out of you know whatever Would move whatever the losers z how's about how the boers going or was it a bit of bows and and then in the second thought I had just looking at the map, you look at the map after the beep. Sweden and Finland in nato and the baltic. He becomes a nato lake dedicated here, and I thank them

No no soviet leader would have its agents would have found it. Appalling a boy and and the idea that this is what we want. Couldn't has wrought that he has instead of this great victory he has created, geopolitical does astern form russia. I'd be clearer than what you see on the map. And in the final thing that he said that I thought was chilling? Had it been shilling to the russians watching again, if you and you put up the map watchword of the map for one second t J? The final word that he said was ways we have to face the fact we isolated. We alone in the world.

Came after he mocked vladimir putin for sabre rattling against finland. This understanding did all of this sabre rattling over the past several months, Isolated russia, to an extent that it It's never been. Been so isolated end. You know, I'd lose one. Other final tell that I felt was absolutely fascinating is where He talked about how the ukrainians morale was better because they add something they believed in, that they were fighting for their homeland and this is, of course, a regime that is denied there is such a thing. As a ukrainian state they are russians, they are part of greater russia and the fact that the russian people heard last night at the ukrainians were doing as well as they were doing, because We are fighting for their homeland. Also again, quite it's hell.

Remember these comments, which strike at the very heart of the entire basis for Putin's war come on that That puts in held a meeting with russia's allies Sokol that eyes five countries four stands and by russia, in which The lukashenko, the pudding ask so many me in minsk, was the only one to support what putin's doing in ukraine, the other for whose pakistan, kazakhstan, armenia and Kurdistan, the other four said not one word One of these days persons may put in meetings in support. what's happening, you create these proteins, if not puppets, allies from his near abroad. They don't behind him. Loose eugene robinson susan

age. Thank you all for being on this morning. It's good to have you thank you, and we just told you about sweden and finland moving to join nato, but a key member could stand in their way will tell you why turkey may block expansion plus white house, homeland security adviser joins us ahead of president Biden, trip to buffalo, we'll talk to him about the administrations. Efforts to crack down on domestic terrorism. Also ahead is a lawn musk. Trying to back out of his deal divide twitter, the new data he says he wants before he can take over morning job will be right back keep up

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