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tv   Chris Jansing Reports  MSNBC  June 13, 2024 11:00am-12:00pm PDT

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♪♪ good to be with you. i'm katy tur in for chris jansing. a lot is happening now. any minute president biden will speak at the g7 summit in italy sending vladimir putin a message that the west is still united. announcing a new deal to fund ukraine's defense. will that hold if president biden loses in november? donald trump is in washington making his first visit to capitol hill since the insurrection he inspired. what gop lawmakers are promising him today. and the supreme court
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protects access to mifepristone, at least for now. what the justices said to unanimously reject the effort to pull the abortion pill off the shelves. why the ruling itself leaves the door open to a future effort to further restrict access to abortion. let's begin with the high-stakes summit in italy where president biden faces the challenge of convinces g7 allies that the united states will stand with ukraine. president biden is expected to announce a new bilateral security agreement with ukraine. while the hope is that the pact will transcend political divisions, officials acknowledged it could be undone if donald trump wins re-election. all of this is happening at a perilous time in the war when russia has gained momentum on the battlefield.
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g7 leaders have agreed to give ukraine a $50 billion loan. that will be repaid using the interest from frozen russian assets. nbc's gabe gutierrez is reporting from italy and richard engel in eastern ukraine. gabe, walk us through what we expect today. >> reporter: that news conference is set to get started any minute now. as you were discussing, president biden with ukrainian president zelenskyy set to announce that bilateral security agreement. here's what it does, katy. the u.s. is trying to send a strong message to russia and saying for the next ten years it will provide military assistance to ukraine. that includes training and equipping soldiers. what it doesn't include is committing u.s. troops to go into ukrainian territory to defend it. that's not part of this deal. as you said, another big
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announcement that's under way here at the g7 is this money that will be loaned to ukraine. $50 billion. around the world right now there's about $300 billion in frozen russian assets. much of it is held in belgium. the interest of that money is expected over the next ten years to equal $50 billion. so the g7 leaders agreed to give that to ukraine upfront so it can help on the battlefield. there are many questions right now, katy. as you said, this agreement could be in jeopardy if president biden does not win re-election. that's not a treaty that needs to be ratified by congress. in theory it could be undone by the next administration. >> how do we expect the stage to go here, gabe? does the president have to sign an agreement with president zelenskyy before they talk to the press? if they do talk to the press, will they be taking questions? >> reporter: the stage has been
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set. we do expect ukrainian president zelenskyy to come with president biden here and the two leaders have spoken already earlier in the day. they're expected to sign this agreement and then take questions. just a few questions each leader. that's typically what happens. unclear how many questions president biden will take. we expect perhaps two for each leader. sometimes questions are shouted out. the white house is really trying to make a show of this in the sense that it wants to get that message across that russia should not expect to outlast the west. we expect this to get started any moment now. >> richard, give us what this means on the battlefield. >> reporter: this is very good news for ukraine. actually ukraine has had good news on many fronts recently. russia is in the midst of an offensive. russia was trying to take advantage of the delay in
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american support, the delay in funding because of the holdup in congress. russia was making gains, but now some of the american weapons are starting to arrive. the ukrainians are starting to shoot inside russian territory. both of those have slowed them down. it was only a couple months ago when the u.s. finally pledged about $60 billion and now another $50 billion pledged today. that money coming from the interest of seized russian money. a lot of this, as gabe was saying, is about future proofing the -- trying to future proof this conflict. trying to show ukrainians even if there's a change in administration, that the west is still with them, that the g7 nations and european democrats in general still stand with ukraine. this is very welcome news, especially that we're starting to see the tide changing on the battlefield. the russians were making advances, particularly in the
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east, but those advances over the last two weeks or so have started to slow. >> you're talking about good news right now. we have an american election in november. we have a french election calling up. macron calling for a snap election of the french parliament. there's an election in the uk also. how does ukraine feel now looking ahead to the near-term future? >> reporter: well, you're right to sound a note of caution, katy. this could be a peak moment. this could be as good as it gets with the money flowing from the united states, the weapons flowing, a commitment for ten years from the u.s. president. president biden gave a full-throated defense of democracy at the d-day anniversary. this could be a high-water mark. we'll see if the right continues to make gains in europe, that
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would be positive for vladimir putin. the right wing in europe is pro putin in general. if we see president trump come into power, it's possible he would tear up this agreement that is about to be announced. right at this moment, considering where things stand, it has been a very successful last several weeks for ukraine. i think a lot of this is about giving -- sending a message to vladimir putin certainly. sending a message to the ukrainian people. but also trying to give zelenskyy confidence before he goes into a summit this weekend about a possible peace deal. we talked a lot about defending ukraine over d-day and right now we'll hear a very passionate statement i expect from president biden and president zelenskyy in defense of defending this nation. but this weekend in switzerland president zelenskyy and allies are going to be talking about peace. what is required to have a peace
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deal with russia? is it possible? now president zelenskyy will be going into that conference with more money in his pockets and more weapons on the way. >> richard engel, thank you very much. gabe gutierrez, appreciate it. let's bring in michael mcfall, former ambassador to russia. part of this, ambassador, is to send a message to vladimir putin, that the west is still united. the west will still help ukraine. is vladimir putin hearing that message or is he sitting there and biding his time? >> i think both. i think this is a great meeting. you know, the autocrats are united. remember, the chinese, iranians, russians, north koreans, they're all helping russia. the g7, this is the leadership of the free world. they're doing some very important things. you mentioned big things about the $50 billion loan.
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they're using russian seized assets, the interests from that to provide this loan. that's a big thing. signing the security pact, that's a big thing. glad it's finally happening. dozens of other countries have done it. there's a third one you haven't talked about yet. the biden administration put in place some very important new sanctions yesterday. they'll probably talk about that again today, especially trying to limit technological transfers to russia's military industrial complex. that's all good news like you're talking about and at the same time i talk to ukrainians every day. the number one question from president zelenskyy on down is who will be the next president of the united states. they understand crystal clear that that will have a radical repercussion for the security of their country. >> talking about how russia has been reacting lately, obviously they're making gains on the battlefield. ukraine was stalled waiting for six months for the american congress to get it together
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before we sent another round of funding. now there's nuclear subs, warships, from russia in cuba passing right by a few miles off the coast of miami. what does that signal from vladimir putin and who is he sending that signal to? >> to you and me. he's trying to say, mr. president, you allowed the ukrainians to use american weapons to attack us inside russia, which by the way i think was the right decision. they have to be able to defend themselves from people attacking them from russia. this is saying we're coming to your neighborhood too. my reaction to that is exactly what president biden has done. don't overreact. they're not going to attack us with these subs, as some people have been describing in the press. oh, my gosh, it's a cuban missile crisis again. no, it is not. we need to be relaxed about this. it is signaling, but it's much
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to do about nothing. it's the right decision biden made before and he should stick to that decision. >> why is it much ado about nothing? feels a lot like the cold war. feels like the bay of pigs. we know how close we got to disaster with that. why are you so don't worry about it? >> depends how you think about it. back then they needed to put the nuclear weapons in to strike us within minutes. tragically today they can strike us within minutes because they have icbms. 1,550 weapons aimed at us now, nuclear weapons, from land and sea. they're not gaining a military advantage by having those ships there. that's the new reality we live in. it's called mutual assured destruction. it helps to keep the peace. this is not changing that. >> this ten-year deal which is to supply kiev with a wide range of military assistance.
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national security adviser jake sullivan saying this is something he hopes will be hard to unravel. donald trump can unravel this. if donald trump wins the election in november, ambassador, will he step away from ukraine? will he unravel a deal like this? >> yes. i mean i hate to -- i hope i'm wrong. if mr. trump is re-elected, i'll do everything i can to stop that as will members of the u.s. congress and senate. the signaling he's doing right now is that he doesn't care about ukraine. he thinks he can cut a deal with his buddy vladimir putin to end the war and the idea of committing for ten years to continue to provide them with military assistance is not something that either presidential candidate trump, nor his immediate circle on foreign policy, this is not something i think they will continue. >> ambassador michael mcfall, thank you. we're waiting for this news conference between volodymyr
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zelenskyy and president biden. it was supposed to start at 1:45. it's 2:13 and hasn't begun yet. once the news conference begins we'll go there. we are going to sneak in a quick 90-second break. when we come back, donald trump returns to capitol hill for the first time since january 6th. democrats were waiting for him with video of the insurrection, the riot he inspired playing on loop. we'll be right back. don't go anywhere. ♪ what a feeling! ♪ ♪ to have t-mobile now! ♪ [introspective music] recipes. recipes written by hand and lost to time. are now being analyzed and restored using the power of dell ai. ♪ you know what's brilliant? boring. think about it. boring is the unsung catalyst for bold.
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a meeting with republican senators in washington. it is his first trip back to capitol hill since he inspired an insurrection to overturn the 2020 election and keep him in office. just like back then, republican leaders, republican lawmakers, got right behind him and told them they're still with him. >> this was a great meeting. there's tremendous unity in the republican party. this is an outstanding group of people. i'm with them 1,000%. they're with me 1,000%. we agree on just about everything and if there isn't, we work it out. i've had a great relationship with just about everybody here, with everybody here, just about all the senators. if it wasn't fantastic, it gets worked out. we have one thing in mind and that's making our country great.
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>> while you might not be surprised that minority mitch mcconnell went to the meeting, senator mitt romney's attendance is raising eyebrows given his past criticism of donald trump. joining us now former ohio governor john kasich. what do you make of this? >> cheerleading. i understand this morning the republicans met in the capitol hill club, which is a republican hangout. they were enthusiastic and standing ovations and hooting and hollering. then he goes to meet with the senate where there's less of that, but still appears to be strong support. it was his effort to get up there and try to make some news and apparently he's going to go and visit with some ceos at the business round table and it's his tour designed to attract some publicity, to show some
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strength, show some unity. at the end of the day you have to wonder about the recent polls that show some slippage for him among independents and continued slippage among some republicans. for him to go up there was a smart thing to do. >> let's bring in jake sherman of punch bowl news. he has reporting on what happened inside the meeting. jake, what can you tell us? >> reporter: it was typical donald trump, katy. this was billed, as governor kasich said, a moment of unit and getting on the same page. that wasn't what it was about. it was a long ramble about things he likes and doesn't like and people he doesn't like. he talked about nancy pelosi's daughter allegedly telling him they would be good in a relationship, or a good match. one of pelosi's daughters said that was not true. he said, and we broke this, he
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doesn't like milwaukee. it's a horrible city he says. the campaign has pushed back on that. it's amazing to see, katy, all of the people in the room have a different explanation. either he said it, he didn't say it, he said it but meant this or that. he was talking about the park in milwaukee. katy, you and i have been through this. it's taking me back to 2020, 2019, 2018 and for you earlier than that in which people hear what they want from trump. it's. >> all: over the place. >> i found it interesting that senator murkowski said she feels like she's been throw back into his first administration where every day she was asked nonstop questions to react to whatever donald trump did or said that day. she said the same thing happened to her today. she didn't seem to like it very much. of course murkowski is one of the people that voted to convict him during the impeachment.
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how do republicans feel about the prospect of having to go through that all over again, jake? >> reporter: well, it's different in the house than the senate. in the house you have a bunch -- nearly everybody in the house is 100% for donald trump, at least publicly, and will defend and stand up for literally anything he says and does. he said milwaukee is a horrible city. everybody said he didn't say it. of course he did say it according to almost everybody in the room. in the senate there's a little more skepticism about donald trump, about his policy preferences and motivations and his position on tariffs or this or that or the other thing. i will say he made some points that a lot of republicans don't agree with. on abortion he said a couple minutes ago at the senate meeting he said abortions was the reason republicans lost seats in 2022. in the meeting with house members he said there should be
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exceptions for rape, incest and life of the mother which is not a position held by every republican in the house and senate. again, we're seeing this trump vortex, what happens when donald trump rolls into town and that's the undeniable reality that every republican every day will be held to account for what trump says because what he says is sometimes controversial and doesn't lineup with what the rest of the party says or believes. >> let's play what speaker johnson said about the potential second trump presidency. >> we need continuity in leadership. we have to have a plan and it has to be carefully executed. when he became president for the first time in 2017, i was a freshman in congress. a lot of people on capitol hill didn't expect that would be the
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eventuality. they didn't believe the republican party would have the white house, the senator and the house. we lost a few steps because the plan was not fully implemented. we're not going to make that mistake again. >> when republicans hear that, governor kasich, great, we'll get a lot done. when democrats hear that they say the republicans want to get an abortion ban. republicans want to institute donald trump's policy to evict the so-called deep staters from the government and install loyalists. they worry about that. they worry about what donald trump -- whether there will be any lines in a second donald trump administration. if there aren't any, how far might he go? democrats are concerned about destroying democracy. governor, what do you see -- what do you hear when you hear mike johnson say that? >> katy, i spoke to some people in the first trump administration and some who
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might be in a second trump administration, if there is one. number one, i don't think the republicans are going to hang on to the house. this whole idea that they'll have all the organs in government is not going to pan out to be the way they think it is. secondly, when i talk to people who have been inside the administration and those who could be in again, take, for example, the matter of tariffs. there's significant disagreement among his advisers. i actually have talked to some who have said if we were to raise these tariffs up really high, it would slow the economy down, could throw us into a recession. there's a long way from the rhetoric that we hear in a political campaign to what actually you do, actually the policies that come from that. the issue of tariffs, both sides are doubling down on tariffs. at the end of the day, if you boost them too high, you can throw the country into a recession. there will be people inside an
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administration who will try to hold the brakes on some of these things. how much influence they'll have or what it will be like, we don't know. if you were to look inside the policies that were laid out here -- i'm not talking about abortion or the life of the mother, rape, incest, that's where the country is. i'm talking about the economic policies, the tariff policies, the foreign policies, there's a long way to go to understand what their specifics are. again, there will be people in there who say no, no, no, we can't do that. there will be a tug of war. >> governor, jake, thank you very much. coming up what the supreme court said about the abortion pill today and why the ruling isn't making abortion advocates sleep any easier. any easier aaaaaaaahhhh kayak. search one and done. nothing dims my light like a migraine.
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the supreme court spoke in one voice today unanimously rejecting an attempt to take mifepristone off the shelves. it was the first decision from the court sense it overturned roe v. wade. the justices ruling that the group did not have legal standing to sue. here's what erin holly the attorney for the group told me after the justices appeared skeptical of her oral arguments. >> why can't your clients opt
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out of performing abortions like the justices suggested? >> one of the most shocking things we heard today was from the department of justice. they said that no one would be able to challenge fda's reckless removal of safeguards, even admitting if they were unlawful that wouldn't matter to doj because no one could challenge these provisions. that's not usually how the law works. >> we're following this story. they spoke in one voice today, but there are concerns about this ruling. >> reporter: yes, katy, there are concerns about the ruling. this ruling is the most significant to come since this supreme court overturned roe v. wade nearly two years ago. today the supreme court, as you said, said these doctors don't have standing, these anti-abortion groups don't have standings. there's an open door for patients who feel like they were
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harmed by the pill or doctors who feel like they were forced to prescribe the pill. there's an open door for this to happen. the politics of this are in that window. we're hearing from the white house and the biden administration. they said, today's decision does not change the fact that the right for reproductive freedoms continues, does not change the fact the supreme court overturned roe v. wade, does not change the fact that a woman trying to get the treatment she needs is imperil in many states. we heard from people who are anti-abortion, including former president donald trump. he's here in d.c. he's right across the street in the capitol meeting with house republicans. he this morning talked to republican house members about abortion. he said the gop needs to be a party of common sense. he said the republicans should not ignore this issue and acknowledge this issue that roe
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v. wade being overturned has cost republicans. we have seen republicans lose in 2022, not having a red wave. standing here outside the supreme court i heard after this ruling some chants of people saying the abortion pill kills. those were anti-abortion activists. we should note the fda and research they're citing in front of the supreme court says this abortion pill was safe, for women taking it it was very safe. they continue to believe that. it is in some ways a big decision here. one that says for now, underscoring for now, this pill and the access to it remains as is. that means women can get it up to ten weeks of pregnancy. they can get it through mail. there are a lot of democrats saying that could change if donald trump comes into office or if another group sues. katy? >> thank you standing for us outside the supreme court in what looks like a gorgeous day
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in washington, d.c. joining me now is dr. diane horvath, an ob/gyn. doctor, thank you for joining us. talk to me about how you and other doctors are seeing today's decision. >> i think we're relieved obviously, but i think this case is such a slap in the face to medical evidence. mifepristone is safe, effective. it's been supported by decades of high-quality research. this case should never have made it to the court. >> what would happen if there were another case that came that showed harm, showed standing? somebody, a doctor saying i was forced to use this against my will or a woman saying i used this and had a negative reaction, do you think that would open a door to all manner of lawsuits regarding other pills out there, somebody potentially having a negative side effect?
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>> again, this is such a safe medication and questions about safety and efficacy are dealt with in a regulatory environment and not in the court system. this case is one of many attempts by the anti-abortion folks to ban abortion entirely. this is not about patient safety. it's not about doctors being forced to do things they don't want to do. this is 100% part of this 50-year plus strategy to ban abortion completely. >> dr. diane horvath, thank you for joining us. still to come, the question that led to an unusual disruption during an interview with the former special prosecutor in donald trump's georgia case. >> keep rolling. but even after all this time your thyroid eye disease could still change.
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vice president kamala harris speaking on the supreme court's decision about mifepristone saying it's not a cause for celebration. let's listen. >> we are not going to change the fact that trump's allies have a plan that, if all else fails, to eliminate medication abortion through executive action. we must remain clear eyed about the threats to reproductive freedom in america and we must remain vigilant. with that, i welcome all of you. i am happy for us to get started. >> that cut unexpectedly.
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sorry. that was vice president kamala harris speaking in her ceremonial office ahead of a prescheduled meeting. saying the mifepristone decision is good news for now, but that the language in it talking about standing and not ruling on the pill itself and the efficacy and safety of the pill opens the door for another host of lawsuits to try to take it off the market. also for states to try to take it off the market and the lawsuits that would likely come from that. we're joined again from our reporter outside the supreme court. vice president kamala harris came out quickly on this. talk to me about her role in this campaign. >> reporter: vice president kamala harris has become the most prominent voice on the issue of abortion for the biden administration. she feels like this is in her wheelhouse. she was a prosecutor. she is a woman who feels strongly on this issue.
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it's no surprise in talking to her advisers today, i've been texting with people on the campaign side and her official office, they said she was going to be very forceful in talking about abortion, not just today, but using it as a talking point and talking about the idea if possibly former president donald trump were to come back in office or if republicans get enough votes in the house or senate they could ban abortion across the country and ban medication abortion across the country. the language she's using, saying this is safe for now. mifepristone is available for now is the language we'll see echoed by a number of democratic leaders. that's the point they'll be making as this presidential election comes near. yes, you should be happy the supreme court ruling went in this way, but don't be fooled by the idea that the abortion pill is safe. in fact, it could be challenged in other ways. the vice president wanting to make sure she was out front here and really previewing what we'll
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hear in the next few weeks and months to come. katy? >> thank you very much. nathan wade sat down for his latest tv interview since resigning from the fulton county district attorney. when the interviewer asked him about what forced his resignation, the timing of his relationship with d.a. fani willis, wade abruptly stopped the interview. >> just to clarify, when did the romantic relationship between the two of you start? >> yeah, so, you know, we get into -- there's been this effort to -- to say that, okay, these exact dates are -- are at issue and these exact dates are -- i'm getting -- i'm getting signalled here.
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>> you want to go off mic for a second? >> yes. >> keep rolling? >> keep rolling. don't stop. >> everything okay? >> yeah. >> just to revisit the question, it was to clarify when the romantic relationship started and when it ended? >> sure. you know, i believe that the
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public has, through the testimony and other interviews, the public has a clear snapshot that this is clearly just a distraction. it is not a relevant issue in this case and i think that we should be focusing on more of the facts and the indictment of the case. >> joining us now is criminal defense attorney danny is a va less. kaitlan collins made the point of why we're playing this. this is up for appeal. the relationship that they may or may not have had means whole case might be thrown out. >> the case is on appeal. the facts that come out of that interview would not make it before the appeals court, but it's not a good idea to go on air and talk about the issues currently pending. >> what's he doing doing interviews? >> the bigger question is you didn't think that question was going to be asked? you needed a break to talk to your team about that question?
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the question of when did your relationship begin? then your answer post huddle is the facts are clear. no, they're not clear. that's what's at issue. >> it reminded me of what he was like on the stand in the effort to get the whole thing thrown out, by bringing up the relationship. he was difficult to follow and cagey. even the judge said he wasn't believable. >> that's the other interesting thing about the motion filed by the prosecutors. issues of law are what are going on on appeal. issues of fact are set in stone at the trial court level. they make a good point there. the second point they make is the issues of fact that the judge found completely exonerated the d.a. and nathan wade. i don't think that's anything like what the trial judge found. in fact, the judge said the odor of mendacity lingered over this
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case. katy, i looked up the word mendacity. it's not good. that's the reason why you don't want -- >> give us the dictionary definition of mendacity. >> i looked it up. it's an odor of something bad. it's badness. it's general malaise. >> the reason why this is so serious -- i don't mean to make light of it. it is serious. the case fani willis brought against donald trump and his co-conspirators, said they were trying to overtake the election in georgia, trying to take away the legal votes of georgians, running in parallel to the jack smith case. if the defense wins this on appeal, it means that d.a. fani willis' office can't do anything with it. it has to go to a different
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d.a.'s office. then what might happen? >> you say it will go to another d.a.'s office. that's not certain. there's a committee that might decide. if you're an elected d.a. in georgia, is this a case you want to foist on to -- is it something you want to take on as a political liability? here's the thing though. the original motion itself was a long shot. it was an interesting legal theory, but even the defense attorneys were being candid and knew this was a hail mary. any appeal the odds are against them if they already lost at the trial court level. it's a long shot, but you're absolutely right. if the defense wins here, it could completely derail this case. it's already had the effect of delaying it. then, if former president donald trump becomes new president trump you get into a constitutional issue. what do you do when you have a
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pending state prosecution against a sitting president? these are all areas we've never been in before. delay is good for the defense. >> so many times we'll see it's unprecedented. the definition of mendacity is untruthfulness and lying. >> i said badness. >> malaise and bad. >> announcer: to use it in a sentence, he didn't really think she was my aunt, because children lie. still to come, one of the lawmakers trapped in the balcony of the chamber during the insurrection reacting to donald trump's return to capitol hill. congressman jason crow is my guest next. the many inherites you can discover with ancestry dna. get it for dad, and together you can see which traits were inherited, the places where they started,
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it's expected they'll sign a ten-year agreement to give security to ukraine, which is what they're doing right now. this is something the united states hopes lives past president biden's first term, potentially his second term. it's a ten-year deal to flood ukraine with funding. they're in a battle right now obviously with russia. russia has gained momentum in the last few months. president biden previously apologizing to president volodymyr zelenskyy for the six-month delay in the u.s. getting his country more aid as house republicans said they would not support it. the president of the united states and the president of ukraine will be speaking to reporters. let's us listen in. >> 25 additional countries joined us quickly. each agreeing to for range a
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long-term of commitments to ukraine. president zelenskyy signed that agreement between the united states and ukraine. our goal is to help ukraine with his defense for the long term. a lasting peace for ukraine must be underwritten by ukraine's own ability to defend itself now and to deter future aggression any time in the future. the united states is going to help ensure that ukraine can do both, not by sending american troops to fight in ukraine, but by providing weapons and ammunition, expanding intelligence sharing, continuing to train brave ukrainian troops at bases in europe and the united states, enhancing inoperability between our militaries in line with nato standards. investing in ukraine's industrial base so in time they can provide their own weapon and ammunitions. working with ukraine's partners
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to build a future that's strong, sustainable and resiresilient. supporting ukraine's economic recovery after russia has repeatedly targeted ukraine's energy grid with massive attacks in the futile attacks to break the will of the ukrainian people. all these lines are laid out in the agreement. the g7 achieved a significant outcome. on the matter of russia's frozen assets in europe and outside of russia, back invasion, members the g7 and the european un yohn worked together to freeze $280 billion in russian central bank funds outside of russia. i'm very pleased to share that this week, this week the g7 signed a plan to finalize and unlock $50 billion from the proceeds of those frozen assets. to put that money to work for
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ukraine and other reminder to mr. putin, we're not backing down. we're standing together against this illegal aggression. it also lays out our shared vision for a just peace. a peace rooted in the u.n. charter, and the principles of sovereignty, territorial integrity, a peace with a broad basis for around the world that holds russia accountable for the damage it has done in this war. we'll see this vision strongly affirmed at the historic peace conference happening in switzerland this weekend, with vice president harris will represent the united states. finally, this agreement accelerates ukraine's integration into the european and atlantic, transatlantic communities and includes major commitments from ukraine to impact -- to implement democratic, economic and security reforms in line with the european union's goals and nato's programs of reform. while we take this step, the
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united states is also intensifying pressure on russia. yesterday the u.s. treasury department made clear any bank, anywhere in the world, that deals with sanctioned russian banks, companies or individuals, risks being sanctioned themselves. and we announced roughly 300 new sanctions on individuals and companies that are helping russia's war effort. they include key parts of russia's financial sector. i'll wait until it goes over. as well as individual and enemies that supply russia with items critical to its defense production. like microelectronics, machine tools and industrial materials. we also -- we also sanctioned more russian future energy projects, russia's natural gas and oil projects that are under construction and are not yet fully operating. putin is counting on revenues from these projects, our
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sanctions will disrupt those plans. plus, at the g7 we discussed our shared concern about countries like china, for supplying russia with materials they need for their war machine. and we agreed to taking collective action to push back against that activity. let me close with this, we have taken three major steps at the g7 collectively show putin he cannot wait us out, he cannot divide us and we'll be with ukraine until they prevail in this war. first, a bilateral security agreement just signed. second, historic agreement to provide $50 billion in value from russian sovereign assets to ukraine. third, an agreement to ensure our sanctions efforts disrupt third countries supplying russia's war efforts. that will increase pressure on the russian economy. collectively, this is a powerful set of actions. and will create a stronger foundation for ukraine's success. 2 1/2 years ago, putin unleashed
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a brutal war on ukraine and it has been horrifying to deal for the ukrainian people, so brave and incredible. it also has been a test for the world. would we stand with ukraine? would we stand for sovereignty, freedom and against tyranny? countries around the world have consistently answered the question, yes, we will stand with ukraine. and thank you, and i now yield to my friend from ukraine. the president. >> thank you so much. mr. president biden, your president, dear journalists, dear ukrainians, dear americans, and thank you so much. thank you for invitation. dear friends, today is a truly historic day. and we have signed the strongest agreement within ukraine and u.s. since our independence.
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and this is an agreement on security and thus on the protection of human life. this is an agreement on cooperation and thus on how our nations will become stronger. this is an agreement on steps to guarantee sustainable peace and therefore it benefits everyone in the world because the russian war against ukraine is real, real global threat. i thank you very much, mr. president, for your leadership, which is reflected in particular in this agreement. and in your years of support for ukraine. i thank our teams, thank you very much for making sure that the details of the agreement are really good. and, of course, i want to thank every ukrainian soldier, all our
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people whose courage made this level of alliance between ukraine and the united states possible. and i am proud of our people and what ukraine can do and i'm very grateful to all americans, to everyone in america, who strengthens american leadership. so, under the agreement, it contains wording, detailed, legally binding part and this means that credibility of american support for our ukrainian independence. secondly, security commitments from the united states are based among other things on the sustainability of security and defense support, not only for the duration of the war, but also, also for the period of peace after the war. and we will definitely ensure
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peace. third, it clearly states that america supports ukraine's efforts to win this war. fourth, the agreement has good provisions on weapons for our defense, where as specifically on the supply of fighter squadrons to ukraine, included but not limited to f-16s. we have worked for a long time for this. the agreement is also very specific about supply of the necessary weapons, joint production, and strengthening of the defense industries of our countries through our cooperation. and this is something that will not only provide security. but also new, good jobs for ukrainians and americans. the agreement also outlines what is needed in terms of
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intelligence, information. the agreement contains key aspects of protecting the lives of our people. fifth, it is very important that agreement also addresses the issue of russia's just responsibility for this war. and its attempts to destroy ukrainians. america supports both, compensation for the damage caused by russian strikes and working out ways to ensure that frozen russian assets are used to protect and rebuild ukraine. the agreement also includes sanctions and expert controls that will make russia feel the pain for what it is doing, again, the freedom of peoples. and two more things. i'm grateful that the philosophy of our security agreement is, in fact, that philosophy of the
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alliance, and that is why the issue of nato is covered through the text of the agreement. it stated america supports ukraine's future, future membership in nato and recognizes that our security agreement is a breach to ukraine's membership in nato. it is very important for all ukrainians and for all europeans to know that there will be no security deficit in europe which tempts the aggressor to war and makes the future uncertain. now we are clearly defining everything. we will cooperate, cooperate for the sake of victory, make peace guarantees effective and provide the necessary security for our people. and thank you, mr. president, for your leadership in the g7's decision on $50 billion loan for
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ukraine, its vital step forward and providing sustainable support for ukraine in winning this war. russian assets should be used for defending lives of ukrainians from russian terror and for repaying the damage aggressor caused to ukraine. it is fair and absolutely right. mr. president, thank you, your team. i would also like to thank the united states congress for their support, both parties, both chambers. thank you, and thanks to every american heart that does not betray freedom and supports us. [ applause ] >> now what we'll do, we're going to take two questions from america reporters and two questions each from two america reporters and a question each from two uan

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