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everything from the border to ukraine. after roughly a month and a half in office. cnn senior white house reporter kevin liptak is joining us now. and, kevin, our eyes turn to tuesday. what should we expect from trump's address? >> yeah, this is. >> always kind of one of the. >> biggest high profile. >> moments for any president when he's in office. the dynamic. >> is a little. >> different for president trump. obviously, he's someone. >> who has kind of. >> dominated the. attention of the entire country since he's taken office. >> but it. does still, i think, present. >> an opportunity. >> for him to kind of bring together. everything that he's been doing. into one. kind of cogent presentation for the. >> american people. >> certainly, that's what a lot of republicans want him to do, particularly those who have been facing. some heat for their constituents over this kind of slash and burn approach that the president has taken to the federal government. they want to hear more of an explanation about what exactly he's doing in that area, foreign policy as well, trying to hear him articulate exactly what his goals will be going forward. the other audience that the

president will be speaking to are the people in the room, the actual lawmakers who are gearing up to take action on the president's agenda, whether it's slashing federal spending, rewriting tax policy, bolstering funding for immigration, all of these things that the president will want to talk about on tuesday night. when you talk to the president's advisers, they do say the thing that he wants to do is try and connect some of these actions that he's taken with everyday, ordinary people. talk about how these actions will help improve their everyday lives. of course, how trump's speeches are previewed versus how they ultimately materialize sometimes are very different things. and i was going back to watch some of these speeches that he delivered during his first term. it's kind of remarkable how they shifted over time. his first speech in 2017 was pretty by the book. it was pretty bipartisan, received generally well, well received by people. four years later, in 2020, it was a completely different affair. very

combative. of course. he had just been impeached. remember, that was the speech when nancy pelosi ripped up the text of the speech afterwards. it's almost hard to believe that was only five years ago. it feels like a million years. the entire political landscape has changed. republicans, particularly those aligned with donald trump, now have complete control over washington. so i think you can expect something of a valedictory atmosphere during tuesday's remarks. >> and, kevin, what are we learning about trump's job performance from these new cnn polls? >> yeah, and this will be an interesting backdrop to the speech we have seen in two key measures, the negatives outpacing the positives for the president. so on the job he is doing as president, 52% disapprove. that's compared to 48% who do approve. that's about the same as the poll we took back in february. and i should note it was conducted before that fracas in the oval office with president zelenskyy on

friday. the other key figure is asking about priorities and asking these respondents whether the president had the right priorities. 40% said yes, 52% said no. and what's interesting in there is that the doubts about the president's priorities include some of those who said that they approved of what he was doing in office, 12% of those who said that they approved of his performance did not necessarily think he had the right priorities. so this will be interesting to see how his speech affects all of this. i think it's interesting to look back in the polling, all four years of his speeches the first time around the state of the union speeches, the joint address to congress did not necessarily have a major effect on his approval rating. >> yeah. all right. kevin liptak at the white house, thank you for that. and joining us now is cnn political commentator sochi. sochi, hokosa and cnn senior political commentator scott jennings. good to see both of you on this sunday evening. scott, i want to start with you kind of where kevin left off there with some of this new

polling. and look, he's at 48%. that is, to be fair, higher than where he was in 2017 when he made his first address to a joint session of congress. but what i'm kind of struck by is he so many people are concerned about the economy. it was the leading issue that they thought he would bring down prices. cbs's new poll shows 66% of people don't think he's doing enough tgho lower prices. it wa similar in the cnn polling. how can he turn that around? >> well. >> number one. >> i think his job approval overall is actually pretty good. when you look at where joe biden left office and you look at where congressional democrats are and the quinnipiac survey last week, they were sitting at 21% approval. so as a matter of public opinion, donald trump is more popular than any democrat in the country right now. on his priorities, i do think he needs to focus in the speech on tuesday on exactly what his executive orders did on the economy and what he is doing with that congress on this reconciliation bill. you know, they have not really passed his one big, beautiful bill yet, which is going to contain all of

his legislative priorities from extending the tax cuts to major changes in our national energy policy, which i think is actually the fastest way he can bring down prices. so i am expecting, jessica, a big portion of this speech to be telling those republicans, you got to come with me and we've got to pass this agenda together. one other thing. immigration is going quite well for donald trump. his taking office has effectively closed the border. i would also expect on tuesday to him focus on that major success. i mean, we're having barely any border encounters at all now because people are not coming here because we have a new president who is quite serious about eliminating illegal immigration. but yes, tuesday night, a lot of economy talk, maybe a lot of talk about what kind of shape the economy was in when he took over. and, you know, he has only been, you know, a few weeks since he took office. so maybe asking for a little dispensation for the american people to unravel a mess that joe biden left behind. >> and so she i just want to get your thoughts on that as well. from a democratic perspective. >> absolutely. and i disagree. with scott. there is normally a

honeymoon period for presidents, and we are in the first 100 days of donald trump's presidency. and americans already do not believe that he has the right priorities. and so i agree with scott that i think americans do want to hear about the economy. what is he going to do to lower costs? he promised that he would lower costs. he promised that he would lower interest rates. he promised that he would end the war in ukraine. he made all of these promises and hasn't delivered. and so what democrats should be doing is they should be focusing on those things, the things that americans care about. republicans are not addressing those issues with the american people. so the democrats should be talking to the american voter about how donald trump has not delivered on these key issues. and instead, we are heading towards a potential government shutdown that will only hurt the american people. >> it's amazing to me, by the way, we're having this debate because joe biden was president for four years and ran the country off into the ditch, and that's why kamala harris lost the election. and now donald

trump has been president for about five minutes. and democrats are like, well, my gosh, why isn't somebody fixing all the problems we caused? i just don't think voters are that silly, really. i mean, i think they take a longer view of this. his report card will ultimately come in the midterms, which isn't until next year. until then, he's got to get the republicans in congress to come along with him on this reconciliation plan, on extending and making permanent the tax cuts. and then the american people are going to give it a chance to work. but the guy took office in january, and he's trying to unravel a mess that took was four years in the making. i think he's got a little more leash than maybe you're giving him credit for. >> i hear you on the on the on the six weeks in office, but sochi go ahead. because i do think the big question here is how long will people give him. >> well listen, he was our this is the second time he's been president. he ran our country into a hole the last time that he was president. and democrats had to pick everything up. they lost. republicans lost everything before the 2020 election and in the 2020 election. and so i think that

donald trump needs to be very careful. he needs to learn from the last time that he was in office. and when republicans controlled everything because they were not paying attention to what voters wanted, and they ended up losing everything. so i actually don't think he has a major grace period. people are hurting around the country, and they currently see that he is more concerned about having elon musk in the white house cutting veterans jobs. and, you know, moms and dads and single parents who work in the federal government are losing their jobs versus bringing the costs down for the american people. and that's what he should be focused on. >> scott, i do want to ask you about some of these clips that we're seeing when lawmakers are going back to their districts, to their home states, and we are seeing it across the board in red states and blue states. and look, we've heard the the claims that these are hired actors, that these are democrats that are coming in. but, but, but these lawmakers have acknowledged in some cases these are their constituents. and, you

know, we just had this last one with roger marshall in kansas. how seriously do you think they need to be taking this outcry? >> nobody loves going to a republican town hall meeting like crazed liberal democrat activists. i have no doubt they are. their constituents. but these people, but these people. but these people are. but these people are. they hated donald trump before. they hate donald trump today, and they're professional complainers when it comes to republicans. look, they i guess you could take any of these conversations seriously. and the way to handle it is to stand up there and calmly and clearly explain that we've inherited a mess. the american people have entrusted the republican party to get us out of the mess. it's going to take a lot of work to get us out of the mess. and here's what we're doing to do that. we're going to fix immigration. it's already happening. we're going to unleash american energy that's going to be part of the reconciliation bill. you know, we're going to have more or less chaos in the world. and that's what donald trump is trying to do by negotiating an end to the war in ukraine and get the middle east under control. i mean, the republican priorities are not complicated, and they're very clear. but let me just tell you, having been to

many of these town hall meetings over a 25 year career in politics, a lot of the people that show up at these things are there because they're committed partisan activists, not because they wandered in, because they had some concern. i don't doubt that they are actual constituents. but if you think somebody that showed up with a hand-painted sign at a town hall meeting came in undecided, i got news for you. it just doesn't work that way. >> so i'm going to let you have. we're running out of time. so i want you to respond to that. >> well, i think that if republicans would like to ignore the warning signs from the town halls or from the polls or what, you know, members of congress, republican members of congress are hearing at, you know, from their constituents, then go ahead and ignore those warning signs. the reality is, is that when it comes to the midterm elections, i do think that the american people will make their voices heard and they will elect democrats in many of these frontline districts, because

they're not seeing the prices, you know, of eggs, the inflation, other things go down and they're not seeing trump care about them and make policies and put policies in place that help them so they can ignore all of the warning signs, all they want, but it will end up hurting them in the long run. >> all right, scott and sochi, my thanks to both of you for joining us on this sunday evening. thanks so much. thank you. still ahead, what's next for ukraine as president trump pivots away from defending ukraine and bringing in a seismic shift to america's place in the world, a shift the kremlin describes as something that largely coincides with moscow's vision as it looks forward to friendlier relations with washington. >> twitter. that's a great name. >> we invented. >> a whole new thing. >> no one could possibly have understood where it was going. >> twitter breaking the bird premieres. next sunday at ten on cnn. i brought in ensure. >> max protein. >> with 30g.

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extraordinary meeting in the oval office on friday, he gave a wide ranging press conference, his first public remarks, really addressing what happened in the white house on friday when he met president trump and vice president jd vance. at first, he was asked if he thought he could salvage the relationship with the united states. here's what he said. >> as regards salvaging. the relationship. >> that you asked about, i think that our. relationship will continue because this is. more. than relationships. >> in one moment, we need to. >> be open. >> ukraine is not the largest country in the world. however, everyone. can see how ukraine is fighting. >> for its. >> independence and freedom. and we are. >> grateful to. >> the people of the united states. >> he was then asked to react to some of the suggestions from trump's inner circle that perhaps he needs to step aside if he can't fix his relationship with the u.s. president. here's

how he tackled the question of his resignation. >> if i am to be changed and i'll hear, how can i put it? uh, with what's happening with the with the support to to change me, it will not be easy because it is not enough to simply hold elections. uh, you would need to prevent me from participating in the elections, and it will be a bit more difficult. so i will have to negotiate with me. and i said that i'm exchanging it for nato membership. and then it means that i fulfilled my mission. >> he also said he was willing to sign the rare earth minerals deal, even though we've heard from u.s. treasury secretary scott bessent that it is at present not on the table. and also to he struck a tone which was frankly conciliatory for

most of it. asked though directly by a reporter if he would apologize to president trump, he didn't take that opportunity and instead gave an answer about ukraine's dead and its suffering, and how, in response to suggestions he doesn't want peace, he said he would love the war to stop not just today, but have never have started in the first place. i paraphrase his words there, but as he gave that press conference, two details emerged of some of the technical aspects of what potentially these european powers have been discussing when it comes to a peace plan that they may eventually present to the white house at some point. french president emmanuel macron telling the figaro newspaper that he is contemplating presenting a month long partial ceasefire, what he described as an the air in the sea and against tax on energy infrastructure, both sides hitting their energy grids really hard over the past months, that potentially a confidence building measure that macron suggested could maybe be monitored more easily than a widespread truce across all of the front lines. macron also said he'd spoken to trump since the incident in the oval office. and indeed, uk prime minister keir starmer said he's spoken

to trump twice. so clearly the europeans relaying their thoughts to the white house, clearly a big gulf still between zelenskyy and trump that needs to be healed. and many questions about zelenskyy's future stemming from that. but the europeans trying to step up to the plate urgently here in this very unknown territory, nick paton walsh cnn kyiv, ukraine. >> nic, thank you for that. and joining us now is an expert on russia, dmitri alperovitch. he's the chairman of silverado policy accelerator and the author of the book world on the brink how america can beat china in the race for the 21st century. dmitri, thank you so much for being here with us tonight. president zelenskyy said in the last hour that ukraine's relationship with the u.s. will continue, that he hopes to sign that minerals deal. i want to play a clip, though, from the treasury secretary, scott bessent, who was at that oval office meeting when he was asked about that earlier today. >> i don't know what president zelenskyy was thinking. we had president of france emmanuel macron in on monday. great

meeting. we had prime minister keir starmer on thursday. fantastic meeting. they were all on board the ark of the peace agreement. all president zelenskyy had to do was come in and sign this economic agreement and again, show no daylight, no daylight between ukrainian people and the american people. and he chose to blow that up. >> so the deal is no longer on the table. >> just to. >> be abundantly. >> clear, not at present. >> so, dimitri, how does zelenskyy salvage this relationship? where do we go from here? >> well, i'm not sure it is salvageable, but i actually don't know that it needs to be salvaged for ukraine to continue in this fight. this is not very clear that donald trump is not interested in supporting ukraine, is not interested in giving aid to ukraine, is not interested providing security guarantees to ukraine. he has made that very clear over the course of the campaign. of course, even before he went into office, it's now perfectly clear, i think, to almost everyone that that is his position. so it's really up to the europeans now to step up and

realize that if ukraine is going to keep on fighting russia, if it's going to have any chance of having a durable peace that is secured against a future russian invasion, it needs to be accomplished with european support. >> and you mentioned the europeans were watching video from the summit earlier today. i'm curious about your view on what if on this realignment, on this fact that all these western democratic leaders are there together? the u.s. is not present there or being represented represented? do you think that realignment is temporary in this particular case? do you think that is indicative of a more permanent realignment that we might see? >> well, it's hard to predict the future, but look, i am fairly certain that the white house doesn't actually mind this. they've been very open that they want the europeans to take care of the security on their continent. they want the europeans to handle this ukraine conflict. so the fact that they're getting together and trying to amp up aid to ukraine,

spend their own money, i think would be welcome news to donald trump. so, uh, you know, whether it becomes permanent or not is going to be up to him, whether he wants to reengage with europe at some point in the future. i think that probably will be welcomed, because the europeans still hold out hope that the americans will participate in some form or fashion, uh, in this, in this project. but it's really up to the white house to decide that. >> and this summit was focused on, on several goals, one of which was the guaranteed security for ukraine. what types of security guarantees do you think need to be in place if ukraine is to see security lasting peace with russia? >> jessica, this is the most interesting aspect of this because it feels like we're looking through the looking glass and have been for the last three years, since the beginning of this war, because the reality is that there are no security guarantees that anyone in the west is willing to provide to ukraine that are worth anything in terms of deterring this invasion from russia. donald trump is not willing to provide them. joe biden wasn't going to

provide them, and the europeans aren't willing to provide them in terms of putting troops on the ground that are combat troops willing to fight. russia. should russia attempt to invade again, no one is willing to do that. i don't think anyone is willing to do that now. i don't think they'll be willing to do that in the future. so the only way that ukraine can get a just peace is by winning this conflict and making sure that russia never again wants to try to invade it. >> and of course, nothing happens in a vacuum. china is watching all of this unfold quite closely. what do you think they're making of this? >> well, i think they're loving the fact that there's a rift between these countries and nato, between the united states and other members of nato. certainly in europe. they see an opportunity to interject and to try to improve their relationship, particularly with europeans. i was at the munich security conference a couple of weeks ago with the chinese. the foreign minister was jumping in at the chance to to try to improve their relationship. i was also in taiwan just last week meeting with their leadership, and i can tell you

that they're also very nervous about the increasing, um, exercises, military exercises that the chinese are conducting, uh, around their borders, around their seas. and they're very worried about whether america would come to their aid. >> um, and so knowing all of that, going back to, to russia and ukraine, um, how how does russia come out of all of this? and how concerned do you think, uh, the world should be for an emboldened putin, if that is the outcome of this? >> well, certainly, if russia is able to win this conflict now, they can't militarily occupy all of ukraine. they don't have the offensive capacity for that. they can't even take the small towns like pokrovsk and toretsk in eastern ukraine, even though they've been trying to take it for months. uh, but if they can get a peace deal done, that not only gives them more territory because they're not just demanding the territory they've already captured, they want, uh, all the four regions that they've annexed, even those that are currently occupied by

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>> but what you're doing right now, like the government. >> is doing right. >> now, as far. >> as. >> cutting out those jobs, a huge. >> percentage of those people. >> and i don't know. >> who you care about. the veterans. >> the veterans. yes. >> and that is a shame. >> yes, yes. >> that is. >> a. >> i'm not a democrat. >> but i'm worried about. >> the veterans., man. >> yes, sir. thank you. all right. well. >> i yield it to. >> one of my. >> my elders, and i appreciate his comments. >> um, i think it's a great. >> i'm not going to. we don't have time for everyone to stand up. i do got two more commitments today. i appreciate everybody making the drive out. and god bless america. >> thank you. thank you. now you're not done. >> we're not. >> out yet. >> you. >> say we're going to take pictures with. >> you. >> buddy. right. going to vote

you out. >> so as you heard and saw there, there was an abrupt end to that town hall. we heard some people yelling, we're going to vote you out. i do want to bring in someone who was there who filmed that moment you just saw. this is kansas resident colin mcroberts, who is joining us. colin, thanks for being here. >> thank you very much for having me. it's a pleasure. >> yeah. so we watched that. a spokesperson for senator marshall's office said it was democratic operatives who sabotaged that town hall. are you a democratic operative? were there democratic operatives there? >> i am. >> not a. >> democratic operative. i do not believe any democratic operatives were there. frankly, i paid out of my own pocket to be there. i had to drive for hours because he won't come to our part of the state and stay overnight in a lovely little motel in oakley at my own expense, because it was the only way to see the senator. i don't think any operatives were there anybody from the democratic party and the people i talked to afterwards were mostly republicans and locals. one woman was a farmer and the seed business, and she was very unhappy with the way the town

hall had gone because she had questions he wouldn't answer. and so while a lot of people drove in from the rest of the state, i don't think anybody came from the party or some conspiracy theory. >> are you a democrat? >> i am a >> very small town and far away

from population centers. so a lot of people made the effort to drive them. >> he immediately, within a few minutes of starting, told us that he was maybe going to leave if people were asking questions openly, he only wanted to read prescreened questions in writing. >> oh, interesting. and so that. and then, as we saw from this gentleman who asked about the veterans, that was obviously not a question in writing. were you able to talk to that man that asked the question? >> i was not, and frankly, it's hard to imagine anybody less like a democratic party operative than that old man. forgive me, gentleman who was extremely charismatic and very outspoken and just cared. and the same with the person right behind me who spoke up and said, i'm not a democrat, but i care about the veterans. these people had something to say, and the only way they could be heard was to raise their voice in the town hall. >> and so was that. would you say that issue was the veterans issue? being concerned about the impact on veterans? was that brought up multiple times, or was this the first time that he'd been asked a question

about that? >> it was brought up several times, but it was primarily in the context of the doge firings and the chaos and how that's affecting everything else. and so questions about usaid had come up. first. some of the questions had come up first, and the senator started by talking about ukraine. and i think that kind of soured the audience, because some of what he said just was not credible. >> mhm. and so what was his answer? we didn't get to see an answer at that point because he, he left. what were his previous answers when people were expressing concern over how these cuts might impact veterans. >> his answer to the cuts generally was that he thought that everybody wanted to cut waste, fraud and abuse, which seemed to be a phrase that he had practiced, and he did not speak to how random firings really have anything to do with waste, fraud or abuse. and that really seemed to make the crowd unhappy. and i think the campaign and the senator's office have tried to make this sound like the town hall was extremely aggressive and extremely outspoken. and i want to emphasize this was not an aggressive or unfriendly

audience beyond what you would expect at any politician's town hall. people raised their voice to ask questions because there was no other way to have those questions heard, but nobody was shouting the senator down. nobody was shouting each other down. it was a moderately boisterous room. >> mhm. all right. colin mcroberts, thanks for that color. we really appreciate it and we appreciate your time. >> thank you so much. >> it is typically a night to celebrate the silver screen in hollywood. but the destructive wildfires in los angeles and the controversy surrounding the film that has the most nominations are sure to give the oscars a little bit of a different tone. this year, we're going to have a live report from the red carpet straight ahead. >> when it comes to rooting out corruption. do the fbi's ends justify the means? >> it was humiliating. it's an embarrassment for the country. >> united states of scandal with jake tapper next sunday at nine on c. >> an msc cruise isn't just a vacation, it's a holiday full of

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>> you know, the mood is very upbeat. you just brought up the wildfires in los angeles, and firefighters did walk the red carpet and they got a huge round of applause just from everyone that was here on the red carpet. now, samuel l jackson just walked behind me. andrew garfield. i mean, the stars are here. jessica, in the mood, is very upbeat. everybody is excited to celebrate cinema. and i have to tell you, there are going to be a lot of surprises tonight because some years in oscars, you kind of know what's going to win. this year, no pundit is predicting the same thing. so when it comes to best actor and best actress and also best picture, it's really a toss up for who can win. now, another category that is going to be interesting to keep an eye on is the documentary category. one of the documentaries nominated is called porcelain war. it's about the war in ukraine and it's actually the frontrunner in that category. just a few moments ago, i got a chance to speak with the filmmakers specifically

about what transpired last week in the oval office. how does your country feel after what happened with president zelenskyy and president trump last week? >> i am not ready to talk about this. not yet, but we are here to share about our movie, and i hope our message is important for everyone. >> the pressure is enormous because this war is the largest conflict in europe since world war two. it is. >> and tell me about about frodo. >> he's a very brave guy. he is brave. and the he is patient in journey. and he really loves people. he's very ukrainian dog. i hope he represents every of ukrainian pet. >> so ending there with a message of hope and frodo. he was on the front lines. he is a big part in the documentary. and

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candidates, which includes sitting mayor eric adams, who of course, is facing corruption allegations. gloria pazmino is joining us now with more. gloria, look, if he wins, this would be quite a comeback. but again, first time we're seeing him out on the campaign trail since he made this announcement. >> yeah. and it was a very controlled event, jessica. you know, they really did put a lot of effort into making sure that the press was kept at a distance. we tried to ask a several questions. we tried to get close, but we couldn't. he did make a campaign speech today announcing this run, specifically focusing on issues of public safety, quality of life, transportation, the state of the subway system. much of what we saw in the campaign video that he rolled out yesterday. you saw there on stage his three daughters who introduced him. and this event was held at a union hall, the union hall for the carpenters union here in new york city. so something that cuomo has done in the past, which is to use the power of the city's labor unions

to support his candidacy. now, there was a lot of support in that room for the former governor. but we'll see what happens. it's going to be very interesting from now until june, which is when the democratic primary is going to be held. just how the cuomo record will be scrutinized, not just by us members of the press, but also by people who are running against him. i want you to take a listen just a little bit to the focus that this speech had today. take a listen. >> we need more police in our subways, more police in our high crime areas, more police to stop the number of. recidivists because nothing works pe don't feel safe. and public safety is still job one. >> so this is a message that has worked in the past. we saw it be very effective when eric adams first ran for mayor, and the issue and the focus of quality of life and safety here in new

york city remains a very significant thing that voters here in new york say they are worried about. now, one thing that cuomo has is near universal name recognition. so that is certainly going to help him. but because he has name recognition, those who oppose him also say they remember his record and they remember it well. and they're going to keep reminding new yorkers over the next several months about what he did while he was in office. take a listen to ana maria archila. she is with the new york working families party and held an event outside of cuomo's campaign event today to protest his entry into the race. take a listen. we remember. andrew cuomo's records and we. >> refuse to accept his rewriting of history. we refuse to accept this collective amnesia of the political class, and we are here to say hell no

to andrew cuomo. a lot of the crisis that we are facing is a crisis that he helped create. and in his video yesterday, he talked about this crisis as if he had had no hand in it. he maybe wants to rewrite history. i'm sure he needs it for himself, for his own soul. but we are not stupid. we remember. >> jessica. the other major factor in this is, of course, eric adams. his campaign has yet to respond to the former governor's announcement, but we've heard mayor adams say before that he welcomes anybody else who might want to get into this race. he expects to run for reelection as a democrat, even as the federal case continues to hang in the balance and remains unresolved, at least for now. jessica. >> gloria pazmino with the latest. thank you very much. still ahead, how european leaders are uniting to take control of ukraine. talks away from the u.s. and provide a united front against russia, in a move that one prime minister called a crossroads in history.

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