>> the un security council is set to vote on resolution that would condemn russia's invasion of ukraine and demand withdrawal of all russian troops. the meeting is scheduled for 3:00 p.m. eastern. we will take you to that live when it gets underway. a reminder you can watch live online at c-span.org and we have full coverage on our free mobile video app. until then, a portion of this morning's washington journal. a very good friday morning to you. sometimes it is best to let the headlines lead the way. here is the banner headline across "the new york times," "were in ukraine. -- war in ukraine." this is the front page of "usa

today," "putin's war sets the world on edge." one more from "the op-ed pages -- the op-ed pages of "the washington post," "the assault on ukraine will shape a new world order." we are talking about it and hearing from you about it. here is more from president biden yesterday on the stepped-up sanctions package he announced. [video clip] >> i have been transparent with the world, we share declassified evidence about russia's plans and cyber attacks so they could be no confusion or cover-up about what putin was doing. putin is the aggressor. putin chose this war. now, he and his country will bear the consequences. today, i am authorizing additional strong sanctions and new limitations on what can be exported to russia.

this is going to impose severe cost on the russian economy both immediately and over time. we have purposely designed these sanctions to maximize a long-term impact on russia and minimize the impact of the united states and our allies. i want to be clear, the united states is not doing this alone. for months, we have been building a coalition of partners, representing well more than half the global economy. 27 members of the european union, including france, germany, italy as well as the united kingdom, canada, japan, australia, new zealand and many others to amplify the joint impact of our response. i just spoke with the g7 leaders this morning and we are in full and total agreement, we will limit russia's ability to do business in dollars, euros, pounds and yen, to be part of a global economy. we will limit their ability to do that. we are going to stop the ability

to finance and grow the russian military. we are going to impose major and impair their ability to compete in high-tech 21st century economies. we have already seen the impacts of our actions on russia's currency in the ruble, which earlier today, hit its weakest level ever in history. the russia stock market plunged today. the russian government spiked by over 22%. we have now sanctioned russian banks that together hold around $1 trillion in assets. host: that was president biden yesterday from the white house. we are going to be talking more about the sanctions package during our program today. a note on what we know about the president and vice president's schedule today. kamala harris is set to meet with the bucharest 9, that group of eastern flank nato alliance numbers.

that expected to happen within the next hour or so. president biden expected to meet with fellow heads of state at 9:00 a.m. eastern. also expecting a briefing today from white house press secretary jen psaki in the early afternoon. this from punch bowl news today on a different topic. president biden has decided on his nominee for the supreme court to replace stephen breyer, according to a source familiar with the situation. cnn first reported that yesterday. the white house wants to announce that nominee today, but punch bowl noting it would hold off. biden has interviewed jackson, childs, and krueger. biden has promised to nominate the first black women to sit on the supreme court.

that news may be coming today as well. we are talking about the russian invasion of ukraine throughout the morning on the washing -- on "washington journal." we mostly just want to hear you and your reaction. one line for republicans, one for democrats and one for independents. we will take a look for your social media posts as well. marvin is up first out of philly. democrat, good morning. caller: i think biden is doing the smart thing with the sanctions. i think the sanctions will get a lot harder. if all of the countries from nato stand together, i think we make a stop. if we allow him to do this, i think we bring back the goal to take over. host: one take on the sanctions this morning.

one posted saying no country has been hit with such international sanctions. "these sanctions are truly economic warfare in response to a military invasion." this is from john smith, he says "these are the most powerful since the cold war era." caller: i have been trying to follow this and have been listening to the various stations. you have former ambassadors and former military people. the feeling i get is that putin, at this point, does not care about sanctions. i think the general consensus i am getting is if you are going to go with sanctions, go all out. take the gloves off, go 100%. whatever you have left, go.

one point was made this morning that no matter what, people are going to purchase oil and gas from russia. that might be one of the sources of income. i think one of our aces in the hole here in this country's energy. i think the president has got to give the petroleum industry the green light and get away from the war on fossil fuels, which the left is really trying to push. this moment in time, i think is so important when it comes to energy. if we can get close to being energy independent, we are able to help maybe some other european countries that do need gas and oil. i think this will probably help a little bit with the economy because if we don't, we will go down the black hole as far as

the economy is concerned. you are going to see the price of oil go up to $120, one hundred $40 -- $140 a barrel. already in california, it is five dollars or six dollars a barrel. we don't increase our production in this country. i might be wrong, but we are talking seven dollars or eight dollars a gallon. host: on the energy front, a few more of the headlines. this is the business section of "than your times," "-- "the new york times." here is more from president biden yesterday on the steps his administration is taking to regulate oil and the energy crisis. [video clip] >> as we respond, my administration is using every tool at its disposal to protect the american family and businesses from rising gas prices. we are taking active steps to

bring down the cost in american -- and american gas and oil companies should not exploit this moment to hike their prices to raise profits. in our sanctions package, we specifically designed to allow energy payments to continue. we are closely monitoring energy supplies for any disruption. we have been coordinating with major oil producing and consuming countries toward our common interest to secure global energy supplies. we are actively working with countries around the world to elevate collective release from the strategic petroleum reserves of major energy consuming countries. the united states will release additional barrels of oil as conditions warrant. i know this is hard, and that americans are already hurting. i will do everything in my power to limit the pain the american people are feeling the gas pump. this is critical to me. but this aggression cannot go unanswered. if it did, the consequences for

america would be much worse. america stands up to bullies. we stand up for freedom. this is who we are. host: president biden in that address from the white house yesterday. ken in granite city, illinois. you are next. caller: how are you doing? my -- i have so much to say that i would be on for an hour. basically, i think what we need to think about is that we are now in a cold war. it is cold because we are not shooting at anybody, but we are in a cold war struggle with russia. when i say we, i mean the democratic countries of the world. the democracies. we are all in a battle now with russia. and of course, good old china is on russia's side and iran is on

russia's side. will this hurt eventually the american people? are they going to have to pay a price? i have in a drawer here at home some ration coupons from world war ii for sugar and for tires for the car. that is the kind of sacrifice that we made fighting the two enemies we had then. democracies worldwide have some enemies, and it is russia and china. host: that is ken in granite city, illinois. here is one of the illustrations on the op-ed page of "washington journal" today, it is an american eagle facing off against a russian bear. ukraine being one of the ponds

on the board -- pawns on the board at a chinese dragon watching what is happening. caller: good morning. i would like to say that this has gotten out of hand and i think we should bomb russia. that is all i have to say. host: rebecca, california. independent. good morning. caller: good morning, everybody. i think we need to send in the navy seal team six. why don't we do to putin what we did to bin laden, because he has never really crossed the line. i agree with what a man said previously, he does not care about sanctions. what he pairs -- cares about his land. why don't we start taking land away from him starting with the land over by alaska? drastic times, drastic measures. i think we need to treat him like a true terrorist. host: rebecca in california.

sheila in oklahoma. republican, good morning. caller: good morning and thank you for taking my call. this has been very interesting discussion from hearing what everybody is saying. i think the sanctions he propose our week. they are not going to do -- are weak. they are not going to do anything to deter russia. he did not shut down oil. he shut down the keystone pipeline for us to get oil. we cannot even export oil to europe because we were independent before he came into office. now, we have to import oil. i did not realize, sir, that we were importing oil from russia. because of paying money, we are helping russia come against ukraine. host: that pipeline you referred to, the nord stream 2 pipeline,

germany announcing earlier this week, even before the larger invasion of ukraine, that they would not be certifying that pipeline, effectively shutting it down. that being seen as one of the harshest sanctions even ahead of the package announced yesterday. you said it is weak. what at this point would be stronger? are you talking you would want a military option because president biden indicated again yesterday that is off the table. caller: i don't want military. i think we ought to have more by the sides. i think it has been weak. president biden knew a long time ago the invasion is going to happen, so he waited so we are going from behind. i just think this president, and administration, they don't plan very good. just like afghanistan. i think our allies are weak.

i don't think they are working together with him. that is just my opinion. i really feel like, sir, that probably we are going to have terrorist attacks over here because he is weak, the democratic party is weak. they have to come up with something different. host: don, golden valley, arizona. good morning. caller: i think putin and his cronies, they can go lay on some yacht somewhere and enjoy all that money and stuff that they have stashed away in western banks. i think they need to go after his assets and his friends assets because these sanctions are not hurting nobody except people in this country and the free world and they are hurting the russian people. he can ride them out. that is my opinion.

i expressed that view to my senators sinema and kelly this morning. i had to leave a message, but at least he could get the idea. thanks. host: don in arizona. one sanctioned move that is still on the table, some are pushing for, is shutting russia out of the global financial system known as the swift system. "the wall street journal" with a breakdown of what that is, the society for tilt munication support swift is the financial messaging infrastructure that links banks, the belgian-based system is run by member banks and runs millions of instructions across more than 200 countries and territories and more than 11,000 financial institutions. iran and north korea are cut off from it. cross-border financing is

critical to every part of the world. disconnecting a country from swift could hit all of that. asking the question of why there has been reticence so far of a cut off because of the economic blowback is the region, not just in europe, which relies heavily on russia's natural gas exports, but also the rest of the world. former u.s. officials say the move could severely hurt russia's economy and hurt the west. it was president biden who was asked yesterday why the world has not taken that move yet. here's what he had to say. [video clip] >> you did not mention swift in your sanctions that you announced. is there a reason why the u.s. is not doing that? is there disagreement among allies regarding swift and whether russia should be allowed to be part of it? >> the sanctions that we have proposed on all of the banks may

be more consequence than swift, number one. number two, it is always an option, but right now, that is not the position the rest of europe wishes to take. host: president biden yesterday from the white house. taking your phone calls this morning throughout our program. the russian invasion of ukraine. roberta, decatur, georgia, democrat. good morning. caller: good morning. i just think with putin, i think he is losing a grip on his own country with many people who are wanting to not live under a dictatorship or authoritarian regime. i have heard people say it is all about oil, gas, water. with putin, he does not like democracies. ukraine was an independent country, voted independently for their own ruler, their own

president. i think putin does not like that so he chose to go in and is trying to force the country to be under his rule, to try to look like someone who is tough. as a military veteran, i served in korea in the late 1970's and south korea and in germany in the 1980's before the wall of berlin was torn down. you think about it, it is like we are there to try to help countries to live independently, to live in a democracy. putin does not like that. i think in the end, you see that even in his own country -- even those in his own country don't believe his lies of why he went into ukraine because they are out protesting. and with jail time.

i just think people really need to listen, learn their history, their geography because he won't stop it ukraine, and if he does not stop it ukraine, it will be u.s. military personnel involved in this. host: a story on protests in russia, the color was talking about. -- caller was talking about. this from "the huffington post," "a wave of protests. antiwar demonstrations broke out across the country, including moscow where videos show a significant degree force deployed to quell dissent. videos and shared on social media show police officers almost immediately arresting anyone who participated." "the huff post" reporting some

1700 people in 54 russian cities were detained thursday, at least 957 in moscow. caller: talking about the money, look at all of the money hunter biden got for his family to enrich their lives from russia, china and ukraine. you don't think putin is blackmailing biden to other countries? he could blow biden out of the water right now for what he knows. he has got the laptop from hunter biden. he knows joe biden is a criminal. just is putin. whatever he says about putin, that is what i say about biden. he is a liar, a fraud, and the guy needs -- host: that is susan in massachusetts. this is janet in florida. caller: good morning. just wanted to talk about what i had read a few days ago in the

paper where there had been flooding in brazil. i read the article and it was interesting and said bull dinero -- bolonaro was visiting with putin. it is interesting how these dictator-like leaders are all meeting and how trump was quite interested in putin too. i understand russia has no peer weapons, so isn't that something we should be concerned about -- nuclear weapons, so isn't that something we should be concerned about? thank you. host: shepherdstown, west virginia. good morning. caller: good morning.

i used to live in russia. mf putin at the beginning of his tenure -- i met putin at the beginning of his tenure. something we are not realizing here. i don't know her name, the press secretary for biden. host: jen psaki. caller: she and biden both say we cannot get into putin's head. that is absolutely nonsense. putin is a very simple person. he responds, he reacts. sanctions will do nothing except tick him off. he is the richest man in the world, unofficially. he has all the money he needs. and he is a former fsb kgb. we have to understand where he is coming from. he does not come from the oligarchs, the rich guys who lay down on their yachts, as one caller said.

he is responding to nato expansion. that is what this is all about. nato expansion. i don't think most of our callers truly understand the concept of what nato was created for. he made his demands. don't put ukraine into nato. biden said -- he refused. in other words, he gave him no choice but to do what he had to do, and that was take over ukraine. host: can i ask, what you were doing living in russia and under what circumstances you met putin? caller: i was a businessman. i did not work for the u.s. government and i was not military. host: how did you get a chance to meet putin? caller: same way i met yeltsin. trade deals, import export.

i also organized industrial tradeshows. there were reasons for us to meet. it was strictly on trade. at the time that he came into office, the u.s. and russia were developing very strong trade relations. unfortunately, that was also the time that president clinton was focused on nafta. if you are aware of history, clinton went to russia, and i met him at that point. he snapped putin who just became vice president and quickly became president when yeltsin resigned. it was an interesting period of time.

he has been angry basically at the united states. host: to your point about nato expansion, this is from the bbc, . host: this is carl and alabama. caller: i don't think -- i think a more for medical military is going to be the only thing that will deter putin right now. i don't think any amount of sanctions imposed is going to deter him because i think he is

leaders are focused on removing this current government in ukraine and installing his own puppet government. i wish the allies, nato, we would at least give the ukraine military all the weaponry, artillery they need to at least be able to combat the russian forces. i think it is so sad that we have a former president, mike pompeo. we have a former president heaping praise on our enemy.

host: carl mentioned one of our closest allies. this is boris johnson yesterday addressing the british parliament. [video clip] >> shortly after 4:00 this morning, i spoke to president zelensky of ukraine as the first missiles struck his beautiful and innocent country. i assured him the unwavering support of the united kingdom. i can tell the house that at this stage, ukrainians are offering a fierce defense of their families and their country. i know that every honorable member will share my admiration for that resolve. earlier today, president putin delivered another televised address and offered the absurd

pretext that he sought the the military's age and and -- de militarization and den azification of ukraine. in pledge and every principle of civilized havey between states, spreading the best efforts of this country and our allies to avoid bloodshed. for this, putin will stand condemned in the eyes of the world and in history. he will never be able to cleanse the blood of ukraine from his hands. and although the u.k. and our allies tried every avenue for diplomacy until the final hour, i am driven to conclude that putin was always determined to attack his neighbor, no matter what we did. now we see him for what he is -- a bloodstained aggressor who believes in imperial conquest.

i am proud that britain did everything we could in our power to help ukraine prepare for this onslaught, and we will do our utmost to offer more help as our brave friends defend their homeland. our embassy took this precaution on the february 18 of relocating from kyiv, where our ambassador continues to work with ukrainian authorities and support british nationals. now, we have a clear mission, diplomatically, politically, economically, and eventually, militarily. this hideous venture of vladimir putin must end in failure. host: boris johnson yesterday, addressing the british house of commons. just after 7:30 on the east coast this morning. we are getting your reaction to

the russian invasion of ukraine. phone lines as usual, republicans, democrats, independents, four lines for each. since these events began, we have been showing some of the reaction from members on capitol hill. nancy pelosi, yesterday afternoon, this statement, the response of america and our allies will be devastating for russia economically, diplomatically, and strategically. the president made clear that we will continue to impose costs on russia. this from kevin mccarthy, the house minority leader, saying that vladimir putin's invasion of ukraine is reckless and people. the united states stands with the people of ukraine in praise of their resolve. this act of war is intended to rewrite history. and, more concerning, be held

accountable for their actions. those from the democratic and republican leaders. one view on how americans could and should act, according to the editorial board of usa today. americans must stand united against russia's act of war -- politics stops at the water's edge may seem outdated in a world of twitter rants and me first politics, but a brief review of american history shows why the concept remains important. after the end of world war ii, the u.s. and allies faced an accident -- existential threat from soviet union. recognizing the threat, senator arthur vandenberg, a republican from michigan, embraced isolation before the war, but align himself with president

truman, a democrat who championed american that international initiatives. vandenberg supported adoption of the marshall plan. nato became america's first mutual defense treaty since its alliance with france in the american revolution. vandenberg -- they wrote the world beyond america's shores is a dangerous place. -- the editorial board of usa today. from highland, california, independent. caller: thank you for taking my call. bless the people of ukraine. putin is not listening to whatever nato is talking about or anything like that. he is doing what he wants. why can't somebody answer this?

why can't all the nations of nato, the free world, get together and show putin that they are together and go and b omb his military place? maybe that will show him that we mean business, the united states and all of nato. and maybe everybody is worried about china, maybe china will see that also. host: there is a lot of worry if nato were to do that, escalating this to a much larger war beyond ukraine. are you not worried about that? caller: yes, yes, but something could be done to russia. putin will not be listening to anyone. he is only for himself. in the meantime, the president is saying we will do this or do

that, and he is doing what he wants. those poor people, those poor children -- it is heartbreaking. thank you for taking my call. host: connie in california on nato. this is the nato secretary-general yesterday on the alliance's threat posture with the russian invasion of ukraine underway. [video clip] >> we will demonstrate that, despite double medic efforts and economic sanctions, russia -- despite diplomatic efforts and economic sanctions, russia decided to once again invade ukraine. since we have been warning against this for a long period of time, we have taken prudent measures to prepare ourselves. that is the reason why come over the last months and weeks, we have significantly increase the presence of nato troops in the eastern part of the alliance.

with more ground troops but also more air and naval forces. in the coming weeks, there will be even more. we will further increase and are increasing our presence in the eastern part of the alliance. today, we activated nato's defense stance that gives military commanders more authority to move forces and deploy forces when needed. this could also be elements of the nato response force, so we are ready, we are adjusting our posture, but what we do is defensive, measured, and we do not seek confrontation. we want to prevent the conflict and any attack against a nato-allied country. host: we will expect to hear from him again today. at noon eastern time, he will be addressing journalists following a private videoconference with nato leaders.

this will be airing here on c-span, c-span.org, and the free c-span now video app. the un security council will vote on a resolution that would condemn russia's invasion of ukraine and demand a withdrawal of russian troops, live at 3:00 p.m. eastern time, also on c-span, c-span.org, and the free c-span now video app. back to your phone calls. jackson, tennessee, independent, thanks for waiting. caller: i was in russia in the 1990's at the time putin was really coming onto the scene. my husband and i were there to adopt a child. we became very involved with speaking to the people that lived there, learning something about those people. even then, those people were terrified of this man. they were terrified of him. some of the people we dealt with

were saying that they were keeping on the ready to leave the country, because they were so terrified of him. the people that we dealt with that helps us were educated people of the country. they were the physicians of the country. they were people that, in this country, would be honored and respected, but, in that country, lived in utter and abject poverty. it was disgraceful, the way this country operates. the people -- there are very, very few people who have anything, and those who do not have anything struggled. there is no social support systems in those country. this has not changed, from what i understand from people from this country. vladimir putin does not care about his own people. how could we think sanctions were going to be enough to stop him from invading and recklessly harming other individuals?

this man has no heart, no compassion. he does not care about -- nato is part of it, but his drive is power and a legacy -- host: the people you met in russia were scared of him then. i wonder if you had a chance to see some of the videos of the protests in moscow and other around russia, what your thoughts are about those people protesting yesterday, expected to protest again today, the arrests happening there? caller: those had to be really brave and passionate people. they know the potential consequences for what they did. they will likely -- they will be imprisoned or not survive this. host: connie in jackson, tennessee.

joe here in washington, d.c., democrat. caller: good morning, how are you? host: go ahead. caller: to the previous caller, i want to say i am also adopted from russia. god bless you. so sweet to hear your story. i want to remind everybody that you can't be gay in russia, can't be trans in russia, can't be lgbtq in russia. russia has a hit list of queer people that, if and when russia occupies ukraine, they will be killed. queer activists in russia are killed every single day. ukraine has a spotty history with its lgbtq community, but the last two years, they have had pride parades in kyiv and other major cities, but that is all about to end. i want people to remember that russia and putin has no

compassion in his heart for his own people and once only power and to stifle any type of resistance to what he sees as his vision for russia. host: joe, you are referring to those intelligence reports that were unclassified, a story from a couple days ago, warning that russia has a kill list of ukrainians to be killed or detained if they take control of the country? caller: that is correct. host: out of the bluegrass state, democrat, you are next. caller: i am just thinking about if trump had won the election, he and putin would be playing golf. -- host: are you not concerned about a wider escalation of war

beyond ukraine, perhaps even beyond europe? caller: if we do not stop him now -- if trump had won, he will be coming after us, because trump and him were such good friends. just go ahead and bomb him and get it over with. host: maxine, independent. caller: good morning, my favorite host. i want to give my minor opinion here. when we pulled out of afghanistan, that gave putin everything he needed to know about our leader, biden. we do not have a man that -- a statesman that can deal with putin. you look at what we have got, we have a president whose total life has been running for president, running for office. you got putin, who has a kgb background. he has got a spine that we do

not have. and all this -- all they are doing is infuriating him. he does not care. he will do what he has to do. my concern right now, biggest concern, is nuclear holocaust. we are so on the verge of having a nuclear holocaust. we will not have world war iii. we will have a nuclear holocaust, and russia will be the first one to do it, because he will not stand by and just take it. i am so worried. i am thankful i do not have any grandchildren, because if i did, i would be scared to death. thank you, and i hope you have a good weekend. host: paul in fort lauderdale, florida, republican. good morning. caller: hello. i do not like to be insulted.

but i hope everyone saw that press conference and heard joe biden say that he was doing everything he could to keep the pain away from the american people with regard to these sanctions. and examine and remember how convincing an emotional and persuasive someone can be when they are giving you an outright lie. i am totally insulted, the fact that he could open up drilling and the xl pipeline and lower gas prices and cut them in half overnight. and he knew, when he said that, that he was lying. the oil problem is one of the

basis of all the inflation we have in this country, and high oil prices is empowering putin and russia. he is a liar. i have used to the usual stuff, where if the democrats ever saw the truth, they would never recognize it stuff. but i was totally insulted to be told a lie in front of the entire american people. host: this is greg in west virginia, republican. good morning. caller: the last caller basically eloquently said just what i feel. joe biden is just a puppet for the extreme radical climate c razies in this country, john kerry, on and on. i hope i can understand this.

we are importing thousands of gallons of oil from russia now. we cut out the keystone pipeline the first day he was in office. so joe biden is basically paying for this war. he is paying to annihilate innocent people in ukraine. when we were independent in our country on energy. the first thing he did when he came in office was to close down the pipelines and our energy. we have the resources here in our country, and you are telling me that we are importing oil from russia? and he said he will do everything to help us with our gas prices. just like the previous caller, he is a total liar. donald trump had a lot of faults , and yes, his suites were arrogant and rude. -- his tweets were arrogant and

rude. but i hope our country is happy with what we have got right now. i would take our tweets any time of the day over what we have now. we have total chaos in this country. host: here are a few of your comments from social media. american joe sang one of the previous callers was right, that we threw away the opportunity to develop in cooperation with the russian federation. terrible shame, he says. we, the world, and ukraine are paying for our stubborn arrogance and mindless hostility toward russia. and this one saying the war in ukraine has been ongoing. the obama administration supplied much more than blankets. the trump administration was in the process of supplying more military aid when the former president trump delay the aid and trump continues to praise prudence dictatorial tactics -- praise putin's dictatorial

tactics. mary ann saying nato needs to respond militarily. deborah just saying prayers for ukraine. caller: good morning. i watch you regularly. what i hear from a lot of people -- by the way, i am not -- i am a liberal democrat, but i couldn't get in on that line. i am liberal because i believe in people and i care. but what i. -- what i hear from most people is what they think. but they really do not know. they do not know what is going on behind the scenes. and we should not really know. we have to trust our government. and our leader, our president is not playing golf every day. he is working with the people that he put in place to protect us.

and nato was never aggressive. they were always in defense of their people in europe. i have one other question. would we come as americans, rather be ruled or governed? there is distance between being ruled and being governed. it is the distance between russia and the united states of america, that great distance. i have a lot of operations of the last couple of years, so my speaking is hard for me, but my feelings and what i think i am trying to based on facts, not just emotions.

and these people who condemn what is going on, don't any of them read history and about hitler and the holocaust and how he started his march? host: we will take the comment -- and i know it can be fresh rating to not get in on the phone line that best suits your political philosophy, but we ask that you stay on those phone lines, just because the program works better if people actually call in on the phone lines of the political party that best fits them. i know it can be frustrating, especially on a day like today, where the phone lines are lit up, but if you could, that would help this program. we will go to wayne in winter haven, florida, line for democrats. good morning. caller: good morning. i want to say thank you for allowing me to speak. i am trying to hold my

composure, because our country is so divided that we are not clearly understanding what it takes for president to make the decisions he needs to keep us and the world safe. let's go to the facts. when trumpet came president, his talking point was us getting out of nato -- when trump became president, his talking point was us getting out of nato, a talking point putin agreed with. his other talking point was ukraine, before sending them weapons to defend themselves, he would need information from them. when putin allegedly put a bounty on our soldiers in afghanistan, trump said, you know what, i believe he is telling the truth. the facts is that we cannot play monday court when it comes to a situation that could interest into world war iii.

as a democrat, liberal, i implore both parties, both sides, to use common sense. this is a situation where people's lives in ukraine, most likely, there will be a bloodshed. we can do what is afforded to us and not escalate to a situation where it will be a greater catastrophe. putin has already said i have nuclear weapons. he was not talking to ukraine. he was not talking to europe. he was talking to us. host: staying in florida, miami, this is marian, republican. good morning. caller: thank you for taking my call. my heart is so broken for the ukraine people. the hardest thing for me in this whole thing is my anxiety is building. i am just thinking about

history. i am thinking about the future. i am thinking about now. at what point -- it is even hard to distinguish in the media, because i watch different media channels. it is almost like there is a fear of calling it what it is. even with conservative media, basically, it is almost like they are saying you should have known better. and i am like what is going on? what happened to america first? how many times are you going to have to be hit before you react? so let's not move into ukraine, and i still hear sanctions. only the british prime minister, who had said anything about military force to support the people of ukraine, but i am not hearing it from america. it is breaking my heart. he is not going to stop there. if his justification is because

ukraine is in his border, when he takes over ukraine, the other allies are in his border, so then what is next, you know what i mean? host: staying in florida, dale, independent. caller: good morning. we have a president in office that does not have a clue. he has never made a good decision. his own people said that. and his whole career, he has never been on the right side of things. now we are faced with one of the biggest crises we have had in a very long time. putin is threatening america. this is biblical. i believe it will escalate. because joe does not have a clue how to handle this. people say we need to give him a cognitive test. he feels one every time he gets up to talk. host: on president biden, this

from a column in the wall street journal, calling it biden's time for choosing right now, writing that this is the president's chance to reset his domestic standing. key senate democrats have already signaled that they back tougher russia -- some 70% -- even missouri populist josh hawley mustard and typewritten outrage. they write this provides a huge opening for bipartisan national security and to make good on his campaign promise of unity. so would a domestic energy plan, which would play well with a

public fearing rising energy prices. progressive groups are already arguing that mr. biden's sponsor be to double down on their unpopular agenda. she says that the political ramifications of taking their dictation at this moment would be catastrophic. a few months left in the segment of "washington journal" to talk about ukraine. it is the topic of our entire program, so you have two hours ahead if you do not get in. howard beach, democrat, good morning. caller: good morning. i am tired of listening to people talk about the rise of oil prices. in world war ii, we had rationing of oil and other things.

in order to support our efforts. it is the price we pay to begin with for not losing lives. i am willing to pay another $2 or $3 of oil if it means saving my son. in addition to that, i am sick and tired of listening to reporters screaming at the president about the sanctions, whether they work or not. sanctions all work. they may not be sufficient, but they all work, and they take time. and i have a solution to the problem. i have a solution to stopping the war immediately. let the reporters ask the president why don't you give ukraine nuclear weapons? thank you. host: philip, michigan, your next. good morning. caller: good morning.

the issue everyone talks about is nukes, icbm's. mutual assured destruction. china recently shot two hyperspeed velocity rockets into space, in the vacuum of space around the planet. i think they went twice around and struck a target in china. we have to get on board with the hyperspeed rockets really soon, or we are going to end up in a situation like pearl harbor, where we are behind. if we do not hurry up and produce hyperspeed rockets, china will make them, and mutual assured destruction will be a thing of history. we need to get rid of worrying about icbm's striking us if we just get on board with these hyperspeed rockets. host: danny, last caller in this segment, republican. good morning. caller: good morning.

john, first of all, i want to be quite clear -- i am praying for the people in ukraine. this should never happen to them. second of all, when joe first got into office, he x'ed out the xl pipeline, fracking, stuffer us to be energy independent. after saying that, this is my opinion. if joe and the democrats get oil so high, we will be forced to buy their electric cars. i think this is all about that. joe is afraid of aoc plus three. when joe is in a press conference, he only takes questions from a predetermined list or he is shuffled off the stage. the only one who can answer the hard questions as peter ducey.