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journal. later today the president's host: returned to the united states from overseas. when it comes to the ap this morning. saying it is by speaking with more passion and caution. mr. biden also reminded americans about proclivity from statements about his presidency just 26% of americans have faith that mr. biden -- there is also

a mixed response to president biden's response to pressure. americans have been skeptical about getting involved in another foreign crisis. mr. putin continues to raid ukrainian cities. 36% of people who were pololed --polled biden can manage a crisis or the military. certain members of congress have reacted to the president's speech in 4s. california democrat on those remarks and one thought it does impact the effort on ukraine. >> united states policy is not regime change. when putin in mariupol is forming theaters where there is a sign that says children.

any human being would express frustration. it has not been policy. he has a policy, he has a propensity to save the quiet part out loud. i am sure that was a conversation that occurred in the situation room but he just blurted out loud. there are a lot of people in this world that would like to see putin go because he has been bad news for a long time. but when you are the president of the united states, you cannot say stuff like that. i am sure he is a frustrated -- i think the white house husband clear. they said we need a negotiated and to this war. it is not the policy, there is no support in the democratic congress about regime change. >> do you think putin will try to take this and use it to his

advantage? let's see what we need to do. we need to make it is difficult for him to look at what the president has done. we provided the antitank's. we provided the anti-aircraft. we have provided over $2 billion of assistance. it is easy to monday morning quarterback and say you could have done one more thing but this president has been tough and we are going to get putin to negotiate. >> just one element, if you want to call and comment on that or other factors, again (202) 748-8000 four democrats. (202) 748-8001 for republicans. independents (202) 748-8002. and you can also text us at (202) 748-8003. the washington post fights the secretary of state who is traveling overseas to talk about efforts to assist ukraine. we will be talking throughout

various means of support that israel and other countries can give to ukraine. whether it comes to humanitarian assistance, or economic assistance. the conversation that is ongoing throughout the strip, the story highlighting the fact has come under criticism from the ukrainian president for refusing to provide security assistance or impose sanctions on russia. it also highlights the emirites at the security council. the u.s. ambassador to the united -- that is in the new york times. secretary of state saying that the secretary vault test for covid-19 today. the you previous day the prime minister is at home after

testing positive for covid-19. that was has office reporting that on monday. again the newest -- the news story say antony blinken will test today. when it comes to russia's invasion of ukraine, from georgia, democrats line people start with eddie this morning. caller: yes, i was just thinking that it is bad that russia is doing that. but it looks like ukraine -- when they had all these times to put -- how can i say it? weapons together they should have been the richest country.

so, it's just bad that they couldn't put it in place in moscow too, you know, that's all i got to say. host: ok. we will hear from pat in texas. caller: good morning. fox news is now named fox rt. they play tucker carlsen over in a russia. it is really hard to look at a republican and not call them traitors. host: how does that relate to the current invasion in ukraine? caller: they are on putin's side. republicans are actually supporting putin. it is disgusting. they are all traders. every one of them. host: ok. we will go to al in plymouth,

massachusetts. caller: i am amazed. and it is likely of watching a movie. every day i hear from this president, we have to do this, we have to do that. it is an action. when we go to school, we say how did the holocaust happen? how could that possibly happen? this is how it happened. host: when you say in action what do you mean? caller: we are bystanders. why is putin setting the time? america does not lead, others will. how, the left to not understand that? host: when you say america must lead what do you mean? caller: we lost north korea by harry truman. host: when you say america

doesn't lead, what do you mean by that? caller: ronald reagan led. he confronted the soviet union and it fell. that is what america needs to do. that is why we are here. this is why god has established america. lead and a dark world. host: ok. thomas, virgin islands. caller: good morning. i want to say [indiscernible] i am saying -- [indiscernible] defend themselves. i mean, i think to say the

president host: ok. that is the sampling of the first couple of colors for this hour. we will continue on p if you want to call on the line, you can do that. you can text us at (202) 748-8003. you can use the twitter and facebook pages if you want to post there as well. when it comes to his part, russian journalist on sunday said has government has ordered neutrality. echoing earlier statements would include keeping ukraine nuclear free. zelenskyy added it would need to be guaranteed by third parties. after russian troops withdraw within a few months -- once

russian troops leave and russia band these statements from being published. the is to was band on sunday. those that are foreign media outlets acting as foreign agents , i get that is some of the reporting coming from ukraine this morning. when it comes to their efforts over there, you can comment on that. including u.s. efforts as well, democrats line. you are next. caller: i know i am up early in the morning but i couldn't sleep. i am for biden 100%. it don't make any sense, why would poland people, you know, when there is a war going on and the man is trying to do everything he can to help ukraine get out of the situation and recovering about poland.

i am for everything that joe biden is doing. host: particularly when it comes to ukraine, what do you think he has done well? caller: everything. everything he is doing -- >> give me a specific example. caller: i don't have to give you a specific example. he is doing the best he can. you put people on the spot, we don't call in for you to ask us questions. host: i am trying to of operate with you are saying when you make comments. get out of you what you are trying to say. the go-ahead and finish your thought. caller: i agree with what the president is doing. would you rather have trump in there right now? host: let's go to ed nin raleigh, north carolina. good, you are next. caller: good morning, pedro. thank you for taking my call. first let me say i don't think

putin invaded ukraine for hunter biden's laptop. i still on the air? host: yes you still are on the air. caller: what i would like to suggest is every night in this country there are hockey league teams that play hockey. in washington, d.c. we have alex the greatest hockey player and the vault and he is chloe's -- making close to $9 million a year. that is the free capital of the united states. we need to start sending these people back to their country and to a message to the citizens of russia that if you are going to support putin, you are not welcome in our country. host: what do you think that accomplishes? caller: i think what it composite -- accomplishes those

owners of those national hockey teams every team has five to six russian players making millions of dollars in this country. they are here because of our free country. they are not going to me -- make $9 million standing on the ice and moscow. host: go ahead. caller: -- host: that is talking about another component. looking at analysis. they had some questions considering the remarks themselves including does the president angrily escalate is it worth confrontation. mr. biden -- so far strong

leadership in bringing the nato alliance together and a united front against moscow with the notion that president biden hopes even if the u.s. says it's not true the resolve against negotiations. further escalate and already merciless war against civilians for it again that is on cnn results. member of the foreign relations committee republican jim risch talked about the presidential world of form possible -- policy. discussions with russia and ukraine going on here are some of the comments from yesterday. i don't think people -- >> i don't think people realize though word would cause the of option they did but anytime you said just that the policy was regime change, it's going to cause a huge problem. this administration has done everything it can to stop escalating.

there is not a whole lot more you can do to escalate than to call for a regime change. that is what the white house tried to walk back. tony blinken, secretary of state or. i will walk it back right now, that is not the policy of the united states of america. please, mr. president, stay on script. >> you said those who are not familiar with foreign possibly, they don't understand how big of a deal it is. can you invite people? can you explain why you think it is so bad and what the ramifications could be? >> i don't need to do that as much as everybody who listened to it. you saw the stories that came up all over the world. that was the announcement of a change in policy. regime change is something that is existential. you just don't do that. the suggestion was made that we were changing policy and going

to a regime change. that is not the policy of the united states. that is not in the speech as you know. that was an ad lib. of his at the end of what was a good speech. and whoever wrote it did a good job and hit the right nets and then to add that at the end, the summer not at the end, it was unfortunate to say the least. host: the axios group put a map out today looking at occupied territory and ukraine. the russian occupied territory when it comes to cities that are surrounded by russian forces mariupol being highlighted. also park events well -- kharkiv as well. and the power plants being attacked. axios providing that map as well this morning. sending out a picture, you can find this on the website at

c-span.org. or the opposite well. secretary of state blinken -- talking about ukraine as well. you can find that on the twitter feed. let's hear from mary in maryland, democrats line. caller: good morning c-span, and was honors. president biden said the media is taking it on as a new thing or something. like both this is so wonderful, but secure yet on and on. he said something that he believes in. i believe in it too. putin shouldn't be in power. but that is going to have to be up to the russian people to take him down. i don't believe any dictator should be in power. but it is up to the people that have to dictate compared they have to take him down. the former president said so many lies on the ivanka, -- all

day long it doesn't make any sense. host: do you think it helps or hinders the process when it comes to ukraine? caller: it doesn't help because of what the media desk or they could have said ok he said that. that's what he means. it is not part of our policy and we know that host: do you think it is a caper presidents to say things like that? caller: i don't think it is the end of the overall because he said it. the media keeps applying it and using it for ratings. i think we should be talking about what clarence thomas's wife is doing right cap here on the republicans that are put, cut over there and support him. anybody who wants of work, so your kids up and go over there and support it. host: you said that, to highlight that, we don't take readings here at the network. (202) 748-8000 for democrats.

(202) 748-8001 from republicans. (202) 748-8002 four independents , if you want to comment on these things over the weekend. you can text us (202) 748-8003. when it comes to issues concerning nuclear programs, particularly russia's highlighted and the wall street journal today. prudence wiring amplified fear of nuclear use saying the talked of a nuclear strike at a conventional conflict. it is to change the role from the battlefield while shifting the burden onto your opponent. cofounder of the marathon initiative focused on great power competition. well, what has conventional forces are doing ukrainians may be the target but the real target politically would be the u.s. and the west.

the u.s. on one hand is made it clear that they have no intention -- nuclear capable forces. before the invasion big u.s. had b-52 strategic bombers to exercise with reddish and european air forces. the nuclear information project, there is already some kind of signaling gulping on in europe. the wall street journal is where you can pick up that story. let's hear from joseph in washington, d.c.. caller: hi, good morning. i have to just, i have to disagree with the previous caller. now is not the time to be selling doubt and mistrust in the media. when journalists are under attack it is a pretty good to --

you are supporting. my other point for people calling and saying biden needs to be doing more, 56% of people are saying biden is not being tough enough in my question to you is what more do you want him to do? we are doing everything short of voting boots on the ground. if you, listen i have been listening to your coverage of this every morning. basically since the invasion and everyone who has called and is either active military, act -- past military they are we do not need to do that. i agree with the previous caller, we do not need to send our sons and daughters off to war to fight for this idea of democracy. it has to come from the top. enter the other callers it is a

tragic misstep for biden to say what he said at the end of his speech. it was a great speech. host: some people would say it was spoken out of emotion. caller: you know, flub is a flub. when you are an average everyday citizen ok. when the president doesn't there are consequences. i think it will be more propaganda for the russian war machine. host: from our independent line people here from john in north carolina. caller: good morning, sir. how are you? host: i'm good. caller: this problem with ukraine is very involved. everything we have done has been bad. it has not helped anything but the american people need to be aware that the russian military

is not there to occupied ukraine. they are using a small force because they must keep themselves of where i've being attacked from other people. america needs to be very thoughtful of it. hester retells how that works out. we won't be sitting in our comfortable homes. host: as far as what is being done, how far does it go? you think we had a stalemate when it comes to activities and ukraine? caller: i think we need to back out of it and let them work it out. stop using ukraine as a sort of attack russia. russia doesn't go on fox with most of the overall but they don't attack most of the world. if you do that, any country including the united states will have some method of getting you to see things their way.

that is what russia is doing. putin is not going to stop. we do not need to be and to a military confrontation with russia. we like to talk about it and they are more about doing it. i am an american who believes that americans should take care of americans and get along with everybody else but we don't do too good a job of that. we already suffered enough. host: ok. let's hear from ben in pennsylvania. caller: good morning. for the previous caller said about the media, the media is complicit. i wonder, why are our people talking about cease-fires or peace from peace -- previous wars. this one it is just about how many more weapons have we sent?

if a weapon gets sent it is going to get used. people are going to get killed. this is not our war. host: do you think peace talks are achievable at this point? caller: you have to try. is it our war? it is a proxy war. joe biden, you know, he is after president but he is being selfish. we deserve, we deserve better. we deserve a president who is going to do more than just read. we need congress to step in and slow this thing down. it feels really bad to me. we need to start talking about peace. host: ok. doug in south dakota. caller: good morning, pedro.

we have a war going on. put has an air force. he has two thirds as many submarines as we do. he has muscles i don't think we can shoot down. putin will probably start retaliating, killing americans from alaska. it is only 75 miles from of oscar to russia. -- from alaska to russia. he can send a missile 1000 miles away. and he could be using -- host: in light of what happens, for does that leave the united states? caller: bulges keep feeding it.

and the ukraine people -- putin as insane. he continued to do the same thing over and over again with the same results. afghanistan, but was first. then we do the same. now he is getting the same result out of ukraine. host: ok. that is doug. let's go to twitter when it comes to president biden, biden is doing a good job. keep it governing. in has the momentum because they are faithful. he also adds that he must be stopped or that is just one way you can reach out to us and let us know your thoughts. that is c-span wj. facebook is facebook.com/c-span and the lines are (202) 748-8000 for democrats. (202) 748-8001 for republicans. and independents (202) 748-8002.

you can post on the social media sites and follow on instagram. let's hear from frank in indiana. caller: good morning. i had to clear my mind. first off, putin using nuclear weapons, first as trips are there. that means has on people right there have nuclear radiation. it would drift. if it drifts across europe, we are involved. he is killing his own people. if he is 30 -- is he suicidal? as people have suggested? i know he is a criminal. he is not a duly elected leader. he is not a president. he is an organized crime family boss. putin does not have any

reservations about the execution of zelenskyy who is a duly elected president. he was of a did by the people of ukraine. if he of the to kill his wife and kids. host: in light of all that what do we do? caller: i think president biden had it right, except he probably put the wrong way. if you couched it the language of putin is not a duly elected president of the country of russia and he's calling -- calling him a criminal. host: that's frank giving his thoughts. as early as today we are expected see the budget request for 2023 from president biden.

the requests made to congress when it comes to national security issues, picking up a story reporting the president plans to request $813 billion in national security spending that would approve $773 billion for the pentagon. it marks an increase of $31 billion or 4% from approved spending in the fiscal year at about $43 billion more than the white house budget office projected last year and also fall short of a request from a group of 40 republican lawmakers led by mike rogers of alabama who sent a letter requesting the president increase military spending by 5% saying threats or national security grown exponentially in the past year. this is from alex in st. louis, missouri. caller: to the boomers with the eyes on the screen, your

viewpoint on this is completely wrong. russia has been aligned with china for a very long time and these sanctions are not hurting the russian government nor is it helping the ukrainian people. in our reality you cut them up from google pay and all these other things to the citizens so they can ride the train or by all these things in their market , all that did was allow china to come in to expand the technological arm of the ccp. while we're trying to spread our values their, whether you support that are not, our viewpoints on this are completely wrong. putin is not dumb. part of the commonest manifesto says what is 100 million people to the march of progress. these people are saying he won't nuke his own people, i highly doubt nukes will ever get

launched again. this is the western perspective of things. you're talking to a person who was not born in america. you're looking at this from a western perspective. he's not going to nuke anyone and a set of fighting this war on the ground, we need to fight this economically. host: let's hear from brent, a line for democrats in maryland. caller: good morning. i want to act on what frank said. i think the tenor of what's going on here is based on putin's pace, not joe biden's. and i think we can all ask a question what do we do or what should joe biden do or what would anyone do. and i think europe is acting and i think biden was right there in poland right beside ukraine and i think that very -- the very

symbolic's of our leadership and what we are trying to do, also i think we are making too much of those last nine words because the reality is putin has already escalated this and already gotten troops, all his arms, he's already killed however many ukrainians and russians who have died as a result of this invasion, so the thought that putin was going to hear these parts of the speech and all of a sudden back down until joe biden said he should remain in power, putin already knows how everyone feels about whether or not he should remain in power. i heard you ask someone else what should we do. i hope that the people running our country are smart and can help us in the rest of the world find a peaceful way to conclude this. host: usa today reporting when

it comes to the major city on the map, the 85% destroyed according to some reporting describing that it doesn't even exist anymore. that was one of the points made by david petraeus talking about that conflict, he described it as ukraine's alamo. >> it's fighting to the last defender and pinning down multiple russian battalions in so doing very heroically but ultimately it looks as if it will have to collapse, it's going to be taken. when it does, that's a moment of some peril for ukraine because now that port can be used by the russians. they're using that just to the west. they'll now have quite a good port out to the black sea and then it will free up a number of battalions that were the ones who had been closing the circle

on the city who can then push further north and perhaps enable russia to achieve what it has now said as redefined its objective to taking control of all of the two provinces and then solidifying on a land corridor from those all the way to crimea. this will be a very tenuous period in the next few days as we see what happens, the russians are able to do as a result of it and then healthy ukrainians can respond because it's a long distance from anywhere they might have forces they could possibly spare. >> this is from the new york times this morning, describing it teetering amid sign -- signs russia is shifting focus.

again that's just some of the reporting from the paper when it comes to activity in ukraine. matt in williamsburg, maryland. caller: i just wanted to say the ukraine issue is great entertainment for people, these armchair warriors but we have treason occurring in our country and three branches of government and we need to start paying attention to what happened to clarence thomas and what happened at the capital. as an c-span care that our country is going to fall apart. let's focus on something that matters here. host: why does ukraine not matter? i think he's gone. let's hear from alex in arizona. caller: how are you. host: i'm well thanks, go ahead. caller: i think biden needs to

let's a lenski keep that war to himself. right now biden said 40% and his rating on approval is just dropping. he just needs a change of things up there. the slip-up was about putin. the real question is he does need to be removed. host: what do you mean by change some things up? caller: you have nato, all these members. it feels at these nato countries are all against boudin, what he's doing is absolutely wrong but it just feels like all these nato members are going to bully up and get together. there's money involved behind this. are we so involved with ukraine? i understand their suffering, but there's all the stories about the laptop of hunter biden

, about president biden, -- host: how does the war -- the invasion of ukraine deal with that into a money issue in your mind? caller: in the past couple of years that's all been hearing about, hunter biden being on the board in that area and that part of europe and it's just strange what's going on. i think we need to get back to the american people here. being involved at the southern dutch with the bordering ukraine then he is with the united states. what happened to the restaurants, what happened to all these? host: let's go to john in illinois. democrats line. caller: good morning. you're doing a really good job today. what i was going to say is i'm kind of glad biden said what he said and it is true, putin should be removed and may be in

some way it will help the russian people stand up meant hopefully it will make boudin a little bit more paranoid. another thing i would like to see biden do or the united states do is support kazakhstan and the opposition in belarus. it wasn't that long ago the cause extend had an uprising were prudent had to send troops into stop it and it wasn't that long ago that people were taking to the streets in belarus and boudin had to send in troops. host: do you think the comments the president made complicate efforts? caller: not so much, because again i think boudin is on a razors edge right now and a comment like that can really make him paranoid and he is already starting to make certain generals somewhat disappear here and there. the ukrainians are doing their

part in that matter as well. i think it kind of drives putin may be to even make more mistakes and as far as mistakes go, it was a mistake to get into ukraine and i hope those people are allowed to control their destiny. and if they want to take that crimea, i want to see us make every effort to give them that back because it's theirs and they are fighting for it. host: max talks about the statements president biden made over the weekend under the headline biden's hostility towards boudin was not a gaffe. he writes this in part saying i wonder if perhaps history will vindicate this in the way many historians have praised comments by president ronald reagan but were once seen as dangerously provocative. reagan called soviet union an evil empire and predicted it will wind up on the ashy but history. those contributed to raising superpower tension of the early 1980's but they also inspired

many behind the iron curtain to fight for freedom. after the berlin wall came down many saul reagan is a visionary, not a warmonger. that's in the washington post this morning. the editor of the wall street journal looking at comments by mr. biden under the headline the president we have. same members of congress of both parties will have to play a more assertive role, in doing so on good effect in ukraine. the pattern is that the white house resist the public-policy -- tougher policy and told faces a vote on capitol hill at bipartisan coalitions will be even more important as the war continues and threats from iran, china and north korea escalate. they had mr. biden's assertion in the written text of the warsaw speech need to be supported by more than rhetoric. the u.s. needs to urgently restore and strengthen the credibility of the military and diplomatic deterrent.

the editors write more hawkish advisors send a more determined signal to the world. that's the wall street journal. if you want to read the editors thoughts. we will hear from kevin, go ahead. caller: good morning. people forgot about what happened in world war ii. we got a new head learning this generation and that guy from arizona, one word he didn't spell out there was democracy. it ain't like trump when he gave the classified information to the russians and nobody knew about it until the russians let that picture out in the oval office or about trump at helsinki when he trusted boudin over u.s. intelligence. host: how does this relate to current events in ukraine? caller: we got all those people

out. democracy, it's about freedom. that guy in arizona didn't know. our member world war ii, my mom worked in factories. everybody pulled their weight that day. host: do you think the united states has done enough or needs to do more? caller: do as much as they can without putting boots on the ground there because you don't want to start that. what biden said about putin, regime change. you got to get rid of the guy. host: in rancho cucamonga, republican line, you are next. >> thanks for the opportunity. my concern is the level of involvement in the lack of involvement by the european countries. we are acting as if we want to take the lead on this issue but

the europeans have to take the lead. it is their continent. i'm not diminishing the importance of ukraine. but there are many issues in our own country that are equally important to us. i think we need to let the europeans handle this more or be at the same level of the europeans. i need the chancellor of germany to speak to issues and not so much joe biden. host: you don't think the european countries are doing enough through nato? caller: i haven't heard anything about the troop movements of european countries to nato countries. i'm only hearing about american troops being deployed and i haven't heard about any expenditures or investments to help the ukrainians. host: american troops are there to support nato. it's not a direct involvement. caller: i agree but i'd like to hear more about spaniards sending troops, the french spending -- sending troops. europe needs to do something for itself. president trump was right, the

europeans have to give their 2% for defense and they haven't been doing it. they have to do something for themselves before we even get involved with troops. host: we saw germany decided to raise its defense budget. you think that's a step in the right direction? caller: definitely fails need to hear them sending troops to the front line to protect poland and others. i'm not diminishing the importance of ukraine. i'm only concerned about the involvement of the united states at a greater level than the europeans. this is the european theater. they have to do something for themselves. lord knows in the past they haven't. host: let's go to nate in florida, independent line. caller: good morning. you stole my thunder when you talk about what reagan said about the russians. the reason i called his we spent about a year and a half calling

mr. biden week and the minute and made a statement, than the same people turn around and said he shouldn't have said that. and the democrats are not out there defending this, it shows how weak the party is. when you pick up a line whether it's democrat or republican, will you can a most hear what side they are going to beyond. trump did the exact same thing. the same people have the opposite opinion and sayed shows how strong he is, he's been a put them in his place. but when biden says it all of a sudden he should've kept his mouth shot, he's escalating at all of this. it just depends on which side you wake up in the morning. have a good day. host: we will hear from oklahoma, democrats line, this is clyde.

caller: how are you doing today. host: good, go ahead. caller: done what patton said after the second world war, they said he was crazy for thinking it. we wouldn't be here now if they would've done at least what he had to say about it then. that's the way history is. it comes back to haunt you. host: then what should we do at this point? caller: that's left up to you and god and asking him those questions. host: what do you think the president should do at this point? caller: ask him. all you have to do is ask him. host: that's clyde in tennessee. it's here from the u.s. ambassador tomato on the sunday shows yesterday was asked about the repeated request from ukraine for weapons and

assistance in here is some of that back and forth yesterday. [video clip] >> we've talked with them regularly about the defense needs paid we work with them each week to determine how we can continue to help them with antiair assets, anti-armor. we provided javelins, many other members of the nato alliance are doing the same thing. i think about two thirds of the nato alliance are providing lethal assistance to ukraine. every ally is making a contribution. some are providing humanitarian support, some are providing lethal. most are doing both. >> you heard i'm sure president zelenskyy say this weekend that he wants from nato only 1% of what it has of tanks and planes to go to ukraine. he said you have thousands of fighter jets, we have not been given one yet. will nato give ukraine what president zelenskyy is asking for?

this is a volleying conversation. we've spoken with president zelenskyy many times in recent weeks, we've heard their request for assistance. in many cases we've delivered those anti-, antiarmor capabilities, we are assessing their air defense needs of the answer is no if you're asking about soviet era jets, the united states has decided the particular proposal put forward by poland is untenable, but if any nato allies wanted to provide those types of pieces of equipment, of the fighter jets, that is a sovereign decision, they can take that sovereign decision. the united states is very much focused on their air defense needs and delivering multiple capabilities to address those requirements. host: when it comes to the president upon statements, saying president joe biden is very reagan like.

we also have a tweet from tony who says there's a time for tough talk and a time for conciliatory words. i feel the president has not gotten the timing right. let's hear from steve in knoxville, tennessee. republican line. go ahead, you are on. caller: this is absolutely an illegal genocidal war of aggression. i think biden is deliberately slow walking the supplies that the ukrainians need from what i've heard. i've heard he's only supplying a 10th of the switchblade they really need. and that they haven't gotten, i think the s3 hundred system.

and from what zelenskyy is saying, he sounds kind of desperate for supplies. i feel like they are being slow walked by the biden people. host: what are you basing those assertions on? caller: just what i've heard from some retired generals talking, they're supplying 100 switch blades, they need 1000. host: i will point you to the recent press briefings at the pentagon talking about some of those supplies even as late as last week talking abut those reaching ukraine. there's a lot in those pentagon press briefings. we tape them and we show them to you and give you the ability to hear from the defense department orifice the white house or any other forum when it comes to

matters these days. you can go to our website to follow along when it comes to those briefings. you can follow along on our c-span now app. from new york, democrats line. caller: good morning. i would like to say mr. biden is doing a wonderful job. they criticized him for so long -- good morning. i'm calling in from new york, i just want to say mr. biden is doing a wonderful job. god bless him. they criticize him saying how weak he is. now he says what he says and all of a sudden republican saying he is too mean to putin. mr. biden, keep up the good work. host: why do you think the president's statements were

appropriate? caller: because that's what he says and he's right a lot of people won't say what he's saying. he said his mind and it's appropriate. and before, the republicans kept saying he is weak, now the same republicans are hypocrites. now they say he is too mean to putin. god bless mr. biden, he's doing a wonderful job. host: a lot going on when it comes to the united states and the u.s. congress even as early as this week. the house returns later today at 2:00. members will vote on legalizing marijuana at the federal level. senators will vote on final passage of legislation to increase u.s. competitiveness with china later in the weaker they will vote on the confirmation of the white house

budget deputy director. the first senate vote the same week as the president releasing his 2023 budget, we have live coverage on the house on c-span, on the senate on c-span two. c-span.org is where you can follow along as well as our app. a few more minutes of this before our next segment. we will hear from eric in columbus, georgia. >> i have points to make. the whole thing is a shell game, game of distraction while all this other stuff is going on here in america. i think it's convenient for him to get involved in this for the reason. everybody's wondering why joe biden doesn't do any thing to russia.

you know why i don't think you will is because russia is notorious for having dirt on people. i suspect he's holding back because putin has dirt on him. the other thing i would like to say is please americans wake up, every war we have been in even all the way back to the vietnam war has all been lies. they've all lied to us. russia is saying what they are saying on their tv about this point. they are saying bad things about us like we are saying about them. it's all propaganda. host: let's go to bill in new jersey. caller: good morning. i wish that nato would take ukraine and make it part of nato. if they can, some of the neighboring countries like poland and hungary and slovakia,

i think the president of the ukraine should go and talk to those people and tell them i would like to turn over part of my country to you and make an agreement that i give it to you now so that that land will now be part of nato. and then i'll get it back in a certain amount of time. -- host: why do you think that will resolve the issue? caller: it will resolve the issue because the land that's now ukraine would no longer be ukraine, it would be part of poland, slovakia, its neighboring countries and then it would be part of nato so putin who was saying he doesn't want to be part of nato. host: let's go to terry in

logan, iowa. republican line. caller: i have a major interest in the oil industry and the early part of the show you read an article in regards to someone from the state department making a statement to the saudi's i believe. host: the secretary of state's meeting with israeli and arab diplomats today when it comes to ukraine. caller: yeah, did you say that it was cowardice? host: i don't have the article in front of me and we are running close out of time on this. caller: i just tried to look up

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joey garrison covers the white house for usa today. thanks for giving us your time this morning. guest: thanks for having us. host: what do you suspect the white house does as of today and into this week in response to the president's statements in warsaw concerning vladimir putin? guest: president biden unexpectedly to aides and white house officials in his speech in warsaw with the comments this man cannot remain in power, that was in ad lib.. but the white house quickly sought to back trap. -- backtrack. an official clarified he was referring to a good not continue to exercise power in the ukraine region. i think we will probably see more of that today in terms of walking back the president's statement.

biden was asked yesterday as he was leaving his church in georgia, a reporter shouted were you supporting a regime change. biden said no. so today will have our first time to ask in a press briefing setting white house officials what biden meant by that. >> that press briefing, do you expect the president himself address it or any of his foreign policies? guest: he will be announcing his budget which is going to include a new tax on the wealthiest americans that will target 700 americans who earn $100 million or more. i think there will be a chance for reporters to at least shout questions to them on the topic and i wouldn't be surprised if

he didn't -- i would be surprised if he didn't respond back in some way. host: we saw a couple of members of congress talk about the statements, depending on their political positioning, what do you expect congress respond to this and what does it do for foreign policy efforts for those involved in congress? guest: republicans of already come out strongly against joe biden to condemn the remarks to say they were unhelpful and a setback to diplomatic efforts and given that republicans have tried to focus on biden's handling of ukraine as a way to say he's not handling the job of the presidency well, i would expect that to continue. i would expect, crowds in a lot of ways to try and gloss over it a little bit. democrats have largely been fairly happy with how joe biden is handled the situation in ukraine and the aggressive remarks that were made on an

off-the-cuff basis are not really helpful to the democratic party. >> when it comes to foreign policy folks in congress, particularly those on the committees, have they responded in a sense with what those might do to complicate foreign policy in ukraine? >> the top republican on the senate foreign relations committee has responded, as a senator rob portman. underscoring that it's a setback to diplomatic efforts. in part what it does is divide nato. in another party has the potential to rile up vladimir putin at a time when international community is trying to be a little bit more calm, a little bit less provocative. that's where the danger lies. host: our guests with us until 8:45. 202-748-8000 for democrats, 202-748-8001 for republicans.

independents 202-748-8002. also text us at 202-748-8003. siobhan, domestic issues white house and congress has to deal with. what's facing them as far as things they want to see achieved before the midterms? guest: on the domestic front we will see some of that when the budget is released earlier today -- later today. it's not just those numbers seeing biden reverse course from a year ago and talking about more defense spending also in terms of trying to salvage the build back better agenda , things like could they do anything in the area of drug pricing. west virginia democrat is said is willing to engage on parts of that plan, and noticeably the tax credits for alternative energy. also combined with some deficit reduction. you heard my usa today colleague talk about the tax on billionaires.

some of that can be used to finance these items. another portion of that deficit reduction. the president and his democratic allies want to see if there's anything in that vein they can get done before the midterms. host: with that tax increase, how does the white house plan to sell it, i expect those bodies will respond to it. host: it's got a lot of popularity. billionaires are not a sympathetic group in the united states. the problem will be with people potentially joe manchin or even the kyrsten sinema's of the world who look at this as being the sort of precedent-setting thing they could have repercussions for americans further down the line. because the tax is thought to apply to unrealized gains, in theory the implication is at some point down the line anybody could have a tax on just assets they hold that haven't been

billed for any type of product -- profit. >> mr. garrison, siobhan hughes reference this, of that higher figure. any sense of how he plans to sell that? guest: the higher figure on defense spending? it's a 4% increase and i think part of that will be messaging terms of what we have going on in ukraine. the main focus will be in terms of biden availing the tax budget will be focused on the billionaires tax, this is something changing the tax code that president biden has talked about for the last year really, something he was unable to get through with the build back better plan, but he will have this issue of fairness and compare with the tax rates have been for billionaires versus

firefighters, teachers. it when he percent baseline income tax for billionaires and will point out in some cases some pay right now as low as 8%. very big hikes as president the tax issue he's going to talk about how he's a capitalist but also believes in fairness. i think when we hear biden's remarks today he will frame it in that light. host: viewers can follow along on our various platforms. statements of the budget being made. let's turn aside from budget matters, we saw last week the president's nominee for the supreme court go through a senate confirmation process. now the work begins as far as the process. where are we? guest: the senate judiciary committee is going to take those first steps to bring the nominee

up for a vote. republicans on the committee have a right to hold that vote over for a week so we expect the vote to be held over until early next week on monday and then chuck schumer has said it looks as if the senate is on track to confirm her before the senate's april 11 recess. what we would expect is a senate confirmation vote next week and barring any unforeseen developments we would expect her to be confirmed as a supreme court justice next week. host: does that change dramatically with senator manchin support? guest: it caused people to breathe a sigh of relief. while he had been thought to lean in favor, he had been such a wild card the democratic agenda so it led democrats to say we've got this with democrats exclusively if that's the route we have to go. host: do you sense any republican support? guest: at this stage the biggest possibility would be senator

susan collins of maine. she is not up for election, she has motive for the judge in the past to be -- to the appeals court. the other two who have voted for the judge in the past, a lindsey graham, he is in the apparent no category. he hasn't officially said that. the real wildcard is republican lisa murkowski of alaska. while she voted for the judge in the past, she is up for reelection and that could be complicated for her. there is some thought that maybe some people who are retiring might be willing to support her but so far the rhetoric has all been among republicans on reasons they couldn't support her. things like she has not come out and said she would oppose court packing and her -- as her mentor did. mitch mcconnell endorsed this

notion that she was lenient on child predators, a that democrats have said is basically a smear and unfair campaign tactics. at this point it seems like the pool of republican supporters is very small. host: as far as joey garrison is concerned, what was the white house reaction particularly for those tough questions that were spoke about. guest: i think the white house was pleased with how she handled herself. these were the questions they expected in terms of the child pornography sentencing issue, that has been telegraphed by republicans in advance that that would be line of attack and is well some of the other issues brought by republicans. the white house believes they were very happy with how judge jackson performed. really far without any republican votes there to get wasn't tops three and as my colleague just said, that's down

one because lindsey graham is most likely not to vote for her. really all eyes are on collins and murkowski. the white house would love to get bipartisan support for judge jackson's confirmation. but if they don't, they are ready to have the confirmation and democrats would give the tie-breaking vote. host: this is joey garrison you just heard from usa today covers the white house. siobhan hughes covers congress. it's hear from jerry in new jersey. line for democrats. go ahead with your question or comment. caller: good morning. i'm a registered democrat and i have a question. listening to c-span this morning and i heard a lot of democrats calling in saying the republicans were against what biden said regarding putin had to go. and they hear the callers calling in saying the

republicans were against it and i'm hearing most of them supporting the strength he had to say it so i'm a little confused. the other comment i want to make is all the news media has really lost a lot of credibility. you guys do not do your job, you are not doing your job, and all earnestly trying to save biden and protect him and it's not working. people are seeing it, that's wise numbers are going down. host: we invited these guests to be our guest on the program so do you have something you specifically want to address to them? caller: why in heaven's name do you let biden pull out notes and call certain people and you do not get a real press conference when you're talking to him and you let him gay with it -- get away with it. host: you cover the white house, we will start for you as far as process is concerned. guest: that is something that's

been used by past administrations in terms of the press knowing in advance who he's going to call on. he doesn't know the questions that will be asked and he has taken questions a lot less than previous presidents, i think the reason why is that a decision by the white house we just saw in warsaw a couple days ago he got caught up in the moment and went off script and said a comment regarding putin but was not the public policy of the administration tornado and so i think that is an approach of the white house in terms of not wanting to have the president have to answer direct questions without sort of setting up. he did have a press conference a month or two ago where they took questions for about two hours. myself and other journalist, i think we try to hold the president accountable just like

when we hold previous presidents accountable. host: misuse, because of your -- ms. hughes, and generally when presidents make gaffes, our congress generally forgiving of that? guest: it depends on what party you are part of whether you are publicly forgiving. publicly, republicans would be unforgiving in this instance and publicly democrats would be forgiving. that said, there will be plenty of whispers behind the scenes that this was a real gaff and it was unfortunate. it's probably going to refuel the conversation on whether joe biden should run again in 2024. these private criticisms do happen in the news ends up being when joe biden gets public criticism from his own party. host: let's hear from howard in texas, republican line.

caller: calling from the great state of texas. host: go ahead. caller: i'm just wondering why is it one side the questions and the other side has hardly anything. if i went out here and tackled him on the street side of been arrested. host: juergen have to clarify what you're talking about. caller: you didn't hear what cory booker said what happened? he never asked the supreme court justice a question that i heard, yet he was tackled on the street by some woman because he was so close to this woman. if i would've tackled him i would've been arrested. host: that's howard in texas. as far as severity of questioning, what did you see last week? that does it compare to supreme court nominees that are questioned. caller: it was the same and it was different. the past couple of supreme court

nominations have been contentious in their own ways. the brett kavanaugh fight i think we all remember for the fact it delved into his personal history, those allegations that he disagreed with that he had engaged in sexual abuse when he was in high school. and then the amy coney barrett hearings, a different where her religion was a target. obviously one of the things that made this hearing different was that race was an undercurrent and also while republicans had promised to engage in a very civil appearing confirmation process that focused on the substance, a lot of democrats and a lot of members of the public felt it really got into this dicey line where the judge had been smeared for making decisions and child predator cases that really were no different than what the norm is. one thing about to jump in on and provide context, the viewer was referencing an exchange between cory booker and the

judge in which cory booker was trying to lift the judges spirits after a brutal couple days of questioning. he was explaining that he had been practically tackled on the street by a believe a black or african-american woman who was so excited of the nomination and so excited at how close senator booker was to this african-american nominee, of the first black woman in american history that she practically tackled him saying do you think we are going to actually get this nominee. he was speaking metaphorically, he was not saying he had been physically threatened. it's worth noting that senator booker is a socially outgoing guy so this would've been a normal political experience for someone like him. host: thank you for the clarification. independent line for our guests, go ahead. caller: good morning. host: you are on, go ahead. caller: i just had a couple of

quick questions about the coverage of the war. with reporters as far as joe biden is concerned. republicans didn't have a problem with trump being overly friendly, and not trying to withhold aid to ukraine which he got impeached. then they're upset with biden because he said -- call it a gaffe, whatever, this man shouldn't remain in power. i can contrast that -- i cannot contrast that. russia has always been the enemy since i was in elementary. so how do reporters square the difference between trump and his over friendliness with vladimir putin that he got impeached for withholding aid to ukraine

versus what biden said. host: mr. garrison. guest: i think reporters reported both of those, trump impeachment obviously thoroughly and obviously reported on the remarks from president biden over the weekend. it is not our job to do a value judgment. we aren't really here to compare these two things, it was a significant statement i think because what was unfortunate for president biden is i thought he delivered one of his best speeches as president and certainly on the ukraine crisis, it was a speech that really tried to unify the moral to be in the fight and help ukraine, not just in the short term, but

he said several moments for years to come. i think what's troubling for the white house, the message was really upended and undermined by this comment, that's the only thing we are talking about three days later. so that's why it was a really unfortunate error for president biden to make. i think he just got caught up in the moment. president biden has -- he has called himself a gaffe prone person. he just delivered a powerful speech, he was looking out on all of these people, he had blasted pruden several times during the trip, calling him a butcher, etc.. it was just what we saw a revealed was the true feelings that pruden is someone who

should not remain in power, but the problem was it did not reflect the policy of the administration. that's where we are. host: to both of you i will ask when it comes to issues of covid saw the white house pleading to congress for additional covid funding. what -- where does that request stand? mr. garrison you go first. guest: it's something the white house is still calling for in order to continue fighting this pandemic that still not over even though it feels like we are at a much better spot than we were months ago. we appear to be maybe on the beginning of another increase in cases and that's something that's affected the white house. the press secretary and her top deputy have covid right now or had it recently. that's just a reminder this

thing is not over and they are looking to congress. they are still in an impasse in terms of passing it. host: where is congress as far as putting this? we side taken out of omnibus funding. where does it stand now. guest: congress is still stuck on this because republicans are still frustrated over the financing mechanism, in particular they still feel money that went to state and local government should be clawed back and used for this and you already see the administration starting to do things like stop providing funding to providers are giving vaccines -- forgiving vaccines to uninsured patients. he says that the money is

needed, but it's clear it's a very delegate negotiation and short of having some process that would bundle it up into the next spending bill or attaching it to a reconciliation bill, it's hard to see that the money coming. the administration's position is it needs to come soon because you have to place orders now for supplies delivered months down the line. host: let's go to willie in texas on our line for republicans. go ahead. caller: good morning. first of all, siobhan, i've seen that name and i pronounce it wrong. it is a beautiful name. as far as mr. garrison is concerned, i heard him say the media is questioning during the press conferences and i'm not

quite sure about that. biden gets a list of names of who he wants to call on. it may not -- the questions may not of been disclosed, but still back when trump was there there was tons of media -- different media outlets of all types and the last thing, this is my question. if any trump kid had a laptop that showed all kinds of business dealings with ukraine oligarchs and russian in china that involved mr. trump, would any -- what a press conference with trump consist of any other kind of questions other than that? what i'm saying is those questions are not being asked to

mr. biden, to the president. host: ok. caller from texas. mr. garrison he's referring to the laptop of hunter biden and peoples interest in it. guest: there is an investigation going on and i think reporters will be following that. rewinding to what you said at the beginning, obviously i would love to have more access to the president and ask questions more freely and more frequently, i think one shift from the white house under trump has been the return of daily press briefings. so we do get an opportunity to ask questions in that forum. i would like the opportunity to ask the president a question on a more frequent basis. what i would say is questions aren't vested in advance. i was simply making the point that he has the names of reporters that they call on, but

he does not know the questions. that was just the point i was trying to make. host: can you clarify the investigation? guest: the justice department, that's going on right now. there's also a little bit of news on that today. i'm not reporting on that firsthand so you might be able to fill in the viewers more on that. we will see where that all goes. host: on your end, another investigation towards the january 6 investigation. one of the interests over the last couple of days was the possibility of the wife of supreme court justice clarence thomas appearing before the committee because of the text she sent. can you update viewers on the interests of that? guest: there is a high level of interest on the part of

committee members about those text exchanges between ginni thomas and people like the former white house chief of staff mark meadows. the issue here is the thinking is that this is a person who absolutely is any other american, has a right to engage in political activity, but the question is whether or not she was doing it with either the express or implied support of her husband, supreme court justice clarence thomas, which gets extra complicated by the fact he was part of some opinions connected to january 6 and the release of material. there is a high level of interest. but where that committee lands is still up in the air. host: we saw several members of congress yesterday on the sunday show suggesting clarence thomas should at least recuse himself from january 6 related cases. guest: she suggested that.

she is on the senate judiciary committee. we also saw a ron wyden say that the justice should recuse himself. one person who did not come right out and say that was chairman dick durbin. a piece of that is he is trying to get the supreme court nominee through but i think it also speaks to the host: we saw -- that he should recuse himself from cases. guest: one person who didn't come out and say was the chairman. he is trying to get this supreme court nominee through.

to do anything that play into over criticizing -- over politicizing right now. host: have we seen a white house response to what ms. thomas suggested? guest: no. the president has been traveling to europe in the past couple of days. questions to the white house on air force one and moments during that trip to brussels and poland. ginni thomas has been in the news before. months ago, a conservative activist. it will be interesting to see

whether they will now. i don't think this will be something the white house will be eager to weigh in on. host: the january 6 committee meets later to discuss subpoenas for two former president trump's supporters -- associates. what is the significance? guest: this could widen the pool of with house votes support in contempt of congress. if that did happen, if this made it to the house floor, you could have people at risk of liability

on january 6. the former white house chief of staff has referred to the justice department on criminal defense charges but we don't know where that stands. it looks to be an intensifying nature host:. that subpoena hearing you can see him c-span. follow along on our website and our c-span now apple. let's hear from mike in seattle, washington on the democrats line. caller: where does the supreme court go from here? will the compound g -- will the

ketanji jackson -- i had the opportunity to meet joe biden when i was a student at the institute of politics. biden seems like a nice guy. i think biden's comments in ukraine about putin is more of a psychological paradigm. if he says such a verbal signal to nato partners, i disagree with the media wholeheartedly that it was a gas.

host: mr. garrison, you go first. guest: it could be viewed as something that was intentional but what undermines that argument is the president himself when asked about it did not need a regime change. the president should have stood by those comments and not walked back entirely. maybe not the official policy for regime change. what he said was something a lot of people feel. putin should not be president of russia. the problem again that i pointed

to earlier, this is something that was not the formal position of nato, the white house. the worry for some is putin can see this as escalatory rhetoric that could damage some of the progress or some of the efforts to try to win this war. it was intentional in terms of reflecting the president's feelings. for the cleanup job that the white house is trying to do, it was not something that members of the white house wanted out there. guest: the question was will the judge jackson nomination help improve the legitimacy of the

courts. from the perspective of democrats, it will. their thesis is that the public trusts more in the court that consists of people who reflect the diversity of this nation. that is why it is important to have an african-american woman on the court. from the judiciary committee chairman's perspective, he has tried to run the hearing in a way that returns the senate to the norm. you saw him really resisting the impulse to gavel quiet like lindsey graham who are asking questions to of. there is another piece of this equation that has to do with the delete -- the legitimacy. republicans have taken note.

he was able to put a six to three majority on the seat until donald trump won the presidency. judge jackson did not specifically disavow the idea of packing the court in the future. host: let's hear from dave, st. louis, missouri. republicans line. caller: with the judiciary committee being split and it takes 12 votes for her to be voted and for her name brought forward on the senate floor for confirmation, we should ask which one of the 11 republicans is going to crossover and vote

with the democrats to vote her onto committee. guest: i love senate procedure. if there is an 11 11 vote, and that is what appears likely, it would take more time on the senate floor. he has a process for extracting the nominations from committee. assuming there is a deadlock 11- 11 vote. host: let's hear from devon on

the democrats line. good morning, sir. you're on with our guests. go ahead with your question or comment, sir. caller: i am very glad and very proud of our country helping out in ukraine the way they are sending dollars for military equipment and aid. i am concerned with what is china doing right now. they are sitting back to see how the situation unfolds. what is the united states going to do when that happens? host: a question about china. mr. garrison? guest: china's role on the war in ukraine is something the white house is concerned about.

the white house said they outlined the consequences if china were to assist vladimir putin in this war. they have not found evidence that they are -- assist in other ways with the war. this would take the conflict to a whole another level. it would be a major shakeup. they have made that point very clear to china. host: miscues, questions or concerns about china? guest: the way the caller framed the question is the way i have heard lawmakers on both sides

frame the question. china is watching closely to see how the u.s. and its allies. host: from georgia on the independence line, this is chris. caller: i am more of a moderate democrat. how do we feel with trump interjecting himself and problems with ukraine?

especially saying he is not the -- he is the only president not getting into wars. do we feel biden is -- do we think they hold merit in it? guest: -- host: miscues, if you want to take something from that? guest: trumps remarks when it comes to russia and ukraine, you hear the republican from wyoming, liz cheney talk about the -- we saw madison cawthorn get in trouble with his own party with a leaked video of him

in town hall calling volodymyr zelenskyy, ukraine's president, a bug. that is an element republicans are trying to manage within their own party and it is something that if you look at through a political lens would benefit the democrats. guest: i think democrats want to make trump pay. garrison: i think that will be something we are going to hear. particularly this conflict spans a couple of years. host: miscues, we are going to

see representative don young, the republican from alaska, any opinions on his time in office and what he achieved at that time? hughes: don young was huge in steering money back to alaska. you saw that last year when he was one of the few republicans to vote from that type bipartisan infrastructure bill. people who voted for that infrastructure bill, there was don young with all the money he had one for alaska. host: we have been joined this morning by siobhan hughes. and joey garrison.

she covers usa today at the white house. thank you both for your time. coming up more discussions about the u.s. and ukraine. we'll talk about the nuclear threats imposed by russia and weekend efforts to support ukraine. we will have that coming up.

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brussels. a part of your talks deal with missile defense. can you tell our audience your background on these things? garrison: --guest: i am professor and i have written several books about nuclear weapons. i previously served in the intelligence committee and department of defense across several different administrations, working on issues of national security strategy and nuclear weapons. when the topic turns to the potential of the current conflict in ukraine turning to missile use, whether it be biological chemicals or nuclear, at the stage you see now, what is the potential?

guest: there are missile already. it seems the russians may have been looking at biological or chemical weapon use. we have seen that already with poodle going on nuclear high -- high alert. my are not necessarily using chemical weapon or two or three. there is a real risk. host: there is reporting over

the last few days of the u.s. working on contingency plan of its own as a response to what might happen. what do you think that might signify? guest: it means the administration sees this as a serious threat. this is something the russians could do. the administration has been releasing intelligence predicting russia's next move going all the way back to the fall. they were saying the russians might be preparing for chemical or biological attack should be concerning. also reports that jake sullivan, national security advisor warned the russians privately using weapons. this means the administration has intelligence or reason to believe putin is thinking about nuclear chemical biological use.

the russians have taken in-controlled territory in the east and south of the country. they are not giving up. they are continuing to pour more into this. ukraine even taking down some territory. we haven't seen any major move in the battle lines in recent days. not like the early days of the war host: we often hear about the number of missiles russia has. talk about the types and the capabilities they have. guest: russia has a broad sweep

of nuclear weapons. that locked us in at 1005 hundred 50 strategic deploying weapons each. many people assume we have basic parity but russians are building nuclear weapons that are not covered in that treaty. russia has 2000 or so tactical weapons, low nuclear weapons that can be used on the battlefield. nuclear torpedoes, nuclear minds, nuclear defense interceptors to come after missiles. almost any kind of weapon you can imagine. russia is building these new exotic weapons.

one is a submarine drone. outside mary opal. and a nuclear power, nuclear cruise missile. this isn't just a nuclear cruise missile with a warhead on it, it is a nuclear cruiser with a missile inside to give it range. host: our guest with us until 9:30. if you want to ask them questions you can do so at (202) 748-8000, for democrats. (202) 748-8001, for republicans.

(202) 748-8002, four independents. guest: referring to the statement of biden that putin must step down, i suspect it was off-the-cuff. that is not good if the administration and the president are singing from different sheets of music. what the president said is what everyone is thinking. it is very hard to see the situation improve while vladimir putin is in power. hard to imagine putin giving up this war. at the same time, it is probably not good for the president to

say that. for putin that is what is most important, maintaining his own power. maybe even give some additional incentives. host: russian diplomat are talking with ukrainian diplomats . talks about splitting the country, talks about concessions. what is the status you see among the talks and do you think they will result in anything substantial? guest: there are serious ongoing talks and diplomatic interest on both sides. i don't think we are close yet. that is what the biden administration said recently. we are weeks or may months away.

one of them is mistaken but i think the russians are bringing in reinforcements. ukrainians are not going to agree to dividing the country when they feel they have not yet exhausted the military power. i don't think putin will want to give up on taking kyiv if he thinks he is still able to make some moves with these additional reinforcements. the battlefield situation will determine the ultimate negotiations. host: in recent dialogue at the foreign policy website you talk about the peace agreement. the headline reads what i peace deal between russia and ukraine

do more than harm than good? what is the gist you are debating about. guest: one of the fears is that i and some of the european officials discuss, if we got one tomorrow, it would not be advantageous for ukraine. zelenskyy would have to agree to things he did not have to -- he would not want to.

putin has a history of reneging on his agreements. he reneged on the agreements with ukraine in 2014. so my fear is we will get a peace deal, putin will pocket those concessions as the rest of the world turns its attention away, putin will resume the war and continue to pressure ukraine, take more territory. that is not want to put zelenskyy in a great position. host: matthew kroenig matthew kroenig this is -- this is matthew kroenig joining us.

deborah, go ahead with your comment. caller: i know the fight is between russia and ukraine, how come ukraine is not bombing suburbs and cities in russia? i know they want a lot of weapon tree from us, i pay a lot of taxes, we are tired of the war. ukraine needs to start bombing back and destroys cities and civilians like russia is doing to them. host: that is deborah in philadelphia. guest: ukrainians certainly are fighting back but right now fighting back within ukraine against russian forces. main reasons they are not striking into russia are that

ukrainians don't have that kind of long-range strike capability. the united states could give them capabilities like that but the biden administration is working a tight rope with how the united states will defend themselves. the military assistance has focused more on defensive weapons, antitank, aircraft missiles. discussions of more advanced capabilities to be provided to ukraine focus more on defensive weapons more than authentic ones. the biden administration thinks that would be too risky. host: is the united states the

only one capable of long-range weapons to get to ukraine? guest: it is not. there are other countries in the world that have longer-range artillery and missiles. it is hard to imagine them doing that without discussions from the united states. the other thing that has been really devastating on the battlefield, turkey is providing jones against these russian tanks. used in a defensive way against russian armor rather than to take the fight against russia itself. host: do you know if -- would have those same capabilities? guest: the u.s. switchblade drones are state-of-the-art so

those will be really effective. many think we may be on the verge of -- drones didn't exist on the battlefield 20 years ago. we are seeing unmanned drones to conduct attacks. thinking about russia or china using unmanned, inexpensive platforms to go after large platforms or ships. host: here is lindsay on the democratic line. caller: biden should say more.

putin has been in charge way too long. he is destroying ukraine. he planned on destroying whatever he wants because that is what he does. biden and nato should tell him, we are stronger than you and you should stop destroying this country. just like we would like to keep our country but we have been polarized by our last president who was trying to be a dictator. it is really wrong that people

aren't paying attention and realizing this. guest: i think the biden administration and the rest of the free world is speaking very clearly to putin that this is unacceptable, this has to stop. the problem is putin is a ruthless dictator so he is not going to be easy. -- easy to convince him to step down.

third is reinforcing the eastern flank of nato. will that be enough? it is too early to say. host: how can you increase the effort without increasing the tensions? guest: it is no guaranteed to avoid escalation. anti-ship missiles can be help you -- helpful. there are missiles that can hold

those ships. more advanced air defenses, we have more advanced missiles. former commander -- the western area around genevieve's -- saying we are coming, stay out of our way. if we do that, it could save a lot of lives. it also helps to hold some

territory and make it difficult for russia to take more of the country. some smart people would say what happens if russia bombs one of those u.s. military truck then it is world war iii between the united states and russia. but this is a true sign that putin doesn't want a nuclear war with the united states either. this is a humanitarian zone. i think putin would advise his military not to have those areas. those are some of the ideas former funneling support while keeping --. host: you talk about mary opal being close to coming conquer. if that happens, there is body of water there, what could happen was what happens back and forth with russia and ukraine? guest: that part of ukraine in

russia's initial plan was can -- was to conduct lightning strikes. it seems their strategy is focused more on creating a russian sphere of influence in the eastern part of the country. mary opal would be key to that. if russia succeeded in taking the entire coast, that would really weaken the ukrainian state.

it will make us less safe if it was in moscow's position. host: this is surely in washington state, republicans line. caller: i heard on the news putin stole all the children on the train. that is why there has been a turnabout in the last few days. i would hate to see anything more happened to ukraine. biden was right. it has got to stop. he is not going to stop.

until he gets what he wants. he is like a dog with rabies. guest: thanks, shirley. for many, you are right. for many in the west, it was surprising. why is putin doing this? is he irrational? if you look at it from putin's point of view, you understand that he said the collapse of the soviet union is the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the 21st century. he has said he wants to create a greater russia. re-create russian empire. if you look at his actions going back over a decade, he has used military force to do this and has been successful. in the west, we see use of military force. in iraq and afghanistan, that didn't work. in putin's view, she used

military judgment. he kept georgia out of nato and the you. in 2014, he intervened and killed georgia out of nato. he established rusher as a major player in the middle east for the first time since the cold war. and since then, -- he is essentially seven for seven. it has turned out to be harder for him this time. host: let's hear from john on the republicans line. caller: president biden did a

very good job reuniting nato and the eu going along with historic sanctions against russia. with that speech he gave in poland, very good speech. nine words at the end and that is all we hear about --. all you have to say it is up to the american -- up to the ukrainian people. putin is the aggressor. we are worrying too much about

what he wants, what he doesn't want. let's give ukraine the, the people who want a free democratic government, give them 300 missile systems and let them take their country back. host: ok, that is john in oregon. guest: many commentators are saying we need to find putin off ramps, find a safe way for him to back down, that is not quite right. putin is the aggressor here. it is not our responsibility to find a solution for him.

our response doesn't need to be what you said, arming their ukrainian -- the ukrainians and helping them to win this. otherwise it was a strong speech. the main theme was this struggle between democracies.

combined we have 60% of global gdp compared to 16% of global gdp among the --. we are strong if we work together. you are right to point out it has been unprecedented and really surprising unity among the democracies in response to russia's invasion of ukraine. host: in february, mr. kroenig, you wrote a piece saying washington must prepare for war with russia. guest: the point was pretty straightforward. russia and china are threatening .

we see that right now in ukraine. china has said it will use necessary force. -- said he thinks china could try to invade taiwan in the next six years.

some increase is required. second is having our allies do more. it has been great to see the ukrainians pledge to increase defense spending. we can't do it all on our own. neither russia or china are at a nuclear war with the united states. determining both of them would be much better than leading the fight. host: on the spending side there are reports that the president budget request will top $18 billion. what do you think about those numbers? guest: that make sense. it is still not enough. if three to 5% real growth in defense spending to buy the

weapons the united states needs, it is helpful but you have to think about inflation we are still short of where we need to be. host: this is bob in virginia, democrats line. caller: thank you for taking my call. mr. kroenig, e mentioned the hypocrisies of china against the united states. whether or not you fear there is a resemblance between -- host: we are going to eric on

the independent line. -- eric in illinois on the independent line. caller: after looking at the touch -- the timeline, based on the occurrences that happened after the meeting, trump did a quick probe for would putin for the election. you help me with the election, i will get you ukraine or stanback

from ukraine. throw in a hotel in moscow for great measure -- for good measure. comments? guest: some of trump statements with regard to russia were certainly puzzling. the quick protocol you layout would be a little bit hard to imagine i think putin was motivated by other things. he also saw the withdrawal from afghanistan -- i think those

were more driving factors. caller: biden said the comment putin cannot stay in power because he is trying to start a russian revolution. that should be the focus. putin can back down but then he can start up again. the only way to make the world safe is to get rid of him. the intelligence agencies should be more. this is a perfect time. this is a perfect time to go in there and assist them in revolution.

i don't see the urgency. guest: somebody gets in trouble for saying the quiet part out loud. wouldn't it be wonderful if putin was removed from office and maybe we get a new government that will being --. people focus on biden now but two weeks ago senator lindsey graham made a similar statement and got in trouble. even though it is true, we would like putin removed, does the president of the united states saying that make our job harder? is it going to be harder to get putin to agree to some kind of peace deal if he thinks america's real goal is to remove

him from office and send him to a war crime --. ? that statement might make our job a lot harder. host: let's go to jane in illinois. , craddock's line, you are on -- democrat line, you are on. caller: is the best way to do that to get to the oligarch and is he supported by the oligarch? is that where he gets his power? guest: somebody wanting to remove putin from office, that is going to take courage and

motivation from people in positions of authority in russia. putin is surrounded by these oligarchs who have gotten wealthy under his rules. they are not healthy -- they are not happy with the way things are going now. putin, i don't think he cares very much if russian soldiers diet, if russian economy suffers. if people around him are unhappy and he has to worry about his own power, that is something that may change his decision. that is a major part about going so hard after these oligarchs. host: matthew kroenig of the atlantic council. there are several reports appealing the sinking commission on issues in ukraine.

how does this relate to issues going on in ukraine? guest: i testified before the house seeking commission a few days ago. the west and the soviet union -- the west agreed to issues on human rights. at some of the democracy movements in eastern europe were using the language in the helsinki courts to make their case and make it harder for the soviet union to push back. the committee has remained in place and works to try to ensure security and prosperity -- they

are paying a lot of attention to these issues. what can the united states and nato do to solve these issues? host: one more call from karen in georgia. independent line. caller: i have read quite a few online publications about germany and france back in 2014 sending weapons and arms to russia. is any of that true? guest: i do not know about arms sales to russia. the major problem has been

energy ties to russia. germany gets a lot of its energy from russia. the germans have had a pretty soft foreign policy on russia. they are worried if they get too tough against russia, russia could cut off those flows of oil and gas and raises prices. germany has been one of the reasons the united states has not been able to get tougher with russia since 2014. germany has seen a pivot after the most recent invasion. germany agreeing to increase defense spending by $100 billion is a massive increase. it looks like the new government is going to be with the west, taking a harder line against russia. i hope that is the case.

host: in the next days and weeks ahead, what do you watch for as signs of and in result? guest: the western powers were able to win a victory. i think maybe the same thing can happen here. with western support, ukraine can succeed with pushing out western versus an succeed in defending integrity, sovereignty and freedom. host: the director of the security initiative of georgetown university. ask for your time. guest: thank you. host: we will finish our program with open forum. you can text us.

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twitter feed. politico writes more on what you can expect later for the president today. when it comes to the tax that the guest referenced earlier biden overtaxing the 1%, the white house will require household worth more than 1,000,002 paid 2% of texas on a combination of the income and things like stock portfolios, something that is not currently taxed. the administration says that will generate 60 billion over the next decade. half of that coming from billionaires under the section that it might be a tough sell. democrats have already rejected similar law tax proposals. the latest plan will also announced a major chand -- change in the tax system that will raise a constitutional challenge. we will look that -- we will look for that to play out in the

day. also, congress expected to vote on the legalization of marijuana . that will be on the hillside. you can continue calling on those topics during topper forms or things you have seen in the show today. (202) 748-8000, free democrats. (202) 748-8001, for republicans. (202) 748-8002, independence. go ahead. caller: i love your program. i have one question and i would love to make a comment. i know everyone keeps calling putin a war criminal, but it is my understanding unless same incorrect, that neither russia or the united states signed the agreement for, i think it is international criminal --. i do not know why they keep saying that. it would be great if you guys could have a show or a segment that discuss that particular

situation and kind of put that to bed one way or the other. then the other comment i had, there is a coming tsunami of food shortage and diesel fuel prices going up. i listen to you guys because between the people that called in and you, c-span, i seem to get the best news i could possibly get. no one is saying anything about that. it is more of just a comment and a question this morning. thank you. host: richard in virginia. let's hear from virginia. good morning. caller: i usually do not make a comment. no problem. the news media and the pundits pulling their hair out about what biden said.

putin could care less what biden says he wants this president to start our energy, economy from afghanistan with his tales between his legs. he has no respect for this president. that is all i have to say. it's a lot. host: let's go to tim in ohio. democrats mine. caller: good morning. i when i to say that 70% democrats, 30% republicans. any politician, i do not care if it is a politician or not, anybody that only badmouth somebody else and only does what they are going to do, that is not a good person. i think we need to get it done

where they go on their on their campaign, do not tell me what the other guy is going to do. tell me what you're going to do. politicians do not attack other politicians, they only talk about themselves. just vote for the person who is the best person. as i said, i am a democrat but casey is a great guy. he would be a great leader. he is a republican. both sides have a good and bad people. we got to stop attacking the people. if that is what destroyed the country. -- that is what destroyed the country. tell me what you are going to do. to me that makes sense. i am sorry if i am punching a nerve spot. what is wrong with that? host: tom in ohio.

let's go to stephen in arizona, independent line. caller: yes. i am calling about the tax on the rich. i am never going to be as rich as anyone who makes wonder million dollars a year. the democrats always used the sock to demonize people who make it. how rich is a biden? he isn't one of them but he pretend to not to be one of them. -- he is one of them but britain'tw them. t he pretends not to be one of them. we are going to tax the rich to get us out of this past. it is too much. host: even in arizona, the laptop begin the conversation these days. i will point you to a program that c-span recorded with,

laptop from hell, which it talks about the significance. you can find that on our website. an interview she did on our programming. let's go to dennis. dennis in -- let's go to edward, edward l.a. massachusetts. democrats line. d. edward in massachusetts. caller: a bipartisan bill sponsored by legislators to form a committee to make cuts in social security and medicare. this committee was so-called rescue many and do not go what we call by the legislators to act on this law. this was introduced by senator

mitt romney. host: ready to get this information from? -- where do you get this information from? caller: i pick it up on the news. you can check it out. this is fact. ct. caller: one to five was introduced by the senate. host: i apologize caller. i pressed the button early. i apologize for that. john in iowa, republican line. caller: good morning. the situation we have going on in ukraine and how joe biden is handling it and the rhetoric he spilled on vladimir putin over the weekend.

for the callers to call in and think he is doing a good job, i would like to ask him, he has russia negotiated for us -- negotiating for us on a iran nuclear deal, at what point does that make sense for us to be using russia? host: they were a part of the original body come along with many countries of that. caller: i know that. at one point doesn't it make any sense once they invaded ukraine. they became the enemy of the world. why would we even want to use them, even if they were involved? host: let's go to eric in louisiana. democrats line. caller: this is eric. i want to say that i have been listening to the news c-span and

everywhere. i have heard that putin has been in power for 20 years. it is about time to get rid of the old man because we have an election every four years in november in the united states of america. i do not think it is right that vladimir putin is knocking down everything that the united states is trying -- we are trying to help those people over there. i have seen fires, explosions on my tv set, it is just disgraceful. you know i mean? i am sick about it. i just want everybody to know vladimir putin is ready -- she has to get impeached just like trump did. -- he has to get impeached just like trump did. host: when it comes to

assistance and help, it was the ukrainian ambassador on the sunday show yesterday talking about calls from ukraine, continued calls for assistance and the response of the world community. here is some of her comments from yesterday. [video clip] anyone who is a war criminal who attacks neighboring countries who is doing this altogether with the russians involved, definitely cannot stay in power. >> now, for all of us to stop putin while it is still going on in ukraine because this war is not only about ukraine. it is about aggression that has been going on for 33 days now in ukraine. especially in cities like murray it is the brutal genocide of ukrainian nation. also, an attempt on democracy.

>> president zelenskyy seem to say, hey, words are nice but we need more than just words. what more do you want the west to do? what are the asks and not fulfilling these asks what does that mean to ukraine's's ability to fight the war? >> let's look at the facts. for 33 days in ukraine has a defendant itself and europe from one of the largest countries, one of the most brutal countries in nuclear power. we are very surprised, many of the fact that we not survive. we will stand our ground and we will defend every inch of our territory. we need tools and all kinds of weapons in order to be able to do so. host: from detroit, michigan.

democrats line. good morning. caller: how are you doing? host: i am i'm. caller: you know, some of those people are not old enough, maybe were not born when -- try to shift those missiles into cuba. when john f. kennedy was president, he thought john f. kennedy was a week president, like russia thinking now about biden. if he had slipped those missiles into cuba, i was watching it in on tv. i was a young man in chicago. we cannot go to work for a whole week. the justice system was not working. as soon as we get rid of president trump, here comes

russia. the second thing -- third thing president trump did when he got elected, he met with putin. russia was trying to destroy the united states. the second thing, he met with saudi arabia. now, oil shortages and stuff like that as you can remember monday stock market -- when the stock market bottled up in 2020. president trump bought it from saudi arabia. what happened to the money he bought the oil with? host: let's go to florida. independent line. this is frank. caller: i like to hear more

news about what type, if any additional troops volunteers are coming into ukraine. i hear about the russia reinforcements but i do not hear about any on the ukraine side. so, i think joe biden, i do not think they should have walk that back. i think that should have stood, although politics is politics. i would love to say that nash the ukrainians used some of those drones against nash the russian fleet. i salute the ukrainians and their bravery and wisdom as well as success. host: the january 6 panel meeting later on today to consider subpoenas for two formal presidents allies

reported by the new york times this morning. it is a 34 page report. the panel argued that the white house advisor and formal equity of chaff -- staff involved. the committee is set to hold a public hold on monday, a contented charge as hard to carry a year in jail. as far as the committee, that is going to take place later today. stay close to our website and c-span now at for your chance to see what is going on as far as those efforts are concerned. when it comes to january 6, the washington on comments made by legislators on the sunday show when it comes to ginni thomas, this is for headlines democratic demands thomases reclosable on january 6 case.

advocating for overturning a legal election to the cities president chief of staff. amy klobuchar goes on and say she also know the election and cases are going to come before husband. a republican saying yesterday that he is confident justice thomas will act appropriately. he quoted, first off i admire and respect thomas. he goes on to say, i think he has been a great supreme court justice. he will always do the right thing. that is some of the news being played out on that front. we will go to page in denton, texas. independent line. caller: i have a question, more of a statement. i'm trying to understand how is it that putin is the greatest bad guy in the world when he is only doing the same thing that america does? the second thing i'm trying to understand is, ukraine is just

like mexico or canada to america. we would do the same thing that putin is doing if someone done the same thing, if someone was in the ukraine position. i do not want to get mixed up. my point is, we would do the same thing that putin is doing if one of our enemies were in mexico or canada. host: what makes you believe that? caller: we are america. we will go all of across the world to start a war. you know we are going to defend something right across the border, be in canada or mexico. host: you're saying the asked to russia or ukraine is the similar act to mexico or canada. caller: exactly. if the situation was the same. host: let's go to steve in

virginia. you are up. caller: good morning. my question would be, did vladimir putin get nash. --. host: i think brooklyn, maryland. caller: i wanted to go back to the gentleman two calls ago. i do not know if he realizes, we have been dealing with the war in drugs in mexico for years now. for him to even say that, i don't know. it made me a little irritated. what is going on over in russia and ukraine is no comparison to what we have going on. we are not bombarding people. when we did invade afghanistan all of those years ago, of course, we were under the impression that we were going

over there for a reason, it turned out that it was not. a lot of people have things misconstrued. if was another gentleman who said something about the election for the president. people need to realize that the election is every two years are the ones that matter more than the presidential election matters. it is irritating that people are getting that messed up as well. host: then level -- danielle in maryland. just a few minutes for a few more calls. (202) 748-8000, for republicans. (202) 748-8001, four democrats. (202) 748-8002, for independent spirit one of the things he s.

the senate returns today at 3:00. they will vote on the legisla tion and confirmation to president bite is nominated to be the budget director. ent --. let's go to bonnie in california. republican line. caller: i just have a few comments. we concentrate on the u.s. border, not ukraine border. i think that the ukrainian situation is a cover-up of the biden regime. if you're going to talk about january 6, you should have it live tv and show all of the film. take people to court so they can get out and go back to their lives.

host: the commission will meet later today on the subpoenas. you can see that play out as well today. are you there? let's go to denver colorado -- denver, colorado. caller: we are next. i want to say that i am a 62-year-old african-american. i am corporate training in international travel and well educated. i learned with every problem, this is a corporate term, you must take it nash. when i look at it at a 50,000 foot level, i see america i'm sensitive to slavery and the and sensitive to slavery. i loo at black americans today.

no reparations. i find america trying to dictate democracy and freedom for the rest of the world. i feel like what you do always comes back to you. host: ok. guest: america has never resolved its biggest sin. host: that is kevin in denver, colorado. one of the things in u.s. capitol would be the public tours. fox news reported today that as of today, public tours at the u.s. capitol will resume for the first time in more than two years. so, it will probably be more foot traffic at the u.s. capitol as people come to see.

tours resume today. let's hear from joan. caller: hi. i just wanted to ask, maybe i misunderstood the question -- question. he did not ask a question. i was waiting for a question. he did a monologue. is there a ruling? i miss that. host: if you want to go back to those hearings, you can see that play out if you go to our website at c-span.org. also, if you missed it, the reporters, i think this is what you're referring to also referenced that as well. if you want to go back to our website and see that interview online, it was towards the end. if you want to look it up and see what she has to say about it, you can do that they are. democrats line. this is ed. caller: good morning. i would like to make a quick comment about the war.

this is not, this is not america's war. this is a european war. the european conference needs to step up and they need to send soldiers over there to help those people out. everybody is trying to blame joe biden and this or that. host: we became involved when we assisted nato, haven't we? caller: it is happening in their backyard. it is a threat directly to them. at first, i thought maybe because they should put boots on the ground. no, no, this is not the united states war. the european country, shame on him, shame on him. the same thing happened to poland in 1930 host: host: nine.

usa today, a story that broke over the weekend the republican from nebraska it resigned from office saturday after a california jury convicted him of a lying to federal authorities about a donation from ford national. in letter, he said he is resigning effective thursday. he said "it is my honor to serve with you, due to difficulties of my current circumstances, i can no longer serve". this is francis, independent line. caller: good morning. great discussion this morning. it c-span as wonderful, it is one of the few places you can have, citizens to have an discussion on major issues. i have an opinion that i think the president, i voted for him, but i think the president made an error by calling putin a

brute. then saying, for gods's sake we have to remove him from power. it is an error, at a certain point the united states has to negotiate something with the russian federation about solving this issue. we should take the page in the book of president john f. kennedy, who negotiated with the soviets to get the missiles, nuclear missiles out of cuba. in return, united states pulled their muscles out of turkey come under russian border. i know something about this psi i serve in the u.s. air force -- i know something about this because i serve in the u.s. air force. ok. we need to negotiate this. we knew to negotiate, negotiate, negotiate. our war in russia. caller: senate negotiation with

kennedy was not in the media. what i want to say is, our president should not be tiptoeing around putin and saying, not saying certain things. it is kind of what he is. he is a psycho. i do not see what he has to be tiptoeing. he has got to let him know. spent all of this time trying to walk it back. it should be a one and done. put into not deserve all of that. host: jason in california. finishing us off for this program. i appreciate those of you who participated. another round of washington journal -- "washington journal" comes your way at 7:00 tomorrow morning. we will see you then. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org]

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