appropriate, as difficult as it may be, please try to empathize with ms. potter's situation. as president barack obama once said learning to stand in somebody else's shoes, to see through their eyes, that's how peace begins. and it's up to you to make that happen. empathy is a quality of character that can change the world. officer kimberley potter was trying to do the right thing. of all the jobs in public service, police officers have

the most difficult one. they must make snap decisions under tense evolving and ever changing circumstances. they risk their lives every single day. in public service. officer potter made a mistake that ended tragically. she never intended to hurt anyone. her conduct cries out for a sentence significantly below the guidelines. okay. thank you.

>> good day, this is peter alexander in washington d.c. andrea mitchell will join us live from munich in just a moment. but that emotional moment we just witnessed, with even the judge becoming emotional as she detailed the reason behind the sentence she gave to former police officer kim potter. she's just been sentenced in the fatal shooting of daunte wright for an a traffic stop that took place in april last year. joining us from minneapolis here. in this case, shaq, the prosecution was asking for more than seven years for a person with no criminal history, like potter when the state sentencing guidelines say she would have been eligible to get between six and eight and a half years. the sentence now just two years. only 18 of them served behind bars. >> reporter: that's exactly right.

you have that two-year sentence coming from the judge who, as you mentioned, got emotional reading the closing comments while thinking about the position kim potter has been placed in and the fact it was a split second decision when she drew her firearm and thinking it was a taser, according to her testimony, and shot daunte wright. the prosecution says that they wanted that presumptive sentence. as the state guidelines suggest. they wanted a sentence of seven years for kim potter to serve in prison. but you even heard them say and acknowledge in arguments earlier in the day that this is a unique circumstance. that she didn't have any negative criminal history. that she had positive experiences as an officer.

at least people said that she had positive experiences as an officer. so, they even said there would be a sentence that would be acceptable that was much lower and that is what the judge ultimately sided with. >> shaquille brewster for us in minneapolis. regina chu detailing her empathy for kim potter in the situation and saying the killing of daunte wright was, in her words, a tragic mistake. now we want to go thrive germany, the host, andrea mitchell. russia and washington making major headlines in recent days. what's the latest you're hearing from the security conference there? >> thanks so much, peter. a lot of news here. we've been following this high-stakes showdown between western leaders and vladimir putin.

today vice president kamala harris on the biggest global stage she's been on for the first time meeting with the leaders of the three eastern european countries. >> we remain, of course, open to and desiring of diplomacy as relates to the dialogue and sessions we have had with russia but we are also committed, if russia takes aggressive action, to insuring severe consequences in terms of the economic sanctions we have discussed. >> and president putin meeting with his allies, belarus, who has welcomed russian forces ahead of planned ballistic missile exercises this weekend. blinken says will only take place if russia does not invade ukraine as feared in the next several days.

>> even as we're doing everything we possibly can to make clear there's a diplomatic path, that this has to be resolved through dialogue, through diplomacy, we are deeply concerned that's not the path russia has embarked on. i think putin's been surprised at the solidarity, at the way nato has come together. as long as we maintain that solidarity, either way, which ever path president putins chooses, we'll be ready to respond. >> and president biden is going to address the nation at 4:00 eastern on the situation in ukraine hours after a call with a host of allies including france, germany and poland. and joining me is chief foreign correspondent, richard engel in ukraine. and kristen welker, cohost of "weekend today." what are you seeing on the ground today? the military show of force we

expect from vladimir putin this weekend and whether or not what you're seeing in eastern ukraine is as the u.s. fears and is warning, a pretext for an invasion. >> reporter: we could be seeing the pretext for an invasion right now. this is a separatist area controlled by russia where the people speak russian, they use the russian rubl and they are claiming, their leaders are claiming that they're under attack. that they're being besiege bide the ukrainian military; that the ukrainian military is planning a major offensive to come and wipe them out, potentially with chemical weapons and one of the separatist leaders has called on the people to evacuate and to take their women, take their children, take their elderly relatives. get on buses and go to russia and russian media reports a

short while ago that vladimir putin has promised anyone who escapes that area 10,000 rupales. the equivalent of $130,000. there have been separatist friendly media channels showing buses heading towards the russian border. people lining up to put gas in their cars. the air raid sirens being tested. the ukrainians have a very, very, very different interpretation of events. they have absolutely no intention of invading the separatist areas. they have not been firing on the separatist areas, but that the separatists have been firing into ukraine and producing evidence to back that up. there's been numerous journalists who have visited the sites, numerous videos of the aftermath. the separatists haven't put out any evidence to support their claim but still calling for and,

according to their social media, starting some sort of evacuation from the area. and if you're trying to build a narrative that the people there are under attack or at least a threat, they appear to be building that narrative now. >> that is exactly what is concerning all the nato leaders here. take us through what the president hopes to accomplish on that call with the other leaders and what you're hearing from the vice president. he's been overseas before in paris and of course in guatemala. but this is the most important security conference of the year. >> reporter: first to president biden. he is going to speak to transatlantic leaders later today. this is a chance to reaffirm their commitment and solidarity in this critical moment as they do believe the window for diplomacy is closing but they think it's still cracked open and they still believe that is

the best course. the best path forward. so, this call is going to be to reaffirm that and to talk about ways to continue to ramp up pressure on president putin not to invade. of course, we are going to hear from president biden later on today when he speaks from the roosevelt room of the white house. it comes as courtney is reporting from the pentagon there will be also an announcement by the administration they're going to send a couple of hundred troops to hungary to bolster nato allies in the region. a small group of allies but it underscores the high stakes all as the president is holding the high-stakes talk. she is set to meet with the president of ukraine, president zelensky, tomorrow. it comes as a number of sources conveying they have real concerns about zelensky being out of his country at this critical moment, andrea. >> thanks to you and richard

engel and we should point out that the state department today announced a $6 billion military arm sale of abrams tanks to poland, a nato ally of course on russia's doorstep. exactly what vladimir putin said he doesn't want is more military on his border. joining us is state department spokesperson, ned price. we heard him say nato is unified, ready for everything and prepared to meet with sergey lavrov if there's no incursion or invasion. what is the reality now? because we're hearing so far they don't see any evidence that vladimir putin is drawing down to the contrary, he's building up. >> reporter: we are going to pursue the diplomatic path as long as it's avail lk to us. precisely why we sent the

russian federation a proposal for areas we think are ripe for discussion, that could enhance our security, and that could address some of russia's stated concerns. precisely why the secretary conveyed an offer to meet this coming week in europe and we stand ready to do that if there is no russian invasion before then. look, the russians have now had months to signal their willingness to deescalate. at almost every step of this, woe have not seen deescalation. in fact, we have seen escalation. whether it's false claims of removing troops from the border when they were adding troops, whether it's drills scheduled or what we're seeing unfold before our very eyes. all of this is cause for deep concern and all of this calls into question whether the russians are in fact committed to a diplomatic path.

>> if secretary blinken does not see some sign that the build up of troops, the ballistic missile test tomorrow, if he had a sign from putin, would he meet with lavrov next week? >> reporter: we want to see this diplomatic window through. we are going to make every effort to find a peaceful resolution to the crisis that moscow had has needlessly precipitated. if there were a war in ukraine, it would be a bloody, costly war. costly for russia, for ukraine. a conflicts that would have tremendous out sized implications for the national order that's been at the center of unprecedented levels for not only europe but the entire world since over the course of the past 70 years. yes, we want to see this through as long as there is no invasion.

if russia moves against ukraine, that window will have closed and we'll have have to pursue the path of defense and deterrent that we've been spending the past several weeks preparing for. >> only yesterday the president said he thought russia might invade in a matter of days. has anything changed? >> more of escalation. we are profoundly concerned by this precisely because it is just the sort of development that secretary blinken warned about yesterday in this address before the u.n. security council. he reaffirmed to the security council and the world that we have credible information. that the russians will manufacture a pretext. it's what they did before invading georgia in 2008, before they last invaded ukraine in 2014. our concern now is that this is

just the sort of pretext they would manufacture. if you're in moscow and thinking how could we justify an aggression against ukraine, this is what it might look like. the ukrainian government has no plans for any sort of military operation, incursion into the dawn bask. this is a total and complete fabrication. our concern is this is exactly the kind of pretext we've been warning about for several weeks now. >> you heard my colleague saying we have reporting from a number of sources that washington does not want president zelensky to come. it could be risky for him to come at this point. has anyone specifically warned him not to come? >> this is a decision for president zelensky. what's in the best inters of his

country, of his people and himself. whether it's speaking to him over the phone, he'll find a firm, committed partner in the united states. we are steadfast in our commitment to ukraine sovereignty and integrity and we've proven that by doubling down on the defensive security assistance for ukraine, on our economic and humanitarian support for ukraine. at every corner we have signalled our commitment and will continue to do that. >> but with all due respect, the specific question was has anyone at a high level in the u.s. government told them it would be too dangerous and safer to stay home? >> we have indicated this is a decision for him to make. >> and finally, i wanted to ask you about efforts widely proclaimed by the administration to back fill any energy

supplies, or some of the energy supplies that would be lost if vladimir putin shuts off the oil spigt. we don't rely on much from him but it's a global market and certainly europe does. saudi arabia has definitively said they're not going to increase production. saudi arabia siding with russia. isn't that a concern? >> we have been working for over the course of a couple of months to prepare for any and all contingencies that could arise in russian aggression of ukraine. one is, of course, at price shocks associated with the energy markets. we have been talking to countries around the world, companies round the world. to see to it that we have sufficient supplies, to see to it that we're able to back fill to makeup for any loss of supply that would come with russian

invasion or incursion into ukraine. we have heard from many of our partners around the world. we are confident that we're prepare aed for that contingency. >> ned price, thank you very much. i know it's a very busy time. thank you for speaking to us today in munich, just across the square from where i am today. and congressional leaders from both parties come to munich in an effort to keep the peace in europe. i'll talk to senator chris murphy out of the meetings at the u.n. security conference. the u.n. security conference that dove breakage remedy gives damaged hair the strength it needs. even with repeated combing hair treated with dove shows 97% less breakage. strong hair with new dove breakage remedy. number one beauty brand not tested on animals.

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munich this weekend. joining us is connecticut senator, chris murphy, a member of the foreign relations committee and part of the delegation here at the munich security conference. you have long experience in ukraine, more than any other senator, going back to what's happening in 2017 and 2018. is it smart for president zelensky to leave right now with so much at stake in his country and so many people in ukraine, russian backers who could undermine him? >> president zelensky's job is impossible right now because he's got to do ten things at once. we've seen the balance he has to be able to maintain between keeping calm are in ukraine, not collapsing the economy and his government while getting his country ready for what could be an invasion and need for insurgency. he has to manage this crisis internally, while rallying the world to his side.

i don't want to give president zelensky advice but i think it's important for are ukrainian leaders to be here in munich. europe and the united states is here and there are still european countries that need to hear how dire the straights are and how badly he needs weapons and support right now. i know he's got to do both. at the same time he's in an impossible position. >> there is always zoom. we've all gotten used to that in good times and bad. have you seen any evidence on the ground that vladimir putin is really ready for a diplomatic way out or is this a stall? >> i have not. from the very beginning i really thought there was a low likelihood there was going to be a formal diplomatic path forward out of this crisis. either vladimir putin was going to invade at an enormous disastrous consequential cost to

his company or realize this wasn't worth it and back down. because the things he he's asking for just aren't possible. there's no way the united states, europe are going to giveaway any country's sovereignty. it's up to nato whether we want to enlarge or stay the same size and his entire fear about nato is founded on absolutely false pretenses. we're a defensive alliance. we don't present any offensive threat to russia. we're just trying to protect ourselves and not just from russian aggression but nato has been used most recently to protect against terrorist attacks. it's a defensive alliance. he sees it as something else but that's just propaganda for his audience. >> the shelling of the kindergarten is all aimed at

providing a pretext for him to invade? >> i think it's been smarted by the biden administration to make clear from the beginning that the russians were going to create this pretext, an excuse for their invasion. i think the world knows to view skeptically any events being blamed by russia or allies on ukraine. i think all you're going to see, over the next 24 hours some of these pretexts, excuses for russian invasion and as long as the west calls them for what they are, it makes it harder for putin than to use those as excuses to invade. if we call them for what they are, it makes it more difficult to go forward in the way he may have planned.

>> and finally, should secretary blinken meet with lavrov next week if putin has not started to pull his troops back? >> i do not -- i leave that decision to secretary blinken. you've seen a parade of leaders going to meet with lavrov, putin. those are wonderful photo ops for the russians but doesn't seem to change anything on the ground. if there's an opportunity for diplomatic breakthrough, of course, secretary blinken has to work that out. but i think tony's smart enough to make a march to moscow just to bolster the public image at this moment of cries. crisis. >> part of a very large bipartisan delegation here from the congress, led by nancy pelosi, of course, lindsey graham.

munich has always been a bipartisan venture to show that the u.s. stands united and it is again this year. and joining us now, michael mcfall, former u.s. ambassador during the obama administration. mike, let's start with vladimir putin. his actions have clearly united the nato alliance, put a stronger military presence in eastern europe. two things he didn't want. today we're offering to sell $6 billion in tanks to poland, right on his border. >> that's right. and i think the unity innato is very striking. i wouldn't have thought that a couple of weeks ago. i give credit to the biden administration. he's not seeking respect from the west and a face-saving solution. i hear those phrases in reference to him. i don't think that's the way he

thinks about the way he defines russian national security interests. i don't thing they're the definition of many russians. but he has a different view and i think he's marching towards that view. i see no evidence he's changed his mind yet. >> should the talks happen at the end of this coming week if, first of all, russia has a roundly rejected the u.s. arms control proposals, security proposals that have come from the administration? and secondly, we're seeing all this build up while he claims he's slowing down? >> i can't believe you can hear me now. i hear all the bells in the background. it's intense. i'm not in munich because i'm teaching. there's nothing lost from trying to negotiate.

we all know -- we all should know the cataclysmic horrible consequences of war. for ethnic russians that live in ukraine secondarily and for russia itself and as president biden explained to the american people we'll all be affected by a major war. so any a efforts that can get us on a negotiated path, i support 100%. with respect to putin, i think it's a good lesson to be careful about overreading little snippets of a press conference, a head fake about we're drawing down troops. administration officials i've talked to throughout this week saw no evidence of that whatsoever. and on the same days we were reading too much into those, putin was also talking about alleged genocide and talking about how it needs to be investigated and we need to

protect ethnic russians. somehow we filter that out because we want peace. when i look at the evidence in full, i see nothing yet that makes me believe putin is still not moving towards a war. and just today there's been a lot of new evidence. the leaders are calling for wem andn children to leave, that's another dangerous sign. >> thank you so much. up next, my colleague, peter alexander, in washington. will have more on the breaking sentencing news of kim potter. and more from munich with our church bells. s of kim potter. and more from munich with our church bells i'm retired greg, you know this. people are taking financial advice from memes. [baby spits out milk] i'll get my onesies®. ♪ “baby one more time” by britney spears ♪ e*trade now from morgan stanley.

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getting our first reaction from the family of 20-year-old daunte wright and saying he feels, quote, cheated by this sentence. it could have been between six and eight and a half years for someone with no criminal history. the judge described this as a tragic mistake. are you surprised by the lesser sentence? >> i did expect the sentence within the presumptive guideline range if for no other reason than statistically, there's a formula that calculates the guidelines and most defenders get that but a judge can do what's called a departure. down or up outside that range but they have to have good reasons. those sentencing guidelines are not mandatory, as you can see here and in minnesota, say where you have an atypical case, a

judge can depart downward and the judge has to give reasons. the judge did give reasons, among which the purpose of punishments would not be served, at least several of the factors would not be served by a guideline sentence in this case. so, i am surprised from a statistical standpoint but i'm surprised because minnesota elected judges and this is a bold thing for a judge to do who could have played it safe. >> even the judge regina chu described this as a highly unusual case, said it was one of the saddest cases she has seen in 20 years. what next though for the family? is there any means for an appeal? how about civil litigation or wrongful death lawsuit perhaps? >> certainly there's civil options. they cannot appeal a sentence.

they're not parties in the case but they can bring a lawsuit against the towns police department, section 1983. they can bring any number of civil suits based on different theories against kim potter and realistically, the city. that's the real defendant in the case. this is in all likelihood going to be the sentence. kim potter may appeal her conviction but not likely to appeal the sentence. this is a very lenient sentence, a substantial departure downward of what should be expected today. >> following the conclusion when the sentencing of kim potter of 16 months behind bars. the sentence could have been between six and eight and a half years. the judge expressing empathy, even emotional as she gave that sentence a short time ago. as we move on, in for the long haul, how the u.s. response

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reporting that there are concerns in washington in the white house that it's too risky for president zelensky to come for his planned meeting tomorrow. a meeting with the vice president, kamala harris and other top leaders. now we have a statement in response to concerns we've been doctor'sing. i asked ned price about it a few moments ago and now the spokesperson for the president zelensky is saying he can't comment on leaks and rumors. only official information as of this morning that president zelensky was planning to come. now we're observing the situation which is getting more and more dramatic. we have time before departure. if there is dramatic escalation or worrying messages, then he might change his mind. as of now, we're waiting to see what is going to happen.

ben, you were deputy national security advisor. this is very much influx. what are you hearing from washington and what would your advice be? >> well i, think first of all what we're seeing is precisely the scenario the biden administration and people have been concerned about in terms of creating a pretext. the difficulty with president zelensky leaving the country is we may enter a phase where it's going to be hard to get back into ukraine if russia is mounting an air assault. we don't know that's going to happen. but you would want there to be ea sense of leadership inside ukraine and cohesion in the ukrainian government. given that russia is part of an invasion -- again, we don't know if that's going to happen -- may want to create an alternative government. this is a time i think logic flows that might be encouraging president zelensky to stay where

he is. isthe is his choice. it's not up to us to make that determination. i can understand why they're wrestling with this issue right now. >> jeremy, you were chief of staff at the pentagon and cia. the russian s-400s placed in belarus have been turned on. which effectively gives vladimir putin and his allies control of the spars. so, for vladimir zelensky to fly in and fly out, this wouldn't be the first time something untoward happened to a civilian leader? >> and it could make it difficult to escort president zelensky's aircraft. i think the key thing here, as we stand in front of the hotel i

where the munich security conference is going on is the feeling inside here is like amicide the home team locker room. a lot of unity, supporting each other and the view is no matter what happens, the team has got to stay together and i think the united states has done a terrific job shaping the information in this phase zero before the shooting starts and i think all that's a difference than we've seen in past conflicts. the united states has declassified information. it's helped putin at bay and allows us to close our embassy, keep alliance unified and prepare the sanction that will go in place as soon as an invasion ensues. >> andrea, as a trained intelligence analyst and you watch what's happening on the ground, what is your concern about whether vladimir putin is interested in diplomacy or military force?

>> i think unfortunately, the conditions on the ground are growing darker by the day and even hour. we know they have really leaned into the -- into their efforts to try to create a pretext for conflict. so, even yesterday, tons of stories floating around about the two russian separatist regions in eastern ukraine. there was shelling on a ukrainian village to create that pretext and today that's only accelerating. the two leaders of the separatist regions have announced they're evacuating all their civilians to russia. a car bomb recently went off and you have the leader basically saying that ukraine is getting ready to invade and that we're moving towards war. my sense is we're getting close to what the administration has

been warning for some time. >> ben, it strikes me that you know this better than anyone from your work in the obama white house and certainly what we watched in the trump are white house, that the russians really know how to control the propaganda machine. they would announce the results of a meeting, their version, before the trump white house would get a statement out that the meeting was taking place in the oval office. we've seen exactly how good a choes chess player sergey lavrov is. this meeting between blinken and lavrov, if it takes place, so far it seems this administration has smartly, by declassifying intelligence and preempting some of putin's moves really controlled the narrative as much as they can. >> it's been interesting to watch and i'm hugely supportive of this. in 2014, it was a struggle just to declassify overhead imagery of russian military equipment

going into ukraine. huge kudos to the biden administration and admiral haynes to essentially allow them to control the perception globally that vladimir putin is the aggressor. what's interesting is that may not have any effect on vladimir putin. that's important to keep allies together. what's interesting in watching even the events described in eastern ukraine today is he seems to be doing what he was planning to do anyway and that may be enough for him to have a narrative for his public at home and kick his disinformation machine into high gear abroad. >> the point is that he doesn't have to worry about the polls, the political opposition. he's wiped them out pretty much. >> exactly. >> the only one message is from the kremlin, putin's kremlin and i want to ask you a as a former

pentagon and cia official, how concerning are the ballistic sea tests he's going to be over seeing in belarus? >> i think it's more theater but it's his way to show i'm in charge of a nuclear armed country and that showcases the strength here as nuclear superpowers stand off. the premise is right, which is putin's end game is to fracture the nato alliance and what's really a important to him is driving the united states and nato out of europe. that's not going to happen and they're closer together because of putin's provocations at this hour. >> thank you to ben, jeremy and andrea. great to have you together again. the former president and two of his adult children are supposed to speak under oath but

when? my colleague, peter alexander, handles that live from washington on this special edition of "andrea mitchell reports live from munich." edition of "andrea mitchell reports live from munich."

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general le tisha james who is looking at a possible tax fraud at the trump organization and allegations that the value of the company's assets were inflated for loans and for tax breaks. the judge saying the attorney general has uncovered copious evidence of possible financial fraud and she has the clear right to question mr. trump and his adult children. all three could plead the fifth, something the former president has repeatedly criticized, though his son eric trump did it more than 500 times in his deposition. joining us now is victoria defrancesco-soto. aimee stoddard, and columnist and communications adviser to house speaker paul ryan. victoria, walk us through this if you can.

this is obviously a legal setback for the former president and for his family right now. what's the potential that this would actually happen? it's likely that they will appeal but the bottom line is it does complicate things, not just facing a criminal investigation but now a civil investigation there as well. >> we see the legal setback piece of it but i also want to play out the political piece of it and even dig deeper into that. there's a piece for donald trump. in a way this is part of his brand. he has gone on the record with this lawsuit and others saying it's a witch hunt, folks are coming after me, i'm the underdog. in a way that's a rally cry for his base. what about the kids? we saw ivanka trump last year flirting with the idea of running for office in florida, we see some political ambition there. so in looking at the trump legacy and thinking about will

this drip, drip, drip hurt the prospects of the second generation of trumps going forward? for the immediate future for trump, it's on brand for him, the witch hunt he's fighting again. >> the language he used was describing it as an extension of the witch hunt. republicans house leader kevin mccarthy is breaking tradition, undermining his claim that his is a big ten party, publicly endorsing liz cheney. and she endorsed mccarthy. what do you make of it? >> this is disappointing. i don't think it's going to have a whole lot of impact on the race in wyoming. i think endorsements are

overstated in general. i think this is much more about internal gop politics within the republican house. this is unprecedented for a leader to go after one of its own member. it's set up as an incumbent protection organization. they tell people raise money, we'll have your back. this is going to make people pretty uncomfortable. kevin mccarthy is interested in taking back the house but getting 218 votes among his colleagues to take back the speaker. those are the members on the far right who kevin mccarthy has always had a strained relationship. he needs to show those people he's willing to fight for them. it's about him proving to republicans on the right he's their guy and they can safely vote for him for speaker if

republicans take back the house. >> the former vice president, mike pence was delivering a speech at stanford defending the republican national convention censure of cheney and kinsinger. he said they misinterpreted and avoided criticizing his boss. if you look at the vice president who described his old boss as wrong, what is mike pence's calculus right now? >> well, peter, mike pence fancies himself some sort of fusion candidate as the field of nominee wanna-bes waits in the wings to see if trump is going to have a health event or get indicted and end up not being

the 2024 nominee. and mike pence has stepped out in this no man's land where he is not liz cheney or hogan, duncan or cristi. this idea that he thinks he can on the one hand and on the other hand this and not defend cheney and kinzinger is ridiculous. he has to be on one side or the other on preserving the constitution on who is telling the truth. >> there's always times for domestic politics as well. andrea mitchell is back with us with final thoughts from munich.

ukrainian government officials are taking it hour by hour whether president zelensky will travel to germany. >> he's supposed to have a high-profile meeting with vice president kamala harris. we were the first to report the concerns and ned price side stepped whether we would tell him what to do, saying it's up to him of course. but just in the course of this hours, my colleague asked and they'll decide at the last moment, they have time to decide tomorrow morning before he flies out. and it's been said they have to worry about the safety of him flying out, could he get back in. so, peter, my thanks to you for hosting the show because, boy, what a partnership. a lot of news on the potter

sentencing of course and everything else. thanks so much. i will be back over the weekend, back in washington. that does it for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." "mpt daily" starts now. president biden prepares to speak this afternoon. the shelling in ukraine, what is going on? as putin put himself in a corner? what is he going to do to get out of it? and the house republican leadership endorses cheney's primary opponent officially leaving both parties on capitol hill battling some major messaging issues. and an emotional day in a minneapolis courtroom as a judge sentences ex-police officer kim potter to 24 months for