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coming up. welcome to "meet the press" daily. on chuck todd on the day after the state of the union. russia is intensifying its attacks on ukraine. the death toll from the war continues to climb including civilians. the biden administration is warning russia could be on the brink of committing war crimes. kharkiv, ukraine's second largest city, faced renewed shelling overnight. a defense official tells us that russian missiles are targeting kyiv. one official said 21 people have been killed and more than 100 injured today alone. this comes after yesterday the russian advance on kyiv appeared to stall prompting warnings putin would double down on violent tactic, perhaps from the air. during an emergency session at the united nations the u.s. indicated it has intelligence to back this up.

>> and now it appears russia is preparing to increase the brutality of its campaign against ukraine. we've seen videos of russian forces moving exceptionally lethal weaponry into ukraine, which has no place on the battlefield. that includes cluster munitions and vacuum bombs, which are banned under the geneva convention. >> bottom line, actual war crimes we may have the evidence to prove it. shortly before those remarks, reporters asked president biden about the situation in ukraine and whether he intended on taking additional actions against russia. >> how worried are you about president zelenskyy? do you think he can stay in ukraine or do you think he can try to leave? >> i think it's his judgment to make and we're doing everything we can to help him. >> are you considering banning russian oil imports? >> nothing is off the table. >> do you think there's --

>> do you believe russia is committing war crimes? >> we are following it closely. it's early to say that. >> the justice department today also formally announced a new task force tone force sanctions on the books against russia and russian oligarchs. while the world grapples with the worsening wars and humanitarian crisis in europe the biden administration isn't losing focus on issues at home. the president on his way to the midwest to the border of wisconsin and minnesota. right now part of his effort to sell the building a better america agenda, which he laid out a bit in last night's state of the union. while the address began with new measures against russia including a ban on all russian aircraft from entering u.s. air space, the war comprised a small part of the speech. the war in ukraine is poised to redefine this presidency. what we've seen and heard over the last 24 hours, the administration is not yet ready to believe -- to accept the premise that entire presidency is going to be transformed by this. that doesn't mean they don't believe that it could, but for

now, which is why i think you have the bifurcate the state of the union. joining me is mike memoli in wisconsin where the president is set to deliver remarks later this afternoon and erin mclaughlin in ukraine and "washington post" affairs columnist david ignatius. mike, start with you, i'll be honest with you, in the middle of war in europe it's odd to see the president out there the day after selling state of the union agenda in a battleground state like wisconsin. yes, local politics, national politics, it makes a lot of sense if you just have domestic glasses on. less so when you're looking globally. >> well, chuck, the president typically would hit the road after a state of the union address and that's something the white house thought was still important to do. i think the extent of his post-state of the union road trip is curtailed because of what's happening in ukraine. we only know of this trip other cabinet officials traveling until next few days, but no more travel yet for the president.

what i say, chuck, it's important to look at the state of the union as how the president views his domestic agenda and where ukraine fits into his presidency long term. this is a white house that is proud of the work it has done and feels it deserves more credit to strengthen our alliances, to enable the president to take the kind of unified actions along with our allies in a much more comprehensive way that a lot of people thought to punish russia for it invasion. this is a white house that recognizes president zelenskyy, the heroic status he has attained in helping to galvanize ukrainian and global public opinion behind him was a moment that invited him last night to bring the parties together, singling out the ukrainian ambassador, talking about the heroism of the ukrainian people. this is a white house that really prides itself on taking the long view, understanding that he will have more opportunities to command the country's attention, speaking about ukraine, but he will not

have the kind of opportunity that he had last night to send democrats into the midterm elections with a really super bowl viewership level opportunity to explain what joe biden's democratic party is, not the right wing or republican caricature of the democratic party is. that's why the heart of his speech was joe biden economics -- manufacturing, build it in america, made in america. elements of build back better if not the build back better agenda as a package. but also, as a candidate, i covered who was to the right of where all the rest of where the democrats were, making it clear for those frontline democrats who have to run in races this year that he is, yes, for comprehensive immigration reform and border security, he wants racial justice at the forefront of what this president is doing, but safety and support for law enforcement. those are opportunities with the kind of viewership last night that don't come along often for politics and that was what this

speech was viewed as by the white house all along, an opportunity to set the table for democrats moving forward an that's why it was, as peter alexander put it, a tale of two speeches. ukraine at the top but the rest of what they plan to do all along. >> mike, do you get a sense there's a little bit of -- i don't want to say a dispute inside the west wing, but maybe a debate about whether what's going on in europe is going to change this presidency and transform this presidency in a way that 9/11 changed the bush presidency? >> well, i think they see that there's an opportunity for this to be an opportunity for the president to showcase that his view, his world view, his approach to international politics, is right. but i think one reason you didn't want to see the wholesale rewrite of his state of the union speech about the situation in ukraine is because, frankly, they don't know where this movie ends, right. vladimir putin might have more to say about h resolves than anything the west can do and there's an sort of m a ukraine speech when the movie

might not have a anchor on this presidency than anything else. >> mike memoli getting us started in superior, wisconsin. out to erin mclaughlin in lviv, ukraine where the russians are not as aggressive, but erin, tell us the situation as best you know it right now in ukraine. >> hey, chuck. ukrainians essentially say they want to see two things from the west at this point, as outlined by andrea yourmack in an op-ed in "the new york times" chief of the president's office. he wants to see nato enforce a no-fly zone over ukraine. ukraine has a massive military disadvantage in the skies. he wants to see that rectified. he said that he realizes what that means, that nato, for obvious reasons, given that

russia is a nuclear power, is reluctant to get involved in this conflict, but he says the alternative is if ukraine falls and russia succeeds the next stop will be a nato ally testing article 5 of a country such as poland or another ally within the alliance. his other big ask of the west is more sanctions. they want to see more sanctions against more russian banks. they would also like to see an oil embargo, a full oil embargo against russia. he said that, you know, he realizes the economic costs of such extreme measures, but these are extreme times. i can tell you that i was at the train station here in lviv, the western city, where many refugees are fleeing and it was shocking and heartbreaking to see so many families fleeing this violence. i've been speaking to ukrainians all over the country in

mariupol, kyiv, it donestk, and it's a heartbreaking situation right now, chuck. >> sure is. erin mclaughlin in lviv, ukraine, as she noted in the west, some ways they're separated from the war for now. let me bring in david ig nay shus of "the washington post" as well sourced as any reporter in this town these days. let me start with what the next week is going to look like and let's go with some of the asks that zelenskyy made. a no-fly zone seems like an impossible ask because how do you enforce a no-fly zone that does not engage nato and russia directly, which, of course, could trigger a hotter and broader war? is there a scenario where a no-fly zone is an actionable idea by the west? >> chuck, i don't think there is for now. president biden and others in his team have made clear from the beginning that they are

going to avoid as carefully as they can, any direct military confrontation with russia. they keep saying that. i'm told the secretary of defense lloyd austin began every planning meeting with his top staff outlining u.s. national interests and closing those meetings saying we do not want a war with russia. the no-fly zone for the moment is out. you can see the dilemma that's ahead for president biden. last night the intensity of support for ukraine, the passion that was in that audience, as he gave the state of the union, shows how the united states, like the world, is standing behind this country. the plucky ukraine that we're growing to love is going to be crushed in coming days. you can see it coming. with the attack on the television station last night in kyiv says they don't want the world to see, they don't want communications to show what they're going to do in ukraine. as that goes forward, i think

the pressure on biden, but every leader, to take stronger steps to help this country that's going to be absolutely shattered by russian pressure, it's going to grow and grow and it will be very hard for the president. >> i was just going to say, david, when you sit there and we're going to be watching this slaughter, and it in some ways vladimir putin is going to make it easier to unite the world against him, going to make himself more of a pariah. he's going to double down because he can't accept he didn't do this right, but it's going to make the situation worse. it's hard to find an exit ramp here or an end game that is realistic anywhere here. is there? >> so administration officials that i talked to continue to underline that they need to provide some exit ramp, if not for putin, for russia. this is going to go on for a long time. the idea that it's going to be a

short war with a decisive happy ending, he we just have to put out of our minds. the leverage the united states, and its allies have is that they are slowly going to strangle the russian economy. what russia does in that situation, it's hard to predict. if they want to shatter resistance, at least in the short term in ukraine, they have the forces to do it. >> an oil embargo that is the next potential vice grip we could put russia's economy on. is that something we would do? is that on the snabl. >> -- table? >> you could tell from the president's response he's more willing to think about it now. i think the refusal of the saudis and our other gulf allies to support the united states and the -- all the west by making more oil available, it should really bother people. they are siding with the russians for now. i think the pressure on them is

going to increase. but i do think that if, you know, we see a continued russian pressure every tool the president has, including refusing to buy russian oil, overwhelming pressure on him to take those actions, sure. >> look, it's a small thing here, david, i just got the voting list here on the u.n. vote, and among those that have -- the folks that were not on list of abstainers no uae did not abstain and neither did saudi arabia, perhaps a sign that they're inching back towards the west? >> well, that's encouraging. that would be an important move. i know the unhappiness with the saudis and emiratis in washington has been growing, so if they're hearing that message and reacting, that's positive.

the degree of global unity on this is something i don't think i can remember. i mean, from every country in europe all the way -- >> iraq, kuwait maybe. >> it's a global movement and as you said earlier, there really is no way back for vladimir putin. he will live in this pariah status now, whatever the outcome on the ground is, there's no recovery for him. i wonder what the people around him in russia will say as these sanctions take down russian business, take down russian personal fortunes. the pressure will grow. >> david ignatius as always, sir, thanks very much. appreciate your reporting. up next, it has been a week of war but after last night's address biden is signaling he's not ready to take up the mantle of a wartime president. there's domestic politics to take care of. steve kornacki will join us with

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with our everyday pricing. switch today. putin may circle kyiv with tanks, but he'll never gain the hearts and souls of the ukrainian people. he'll never extinguish their love of freedom and never weaken the resolve of the free world. >> that was president biden at last nights's state of the union address and while his remarks began in ukraine the president focused on his domestic agenda and other issues an indication the white house isn't ready to embrace the idea that the president biden presidency has been transformed by war. dig into the president's state of the union politically. democratic pollster cornell [ inaudible ] and republican strategist brad todd. i would say the way folks critiqued the speech last night,

sort of i'll accept the media washington elite who is thinking about europe going, there wasn't enough on that. >> yeah. >> democratic members saying thank god he said fund the police and secure the border and i talked to others who said there was a lot of weed pulling, tending of the garden he had to do and that's what they felt. they were relieved by the speech. where do you fall? >> i fall here, three of us know this well a month from now no one will remember the details of the policies that was in his speech. this is important for president, is america's at a place where plaerns are anxious. they've gone through a couple years of the pandemic, hit by inflation and all of our polling data, they're anxious, confused and scared. last night the most important thing for him to be was the soother in chief. he needed to make a reagan-like pivot and tell americans we're going to get through this, and

it's going to be better on the outside because we're working together and bringing each other together and going to get through this and be better and stronger. that's what middle america will remember. they won't remember the policy and weed pulling you and i sort of will talk about endlessly but that sense that our leader got bigger in a moment where he needed to get bigger. >> brad, what were you expecting him to do and what did you think? >> i thought the ukraine part of the speech covered up what would have been the takeaway otherwise a president that didn't pivot. after you've had a bad year you have to tell the people i get it, i messed up, we have to -- >> he said i get it. >> he didn't pivot. didn't say i made a mistake, this administration hasn't focused on your problems, inflation out of control, botched afghanistan. bill clinton in his state of the union said the ear raf big government is over, i heard you to the voters. joe biden didn't do that and the voters, if you don't, the voters will scream louder at the polls in the midterms.

>> some progressive with woo disagree with brad and said he pivoted at the expense of progressive issues. >> what is he pivoting from? if you look at the elements of build back better, if you look at the infrastructure plan, all the things he's done -- the infrastructure plan is a big deal -- all the things he's done are popular. he's being stopped by the process of washington and a broken senate. this idea he needs to sort of dramatically pivot -- >> you don't accept the -- >> of course i don't that he's got to pivot. i do think he's got to tell his story and better which is why him and the vice president will be traveling all over the country. >> the importance, look, you know how -- what messaging seems to be effective. there was a part of his state of the union last night that felt like he was answering some of the most common critiques he gets. he said the word, i want to secure the border. he said i wants kids in schools. he said the words, fund the

police. it seemed to me he was answering what he thought were top line critiques. >> he was trying to powder the pig. he he didn't -- >> you southerners. >> he didn't admit the problem or say, we've messed this up. what we've done on the border hasn't work. fentanyl is coming the over the border bigger than before i became president. he needed accountability. that's the only way to get it. the other thing that was missing, you didn't see him lash out at republicans much. >> didn't mention january 6th. >> joe biden is a brawler. he always has been a brawler. >> interesting you say that. >> on the judiciary committee it produces brawlers. he didn't feel like he had the leverage to do it last night and that's testament to his unpopularity. >> i agree he didn't try to poke. in fact, didn't mention january 6th at all which is -- there's a part of you that wonders where he could have made a larger democracy argument and had looped that in but he didn't. >> i think mitch mcconnell is

lashing out at republicans and we appreciate that. but -- >> get to that in a minute. >> i think -- i do think some of us were surprised there wasn't a more direct connection between fighting and securing democracy both at home and abroad. i think that was an easy connection. >> last night for us was something else in politics because it coincided with a primary night. bring in kornacki. we have overtime in texas and the larger picture in texas to me was, it's sort of the appetizer for what primary season is going to deliver both parties which is we're going to have progressives versus the centrists or the establishment primaries like sisser in os and maga versus establishment or maga versus light maga like in the ag race and a few other places. so texas was a little bit of the appetizer i guess. >> you have a couple setups. here's the progressive versus henry cuellar, conservative

democrat, least liberal, something like that. moderate democrat. cisneros backed by aoc and progressive groups. neither is going to hit 50% and the race will head to the runoff. the backdrop this is new for democrats. this district here in south texas the 28th is not one they've had to worry about recently winning a general election in. the political train in south texas moved dramatically toward the republicans in the 2020 election. just give you a taste of how drama in parts of this district, look at star county, henry did great in star county. show you the shift that took place in star county between 2016, hillary clinton won it by 60 points. in 2020, it was joe biden by 5. we saw a dramatic 20, 30, 40, 50 point movement in the rio grande valley on the border in those counties, heavily hispanic

counties. republicans think sc, isneros is too liberal. cuellar his office raided by the fbi. an investigation going on. republicans think they could have a chance no matter who emerges. that's the one on the democratic side to look at. on the republican side where to look, is here in north texas in the third district, republican primary. van taylor is going to finish under 50%. it's going to a runoff. keith self is the name to keep an eye on, his opponent here. van taylor, why will he be under 50% in the republican primary? he voted for the independence january 6th commission ran afoul of the trump folks on that, mentioned over and over by his opponents here. he is close to 50. he is 20 points above his nearest competitor here, but the question right now really is, does trump himself, trump stayed away from this and didn't endorse taylor but didn't do anything else, does he get interested and the national pro trump media get interested.

does this become an event for them. his runoff will be may 24th, could be interesting. >> i think that pro trump media has weighed in on that race and leave it at that. i think i see the smirk on your face. steve, thanks very much. we have a two-month reprieve. next primary not until may. >> you will have georgia and this runoff van taylor on the same night. a lot of trump factor in one night. >> good stuff. thank you. bring back our strategist here, cornell. there's a part of me that says if sis near ros didn't get it now harder as you go. everything was going her way. this was one that surprised me he forced a runoff. >> i say this time and time again. i think the organized left, the organized left is not what organized right is. i think it's harder for the left to take out incumbents in primaries than we've seen happen on the right. i think if you can't take him out now. >> with a scandal.

>> good luck. >> yeah. >> now the runoff may help. a bigger takeaway, texas don't -- doesn't, you know, for the last six years, texas [ inaudible ] texas does not look competitive. >> i'm glad steve brought star county up. there were 12 humans that voted in the republican primary. last night there were 1700. republican primary turnout was up 50% or more in every county. statewide up 23% from 2018. democrat turnout was flat. if you look at metro areas, san antonio where all the growth was, guess what that is? hispanic. >> seems like there are irregularities to me if you only have 17 -- >> i know you do a lot of work. i have to ask you about rick scott versus mitch mcconnell. mitch mcconnell seemed to dress him down using democratic talking points about his plan. how divisive has this inside the senate? >> i think it looks like a republican conference that's anticipating governing and i think that they -- if they thought they were about to lose

the majority and not have a majority next time everybody would be yawning. republicans are trying to have a debate about where do we go when we take over, what is the agenda when we take over? senator mcconnell came out and listed a few areas he thinks the gop would have an agenda, something he didn't do before rick scott's plan came out. senator scott has done to further things. >> does he want to be majority leader? >> he wants a gop worth having. that's his goal. >> his goal is for the republican party to govern on conservative principles next year, not wait until we get 60. >> explain why democrats were ecstatic when rick scott put that out. again, i go mitch mcconnell used democratic talking points to attack. >> it's because it was an unforced error. gives democrats something to put on the board and say this is what they're for and what they're for is not popular, right. mitch mcconnell is playing the smart hand, don't give them anything to run against.

>> brad? respond to that. >> i think everything in rick scott's plan, 128 -- i encourage you to go to rescueamerica.org, everyone who will vote for republicans this year is going to agree with almost everything in the plan. maybe a few things they don't. i think it's going to further republicans' ability to take control. >> quickly, they keep bringing back kill the department of education. i'm sorry, that's -- that old dog won't hunt. we've seen that -- them try trying to hunt with that before. women and voters don't want you to kill the department of education. that's something we're going to attack. >> i think the argument of whether we should send more dollars in education to local schools instead of washington is one republicans welcome. >> gentlemen, thank you. good stuff. thank you. still to come, big day on capitol hill for the nominee to the supreme court. you're watching meet the press daily. ing meet the press daily.

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madness. judge jackson's first four meetings include the big four if you will, majority leader chuck schumer, minority leader mitch mcconnell, dick durbin and the ranking member chuck grassley. more meetings will follow, especially given that we've now got a date for those confirmation hearings. this is a normalcy, by the way, speaking of normalcy, this is a normal way the supreme court nominations go. judge jackson wrapped up meetings with schumer and mcconnell. the democratic leader called her brilliant and beloved and said she belongs on the court. up next, president biden says americans should no longer let covid control their lives. health and human services secretary xavier becerra joins me to talk about the white house's tackling of future variants. every 4-6 hours, aleve works up to 12-hours so you can focus on what matters. aleve. less pills. more relief.

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welcome back. the white house announced the long-term road map for living with covid. this morning president biden unveiled it in the state of the union last night.

the president's speechds delivered in front of a largely maskless chamber. he previewed a return to a maskless america. joining me for more on this new covid plan, health and human services secretary xavier becerra. mr. secretary, welcome back to "meet the press daily". >> good to be with you, chuck. >> let me start with what we should view this plan as being, and is this a way of essentially saying the national emergency is over? >> it's a way of saying america, thank you. shout out to everyone who vaxxed, got boosted, wore mask, got tested. thank you for letting us get to this point where we know we're in a better place and let people move forward, go back to work, get to school, continue to be safe, but thank you. >> if you look at the data today and you compare it to a year ago, not a lot has changed. we have about 60,000 daily cases

today, 68,000 a year ago. little under 2,000 deaths a day, a little over 2,000 a year ago. 50,000 in the hospital a year ago, you see where i'm going here. the biggest difference is fully vaccinated. 215 million versus 30 million. i guess, is -- outside of the vaccinations, if we still had those stats would we still be in an emergency? >> well, i would hope that any time that you're losing more than 2,000 americans a day, when you've got tens of thousands of americans who are still getting infected and several thousand who are in the hospital because of a particular disease, that we would say, this is serious and that's where we are. it is, even though it's a tale of numbers that almost look the same, it's a far different place and it is mostly because of the vaccination. >> you know, can we really move beyond masks until everybody can

get vaccinated? is it fair to say the mask mandate on planes, in sort of the -- on federal public transportation, trains, we're going to keep it until everybody from infant forward can get vaccinated? >> chuck, it's more -- this is not a light switch. you can't go on and off. it's a matter of doing this, knowing the science, being thoughtful about how we do this. there will be people who continue to wear masks. some have to. those who are immunocompromised. under 5 years of age, children, still aren't vaccinated. we still have reason to be cautious. look, we're in a different place today and we can move forward and know what's takes and putting the tools together that medicine cabinet is more full. >> who will make that call? the mask mandate expires on federal public transportation in three weeks. will that likely get renewed and extended for a period of time for sure, or is that up in the

air? >> cdc will continue to take a look at what all the information is. again, we'll take all the elements, put them together, be thoughtful, consult with the experts. at the end of the day the president made it clear we're going to follow the science. we're going to urge everyone to be not just thoughtful but responsible and move forward. >> do the scientists tell you we should expect this to be seasonal that we will have peeks. if you look at the last two years it felt like the south is where we get hit hard in the summer, the north where we get hit hard in the winter. is that a pattern scientists are telling you to prepare for this year? >> there are some real clear patterns. you're not vaccinated, you're more likely -- way more likely to end up in a hospital and die. winter like the flu, you will see more cases because it's a virus and proliferates during cold seasons when we tend to

huddle noting spots that aren't as ventilated. the patterns are there. that's why we can know how to treat this and move forward because the patterns are there and now as i said we have a toolbox and medicine cabinet that are far more equipped. >> is it fair to say we're in an endemic? we're living with covid is our version of defeating it? >> what's fair to say is that americans, we owe you a great deal of gratitude for vaccinating, for following the guidance, and we'll continue to do that because we want to get back to a place of normality. thank you for what you're doing to help us get back to that stop. >> look, i get what you're saying, you do not want to be caught saying we're going to have to learn to live with covid. you're not there yet? >> i have staff who have kids under 5 years of age. what do i say to them? let's all be cautious and responsible. it's not rocket science. the rocket or disease scientists

are doing what they have to do, we know what we have to do and be responsible. >> the biggest reason we may have got the last variant is how under vaccinated the world is. we have talked about vaccinating more of the world. but it feels like that progress has been slow. what's your explanation of why this has been difficult to get -- to speed up vaccinating the world? >> the president said it last night and the president walked his talk on vaccinating not just americans but getting the world vaccinated. we've done more than any other country, four times more than any other country, and we will continue to do it because we understand that for americans to be safe everyone in the world has to be safe because those variants travel and they travel very fast. we will do what we have to do and we're going to urge our brethren around the world to join us this week on holding a ministerial with my counterparts, health ministers, to talk about this more in preparation for the president's

global summit to all be prepared to handle not just covid, but any pandemic and know how to respond. >> finally, just to wrap this up, you brought up the immunocompromised. i brought up the folks under 5. is it folks should prepare that until we get -- until everybody can get vaccinated we're likely to have some national areas where we value to wear masks, airplanes, trains, or is that still not a decision that's going to be made yet? >> again, that's the part of being thoughtful of how we do it. i will pose it back to you and your audience. if you know -- if you know someone in your family who has a 4-year-old, is it up to you to help that 4-year-old and your relative, the parents of that child, to be safe? i think all of us have a responsibility. it's not fair for those of us who think we're through, to say it's all good. spike the ball in the end zone. no, we have families. we have an american family to take care of. >> xavier becerra, health and human services secretary, appreciate you coming on and

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countries to join the eu, and is that something that could happen in weeks or very sooner? >> maybe, i think at this point it's not worthwhile to talk about the timeline of something, and it's better to think about the process, and the ukraine, by standing up to russia's aggression and fighting for all our values and principles show it deserves to be that. usually that's a long process and there's lots of homework to do but i think the most important thing is the message, they will become a member of the european union. >> i am curious, what you heard last night about the crisis in ukraine and in europe, what you heard from him, what did you think? >> i think it was a very strong

message from president biden on the current situation, on the aggression of russia. he really showed the leadership and very strong and emotional points on that, how we have to support ukraine in the struggle against russia, and how we have to put sanctions on russia and assist in the support of the eastern nato planks, and i think that was an example of the leadership in the u.s. on that, and this helped to unite all the allies, and the allies from the atlantic and also australia, japan, very important, and so for the first time so many countries being united in that. >> i would argue the baltic nations plus poland have been

raising the alarm bells about russian aggression, and europe now sees the threat and it took what happened to see it. do you lament it took europe so long to see the threat of russia and putin? >> i think it's better to speak about the future, not about the past. the most important thing of last week was really a historic week for the whole world. we saw so many important decisions by a number of countries, like germany raising the defense budget and deciding to help ukraine, or neutral countries, sweden and finland also assisting ukraine with weapons. switzerland decided to join others in sanctioning the

russian banks. >> many ukrainians and president zelenskyy are begging for a no fly zone over ukraine, and nato would have to enforce that and it's something the united states is not ready to endorse. is this something lithuania wishes nato would do? >> i think it's one of the areas how we can assist and help ukraine, so yeah. at the very beginning of the conflict of the war, everybody was united, all the countries, and the most important thing is to keep the unity and decide unitedly, jointly how we can support ukraine. there's lots of needs ukraine needs, and we don't need to focus only on one issue and not see the rest of the issues.

there's the humanitarian corridor, and supporting refugee civilians, and assisting ukraine with other needs. we do keep close the direct contact with ukraine, constantly talking with all our allies and i think we are united and on the right track now. >> the history of russia and the baltic states is not great. how concerned are you after ukraine that the baltics are next for putin? >> i wouldn't speak about the baltics when we listen to the declaration of his argument of why he's invading ukraine, and it was against ukraine, and he doesn't seen ukraine as a

separate country or nation, and he was key on that, that he was declaring war over their values and principles, and that has been happening for decades now or questioning and really trying to change european security architecture, so i think that's his main target and we all have to be prepared for that and have to fight that by all means. >> lithuanian ambassador to the united states, thank you for coming on and sharing your perspective with us. i really appreciate it. >> thank you very much. thank you all for being with us this hour. check out the latest hour of the chuck todd pod cost. get it whatever you get your podcast.

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