president biden returns from europe to face the lowest numbers of his presidency at home. as the white house continues to clean up the president's comments about regime change in russia, new comments from both sides suggest a potential road map for de-escalation. and the latest signs that the political environment is getting even worse for democrats as the white house unveils a budget blueprint to potentially refocus the party's mid-term messaging. welcome to "meet the press daily." i'm garrett haake in for chuck todd. president biden is back from europe but as he tries to steer the u.s. and allies away from an escalating conflict on the continent, his standing at home is in dire straits.

new polls have his job approval at just 40%, the lowest it's been since he took office. . about seven in ten americans say the country is heading in the wrong track. the public's economic frustrations are growing and its confidence in biden's ability to address them is shrinking. a month into the conflict and 71% of americans say they have just some or very little confidence in president biden leading the u.s. through the crisis in ukraine, compared to 28% who say they have a great deal or quite a bit of confidence in biden's wartime leadership. and the president's highly choreographed effort continues to be overshadowed by that unscripted remark at the end of the speech in poland on said where the president said of vladimir putin, quote, "for god

sake, this man cannot remain in power." antony blinken and president biden tried to clarify it wasn't about -- >> i think president putin cannot be empowered to wage war and aggression against ukraine or anywhere else. we don't have a strategy or anywhere else. >> reporter: mr. president, were you calling for regime change? >> no! >> reporter: meanwhile, 160,000 people are stuck without basic utilities as russia focus essay

focuses attacks on donbas. and peace negotiators are set to meet for another round of talks this week in istanbul. in a moment i'll be joined on set by former ambassador to ukraine bill taylor for his take on diplomatic efforts. but first we're going to dig deeper into this moment. i'm joined by mike memoli at the white house and steve kornacki is at the big board with more on our nbc news poll. we heard the president and the secretary of state walk back the comments about vladimir putin. how concerned is the white house that they overshadowed the trip or that maybe even the walk back wasn't a great idea? >> reporter: the most interesting thing we've heard from the white house so far today is that the president is expected to take questions when he discusses his new budget proposal in just a few hours at the white house. the white house knows by inviting questions, they're not

going to be about the discretionary spending levels at various government agencies today. they're going to be about what the president said at the very end of a speech that the white house had telegraphed as a major speech. when you look back at what the president said for about 29 of those 30 minutes, it was the speech of his career, drawing on all aspects of his experience and personal assets he brings to this office and this moment and all of it was overshadowed by the end of it. i remember covering vice president biden when he would occasionally make off-script remarks and the obama officials who had to clarify and clean up and how much the vice president at the time didn't necessarily appreciate that. i saw the president responding yesterday to the question of whether he was calling for regime change and it was a very pointed no. i think you read between the lines and perhaps he feels like it was obvious that's not what he intended to but clearly a president who gave a very passionate speech on saturday was simply riding that momentum,

riding that feeling into the conclusion of his speech. when you think about what else he has been saying lately, that putin is a war criminal, that he is a dictator, that he is a butcher, clearly the logical extension of those remarks is that this man should not be in power. so i'm curious to see just exactly how the president deals with these questions later today. but it also is notable because when you look at that number in the poll that the country is not necessarily confident in his handling of the situation. >> it may be that gap when a politician says when they actually think. 47 approval ratings, 71% wrong direction. this is after this reset that was supposed to happen at the end of last month. the president's domestic numbers are not great. how does the white house see the president's standing right now? >> reporter: the white house had the chance to really execute that reset because of the situation in ukraine. the plan to get the president

out in the country more speaking directly to the american people speaking about their economic concerns most directly, which our poll shows is the number one concern of americans has not been realized. when you ask white house officials over the last six months as we've seen the president's numbers dip, why they see it's the case, they say the economy and because of the funk we're in because of covid. now it's more about the economy than covid but the president hasn't had the opportunity to get that economic message out as he been focused on the situation in ukraine. >> you're talking about the situation in ukraine, another question we asked here is just the basic approve/disapprove of biden's handling with the situation of russia/ukraine. 41% approve. that's pretty much matching his

overall job approval rating. what's keeping his numbers so low here overall? interestingly covid, as you say, it's not dragging him down like it was in the last few polls. right now biden back above 50% approval for his handling of covid. compare that to our most recent poll back in january he was a 44% then. cases are down. we've seen masks, restrictions starting to ease here. so those numbers may be ticking back up for biden but not bringing up his overall approval rating. a lot of that has to do with this, the economy. we've been asking this question on joe biden's handling of the economy his entire presidency. if you go back to the beginning, he had an above water, 52% approval rating. it has ticked down poll after poll. in january he fem we low 50%.

it's nearly 2-1 disapproval. when you ask folks what the top issue facing the country right now, there is a lot of attention on the russia-ukraine war. but it's not number one and it's not number two. number one and number two you see right here, it's the cost of living, it's jobs and the economy. those are the two issues at the forefront of most voters' minds here. you look at biden's number on the economy and what's on voters' minds and you see the recipe for that poll standing. we asked in the poll let's stipulate both of these things are important, the economy, the war with russia and ukraine, but which one do you voters think should be joe biden's top priority as president? helping to reduce inflation and improve the economy, 68%. helping to end the russia ukraine war more than 2-1 say focus on the domestic economic

issues first. >> the white house would say they got to walk and chew gum at the same time but that's a pretty tough stick of gum to work on to do both at once. mike memoli and steve kornacki, thank you both. >> we'll have more on the situation in ukraine. let's bring in richard engel and former ambassador to ukraine, bill taylor. richard, i'll start with you. russia is now saying they only want to focus -- or they will focus primarily on the donbas. what's the situation where you are in kharkiv? >> what russia is saying and what we're seeing on the battlefield so far don't exactly overlap. so russia says it's going to now focus its military efforts on the donbas region here in eastern ukraine, but there have been no noticeable advances of russian forces in the east and there have been no noticeable

withdrawal of russian forces in the west. so russia made the statement, it's unclear why exactly it would make the statement. it's also unclear why it would reveal a major aspect of its war plan in a press conference. it could be and seems to be a way for the russian military to explain away some of the failings so far. the own area where russian troops have had any advances at all have been here in the east, around mariupol in the southeast. it could be a way to explain away the fact that russian troops have been losing territory around kyiv. this may have been a more reactionary statement as opposed to a statement of new military policy because today for a time we had ukrainian officials in kyiv announcing that ukrainian forces managed to make more territory, including the suburb

of perpine. they're not faring very well but not so badly it would reflect a change in policy. i'm confused about that statement from the russian military. i know some u.s. military officials are also scratching their heads about it. >> what do you make of that news from urpine? some say forces have taken it back. what would it mean for ukrainians even to regain that little piece of territory outside kyiv? >> reporter: it is a little piece of territory with a big heart. irpin has been the one suburb able to hold off the russian assault. russian troops were assembled to the north of kyiv, trying to enter the city and go through irpin. and ukrainian troops very early on blew up the bridge, which

made it more complicated and more difficult to evacuate civilians and they put down boards and managed to evacuate civilians from there. in this small suburb there's been heavy fighting and ukrainian troops fought hard and have been managing to keep the russians back from kyiv and now push them out of this suburb entirely. so it is an extraordinary story, the suburb that could. and it was about 80% in ukrainian hands a few days ago so it is not unbelievable that the mayor of irpin claims they have taken all it have back. not inconceivable at all. >> richard engel, thank you. i'm going to talk to my guess, ambassador bill taylor. you were watching the president's trip over the last couple of days, including that final speech in poland. did you think he accomplished what he needed to in terms of keeping the allies together, kind of adding some pluck to the ukrainian defense? what's your evaluation of that

trip? >> i think he did. what you said is exactly right. he did boost the ukrainians, continue to unify the europeans and that's what he was after by going there, to set the stage for hard times coming. this is not going to be short. this is going to be a grind. the sanctions are going to hurt the russians but they're going to hurt the europeans even more. the sanctions will pay the biggest price but sanctions are just hard. that said, setting the stage for a longer fight is important and i think he may have succeeded there. your polls, take a look at what the american people think of biden's treatment and dealing with the war but if you ask the american people if they support ukraine and oppose russia, it's overwhelming. that was an important point. >> nato's numbers, very, very

positive, which we haven't always seen, putin's numbers in the absolute tank. the american people are on board. president zelenskyy wants more. he wants now more tanks and more planes. >> we should be listening to the ukrainians is the first answer. the ukrainians are on the ground, they're fighting. they know what they're trying to do. and they're having some success pushing back. the russians are now trying to dig in, fortify. they want to hold what they've got. in order to push them back now, the ukrainians may well need that armor they're asking for. on the aircraft, that's been a long debate. it should have happened. if it had not been so public, it probably would have happened. these old migs could have gone in. that's hard to do at this point. we need to listen to the

ukrainians on what they're asking for. >> historically they've done better in defense of their territory going back the other way. they see the donbas as their territory now. when you hear president zelenskyy starting to talk about things that should be on the table for negotiations, is giving up sort of -- >> your first point is exactly right. the ukrainians are fighting for their country. the russian military is not sure why they're there. they weren't told they were going to go into ukraine and you see the bad morale on the russian side, top morale, the high morale on the ukrainian side. they're fighting for their own lan, their own independence and your question about donbas. the ukrainians have never given up on that or on crimea either. so that discussion will take place. i don't see president zelenskyy giving up that part of ukraine.

>> try to imagine an american president saying which state are you willing to get rid of? are we going to give new england away? take your pick. what do you see as the contours. this is negotiation five or six. the turks want to be involved. what are the contours that are actually being discussed. >> it sounds like there's some movement starting with the ukrainians o and the president for a long time thought security for ukraine would come from nato. he's concluded reluctantly, maybe sadly that's not going to happen any time soon. so that's not the answer for ukraine security. so what might be? he's looking at options like austria. austria is a member of the eu, it's not a member of nato. it's got some kind of a neutral status. but president zelenskyy wants to be able to maintain a military. that's got to be there.

but he's also asking us, the united states and the brits and the germans for guarantees he wants guarantees of his security. and he's had that before. >> he had it for and president zelenskyy knows that very well. he wants more than that. he wants a treaty. he wants an article 5 kind of guarantee for his security if he goes to a neutral side. >> we were talking about the gaffe, the idea that president putin cannot remain in power. what did you make of that? >> i don't think it changed the fundamentals, garrett? i think you may have mentioned it at the beginning. he said what he thinks. it's very clear he said what he thinks. that's the sentiment that president putin should not be in power.

president putin is solely responsible for this, for this atrocity, for this blunder, the strategic blunder. so that -- i think president biden just said what he thought and he didn't make policy. there's no policy now for regime change. president biden didn't say anything about regime change. he said putin shouldn't be in power. sounds right to me. >> it's hard to imagine how the world welcomes putin back into some community of nations. >> up next, we'll talk to a former allied commander of europe. and a federal judge just ruled former president trump and lawyer john eastman may have been involved in a criminal conspiracy tied to the events of january 6th. we'll have the latest on that ahead. you're watching "meet the press daily." daily. i recommend salonpas. agreed... my patients like these patches because they work for up to 12 hours, even on moderate pain.

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according to the mayor of irpin but not yet confirmed, ukrainian forces have notched a major victory in the fight against russia today after retaking full control of the town just a few miles away from kyiv. the commuter town had been partially occupied by russian forces since the early days of the war and losing control is yet another sign that putin's military is failing to make inroads deeper into ukraine. this comes as the kremlin says it's refocusing its pressure on the either and the donbas region in particular. it could be a key part of peace negotiations when russian and ukrainian officials meet again tomorrow. joining me is former nato supreme allied commander and diplomacy analyst admiral james stavridis. zelenskyy says he's willing to discuss neutrality and to come to some kind of compromise on

the donbas region. what's your reaction to that? how do you see the contours of this negotiation shaping up? >> i think both sides are going to be staking out pretty hardline positions. putin has already annexed crimea, voted on by the duma. in his view it's an inassailable portion. the donbas, he's created these two little faux republics, luhansk and donetsk. and so they're going to take out hard positions. that's what negotiation is. that's where it's beginning and better to be talking than to be fighting.

>> these kind of disputed border regions are the root of every major conflict of the 20th century. it will be interesting to see if that's what the solution looks like here. i wonder what you make of russian officials saying they're refocusing on ukraine. first if we can put any real stock into those comments and if they are true, what it means. is it a recognition that the russian army is failing in the western two-thirds of the country? >> let's begin with the fact that russia has lied and lied repeatedly for months and months and months, including putin himself, sergey lavrov, the foreign minister and the minister of defense. all of them swore they were not going to invade ukraine. big pack of lies. they went ahead and did that. when they say they're going to focus on donbas, the same day they launch a significant

missile strike to lviv and our president just across the border, i wouldn't put much stock in this at all. having said all that, i think the reality is starting to hit the russian military that simply have bitten off way more than they can chew and a classic military response is to fall back to a set of positions that you can defend to bring your defensive perimeter in. it's a testament not only to the russian failures but also to the successes of the ukrainians. >> i want to ask you about something president zelenskyy said over the weekend. he said this about russian casualties. he said "invaders do not even mourn their own casualties. some 15,000 russian soldiers have been killed in one month. putin is throwing russian soldiers like logs into a coal

furnace." how big is an impact of the loss of 15,000 soldiers in this theater and the way he is talking about it has its own element to it, does it not? >> it does. and i would pose to any listener how do we feel about 7,000 dead in 20 years in iraq and afghanistan. we think about that a lot. it's hard to not know a family who was touched by our forever wars in iraq and afghanistan. so here's russia, a nation less than half our size in terms of population, only 150 million and when 15,000 dead in a month, that is a blow to the heart of the psychology of the russian military that i think will be generational for them to come back from. huge impact. >> i asked a similar question to bill taylor. zelenskyy says he wants tanks and planes.

nato's not on board yet. why not? the argument about this might provoke putin further i feel like we've dispensed with. putin is about as provoked as he can get, is he not? >> he is like a big angry bear who was shot in all four paws. he is mad. he's not crazy but he is angry as hell and we got to take advantage of it. the best way do that is to help president zelenskyy keep shoveling those wood trees into the furnace, as he says, that's a pretty powerful image. the way to do that is to give him the missiles and i would argue get him whatever he asks for. i'm with ambassador taylor on that one. he's a west point graduate, i'm an annapolis graduate. we don't always agree, especially during football season, but i agree we ought to be listening to the ukrainians and give them everything they

ask for. church hill said to fdr leading up to world war i, give us the tools, we'll finish the job. we got to put the tools in the hands of the ukrainians. >> admiral, i'm glad to have you on. >> thanks. >> later, what key voters are saying what really matters to them ahead of the mid terms and which way the political winds are blowing come november. you're watching "meet the press daily." t the press daily. ♪ ♪ ♪ with a bit more thought we can all do our part to keep plastic out of the ocean.

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>> reporter: well, he says why. this is a dispute over whether the january 6th committee can have emails from john eastman to the president himself. eastman said they were covered by privilege and the judge said there is an exception. he said about eastman's idea that vice president pence on january 6th could simply refuse to count the vote. it would have either deprived joe biden of the majority or thrown the election into the house of representatives where the republicans had a majority

in state delegations. but judge david carter says this, "the illegality of the plan is obvious, our nation was found on the transition of power, ignoring this history president trump vigorously campaigned for the vice president to single handedly determine the results of the election. so he says it was a conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, the counting of the vote and a conspiracy to defraud the federal government. but, he says, don't get too excited here. he says the public is still searching for accountability. this case cannot provide it. this court is tasked only with deciding a dispute over a handful of emails. this is not a criminal prosecution. this is not even a civil liability suit. at most, he says, this case is a warning about the dangers of legal theories gone wrong, the powerful abusing public platforms and a desperation to

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welcome back. as we told you at the top of the hour, president biden's approval ratings hit a new low this week according to our new nbc news poll. let's take a look at one of the issues driving that number down. it's the economy. americans are seeing their dollars get them less at the grocery store and less at the gas pump and they blame the president. 38% of americans blame president biden and his policies for the recent rise in inflation.

28% blame the covid-19 pandemic, and 23% blame corporate price increases. even though the war in ukraine is the most recent issue impacting our economy, only 6% blame that for increased prices. it's part of our county-to-county project, shaq brewster talked to voters. what are you hearing from actual voters about inflation? >> reporter: one note about b those poll numbers, among the 38% of people blaming president biden for inflation, most of the 38% are republicans. when you look at other voters, there's a little bit more range. this is a county where most voters are registered unaffiliated or independent voters. if you look at the past electoral history, it's a county that has gone red consistently. when you talk to voters about who or what they blame for the rise in gas prices, you hear

some differences there. listen to what they told you. >> i think it does go to the federal level, yes. >> reporter: how about you? is there someone or something you blame when you see rising prices? >> i blame putin. he started this whole good afternoon -- whole darn mess. >> i would agreed. the profits of the oil ceos have risen. >> reporter: all of those voters agreed with president biden's ban on russian oil saying cheap gas is not worth a genocide. it's just an idea that you have the numbers but there's some nuance behind the numbers when you actually talk to voters here on the ground. >> reporter: it is interesting

to hear that. you're in delaware, ohio. they have a big senate race coming up, a couple of key house races. how do we see these economic issues impacting the mid term, shaq? >> the real thing is priorities right now. voters are saying ukraine, russia, these are issues they're focused on the among the most searched item this week, russia and ukraine. and some of the supreme court hearing made that list at number five. but because of that, when you look at the polling, you see president biden, those are issues where he's not doing as well, where he doesn't have as much approval among voters. and you get a sense that has we get closer to the mid-term elections and voters focus on issues that are key to them, that's what democrats want to focus on improving their

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biden often said don't tell me what you value, show me your budget and i'll tell you what you value. we got a look at what this white house says they value as they prepare to lease the 2023 budget in the next hour. biden's budget proposal highlights covid and voting rights. it goes big on crime, proposing over $30 billion to fund law enforcement and another $2 billion to crack down on gun violence. it an effort to show voters washington is listening to what they want before the mid terms. but our latest poll numbers indicate it's going to be a steep climb for democrats. i'm joined by leann caldwell, "boston globe" senior opinion write earn and nbc news contributor, kimberly atkins stewart and republican strategist matt gorman. the president is laying out his priorities for the next couple of years, at least the next year. what do we see that could be a blueprint for democrats to build

on going into the mid terms? >> this is a message document, as you said. we see the approach the president is taking not only to try to paint what democrats have already done and what they will do but sort of blunt republican criticism. the republican criticism comes in the additional funding for police, for example, to push back on that idea. but at the same time, it's an opportunity to really say, look, republicans screamed and yelled about the covid relief, killing the deficit. the deficit has come down. it's projected to go down by another half by next year if we stay on this course. it's going to be hard, aside from the fact that there's the war in ukraine and the online going january 6th stuff going on. we see the blueprint moving into the mid terms. >> a lot of this is sly with independence. it's a lot of stuff we've seen over the build back better debate, taxing the riches americans, the voting and civil rights initiatives.

this is stuff congress has already debated. can putting these issues front and center be an effective tool to win back o some of those people who part of the biden coalition until they weren't? >> what i'm looking for is you're going to see this budget and all the others introduced, whether it's progressives or nancy pelosi's budgets in the down ballot ads. what i'm looking for is what are those small little things we can use in a new york district, suburban or rural district that can play to our advantage. >> leann, the president's campaign was based on beating donald trump and beating covid. when you look at these poll numbers, checked and checked. donald trump is not the president anymore, the american people only 3% put covid at their top issue. how does he take advantage of resetting the discussion, whether it's by something

congress does, his actions involving ukraine. how does the president take what the american people certainly say, a victory over covid and start building on that? >> we've already had several resets by this administration that haven't seemed to work as far as are concerned. i am told republicans told me the biggest problem for the president was afghanistan. ever since then, it has been so difficult for this president to recover, regardless of what he does. most people, most -- even republicans will say he has done a decent job in afghanistan and that's not reflected in -- excuse me, in the ukraine situation, and that does not reflect in the poll numbers, and it's going to have to change the perception voters have of him, and right now it's not good, and the economy as well. >> and democrats, 44% say they

prefer democrats, and if the democrats are up in the generic battle, they are actually tied, and here they are down. how much is their fate in their own hands right now? is much is it tied to the guy not even on the ticket with them in this cycle? >> it's a huge problem for democrats. one thing going against democrats is conventional wisdom is returning where it no longer applied at all for several years, and that means the party in power has a terrible time in the midterms, and they will have to message, hey, we know you are still feeling the negative affects of the economy but we are doing x, y and z, we boosted jobs, and inflation is a problem, and we have a plan for that and try to message and say hold on, give us more time to try and get this going and don't give up, but it's not going to be an easy fight. it's going to be against very strong republican messaging machine that you will see

directed right at them. >> to that end, republicans are the beneficiaries of what we see in the polling, but it's not like the american people like them much better. 34% of americans say they feel positive about the republican party. you don't want to take that into battle here. how do republicans improve their image given the opportunity given to them right now? >> well, they are running against biden and democrats, and running against trump was enough. you did not need to be popular if you were a dem, and biden's moment was afghanistan, that was his katrina moment. they are going out and fielding themselves and they know what they are seeing in the generic ballot that you are showing, too. >> we talk about this all the time up on the hill, there's a live debate among republicans,

and is that enough to be the other guys or do they need to proactively come out with more of a platform to try and address these numbers? they are women, but only because women dislike them less? >> the republicans have not agreed on that strategy, and you have mccarthy and republicans in the house coming out with a platform they will keep rolling out over the next several months, and in the senate, mcconnell says, no, biden is enough. you have the head of his campaign committee, rick scott, who unveiled a platform which republicans panned up, left, right, center, any way possible. but the challenge for democrats is how are they going to run with biden, and it's a referendum on biden, and the individual candidates especially the incumbents are running ahead of biden and that's what they are banking on at this moment.

>> and people want to throw the bums out, but not your bum, and the party is so unpopular and maybe the individual members do okay, so what do democrats need to do to convince the american people they feel your pain? >> it's a one-two punch. show these numbers that the budget is touting about the inflation and economy and jobs. hammer that home while at the same time saying we're going to hold, for example, those accountable and we are working to do that, and a lot are frustrated by that. talk about if you can't pass legislation, say why. we want to give you voting rights, but these are the things standing in the way. each of the voters in each of the districts care most about, even if you don't have the when to show them but you can show them the resolve and the understanding they know what the issues are. >> matt, if people go and vote in november and inflation and

the economy are still the top issue, don't republicans need to show up with something specific saying we have a solution? >> yeah, they need to speak to the issue and make it seem like they understand what people are going through. 63% of folks disapprove how biden handled the economy. look what youngkin did, and they say we understand what you are going through, and we understand, because biden doesn't have an answer for this, and that's the problem. >> i was just going to say we understand is the strategy democrats are trying to adopt, acknowledging it's been a difficult last couple of years trying to layout what they are going to continue to do and how they tried to help, and that empathy is something biden says

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the new concerns today that russia is looking to split ukraine into, and even as ukrainian troops take back some territory like in a suburb of kyiv. although u.s. officials cannot confirm who is actually in control of that town right now. the mayor adding more towns nearby could be liberated, but that's not the case in the south and east where key cities are still under siege. in mariupol, it's believed 90% of all residential buildings are not damaged if not destroyed altogether. 150,000 innocent people still trapped in that city. mariupol's mayor is begging for help with what he calls the humanitarian catastrophe. and kharkiv is still under shelling. and volunteers have tried to cheer up the kids there,