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anita: nate foy on the ground in kyiv. thank you for bringing us those stories. gillian. >> gillian: michael allen, former special assistant to president george w. bushyou for being with us. let's start with an increasing alarming alliance between russia and iran. former national security adviser said earlier this week he imagines the russian regime must be humiliated that they're importing weapons from iran. >> iran is a state sponsored terrorism, all over the middle east, trying to kill americans. russians must be humiliated to go hat in hand to get weapons and platforms to fight ukrainians. >> gillian: maybe putin would be humiliated if he had any shame. >> they are in league with china and north korea and opposition to our way of life, freedom and economic openness. but it's one of these new alliances that we are going to have to watch going forward. i'm worried about what russia will give iran in exchange for all the kamikaze drones they are shipping to russia. certainly it will be more advanced russian military jets, but who knows. diplomatic cover and i'm worried it may be also something eventually to benefit the nuclear program. >> gillian: a

we want to show you a little more from our interview with anita mcbride, the former chief of staff to first lady laura bushbout the importance of the so-called soft diplomacy in these events. this is what she had to say. >> these soft power of diplomatic events like this is not to be understood dated -- understated. this event is elegant, important, reflective of our country and how we are entertaining any foreign visitor that we deem to be an important friend and ally to the country. a lot of decision-making, the details, the food that is selected, there will be various taste testing of food selections at the white house chef has come up with. the chef would have done research on other state dinners, but then also, likes and dislikes of the guest that you are hosting. then also about reflective, about the bounty of america. that goes into what you are drinking, as well. the winds that are being served. in fact, there is a beautiful book that has been published by the white house historical association called, wine in the white house, from george washington's -- how winds were selected for various events.

bush, you have a lot of titles, bill. always great to see you. >> thank you. >> anita: read a little more of what you wrote in that op-ed.o on to say were he for once able to rise above himself he would win whatever the outcome, either he would succeed in getting immigration reform where his predecessors failed or he would win politically by showing republicans are the obstacle to improving security at the border. the biggest obstacle, you say, joe biden himself. you know, bill, i know you are familiar with a new book saying the president is hopping mad over the lack of solutions at the border and yelling obscenities around the white house. what is stopping him from doing anything, something to stop the crisis at the border? >> well, i think himself. look, president biden came in with explicit plan that was to undo everything trump did and not necessarily put anything in its place. so the border is already a crisis, even with title 42. the communities are being overwhelmed. the problem is joe biden is insulated from all this. when his press secretary makes ridiculous assertions like the border is not open, and then peopl

christmases, 1991, anita point christmas when they were elected as president and first lady their church and saint martin's in houston, texas and president president elect and mrs. bushwith a gift. it was a needlepoint crash. it was a 45 piece nativity. it had the traditional nativity figures, but it also had an armadillo, the bishop spaniel named millie, a black sheep named saintly and a wise man wearing a crown made from the cap of a crown royal bottle. this labor intensive gift with mrs. bush pronounced the most beautiful thing you've ever laid your eyes on. and inspired her 1991 christmas. and she went to the saintly stitchers and some other volunteer and asked if they could have a christmas sort of an honor of this wonderful nativity scene. and there was three see a close up of it in the private residence. her first christmas and the result was absolutely spectacular. it took 18 months or 150000 hours to create. 1370 needlepoint ornaments to cover this noble fir at the base was a needlepoint village. oh, here you see mrs. bush made a couple of ornaments herself. there's her dog, millie, and she made raggedy ann and andy for the tree. and here at the base of the