down because of the trump-boudin -- putin talks. we are not sure if get we can dive into the one of them. president trump sankey agreed in a phone call with the russian president vladimir putin to start negotiating an end to the work. it reverses four years of policy on the complex with european officials getting the wood events warning. mr. trump: meetings with the russian president are being planned. pres. trump: i will be dealing with president putin largely on the phone, and we largely expect to meet. we expect people come here, and i will go there, and we will meet will be in saudi arabia at the first time and see if we can get something done. we want to end that war. that war is a disaster. lizzy: let's get more from henry meyer. give us more of a readout of the skull between the two readers, because a bit of a divergence. >> this is a key moment in trump's efforts to end the war in ukraine. this was one of his main campaign promises that he made in advance of his election, and we know that there has been contact between putin

and he indicated this was kind of a first step after president trump and russian president blood boudin spoke last week. rubio has said ukraine will have a seat at the table as you alluded to ukrainian president zelenskyy is really frustrated that neither he nor any of his representatives were at this meeting in saudi arabia. this was just the u.s. and russian officials with saudi arabia and official serving as hosts. the trumpet administration insists they will have a voice and this is just the beginning but rubio and national security advisor michael waltz said this was a very productive first meeting. >> later on we are expecting more nominations to be put through the senate. the commerce secretary and fbi director, the white house as far as their optimism concerning the fbi erectors part where are they as of today? -- fbi director's part. >> especially after they were able to get confirmed by this are public and led senate the ceiling with a slim majority. they're expecting cash patel to be able to sail through especially because those other nominees cleared that benchmark. people l

doing what he campaigned on he campaigned on the lasting peace to the region this week you spoke with boudin and zelenskyy in the european allies in the secretary of defense the secretary of state, the vice president all in europe talking to the european allies about the path forward and ultimately we think peace will be achieved, president trump is optimistic about that. what's been clear when secretary asset went to keith to make clear that peace must take into account american interest the american people generously financed the defense of ukraine over the last several years and they were promised for that to be paid back in the settlement talks have to incorporate that promise. to it is important that we forge economic ties deep economic bonds with ukraine going forward that is the number one way to ensure a lasting peace. americans know it, the ukrainians know it and most importantly the russians. both sides have acknowledged only president trump has the strength to bring them to the table. that's what we expect to see in the coming weeks and make great progress on the road to lasting p

but president boudin wants the peace and he did not want to have peace with biden and you tell me why that is. >> starting negotiations, the part of the deal -- >> it was a nice thing that allowed mark vogel to leave. mark was not feeling well. all of a sudden two weeks ago he started being treated nicely, they took him out for haircuts, they helped him out a little bit and made him feel better, made him look better and they were nice to him. he said i saw something happening and it coincided one -- with when i came into office, so that was nice and he is a fine person. so happy to be out. he was there for three and a half years plus and should not have been at all, they should have had him out much faster. >> do you see a future in which ukraine returns to ukraine in 2014? >> pete said that is unlikely. they took a lot of land, they fought for the land and they lost a lot of soldiers, but it would just seem to me, i've read a lot on it and people think it is unlikely. some of it will come back, some of it will come back, yeah, some of that land will come back. who are you with? you a

trump talked with both boudin and zelenskyy today and had this to say. >> we had a great call.time, over an hour. this morning, i also had with president zelenskyy a very good call after that. i think we're on the way to getting peace. i think president putin once peace, and president zelenskyy once peace and i want peace. >> trace: rarely does a president talk to leaders that are at odds on the same day. they may not be anything, but it sure sounds like optimistic. >> i certainly hope that it's the first of many steps toward peace, like the president said. every single one of us is completely sick and tired of the bloodshed, whether its russia-ukraine or in israel. we've just had it. enough is enough. so many innocent lives lost. women, children. we hope this is the first of many steps towards that. >> trace: i know you know russia. what do you think about the living conditions in russia right now? >> what marc fogel went through, i can't even imagine. he was in a russian penal colony since 2021. just hearing his voice where he said "my soul is dead," just rips at your heartst

and he indicated this was kind of a first step after president trump and russian president blood boudin last week. rubio has said ukraine will have a seat at the table as you alluded to ukrainian president zelenskyy is really frustrated that neither he nor any of his representatives were at this meeting in saudi arabia. this was just the u.s. and russian officials with saudi arabia and official serving as hosts. the trumpet administration insists they will have a voice and this is just the beginning but rubio and national security advisor michael waltz said this was a very productive first meeting. >> later on we are expecting more nominations to be put through the senate. the commerce secretary and fbi director, the white house as far as their optimism concerning the fbi erectors part where are they as of today? -- fbi director's part. >> especially after they were able to get confirmed by this are public and led senate the ceiling with a slim majority. they're expecting cash patel to be able to sail through especially because those other nominees cleared that benchmark. people like ho

is it a capitulation to boudin or a relief that he is focusing on domestic issues in the u.s.?ashington, it is considered a reversal in u.s. policy compared to the last administration that often opted against direct u.s. russia contact in favor of letting ukraine take the lead. trump over the weekend did confirm this verbal affirmation that we heard from the administration that ukraine will be involved in the peace talks going forward. but it really is, when we talk about increased supplemental security assistance to ukraine, an issue that has often divided particularly the republican conference in washington with trump confirming over the weekend that he would be open to europe buying additional weapons from the u.s. to send them to ukraine if we get to a place where the u.s. is no longer supplying the country. that is critical and there is an important context of that because often one of the bipartisan areas when it comes to domestic and foreign policy angles coming together is that a need for weapons from ukraine has helped to boost the u.s. domestic ukraine industrial base