secretary, including by jd vance, when president trump commented on vance's speech, you know which which talked about a very different view of europe. he called it brilliant. he said that europe, quote, has to be careful, has to be careful. what did you hear? >> uh. >> you know, i, i find it difficult, uh. >> to try. >> to. >> uh, urge. >> uh, european countries to. >> somehow allow. >> that kind. >> of extremism to. >> exist within. >> their boundaries. >> i mean, if a if. >> a european. >> leader had. >> come to the united. >> states and. >> said. >> to us. that we. >> have to improve our. >> relationship with. >> the. >> klu klux. >> klan. >> i tell them to. >> go to hell. >> uh, and. >> so i just don't. >> think that we have we have. >> to get. >> involved in. >> countries that are trying to protect themselves from extremism that might lead. >> to another. >> confrontation. >> uh, or. >> another war. >> that we saw, uh, in. world war. >> two. >> that that. >> is something, frankly, we should. >> avoid. >> uh, secretary, i mean, it's deeply concerning. and, you know, we also had had p

vance is extreme. one on one, the vice president meeting with the leader of a far right party leader in germany, the party whose members have been convicted of using nazi rhetoric. also breaking disruption and disorder inside the justice department. a seventh prosecutor quitting over the doj demands to drop the case against new york city's mayor. and an outfront exclusive tonight, the man swallowed by a whale and spat back out. all of it caught on tape. he is alive to tell the story. he is our guest tonight. let's go out front. >> and good evening. >> i'm erin burnett. outfront tonight, the breaking news. alarm bells going off among america's closest allies after vice president jd vance gave an extensive face time meeting to the leader of an extreme far right party in germany, a party which includes members who have been convicted of using nazi rhetoric. now, vance did not meet with germany's actual leader, chancellor olaf schultz, instead choosing to elevate alice weidel, leader of the anti-immigrant

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so it's a risk for vance.w, free rein to do a lot of different things. he's, as you mentioned, he's overseas right now representing the trump administration at this ai summit in paris. he's on to the munich security conference later this week. he's going to be, you know, toeing the company line when it comes to, you know, ukraine and russia. he's going to be trying to, you know, you know he diplomacy but trump style diplomacy right. you know like don't expect too much from us. you know making nato pay their bills this and that. and they trust him to do that. i mean, it's the first month of his vice presidency and he's already overseas, which, you know, to trump's earlier point about not anointing a successor. you know, they're giving jd vance valuable foreign policy experience in his first month on the job, and that's helpful for him in his own presidential run if he does run. >> oh, yeah. absolutely. being able to toggle between the international and the domestic is a skill that most politicians don't get to

. >> jd vance with some. >> tough talk for. european leaders. the lead starts right. >> now. >> vice presidents. >> jd vance. >> with a. >> speech that few. >> saw coming. >> almost berating longtime u.s. allies, accusing them of suppressing free speech and losing control of immigration, and refusing to work with those on the hard right. >> vance's critics. >> say. >> what the vice president did not offer was clarity on ukraine and russia, and. >> where the trump. >> administration stands. we're going to try to read. between the lines of what's being said, plus a. seventh prosecutor now on the corruption case. >> against new york. >> city mayor eric adams. eric adams just. called it quits. another protest resignation against the justice. >> department, which made yet. another push to get the case against the new york democrat, dropped. why? and frightening accusations about an indiana teen and an obsession with the parkland school shooting. did police stop a repeat tragedy that could have happened today? welcome to the lead. i'm jake tapper. whi

the vance. i mean signs of growing strain and us ukrainian relations for longer to accept the munich security conference, the landscape called for a real and guaranteed peace in the wake of the war between russia and ukraine. and for his boss, 80 vance said the us was aiming to achieve what he called a doable piece in ukraine. but the meeting comes out of difficult moment. this week, us officials suggested that ukraine should seats territory to russia and abandon it's nato and visions. positions that clash sharply with cubes. goals, washington says it's agreed to hold talks with moscow vein on ending the war. let's take a look at that meeting between president savanski and vice president vance. we had a number of people, conversations, a number of things for us to follow up and work on. and fundamentally, the goal is, as president trump outlined it, we want the war to come to a close. we want the going to stop, but we want to achieve a durable lasting piece. not the kind of piece is going to hav

host: you referenced jd vance.ry little time on china and russia as adversaries, instead talking about europe and its values. do you still see the u.s. as a close partner to ukraine in this? guest: i still believe that the u.s. is the leader among democracies globally. i still believe that regardless of the political party at the moment, it is still in the interests of the united states to cooperate with other democracies. i can understand that the new administration is rather different image approaches to dealing with its allies. i have seen the reaction from european allies as well. we have seen the reaction yesterday and today as well. they are slightly shocked with what they have seen. we still believe america stands on the right side of history, that it still supports democracy and human rights. i think to be reminded of that. host: i wonder about the commentary about internal dynamics ukraine. we saw donald trump speaking to ukrainian president zelenskyy's dipping popularity numbers and there have not been el

i think, you know, jd vance obviously is a world view on this. he was at the munich security conference, i believe, last year when when vice president harris was there. but to to see him in this moment, you know, kind of making his debut on the world stage, scolding allies on their domestic policies. i guess the question is, what is the goal with this speech like that? >> well, i think. >> the goal was. was several fold. first, it was to say the forces you see at work that put president trump and jd vance into. >> power. >> uh, exist elsewhere. and this is going to sweep around the world, and that they welcome that. the second you heard, uh, was their message in the run up to that, which is the alliance isn't going to be what it was before. there will be a diminishment of protections for europe that europe's been warned too many times to build up its own forces. of course, the reason that they didn't build up their forces that quickly was that it was american policy for decades that you didn't want germany or others to be able to have the power t

and vance was a lot more careful and left a lot more room. there was such an uproar that hegseth had to walk it back on thursday. and then try to middle road on friday and left everyone more confused than they were before he had come. so it did look like amateur hour out there for for a bit. now it's his first time out doing it. i understand why that's the case, but it's something with huge stakes for europe. >> yeah, absolutely. >> and as we're watching all of this play out, all of these officials are abroad. and bill, you know, here in in washington, as we were watching this week with trump and elon musk, jd vance mentioned elon musk in his speech today. he was saying if the u.s. had to deal with greta thunberg for ten years, then you guys can deal with elon musk for a little bit. uh, there's a joint interview that trump and vance or trump and elon musk have done with sean hannity. we saw part of that tonight. on whether there's any friction in the relationship between trump and elon musk. this is what they had to say. >> actually, uh, elon

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basically, jd vance said he didn't.te, i don't care what happens to ukraine one way or another. do you feel that he's changed that the trump administration and the actors you're dealing with understand what's at stake? >> i'll be honest, we have to work on it. all of us, not only me. me is not enough. really. i think we have to work because i think that, uh, you know, we together in europe, the war is in europe, and america is far from far from the. invasion. and i think that we need to share more details, because to my mind, there are a lot of different voices around new american administration. and i'm not sure that all these voices on on our side. that's why we have to work with these people, and even with some europeans, as i said, if i was understandable, i don't know about mar-a-lago about there. yeah. yeah. >> it was clear. >> it was clear. but i want to repeat it. yes. it's important. it's important for them to to to be clear. >> do you want to name names while we're at it? >> i know names, of course. i'm not su

vance for the long term. i think. >> vance, i say no so emphatically there when he was asked. >> because donald trump wants to remain at the center of the ring. he doesn't want the torch to pass now. it's the sixth week of fourth week of his presidency. i don't think that's that unusual. >> well, and then if he endorsed him now, then jd no longer needs him, right? because then he has the most valuable thing in the 2028 primary. there's already the parlor game going on, going on among republicans right now about whether or not jd would even get a challenger in 2024 because of brad's point, which is that, you know, trump's own aides have called jd vance a legacy pick because in that they want the trump movement, maga movement, whatever you want to call it, to extend beyond this four year period. >> so let me ask you a question, kendra, because trump more than once has not shut down the idea of going for a third term, regardless of what amendments to the constitution say. and again, this is a frequent phenomenon

now, jd vance wanted to be a provocateur. we know that he did this for a reason so that we would start talking about it. and he wanted to make a point in that room with all those allies. but we can't let irony just continue to die on the vine. >> yeah. no. >> another quote from the speech. you cannot win a democratic mandate by censoring your opponents or putting them in jail. whether that's the leader of the opposition, a humble christian praying in her own home, or a journalist trying to report the news. it is so discordant. i mean, take the first part, david. >> i'm sorry. no problem. vice president vance is meeting with vladimir zelenskyy right now, and we're going to go to it now. >> conversations about how we might accomplish that together. and certainly we'll have many more in the in the days, weeks and months to come. president zelenskyy. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. >> very much. very briefly, i think what the president said, everything and absolutely correct. we are very thankful for american support, preside

president -- vice president jd vance. it comes after mr.unched into a wide-ranging attack on european countries. during the speech at the munich security conference. also in the program, ukraine accuses russia of a drone attack on the chernobyl nuclear power plant. we will speak to the head of the u.n. watchdog. and gaza's fragile cease-fire is back on as hamas has released the names of the three hostages due to be released on saturday. good evening. the u.s. vice president jd vance has met the ukrainian litter president zelenskyy, -- leader president zelenskyy, but just shy of the security meeting conference, mr. vance hardly mentioned ukraine and instead use the opportunity to prorate european allies for taking the nato alliance for granted. he also accused them up talking about democracy but not living by the basic tenants of democracy, and stepping on free speech. later, the vice president met with the leader of the far right afd party. take a listen to some of the speech. v.p. vance: the threat that i worry most about vis-a-vis europe

he did point to jd vance.his speech also, and essentially saying that the relationship that the u.s. has had with europe is ending and that we need to adjust. we cannot rule out one day that the u.s. could say no. here's a little bit more of what he said about this u.s. europe relationship. take a listen. >> some in europe may not fully understand what's happening in washington right now, but let's focus on understanding ourselves right here in europe. we must give strength to europe first. does america need europe as a market? yes, but as an ally. i don't know. >> i mean, ivan, that is just extraordinary. does europe need us as an ally? i don't know. yes, as a market, but not sure about an ally. he went on to say, i urge you to act for your own sake. this is a man who sounded scorned. he sounded like he feels like he has been abandoned by the united states. of course, he had his own conversation with j.d. vance yesterday. he has spoken on the phone with the american president in the past few days. there are s

let's listen to jd vance. vice pres. vance: -- for putting on an incredible event. that i wanted to talk about today is our share values -- shared values. it's great to be back in germany. i was here last year as a u.s. senator. i saw the foreign secretary and joked that both of us had different jobs than we have now. now it is time for all of our countries, all of us who have been fortunate enough to be given political power by our respective peoples, to use it wisely and improve their lives. i was fortunate in my time here to spend time outside the walls of this conference over the last 24 hours. i have been so impressed by the hospitality of the people, even as they are reeling from yesterday's hernandez attack. -- horrendous attack. the first time i was in munich was with my wife on a personal trip. i have always loved the city of munich and loved his people. i want to say we are very moot in our thoughts and prayers are with munich and everybody affected by the people inflict -- evil inflicted on this beautiful community. we are praying for you. we will be root

vance lectures. geoff: and david brooks and jonathan capehart give their takes from elon musk's expanding influence to the white house targeting associated press. >> major funding for the pbs "newshour" has been provided by friends of the "newshour" including jim and nancy and robert shiller foundation, the judy and peter bloom upholding freedom for deemses -- democracies at home and abroad. >> a proud supporter of public television on a voyage with cunard, the world awaits, diverse destinations and immerse and british style. all with cunard's white star service. >> fostering and informed engaged communities. >> and with the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. and friends of the "newshour". this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. geoff: welcome to the "newshour," a wave of resignations is shaking up the u.s. justice department as president trump gave orders to drop the case.

vance jd vance, the vice president, will also be meeting with ukraine's president zelenskyy today, who just said that he does not believe the united states has a ready made plan to end russia's war. and there's also this with regard to the ongoing actual war, a drone attack at chernobyl nuclear site. radiation levels are now being monitored. ukraine blaming russia, with president zelenskyy saying this, that it shows, quote, putin is definitely not preparing for negotiations. he's preparing to continue deceiving the world. cnn's alayna treene is at the white house for us. let's go to cnn's alex marquardt, who is in munich for us this morning. alex, back to you. what is the latest that you're hearing? >> well, kate, in just about half an hour's time, the vice president is going to take the stage. and i think what a lot of people are going to be wanting to hearing here is a clarification of the u.s. position on what a deal might look like, what the future of ukraine might look like in the view of this administration, because of some confusion over the last few days, there has been a lot o

if it's not vance, who is it?mean, is trump laying the groundwork for one of his children or perhaps for a third trump term? if he could get that past the courts? >> yeah. i mean, i believe also i mean, he might just not be willing to kind of back jd at this point so early on. i know there's definitely a lot of lawmakers on capitol hill that do view jd vance as a successor. i'm sure jd vance views himself as a successor to trump. but, i mean, i think trump i mean, like we saw i mean, trump doesn't like to lose at all. so he might be looking at this being like, we don't know what it's going to look like come 2028. and so he's kind of trying to keep his powder dry kind of back it up, just being like, let's wait and see how this whole field plays out. as, as we know, like a lot of people are probably going to get in a run, especially the first kind of election without trump going to be on the ballot. >> trump has said more than once, well, maybe, maybe, possibly i might run again. he certainly hasn't eliminated that.

vance had some very tough words for european allies as defense secretary pete hegseth says he and vance are on the same page. others are not so sure. but how it comes to ending russia's war in ukraine. >> you don't have to operate under a position of trust in order to negotiate a deal. >> defense secretary pete hegseth alongside his polish counterpart says trust is not a prerequisite for peace talks with russian president vladimir putin. >> we had a never of fruitful conversations. >> next door in germany, vice president j.d. vance met with ukraine's president. after telling european leaders something else. the threat that i worry the most about, vis-a-vis europe is not russia, it's not china, it's not any other external actor. and what i worry about is the threat from within. the retreat of europe from some of its most fundamental values. >> vance down played russian meddling in elections using social media. >> if your democracy can be destroyed with a few hundred thousand dollars of digital advertising from a foreign country, then it wasn't very strong to begin with. >> vance also acc

vance's tweet. she said, i personally think that the administration has to follow the court rulings. she also criticized the president, biden, then president biden, how he handled student court student loan rulings as well while he was president. so you're hearing some difference among how some republicans are approaching it. but top republicans at the moment, they say the courts are important, but they're not directly calling on the president to obey those orders. >> phil manu raju live on capitol hill. thanks so much. let's bring in our panel now. and, tom, i want to start with you, because i feel like there's not actually like a debate here. like if the court orders something, if there's a restraining order like you comply. am i wrong on that? that's how we've. >> interpreted the law. >> and the constitution for, you know, a few hundred years. so the short answer to your. >> question is yes. >> and look, i will say this. the vice president is right, that i think that there is a core area of execu

vance didn't say yes, he should. he said. well, god, i mean, he. >> said all. >> kinds of terrible things about the congressman. >> for whatever reason, he acknowledged that the comments were sophomoric and terrible and all the stuff. >> that he's racist. >> and racist. so this is not inappropriate. >> the guy a racist troll, and now he's like, come back to the government. >> jd vance would have been better served if they just disowned this in the beginning. like, this is one of those easy things to do. it wouldn't have been much backlash against jd vance and donald trump if elon musk just decided, okay, well, this guy is going i think this is more about elon musk's guy than anything else, because in most other situations, they would've just said, okay, we're going to cut ties with you, which is exactly what they ended up doing. but i still think that this part of this, this, um, connection to elon musk, where many people have donald j. trump as president, jd vance as vice president, but then elon musk as a republican member

d. vance criticizing your let's have a listen. yeah. yeah. helping you all today is a really historic day. the american security guarantees are being called into question. the americans are questioning the democratic institutions and the into fair and quite openly in an election, including in relation to democratic policies and the majority saw. and i'll have to say it to steps me. it doesn't surprise me because they have talked about this before. this is best i family rejected. it is not the job of the american government to explain to us here in germany, how we should protect the democratic institutions. and we will continue on. of course, i'll be the ones on baseline that's bringing david salvo. he's the managing director of the alliance was secure in democracy at the german marshall fund. good to have you on the program. david is now we just had a j. d bounces the next step from gd alonso speech, as well as the response from predict minutes. we've had defense minister german defense, mr bar as the story is hitting back end of descri

vance to say you know what? a lot of this is your fault. that makes them so angry and alarmed.hat is the truth and they don't want anyone pointing that out. >> laura: glenn, as he said, friends don't let friends continue to traffic in lies and half truths and censorship. if you are friends, you have to give your friends sometimes friendly advice and constructive criticism. glenn, great to have you on. we don't have you on enough. thank you so much. and, coming up. what has happened to the democrat party? this is a serious question. they didn't always used to be this way. i'll explain, next. narrator: ontario, canada. stable and secure when the world around us isn't. you can rely on us for energy to power your growing economy and for critical minerals crucial to new technologies. we're here, right by your side. [title: ontario, canada] [title: ontario.ca/partner] [title: paid for by the government of ontario] your pride and joy is measured in acres. keep them looking their best with versatile sidekick utility vehicles, professional-grade mowers for a professional cut and the num

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and jd vance is just another courtier. the fact that he's the literally. >> the lawful. >> successor to the president is not going to. >> bother donald trump. >> um, governor pawlenty, i mean, who do you think trump sees as his successor? why would you answer a question in that way? it doesn't it doesn't it doesn't give confidence for those who follow trump in the guy that he has chosen as his vice president. >> well. >> a couple. >> of things, erin. >> first of all, it's tactically, i think, very. >> smart for. >> trump to play it this way because. >> a third or more of the congress. >> thinks they're future presidents. and if you need. them to pass your. >> legislation, work. >> with you. >> you don't. >> want. >> to slam the door to their. >> future aspirations. >> as delusional as. >> they may be. and as somebody who ran. >> unsuccessfully, i. >> can speak to those. >> kinds. of things. >> um. >> but by. >> the way, and then secondly, he may have other plans, and i think he's saying it's too early. we can't make an ear

as vance did with ai earlier this week, he was pretty forceful in his message of the trump-vance policyarning european leaders that there is,"nothing more urgent than the issue of mass migration." he said that yesterday's brutal attack on the streets of munich when a 24-year-old afghan refugee ploughed into a crowd, injuring dozens, should be a wake-up call. >> the number of immigrants that entered the e.u. from none.u. countries doubled between 2021 and 2022 alone and it has gotten much hire since. and we know the situation did not materialize in a vacuum. it is the result of a series of conscious decisions made by politicians all over the continent and others across the world over the span of a decade. i can't bring it up again without thinking about the terrible victims who had a beautiful winter day in munich ruined. how many times must we suffer these appalling setbacks before we change course and take our shared civilization in a new direction. >> martha: strong words from the vice president and attorney general palm bet -- pam bondi attended that speech. she is meeting with count

vance did not put down any hard lines. he said he wanted to preserve the optionality for for trump, essentially keeping everything on the table. we've already heard from donald trump saying that ukraine should not be a member of nato. we've heard the secretary of defense, pete hegseth, say that american troops should not take part in peacekeeping operations in ukraine. those many have said, are concessions already being given to the russians. for his part, zelenskyy thanked the u.s. for their support but said that the most important thing right now are security guarantees, guarantees that russia will not invade ukraine again in the future. but administration officials have already said that those guarantees should fall to the europeans rather than the u.s. pamela. >> alex, thank you so much. let's bring in our experts on ukraine and russia. jill dougherty, i want to start with you. this was, to say the least, as alex pointed out, a very controversial speech from vice president vance. listen to how top leaders in europe are

and jd vance, vice president vance knows everything. >> you just said. >> he understands that, but hetands that his boss believes he should have absolute power. he believes he's the ceo of a company now. he's a ceo of a country. and when he lays down an order in the boardroom, it ought to just get done. so he's grappling with the fact that we do have checks and balances in this country. we mentioned mayor adams of new york city. the department of justice is ordering federal prosecutors now to drop corruption charges against mayor adams. the order from acting deputy attorney general emil bove would dismiss all charges against mayor adams without prejudice. that means they could be refiled in the future. the mayor's lawyer responded to the dismissal order in a statement that reads in part, the facts of the case are clear. the mayor never used his official position for personal benefit, nor did he have any role in violating campaign finance laws. despite a lot of fanfare and sensational claims, ultimately, there was no evidence presented that he broke any laws ever and, quote, the charge

jamie vance. also. richard e seemed to offer what, what could be interpreted as whitehouse support for europe's far right parties, urging europeans to, to, in their opposition to having far right parties in government. and we're going to get your reaction to that in just a moment. but 1st, i want us to take a listen to what he had to say. but what german democracy, what no democracy, american, german, or european will survive, is telling millions of owners that their thoughts and concerns their aspirations, their please for relief are invalid or unworthy of even being considered democracy. russ, on the sacred principle, that the voice of the people matters. there is no room for firewalls. richard, he said, firewall is that is the language being used in german politics. right now. i had a national elections next week. i mean, he knew what he was saying, what was he doing? yes. so what he's referring to is there is, this is this kind of established agreement among most of the political policies in germany

and today, jd vance did america proud. and having the brains and frankly, the guts to tell the truth to those who presided over europe's steady decline. joining us now, glenn greenwald, pulitzer prize winning independent journalist. glenn, what i love are reading the comments from those back in the united states, politico today, basically saying that jd vance attacked his our european allies, attacked them by focusing on the cultural issues like free speech, instead of focusing on how we need to, i guess, i don't know, spend billions of dollars more and continuing the killing fields in ukraine. >> if you. >> go. >> back and look. >> at. >> when the. >> real hostility. >> toward donald trump. >> really emerged from establishment media and establishment politics, it was when he began questioning the foundational premises. >> the orthodoxies, almost the religious pieties of. >> washington when it comes to foreign policy, particularly when it comes. >> to our relationship. >> to europe, why is. >> it that we continue to pay fo

d. vance today told a room full of european defense and government leaders. that free speech is in retreat in their countries at the munich security conference vance claim, the freedom of expression is being eroded and you called it a bigger threat to democracy than russian military aggression. he also address the issue of migration, saying europeans had not voted to open what he called the flood gates to migrants. answers beach was one of the 1st scene of addresses at the security conference today. it comes at the end of a remarkable week where you as president donald trump, spoke on the phone with russian president vladimir putin. both the leaders promising to work together to end the war and ukraine. european leaders with appearing however, that this will be done without your ukrainian or european input. so, many of those gathered in munich would have been hoping perhaps the vice president can shed some light on donald trump's plans for a negotiated piece in ukraine. instead, they got a lecture about democracy in europe and britain and across europe. free

and if trump is reasonably popular among the party, vance will benefit from that.'s not for some reason, i don't necessarily anticipate that vance could suffer. but right now, if you're a betting man and pitchers and catchers report today, john, put your money down on jd for a nominee. >> look, jd vance is the favorite to be the nominee. the way that the chiefs and the eagles are the odds on favorites today to be in the super bowl next year. i mean it i mean it that that's that's that's the way that odds and betting work. it just does. even though it won't be them in all likelihood next year. it's just that right now that's the safest bet. i get what you are saying. all right. karen finney, matt gorman, nice to see you both. it's nice to see smiles this morning. i appreciate all of that. sarah. >> it's all because it's you, john berman. all right. an fda plan to ban hair products with possible links to cancer may be in limbo this morning under the biden administration. the fda proposed banning the potentially cancer causing hair straightening products used and mark

i talked about all of this earlier today, ukraine and jd vance's speech with kia calls.ou for coming back to the news hour. last week, european officials came to washington and were reassured by senior trump administration officials about ukraine. earlier this week my you and other senior european officials met with vice president vance in paris and or reassured about the focus on ukraine. but this week, we heard from the defense secretary questioning whether ukraine could ever get back occupied era tory and essentially taking nato off of the table. what is the impact of the mixed messages from the u.s.? >> the new administration is starting, and we are building up relationships with the new administration as well. i've had a good call with marco rubio, who was also very assuring on ukraine. of course we have to figure out the messages, what is right to rebut this conference is a good place. we've had a lot of meetings with the representatives to understand the ideas of the united states regarding ukraine. >> can europe make plans for the ukraine? is there a strategy whe

vance meeting with the lenski later this. that could all change very quickly especially when dealing with vladimir putin and also zelenskyy who promised ukrainian people every inch of the territory back most likely won't get that. so things could get really complicated here just because they could, but i'm optimistic. i think president trump and his team are doing right now is pushing the right buttons to get some progress towards actual cease-fire. what i anticipate is putin knows his economy is in bad shape and his military in bad shape. he has to find a deal at some point. trump is letting the leverage come in and even escalate the leverage. but for zelenskyy he has said they recognize they can't take back all of the territory militarily, so they will have a long-term dispute over russia's occupation and pursued the territory by other means political or diplomatic means. that gives an opening here to president trump to push both sides to stop the fighting. what i anticipate that to happen. you will have a cease-fire. i thi

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jamie vance. also. richard e seem to offer what, what could be interpreted as whitehouse support for europe's far right parties urging europeans to, to, in their opposition to having far right parties in government. and we're going to get your reaction to that in just a moment. but 1st, i want us to take a listen to what do you have to say. but what german democracy, what no democracy, american, german, or european will survive, is telling millions of owners that their thoughts and concerns their aspirations, their please for relief are invalid or unworthy of even being considered democracy. russ, on the sacred principle, that the voice of the people matters. there is no room for firewalls. richard, he said, firewall is that is the language being used in german politics. right now. i had a national elections next week. i mean, he knew what he was saying, what was he doing? yes. so what he's referring to is there is, this is this kind of established agreement among most of the political policies in germa

i think vice president vance has said one thing. the secretary of defense has said another thing, and president trump has said something else. and so i think most people, not just americans, people around the world, just want to understand what the heck the president wants to do. and so, look, i think things are going to be fundamentally different. i think the president has been very clear that he not only wants to reshape the american government, he wants to reshape the international politics. and so i think we have to be clear about that. president trump is trying to reshape international politics. so this is not about just doing something for the sake of doing it. he's doing it intentionally. and i think we've got to be clear about that. >> alex, you know, that, you know, ukraine used to be a bipartisan issue. you still have a bipartisan, uh, group going to go to the munich security conference. um, but i wonder, do republicans on the hill you speak with say that, uh, they will stand up right against a deal that they would perceiv

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vance being the parent. >> right now do you view j.d. vance as your successor? >> president donald trump: no, but he's very capable . i don't think -- so far i think he is doing a fantastic job, but it's too early, we are just starting. >> trace: i thought the answer would be yes, are you surprised? >> no, three weeks into the trumpet administration, you have to be able to take the reins at any given moment and i think j.d. vance exemplifies personifies exactly the type of personality that is new and is leading the republican party, he is young, vibrant, understands the numbers, he represents the values of this country, he pulled himself up from the bootstrap, it's an all-american story but i think he enjoys donald trump's full throttle support. >> trace: he does, lastly, i want to talk about the upcoming caldwell institute gala at mara largo, i want to read the following inspired by personal loss talking of course about your brother, the inaugural gal ignites us to celebrate justice in honour of those who stand for victims rights across the nation you say we ar

zelenskyy's meetings with vance and indeed rubio as well. so confusion still there. the notion from jd vance, he wants to continue to have optionality for any future negotiations. he's essentially saying what we've heard from hegseth and even keith kellogg, the general who is trump's ukraine and russia envoy, that it's really down to donald trump in the end, how this peace plan looks. the issue, i think, for kyiv in all of this is they feel like we heard from zelenskyy today that they are not front and center of this. indeed, they're anxious. they're being left out of it. and we're now seeing quite an increasingly robust relationship between trump and russian president vladimir putin. they spoken at least twice since trump came to power. that's a huge sea change from the isolation from moscow for the entire biden administration since they invaded ukraine unprovoked, by their own choice back in february 2022, causing significant damage to the country's east and casualties in its civilian population. so, um, interesting to see how munich has been used by vance to put t

the vance. but that is what he delivered in an almost scolding tone, claiming the freedom of expression in european countries as being a road. if you said it poses a greater threat to democracy than russian military aggression. he also addressed migration st. european voters never chose to open the floodgates of their borders to migrate to take a list in britain and across europe. free speech i fear is in retreat. so i come here today, not just with an observation, but with an offer. and just as a, by the ministration seem desperate to silence people for speaking their minds. so the trump administration will do precisely the opposite. and i hope that we can work together on that in washington. there is a new sheriff in town and under donald trump's leadership. we may disagree with your views, but we will fight to defend your right to offer it in the public square, agree or disagree. with his speech did not go down well with his audience, especially german leaders such as the country's defense mi

vance's time abroad.ation, essentially said that people need to stop worrying so much about disinformation, told europeans to stop shunning parties that are deemed extreme, like the far right party in germany that's got nazi roots. he met with german far right leader alice weidel at the munich conference. and this is the person from afd, the group that elon musk has also promoted. viktor orban could not have done better. what is how is this going down with among our allies? >> very badly. >> and i expect that's intentional. the speech that he gave. >> was met with stony silence. my colleagues were. >> there, and. >> they echoed other. >> people's reports from it. they were expecting this is. >> an annual security conference. >> where the ukraine. russia issue is on everybody's minds. and they were expecting the vice president to talk about that. he mentioned. ukraine a couple. >> of times in passing. >> the purpose of his. >> speech. >> as you've already. >> outlined. >> was to say that the real threat to

in asking, what was the reaction to vance's speech?katie, is just remarkably different. >> than last year. >> i was here a year ago. >> and that's when. >> alexei navalny. >> was killed. >> in russia. >> and the tone was very. >> much, let's rally around the. >> ukrainians. >> let's rally around. >> those who. >> are opposing russia. >> and very much. different this year. it is are we a unity? you know, a. >> group. >> of countries aligned against russia and. >> other interests. instead. >> what we heard in that. >> speech and just across the board is. >> really. >> a focus on what would be considered. internal domestic politics. it felt more like a political campaign. >> speech than it did, really. >> about a national. >> security issue per se. >> so wildly. >> different perspectives. >> i think. >> for the europeans. >> it's a bit of. >> a whiplash between like. >> last year, you. >> know. looking back. >> three years. >> ago. where we're. >> really unifying. >> and rallying. >> around ukraine. >> to a. >> perspective that is much mo

vance spoke at the munich security conference, and his remarks are being scrutinized. i want to play a portion of what he said and get your reaction. let's listen. >> the threat that i worry the most about vis a vis europe is not russia. it's not china, it's not any other external actor. and what i worry about is the threat from within. the retreat of europe from some of its most fundamental values, values shared with the united states of america. >> the vice president went on to criticize europe's commitment to democratic elections and freedom of speech. but russia is continuing to recruit soldiers and manufacture weapons and ammo at a very rapid pace. do you think anyone in europe shares his view? >> honestly. >> the reaction from key europeans afterwards was was very shocked. they really had expected to hear from the vice president. you know, the, the the the second in command to the president. more about plans for the russia, ukraine and ending the war, as president trump has said. instead, they got a real scolding. they got a lecture. in their words, the german de

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