president pro tem, speaker patterson, members of the general assembly, state and federal elected officials, former governors, judges, friends, family and fellow missourians. we stand this morning honoring a group of brave men and women who represent the best of those who serve and protect our communities. would you please welcome the salute to hero honorees that we honor this morning in the states rotunda seated behind me. [applause] i would like to take a moment to now thank governor parson for his service to our state, his humble, steady leadership that benefited all missourians. we was she on the first lady well in this next chapter. [applause] i stand before you today, mindful of the honorable history of this occasion, humbled by the trust missourians have placed in me and determined to meet the challenges ahead. i will always remember and honor the solemn oath i just took. growing up, no one would've looked at me and said, one day that kid is going to be sworn in by senator roy blunt as the 50th governor of the state of missouri. and i will never forget where i came from, the sixth ch

but there was no great desire to leave the russian market today, by the way, at the general assembly. there were conversations about very serious losses by european and american businesses off to the exits from the russian market. and we are talking about quite considerable figures. i think cool sides, we'll learn some lessons from this by stay with our team to national for all the latest from around the world. thanks for watching. and by now the .

but there was no great desire to leave the russian market today, by the way, at the general assembly. there were conversations about very serious losses by european and american businesses off to the exits from the russian market. and we are talking about quite considerable figures. i think all sides, we'll learn some lessons from this you say with us here on our to international up next on cross talk, peter levelland, his guest discussed someone's, he's disastrous trip to washington and this piece is still on the agenda, like the welcome across stock board. horns were all things are considered and peter lavelle, ukraine slower president, zelinski went to washington design a deal. instead, he laid an egg and that's putting it mildly is the damage. repairable. is peace still on the agenda? to discuss these issues and more, i'm joined by my guess, george samuel in budapest. he's a pod cast with the goggle, which can be found on youtube and locals. and here in moscow, we crossed to mark's level that he's an international relations and security and was right gentlemen, cross talk girls. a

i had members of the illinois general assembly say they are interested in doing this was a bill has beenunties decided what has taken place today, 1/3 of illinois counties come more than are interested. there is a movement going on over there and we are raising our hand to say we love having you on the hoosier state. paul: would you be interested in a trade to make this more attractive to illinois? around the suburbs of chicago and northwest indiana for other counties that may be more amenable to your policies? how about that? >> not sure the people in lake county want that. we've seen an influx of people from illinois who have come over and get to these policies. they like what they've seen. they likely lower taxes, economic freedom and all india has to offer. paul: any reaching out you've done saying governor to governor your governor reaching out and saying let's see what we can work out? >> we will go through a process, pass the house and work through the process, the senate and have governor braun sign a bill and hopefully his first action in illinois and hundred thousand folks from

>> you indicated your general assembly passed a statute to reduce waiting times. what else went along to reduce waiting times? you cannot just declare what happened. sec. raffensperger: we worked with the counties. first of all, how many voters do you have a signed to these precincts and how many voted early, how many absentee? the actual number of people on election day? how many machines? what's the throughput per machine? we gave them green light, yellow light and red light. greenlight, good to go. yellow, you might add more machines. red light, it's not going to work. the counties went through that, gave us the data and then we graded again. got everyone on greenlight. we knew they had enough equipment. we worked with the counties continually on these regional roundtables on training. it was important they trained their polling workers. whenever we could bring in our resources to work with them on training. we professionalized the georgia election officials association. training the poll workers. it was a cohesive whole working together up and down the line. d

general assembly. then yesterday he allowed himself to be drawn into a fight and then was, you know, using the vice president's first name, j.d., pushing back. and i understand what he was saying, but wasn't this perhaps an opportunity that zelenskyy's advisers should have told him, look, don't pick this fight and this is a very important moment, just get the deal done? >> look, it's very clear that the vice president and the president were teaming up to take on zelenskyy in front of the world press. and let's be really clear, putin is murdering, murdering brutally zelenskyy's own people. so he, of course, is going to stand up for his country and his people. and certificate eleven is sky did come to the white house -- zelenskyy did come to the white house the try to put a deal together with the president. but to belittle him, ukraine and our country, and most importantly, to not call out putin who's an authoritarian dictator and an enemy of the united states is what i think is the most shameful thing t

african hunters, including also, by the way, israel was always also part of it against a un general assembly resolution condemning the aggression. >> we are in a new era. how long the era lasts, i think is up for grabs. you know, fundamentally, donald trump won the election with 30% of the vote, of the total vote he got about, i think, 49% of the electorate. that turned out, you know, donald trump, like all of us are here today, gone tomorrow. politicians, right. you know, whoever occupies the white house doesn't indefinitely represent the united states. we all come and go. same for number ten, same for the elysee palace. >> and you're a former military person yourself. and we will hope to have you back as this progresses. ben wallace, thank you so much. indeed. former uk defense secretary. up next, as gaza's future hangs in the balance, the painful price of this war for israelis as shiri kefir and ariel bibas finally returned home to be buried. >> learn how to experiment with new technologies without getting played by them. listen to terms of service with me clare duffy. wherever you get yo

on monday at the united nations, the united states voted against a european resolution in the general assembly calling for a just and lasting peace. we voted against it, along with russia, north korea and iran. the reason the united states voted against that is because it named russia as the aggressor. and for all of these concessions, all these moves towards russia, if you look in the last three weeks, the president has not gotten a single thing from russia, a benefit to the united states. in fact, the russian position appears to be hardening. this is not the way to deal with kremlin. not the way to deal with vladimir putin. putin just sits back and says, i'm getting these concessions. i'm going to wait for trump to make more because he sees trump as weak. >> thought provoking there. and you're right to point out all those things that have happened of late. let me ask you, peter, about the sound that we played earlier and what you make of top republicans like lindsey graham and marco rubio doing these. 180 on supporting ukraine. with few exceptions, republicans have all fallen in line with tr

in countries that have voted recently for the two state solution the g20, the brics, the un general assemblyab league, the organization of islamic cooperation. everybody, the united states is actually the last holdout. if the us if donald trump says, look, i want peace, i want to stop the killing. all he has to do is say palestine will join the un as the 194th member state will drop our veto, and then there will be peace and normalization of relations. netanyahu is completely dedicated against this. but you know what? he doesn't have the veto. if the united states does what it should do. >> so when you kind of look at what just happened, i mean, the us just sent another $4 billion bypassing congress to israel. when you see the way the media coverage has covered it, and you've been critical about how american media covers foreign policy and how american audiences are treated like babies, as you said. and look, here's a side by side headline about what's happening right now. headline in an israeli paper, netanyahu stalls stage two of the gaza ceasefire and once again, weaponizes israel's grief

that didn't happen in the general assembly.f it in the security council. but that, to me was a signal. when you look at the sheet on the board wall that says who votes where? yeah, it's the first time this has happened and. >> it's something. >> that everybody doesn't move. >> people don't follow these things sometimes all the time. but when something unusual happens like this, it's worth pointing out. this is very unusual. the change in the resolution, ultimately, that criticized russia for invading ukraine. these don't seem like complicated issues to most people. and yet to this administration, it's apparently it's not complicated. they just don't want to portray russia as an aggressor. >> well, that's that's what they've said. and that's what that's the steps that they've taken. and that makes it difficult. i think for those of us who've been at this for the last three years, and many people have been at it for 20 years, the people of ukraine have been fighting this for a long time, and canada's position has been very consis

full fledged and unprovoked invasion of ukraine, the united states sided with russia at the un general assembly multiple times, including voting against a european drafted resolution condemning russia's invasion and supporting ukraine's territorial integrity. the united states voted the same as just 11 other countries, including russia and two of its closest allies, belarus and north korea. on thursday, the u.s. and russia conducted another round of meetings, this time in istanbul, discussing, among other things, restoring direct flights between the countries and issues dealing with diplomatic missions. that's according to the russian foreign ministry. putin later publicly praised the trump administration's, quote, pragmatism and realistic worldview, saying things so far are, quote, inspiring a certain degree of hope. joining me now is ben rhodes. he's a former deputy national security advisor in the obama administration. he's a co-host of the important podcast pod. save the world, is an msnbc political contributor, and is the author of the important book, after the fall the rise of authoritari

sided with russia at the united nations general assembly multiple times, including voting against a european drafted resolution condemning russia's invasion and supporting ukraine's territorial integrity. the united states voted the same as just 11 other countries, including russia and two of its closest allies, belarus and north korea. the u.s. also abstained from its own separate resolution, which contained no criticism of russia. after france, whose president happened to be at the white house at the same time, successfully amended it to include verbiage calling out russia as the invading aggressor. on thursday, the u.s. and russia conducted another round of meetings, this time in istanbul, discussing, among other things, restoring direct flights between the countries and issues dealing with diplomatic missions. that's according to the russian foreign ministry. putin, who has repeatedly ridiculed the united states and western democracy, later publicly praised the trump administration's, quote, pragmatism and realistic worldview, saying things so far are, quote, inspiring a certain degree o

general assembly resolution condemning russia's aggression in ukraine. will you agree to keep the export controls on russia so long as it is waging war against ukraine? mr. kessler: i think my mandate if i am confirmed will be to make sure export controls support the national security and foreign policy objectives of the united states but my job and not be to set those objectives. it is important to make sure export controls remain in tune with the broader foreign policy objectives. sen. van hollen: this is why i ask you if you viewed russia as the aggressor and the fact you cannot answer that question suggests it would not keep in place the existing provisions we have or i guess -- maybe we will wait to hear. i will drop it there. thank you mr. chairman. chair scott: senator alsobrooks? sen. alsobrooks: thank you mr. chairman to ranking member warren for hosting today's hearing. i would like to begin with mr. pulte to say it is good to see you again and i enjoyed meeting with you and during our meeting you spoke about your efforts to remove flight -- to

but there was no great desire to leave the russian market today, by the way, at the general assembly. there were conversations about very serious losses by european and american businesses of to the exits from the russian market. and we are talking about quite considerable figures. i think all sides, we'll learn some lessons from this by stay with our team to national for all the latest from around the world. thanks for watching at the bottom. the hello and welcome to well, the part, the principles of national security and neighbors. territorial integrity have never been perfectly aligned with the arrival of donald trump on to the global stage. added even more attention to this already and boiling contradiction. will the countries now have to agree on a new set of boundaries when it comes to defending national borders? well, to discuss that i'm now joined by invested, or i see if there are any back a sense form or special representative jobs dentist. and currently, a senior research fellow at b as i'm about the policy research institute investor. it's a great honor for me to talk to t