i think bridget brink's nomination will go through. we still have dozens of state department nominees that are being blocked by republicans who are part of the team that would be at work and policy. if republicans cared about ukraine, it would be supporting these nominees. they are letting a small number of republicans to exercise beat alabama power. -- veto power. mr. cunningham: i want to thank you on behalf of the american security project. it is so good to see you and so good to hear your common sense, educated perspective on these issues. i would say to you, the senate and the entire united states government on this house lawmakers are taking a closer look at a report on unidentified flying objects. defense intelligence officials with knowledge of the sightings testify today and give our house subcommittee live on c-span two. you can also watch on the free c-span now video app or online at c-span.org. up next, president biden honoring 15 public safety officers with the medal of valor during a ceremony at the white house. the medal

i think bridget brink's nomination will go through. we still have dozens of state department nominees that are being blocked by republicans who are part of the team that would be at work and policy. if republicans cared about ukraine, it would be supporting these nominees. they are letting a small number of republicans to exercise beat alabama power. -- veto power. mr. cunningham: i want to thank you on behalf of the american security project. it is so good to see you and so good to hear your common sense, educated perspective on these issues. i would say to you, the senate and the entire united states government on this >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government. we are funded by these television companies, and more. >> the greatest town on earth is the place you call home. right now, we are facing our greatest challenge. sparklight is working round-the-clock to keep you connected. >> sparklight supports c-span as a public service, along with these other television providers, giving you a front-row seat to democracy. >> tonight,

i think bridget brink's nomination will go through. we still have dozens of state department nominees that are being blocked by republicans who are part of the team that would be at work and policy. if republicans cared about ukraine, it would be supporting these nominees. they are letting a small number of republicans to exercise beat alabama power. -- veto power. mr. cunningham: i want to thank you on behalf of the american security project. it is so good to see you and so good to hear your common sense, educated perspective on these issues. i would say to you, the senate and the entire united states government on this services subcommittee. this is just over an hour.

i think bridget brink's nomination will go through. we still have dozens of state department nominees that are being blocked by republicans who are part of the team that would be at work and policy. if republicans cared about ukraine, it would be supporting these nominees. they are letting a small number of republicans to exercise beat alabama power. -- veto power. mr. cunningham: i want to thank you on behalf of the american security project. it is so good to see you and so good to hear your common sense, educated perspective on these issues. i would say to you, the senate and the entire united states government on this issue, god speed. sen. murphy: thank you, nelson. i appreciate it. announcer: c-span's "washington journal," every day taking your calls live on the air on the news of the day and discussing policy issues that impact you. coming up tuesday morning, we will discuss the latest on the economy and border security. then, brian tate myre discusses the baby formula short takes and the role of the wic program. watch washington

and order, the future ambassador of the united states in ukraine received a visa to work soon bridget brink at the american embassy in kyiv ukrainian ambassador to the usa oksana markarova said she expects the joint work of both embassies in the decisive struggle for independence and democracy before heading the diplomatic mission in ukraine bridget brink worked in various diplomatic positions in cyprus, georgia, service and uzbekistan, the post of american ambassador to ukraine was vacant for three years in 2019, the previous president of the united states, donald trump, dismissed maria his vanych because of political disputes and to make it seem as though there are now outbreaks of monkeypox and are recorded all over the world in north america and europe, even in australia and the united arab emirates, cases of the disease have already been found near ukraine in the czech republic and slovenia, and in more than two dozen countries have officially confirmed almost 200 cases of the disease, ukrainian doctors are also monitoring the spread of monkeypox, however , no cases have been recorded

ambassador to ukraine, bridget brinks, filling a three-year vacancy. the same evening, the u.s. once again raised its flag at the embassy in kyiv. krsh cbs news, the white house. >>> employees are protesting in san jose. parking would cost some $500 per year for employees. several say they make minimum wage and the parking fee is unfair. they're hoping the mall will provide employees with parking passes instead. >>> cdc vaccine advisers are set today to vote on covid boosters for children ages 5 to 11. they've granted emergency use authorization for the booster, citing an uptick in covid cases due to the omicron wave. pfizer says antibodies are high and the trial was 4,500 children. >>> a covid vaccine opening on fordham street. free vaccines are available for children ages 5 to 11. the clinic is open from 3:15 this afternoon to 6:15. youth vaccines will be available at bell haven elementary tomorrow afternoon. >>> berkeley is seeing a major influx of electric scooters today. >> a company is launching 500 scooters part of the micromobility program. the fleet includes sitdown and

ambassador bridget brink to be the ambassador to ukraine. ambassador elizabeth richard to be the coordinator for counterterrorism. ambassador alexander laskaris and to be the ambassador to chad . we will recognize senator peters at this point. sen. peters: it is my honor to introduce ambassador bridget brink to the committee. i also want to recognize her family who are with her today. her husband, who is also some in our country as a diplomat. and her two sons, jack and coke. like our service members and their families, our diplomats do not serve alone. their families often go unrecognized as a diplomats perform their crucial work in foreign lands thousands of miles from the country. so we want to thank all of them for their service. ambassador brink was born and raised in east grand rapids and graduated from east grand rapids high school in michigan. she remembers driving by assigned that recognize her home town as the home of president gerald ford. president ford's decency served as a marker for the midwest values that ambassador brink liv

at same time here at home, the senate voted unanimously to confirm bridget brink. she will be the first diplomat to fill the post in ukraine since 2019. when former president trump ordered the removal of then ambassador marie yovanovitch. in just a few hours the senate is set to hold a final vote on a $40 billion aid package for ukraine. chuck schumer has now secured enough votes to pass the measure. already passed by the house. it then will head to the president's desk for his signature. the aid package delayed recently in the senate because of an objection from republican senator rand paul of kentucky. joining us now, former u.s. ambassador to russia, now director of the institute for international studies at stanford and an nbc news international affairs analyst, michael mcfaul. ambassador, it is great to have you back on the show this morning. let's go back a couple of stories to the meeting that is about to take place between the prime minister of sweden and the president of finland and the president of the united states. a extraordinary site when you go back

nominee, bridget brink, completing her testimony before the senate relations community. -- you nominees for the state department and an ambassador to chad. and if you missed any parts of this hearing, you can see it again tonight starting at nine eastern on c-span. >> testified during this to our 15 minute hearing -- 2 hour and 15 minute hearing. >> good morning and welcome to everyone for today's hybrid hearing. pursuant to house rules some people will be in person and others appearing on zoom. for members appearing rightly know you are familiar with. have your cameras turned on at all times, have your microphone muted. you can just unmute your mike and tell me. we will begin the hearing in just a moment when they tell me they are ready to begin the livestream and hello to all of our wonderful witnesses that have joined us. this will be a really important hearing for america. good morning, thank you to all of our witnesses for joining us today. thank you to all the members per dissipating, we are in the middle of vote so there will be a little bit back-and-forth congressional style. i

it is my honor to introduce ambassador bridget brink to the committee.ant to recognize ambassadors family with her here today, her husband nick serving our country as a diplomat and her two sons, [bleep] and cole. like our service members and their families, our diplomats do not serve alone as every member of this committee knows their families often go unrecognized as our diplomats perform their crucial work in foreign land thousands of miles from their country so we want tor thank all of them for theirr service livs ambassador brink was born and raised in east grand rapids and graduated from east grand rapids high school in michigan. growing up she members driving by assigned, probably a recognid the hometown of the home of president gerald ford. president ford decency, integrity and humility serve as a marker for midwest values ambassador brink lives by. ambassador brink still keeps michigan very that ambassador bk lives by. close to her heart, visiting family in west michigan every year. heart, visiting family in west michigan every year. although sh

it concerns how many communicators, eh, in this case bridget brink, who was approved by the senate ofnited states for the post, saved further what should be the signature of baida on the power of attorney when mrs. brand will already be able to actually start her direct duties and what will this change in our so-called bilateral communication and nothing will change, there will already be an official ambassador of this already comfortable and why is this sending a situation where a crossover was waiting for me very expensive? очень быстро, that is, of course, i'm a guy, i already have a bottle together, that is, it's a horse, and it's possible that it will be tolkonenko, that she will be in kiev to listen, in fact, when did we find out when, after all, the american embassy will resume its work in kyiv to be safe and if the american embassy starts officially working in kyiv, it means that in principle it is safe in kyiv and partially in ukraine , it is so safe, there are still many who die abroad and their families are still behind borders, and it will be much better for mothers like m

committee's statement on twitter for this position , president joseph biden proposed the diplomat and bridget brink, now the senate has to approve the nomination, as i noted ukraine has not had an ambassador of the united states for three years, according to the us chargé d'affaires christina quinn, and if the senate approves bridget bring's candidacy , she will arrive in kyiv in june by this time she held the position of the us ambassador to slovakia, they live like a cat and a dog peacefully and amicably. the cherkasy school has rooms for families who left with their pets. it is not easy for such immigrants to find housing. for some reason, the owners are afraid to let in tenants with pets, but in fact, cats, dogs, parrots behave politely even when in one room, they made sure that our evgenia podliseevichi pekines yukina is leaving her mother alla. they came from the pastoral area, they are shelling a strong woman, she wounded my husband, and we left at that moment they quickly got to the hospital in bakhmut, then the family came to cherkasy, settled in school, we all get along, well , everyone h

it is my honor to introduce ambassador bridget brink to the committee. i also want to introduce ambassador brink's family where with her today. her husband nick, who is also serving our cousins country as a diplomat in her two sons, jack and cole. like our service members and their families, our diplomats do not serve alone. as every member of this committee knows, their families often go unrecognized as diplomats perform their crucial work in foreign, lands thousands of miles from their country. so, we want to think their for their service. she was born and raised in these grand rapids and graduated from east green rapid high school in michigan. growing, up she remembers driving by a sign that proudly recognized her hometown as the hometown of president gerald ford. president ford's decency, integrity and humility served as a marker for the midwest values that ambassador brink lives by. ambassador brink still keeps michigan very close to her heart, visiting family in west michigan every year. although she has lived all across the globe through her career

united states, oksana markarova, informed about it. colleague of the new us ambassador to ukraine, bridget brinkind you that on may 19, the united states senate unanimously approved a female diplomat for the position of ambassador of the united states. and the next day, this happened after the united states officially resumed the work of its embassy in kyiv, and before that we note that the united states of america has not had ambassadors in ukraine for three years. let's try, mr. valery, to comment on the meaning of this appointment now, after a three-year break with a full-fledged representation of american diplomacy in kyiv . announced just now, for me this is yet another proof that the usa today is, i cannot say, the only, but decisive factor that proves to me personally that we will be able to defeat russia in a difficult war, a difficult war, a cruel war. why because taking into account the latest statements of the european union in terms of the sanctions policy, there is no rush to provide weapons, and reports have literally just appeared from the president's office from afar that it is a

the value of the detained yacht is 400 million euros. post-us ambassador to ukraine bridget brink duringearing in the senate committee on international relations in the united states is concerned that russia is blocking ports in the black and azov seas to prevent the export of goods at the same time, the russians have continued to plunder ukraine since the beginning of the war from the occupied territories to the russian federation and crimea for further resale, up to 500,000 tons of grain were exported a shortage of products on the world markets may cause a food crisis in some countries war is not an obstacle to love every day ukrainians create new families on a wedding towel steel and the newlyweds in khmelnytskyi in a few days the husband will go to the front and his wife will be waiting for him with a victory at the wedding in the open air and our film crew visited life and two children, but only today, natalya and oleg have been officially married for 12 years together, and they made this decision to officially marry when the groom decided that he was going across the road. it is ex

previous head of the diplomatic mission , maria ivanovich demokratov, there will be your own man bridget brink started back at the embassy in belgrade where she worked until 1999 , when the united states attacked yugoslavia, the last place of work was bratislava, i studied serbian, then russian, then georgian, a little uzbek. now i am learning slovak here in slovakia i want to communicate with as many people as possible, and i taught georgian bring to freedom and democracy in tbilisi, they say that it was she who was unofficial curator. saakashvili in 2008 through tskhinvali saakashvili rushed to nato attack on russian peacekeepers in south ossetia took place exactly 4 months after the memorable summit in bucharest, where they talked about the map for joining the alliance of georgia and ukraine 14 years have passed. and yet , the one who blindly adheres to the policy of open doors cannot be silenced, turned out to be not ready for the policy of broken windows. the us authorities, including the biden administration, despite everything, beat the drums, insisting on ukraine's entry into nato just

thing is did not force russia to leave ukraine and no one expects that this will happen, meanwhile bridget brinkwho may soon become the new us ambassador to ukraine, recognized russia is successfully defending its position during the special operation. but america is lagging behind in the information field, the diplomat said at a senate hearing, where they are considering her appointment, the candidacy of bring was nominated by joe biden for his career. bridget managed to work in yugoslavia georgia and for the last 3 years she headed the diplomatic mission of slovakia moscow expects that after a special operation to protect the donbass, the west will stop promoting a unipolar world with washington and its allies at the head , russian foreign minister sergei lavrov said this, he is currently negotiating in oman , the situation in ukraine has become one of the main topics, lavrov noted, kiev does not allow civilians leave the special operation zone and called on the international community to influence this. as for the role of the un, we had a secretary general in moscow. e antonio gutersh, a who

the states themselves the economic situation is now, to put it mildly, difficult, but here is bridget brinkn time, perhaps, to head the american diplomatic mission in ukraine, thinks that washington should actively help the kiev authorities, or olkhovskaya, in more detail? climbing the career ladder of pripyat, the american presidents of the newspaper call her a companion of conflicts for 26 years in the state department. it constantly ended up in countries that, with the active assistance of the united states, turned into hot spots. ukraine is just another, to paraphrase the president in the battle between democracy and the autocracy of freedom and repression based on order. rules and what governs power freedom must prevail ukraine must win began her service career in the balkans in the late nineties, when the capital of yugoslavia was bombed by nato aircraft in 2008, when saakashvili provoked the conflict in south ossetia, the prink was already heading the policy of the economic department of the us embassy in georgia and actively supported the aggression by the then georgian government.

this affects ukraine's ability to send out its grain, of course, and here is what bridget brink, presidenten's next nominee to be ambassador to ukraine said the president and his allies are trying to get around that. >> on the question of moving things out of the ports, this is a big challenge right now because russia is blocking the ports in the black sea and the sea of azov. so we are trying to work with international partners and others to help find alternative routes for grain and corn out of ukraine, as well as to work with the other relief organizations to supplement those countries that had depended upon these exports. >> and i'm joined now by clare sebastian live from london. good to see you, clare. so what more are you learning about this and of course the ramifications of russia's actions. >> this is a very serious situation. this suggests to some extent, russia is trying to gain control over ukraine's seaborne exports of grain. traditionally, around 80% of ukraine's grain exports went through those black seaports. they are now blocked. the exports used to feed 400 million people

senate confirmed bridget brink as capacity to ukraine. the u.s.had been without a confirmed ambassador for three years, ever since president trump had recalled the ambassador. a nato official says not to expect significant gains from either side in ukraine in the coming weeks, but that ukrainian forces do have significant momentum in their favor. ukraine's military has touted progress over russian forces in multiple areas just 8 miles from the russian border, this figure shows a russian tank on fire hit by ukrainian fighters. and in the luhansk region, ukraine has destroyed a number of bridges to slow russia's advance. suzanne malveaux is joining us now. >> reporter: the new intelligence from this nato security official is very significant here. essentially this person outlines what we may anticipate seeing in the weeks and programs even moeven -- perhaps the months to come. they believe the tide has turned here, that there is momentum on the ukrainian side, at this point significantly so in their favor, but also that there is a period here where

on wednesday, the senate confirmed bridget brink by a unanimous voice vote without a formal roll call. the post has been vacant since then-president trump forced ambassador marie yovanovitch out of the role in 2019 as trump sought to pressure ukraine's government into providing dirt on joe biden's son, hunter biden. meanwhile, the kremlin said wednesday it would expel 85 embassy staff from french, italian, and spanish diplomatic missions after the three countries expelled hundreds of russian diplomats. russia has also closed the moscow bureau of the canadian broadcasting channel and stripped its journalists of their visas and accreditation. a russian foreign ministry spokesperson said the decision came after canada's telecommunications regulator stopped distributing two kremlin-sponsored channels. >> a recent example was the pain opposed on russian tv channels from broadcasting in canada. we said we would respond in a similar way, however elect to call it, adequately, and now we are responding. amy: the u.s. air force says it carried out a successful test of a new type of hypersonic m

bridget brink arrived in the capital and tweeted this.raine. brink is expected to present her credentials to president zelenskyy later in the week. her confirmation came later this month as the u.s. opened its embassy in the war-torn country after a three-month closure. brink, fluent in russian, has focused on europe in her career. the last ambassador to ukraine was removed by former president trump in 2019. >>> meanwhile, ukrainian officials are urging residents in russian-controlled areas in the southern part of the country to flee if possible, as kyiv launches an operation to take back its land. in a statement yesterday, the country's deputy prime minister told ukrainians to move to ukrainian-controlled territories. saying, quote, you have to find ways and opportunities. i know it is difficult. she said they'd win back land, but warned there would likely be fierce and long fighting to the road to liberation. ukraine launched a counteroffensive over the weekend to take back the southern city of kherson, which fell to the russians during

. >> next the confirmation hearing on the nomination of bridget brink to be the ambassador to ukraine.

. >> the senate foreign relations committee took up several nominations today including bridget brink to be the u.s. ambassador to ukraine. and the president's pick for u.s. ambassador to chad. watch the hearing tonight at 9:00 eastern on c-span. online at c-span.org, or watch full coverage on c-span now. our free video app. >> " washing" continues. host: our final guest is cheryl chumley, "washington times" online opinion editor and author of the book, “lockdown: the socialist plan to take away your freedom." welcome back to c-span. guest: thank you for having me. host: what prompted this book? guest: for a fee plus years, cover the government's response to the coronavirus in my commentary writings at the "washington times." early on, wrote a piece in april of 2020, entitled the coronavirus will go down in history as the biggest political hoax. for that, i was attacked. but look at where we are now. i covered the last couple of years of the lockdowns, the clamp down's, the unscientific science, hypocrisy, and so forth , and i just wanted to write a book letting readers know not just

bridget brink is honored to be part of the team as, quote, we stand with ukraine.edentials to president zelenskyy later this week. the u.s. reopened its embassy in the war-torn country after a three-month closure. brink, a veteran diplomat fluent in russian spent most of her career in europe. the last ambassador to ukraine was removed by president trump. >>> the southern part of the country, ukrainians are being asked to flee as ukraine tries to take back its land. the deputy prime minister encouraged all ukrainians to move to ukrainian-controlled territory, saying, quote, i know it is difficult, but you have to find sways and opportunities. she said ukraine will win back its land, but there will be a fierce fight to liberation. ukraine launched a counterattack to take an kherson, which fell to the russians in early days of the invasion. "new line" magazine's michael weiss joins us. as a country the last week, we've been consumed by the events in uvalde. bring us up to speed about where this assault is, the invasion is, where the pushback from ukraine is in the eas

. >> bill: bridget brinks is the new u.s.raine confirmed by the senate on wednesday as the u.s. reopens our embassy in kyiv. 21-year-old russian sergeant pleads guilty at ukraine's first war crimes trial. greg palkot on the ground in kyiv, ukraine today. >> important developments here in ukraine. first let's go to mariupol where we've seen more ukrainian fighters that have been in the steel mill being taken away. 1700 left ending the long, brave and courageous siege. russia says it is considering war crime charges against some of them which relates yes to the next story, day two in the kyiv court for the 21-year-old russian soldier charged of a war crime killing a civilian. yesterday he pleaded guilty. today he said he was sorry directly to the man's widow. moscow calls this trial a sham. as for the fighting to the east of where we are, that continues without a break. we have some new images of ukrainian forces blowing up a bridge used by russia while ukraine is succeeding around the second city of ukraine kharkiv, russia gri

it comes to matters of ukraine, the senate wednesday night unionist millie confirming officer bridget brinkill serve as the u.s. abbasid or to ukraine, putting an end to -- she currently serves as the ambassador of slovakia. other stories reporting that an embassy opening up in the ukraine, u.s. embassy, let's hear from dave in virginia, independent line. caller: i want to speak to the former congressman, former guest. soon to be former congressman. raise the issue of the border. it would be great if we looked at root cause instead of debating who is getting in, what the issues are. where do these people come from, and what are the issues in their country that we could be trying to remedy, not necessarily by ringing force, but trying to understand? the problems they face, we try to throw money at their problems. somebody happens to be speaking louder about it than somebody else. at the bottom, where you have the numbers, have the death clock on there. when they talk about throwing money at a problem, they can address how i grandchildren are supposed to pay this money back. host: in matters

i also spoke late last week to bridget brink, the current ambassador to slovakia, and a seasoned foreigndministration has nominated to be the u.s. ambassador here in ukraine. we haven't had an ambassador there for well over a year, maybe two years. and i have been asking the biden administration, pushing the biden administration to send an ambassador to ukraine for over a year. i did the same with the trump administration when we didn't have an ambassador there for awhile and even the obama administration to try to make sure we had a representative. why? it's important to have an ambassador there. you need somebody at the highest level to be able to have the ukrainian officials have someone they can work with directly who can answer questions, make commitments, be someone who is authorized by the president. it's also helpful to have that information on the ground being relayed straight back to our teams here in washington. at least 17 other countries, by the way, have returned their diplomatic personnel to the capital, kiev. we have not. we're apparently going to do that soon. i hope so.

so i'm very glad we did this, and i congratulate bridget a. brink. i have every confidence she'll be an outstanding ambassador and help ukraine overcome the attacks by putin. now, madam president, i ask unanimous consent that the small business committee be discharged from further consideration and the senate now proceed to senate res 612. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s. res. 612, a resolution recognizing women-owned small businesses for national small business week. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection, the committee is discharged, and the senate will proceed. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the consideration of s. res. 643 submitted earlier today. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s.

floor, maybe the fastest nomination ever through this place, but that's important, we nominated bridget brink. she has been in ukraine before as a foreign service officer. i think she is a very good choice. our diplomatic presence there is once again going to be in a strong position and therefore telling the rest of the world that the united states is here and here to stay. now that congress has provided this $40 billion to support ukraine and to support our troops in the area, it's up to the administration to ensure that it's used effectively, particularly with regard to the military assistance. i encourage the administration to use these funds in accordance with the needs on the ground in ukraine. we've got to listen to the ukrainians who are fighting on the front lines. this would include an example of what is called the multiple launch rocket systems or m.l.r.s., it will allow them to not be subject to the shelling from russian forces and using that to flatten the cities. we cannot delude ourselves into thinking that if we stop providing this systems like mrls that we will not provoke rus