>> capehart: well, i think the west is doing a good job.ean they've been making it very clear that if putin hits a nato nation, that nato will hit back. the alliance has been continuing to funnel weapons and things to the ukrainians to aid in their fight. and with the president in brussels and also in poland, but especially in brussels with those back to back to back meetings, nato, eu and other meetings, the signal being sent by the president and from the west to putin is we are united, we are strong and you will have to contend both with ukrainians but with us collectively if you go further than that. i think it's symbolic backup but symbols matter in a conflict like this. >> woodruff: is it an effective response to what's going on david? >> brooks: i think so. if you take where we were sitting here last week, more people have been killed and more buildings destroyed, that's one reality. secondly russia is more worse off, particularly or the battlefield. there was a piece on the battlefield, they made three key points, first we may be lea

to discuss all of this, we turn now to brooks and capehart.imes columnist david brooks and jonathan capehart, columnist for the washington post. very good to see both of you. this has been a week, about the worst one we can remember. jonathan, as you watch horrifying pictures and reports coming out of ukraine and increasingly brutal attacks from the russians, what do you think we are learning? jonathan: three things come to mind. the first is that for a country as big as russia, as powerful as russia in terms of armaments, it is a nuclear power, and the threatening rhetoric and language from president putin, i am surprised by how slowly things are going for russia in its invasion and the war it has unleashed on ukraine. the pictures are horrifying, the stories heartbreaking, the lies that are coming out of the russian government about what it is doing, including what it is not doing, is horrifying. but the fact that there is a 40 mile convoy trying to make its way to the capital city and is stalled, running out of fuel, being picked off ukrain

we turn to brooks and capehart.s david brooks and jonathan capehart columnists to ""the washington post." so good to see you here on this friday night. a lot to talk about, jonathan. but let's start with ukraine. the ukrainians more than holding their own on a number of fronts. but the russians just keep pounding away. in general, how do you think the west is doing in standing up to what's going on? >> well, i think the west is doing a good job. i mean, they've been make it very clear -- excuse me -- they've been making it very clear that if putin hits a nato nation that nato will hit back. the alliance has been continuing to funnel weapons and things to the ukrainians to aid in their fight. then with the president in brussels and also in poland but especially in brussels with those back-to-back to back meetings, nato, e.u. and other meetings, the signal being sent by the president and by the west to vladimir putin is, we are united, we are strong, and you -- you will have to contend not just with the ukrainians but

that brings us to the analysis of brooks and capehart.ew york times" columnist david brooks. and jonathan capehart, columnist for the "washington post." good to have you both back in studio. it is very good to see both of you within reaching distance. we're so glad to have you here. even if the subject that we start out with, again, david, is grim and difficult, and that's, of course, ukraine, the russian military grinds on. we heard jane ferguson say they're not making ground advance but they're still killing civilians. this week, you had zelenskyy's speech to congress, you had president biden announcing more military aid. today he talked to the chinese president. is any of this making a difference? >> i think so, it's just tragically slow. even the footage we saw today from kyiv, it does not look like the ukrainian people are going to be backing down, and aerial bombardments of civilian partnerships is london in the blitz. zelenskyy asked for a "no fly" zone and that's not going to happen, he has to donor and the the u.s. governments an

that brings us to the analysis of brooks and capehart. columnist david brooks and jonathan capehart, columnist for the washington post. good to have both of you back within reaching distance. good to have you back, even if the subject we start out with is grim and difficult. ukraine, the russian military grinds on. james ferguson said they are not making ground, but still killing civilians. this week you had zelensky's speech to congress, president biden announcing more lee terry eight. is any of this making a difference? david: i think so, it is just tragically slow. even the footage we saw today from kyiv, it does not look like they are backing down. what we are doing is what zelensky asked for, a no-fly zone, and that would not happen. the u.s. government and governments around the world helped with another $800 million in aid. we could do more with missiles, and get a no-fly zone in effect. ramping that up is one thing that could be more. the central message is, trust what we are doing. we are putting on severe pressure. we have to do

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i'm jonathan capehart.ne. russia's military now claims it has launched a second hypersonic missile attack against ukraine. and claims that the blast killed more than 100 ukrainian soldiers, a number that is neither been confirmed by ukraine, nor independently verified by nbc news. these weapons seen in a video released by

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i'm jonathan capehart. this is the "the sunday show."t biden touched down at the white house after three days of diplomacy in europe. focusing on russia's war on ukraine. the president capped his trip with a speech in poland, emphasizing the unity of nato and saying this about russian president vladimir putin. >> we will have a different future, a brighter future, rooted in democracy and principle, hope and light, of decency an dignity, freedom of possibilities. for god's sake, this man cannot remain in power. >> just a few hours ago,

jonathan capehart, i want to come to you.as struck that the president used ukraine in the beginning to bring the country together, and then as he wrapped up the speech again, appealed for unity and appealed for americans to work across our political divide. jonathan: the word that connects those two, the beginning and the end, is democracy. the focus on ukraine was the focus of people who have a democratically elected government that is now under siege by a country run by dictator. the fact that the president spent the first 12 minutes, and i was keeping tabs, the first 12 minutes of his speech talking about ukraine, lauding the spirit and the courage of the ukrainian people, while at the same time, earning bipartisan standing ovations from them accredits and republicans for the words he was saying and the support he was giving to the ukrainian people. and then at the end of the speech, throughout the campaign, judy, the one time i always saw candidate joe biden and president joe biden get animated , passionate, fiery, is whe

. >> woodruff: and it's friday, david brooks and jonathan capehart consider the united states' ongoingn ukraine and the congressional fight over covid funding.

david brooks and jonathan capehart consider the united states' ongoing response to the war in ukraine fight over covid funding. l

capehart. welcome back to "the sunday show."ng they are widely using phosphorus meow missions. if true, this could be a potential war crime. also the mayor of lviv says a russian airstrike just 20 miles from the city and only 12 miles from the polish border destroyed a military site used by nato and other nations to shuttle military aid and weapons into ukraine. city officials say at least 35 people were killed and 134 others were wounded. in the next few hours, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy says humanitarian aid is expected to arrive in the southern port city of mariupol where residents had been trapped without food, water or electricity for days. zelenskyy added early this morning that nearly 125,000 people had been evacuated to safe areas through, quote, green humanitarian corridors. the u.n. says nearly 2.7 million people have fled ukraine since february 24th. >>> let's begin this hour with nbc news foreign correspondent matt bradley who is live on the ground in ukraine. matt, thank you for being here. paint a pict

the crimes president is calling on citizens to capehart resistance. that's an update head over to our website, d, w dot com for more coverage on russia's invasion of the crime will be back on for a few minutes on rebecca rita's in berlin season ah ah, with into the conflict zone with sebastian russians, president putin has reminded the world of his massive nuclear arsenal, by placing it on fire is the nato alliance of a credible determined. but how real this is a 3rd world more general. so richard sheriff, former deputy supreme commando of the nato alliance, my guest this week from london conflict zone. you have in 30 minutes on dfw with respect to the world over d, w on facebook and twitter up to date and in touch. follow us with ah ah, devastated how is this soft are we can with cars carry money, effects of climate change. i mean fail to plug wired before a station in the rain forest continue, carbon dioxide emissions have risen again. young people all over the world are committed to climate protection. what impact will they have? because change doe

once again i'm jonathan capehart, opinion writer for the washington post.nksfor tuning in . >> a local louisiana government official joined other climate activists to discuss ways the federal government canaddress climate change adaptation and mitigation efforts . they testifiedbefore the house select committee on the climate crisis . this is a little more than an hour and half.

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these are tax dollars at work, pbs, here is what jonathan capehart said, showing what conservative leadershipand it looks hideous and horrendous, he is mad critical race theory will not be taught in florida schools because teaching kids as young as kindergarten to look at others through the prism of race, that is what we should be doing, right? it is carcassm tuesday, please understand the tone here. guys play the race card from the bottom of the deck, he teaches a class in it frankly and this is what we don't need on our air. take donald trump off the air, it doesn't matter, insert republican governor here, they will get the same treatment, everybody is racist and no one wants to debate in a civil manner anymore. >> todd: joe concha, we appreciate your time. thank you, sir. to a fox weather alert. texas getting pounded. >> towns northeast of dallas, as long thunderstorm season gets underway, janice dean has the fox weather forecast. >> janice: stofrms are moveing from louisiana to florida, we have severe thunderstorm warning for south central louisiana and that is just west of the new orlean

i'm jonathan capehart, opinion writer for the "washington post."ack to "washington post live" again another energies on race in america, this time looking at health disparities in latino communities. we continued the conversation on the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on latino communities with mayor vicente sarmiento of santa ana california. mayor sarmiento, welcome to "washington post live." >> i, jonathan. it's great to be with you. thank you. >> sure. so talk about the demographics of your city, of santa anna and how that factored into how you navigated the pandemic these last few years. >> yeah, sourcing is approximately 330,000 in size, in population and close to 80% of the city is latino or hispanic. and more than 40% of foreign courts with a lot of recent arrival emigrants here. we unfortunate suffered a lot of losses in many people we lost here in the city as result of sort of the perfect storm in this pandemic because we had many families that live in overcrowded conditions because just disparities in rent and not being able to live in

once again, i'm jonathan capehart, opinion writer for the washington post.again for tuning in to washington post live. >> undersecretary of state victoria nuland will testify about russia's invasion of ukraine and give an update on the u.s. and international response. watch live coverage of the senate foreign relations committee hearing today at 3 p.m. eastern on c-span3, online the c-span.org or for full coverage on our free video app, c-span now. >> yesterday, sent online security committee top republican rob portman spoke on the senate floor on russia's ongoing invasion of ukraine and the biden administration's request to congress for humanitarian aid for the ukrainian people here. >> i come to the senate floor today to once again talk about the crisis in ukraine, and what we can do here to help. night has fallen in ukraine and in key have come in kharkiv and other cities and towns all through ukraine the bombing continues. the . some of bartlett, artillery shells, missiles, thousands of innocent ukrainians have already lost their lives. we cannot let thi

once again, i'm jonathan capehart, opinion writer for the washington post.nks again for tuning in to washington post live. >> the house today is considering measures condemning threats of violence against historically black colleges and universities. and condemning a january attack against a synagogue in texas. later in the week we're expecting the house to take up a government spending bill that would prevent a shutdown friday night. the measure includes $10 billion in aid to ukraine. when the house is back in session, live coverage here on c-span. >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government. we're fund by these television companies and more, including comcast. >> this is more than that. there comcast is partnering with 1,000 community centers to create wi-fi-enabled so families have support. >> this morning president biden announced a ban on russian oil imports. he warned gas prices would increase as a result of the ban but said he would do everything he could to minimize price increases. >> ...

i'm jonathan capehart. this is the "the sunday show." early this morning, president biden touched down at the white house after three days of diplomacy in europe. focusing on russia's war on ukraine. the president capped his trip with a speech in poland, emphasizing the unity of nato and saying this about russian president vladimir putin. >> we will have a different future, a brighter future, rooted in democracy and principle, hope and light, of decency an dignity, freedom of possibilities. for god's sake, this man cannot remain in power. >> just a few hours ago, secretary of state antony blinken told reporters the president was not calling for regime change. >> i think the president, the white house made the point last night that quite simply president putin cannot be in power, to wage wore or engage in aggression against ukraine or anyone else. as you know, as you heard us say repeatedly, we do not have a strategy of regime change in russia or anywhere else for that matter. >> but the kremlin has already responded, saying in a terse co

i'm jonathan capehart. we begin with breaking news in vladimir putin's month long invasion of ukraine. russia's military now claims it has launched a second hypersonic missile attack against ukraine. and claims that the blast killed more than 100 ukrainian soldiers, a number that is neither been confirmed by ukraine, nor independently verified by nbc news. these weapons seen in a video released by the russian defense ministry are capable of flying five times the speed of sound, can self-correct in the air, and have been at the center of an armed race between the united states, russia and china. >> search and recovery under way after ukrainian officials say russian forces bombed an arts school early this morning in mariupol, where close to 400 people were sheltering. there has been no immediate word on casualties. but since the invasion began, ukraine estimates at least 150 children have been killed, more than 140 injured. according to the british defense ministry this onslaught on civilians is unlikely to s

gary be aer nathi, jonathan c capehart. >> thanks, judy.udy: and we'll be back shortly to hear from a former national youth poet laureate. but first, take a moment to hear from your local pbs station. it's a chance to offer your support which judy: kara jackson is known for being the 2019 national youth poet laureate from oak park, illinois. but her art is not limited to one medium or one place. she writes poems but also essays and music that explore her southern roots and how the legacy of racism continues to impact her and her communities. tonight, she shares her breech but spectacular take on what shapes her art. >> when i was a teenager making work and having the audacity to ll myself a poet or call myself an artist in any way, that troubled people when i saw older people trying to gatekeep or try to humble me or whatever, i just saw that as an invi invitation. gwendolyn brooks is one of the intertig real poets who inspired me to write poetry. gwendolyn brooks is a champion of writing what's under your nose. and so that is the kind of e

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now i am going to hand it over to my friend, jonathan capehart, "the sunday show." >> today marks dayreaking news. a second cease-fire in the city of mariupol has failed due to russian shelling. this comes less than 24 hours after an initial cease-fire agreement fell apart when russians reportedly open fire on a humanitarian corridor. more than 1.5 million refugees fled ukraine creating the fastest growing refugee crisis in europe since world war ii. president zelensky put out a final video rallying his citizens to keep up the fight and suggesting more u.s. support is on the way and pleading for an international no-fly-zone after he says russians obliterated ukrainian airport. zelensky warns of odesaodesa. presidents from both france and turkey spoke with putin early this morning.

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that's the big question on everybody's mind and one that jonathan capehart asked linda thomas greenfield morning. here's what she had to say. >> certainly, the purpose of the meeting is to consult further with our partners and our allies on additional actions that we will take to address this aggression, this brutality that the russians are carrying out in ukraine and to see what other measures we might take to increase the pressure. but it's also to coordinate our support for our allies, and particularly those that are along the border with ukraine. >> now, this oversea travel for president biden comes as rns thinks he should be doing more faster for ukraine. minority leader mitch mcconnell says president biden is doing generally done the right thing but not soon enough. as you can see from the map there, a number of biden administration officials have been all over europe in the past few weeks, really trying to show their allied support for ukraine. so a real consequential week coming up for the biden administration. alex. >> 100% right. okay, gary, thank you so much at the white house