david willis, thank _ provided to ukraine. david willis, thank you - provided to ukraine.. david willis, thank you for your | willis, thank you for your reporting. to talk more about what comes next, i'm joined now by melinda haring, nonresident senior fellow at the atlantic councils eurasia center thanks forjoining me and let's talk about the response from the kremlin. was the reaction what you expected, particularly the idea that there —— that they may arm western adversaries.— they may arm western adversaries. _, ., ., adversaries. good morning. the res - onse adversaries. good morning. the resnonse from _ adversaries. good morning. the response from the _ adversaries. good morning. the response from the kremlin - adversaries. good morning. the response from the kremlin was | response from the kremlin was predictable. they fumed about how the west as being a responsible but the thrust of their argument is that the west is doing something new and it said the kremlin claimed that washington would be using its intelligent support in order to fire these long—range ballistic

ben: david willis, back to you. ting quite a lot of donald trump's picks for his team as we have been reflecting. elon musk is perhaps the most eye-catching of all of them. david: that's right. he is to lead or head this government body that will look to ensure greater efficiency in the federal government then. that is something that mr. musk had been widely tipped to do, perhaps returning the favor for the babydog of support that he afforded donald trump particularly in the latter months of donald trump's presidential campaign. it is interesting to note that mr. musk in the past has talked about trimming about $2 trillion from the federal government expenditure, which means, given a total annual spending of around $6.5 trillion, american government spending, that would mean that if he succeeds, he would be saving about a third of the cost of funding the federal government then. ben: gary, very brief word on you from the picks that we have seen so far. the common thread seems to be, you have to be a real ultra loyali

let's cross live to washington and our correspondent david willis. hat more can you tell us about this development? well, we know that the use of landmines is controversial. more than 160 countries signed an international treaty back in 1997 that banned the use of the sort of weapons. and although the united states and indeed russia were not signatories to that aggression, president biden recently revived a banned dating back to the 0bama administration. but russia has been making inroads in the east in ukraine and the outgoing biden administration is keen to arm ukraine sufficiently so that it can overcome that advance, amid concerns that an incoming trump administration might look to press for a ceasefire in ukraine, which could perhaps lead to ukraine having to forfeit some of the territory that it has gained. so us defence officials have confirmed to the bbc that there will be this provision for landmines to ukraine, something that president zelensky has been calling for for some time. russia is known to have been using landmines liberally in this

david willis there.ch online about what is going on in the us, the appointments who is pitched to get other key positions in the white house, to take a look. details have been published of a proposed law that would legalise assisted dying in england and wales, ahead of a vote in parliament at the end of the month. the legislation would allow those who are terminally ill, with less than six months to live, to self—administer medication to end their lives. those behind the proposed legislation insist that there are safeguards in place to protect those who could be coerced into killing themselves. our political correspondent hannah miller reports. we wa nt we want choice! nine years have passed since the seas outside parliament in his last voted on assisted dying and said no. now the mp can lead beta has bought forward a new bill she says contains the strip just safeguards in the world after consulting with experts and organisations on all sides of the argument. it organisations on all sides of the argument

thanks to david willis.rage throughout the day as to when those meetings happen we have a live page with more detail and a little bit of background and some context to who some of these appointments that we already now are. all of that we already now are. all of that and much more on the bbc news website. world leaders are in baku for the third day of the climate summit, 29. let's look at the live images from the azerbaijan capital by delegates are expressing concern about the prospect of donald trump once again withdrawing the us from a key agreement which was signed in paris. the white house national climate advisor has told the bbc progress is being made towards a clean energy economy and that will continue regardless of mr trump's election. behind the scenes and on the break out of the summit of copper 29, break out of the summit of copper29, lots break out of the summit of copper 29, lots of discussions are being held. two cop 29. two cop 29. the adviser ali zaidi said american businesses and cities wer

our north america correspondent david willis has this report.ermath of the latest missile attack on ukraine, russia's largest in months. this, the city of sumy, near the russian border, after a missile hit a residential area, killing ten people and injuring many more. as president biden arrived in rio for the 620 summit, reports emerged of new us measures to help ukraine defend itself. authorisation from the outgoing leader for the use of long—range, american—made guided missiles capable of striking deep into russian territory. potentially a significant development in the conflict, and one president zelensky has been calling for, for months. translation: today, many in the media say that we have received permission to take appropriate actions. but strikes are not made with words, such things are not announced. the missiles will speak for themselves, definitely. president biden's decision followed the arrival last month of around 10,000 north korean specialforces, sent to help russia reclaim territory lost to ukraine in the kursk region of easter

our north america correspondent, david willis has more.lly announced. and, of course, donald trump could change his mind. but multiple media reports here are suggesting that the florida senator, marco rubio, is in line to be named donald trump's secretary of state. now, senator rubio lost out in the race to become vice president tojd vance. if he is named as secretary of state, he would be the first latino to hold that position. and he is known as a china hawk. he is also someone who shares donald trump's views in regards to a quick solution to the conflict in ukraine. he is as isolationist in foreign policy as donald trump is. he voted against the provision of additional military aid to ukraine quite recently, and while there's been no formal confirmation of his appointment, the trump transition team has announced a couple of other key appointments. elise stefanik has been appointed ambassador to the united nations. she was the youngest woman ever to be elected to congress, and she is not a great fan of the agency, the united nations that

i'm joined now by our north america correspondent david willis in washington. ecent appointments?- these two most recent a- ointments? . ., appointments? katie perrior, donald trump _ appointments? katie perrior, donald trump vowed - appointments? katie perrior, donald trump vowed his - appointments? katie perrior, i donald trump vowed his second administration would oversee a radical shake—up of the federal government, and the last 24 hours or so have seen the announcement of a couple of appointments and no end of frenzied speculation, not least surrounding the positions of the head of the national security department and the secretary of state position. now, it is widely reported here that the florida senator marco rubio has 1532 00:17:02,362 --> 0

our north america correspondent, david willis, says the next administration is swiftly taking shape. moving quickly to assemble his cabinet a week after its on—site victory in the presidential election and nominees to several of the key positions, the top positions in the federal government have already been announced. elon musk, a staunch supporter of donald trump in the closing months of the presidential campaign, house is expected been appointed to a high profile advisory position. along with fellow entrepreneur vivek ramaswamy, it was one of mr trump two rivals for the republican presidential nomination. elon musk will oversee the department of government efficiency, that is a body that is being set up to limit red tape to dismantle bureaucracy and induct a more entrepreneurial spirit into the federal government. government spending in this country is put at around $6.5 trillion a year and elon musk is already on record as saying that he believes he can save about a third of that. earlier mr trump announced the nomination of the former army veteran and fox news commentator pete h

our north america correspondent david willis has been following the meeting from washington and sentte. joe biden has taken a fairly firm approach in terms of china when it comes to their growing aggression in regards to taiwan and the hacking of us government officials�* phones. but he has kept open lines of communication on the diplomatic and military front in order to prevent competition from spilling into conflict. well, today, ahead of that unilateral meeting at the apec summit, he stressed the importance of the bilateral relationship american ecosystem institute, a company which helps chinese business establish a presence in the us. thank you for being with us. the meeting was betweenjoe biden and xijinping, but the meeting was betweenjoe biden and xi jinping, but the message seem to be for president trump.- message seem to be for president trump. message seem to be for president trum. . ~' , ., ., president trump. thank you for havin: president trump. thank you for having me- _ president trump. thank you for having me. the _ president trump. thank you for having me. the actual

our north america correspondent david willis has been following that report from the washington post.garding donald trump's intentions in regards to ukraine. now it would appear that discussions have already begun. that is if the report in the washington post today is to believed, which says donald trump and vladimir putin spoke by phone last thursday, and discussed the situation in ukraine, with mr trump as you just pointed out, warning that mr putin should not seek to escalate the conflict in ukraine, warning washington has a sizeable military presence in europe. mr trump's press spokesman would not confirm or deny that report in the washington post, he said the campaign does not comment on mr trump's contacts with foreign leaders. but donald trump on the campaign trail said he would resolve the conflict in ukraine within a day as he put it without actually specifying how he intended to go about doing that. although it is thought he will rely heavily on his relationships with foreign leaders, in particular perhaps that with vladimir putin, somebody he has come to admire over the yea

months�* time, donald trump is coming back to the white house. 0ur north america correspondent david willisus ambassador to the un, miss thomas greenfield made the point that additional american assistance would be provided to ukraine in the coming days. she did not specify the nature of that but we know that vlodomyr zelensky has been pleading with officials in the white house for months to allow those long—range missiles to be used and indeed his foreign affairs minister today said the approval could be what he called a game changer. linda thomas greenfield also condemned the deployment of around 10,000 north korean troops to the region to fight alongside russian forces, saying this was a sign of russia's desperation and said it was a move that was unprecedented in modern times. the situation in ukraine has also been galvanising discussion of world leaders. at the g20 summit in rio, the french president emmanuel macron came out in support of joe biden�*s decision to allow the authorisation of those long—range missiles. and it is possible of course that this could clear the way for the use

with me is our north america correspondent david willis.been following the summit between the leaders. give us a sense of what xi jinping and joe biden had to say there in biden�*s waning days as president. say there in biden's waning days as president.- say there in biden's waning days as president. these are two leaders _ days as president. these are two leaders who _ days as president. these are two leaders who know - days as president. these are two leaders who know each | days as president. these are - two leaders who know each other well and this was the last meeting before joe well and this was the last meeting beforejoe biden meeting before joe biden disappears meeting beforejoe biden disappears into the sunset in a couple of months time. and both stressed today the importance of the bilateral relationship between the two superpowers. president biden said he was proud of the progress that had been made between the two under his administration in areas such as military planning and discussions, areas such as counter narcotics and art

to discuss these appointments, i'm joined by david willis.aswamy pick from donald trump for that incoming apartment of government efficiency, tell us more. he is movinu efficiency, tell us more. he is moving quickly. _ efficiency, tell us more. he is moving quickly, isn't - efficiency, tell us more. he is moving quickly, isn't it? - moving quickly, isn't it? donald trump to unveil the people who will be populating his cabinet when he returns to the white house next year and just a week after he won election, one that election and he has named, as you mention, elon musk who together with another entrepreneur, vivek ramaswamy, someone who competed with donald trump before the republican presidential nomination, they will go ahead with this apartment of government efficiency and it is, in a sense, a reward for mr mask who became a very staunch supporter of donald trump and the latter stages of the trunk campaign. pumping millions of his own money into mr trump's run for office, ultimately successful run for office. ——mr musk. according to the st

our correspndent, david willis, gave me the latest.e us a sense of what xi jinping and joe biden had to say there in biden�*s waning days as president. these are two leaders who know each other well and this was the last meeting before joe biden disappears into the sunset in a couple of months�* time. and both stressed today the importance of the bilateral relationship between the two superpowers. president biden said he was proud of the progress that had been made between the two under his administration in areas such as military planning and discussions, areas such as counter narcotics and artificial intelligence. president xi said he was, as he put it, ready to work with the united states. he warned against the two nations regarding each other as adversaries going forward or pursuing what he called vicious competition or seeking to hurt each other. the remarks obviously seem very much aimed not at each other but at the man who was not present today, the incoming president donald trump. he, of course, has vowed on the campaign trail

david willis, bbc news, washington. so, has there been any reaction from the kremlin?t had confirmation from the trump transition team about the phone call. there's been no print—out about the phone call, which wasn't organised via the state department. that's the case, i think, with donald trump's other post—election calls with world leaders. so, all we know is what sources have told, for example, the washington post, in other words, that allegedly donald trump warned vladimir putin not to escalate the war in ukraine and reminded him of american military strength in europe. as i say, the truth is we don't really know what the truth is about this phone call. what we do know, however, is i think there's concern in kiev. ukrainian officials publicly are trying to remain positive. president zelensky was very quick to congratulate donald trump on his election victory. but there will be concern about what donald trump was saying in the run—up to the us election. his total lack of criticism of vladimir putin over vladimir putin's full—scale invasion of ukraine. at times, tru

to discuss these appointments i am joined by north america correspondent david willis.k for the incoming department of government efficiency. he is movinu government efficiency. he is moving quickly, _ government efficiency. he is moving quickly, isn't - government efficiency. he is moving quickly, isn't he? . government efficiency. he is moving quickly, isn't he? to j moving quickly, isn't he? to unveil the people that will be populating his cabinet when he returns to the white house next year. just a week after he won election, one that election. he named elon musk who together with another entrepreneur vivek ramaswamy, somebody who competed with donald trump for the republican presidential nomination. they will head at this department of government efficiency and it is in a sense a reward for mr musk i think who became a very staunch supporter of donald trump in the latter stages of the trump campaign, didn't he? pumping millions of his own money into mr trump's millions of his own money into mrtrump�*s runfor millions of his own money into mr trump's run for office.

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american dream home," kennedy, a host of the "kennedy saves the world podcast," gerri willis, fox business correspondent, and davidan, fox business anchor. a migration day is months away, and president-elect trump is looking to make good on his campaign promises of putting america first and bringing the country together. >> i will governed by a simple motto. promises made, promises kept. we are going to keep our promise. [applause] nothing will stop me from keeping my word to you, the people. we will make america safe, strong, prosperous, powerful, and three again, and i'm asking every citizen all across our land to join me in this noble and righteous endeavor. that's what it is. it's time to put the divisions of the past four years behind us. it is time to unite, and we are going to try. we have to try. success is going to bring us together, and we are going to start by all putting america first. we have to put our country first for at least a period of time. we have to fix it. because together we can take america great again for all americans. so i want to just tell you what a great honor this is. i want to than

to david's point about diagram advisers, willie, donald trump ran on mass deportation over and over andain:yeah. >> so no one should be shocked by who he is selecting on the domestic posts where he is going to do exactly what he said he was going to do. >> yeah. tom homan is bringing back in. he had him in that first administration. he has been very clear as mr. homan will be under the title of border czar about the plans to go in and take criminals who are here illegally and remove them from where they are in the united states and send them back to their country of original. he is very explicit what is he going to do and effectively close the border as well. katty, i think some of these choices that washington has been heartened by a few of the names with those openings and still some concerns about the openings left out there but we know this about establishment figures in washington, they bend to the will of donald trump and the republican party and they believe with a win he got a week ago today, that he is in charge. they are there to execute his vision. even an establishment repub

david: he would think that you do be intimidated by willy's thanks. that hate mail absolutely not no way that we make of the institutions i know ms, some out to be on the auction block this been there already must but we city might be buying it sorry we get about christmas did no real in the way that americans look at news is. >> when the liberal media by skip you have a story that we twisted a better term the narrative where there is different things the stories from scratch like the bloodbath situation had nothing to do with company getting ending people down to the bloodbath in the economy said no no no no there will be planting this reasoning wasn't goes back a few years ago the case of young students from kentucky at the lincoln memorial and they were attacking this american indian it was terrible. totally fabricated it. people of and goddess skeptical by the rating stop by 50 p 50 percent. david: monica back to the general services administration gsa want to help in the transition of donald trump. they want to get all of the e-mails that the tru

willie. good morning. tomorrow morning? on sunday. today. an all time favorite conversation with the hilarious larry david on his rise through stand up comedyo seinfeld and this year's final season of curb your enthusiasm. is there any shred of sentimentality that comes with that for you? maybe a shred the slightest shred? i'm too old to really be on camera. every single week now, to act the way i do on this show. how can i continue to act like that? it's insane. i'm not going into the 80s acting like that. a sunday sit down with larry david, plus the latest from the campaign trail with just two days to go until a historic presidential election tomorrow morning. on sunday. today. all right, willie, we'll see you then. and hopefully you're awake to catch willie at 6:00 tomorrow morning. and then just stick right here for your local news with us on today in the bay at seven. now, let's get to those top stories we're following. we have been reporting on issues facing both the oakland and san francisco unified school districts over looming school closures. now, more closures could be hitting the south bay. san jose's alum rock school district s

david. you're going to be teaching me about country music. absolutely. nicole loves country music. there we are, williefans. so, i had a question. why? it's like a warm hug. it's just, it has so many different sides to it as well. there's the up and get dancing and let's go, and then there's the really heartfelt but still, i don't know, just a homey vibe, which is quite strange because country is primarily american artists. but it's just like a piece of home that i think everyone can find in it. are there any manchester country acts who want to play here? yes, everyone. we've had so many requests. instead of asking people to come in, they're asking us to come in. it's just absolutely taken off within the first weekend of opening. so you've unlocked this latent country enthusiasm. it's magical. and now all of a sudden, everyone's coming out and now they finally have somewhere to go, everyone is able to embrace their country side, and i love it. a music that might in the past have been mocked by some has acquired a new respect — something has clicked. i think at the end of the day, everybody all over the

willis can keep the case. he will not be prosecuted because he will be a sitting president. >> david, your latest book outliningce over the justice department over the first administration, do you have any different proposals? >> there will be pressures to investigate the biden family. there could be more investigations. that's the question. will trump be able to politicize the doj? will there be resistance from career prosecutors who, like as you have been saying, won't bring cases unless they have a certain level of proof of guilt? >> any thoughts on who he could pick as ag? >> one name that's come up. he is close to justice clarence thomas. he is very conservative. he tweeted during the campaign that the biden justice department made up crimes committed by donald trump, a reference to january 6 and the classified documents case. democrats disagree. they say those were serious cases. as you said, a sitting president can't be prosecuted. these cases will go away. that's to let the president rule for his time in office. he has a mandate from the people. that's the system is set up this way. >> if you would, wha

david, pod saves america gets listeners. they are preaching joy. it didn't work for kamala harris. >> you are telling me that events with oprah and beyonce and willieaturday night live" doesn't show the vice president is being fun? wait a second. her using a fake actent or like she is talking on the phone when she isn't on the phone. every time she opened her mouth people could see she was not authentic and telling them the truth. it is the message she conveyed. democrats don't want to accept that. >> harris: i tell you, i'm sure you've seen katie couric, former news anchor, saying essentially what you just said. just answer the blank question. i won't get to her language that she used but there are a lot of frustrated people on the left, doug. i don't know if an injection of fun is going to help. >> to me it's a bigger issue than just fun. my party is out of touch. we're an elite party. we believe that rock stars and political elites decide. what trump did was connect with ordinary people on issues they care about. inflation, cost of living, the border. real issues that people care about. that's it. >> harris: are you worried about your party? >>

david, thank you. earlier in the angle we accidently showed a graphic that had a photo of another vicious anti-trump figure, letitia james when we were talking about fani willis. that was our mistake. they both hate trump. coming up, the democrats' phony new concern about trump's transition. ♪ ( ♪ ) my back got injured very bad. i was off work for about a year. i heard about relief factor from my wife. i took it every day, three times a day, for three weeks. look at her and i said, "the pain is gone." and she said, i'm glad it helped. i said, "no, you don't understand. it's gone." you, too, can feel better every day with relief factor, a daily supplement that fights pain naturally. call or go online now for our 3-week quickstart, just $19.95. have you compared your medicare plan recently? with ehealth, you can compare medicare plans side by side for free. so we invited people to give ehealth a try and discover how easy it can be to find your medicare match. this is pretty amazing. i can go on a vacation with this money. i have quite a few prescriptions. that's why people call us. we're going to compare plans, and i'm gonna try to get you as much bang for your

david road. and former u.s. attorney and msnbc contributor chuck rosenberg. great to have you with us this morning. >> willieok at the a.g. selection. you can look at tulsi gabbard -- >> dni. >> dni, which our allies have said just don't expect the sharing of any intel with the united states anymore because, of course, she spread, constantly spread disinformation from putin. also, of course, many people concerned about her relationship with assad in syria. and then, of course, also had the d.o.d. pick, which retired generals and admirals deeply concerned about not only his lack of experience, but also some of the extraordinarily hostile things that he has written, talking about democrats as enemies from within and worse. >> yeah, he wrote that in a book not that long ago. that's not an old thought for met gala hegseth, pete hegseth. for every marco rubio and secretary of state and john thune winning yesterday to be the majority leader of the united states senate, which most people in washington said, okay, we can live with those chooses. john thune a highly respected guy across party lines in the senate. alo

david bowie, young americans, waking you up on friday morning. so, rev, john valon talked about something you and i and willieen talking about since 2020, and that is, the idea that americans have to feel safe. if you don't get past that issue you don't win elections. i remember the conversation we had in 2020, the summer of george floyd, we went back this far, and we were talking about the stupidity -- let me say the stupidity as you and willie, and i said -- of defund the police. that movement. and you and i were talking about a "new york times" article in 2020 where city council people in new york city representing the most diverse and in some cases some of the most dangerous neighbors in new york, go, going, defund the sflis no. we need more police on the streets. we need more police in our children's schools. and you always talk about the woke and you've been doing it for four years. people still call me going rev rapid, going against the woke. is this something new after the election? i'm like, dude, where have you been? he's been talking about this forever because he hears it from his parishioners. >>

willie geist and joe and mika have the morning off. with us is jonathan lemire and elise jordan, a former aide to the george w. bush and davidect. president biden announced the deal after the israel security cabinet approved the green light -- agreement yesterday. they are expected to retreat from the israeli border and israeli ground forces withdraw from lebanese territory. if the cease-fire holds, it will end the fighting. let's bring in nbc news chief "nightly news" correspondent keir simmons live this morning in dubai. we were talking yesterday morning about the potential for this deal. here it is. what more can you tell us about the outlines? >> reporter: yeah. yeah. it's happened. it's a deal between israel and lebanon. it's a cease-fire between israel and hezbollah. it happened at 4:00 a.m. there were gunshots, but celebratory gunshots and dancing in the streets and lines of vehicles some with mattresses strapped on top heading to the south of lebanon. families getting back to their homes there, despite a warning from the israeli army not to go there yet. those families just too desperate to get back and ignoring that

david willis there with a look _ in january. david willis there with a look at _ in january.d willis there with a look at some of - in january. david willis there with a look at some of the i with a look at some of the latest appointments. let's speak to colleen graffy, former diplomat, and law professor at pepperdine university. what do you make of the team so far? it what do you make of the team so far? , , ., ., far? it is interesting and a ureat far? it is interesting and a great contrast _ far? it is interesting and a great contrast to - far? it is interesting and a great contrast to last - far? it is interesting and a l great contrast to last trump administration where he seemed administration where he seemed a bit surprised he had been elected so there had been a little —— only a little preparation done at all to put people into place. this time we're getting the nominations fast furious. i would say a key theme is loyalty and so the individuals he is looking at are those that have been staunch defenders of trump, they are loyalists. i think he feels like he made a mis

david willis - scott. david, thank you very much. david willis in - much.avid willis in washington. let's talk now to doctor matthew, vice president and senior director of the atlantic council �*s centre for strategy and security. thank you so much forjoining us on the programme. i really appreciate you waiting. you were supposed to be talking to us earlier but obviously we were listening to that white house press briefing. so thank you for your time today. i note that you have written recently that you have written recently that the biggest beneficiary of recent us foreign policy under president biden has not been the us�*s friends but rather trying out. interesting therefore to hearjake sullivan from of the national security adviser and let me look at what he said, say that the most urgent security threat was the competition that the us faces with the people's republic of china. he said it was going to be the defining issue for a number of decades. what did you make of that?— make of that? well, i think he is riaht make of that? well, i think he is right

our correspondent, david willis, reports from washington. aftermath of the latest missile attack on ukraine, russia's largest in months. this, the city of sumy, near the russian border, after a missile hit a residential area, killing ten people and injuring many more. as president biden arrived in rio for the 620 summit, reports emerged of new us measures to help ukraine defend itself. authorisation from the outgoing leader for the use of long range, american—made guided missiles capable of striking deep into russian territory. potentially a significant development in the conflict, and one president zelensky has been calling for, for months. translation: today, many in the media say that we have received permission to take appropriate actions. but strikes are not made with words, such things are not announced. the missiles will speak for themselves, definitely. president biden�*s decision followed the arrival last month of around 10,000 north korean specialforces, sent to help russia reclaim territory lost to ukraine in the kursk region of e

white house is our north america correspondent gary o'donoghue and from the washington bureau, david willispublicans, the white house, both chambers of congress, he is going to be pretty unassailable, isn't he? you're absolutely right, ben and we knew about the senate too and the seats in favour of the republicans and it's been confirmed by media here in the last hour or so that republicans are on course, as we thought, to retain their majority in the house of representatives, between 218 seats somewhere between 220 and 222, it is a slim majority but you're absolutely right. it can really confirm donald trump's crip on the legislature on congress and it will enable him to push through his cabinet nominees and of course his radical right—wing agenda which includes immigration reform and tax cuts here. the leader of the house, mikejohnson told reporters a short while ago in told us that this was a new day for america. told us that this was a new day for america-— for america. and to gary, at the white — for america. and to gary, at the white house, _ for america. and to gary, at the white hou

our correspondent in washington, david willis, has the latest. i stop wars with phone calls.ussia should have never happened, with ukraine, would have never happened if i were president, would have never happened. there's been uncertainty surrounding donald trump's intentions in regards to ukraine, but it now appears discussions started only hours after his election victory. reports of a conversation between him and vladimir putin last thursday in which, according to the washington post, the president—elect warned the russian leader against any escalation of the conflict. reports, not denied by the trump campaign, which follow a campaign pledge to end the war within a day. and i'll tell you what, i will have that war finished and done and settled before i get to the white house, as president—elect, i will get that done. mr trump is due to meet president biden at the white president biden at the white house on wednesday. the message to an incoming president sceptical about continued us funding from an outgoing one whose support was total, "don't abandon ukraine." our approach

here's our washington correspondent, david willis. use of these weapons is, of course, controversial. back in 1997, more than 160 countries signed a treaty banning the use of such weapons. the united states and russia were not signatories to that treaty. but a couple of years ago, president biden sought to revive an agreement going back to the 0bama administration, which also banned the use or transportation of these weapons. but russia has been making inroads in the east of ukraine, and the outgoing biden administration is keen to leave ukraine as strong militarily as it possibly can do ahead of the incoming trump administration, which is expected to call for ceasefire talks, which could lead to ukraine having to cede some of the territory that it has acquired from russia. now, president zelensky has been calling for the use of these landmines for some time. russia has been using them liberally, it's reported. and over the weekend came news that the biden administration had authorised the use of long range us—made missiles capable of

willie. >> yes, david, you're a man that needs a willie. >> i wonder , could you talk >> i wonder, could youlk about the fact that i could talk about the fact that i could talk about that if you'd like. darren. let's not talk about that. that's after 9 pm. but the fact of the matter is, though, that we had 14 years of a so—called conservative government, right . trump a so—called conservative government, right. trump is a new york liberal, yet he has been more, quote unquote, conservative than your own party. >> yeah, in many areas. that's correct for sure . correct for sure. >> all areas. yeah. >> all areas. yeah. >> but the issue isn't that we should look to the us and your hyperbolic opener that we should just sign up for hyperbolic. imagine perish the thought. the idea is that we as a as a group of people on the right. sorry. kai should look to the institutions that we have, because for too long it's gone unchallenged. like you said in the conservative party for too long, run by liberals. and hopefully that's beginning to change. >> badenoch best case scenario , >> badenoch best case sce