dr. brzezinski, andrea mitchell, thank you both. bringing real perspective to this. by the way, starting next week, february 24th, can you catch andrea mitchell reports at new time, 12:00 noon eerp, at lunchtime, where you should be spending your run. . >>> up next, state of the unions. in a highly unusual and closely watched vote, volkswagen workers decided against unionization, even though vw was sort of supporting it. struck a big blow to organized labor in the south. >>> and the presidents' day sale, no, not a sale on mattresses, suits or sedans, we'll look at dwight eisenhower who used his final office speech to warn again the rise of the military industrial complex. >> we can take nothing for granted, only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals. so let security and liberty prosper together. as we peer into society's future, we -- you and i and our government -- must avoid the impulse to live only for today, pondering for our own ease and conv

dr. zbigniew brzezinski, thanks, dad. >> everything is hard. >> i want daisy. >> i want to ask him to bring daisy. >> especially if daisy -- he says daisy reminds him of mika. >> listen. >> we need to see why. >> you're going to need a team of negotiators to accompany daisy on this show. >> i think daisy is perfect for dr. brzezinski. >> she looks sort of vicious. >> she's not. >> about to take a chunk out of that guy's leg. >> come on my property and you will meet daisy! thank you, david gregory, as well. david, what do you have on sunday's "meet the press"? >> well, we will be talking about these topics but also the future of our military, the fight over the budget. what do we have to be prepared for in the future. two key members of the armed services committee talking about that. >> great. thank you, david. >> talking about daisy, do you think? >> no. >>> coming up, we will break down the race for oscar gold. a preview of the 86th academy awards with tony scott. plus louis is playing the part out in l.a. ahead of sund

dr. brzezinski said on my show yesterday. he said take syria, iran, the ukraine. russia. put them together and basically go deal bilateral -- almost go back to the cold war era of diplomatic dealings with russia and say we've got these sticking points. how are we going to resolve them? what do you say to that? >> it's a very good piece of advice. having said that for the moment, even while the games are going on and bringing very favorable attention, russia has decided to give the additional $3 million to ukraine just to keep the europeans out of there. >> right. >> the russians have affirmed they're going to help out assad in syria. >> send more weapons. >> right. >> and iranians, we're told by ayatollah khomeini that they're not going to go anywhere even if we talk for a year. >> apparently we are going to talk for a year. >> i think we're at a point essentially in which probably diplomacy is an important thing, because essentially nothing is going to change in this particular picture without russians deciding that it's in their best interest. why would they dec

dr. brzezinski said it's complicated. >> it's complicated. >> if it's way too early, what time is it? >> it's "morning joe." but, thomas, what happens to "morning joe"? >> "the daily rundown" with chuck todd. >> have a good weekend. god bless you. >> just a reminder, former singer of orleans, a member of congress. security check. an exclusive interview with homeland security jeh johnson on the likelihood of lone wolf attacks, the consequences of changing drug laws, plus a lot more. >>> and with "american hustle" in the mix for sunday's oscar extravaganza, a behind-the-scenes look at the real abscam, real american hustle, and what some of the central players think decades later. >>> also on today's tdr, find out how someone pushing for a pardon almost got a seat at the table with president obama with a secret check at the urging of someone inside the president's political team. >>> good morning from washington. it's friday, february 28th, 2014. and this is the "the daily rundown." we're also going to round out our tdr 50 week on florida with a look at some of the rising political stars

dr. zbigniew brzezinski, who served as president jimmy carter's security advisor and written many books and i am pleased to have him back on this program, welcome. >> good to be with you, charlie >> so when we sat down before we turned the cameras on you said ukraine is a big deal. why is it is a big deal? >> because in many ways the issue goes beyond the ukraine, it goes to the heart of the issue, what will russia become over the next decade or so? right now, putin is embarking russia on some sort of nostalgic, i think, irrational, in fact, imperial restoration. the eurasian union he wants to create, of course, centered in moscow, would really be a restoration of the soviet union minus some european portions and of course of the russian empire. i think that is driving him in the wrong direction, it is delaying the democratization of russia, it is preventing russia becoming a major european power, which otherwise it could be, within europe or connected to europe in some fashion. >> he has no interest in becoming a european power. or he has made a decision not to go that route? >> that's rig