host: this is our guest, representative joe courtney. if you want to ask questions, 202-748-800 for democrats. 202-748-8001 for republicans. 202-748-8002 for independents. you heard the use of jets over ukraine. i want you to listen to what the senator had to say and get your assessment of it. >> ukrainian forces already know how to fly those russian aircraft and president zelenskyy assured us that they are desperately needed. but the biden administration rejected the offer out of fear it might provoke mr. putin or in the terms of war, it might escalate the conflict. winston churchill, another great wartime leader, aptly said, an appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile hoping it will eat him last. this cannot be the policy of the united states. we cannot appease vladimir putin. and we can't afford to be timid. host: representative courtney, that was senator cornyn's take. you probably heard similar. what do you think? guest: i totally reject the notion that president biden is an appeaser. you united nato i don't think has been seen really

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coming up friday morning, connecticut democratic congressman joe courtney, a member of the armed services

host: joe courtney, democrat from connecticut. go ahead. >> thank you. wanted to say, thank you for taking my call and i am looking at the situation that we are looking at right now, and why aren't we looking at attacking russia? why aren't we looking at the border of alaska at this point? we have to think about that they are on the border of ukraine, and they are taking that so why aren't we putting pressure on this end because their military is so depleted at this point, and we are such a power. i want to know, why are we even considering this, and if we are, hopefully it is in secret because we have to keep this. guest: i do not think there is any appetite for invading or occupying russia. there is clearly appetite for weakening with a variety of tools in the toolbox. we have not talked about economic sanctions. it has reduced the ruble to almost worthless currency value. the economic sanctions were done for cash reserves of russia. they have now been totally locked up and frozen. his own circle of corrupt oligarchs are really feeling the pinch. vladi

joe courtney. you probably heard this argument about the use of jets over in ukraine.a similar case that came from the senate floor from john cornyn of texas about why we're not using them. i want you to listen to what he had to say and then get your assessment of it. >> ukrainian forces already know how to fly those russian aircraft and president zelenskyy assured us that they are desperately needed. but the biden administration rejected the offer out of fear that it might provoke mr. putin or, in the terms of war, might escalate the conflict. winston churchill, another wartime leader aptly said, and appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping that it will eat him last. this cannot be the policy of the u.s. we cannot appease vladimir putin and we can't afford to be timid. host: that was the senator's take. what do you think? guest: i totally reject the notion that president biden is an appeaser. he's united nato in a way that i don't think has been seen really since its origin. after world war ii. we have more military participation from the 29 chris of nato than an

. >> coming up, connecticut democratic congressman joe courtney, a member of the armed services committee on u.s. and nato weapons and humanitarian assistanceuk

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those borders from president joe biden in washington today with a new round of sanctions and from the u.s. military that has stayed out of the ukraine physically. courtneyof trying to deconflict its tactical movements around ukraine. let's bring in the reporter who broke that news, nbc news pentagon correspondent courtney kube. >> hi, nicole. >> courtney, stay with us. we're going to be joined by john kirby, pentagon press secretary. john, i'm sure you read courtney's reporting or you let her ask you about it at the end of this, but tell us the latest of what you understand as night falls in ukraine. >> i'm sorry. was that to me? >> yes, john. sorry. >> sorry. >> it's okay. >> that's all right. i'm sorry. my fault. no, look, we've seen the violence escalate here in major population centers like kyiv and kharkiv, certainly kherson as the russians try to inch closer to these population centers which we believe they want to control so that they can better control the country. obviously, a lot of attention on what they're trying to do in and around kyiv but it's very clear, whether these strikes are intentional or not against civilian infrastructure and res