the katie phang show starts right now. >> this is. >> the katie phang. >> show live from. >> telemundo studios in miami, florida. the death. >> of. >> diplomacy. >> the explosive. >> meeting between. trump and zelensky that ended. >> in american humiliation. >> on the. >> global stage. >> as donald trump seems to pledge allegiance to russia. >> over the war in ukraine. plus. >> battle for the budget. the fight shaping up on capitol hill as republicans narrowly pass a budget resolution. calling for 4.5. >> trillion. >> in tax cuts for the wealthy and how democrats plan to avoid cuts to your social safety net that the republicans are planning to use. >> to. >> pay for it all, then. quid pro quo. inside the push from over a dozen retired district court judges. who oppose dismissing the indictment against embattled new york city mayor eric adams. while adams continues to hemorrhage support with the key black. >> leaders. >> he'll need to save his political future. and later, the sky is no longer the limit. astronaut and activist amanda winn on how she's prepping to fly to space with five o

that's tomorrow at noon eastern on the katie phang show right here on msnbc. and remember, you can always find me on social media at katie phang, but that does it for me right now. you have michael steele coming up next. hi, michael steele. >> hey, katie. thank you very much. appreciate you. we begin this hour. >> with the. >> remarkable scene we saw play out today in the oval office between donald trump and ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky. >> folks, this happened. >> ahead of a high stakes. >> meeting between the two leaders. zelensky came to the white house to. >> finalize a. >> deal on. >> rare earth and other critical minerals. >> right. >> very straightforward program. >> and at the start of the. >> day. >> it was. >> actually kind of looking like trump. >> was softening. >> his stance towards. the ukrainian president. yesterday, he even claimed that he did not. >> remember calling zelensky a dictator. >> just last week. but today. >> in front of. the press and the world. >> the meeting. devolved into a. >> spectacle unlike. anything we've ever. >>

the katie phang show starts right now. >> this is. >> the katie phang. >> show live from. >> telemundolomacy. >> the explosive. >> meeting between. trump and zelensky that ended. >> in american humiliation. >> on the. >> global stage. >> as donald trump seems to pledge allegiance to russia. >> over the war in ukraine.

i am katie phang in for ari melber. we start with the unprecedented and explosive scene from inside of the oval office. with trump now facing a storm of criticism from international allies, top democrats, and even some on the right. the day started normally enough. you see trump greeting ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky, the two men shaking hands and then walking in. but then both presidents headed to the oval office for what should have been a traditional photo op. the two were supposed to negotiate a mineral deal in ukraine and possible security guarantees as it fights off russia. traditionally, it's a short, choreographed event, but it quickly went off the rails, devolving into a tense and very public exchange between donald trump, president zelensky and j.d. vance. now the confrontation began when vance tried to lecture zelensky over diplomacy. >> the path to peace. >> and the path to prosperity. is maybe engaging in diplomacy. we tried the pathway of joe biden, of thumping our chest and pretending that the pr

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