talk us through what we are hearing from the kremlin. steven: nothing yet.has been no comment from vladimir putin about what happened in the white house. then again, president putin does not need to say anything about what happened in the white house, not right now. he can't afford to allow events to play out. donald trump a little earlier said this is going to be great television. you can imagine him sitting in front the television set and enjoying the spectacle of his fiercest enemy, the leader of the country that vladimir putin invaded three years ago, being so publicly rebuked by the president of the united states and the vice president of the united states in front of the world's media. quite astonishing. no comment from vladimir putin, but we have comments from the former russian president who is now the deputy head of the russian security council. he wrote on social media that after what happened, he is calling on america to stop military assistance to ukraine. wouldn't the russians just love that? helena: what do you think this tells us about relatio

so the expectations in the kremlin were not as high this time.now they were very cautious, thinking that the rhetoric may change. but fundamentally, the united states will continue to help ukraine to, uh, to see russia as a as a strategic enemy, a strategic adversary. uh, may be some small changes, maybe very slowly. uh, some, some changes can happen. but as quick, as fundamental as it happened, it was totally unexpected. and i even see that the russian diplomacy is quite. unprepared because they don't make enough efforts for such change. and they putin explanation. if you, uh, if, if you listen to his, uh, speech in the russian army, they on 2020 3rd of february was was this that this change is a result of a heroic deeds, uh, of russian army in ukraine? so russian, military campaign in ukraine changed the world order. that was exactly, by the way, declared from the very beginning that one of the russia's goal when russia started this war, not just to take pieces of the territory, change the regime, but to change the world order more globally. >>

i mean there's a way to deal with the kremlin and president trump is not doing it.r the past 2 1/2 to 3 weeks, what you've seen trump do is make concession after concession to russian positions. that just encourages putin to sit back and wait for more. that's not the way to deal with the kremlin and it's not the way to deal with vladimir putin, who now sees a very weak person in the white house. >> so if this is a personality issue, this isn't about the person who is now in the white house, what kind of lasting impact could this have on diplomacy when it comes to other future administrations? >> well, i think this depends on what mr. trump does, but my guess is this evening there are some pretty anxious conversations taking place in europe, basically asking the question if, in fact, trump throws ukraine under the bus, can europe count on the united states? i hope wiser heads can advise the president and get him to alter course because this will be detrimental to american security in the end. >> we appreciate your unique perspective, former u.s. ambassador to ukraine

we don't know how the kremlin got got in here. it was weird. he just wandered in. i mean, people do. it's a free country. people do just wander into the oval office. a very radical thing is happening in our country. it is not only radical in the sense that it is a large directional change, right? switching sides in a war now standing against our allies of the last 80 years, now siding with russia instead, i mean, no longer siding with the free world, now siding with the authoritarian governments of the world. like it's not just radical and that it is a 180 degree directional change. it is also radical in the sense that it is really radically unpopular with the american people. i mean, you can see that in the polling quinnipiac poll this month. should the us trust vladimir putin? yes. 9%. no, 81%. here's another one. the economist yougov poll out this month. do you have a favorable or unfavorable view of vladimir putin? the american public say favorable 11%. unfavorable 78%. the american people are not clamoring for us to ally ourselves with vladimir putin. right? y

we've talked insiders in the kremlin. we were just preparing a publication showing that the russian expectation was for something much lesser than what the trump administration has already signaled is willing to, uh, present to to the russian side. but what happened today is just a such a wonder to the kremlin on many levels, not only in terms of showing a sort of a split between, uh, the allies, between ukraine and the united states, but showing a split between the western world among the different parts of the western world. this is literally a win on many check boxes that have been checked today. >> well it's incredible. you're talking about your reporting that in a sense, then the u.s. was negotiating against itself already starting further ahead than putin would have even asked for. i mean, you know, tonight i mentioned lindsey graham, the senator, he said that zelenskyy should resign. that was what he said, backing trump after that meeting in the oval office. so zelenskyy just did that interview with uh, with brett.

he stood up to the bullies in a kremlin style shakedown.t will it take to awaken the conscience of the country after such a shameful display? and bay area congressman john garamendi, describing today's events as a, quote, shocking new low to turn our back on an ally when they need our support. well, now to the trump administration's effort to shrink the federal government. the mass budget cuts and layoffs prompting some pushback. ktvu an rubin tells us about the bay area demonstration today aimed at elon musk, who is leading the cost cutting push. >> when you say power people, power people. >> they're fearful and frustrated by government cuts. today, hundreds of protesters took their message to the streets of palo alto and ultimately right to the doorstep of elon musk's tesla. >> we're not going to stand idly by while these billionaires, like elon musk, come and raid all of the taxpayer coffins. >> they blame elon musk for what they call an attack on essential institutions, and for cuts to federal jobs and services. >> the work work that mu

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question about this, even though we will then in the european union, the kremlin, the machine, the state on the russians per day and split the ortiz full neck, even our video agency, roughly all the band on youtube tv services for the question, did you say even twist which is the, the, the, the welcome back to going undergrad. i'm still here with a former director of the county of the most cassandra now member of russia's foreign and defense policy council, dr. dimitri trend and dr. trenton you were expressing caution at the end of the one about the trump policy, visa v. russia. ukraine. i mean, i've got to ask you whether uh, in the light of the fee is clearly that he's pursuing some sort of imagine re nick sony in line. i mean it's that is that because the trump administration doesn't really appreciate the times of change and the tone between badging and most cool can no longer be split apart, like richard nixon did as well. i think so blunt, also from trump's 1st stand at the white house, not a frontal attack on the side. no russian relationship would yield a few if any results. so th

even though we will then in the european union, the kremlin mission, the state on the russians cruising and split the r t spoke next. even our video agency, roughly all the band on youtube, the senior center. for the question, did you say steven twist, which is the welcome back across stock, where all things are considered computer level trauma and you were discussing trump in the piece plan and you create the okay, let's go back to thomas in room. i can, i just have this deep seated feeling watching the last couple of weeks from since the payments phone call. okay, let's, let's start there. thomas, who is trump trying to do reverse mixing? goes to china. and is this about you all to, to point out because i in trump is so, you know, he doesn't have a grasp of the details. he is, is his grasp of the ideas are getting better and better, but details history. it's not his forte. he's a deal maker is everyone knows, and the deal he wants is some kind of, it's already been mentioned here. so i'm kind of global deal. maybe he saw a short documentary on you all to and i know he's obsessed with

but the hill in washington likes to call you a kremlin mouthpiece. hello jeffrey sachs. good to be with you. how are you? i'm very willing to do it. it's great to have you on the program. you know that speech, you just gave the other day of the you call them and it was a bit of a school to speech. i've gotta tell you, i mean, you really sucked it to him that jeffrey wasn't just the case of stone, cold stats. what did you get any love from those in attendance as well, from those in attendance? so things were fine. it's, it's those that weren't in attendance, but i'm hoping i made some contact with europe. but as i emphasized that needs to have a european foreign policy, it needs to re engage with russia. it needs to have normal diplomacy. a europe is his a region of $450000000.00 people in the union, a 20 trillion dollar economy, a complimentary to the russian economy. they should be trading and mutually prosperous instead a, it's, everything's broken down and the, the, the hate talk is non stop. so that was the point that i was making get back to something that can possi

ruthlessly focused on his strategic objective which is to topple ukraine's government and install a kremlin puppet regime. that is white zelenskyy wants some security guarantees and deterrence against russia and what's a good postwar reconstruction plan. you saw a lot of attention in the room today and that did not serve his calls well unfortunately. >> trace: no, it did not. meantime secretary of state marco rubio had this to say... >> how do you end a warrack what you have to find out what the combatants require in order to stop shooting. what are the russians needs? what do they need to see in order for them to stop fighting? what did the ukrainians need? once you have that in place, the then you can decide the next step which is what the we need to do to make sure this never happens again. >> trace: i guess the question to you rebecca is is this or was this a deal breaker or is it salvageable in your estimation? >> first of all what a great set of remarks by secretary rubio. i think this can be salvaged. i think zelenskyy is going to need to apologize and remember that churchill back in

that's what they're doing in the kremlin tonight. >> it was a remarkable day. ambassador john bolton, one for the history books, that's for sure. thank you for for joining to share your perspective tonight. >> thanks for having me. >> thank you all so much for joining us on a chaotic and busy newshour. cnn news night with abby phillip is up next. >> tonight, a shouting match. >> if you didn't have our military equipment. >> that will echo across the globe. the president turns the oval office into the set of the apprentice to stage a reality tv spectacle. >> you don't have the cards right now. >> to embarrass ukraine's president. plus, you can hear the clink of glass in moscow. russians rejoice over donald trump's public flogging of volodymyr zelenskyy. >> you are gambling with world war iii. >> while saying not one negative word about vladimir putin. and rule number one of maga is you talk about how great donald trump is all the time. >> disrespectful. >> the way he confronted the president was just over the top. >> the president's allies do anything they can.

that's what they're doing in the kremlin tonight. >> it was a remarkable day.sador john bolton, one for the history books, that's for sure. thank you for for joining to share your perspective tonight. >> thanks for having me. >> thank you all so much for joining us on a

and the kremlin has simply described the meeting as historic.ys it's disappointing to lose a good colleague over cuts to the foreign aid budget, but she supported the increase to uk defence spending. the minister for overseas development, development, anneliese dodds, has resigned over sir keir starmer's decision to reduce the international aid budget and use it to boost defence spending to 2.5% of gdp. or miss dodds says she disagrees with how it's she disagrees with how it�*s being funded, suggesting in her resignation letter there ought to be a debate about tax and borrowing instead. but rachel reeves has backed the prime minister�*s decision. >> the decision to spend 2.5% of gdp on defence is the right decision. the world has changed. we can see that all around us in europe and beyond. we have to uplift what we spend on defence and we are funded that by reducing the international aid budget, that is the right decision in the circumstances that we face today as a nation. >> and pope francis, who has been critically ill in hospital for two wee

the kremlin has described the meeting simply as historic. rachel reeves, says it�*s disappointing to lose a good colleague over the foreign aid budget. but the decision to increase spending on defence is right. the minister for overseas development, anneliese dodds, has resigned after the prime minister made the decision to slash the foreign aid budget. the money will be used to boost defence spending to 2.5% of gdp instead. in a resignation letter, miss dodds said the cuts would remove food and healthcare from desperate people, deeply harming the uk�*s reputation. greek police fired tear gas to police fired tear gas to disperse demonstrators. earlier, demonstrators who were throwing petrol bombs as mass protests to mark the second anniversary of the country�*s worst rail the country's worst rail disaster were marred by violence. dozens of hooded protesters clashed with security forces as they attempted to storm the barricades in front of parliament in central athens. hundreds of thousands of people have been taking part in country wide demo