congressman michael mccaul, we have to end there.. a colder day for all of us on thursday, but across the northern half of the country, quite a wild day to come — all due to this amazing swirl of cloud we saw to the south of iceland on wednesday. it's an area of low pressure, which, as we start thursday morning, will have moved in across the western half of scotland in particular. to the south, we still have a weather front set to clear that will be sweeping away the last dregs of the milder air. to the north of it, a chilly start, risk of ice in places, a few wintry showers — but as i said, a particularly wild start to the day in parts of scotland, 60—70mph gusts across the western isles and those north—western coasts, big seas as well, and blizzards on the mountains. we'll see wintry showers across northern england, northern ireland, and parts of wales, but sunshine in between those and a blustery wind. strongest of the winds in scotland transfer eastwards through the day. winds always lighter further south and once you've got rid

plus, congressman michael mccaul also on that trip, ranking member of the house foreign affairs committeeong with green beret and house armed services committee member florida congressman michael waltz on whether america and other nato members will be further engulfed into this war in europe. carb patel, former chief -- kash patel on the intelligence behind putin's goal of recreating the soviet union. plus, wisconsin senator ron johnson on the china angle and where the crp is throwing -- ccp is throwing its support. all that right now on "sunday morning futures." ♪ maria: and first this morning, rising up and fighting back. the very latest from ukraine where courageous ukrainian soldiers are defending the capital city of kyiv, holding on to the capital even as russian forces inch closer to ukrainian president zelenskyy's doorstep. many advisers saying putin was not expecting this tough resistance from ukraine as international aid pours in including germany saying over the weekend it will, in fact, deliver anti-tank and stinger mistills -- missiles to ukraine and raise its defense spending

you heard michael mccaul there.ur hands on some talking points. >> it's a fascinating document that the republicans were circulating after the fact. they were trying to point out in the past they condemned the violence of the capitol. they were arguing the resolution should have said they were singling out those involved unrelated to the violence in the capitol. it didn't say that. that's not what the resolution said. it say january 6th constituted legitimate political discourse. i've heard from fundraisers and elected officials. people are upset to the see the rnc on record like this. rnc officials thought it would be a good day for them. they thought this could relieve some of the pressure they felt to denounce congressman kinzinger and congresswoman cheney. it actually has done the opposite. it exposed the fissures in the party and puts the rnc on record like this despite what they're saying after the fact. the resolution stands. it is what was approved fon friday. >> jane, the republicans have strong prospects f

texas congressman michael mccaul. retired marine bomb technician joey jones and peter doocy live at the white house where president biden is expected to speak soon. first fox news is on the ground in kyiv. trey yengst reporting. >> harris, good morning. at this hour russian forces continue their air and ground campaign against ukraine. the ukrainian interior minister says that russian troops have now crossed the border from belarus into northern ukraine and are currently battling his troops in the chernobyl zone, a key zone. if they're able to move forward from there they can continue marching onto the capital of kyiv. one other area of focus right now that the ukrainian defense forces are looking at has to do with a small airport just outside the capital of kyiv. about 15 miles from here and it was reportedly taken over by russian forces this afternoon when they used attack helicopters to hit this military facility. there is a concern now that if they retain control of this airport they will be able to fly in more ar

ranking member of the house armed services committee michael mccaul is in focus. trey yengst live in ukraine's capital. >> good morning. what russia says and what russia does are often two very different things. we did appear to get some promising news today from russian president putin who indicated he is open to further conversations with the united states and nato as a whole and he really confirmed what we heard earlier today from the russian defense minister. there are some russian troops, units close to the border with ukraine that will be moving back to their home bases. the united states and the ukrainians will want to confirm that information using satellite images and ukraine's foreign minister said we have seen this before and he wanted to really ease some of the momentum that the international community picked up this morning saying he will believe it when he sees it. meanwhile ukraine's president stell zell has declared a national day of unity trom trying to bolster support from the ukrainian people and keep the spirits of his troops very high. they do

this is congressman michael mccaul on that call. he joins us in moments. first, lucas tomlinson covering this live from the ground in kiev. lucas, good afternoon to you. what are you learning from where you are? >> what we're learning is a major disconnect between what the officials are saying here in kiev, the capitol of ukraine and in washington. you heard from president zelensky, the president of the ukraine who is saying that this attack will come wednesday. he's calls on ukrainians to have a day of unity. he's calling for the people to meet in the square to celebrate the spirit. we just heard from john kirby that says as you mentioned, russian forces are arraying in a tactical formation. they're not bunched together. they're about to invade this country and could strike with will to no warning. we also heard from john kirby that president biden is has told lloyd austin to go to brussels to meet with nato countries that border here. we're hearing that russia added more forces. we heard from russia's top diplomat saying talks will continue, that, you kn

we will be hearing more from the pentagon and just a momentary left brain texas congressman michael mccaulp republican on the foreign affairs committee. good happy with us a congressman. i am fascinated by that video latimer just moments ago. he's basically saying that the leadership in ukraine is full of drug addicts and neo-nazis peered he's asking the ukrainian military, which really has is jennifer saying, been quite resilient at least in these first 48 hours to turn and to support him. >> you know, this is part of his disinformation campaign to persuade his own people that what he is doing is righteous. he has protesters now in his own country. i would argue that prudent himself is behaving like a. he is just like hitler was when he invaded poland. the idea that he is going to call ukrainians, is really just demented. is the word pair the resistance movements, i must say. he wants to control the black sea. martha, a lot of this is about controlling energy. >> martha: absolutely. what about the zielinski biden phone call that took place a short time ago pair they've had a lot of conver

my guest is us congressman michael mccaul, an influential republican voice on foreign affairs, with the

we're going to open the program today with a statement from congressman michael mccaul. he has represented the 10th district of texas since 2005, and he currently serves as the ranking member of the house foreign affairs committee. >> right now the cce poses the greatest threat to the united statesof america and our allies . their brutal oppression and the looming threat they pose to taiwan. there covid-19 cover-up that turned what could have been a local epidemic into a global pandemic killing more than 6 million people worldwide or the genocide they are committing as i speak against ethnic and religious minorities. the ccp is committing some of the most horrific crimes against humanity. they are an enemy of freedom and democracy. the olympics were supposed to be the most for tedious sporting event in the world but the olympics committee has stained their reputation by turning a blind eye to these atrocities and handing the ccc p the honor of hosting the winter olympics. the world must wake up to the horrors of the ccp's human rights abuses. as we speak over 1 million p

>> it's around ukraine right now as we speak on abc's this week, texas republican congressman michael mccaul stress the administration can't keep waiting for president putin to act. the deterrence has not been there and return says key mccall said lawmakers should be ready to introduce a bipartisan package this week that would supply more legal aid to ukraine. >> impose devastating sanctions on russia. not only would have an impact on the overall russian economy. we have a direct impact on president putin on cbs's face the nation. treasury deputy secretary wally adeyemo said the u.s. and europe are working together to cut off russia from key technologies and trade. >> and made clear the consequences would extend to the controversial russia to germany, gas pipeline if russia were to invade ukraine, nord stream 2 would never go online. >> and president biden is set to meet with german chancellor schultz at the white house on monday. his government has yet to spell out which sanctions that would support against russia. in washington. i'm jessi tenure. >> it's now time to talk about our forecast

today, i come along with the ranking member malliotakis, representative reg remix, michael mccaul, request the gao to resume these assessments. these requests include barriers to recruitment, hiring and retention, the state department's efforts to improve u.s. representation, and of the u.s. efforts to fund junior officers at the united nations across the range of u.s. agencies that participate. the united states efforts on this has at times been strong, and at other times week. i'm encouraged by the biden administration's efforts to contest elections and international levels, but the only way to be succeed, is to be consistent. a gao report is an important counterpart to the state department's own reporting on their efforts and will ensure this effort will continue to be on congress's agenda in the coming years so we can work with the administration to advance our values and priorities through these international bodies. i hope this hearing is the first of many where the committee can hear from the bureau of international organizations on your work, priorities, and continue to conduct ove

>> it's around ukraine right now as we speak on abc's this week, texas republican congressman michael mccaul stressed the administration can't keep waiting for president putin to act. the deterrence has not been there and return says key mccall said lawmakers should be ready to introduce a bipartisan package this week that would supply more legal aid to ukraine. >> impose devastating sanctions on russia. not only would have an impact on the overall russian economy. we have a direct impact on president putin on cbs's face the nation. treasury deputy secretary wally adeyemo said the u.s. and europe are working together to cut off russia from key technologies and trade. >> and made clear the consequences would extend to the controversial russia to germany, gas pipeline if russia were to invade ukraine, nord stream 2 would never go online. >> and president biden is set to meet with german chancellor schultz at the white house on monday. his government has yet to spell out which sanctions that would support against russia. in washington. i'm jessi tenure. >> well, the time now let's talk about ou

joining us now, the top republican on the house foreign affairs committee congressman michael mccaulrst case scenario here for americans if russia invades, which certainly looks possible? >> well, i think several. i think gas prices would go up. i think nato will be weakened but let's not forget the reason why putin wants to invade ukraine if the first place. the legacy, it is the bread basket of russia but he wants to control energy out of the black sea and i think the biggest mistake this administration made was waiving our congressional sanctions on the nord stream two pipeline allowing him to complete the pipeline into europe making them more dependent on russian energy than the united states. then shutting down keystone in the united states. this whole movement against energy production in the united states, i think it has hurt us in being an energy independent nation and projecting that. so, it is really intertwined and i think that the comments are correct, this is about world domination, on the energy front and putin wants to be a dominator. >> he certainly does. secretary bl

event held by the heritage foundation on monday, house foreign affairs committee ranking member michael mccaulpoke about china's human rights abuses and the u.s. diplomatic boycott of the olympic games. here's what he had to say. [video clip] >> the olympics are supposed to be the most prestigious sporting event in the world, but the international olympic committee has stained the reputation by turning a blind eye to these atrocities and handing the ccp the honor of hosting the 2022 winter olympics. the world must wake up to the horrors of the human rights abuses. as we speak over one million people in shin john province are held in camps, forced abortions, sterilization and even death. the ioc allowing what i am calling the genocide of the games is a stain on the olympics and i am disturbed these games will take place in the shadow of concentration camps. glorifying the ccp and normalizing their genocide is simply unacceptable and putting u.s. olympians in jeopardy as they travel to china is unacceptable. american athletes who have ever spoken out against the ccp or spoken out in the country

i spoke with the ranking member on the house foreign affairs committee yesterday, congressman michael mccaulhe said. >> i'm glad they're doing the swift sanctions and sanctioning putin himself. but the big exemption that's carved out, maria, is energy. this is putin's biggest source of income, revenue coming into russia. 40%, europe is 40% tied to it. we're importing russian energy in the united states after our president shut down keystone, made us not energy independent anymore; rather, now didn't on russia and then putting putin's pipeline into europe making europe dependent on russian energy it's such a huge foreign policy and security failure. i would say unleash the arsenal of sanctions, now's the time, don't wait any longer. maria: well, daniel, i mean, the calls on president biden to reverse his decision on xl pipeline and drilling on federal land, they are getting louder. your thoughts on why the u.s. is importing oil from russia. >> well, again, i think those calls will be loud, and there will be a debate between democrats and republicans. it was before this war a debate between de

event held by the heritage foundation on monday, house foreign affairs committee ranking member michael mccaulpoke about china's human rights abuses and the u.s. diplomatic boycott of the olympic games. here's what he had to say. [video clip] >> the olympics are supposed to be the most prestigious sporting event in the world, but the international olympic committee has stained the reputation by turning a blind eye to these atrocities and handing the ccp the honor of hosting the 2022 winter olympics. the world must wake up to the horrors of the human rights abuses. as we speak over one million people in shin john province are held in camps, forced abortions, sterilization and even death. the ioc allowing what i am calling the genocide of the games is a stain on the olympics and i am disturbed these games will take place in the shadow of concentration camps. glorifying the ccp and normalizing their genocide is simply unacceptable and putting u.s. olympians in jeopardy as they travel to china is unacceptable. american athletes who have ever spoken out against the ccp or spoken out in the country

leadership this morning who has been briefed in terms of confidential information, kevin mccarthy, michael mccaul> i know you will, maria get the answers to some of those. for all of the years we spent debating about the importance of energy independence and its impact on national security, it seems boring for years almost. or, i iranian nuclear ambitions and what we can do to keep those from being fulfilled. your receipt north korea saber rattling. now we see the price of not being energy independent for now see the pricing going toe to toe with a nuclear power. and it becomes all of the set a not boring in a short amount of time. maria, you said we will hear a response from the free world. know you're going to be asked that question today. what you think the answer is? what will be the response of the world to this threat? >> the first response from joe biden must be to open up the >> of the united states and allow the u.s. to once again become independent in terms of energy and not rely on individuals like vladimir putin and the saudi's as well. this is becoming a more dangerous. i think given

was really chilling, a michael on really to listen to present by and when he explained how of western leaders including german chancellor schultz and french president manuel mccaul hall, they found, followed their diplomatic efforts traveling in and out of the kremlin in order to get to a diplomatic solution, while at the same time, president putin was already decided preparing for war. and now the key take away, of course, is that the notion that diplomacy would always prevail and deterrence, of course, at this failed, and this is what western leaders are coming to terms with right now. it failed, at least with vladimir putin and the russian president at this point in time. and we might look back at the stay seeing it as a watershed moment for the international order, of course. and so under these circumstances present by may clear that he will not meet with putin so that certainly a really difficult time in russian u. s. relations. on the contrary, both countries also have expelled their deputy ambassadors. and so the situation here in diplomacy between russia and the u. s. will certainly not improve before russia stops his attacks w's, oliver salad in washing

was really chilling, a michael on really to listen to present by and when he explained how of western leaders including german chancellor schultz and french president manuel mccaul hall, they found, followed their diplomatic efforts traveling in and out of the kremlin in order to get to a diplomatic solution, while at the same time, president putin was already decided preparing for war. and now the key take away, of course, is that the notion that diplomacy would always prevail and determines, of course, at this failed. and this is what western leaders are coming to terms with right now . it failed, at least with vladimir putin and the russian president at this point in time. and we might look back at the stay seeing it as a watershed moment for the international order. of course, and so on, of these circumstances present by may clear that he will not meet with putin. so that's certainly a really difficult time in russian u. s. relations. on the contrary, both countries also have expelled their deputy ambassadors. and so the situation here in diplomacy between russia and the u. s. will certainly not improve before russia stops his attacks. d w's, oliver salad in