pentagon spokesman john kirby gave an emotional assessment to the russian leader for his in the words of putin's rhetorician, it contradicts his real actions, because the president of the aggressor country claims to protect russian national interests, but in fact his soldiers destroy innocents by shooting them in the back of the head people with their hands tied, it's hard to look at some images and imagine that any serious mature leader who thinks well would do this, i ca n't talk about his psychology, but i think we can all talk about his immorality, it's not about nazism in ukraine and it is not about the protection of russians in ukraine and it is not about the protection of russian national interests when none of them were threatened ukraine should not be allowed to participate in the g20 summit this year, the white house privately informed indonesia that accepts this measure, despite the fact that the day before putin already accepted the invitation, according to the spokeswoman of the white house, jane psaki, washington understands that the invitation to russia was sent only be

there's the pentagon program, state department a program to help arm ukraine, and then the pentagon budget these companies the pentagon arguing ukraine is the reason to push it to record levels, $100 billion more than at the peak of the cold war. so between the arms of ukraine, the pentagon being jacked up far beyond what is needed even to address the ukraine crisis, these companies -- the top five get $150 bilon a year. that is going to go up and up. this is unfortunate for the world but -- [indiscernible] juan: you talked about 2020, lucky received a $75 billion -- lucky received $75 billion, more than the entire state department budget. so much for the emphasis of the biden administration on diplomacy, isn't it? >> exactly. it is so stunning one company gets more contracts from the pentagon and the state department, especially for new administration [inaudible] the assessor policies [inaudible] a sense of how our budget is still skewed toward the militarized foreign policy at a time when i think diplomacy is more rigid than ever. amy: raytheon ceo defended how the ukraine war has booste

what is the name of the pentagon's american military department?rstly, the pentagon has already supplied ukraine with a sufficient number of barrage rounds, which will enable zelensky to continue to fight. this is what is called confirmation of putin's words that the americans will fight to the end to the very, very last ukrainian. well, further is not at all conceivable kirby just said that the pentagon make it their task to achieve the victory of ukraine in the war with russia and restore territorial integrity, but zelensky will have to achieve the tasks set for the pentagon on his own. how else to deal with it ? as there is no outrage to fulfill the task of the pentagon, now they are given the task of achieving their goals will be ukrainian blood, which is poured on this, the americans do not care. we understood this and the suffering of europeans europeans, of course, are in some shock from the fact that it is a little expensive from the fact that inflation. oh, in some places it is already 16%, and we are a consumer society. how is it, but the

however, the fact that they were financed by the pentagon and the pentagon. ready involved in them and the fact that we have victoria newland us under secretary of state, testifying on the floor of congress and a congressional investigation. irrational hearing now that she was worried about russia getting its hands on them. when asked in response to a question, asked about whether or not ukraine had biological weapons indicates that there could have been some military purpose. there. russia has quite a bit of information they said that goes against this narrative. we're hearing from the usa that these were harmless, meaningless, non military, biological research facilities. so it's quite a serious matter. now it's important to keep in mind that for a long time the united states mainstream media would not highlight and refuse to even discuss hunter by the laptop when under by the laptop 1st surfaced during the lead up to the 2020 presidential election. us media band, any discussion of the story on facebook and twitter would not allow the story from the new yor

such secrecy is another bulgarian reason to think about the true goals of the pentagon in ukraine.ournalist. green gaitanzhieva. she presented her investigation on the us biological laboratories, according to her data, about 4.5 people participated in the research thousand. ukrainian soldiers and about a thousand georgian , moreover, the governments of ukraine and georgia pledged not to bring charges against the american side. in the event of their death or harm to health, according to the journalist, she had at her disposal an agreement between the pentagon and the ministry of health of ukraine. according to the document, the ukrainian side is obliged to provide the united states with the results of its experiments with pathogen samples around the world, such laboratories operate in 25 countries. they are working on behalf of the pentagon and they are a real threat. for all of us, according to the russian ministry of defense, with the activities of the laboratory in georgia associated with the outbreak of the african plague in 2007. the only question is that the virus accidentally

howitzers will be sent to them by tractors , while the pentagon claims that the united states has fullyquipped five ukrainian battalions with new howitzers in 2 weeks, moreover, according to washington fosna. at the moment, he is able to send. there are more tanks than russia on the territory of ukraine thanks to european supplies of soviet t-72 tanks, and now ukrainians will also be armed specially designed. for all intents and purposes , kamikaze drones are called ghost phoenixes, and in addition to explosives, they will also have special video cameras with the help of powerful optics. further attention, the publication in the washington post reports that in this way the ukrainians will not only destroy russian equipment, they will record the destruction, which will raise the ukrainians, finally, fighting spirit, look. thanks to the average package of american military aid for ukraine, drones were included, which the us air force specially developed for ukrainians, if take a look at the list of weapons for ukraine that was presented by the white house and the pentagon, it becomes more

even the pentagon is not buying it in the pentagon is not citing with the story, but all the international outlet, those formerly or supposedly sober thinking general, is our own running away the story of boucher a butcher. and, you know, you need to understand the ukrainian sort of p, our mentality to understand that such, coincidence is not coincidental. you know, buttery and butcher. i think there were a couple of bride p r minds. we decided that, you know, this is a great headline for the westerners to swallow and you know, inter term that calculation, i think, proved accurate just in terms of the reaction from, at the information that's being sent from ukraine. because that's what it is. because people in the west can't make up their own independent minds and what are the points of you being but taking on here, you've got the president going on a drive to virtually every major country in the world going on prime time television, going to congress going to parliament and getting an uncontested questioning about what he's actually, what is happening. so in is that the p r drive that's g

where the pentagon believes its headed. and tonight, the new russian general now in command already known as the butcher of syria. and news tonight on the staggering death toll in mariupol. the devastating new images from above. the mayor now saying well more than 10,000 civilians killed. what president zelenskyy is saying. and our james longman on what he found in the doorway of a school outside kyiv. the possible russian trap. our team inside ukraine again tonight. >>> back here at home tonight, new covid cases now on the rise in at least 24 states. philadelphia tonight with that mask mandate reinstated what authorities are seeing in halfcountry now. also tonight, news on house speaker nancy pelosi late today, and on president biden. his latest test. amid these new covid concerns with so many lawmakers testing positive in washington. >>> meanwhile, the president cracking down on so-called ghost guns. >>> tornado watches across several states tonight from texas to the midwest. then the system moving across the country, as

the pentagon previously said that us troops in europe might have to help ukrainians use weapons systems troops actually train them? are there any specific pieces of equipment on this list that our troops can help with, we do expect some additional training for the ukrainians, we're still working on how to do that. how many us troops will be involved, where will the training take place? how long will this be depend on the circumstances, but we are confident that we can properly train the ukrainians to use some of these systems very, very quickly. these are not very complex systems. from the very beginning of the conflict, there was concern about the escalation of the us intervention. if now there is any fear that this american preparation will provoke any escalation or may be so interpreted by the russians from the very beginning they committed themselves. even dead invasions help ukraine defend itself. these are the possibilities which the ukrainians themselves asked for, which they need. now when the search is concentrated in the east of the country. how to interpret it? you can ask mr

as it turns out, the pentagon funded dangerous biological experiments outside the us in in particularukraine, details were found out by nikita baskets. what can an american biological laboratory and a ukrainian metallurgical plant have in common, the address of mariupol azovstal is so desperately defended that there were suspicions that press secretary dmitry peskov, far from metal rolling, even stated there was no information about such a connection. well, soon we will find out everything. in the name of the biological program of the pentagon in ukraine, it is so extensive that nothing is surprising anymore, even such assumptions shared by the legendary chemist creator of the nerve palsy, a novice and highly informed scientist. leonid ring. the most difficult thing for them was to find human materials for these experiments. and that's why we are suspicious of you , and uh-huh got up yes, mariupol, witnesses say that thousands of people were taken there, and what happened to them, in principle, nobody knows and it was done. you see next to our borders, 50 years old. the convention on

the pentagon says that despite the pentagon devastation the, ukrainians are still fighting and it istill contested. ukrainian fighters have been pushed back to a steel factory in that port city, but they are trying to make a last stand. the latest round of defense assistance to your brain is being shipped. some of it has already begun to arrive ahead of this new phase of the war. >> now the war has changed because now the russians have prioritized that area, and that is a whole different area of fighting. >> and pentagon spokesman john kirby says that his wife our artillery is now being sent. because he says that long-range fire is needed in that eastern part of your crane, based on the terrain and in the conditions on the ground. here at the white house, president biden earlier today, held a call with other western allies and they discussed the need for additional security assistance to ukraine. and additional sanctions. the white house says another round could be announced, as early as this week. >> and the president is in agreement, and ugly, what did he say about sending addition

here, as it turns out, the pentagon financed dangerous biological experiments outside the united statesarticular in ukraine. peskov even stated that there is no information about such a connection, but we will soon find out everything. in the name of the pentagon's biological program on ukraine is so vast that nothing is surprising anymore, even such assumptions shared by the legendary chemist, the creator of a nervous paralytic, a novice and a very informed scientist. leonid ring. the most difficult thing for them was to find human material for these experiments. and that's why we are suspicious of you, and witnesses say that thousands of people were taken there, and what happened to them, in principle, no one knows and it was done. you see next to our borders, 50 years old. prohibition convention biological weapons oblige under no circumstances to acquire or stockpile them. it includes almost 200 countries of the ussr great britain the united states acted as guarantors, but in 2001 washington refused to undergo verification of how america is fulfilling this treaty. today it is known,

moments ago the pentagon said the u.s. is not sure what the loss will mean to the russian navy. >> the naval component has been limited to two things, one, cruise missile strikes inside ukraine and, two, replenishment of their efforts in the south. they've only conducted one amphibious landing and that was on an uncontested. it remains to be seen what the major impact will be. that said this is a cruiser. they only have three in this class. >> cnn's jake tapper joins us from ukraine's capital city, kyiv. jake, let's talk about this. it sounds like the ukrainians may be making some strides in fighting so that russian warship, the pentagon confirmed, it was damaged by a big explosion. ukraine, as you know, says they hit it with a missile -- we can hear the air raid sirens behind you. have you been able to learn -- i know that's just a ubiquitous sound there so we'll try to press on. have you been able to learn anything about this warship? >> reporter: well, we should say if this was the result of the ukrainians firing these

what does the pentagon want to achieve _ battle. the pentagon want to achieve by _ battle. what does the pentagon want to achieve by doing - battle. what does the pentagon want to achieve by doing this? i want to achieve by doing this? as kirby said, and want to degrade russia's military capability. they want to stop russia to have the capacity to engage in offensive operations so they are trying to, frankly, they are trying to bleed out russian ground troops, they are trying to cause the russians to waste their long—range missiles and artillery and stuff. there is a lot of good intelligence that says russia is basically running low on many, many things so they are trying to force their hand in that way so that when this thing is over with, russia is going to spend years trying to rebuild capacity. years trying to rebuild capacity-— years trying to rebuild caaci . «a, ., , years trying to rebuild caaci . ~ . ., ._ ,., capacity. ukrainian forces are caettin capacity. ukrainian forces are getting support _ capacity. ukrainian forces a

is playing military pants games in all pentagon headquarters games in 21.ition to the united states, including direct, if this one, if direct military contact happens after the thirtieth year, time is running out from america infinitely quickly . wait for direct contact from a nuclear power. well, nuclear-free confrontation, fleets and so on. well, including nuclear too now mainland china of course, america or the islands. uh, it's impossible to put it more precisely. and if the conflict starts.

soared in price by a third while businessmen warmed by the pentagon are rubbing their hands ordinaryknow how to catch up, rising prices in the country inflation, which has not been for 40 years, biden, blame it on whom whatever. just not yourself. there are two reasons, the first is covid and the second is the main cause of inflation. vladimir putin is no joke putin's invasion of ukraine has driven up fuel and food prices around the world. putin did it. well, that's funny. this is a false accusation. here is a graph that confirms the change in inflation since 2011, the spikes began in one year 2021, when joe byton took office they don’t believe in biden’s version not only republican, but even democratic media, the main thing is that voters don’t believe the president travels around the country with his economic theory, but half-empty halls along the roads along which the cortege travels are not particularly willing to listen, there are much more protesters, the ratings of the owner of the white house are getting worse and, of course, his strange behavior does not add points. the main

we will play for you what the pentagon is saying. and the other big headline we're following, airlines begin to roll back mask mandates after a federal judge ruled that the biden administration had overstepped its authority. we'll get reaction in the white house, when deputy press secretary craig meagher joins us for a live interview. >>> good morning. and welcome to "way too early." on this tuesday, april 19th. i'm jonathan lemire. officials in ukraine say russia has launched its anticipated offensive in the eastern donbas region. the ukrainian military says the new phase began when russian forces tried to break through its defenses along the entire front line, from kharkiv to the north, to donetsk in the south. but some military officials, both in ukraine, and in the west, say the ground is still being set. a ukrainian military official tells "the new york times" that the offensive will quote activate in the coming days. last week, the u.s. said russia wasn't quite ready to launch the new offensive, because of ongoing logistical pr

the pentagon and the third thing that the pentagon reports on this item russia does not see any problems with missiles and high-precision weapons for ukraine and raises the issue of depleting these weapons. in russia , the pentagon did not meaningfully write to them. but it's better not to discuss it. this is not an arrest officer, no one will discuss zelensky. you know, about eight or ten years ago. i remember the reaction of ukrainian society to any western statements. e politicians in relation to ukraine, remember this expression was e, the same interference in our internal affairs was said either by one side or the other side, but there was a reaction. for the last eight years, there has been no reaction at all. we have lived to see the time in ukraine, when the americans are annoyed by the interference of ukrainians in their internal affairs. that is, they do not really allow anything at all. to decide within the country to those politicians who were elected by the people. that is, they do not have such a right, even here he says, the main negotiator says, not we, let's go to negoti

phoenix gost we heard for the first time as they said in the pentagon these drones of the us air forceecially developed for ukrainians to use them in the east of ukraine, these drones. they look like switch drones, blues, which the united states is also sending a project to ukraine. at the same time, it is classified because the pentagon has not yet disclosed the technical characteristics, but apparently drones. phoenix. gost can strike both tanks and manpower, i repeat, the us air force developed these drones for the special military needs of ukrainians. i am pointing this out because this company that developed these drones for ukraine is a pentagon contractor and helps in particular to carry out covert operations. armaments that could be useful to them and came to the conclusion that phoenix tactical drones are just that what they need, especially in the east of ukraine , moreover, we will finalize these drones in order to adjust them as best as possible at the request of the ukrainians. i wo n't go into technical specifications, but these drones are designed for tactical operations

the answer has never been poor money or the pentagon. we need to buy smarter and i think we have slipped a bit in the past for years. i am going back may be 10 years. he had been buying things like the f-35, which can't fight. we have the main ballot tanks -- battle tanks, as the japanese lean -- javelin missiles -- we have aircraft carriers that have -- used to be the best symbol of american power. the chinese among others have built area denial weapons that prevent bringing our carriers within range of their ground targets. we have to really think a lot harder and more imaginatively. think you really have to understand why things have to be bought smarter and put together smarter in order to really have a defect -- effective the current -- deterrence. host: you say are nuclear and conventional deterrence are fading. our economy may already be in a cake -- and capable of sustaining bus -- us. what do you mean by that? guest: we have an ability to fight. he have a massive armed force, whether it is structured correctly or not but we have

in addition, in the pentagon, moreover, in the format of a presentation, declaring in the departmentkiev regime a new package of military assistance for 800 million dollars, which will include artillery, armored personnel carriers and helicopters, moreover, he called kiev and said that america was turning ukraine into a new afghanistan told zelensky personally. after that, zelensky began to threaten russia and said that russia could disappear from the world stage. that is, in addition to weapons, the americans sent him more. seals, well, the americans were generous not very much to the joff blakit army. they will send not their bradley apache black hawks bordered, released back in 1970 years of soviet weapons because of the stocks of the former afghan army, which last year valiantly fled and dispersed during the offensive of the taliban, however, as i am her patrons from washington now , helicopters, along with batches of american drones, shoved millions of dollars into ukraine to meet urgent ukrainian needs for battlefield, as russian forces shift the focus of their relentless aggre

have denied that the pentagon is linked to bio labs in the country. ah, ah. since 2018 under order number 928, issued by ukraine's ministry of health. international pharmaceutical companies have had access to the country's hospital patients as a testing ground, including children. special safety measures in the handling of hazardous microorganisms are very expensive. it's a lot cheaper and easier to conduct that kind of research in countries where lives are of low value to the usa. the west, of course, does not care about the lives or the conditions of the grain or the population. it is also been historically i'd by people like adolf hitler and the german world war 2 strategic plans for defeating russia. ukraine was rich with oil and it was always i'd as a natural resource area that could be utilized. most of the 3 was, would assume usually when we do it, we could do it and be a school special would have support. but then we need to list course that's what it is. but then, you know, you could take to prepare the person when you, when you, but don't let us go

cnn's other than lieberman is at the pentagon. is the assessment that russia fixed the early missteps? >> i would say the u.s. assessment is this is russian attempt to fix its early missteps which included large problems with logistics and sustainability. remember, if you look at the map here, in the north as they attempted to come toward kyiv, russian forces quickly outran their own supply lines. that forced them to halt their advance as well as the ukrainian resistance that they met at every point along that advance. so the russians, the u.s. have figured out the problems and now they're trying to solve some of them as they switch their offensive from around pretty much the entire country to focusing on southern and eastern ukraine. now, the u.s. says they are still having -- or rather the pentagon says they're still having many of the same issues in logistics and sustain shl. they're also having the same issues with morale. that's one of the hardest problems to solve in a critical issue when you're trying to move many forces on

so right now, in these minutes, the head of the pentagon in germany, austin, is holding what is called a review of the allies at the ramstein airbase today, representatives of more than 40 states have gathered to discuss issues of providing ukraine with even more, as stated, lethal weapons, the main task in the negotiations. as stated in the us general staff even the minister of defense of ukraine reznikov was invited to synchronize military assistance to kiev at the air base, but they probably could not refuse him after meeting with austin in the kiev bunker on the eve of reznikov . or maybe just, being under the impression of the strong hugs of the american colleague, he tearfully wrote a tweet. look, what we have with the wall is no longer something. there is a partnership what neither is real, brotherhood and maybe even look at love. an ordinary day at the rammstein airbase what is this day different from others by the fact that it will take place here, the likelihood of a historical event conference on ukraine of high-ranking politicians has appeared at the rammstein base before.

the pentagon where press secretary is holding >> sec. kirby: i think you saw this morning the secretary called his romanian counterpart to continue monitoring our assistance to the ukrainian people. both leaders shared a sense of urgency given what is going on in the eastern part of the country in both leaders commended allied efforts to provide humanitarian and security assistance to ukraine. mended romania for welcoming hundreds of thousands of ukrainian refugees and was able to get an update from the minister on the nato group in romania. i think we issued a redact of that call. the secretary also commended romania for welcoming hundreds of thousands of ukrainian refugees and was able to get an update from the minister on the nato group in romania. the secretaries meeting with the secretary of defense to discuss ways to deepen our cooperation under the u.s.-philippine alliance. both ministers will reiterate their commitment to supporting the security stability and prosperity of the indo pacific and ensuring the alliance remains capabl

the pentagon had also sheltered several german fascist. the removal of nancy criminals from the country was code named operation paperclip. it were thousands overall by one estimate as many as 10000. not just the scientist, the scientists total about $1600.00 or more. but there were also concentration camp guards from load of medium levels. there were even carboned dance at concentration camps or who in eastern europe. nazis really of all stripes, from scientists to spies who worked for the cia. ah, eric little blow, an american journalist and pulitzer prize winner wrote the nazis next door. a book revealing the harrowing story of how america became a safe haven for thousands of notes and criminals. i think a lot of this is, it was really a stain on the united states. it was a shameful period in which we allowed thousands and thousands of not see persecutors who we are just to feed it. we are just gone to war. we had lost just lost hundreds of thousands of men in battle and then allowed the them in despite their obvious ties to, to war cri

is the pentagon able to sustain this current flow of weapons for years? >> as they send in these weapons, they have certainly kept an eye, the pentagon that is, on u.s. stocks and inventories, making sure that in sending all this equipment over, they insist it does not affect u.s. military readiness. but they have been aware since this didn't end in the weeks or days the kremlin wanted, this could stretch on for months or longer. so that's something the u.s. is keeping an eye on in its own stocks and reserves of weaponry in europe and throughout. >> thanks to both of you. >>> coming up next, the pressure on poland, particularly on schools in poland, as that country struggles to make room for ukrainian refugees and kids. plus, the political fight for controlling congress and how that has democrats and republicans going to new lengths. stay with us. r whatchya... line? need. liberty biberty— cut. liberty..... arare we married to mutual? only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. libeberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ ♪ ♪ bonnie boon i'm calling you out. everybody be co

and of course, your leaking of the pentagon papers is a prime example of that. but today, we have an expansion, arise even of this information and it's hard to decipher what's true, what's not, what's fact, what's fiction? how important is it to have actual transparency when it comes to government actions and government decisions about war? i'm afraid that transparency and war are 2 words don't really go to each other. they don't exist together. in war time, the secrecy that the government carries on all the time about his own crimes and lies in misleading statements in bad predictions. reckless actions that secrecy is certainly legitimized in war because you have to keep it from an enemy. that's one of the senses in which i said at least, are indispensable, especially as a long term, once in a, in a cold war, we have to keep things from russians altogether. so you don't, you don't pick transparency. and when people do come out, there's 2 native it, they do get prosecutor, when it's coming out of the sick. part of it, which is very dismaying, is nothing much hap

pentagon press secretary john kirby joins me now.e, and lviv, and what do you think, you know, the strategy here is, is it to tell people after the sinking of the moskva that we're still here, we can hit you anywhere? >> it's difficult to know exactly what russian thinking is here with respect to their targeting, andrea, but clearly they hit targets over the weekend in lviv, and they also air strikes in kyiv itself as well. what we think they're doing is going after military or military-related targets. again, we don't have perfect visibility and we're trying to get an assessment of the damage done here to what, but we think they're specifically going after military or military related targets in these two. but by and large, andrea, over the course of the last couple of days, the most prevalent air strikes that they've conducted as well as artillery still is in the donbas, the eastern part of the country, and absolutely down near mariupol, in and around the city. >> and what is going on in mariupol, do we know anything more about how

the pentagon revealing the new military aid includes u.s. phoenix ghost drones, which were developed specifically for the ukrainian military. state department spokesperson ned price joins us here live this hour. and we're live in florida, where in just the past 90 minutes republicans have given final approval to a bill aimed to punish disney. gop lawmakers angry following the company's public stance against the state's so-called "don't say gay" law. what this bill would do and when we expect the governor to sign it. >>> plus, what congressional gop leaders were reportedly saying about donald trump in private following the january 6th attack. nbc news obtaining excerpts from a new book where mitch mcconnell and kevin mccarthy take swipes at the former president. and good afternoon. i'm garrett haake in washington in for hal-high jackson. and our nbc news team is here with me. we've got mike memoli traveling with the president in portland, oregon. ali arouzi is in ukraine. courtney kube's at her post at the pentagon. and we're also joined by f

how does the pentagon read that? >> this is, again, the pentagon -- the pentagon official i spoke with today characterized it as sabre rattling. putin did this in february as well, right at the beginning of the invasion. this is the kind of talk that really alarms the biden administration and the united states has taken pains over the last few weeks to de-escalate and respond very carefully every time russian officials and vladimir putin start rattling their nuclear sabres. when you ask this question, katy, you are getting again, at the essence of what has kept the united states and nato countries out of this war, and that is at the end of the day russia has nuclear arms. his nuclear arsenal is in many ways all that vladimir putin has left, given how bismolly his military has behaved. now with his nuclear arsenal, he's taking pains to make sure to remind the world that, you know, there's a reason why nobody wants to go to war with russia. it becomes a question of is this just talk or is he, you know, has he crossed a