roger wicker, sitting u.s. senator. nobody laughed at roger wicker. this is so crazy that no one seems aware of how crazy it is. they're all just sitting back and listening to victoria nuland tell them what we need to do. how much has this penetrated the psyche of washington d.c.? here's a sad piece of tape, this is joni ernst. nice republican, sort of reasonable on most things from the midwest now sounded like a war monger. sounded like adam schiff when she talks about vladimir putin. >> he needs to say to vladimir putin that we are no longer going to allow you to continue with the nord stream 2 pipeline. we need you to know and understand that we will defend ukraine, we will provide them assistance. he needs to make that very clear. >> tucker: putin is so bad we're going to cut off natural gas to western europe in retaliation against him in december. we're going to freeze germany and luxembourg and that will teach vladimir putin. again, what you just saw there is a child who has no idea what she's talking about but keeps talking anyway. we will defe

, america deserves better than roger wicker it's to say.ss world with a repeat facts to one another. both parties the same stupid talking point do they know how reality this is? >> unfortunately, it doesn't appear to be the case, and this is just points to their ineptness, their lack of capability to really clearly see what the consequences are of their rhetoric. of what -- actions, and this isn't just there are consequences to leaders in our country, influential people in our country to throwing things out like a first use nuclear attack is on the table. this directly undermines our national security. it directly puts the americanti people and our country and the world at risk, tucker. and what are we trying to accomplish here? because that would be the result. >> tucker: this is much longer conversation but in a minute, why eastern ukraine? i mean, you could think of lots of parts of the world that are critical to our national interest. the shipping lanes in the south china sea or lots of things you could argue we have to defend this, but

mississippi republican senator roger wicker may need to use nuclear weapons in the war for eastern ukraine rule out american troops on the ground. we don't -- you know, we don't rule out first use nuclear action. we don't think it will happen but there are certain things in negotiations if you are going to be tough that you don't take off the table. >> tucker: first use nuclear weapons, troops on the ground over eastern ukraine. is the fate of eastern ukraine tied to some heretofore unknown core american interest that we are somehow not aware of. is that in the constitution? tulsi gabbard has thought a lot about this. former congresswoman from hawaii currently lieutenant colonel in the army reserves. thanks for coming on. does what's happening in eastern ukraine, whatever you think of it, constitute a core american interest, do you believe? >> no. look at what senator wicker is saying. i want to go back to that for a second here. anyone who would propose or even consider what he is saying as an option must be insane, a sociopath or a sadist. let's understand here let's go and launch a nucl

for more i'm joined by republican senator roger wicker and senior member of the senate armed services committee. thanks for your time. as we await more details about this call, what do you hope comes from this virtual meeting? >> i certainly hope that the president approached this with a message of strength and resolve. there's no excuse for the president doing this. there's no pretext he can offer as an excuse amassing some 90,000 or perhaps over 100,000 russian troops on the ukranian border, so i hope the president didn't rule out anything. i hope he didn't rule out a military response frankly from the united states, but i hope he also made it very, very clear that-ins not a good way to get concessions from the west and from the united states of america and the best thing that he can do is withdraw his troops and if he wants to talk about further economic engagement we'll have that conversation but we're not going to make concessions. while 90,000 troops are on the border of a country that president putin has already invaded once. >> you said he hoped he didn't rule out a potential

to republican senator roger wicker who serves on the armed services committee. senator, we don't know a lot of what transpired in that phone call. we do know that vladimir putin still has the 100,000 plus russian troops on the border. do you think he will hold off? >> i hope he does. two schools of thought on this. one is that it's a ruse, he doesn't have any intention of going in instead of using it as a bargaining chip. a lot of other people think that an invasion could take place and could take place within weeks. i'll just say this. vladimir putin has surprised the west twice. once in 2008 in georgia invading a sovereign nation and then in 2014 with ukraine. he could surprise us again. i hope although there was no finger wagging in the conversation from the president today, i hope there was a show of resolve that we think this would be a game changer for free europe and it's something that the united states and our allies cannot tolerate. >> neil: senator, some of your republican colleagues think we should have troops in the region. they didn't delineate how

i'm proud of our state, mississippi republican senators cindy hyde smith and roger wicker say the roe v wade decision is outdated medical advancements. we know now. that a week unborn baby has fully developed heart and facial structures. it's as high sixes it can get. but pro-choice supporters argue that restricting access to abortion care for millions of women is dangerous. people and not sit down. just laura writes it taken away from us. >> and oral arguments are set to begin at 10:00am ruling isn't expected to come down until june of next year. for now live in washington. anna wiernicki, back to you. thank you for that report this morning. anna. >> we'll be right back after the break. >> well, cnn has suspended anchor chris cuomo indefinitely this afternoon. details emerged about the alleged role he played in defense of his brother, former new york governor andrew cuomo resigned amid accusations of misconduct. cuomo told investigators he was in regular contact with his brother and collaborated on a response after the allegations were made. cnn says court documents indicate a greate

do you see it as part of cold war 2 that we should have where these one us politicians are to roger wicker, 2nd, eyes ranking republican on the armed services committee and congress saying that we mustn't rule out the 1st use, a 1st use nuclear strike on russia. and obviously britain is a nuclear power as well to left to nuclear power versus moscow. well engage. this is just that sort of our crazy talk is just a sigh kind of just how weird and how dangerous the 2nd cold war is. because i don't think you'd have had many people talking, in fact, loose and wild manner in cold war one, which was a more disciplined conflict. a more cry, a more straightforward one, communism versus capitalism. 2 blocks it power to power blocks. it seemed to be so much simpler, almost naive in those days. the 2nd cold war. you're absolutely right that, you know, defenders of nato enlargement will argue that it's benign and that it, nothing. there's nothing for russia to be concerned about. now, you know, i've always sat suggested that it is that a valid argument is absolutely no reason why nato could not have enl

. >> there is mississippi republican roger wicker who before even biden signed the bill independent restsves have won 28.6 billion dollars worth of targeted relief. despite voting against the bill. in june rhonda santa signs florida's largest budget ever saying quote, and this is very rich, part of the reason we're here is because we've had good stewards in the legislator who span conservatively and responsibly. but also the fact that florida has schools, open businesses, open and people have the right to work. he declined to mention the bill was boosted with ten billion dollars in federal covid money. last month arizona's republican governor doug doocy announced he was investing 100 million dollars to expand a high speed broadband in the state. if you read into just the second paragraph of the press relief, you hear the core funding comes from the american rescue plan act. the best one yet, you really have to give it to him, it came this week from republican governor of ohio marked a one. while democrats work to defund the police, we're investing 250 million and our law enforcement and f

. >> there's mississippi republican senator roger wicker who, quote, independent restaurant operatorsdespite voting against the bill. ron desantis signed florida's largest budget ever, and this is very reach, part of the reason we're here is because we've had good stewarts in the legislature who have spent conservatively and responsibly and florida has schools open, business open and people having the right to work. he declined to mention the bill was boosted with $10.2 billion in federal covid relief money. last month, arizona's republican governor doug ducey announced he was investing on to expand high-speed broadband in the speed. if you read into the second press release, you'd read, quote, funding comes from the act. >> the best one yet, you have to give it to him, it came from mike dewine. look at this tweet, while democrats work to defund the police, we're investing $250 million in our law enforcement and first responders. the point he reiterated during a press conference. >> this is clearly not the time to defund the police. this is time to fund the police and to fund them in

however, what critics are saying when it comes to biden and this isn't just roger wicker who's of courselican come about you having tim kaine the democratic senator saying when you take any kind of armed effort and troop movement off the table, then what are we talking about here, it doesn't really speak to the power that we might have. again, we are trying to avoid a hot war, but strategically ukraine truly is important. howard: molly, this is a national view jim garrity what he called a word of praise for president biden. tucker carlson as we just heard it said some conservatives here and elsewhere are trying to push biden into a senseless war with russia. when you say some people have not thought it through do you think they really want this military action or is it just sort of television bluster? >> does seem we in this country have had a portion of our foreign policy establishment that seeks intervention and when we get out of one conflict they are looking for another. they should think through the consequences. one of the problems we had in the previous intervention is we didn't t

member for being such a close partner in this work, as well as chair woman and ranking member roger wicker and all the members of the committee for being so engaged on this topic. as a note to start, i understand we have a hard-stop at 5 so i'll be strict on the 5 minute time limit. i know everybody thinks of me as a very nice guy, but i'll be ruthless, at least attemptish to be ruthless, as best as any senator can be in this series of hearings, you've heard evidence of the dangers of big tech to children's health, well being and futurers. our nation is in the midst of a teen mental health crisis. social media didn't create it but certainly fanned the flames and fueled it and if anybody has doubts about the potential harmful effects of social media, surgeon general yesterday issued a powerful report about the implications of social media as well as video gaming and other technologies on teen mental health and that's part of the reason we're here. social media and big tech actually fans those flames with addictive product sophisticated algorithms that can exploit and profit from children's

whip, john barak of wyoming, and others included senator shelley moore capito of west virginia, roger wickerf mississippi, susan collins, thom tillis, lisa murkowski, joni ernst, and mitt romney. it includes rob portman, richard burr, roy blunt, who provided the rest of the votes. the deal also included a way to avoid medicare cuts, sweetening the deal for republicans to join in with democrats on this. your top news story of the week. that is our conversation this first hour. gordon, republican, good morning. caller: yes, thanks for taking my call. i am in support of the bankruptcy bill that has more republicans than democrats since the premarket check, but before i do, you probably remember me calling and before, the national director of contracts for american platoon. so marco rubio and rick scott know me by name. the point i am trying to make his rick scott keeps talking about cutting stuff that he is not using tax dollars to make guaranteed loans, and the liberals talk about loan limits, and both our failures because bankruptcies operate for the market check and it is an economic second