army reserve, and unlike met romney, has been deployed.lsi gabbard is parroting false russian propaganda. her treasonous lies may well cost lives." treasonous lies have cost lives potentially. so you're betraying your country and committing murder. so what exactly did tulsi gabbard do? did she call for a violent overthrow the united states government? as she come out and pledged allegiance to putin? did she get a cyrillic tattoo on her neck? no. she didn't. if what she said is we have a problem, here's how we know. she cited publicly available information and said we should probably deal with that problem. mitt romney was a consultant, for god sakes, accusing someone who's been in the army for nearly two decades of treason. people didn't used to talk that way. treason is a death penalty offense. it's absurd on its face. but if you watch the video that got mitt romney to call a fellow american treasonous and suggest she was committing murder, it really makes your head spin. here's what tulsi gabbard actually said that made mitt romney accus

i've covered mitt romney for a lot of years. he is very focused on being -- on public decency, so to speak. i thought it interesting he said what he said about his colleagues. while he was gentle in his criticism, for mitt romney that's a pretty high level of offense. >> for those who don't speak romney, that is foul language. >> yes. exactly. >> that is a stern rebuke. >> he would not use the same words ben sasse because that would be swearing. he clearly was offended by what happened in the judiciary committee. i think it is entirely possible and just based on kind of reading the way he approached this with me that he will vote yes for ketanji brown jackson. i think it's possible he sticks with his party with mitch mcconnell and votes no. what i think is potentially at the center of this is civil rights and the advancement of african americans. the idea of voting against the first african american woman to be appointed to the supreme court might stand a little bit at odds with some of the things he takes the most pride in, par

somehow romney and liz cheney have no grasp whatsoever of any of this. that rhetoric has the feeling o coming out of a time warp. >> one of the things written about the fundraiser which sounds like a horror show said that romney had a chart in his senate office tracing 4,000 years of the rise and fall of civilization. from the mongol empire to the roman empire romney said hypocrisy is the chart default setting. like we don't already know that. this is western civilization fo dummies. we get it. obviously we talk about the model, too. it was kind of cheap times cheaper rhetoric. again, he is the authoritarian on covid. he voted to keep the federal mask mandate for children as young as 2. he voted against overturning th mask mandate on airplanes even though the measure passed the senate. he was on the side of the democrats. >> the remarkable thing is that both romney and liz cheney appear to be playing to a constituency on the other side of the aisle. romney is absolutely loathe in his own community. even among the latter day saints . i was at a conference

and samuel romney, um, if we could talk about the did the security aspect to this. so we mentioned on the top there the risk of a spill over if this ah escalates into something beyond ukraine's borders. if that does happen, poland is likely to be very much in the eye of that storm. well, i think that there's certainly a grave risk of an accidental le escalation that drags poland into of a broader sense of conflict. because even though russia claims that his pivoted is military operation towards focusing on the liberation of don bass as the calls it said moving towards easton, ukraine. we've seen a continuation of strikes in western new grand strikes on oil depots, communications towers, as 300 ab air defense systems and factory emissions. factories inside levine and even as well as looks than one of those strikes recently had between 10 kilometers the polish border. who was not a conceivable that could be an accidental strike that brings poland into it. they've already had an errand, missiles drag that hit a target ship on the 1st day of the war. so that kind of acc

madeleine albright who said she owed mitt romney and apology. the nacvetc with which the last two administrations approached the russians i think was something i never bought. i think russian behavior hasn't changed. the soviet union, it isn't the soviet union anymore, i don't know whether they call themselves communists or something else these days but consistently, there are problem. they've been a problem all along. we have to give vladimir putin credit for unifying nato like something i would never see. who would have expected the germans in a social democratic chancellor and the administration do a complete flip-flop on energy and on providing weapons toallies . who would have expected the thins and the swedes to say hey, maybe we ought to bein nato . the good thing that's come out of it is it reinforces the importance of nato which the previous president was skeptical about at various times and the reason for nato , it was margaret thatcher who said the purpose of nato is to keep the russians out, americans in and the germans down. i don't

mitt romney today said there is a sentiment that we are fearful about what putin might do and what he might consider escalation, it is time for him to be fearful of what we might do. why is it not a higher risk to wage? ms. psaki: to wait to what? >> not providing migs, you said that is a high risk. why is that a higher risk than not providing them? ms. psaki: what our assessment is based on is how to prevent a world war here, which is a significant weight that the intelligence community, the defense department, and the president of the united states weighs at every moment. host: your message to congress on the invasion in ukraine. cindy, your first up. caller: good morning. i really do not know what the answer is. i feel like we should have shown strength before this happened. and i feel like the horse is out of the barn now. i do think we have to be careful about the aid, because even my own kids, who do not really follow politics, not especially religious, they are really fearful, and my heart breaks for the younger generation. they are getting slammed here. they are losing hope fo

the kremlin was samuel romney. how do you see paula's role in this the, the longer this goes on? well, i see poland playing a increasingly decisive raul bulls in terms of bringing european countries together by a trilateral frameworks. i think the polish check republics lenient framework majority produced. a 10 point plan is one positive step. another is obviously the british polish ukrainian platform has also been created. that's another positive step. and given the fact that poland and britain are both vital got contributors to army ukraine, britain with the movement of n, l a. w is another anti tank weapons especially. and training po. busy acting using his borders as a conduit for it. those trilateral frameworks will be very important for polish ha, influence going forward in terms of policy that poll until we bring forward. there are several that i think that they'll be really trying to advance with particular vigor. one will probably be cutting the ab rushing banks off the remaining ones on from swift ads already support for that. inside the united states. we're seeing gym

and joining us from oxford in england, samuel romney an associate fellow at the royal united services institute. good to have your witness. so right. watching, if i could start with you since you are in war, so what, what, what's the mood in the country right now? what would be the significant roles that poland now finds itself in here? well, to start off with general, the bullish population has done a remarkable job in the government, in the hosting literally now millions. so we're seeing more people migrating or, or refugees all in all. and then we've seen refugee flows in this short span of time since world war 2. i think it's an important point. i, i, you mentioned a migrant on the bell rouge ordered. this is all part of the full operation that initiated last summer, that hybrid warfare attack against the bully order. those were migrants being used as against a stabilizing the border. and then also i military force are so that they can concentrate focus on their primary overall. generally the bulls are very, very ukrainian brothers, a see this existential prices for them, for ukra

you can watch the full interview with mitt romney starting today.rce" with kasie hunt streams on cnn plus and will always be available on demand. >>> we haven't been able to hear much from ukrainian soldiers fighting on the frontlines for obvious reasons. they are too busy trying to save their nation. working around the clock. which is why we thought it was really revealing to hear from one soldier from his hospital room. listen. >> we haven't had a chance to talk to many people who were on the frontlines fighting the russians. can you just tell us what it was like? >> translator: we were deployed into the direction of mariupol. we attacked the convoys of russian vehicles that we saw in the region of mariupol. for me as a veteran that took part in the battles of 2014, it was a bit easier compared to those who joined recently. but this war differs a lot. this time we are attacked not just by terrorists, but by russian army tanks. to be honest, it was difficult. among my so-called adventures was a defense of one village. my platoon and i were defended

was right in 2012 and on a salute albright who said showed mitt romney an apology. with which the last two administrations approached the russians i think, i think they were russian behavior has not changed. and the it is not the soviet union anymore and i don't know whether they call themselves communist or other things but he has not changed inconsistently probably have been a problem all a long and i want to get vladimir putin credit for being nato like nothing other obviously we never expected the germans in social democratic it chancellor administration do a complete flip-flop on energy and providing weapons to allies and it would've expected it them to say hey maybe we ought to be in nato. the good thing to come out of and it is brings out the importance of nato, the previous president was skeptical about it various times and the reason for nato, margaret thatcher said, the purpose of nato was to beat the russians out of the americas counted the thermostat well i don't think you keep them down anymore because looks to me like they're having an epiphany here as

moshe is disagreeing with mitt romney and tom cotton on the importance of these migs, y.t's pretty obvious why. escalation comes with risk and it's important to note that and actually weigh the benefits and the risks in any situation before you embark on it. >> as you said, this is journalism in 2022, there are n standards or ethics. a lot of their readers want the to lie to them or about their enemies as long as it advances the cause. the more interesting question a the fact that had you also pointed to, there is very littl debate over something this cataclysmic potentially in the u.s. congress. i haven't seen the two parties united in log steps to this extent since the days after 9/11 . i think that lockstep unity produced a lot of bad outcomes. it's generally a bad thing. we should be experiencing discomfort whenever they two parties are incomplete unity because it signifies not rational thought that has led t a common consensus, but i kind of moral coercion that politicians sense and feel like they need to embrace a narrativ about questioning it because as you know we

and joining us from oxford in england, samuel romney, an associate fellow at the royal united servicestitute. good to have you with us. ray, what is the mood in poland? the significant role that poland finds itself in. ray: to start off, in general the polish population has done a , remarkable job in the government in hosting literally millions. so we're seeing more people uh migrating or refugees falling into poland than we've seen refugee flows in this short span of time since world war ii. i think it's an important point to highlight you mentioned the migrants on the belarus border this is all part of the full , operation that putin initiated last summer. that hybrid warfare attack against the polish border, those were migrants being used as weapons against poland, destabilizing the border, and then also tying up the military force so that they can't concentrate and focus on their primary mission. but overall generally the polls -- poles are very positive about what they're able to do to help their ukrainian brothers, they see this existential crisis for them for ukraine as an exist

senator romney praised judge jackson after the meeting.i enjoyed our meeting. he won't announce his decision on judge jackson until the day of the vote next week. senator tuberville of alabama also complimented judge jackson, saying he believes she respects the constitution. joining us now, thankfully security wouldn't let him in the building so he is doing it from home, white house editor for "politico," sam stein. thanks for being here. you know, it has been a charm offensive from judge jackson and the white house officials, trooping up to the hill to try to win over republican senate votes. how would you grade chair chances of doing so, and which republicans, in particular, do you have your eyes on? >> well, their chances are slim, but if there are a few, it is going to be two of the four you spotlighted there. susan collins and mitt romney. the others seem likely out of play. lindsey graham at some point in time was considered a possible yes vote because he voted on her confirmation for a lower court. we also heard how the hearings wen

but i would honestly say to mitt romney, well, how do you feel about creating the next generation ofy right here in america? are you going to be on the side of doing that? or are you going to be on the side of the capping vladimir putin so that he can never do that again. i think that if we really have a coalition that doesn't include that small minority, if we have enough people from both sides of the aisle who truly want to and putin's power, we have the capability to do it. we have the ability to do it, we can build up that new energy here, we can export it to europe, we can subsidize. and i can imagine mitt romney saying, that is going to be too expensive we shouldn't subsidize something like that, but i'm telling you, it is way cheaper than a decades-long war in ukraine. it's way cheaper than the next war. it's way cheaper than the two wars that i've participated in in iraq and afghanistan, costing 6.4 trillion dollars. so what i would like to see is enough people like mitt romney and others coming together to actually take the steps to overcome vladimir putin and move beyond th

when it comes to members of congress, utah reporting on mitt romney, republican senator from utah. at a hearing talking about the message that the united states should be sending to russia when it comes to use objects there and the provision objects there . here's a portion from the hearing . >> i simply do not understand the logic. for not getting the mig's to the ukrainians immediately. there is no logic which has been provided to this committee or the nation for the lack of rhapsody in making this decision and getting them the mig's and if there are people in the administration that know the answer i would suggest we get the occasion to meet with them perhaps theclassified setting but we need to know the reason why those have not been transferred already . i believe there's a sentiment that we're fearful about what putin might do and what you might consider as an escalation. it's time for him to be fearful of what me and we might do. the only way to get putin to act in a way that may be able to save lives or ukrainians as if he fears us more than uwe fear him and the truth of th

mitt romney was on tv this morning did not really hard as well as others. this fevers going to break this is going to break by you having relationships with people in your community. by being open to get people out of the colts. an understanding we will be here first so be an agitator that leaders will follow. you are seeing all of these crowds out there, germany hasg already changed on a dime. i think that fever is going to break it. it's two steps forward and sometimes one and a half steps back. the agitators keep outep those. god bless thank you. [applause] >> just to make clear i did not support jump in 16 or 20 nor will i support him if he is a nominee. i don't think any of the republicans speaking at cpac certainly the whitee nationalit thing, whatever it is called they will never be president. donald trump is not going to be president again. now if he is a nominee than we are going to lose. no democrats need to understand if got a loser right now to pray that is not helping them. but i do think there's going to be a post a pandemic, post trump republ

it's not going to be losing cheney or mitt romney, they have no chance. make it through the primaries and rightly so. give us someone we haven't thought of like chris christie. [laughter] >> he is a fresh face, we are dying to see, i think the dark horse and i don't see him running. doug ducey from my beautiful home state, he's done a wonderful job and he's unassuming about it. that is my dark horse but i think it's the santos if he wanted. kennedy: what you think about that, richard? a lot of mobilization against ron desantis within the democrat party so does he have the best shot because he's public enemy number two right now? >> i think he has a good shot at winning the republican primary, it could be a problem for him. kennedy: opening schools and letting people freely associate -- >> or you have a problem about his redistricting map and we could talk about that and i'm sure we will have a lot. kennedy: what do i hear? talking points. kristin, who would you like to see run? >> ron desantis has the upsides of trump with none of the downsides, he's a fi

earlier today we sat down with republican senator mitt romney. he serves on the foreign relations committee, and we asked him about the war in ukraine. with the president speaking there on capitol hill tonight, are you worried that vladimir putin could try to upstage him and launch a deadly attack on ukraine's capital of kyiv? >> well, there's no way of predicting what kind of illogical things vladimir putin will do. his invasion of ukraine doesn't make a lot of sense. i think long term, you have to see that this is a very bad decision on his part. so i don't rule anything out. but i think it's more likely that we're going to be focused on our country and what president biden has to say about how we're going to rethink the commitments and the priorities we have in our country. >> o'donnell: is there anything that the u.s. can do to stop vladimir putin? >> well, vladimir putin has put himself on a course where the people who will stop him are the people of ukraine. we want to help them with additional elements, with food and supplies. that is gett

romney wants to want to go to person if you needed help. and doing anything romney was there. rene morgan wants answers and witnesses to come forward. i understand the whole street cold, but it doesn't mean a thing to me. my brother is more important than the street cold in a one on one interview, police chief laurent armstrong tells me the family of tajik cannot see her in the hospital because she's being detained as part of the investigation. she is a person that is involved in this crime that we want to have a chance to see what her role in this event was. chief armstrong tells me the shooting was the result of a dispute between tasha and another woman and men who have not yet been identified. they're wanted for questioning. what i can confirm is that there was an exchange of gunfire. i can say that we are trying to confirm who fired the weapon. and for what reason i'm upset because if she's in your custody, then y'all should give me the right to know what she didn't custody for. ecologist family, says the surveillance video it's upsetting to them because it shows her being

. >> i just reminded that it was the campaign song spec it was for mitt romney that there was the bestd it reminds me of summertime in wisconsin on the speedboat with my husband and flags flying on the back of my boat. i want to go back to my summer. i want to go back to wisconsin through the ghetto think of those things when i think of wisconsin. >> yes come to northern wisconsin the beautiful lakes in michigan as well. >> mitt romney ruins almost everything. [laughter] said that is the theme of the hour. [laughter] >> so how free are we truly today cracks because as many point out your ability to say what you are thinking is often a demonstration of how free you truly feel. now with canceled country and media that chooses to cover one thing and not another. and then talk about fire safety. so taken with a grain of salt. so we are doing well so far and here's the remainder of a portion here is one summary. for all the tolerance and alignment modern society americans are losing hold of a fundamental right the right to speak their mind and voice their opinion and public without fear of

well, i think senator romney, to his credit, was very prescient, and i think we've had, frankly...odernisation and the growth of a middle class in russia would somehow lead russia to be a more responsible stakeholder in the international system. but when you have a country that's run by a clique of kgb agents, things have turned out very differently, and i think that was a collective mistake that the west has made, as i said, over a much longer period of time. where's the, you know, there's this phrase — of course you know — the off—ramp foeradimir putin? you study him carefully, even to this day. where do you think the off—ramp for him is now? because right now itjust looks like he is prepared to double down to do whatever it takes to subjugate ukraine. and it's not clear that he's going to back off, and it's not clear what we're going to do. yeah, well, the near—term future does not look auspicious. he does appear to be doubling down, engaging in much more indiscriminate attacks on civilian objects and civilian neighbourhoods. but look, our goal has to be to expand ukraine's runw

mitt romney, maybe?omney i am watching, and i am watching lisa murkowski, although i am doubtful about her. and listen, the white house wanted it to be a bipartisan vote and they are going to get that label which is incredibly important in their estimation for publicity sake. >> any chance of a democratic defector on this? >> no, no, no. joe manchin was the only one who was possible, and i don't think kyrsten sinema will surprise us. i think it will be a low 50s vote for kbj as we have been referring to her. >> thanks for being here. >> thanks, katy. >>> what a school in poland is doing to keep ukrainian kids -- all those kids -- from falling behind. and then a man in lviv putting himself in the line of fire to evacuate ukrainians. >>> the press secretary john kirby is taking questions at the pentagon. let's listen. >> there's a question about putin's advisers not giving him accurate information particularly about the state of the battle. does the pentagon believe those reports? do you have anything that

than i do -- romney laid it out well.ow come we can't match the escalation. it's a legitimate question on the part of everyday americans who wonder with our strength and ability, how come we're allowing this guy to move us around. the president said we have to keep nato together. he's not moving us around as much as you think they are, i'm a believer we have to give them every other weapon we can. i'm still a believer we need to find fighter jets. some democrats agree with the republicans that we ought to advance jets there. we should not ignore reality. if they do, when they escalate and we escalate again, when does the escalation turn into a tactical weapon -- >> doesn't it depend on who's flying the jet? >> well, the idea behind it, if you give them the jets, they're going to fight and use the jets themselves. however, who knows? >> it might. it might. >> who knows. >> that's the question. there's not a great neat answer to this. >> up next, democrats have a new midterm strategy, blame everything on putin. >> the democ

>> mitt romney and lisa murkowski.am did vote for her in the lower court position, but i think if you saw his line of questioning in the confirmation hearings last week and his comments since i think it's pretty safe to say he is on track to oppose her. but mitt romney did meet with her and called her very charming, very intelligent, had a lot of questions for her. he is certainly focusing on her judicial philosophy. >> if we wait to see if there are more republicans it's now pretty self-evident she will make it. senator manchin was a question mark. he has said he's there. so this is history. >> it certainly takes a lot of pressure off of the white house. they were in a situation before where joe manchin had said he would vote for her, so they were in a 50/50 split and the vice president would have had to be the decider with a republican coming down on her side. you're right, it's almost all but certain at this point. but there is some hope, i think, from the white house there will be other republicans that could join

where are the mitt romney republicans here?teresting question, we know that when judge jackson was confirmed to the court of appeals just last year she picked up three republican votes. that is the real issue we are looking at here. it seems very likely that she will be confirmed following these hearings. the issue is whether it will be a bipartisan vote, and if she'll pick up those same three votes that she picked up the last time -- lindsey graham from north carolina, or whether there might be mitt romney or other moderate senators who might view this judge whose qualifications are just immaculate. she spent time as a lawyer in private practice, she worked as a federal defender the appellate level but. she really brings to the supreme court a skill set that they will that's really neat and replacing justice breyer, this federal sentencing skill set but she possesses because of her work on the united states sentencing commission. it's tough to make a principled case that you shouldn't vote for this judge based on her credentia

so the bottom line is we are trying to just get covid relief with senator romney and others in good faithas acceptable and the house and senate. >> is there a plan to move the trades against her up to the senate this week with way of sanctions. >> as i said. we want to get it done as quickly as possible. if it is amended or changed it will be delayed about ten days in the house is not even session this week. so we are trying to work out what is acceptable to bipartisan majorities in the house and senate would like to get it done right now and move forward. there is already an oil pan in place that is a necessity because it says to putin we will top and trade sanctions even further of this week is the most opportune to on —- opportune time because the g7 meets the speaks because the education is such an important issue. not only a government but also president. that's very helpful. >> i very much the kind of person who believes say what you mean and mean what you say and take the consequences. [inaudible conversations]

and rob portman, i said romney earlier. i meant to say lisa murkowski was the third senator who voted for judge jackson. so this is all happening as president biden is expected to give his state of the union tomorrow a few feet from where i'm standing >> live on capitol hill, thank you. >>> our coverage of the russian invasion continues tonight reports from moscow and analysis from general david petraeus. we're also monitoring some other important news of the day. next, it's not looking good for baseball fans as talks come down to the wire. >>> plus, mask mandates removed for more major cities and school districts. >>> and an alarming report on climate change from the united nations. the areas most at risk and why the problem continues to grow. >>> coverage of the russian war in ukraine continues in a moment first, other major news. baseball's lockout jeopardizing opening day, more cities and schools scrapping mask rules and midterm election season. cnbc's contessa brewer is tracking all of it tonight hello. >> hi there. ne

and it turns out for once mitt romney was not alone. i don't want to overstate it, but you saw even kevin mccarthy, the republican minority lead, there he is, and scalise, his number two, standing and applauding. and beyond ukraine there were several other lines that the republicans i was texting with pointed out to me. the made in america line. fund police. secure borders. i think the headline is, wolf, that republicans didn't sit on their hands. one republican donor said to me, and this was in light of the shadow of donald trump, which has even further polarized the republican party. this republican, a big donor, said to me that he was glad to see the republicans standing and not making fools of themselves. that was about ukraine. another republican member of congress said he's done well on ukraine, actually knocked a hanging slider off the left field wall. nicely done. from another, infrastructure decade was a good line. prescription drugs well delivered. and finally, from another member that capitalism without competition will reson

and rob portman, i said romney earlier. to say lisa murkowski was the third senator who voted for judge jackson. so this is all happening as president biden is expected to give his state of the union tomorrow a few feet from where i'm standing >> live on capitol hill, thank you. >>> our coverage of the russian invasion continues tonight reports from moscow and analysis from general david petraeus. we're also monitoring some other important news of the day. next, it's not looking good for baseball fans as talks come down to the wire. >>> plus, mask mandates removed for most school districts. >>> and an alarming report on climate change fm e rothunited nations. the areas most at risk and why the areas most at risk and why the -dad, what's with your toenail? -it's nothing, really... -it's contagious. you can even spread it to other people. -mom, come here! -don't worry about it. it'll go away on its own! -no, it won't go away on its own. it's an infection. you need a prescription. nail fungus is a contagious infection. at the

and rob portman, i said romney earlier.eant to say lisa murkowski was the third senator who voted for judge jackson. so this is all happening as president biden is expected to give his state of the union tomorrow a few feet from where i'm standing >> live on capitol hill, thank you. >>> our coverage of the russian invasion continues tonight reports from moscow and analysis from general david petraeus. we're also monitoring some other important news of the day. next, it's not looking good for baseball fans as talks come down to the wire. >>> plus, mask mandates removed for more major cities and school districts. >>> and an alarming report on climate change from the united nations. the areas most at risk and why the problem continues to grow. psoriasis really messes with you. try. hope. fail. i felt defeated. the pain, the stares. no one should suffer like that. i said, enough. i started cosentyx®. five years clear. four years clear. five years and counting. cosentyx works fast. for clear skin that can last. real people with

you spend trillions. >> do you think romney is going to vote for judge jackson to confirm?worried about it. looks like the democrats are likely going to vote -- >> virginia wants their second amendment rights turned upside down. they want their second amendment rights gone. >> the record on -- >> what a joke. >> -- it's terrible. ten different cases of people with child porn. >> laura: how to go to people and say "i'm here for your rights any protected?" >> sen. cruz: they are our constituents. >> laura: kicked them out of office. >> sen. cruz: the american people do not want -- if judge jackson becomes justice jackson, she will be the most liberal of the nine judges, crime will get worse coming democrats will claim they didn't support didn't supported. >> laura: justice sotomayor looks like justice kelly. senator, great to see it. while senator cruz's collins are not slowing down their investigations, here -- >> our report exposed these extensive financial relationships between hunter and james biden, and chinese nationals connected to the communist regime. more precisely,

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i believe what senator romney was speaking about in that moment is about those fighter jets.om: exactly. what are we going to do this morning? annmarie: at the moment, i don't see moving a position on fighter jets. a lot of that comes down to the fact that the pentagon believes russia would interpret that as the united states entering this war. that would mean united states military firing against russian military, and that is why at this moment, you do not have those fighter jets moving from really any nato country because really, it is about who touches them last that goes into ukraine that they are worried about, that the russians will take that as an escalation and provocation. lisa: what is coming of the versailles talks? what is your sense of the big conclusions at the end of the meetings today? maria: what we know is we will not get a full ban on energy. it has been made very clear that some countries in europe have sanctions fatigue. they want to see the full impact of this, and they believe this is going to hurt the russian economy. a lot of officials behind the scen

>> in the case of senator romney, he's not there yet.raise her qualifications, he said they had a very good meeting. he's still questioning her judicial philosophy and voted against her last year for the d.c. circuit. when it comes to senator collins, she said it doesn't matter if you agree with a judge's decision making every single case, but she said in the case of judge jackson, there's no question about her experience and that she's qualified to serve on the court. >> i'm sure that i won't agree with every decision that she casts on the court. i haven't agreed with every decision that any of the justices for whom i've voted have cast on the court. i also don't agree with all the decisions that she's made as a district judge, but i wouldn't expect that. >> the place i'm focusing is judicial philosophy and whether we're on the same page in that regard. >> i caught up with lisa m murkowski of alaska. she said she's still evaluating and may have another meeting with judge brown jackson this week. this could potentially be one of it have

. >>> well, earlier today, we sat down with republican senator mitt romney. he serves on the foreign relations committee, and we asked him about the war in ukraine. with the president speaking there on capitol hill tonight, are you worried that vladimir putin could try to upstage him and launch a deadly attack on ukraine's capital of kyiv? >> well, there's no way of predicting what kind of illogical things vladimir putin will do. his invasion of ukraine doesn't make a lot of sense. i think, long-term, you have to see that this is a very bad decision on his part. so i don't rule anything out. but i think it's more likely that we're going to be focused on our country and what president biden has to say about how we're going to rethink the commitments and the priorities we have in our country. >> is there anything that the u.s. can do to stop vladimir putin? >> well, vladimir putin has put himself on a course where the people who will stop him are the people of ukraine. we want to help them with additional elements, with food and supplies. that is getting throug

eight dems voted with the gop, but mitt romney was the only republican who voted against it.e house. at least it would host my post spring break colts or is. what is with mitt? why is he not, what is going on? >> with all the trump stuff for the little bit he had the democrats liking them. he never had to limp seeing nic stuff about it. again, being mormon, doesn't have a lot of thrills, he doesn't even like to drink coffee or anything for it he ha a lot of kids. >> that's fun. >> i guess. his biggest thrill is having kids. so now he's like i can't, admit that the mask thing sucks because they won't like me anymore. >> do you know what you're talking about and it's a brilliant insight strange new respect award, it's when your enemies suddenly pay you a compliment, their complement becomes more important than you own friends, it's like you stop caring about your family in you're more interested in winning over some guy on twitter . he got taste of this when he wa with blm. mitt romney did the whole blm march and he said i'm here because i think black lives matter. yet commitme

mitt romney is saying his big focus is to basically have what gabbard tried for treason.ou can't make up how stupid this is. by the way the media's main concern right now, i'm talking about the media back in washington about the war in ukraine, watch. >> so far biden has received an capital that president zelensky has offered him. i don't understand the white house view of not getting these jets we are shooting plays out of the sky with american help, we are in this. >> he's i guess phenomenal republican or former republican. molly, they see this conflict a a ticket out of little approval ratings for biden. i don't think that's it. >> that's exactly right. gives unit in the democrat part and in the biden administration in particular. they're domestic agenda could not be going worse for they hav been a failed economy, border problems, the surge and gas prices, inflation out of control , and to the situation with with ukraine as a way to avoid having to take responsibility for some of what they've done. even the situation in ukraine i a product as you know from earlier in t

lockstep, and now they are eyeing other potential republican yeses, maybe folks like murkowski or mitt romneym is a no. there are 48 more republicans out there. what do we know there? >> and most of them are nos, katy. just a few outstanding republican members we are waiting for, and you mentioned two of them, lisa murkowski and mitt romney, and she is the most likely to vote for her, but we don't know. she's up for re-election this year and she could have a tough race and primary as well. senator lindsey graham, he voted for ketanji brown jackson for the lower coats just last year, and this is what he said on the senate floor today. >> somebody worked hard to achieve, and her tendency to achieve outcomes in spite of what the law requires are common sense would dictate. after a thorough review of judge jackson's record and information gained at the hearing from an evasive witness, i now know why judge jackson was the favorite of the radical left and i will vote no. >> a favorite of the radical left. one thing susan collins pointed out in her statement in support of ketanji brown jackson is th

mitt romney, great man. but does not have a prayer to when the nomination and that party in 2024.f trump runs he will not be challenged. to barbara's other point, trump is a cancer. trump is not the cancer in the party. trump -- it has metastasized way beyond him. i know i am a dark guy, you're going to throw something at me. maybe my vantage point is skewed. i hear from these people every day. it is not changing. the fever is not breaking anytime soon. to everything miles and barbara has said we need to do to support the good guys, liz cheney wonderful. i hope she wins. i don't think there is any way she could win a republican primary in that state. adam couldn't have survived a republican party primary. everyone in this room would help him, as what i, but we have also got to be -- wake up and be realistic. i am not done, but i am done for now. [laughter] >> let me just say something real quick and i have got a quick question for joe and miles. i think donald trump can never be commander in chief again. it is not just what happened on january 6 but everything that happened on ele

. >> so, john, you heard senators romney and graham. i mean, is this kind of a lose-lose situation facing the u.s., either we stand pat and get slammed for not doing more while the death toll mounts, or we try to do more and get slammed for not acting sooner? >> look, evelyn is exactly right. putin's ambitions go beyond ukraine. in a speech he gave just before he launched this invasion, he made it clear, he wants to have controlling interest over all the states that used to be part of the soviet union. that includes our three baltic nato allies. the best place to stop putin is in ukraine. the administration has done a mediocre job in conducting our policy here. we should be sending those migs to ukraine. we should have said to ukraine six months ago -- we should have sent anti-ship missiles, anti--air missiles to the ukraine other than the stingers. they only sent stingers to ukraine starting the end of january. they've been deterred by putin's threat of escalation, and a timid united states is not going to stop war. it will just make w

there things that could help by being pro- american energy. >> you heard senator romney say that he is that we are afraid of putin. that he needs to be afraid of us. but there is that balancing act. getting into a war with russia directly changes the dynamic. >> it does. president biden has led the world in this isolation. i think that this will have an credible impact on his people. maybe on government officials, on people that have some power or some leverage with putin. that is a goal. that is not an immediate solution. the challenge is to ways we can support them militarily that don't escalate, don't get to world war iii or even a direct confrontation with russia. there is no magic bullet, no plane or weapon that we could give them to do that. i think that it's a real inflection point for nato. committed to defending its members. we have not figured out how we can defend non-nato members that are threatened by the soviet -- excuse me, by russia. whether it's georgia, ukraine, we are to real inflection point for this alliance that was formed to counter. >> speaking of nato, article

. >> senator mitt romney says there is an agreement in principle on a bipartisan deal on the proposede against covid-19. the goal is to pass the bill next week before the congressional recess. >> manu this is a high priority for the biden administration. tell us when this could happen. >> reporter: yeah, this is a significant moment because congress has been struggling for weeks to get a package together to deal with the covid response. there are concerns president biden raised that resources are being depleted dealing with everything from monoclonal antibody treatments, distributing the vaccines to people later this year and they need more money. congress has struggled to get that together because they have not figured out exactly how to pay for this package. but just earlier today mitt romney, the lead republican negotiator, told a group of us they have a, quote, agreement in principle to have about a $10 billion package to deal with therapeutics, to deal with vaccines, to help with more tests and the like, and this would be offset -- the money would come from the american rescue pl

mitt romney, great man. but does not have a prayer to when the nomination and that party in 2024. if trump runs he will not be challenged. to barbara's other point, trump is a cancer. trump is not the cancer in the party. trump -- it has metastasized way beyond him. i know i am a dark guy, you're going to throw something at me. maybe my vantage point is skewed. i hear from these people every day. it is not changing. the fever is not breaking anytime soon. to everything miles and barbara has said we need to do to support the good guys, liz cheney wonderful. i hope she wins. i don't think there is any way she could win a republican primary in that state. adam couldn't have survived a republican party primary. everyone in this room would help him, as what i, but we have also got to be -- wake up and be realistic. i am not done, but i am done for now. [laughter] >> let me just say something real quick and i have got a quick question for joe and miles. i think donald trump can never be commander in chief again. it is not just what happened on january 6 but everything that happened on e

let's listen to what senator romney told garrett haake. >> our country has to do more. in this case he was highly specific on what we can do to help, not just aircraft but s-300 and other intercepting systems that will allow them to have a more safe sky. that's something we've got to do. >> reporter: another interesting idea brought up by zelenskyy is sanctioning every single week new people in russia, including the russia duma. that's something that members of congress are now thinking about, too. but, craig, this afternoon relevant members of congress in the house and senate are getting classified briefings by the administration and the questions i'm told that congress is going to ask these administration officials is what exactly -- what sort of defense systems are you giving ukraine? how is it impacting and also they want to know what sort of intelligence they're getting about vladimir putin. hopefully we'll hear a little more after this briefing, even though it's classified. they don't spill a lot of beans but congress still has a lot of questions. >> stand by for

different and that's something i wanted to dig into in more depth. >> reporter: so, erica, whether romneyblican vote for her could determine whether this could be tied with one of the closest votes ever for any supreme court nominee on the senate floor in history. that was in 2018 when brett kavanaugh was confirmed by two vote margin. t it is still uncertain as we head into the confirmation vote next week. >> we will be watching. that we know, manu, appreciate it, thank you. >>> given the war in ukraine, remarkable display of unity between russia and the u.s., nasa astronaut mark vande hei returned to earth just a couple of hours ago aboard a russian spacecraft. russian spacecraft there. vande hei and two russian cosmonauts part of the international space station earlier this morning. they landed there in kazakhstan. kristin fisher joins me now to discuss. it is remarkable that -- basically to get to and from the iss, the u.s. depends on russian satellite -- russian spaceships still. does that continue? >> yes, they do have the option of a spacex dragon capsule sometimes. today, the prefe