and they help invoices in russia, many voices, persistent voices that argue that the russia should not be only targeting those ukraine is that of formulae in charge of those missiles, but to pay back to those forces in europe that are behind those on sale those of deliveries and that intelligence delivered to recreate that enables the create the invoices to strike interruption that never materialize, which is presumably why london, for instance, is not fragment of russia and continues to talk up war and the mass killing of russians as a, as a kind of juicy i'm not sure these, that western european nations can actually launch things without the american satellites. and this guy, you know, in any sense, in any other, any other way they don't have the technology, arguably. but how isolated then is this western european area, and we saw a russia and the united states voting the same way that you and how isolated you expect your up to be. and that's why i kind of said, maybe version sanctions on west in europe would be that would be not seen is as a place, given most of the rest of the worl

i still know i'm trying to strong, i'm russia or anyone else. but is it, you know, this will be a long process? what west finally, jo status do humbly admit. you know, it's, it's the inside of the 3 imagines is spelled into re imagine its place in the world so well, put, daniel, is that possible? you've been on this program since the very beginning, year, and we've talked about had gemini and the empire tenant learned differently. can the old empire learn some new tricks? i mean the, at the end of the, that's what this is all about, daniel. i mean, from the perspective of american exceptionalism, what's happening now is either colossally brilliant or colossally stupid. and it goes to the next in china think there are plenty of realist and no offense to realistic out there. i'm not one of them who believe that getting a deal with russia is very important because the united states military machine has to pivot towards china and to a lesser degree, lots in america. and so they want the same game in a different area, and they believe that that russi

do not want to be dominated by russia -- they do not want to be dominated by russia.are prepared to fight, and without u.s. assistance, that becomes much harder for ukraine, and i think that would be detrimental to western and american interests if ukraine loses that fight. helena: you do have to wonder what the kremlin will have been thinking today, what president putin will have been thinking watching all of this unfold. what position do you think this puts russia in? steven: i think there is jubilation in the kremlin tonight, but i think there has been a lot of happiness bonded to the kremlin for two and a half, three weeks now, because what they have seen from president trump's concession after concession to russia -- from president trump is concession after concession to russia, and the united states has not received a thing in return. go back to two weeks ago, trump said ukraine cannot expect to get its territory back and cannot join nato, by make those kinds of concessions to russian positions -- why make those kinds of concessions to russian positions if you h

ambassador to russia.cfaul, it's really nice of you to make time to be here with us tonight. thank you. >> glad to be here, rachel. >> so today, i think felt to many people like putting a final piece of punctuation on it. this is a full realignment of american foreign policy overall. under donald trump, the united states will abandon an allied democracy. we will support the autocrat. we will support vladimir putin instead. do you see it that way? and can you help us understand the broader implications of what we saw today? >> tragically, i see it that way. and you just presented a lot of evidence to support that hypothesis before the commercial break. and i just this is such a sad day for me personally, as somebody who cares about democracy and finds autocracies and i know american history, we haven't been perfect. we haven't always been on the side of the democrats, but we have a long standing tradition of standing up to autocrats. think about it. all of our enemies, throughout all of our history have bee

he went through a phony witch hunt where they used him and russia, russia, russia, russia. you ever hear o that deal? that was a phony hunter biden, joe biden scam, hillary clinton, shifty adam schiff. that was a democrat scam. he had to go through that. we didn't end up in a war. he was accused of all that stuff. it came out of hunter biden's bathroom. it came out of hunter biden's bedroom. it was disgusting. and then they said, oh, oh, the laptop from hell was made by russia. the 51 agents. the whole thing was a scam. he had to put up with that. he was being accused of all that stuff. all i can say is this -- he might have broken deals with obama and bush. and he might have broken them with biden. he did -- maybe he did. i don't know what happened. but he didn't break them with me. he wants to make a deal. i don't know if he can make a deal. the problem is, i've empowered you to be a tough guy. and i don't think you'd be a tough guy without the united states. and your people are very brave. be you're either going to make a deal or we're out. and if we're out, you'll fight

he had to suffer through the russia hoax. russia, russia, russia. it was a hoax. it was all biden nothing to do with him. he had to suffer through that. he was able to do that. i think that he wants to make a deal. and he would like to see it end. it's all i do. my whole life is what i do, i make deals. i'm in the middle of a mess because this is a real mess. it's a very dangerous one if this doesn't get solved now it's not going to get solved for a long time. so i hope we're going to get it solved in the back, please. >> thank you, president. starmer repeat had that his country believe in free speech and does not engage in censorship. but his government arrests people for memes and thought crimes. sit important for american companies to -- and it is important for american companies to do -- president trump: we thought they took it too far. j.d. was very strong on it. so was i. and so was marco. and we've been speaking to him about it. marco, would you like to say something about it? >> we have concerns with the conduct -- particularly as it impacts americans. the

he went through a phony witch hunt where they used him and russia, russia, russia, russia. you ever hear of that deal? that was a phony. that was a phony. hunter biden, joe biden scam, hillary clinton, shifty adam schiff. it was a democrat scam. and he had to go through that. and he did go through it. we didn't end up in a war. and he went through it. he was accused of all that stuff. he had nothing to do with it. it came out of hunter biden's bathroom. it came out of hunter biden's bedroom. it was disgusting. and then they said, oh, oh, the laptop from hell was made by russia. the 51 agents. the whole thing was a scam. and he had to put up with that. he was being accused of all that stuff. all i can say is this he might have broken deals with obama and bush, and he might have broken them with biden. he did. maybe. maybe he did. i don't know what happened, but he didn't break them with me. he wants to make a deal. i don't know if he can make a deal. the problem is i've empowered you to be a tough guy, and i don't think you'd be a tough guy without the united states. and you

say that russia. is bad. >> russia is bad. how do you. >> negotiate? >> it is nonsense. it's completely ahistorical. this is the this is the second administration of a president that was oversaw four years of war between russia and ukraine. didn't do anything about it. now he thinks he has this idea to bring peace. and what does he do? he bends the knee. he appeases his. his goal is to appease putin when what he should be doing is figuring out the fact that you're right. the biden administration didn't do enough. but russia is on the ropes. and the way you get peace is you get putin to negotiate. you get. >> you get you get peace. through a resolution at the united nations, that means absolutely nothing. we demand that you. >> administrations have tried to conduct a. >> policy with words. >> of appeasement. >> and russia. has been at war since the russian federation came into existence. >> actually, it's been in war since four years of trump. also, don't forget, he didn't manage. >> since 1991. they have been almost at war the entire time. crimea, chechnya go on down the

the trade between china and russia. rates in rank high. and so here i want to say that china and russia have mentioned to know more trade and the trader violations. and also china, roger trades rose a many fields by energy, industrial products that been a premium post people. so actually based on the quality and the mutual benefits of economic and trade exchanges between the 2 countries, have a, by the rules of international trade and is also served the interest of both people and at the words as large other, i mean obviously paging is going to be keeping a close watch, but you know, rusher is talking with america right now face to face for the 1st time in a good few years. we're kind of witnessing what many according to our approach mall between moscow and washington. does china have any issues, any concerns about russia and america resuming dialog? an action here, i would like to emphasize that to trying out rush, a comprehensive, strategic partner of this kind of relation is characterized by not a lions non confrontation and not targeti

saying, diplomacy with russia is the only way. and when zelenskyy tried to point out that russia has rejected diplomatic efforts in these years of war, the meeting spiraled. president trump telling zelenskyy, you're gambling with world war iii, telling zelenskyy in making any kind of deal, you don't have the cards. president zelenskyy left the oval office for another room at the white house and was then asked to leave the white house. president trump before the cameras moments ago, and president zelenskyy doing an interview a short time ago on cable news. and tonight, allies of vladimir putin in russia applauding the scene in the oval office today. here's our chief white house correspondent, mary bruce, leading us off. >> reporter: tonight, with the future of ukraine hanging in the balance, that explosive confrontation in the oval office. tension boiling over between president trump and ukrainian president zelenskyy. when trump was asked about concerns he's aligning with russia's president putin. >> well, if i didn't align myself

and now they're in russia. we want to bring them back and really, it's a big, big dream, task and goal for me. by the way, mr. president, we brought -- we exchange -- released more than 4,000 from the prison. i wanted to share some images -- how -- we have just -- just -- i can now? pres. trump: yeah. >> one minute -- one minute -- i just need to understand in what circumstances -- in what situation they are and what the attitude of russia to our prisoners that -- before and after. let me see before and after just so you can understand. ladies and men and that so they don't eat they beat them and you know a lot of -- a lot of -- bad things. so out -- out of -- even during the war, there are rules. everybody knows there are rules. these guys they are do not have any rules. you see that? a lot of bad things that i didn't want to show you what the changes -- images of children because i will share -- just share with you. i mean it's looking tragic. pres. trump: that's tough. >> i wanted very much to give you -- th

he went through a phony witch hunt where they used him and russia -- russia, russia, russia. of that deal? that was a phony. that was a phony hunter biden, joe biden scam. hillary clinton. shifty adam schiff. it was a democrat scam. and he had to go through that. and he did go through it. we didn't end up in a war. and he went through it. he was accused of all that stuff. he had nothing to do with it. it came out of hunter biden's bathroom. it came out of hunter biden's bedroom. it was disgusting. and then they said, oh, the laptop from halep was made by russia. the 51 agents. the whole thing was a scam. and he had to put up with that. he was being accused of all that stuff. all i can say is this, he might have broken deals with obama and bush and he might have broken them with biden -- maybe he did, i don't know what happened. but he didn't break them with me. he wants to make a deal, i don't know if you can make a deal. problem is i have empowered you to be a tough guy. i don't think you would be a tough guy without the united states. your people are very brave. but you are

he went through a phony witch hunt where they used him and russia, russia, russia, russia, the whole thing was a scam. and he had to put up with that. he was being accused of all that stuff. >> donald trump is mad on putin's behalf. >> trump is mad that he. >> failed to extort president. elect zelensky. >> in 2019. >> to stop. >> joe. >> biden from beating. >> him in the 2020. >> presidential race. he's mad congress. impeached him for that. >> he is. >> mad because he can't be like putin. at least not yet. as gary kasparov. >> writes in a. >> new. >> piece, the putin ization. >> of america unleashing elon musk and his doge cadres. >> on the federal government. >> menacing canada and. >> european allies, and embracing vladimir. >> putin's wish. wish list for ukraine. >> and. >> beyond are not unrelated. >> these moves are all strategic elements. >> of a plan that. >> is familiar to any student. >> of. the rise. >> and. fall of democracies, especially. >> the fall part. just listen to what donald trump said later to reporters. >> he doesn't have to stand there and say about putin, this

therefore, russia is playing a game, a long game. it's trying to essentially extend the, the, the time that it can negotiate, extend the time that it can get ukraine to be without external help and make advances in this time so that it has a stronger negotiating position. this is what russia will do in the next few weeks, and it's only a matter of how quickly either trump is convinced get convinced, because that's still a possibility that european leaders convinced trump that what he's done today is negotiating against himself. um, or europe finding a way to support ukraine without the immediate help of the united states, so that ukraine can maintain that balance for long enough for the russian economy to crash. >> all right. well, krystal, thank you so much for. your perspective is so important on this historic night. thank you. >> thank you. >> and next, breaking news. secretary of state marco rubio just speaking out about the oval office meeting with trump and zelenskyy. plus, police just releasing grim new details about the death

he went through a phony witch hunt where they used him and russia, russia, russia, russia. you ever hear of that deal? that was a phony. that was a phony. hunter biden, joe biden scam, hillary clinton, shifty adam schiff it was a democrat scam. and he had to go through that. >> folks, that's. >> cesspool of stupid. >> went on for. >> ten minutes. >> shortly after, trump posted on his social media site saying he has. determined president zelensky is not ready for peace and that. >> he can come back when he's ready. >> pre-planned bilateral press. >> conference was. >> then abruptly canceled. and zelensky was kicked out of the white house. no deal was signed. >> it's hard to overstate just how much. >> of an embarrassment this was. >> for. >> america on the world stage. and just an overall disaster for everybody except russian president. vladimir putin. joining me. >> now is julie ioffe. >> president, washington correspondent for putt. edward luce, us chief. columnist for the financial times. and rick stengel. >> former undersecretary. of state. >> for diplomatic, public dipl

. >> russia, russia, russia. you ever hear of that deal?s a phony -- that was a phony, hunter biden, joe biden scam. >> reporter: trump has more recently called zelenskyy a dictator and falsely accused ukraine of starting the war with russia. against that backdrop, the wartime leader arrived, hoping to persuade trump to keep supporting his country against vladimir putin. perhaps his most critical act yet. >> i think that president trump on our side. >> reporter: their meeting very quickly went off the ukrainian script, devolving into a bitterly-chaotic, unprecedented oval office encounter, something the white house wanted you to see. trump sticking up for his country. >> i'm not aligned with putin. i'm not aligned with anybody. i'm aligned with the united states of america and for the good of the world. >> reporter: and the vice president breaking diplomatic norms by lecturing a world leader in public. >> mr. president, with respect, i think it is disrespectful for you to come into the oval office and try to litigate this in front of the am

there is an aggressor who is russia. there are ukrainian people who suffer from the aggressor. i think we were all right to help ukraine into sanction russia 3 years ago and to continue to do so. and when i say we, it's the united states of america, europeans, canadians, japanese, and many others. and this is it. and that we must think everyone who helped and that we must respect those who from the beginning have been fighting because they are fighting for their dignity, their independence for their children and for the security of europe. the scenes from the white house are shocking. how can someone stab the president of an invaded country in the back like that free europe will not betray ukraine? the zalinski, the ukrainian friends, you are not alone. now we got a chance to discuss the complexity of relations between ukraine, the united states, e u and russia, and an exclusive interview with renowned economy standing un senior advisor, jeffrey sachs in europe. the. so he's got trapped by following the united states, getting a blind to kind of way guy, and just trying to be th

during today's meeting, zelensky voiced concerns about russia's commitment to a cease fire. that's something that trump took issue with. >> you have to be thankful you don't have the cards. you're buried there. your people are dying. you're running low on soldiers. you're running low on soldiers. it would be a #### good thing. and then you then you tell us, i don't want a cease fire. i don't want a cease fire. i want to go, and i want this. i. look, if you can get a cease fire right now, i tell you, you take it. so the bullets stop flying and your men stop getting killed. >> of course we want to stop the war. but you're saying. >> president trump also threatening to abandon ukraine, telling zelensky, quote, you're either going to make a deal or we're out. there was also a tense exchange between zelensky and vice president j.d. vance when he suggested it is time for diplomacy. take a listen to that. >> he broken the cease fire. he killed our people, and he didn't exchange prisoners. we signed the exchange of prisoners, but he didn't do it. what kind of diplomacy? j.d, you are

what was supposed to be start of a peace deal to end the war in russia turned into a war of words between volodymyr zelenskyy, president trump and vice president vance. the reaction has been swift and blunt. nbc bay area's soto quintana talked with some local ukrainian supporters for their perspective. almost immediately after russia's invasion of ukraine in february 2023, irina kwasny posted the yellow and blue ukrainian flag outside her home. most recently, she also posted a protest sign in her window. she says watching ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy visit at the white house today was painful. the president and the vice president didn't even let him talk. they berated him about not being grateful to the united states. and she's not the only one. on the street outside her home, we watched an impromptu conversation happened between her and a neighbor she's never met. i'm worried about next step. it will probably be the baltics, you know. and then it will be moldova. and then i worry about my home country. rick michalowski's family is from poland. irina's is from ukraine. they're

they're using a dresser, which is russia, and the people attack, which is ukraine. i think we are, we're right to have helped ukraine and sanctioned russia 3 years ago, and to continue to do so. and when i say we, i mean the united states in europe and the canadians do you have to use and authors? we must think all those who helped ever split those who has been fighting since the beginning because they fight for their dignity, their independence to their children. and the secuity of either of these of simple things that we must to call off on this woman. we seem to hold your pen need as have been quick to defend present polanski. i'll just, there's so many cane has more on the european reaction from belly. we've also been hearing from people in buying from people as a say around the constant stopping in the land, hearing from the current, sean. so the that's the outgoing john. so the order of shots, he lost the election last sunday. he wouldn't be in his job for much longer, but so far he said, on social media, no one wants peace more than the ukrainians. do that fo

we don't want china to align with russia, to nuclear powers.t want a proxy war on the doorstep of the nuclear power that go to devcon to like we saw in 1962 with cuba. and the tragedy is that we were that close because all of the main issues have basically been resolved by trump. they're not going to be able to recapture crimea. the only two issues were how far could donald trump force putin back to his 2022. of borders and how would he be deterred and he came up with this idea of making a commercial corridor to get prosperity and also it was a tripwire so there would be westerners there that putin would not want to dare bother. just to finish, he should take a notebook from benjamin netanyahu. the biden administration was hostile to him. they ordered him to have a cease-fire, they ordered him to have a wartime cabinet. they warned him about collateral damage. they didn't do any of that for zelenskyy zelenskyy and yet when netanyahu came over there, he knew there was a hostile administration, he knew that they were a client and talking to a pat

support for ukraine in their war against russia. there were truly some astonishing exchanges. we want to play you a significant portion of the explosive showdown in the oval office. take a listen. >> what you're doing is very disrespectful to the country, this country. >> i'm respect -- >> far more than a lot of people said they should have. >> have you said thank you once this entire meeting? >> a lot of times. >> what was supposed to be a photo op turned into a pointing and yelling match between president trump, vice president j.d. vance, and ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy. >> you're not in a good position. you don't have the cards right now. with us you start having cards. >> we're not playing cards. i'm very serious, mr. president. i'm very serious. >> you're gambling with the lives of millions of people. you're gambling with world war iii. >> the conversation first turned contentious when zelenskyy questioned the vice president about russia honoring any deal. >> what kind of diplomacy, j.d., you are speaking about? what do you mean? >> i'm talking about the kind

you watch the striker deal with russia. he wants to put the us china relationship on firmer ground. those, those are, those are notable feel goals, you know. but um, you know, our history, which suggests that we need alliances to achieve that. and that's not something that donald trump pollution to what compromises do you think need to happen right now in order to proceed with these negotiations to end the war and ukraine as well. clearly, in the oval office today, we saw, you know, the president saying you've got to make a deal, you know, details to follow. you've got to lensky saying to make a deal. i need security guarantees because a lot of reporting has broken every other deal that you're signed on with us. so somewhere along the line, you know, away from the cameras. you know, um, you know, the expert stay to give to rolled up their sleeves and see if they can put something back together. again. you know that, that, that both celebrity and trump, you know, can, can be a 5. you can find common ground. you know, the dilemma here is that every time we have one of these episodes,

they're using a dresser, which is russia and the people attack, which is ukraine. i think we are, we're right to have helped ukraine and sanctioned russia 3 years ago and to continue to do so. and when i say we, i mean the united states in europe and the canadians, do you have to news and authors? we must think all those who helped ever split those who has been fighting since the beginning because they fight for their dignity, their independence to their children. and the security of either of these of simple things or the we must, we call off on this woman. we see russia is also responding to the exchange foreign ministry spokeswoman maria cut out of us as the us. preston showed restraints by not hitting the ultimate. so let's see. the former russian president, dimitri method of says so lensky gosh, a brutal dressing down defense analyst pabo, and how i says ukraine needs us support, defend the russian aggression. as your teams will be trying to support your brain, maybe try to step up what it's going to be rather hard for your brain to resist the rush of militari

but what if russia breaks the cease fire? >> if russia breaks cease fire.breaks talks? >> what are you saying? >> she is asking what approach it brings to the cease-fire? >> what if anything? what if a bomb drops on your head right now? okay? i don't know they broke it with biden because biden they didn't respect him they didn't respect obama. they respect to me. >> greg: i don't think trump has ever answered a hypothetical. finally, i wonder what the problem is. >> the problem is i have empowered you to be a tough guy and i don't think he would be a tough guy without the united states. people are very brief but you either make a deal or we are out. and if we are out you will find it out. i don't think it will be pretty. you will fight it out. but you don't have the cards. once we signed that deal that you are in a much better position. but you were not acting at all thankful. that is not a nice thing. i will be honest that is not a nice thing to. all right i think we have seen enough. what do you think? this is going to be great television i will say that.

they're basically a group that sprung up about four years ago when russia invaded ukraine. they are very active on social media. they also do fundraisers for ukraine. since that invasion for equipment for the country. now, this exchange that happened in the white house, in the white house, oval office, she says, is something that she just couldn't bebelieve sh was watching. she said that this exchange was very difficult to watch at times painful. it was also interesting for us. in talking w with her, there was a moment where one of her neighbors walked by who didn't even know her, and we watched the two of them talking about their concerns. his family is originally from poland, and they started talking about what happens if ukraine is not able to maintain its independence, and what other countries could then be at risk. so very interesting to see this here in san francisco and the ramifications across the world as well. janelle sergio, you also talked to political science professors who are watching this closely. what's their take on what happened? well, very simply, they p

zelensky countered, saying russia can't be trusted to honor any peace deals. things got even more fiery from there. you will feel it in the future. god bless you. god bless you. god bless you. you don't tell us what we're going to feel. we're trying to solve a problem. don't tell us what we're going to feel. i'm not telling you. i'm in no position to dictate that. remember this. you're in no position to dictate what we're going to feel. you're going to feel very good. we're going to feel very good and very strong influence. you're right now not in a very good position. you've allowed yourself to be in a very bad position. and he happens to be right about the very beginning of the war. not in a good position. you don't have the cards right now with us. you start having cards. cards right now you don't. you're playing cards, you're playing cards. you're gambling with the lives of millions of people. you're gambling with world war three. you're gambling with world war three. and what you're doing is very disrespectful to the country. this country that's backed yo

russia is $150 billion. europe spends almost $400 billion a year on defense.lectively it's the second largest defense budget in the world. so for us to walk away from that and say, no, we don't want to work with you. we don't want your help. we don't need those security pacts that we have. it's a huge pragmatic mistake. even before you get to the fact that the europeans are the other nations who believe in democracy, believe in liberty, believe in freedom of the press, believe in all of the values that we hold. final thought they came with us to afghanistan after we were attacked on 911, fought and died with us. you and i were both there in afghanistan and saw it. to walk away from all that makes no sense reduces our security. isolationism will not succeed for the united states. >> well, we may be headed for a grand experiment in that space. admiral james stavridis, really do appreciate your time and your analysis. >> thanks, jim. >> coming up next, more breaking news, a critical new detail in the investigation into the deaths of the actor gene hackman and his

they're using a dresser, which is russia, and the people attacked, which is ukraine. i think we are, we're right to have helped ukraine and sanctioned russia 3 years ago, and to continue to do so. and when i say we, i mean, so united states and her opinions, canadians, japanese, and authors, we must think old folks who helped ever split with coast who has been fighting since the beginning because they fight for their dignity, their independence to their children. and the security of either of these simple things, or the, we must to call off on this moment. we don't wanna contain how small on the european reaction from by then we've also been hearing from people in balance from people as i say around the conference, staffing in berlin, hearing from the current, sean. so the, that's the outgoing john. so the order of shots he lost the election last sunday. he wouldn't be in his job for much longer, but so far he said on social media, no one wants peace more than the ukrainians. do that for we are working on a common pos to a last thing and just piece he goes on. ukraine

the tense blowup adding uncertainty over the next steps to end russia's war in ukraine.sic] >> this is ktvu, fox two news at 730. >> president trump and the vice president today accusing vladimir zelensky of not being grateful for american support for ukraine. good evening everyone, i'm heather holmes. zelensky came to washington today expecting to sign a deal allowing the u.s. greater access to ukraine's rare earth minerals, but that signing was quickly called off following today's heated meeting. >> from the very beginning of the war, we've been alone and we are thankful, i said. >> thanks. you haven't. >> been this cabinet. you haven't been in this. >> we gave you through the stupid president, $350 billion. we gave you military equipment. you and your men are brave. but they had to use our military. if you didn't have our military equipment. >> you invited. >> you didn't have our military equipment. this war would have been over in two weeks. >> in three days? i heard that from putin in three days. this is. >> president trump at one point threatening to abandon ukrain

the way you bring it to an end is you get russia to the table to talk. and he understands that attacking putin, no matter how anyone may feel about him personally, forcing the president into a position where you're trying to goad him into attacking putin, calling him names, maximalist demands about russia having to pay for the reconstruction, all the sorts of things that you talk about in a negotiation when you start talking about that aggressively. and the president is a deal maker, he's made deals his entire life. you're not going to get people to the table. and so you start to perceive that maybe zelenskyy doesn't want a peace deal. he says he does, but maybe he doesn't. and that act of open undermining of efforts to bring about peace is deeply frustrating for everyone who has been involved in communications with them leading up to today. and i think he should apologize for wasting our time for a meeting that was going to end the way it did. >> you yourself have said previously that putin cannot be trusted in negotiations. that was the point that pres

president to dress down the leader of a democratic ukraine that is fighting for its life against russia seen anything like it. i think vance and president trump lost their cool. they expected zelenskyy to show more gratitude, to say yes, let's go make a peace deal with putin, to say yes to the minerals deal that's on the table. they didn't expect the case that zelenskyy laid out. what happens now, i don't think it's over. i don't think trump is going to turn off the flow of economic and military assistance, because it would effectively pull the rug out from underneath zelenskyy, but let's see what happens in the coming days. >> john: did this, in your view, essentially come down to a disagreement over how people read vladimir putin? and zelenskyy obviously being much more suspicious, president trump saying he's never broken a promise to me. >> i don't think that's what was going on here. i think that zelenskyy didn't show sufficient respect and gratitude for american assistance, and i think trump sees the united states as having bailed out ukraine, kept ukraine afloat, enabled ukraine t

the europeans want to end it, we want to end it, and russia does as well.t is why they are at the table. a proxy war that goes nowhere. is that in america's best interests of? zelenskyy didn't read the room. he didn't even say thank you. >> have you so thank you once? this entire meeting? in this entire meeting, you so thank you? you went to pennsylvania and campaigned for the opposition in october all for some words -- offer some words of appreciation for the united states of america and the president of trying to save your country. >> please do you think that if you will speak very loudly about the war. >> he is not speaking loudly. is not speaking loudly. your country is in big trouble. no know you have done a lot of talking. your country is in big trouble. >> i know. >> your not winning this. >> i know. >> jesse: don't have the vice president he is speaking to that the he can speak however, he wants to in the white house. have you ever seen a foreign leader coming to america talk this way? everybody knows that if zelenskyy had come and sign the deal and

but i can't, you know, change our ukrainian to russia. this is very clear that americans are the best of our friends. europeans the best of our friends and putin with russians, they're enemies. it doesn't mean we don't want peace. we want to recognize the reality. the real situation. >> president trump is convinced that you will never sign a deal with vladimir putin. is he right? >> , no i think so. -- no, i think so. what i think ukraine wants peace and we will have -- we will have anyway diplomacy. we will have negotiation. >> more reaction now to the oval office meeting with president trump and zelensky. congresswoman grace may said what happened in the oval office toy was not america first. it was america alone. when ameca is isolated from our european allies, we are less safe, less strong and less prosperous. i will continue to stand with ukraine against putin and russia more from the house from democratic representative nidia velasquez who posted this. trump and vance embarrassed the u.s. today. they rather respect putin. we should

as the war rages on, three years since russia's invasion. >>> new details in the death of gene hackman his wife, what what happened with his pacemaker and what authorities are ruling out. >>> cdc's first advisory on measles, new states with cases and rush to vaccinate children, as the disease more contagious than covid or flu spreads quickly. >>> a new setback for the pope's health as he battles double pneumonia. >>> an inside look at the devastating toll bird flu is taking on farmers, and the long road to rebuild their flocks. >>> good news, something is brewing for the next generation of distilleries. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening and welcome. we start with the photo op that devolved into an uncomfortable spectacle the whole world is digesting tonight. president trump and vice president jd vance publicly unleashing their anger on ukraine's president zelenskyy. in raised voices, trump and vance dressing down the ukrainian leader, accusing him of being ungrateful and disrespecting the united states. the clash between allies as the leaders m

that was aimed at helping and the war with russia there.

. >> the president of the united states is working on behalf of russia. >> laura: russia, russia, russiaord been skipping. hear it. since 2015. now, need a new playbook. these guys are saying all day long, i have never been more embarrassed to be an american, they should never be more embarrassed to be a political party after those responses. the president himself could not have been clearer today. >> i'm looking to get into any protracted. i want immediate peace. president putin is going to make it and he wants to make -- he wants. >> laura: peace now not later. joining me me now missouri senator erec smith. you and i have been on trump force one together to see this exchange i'm sorry i enjoyed every minute. it was classic trump. classic vance and zelenskyy cannot read the room. can't read the country, forget the room. >> i think zelenskyy and so many others are just so used to american leaders being weak and telling him what he wants to hear and not telling the truth. president trump and j.d. vance are entering into new era of american realism. our interest reign supreme. we need to f

with bbc ukrainian, thank you. even, over fears of russia invading again. a measured, they referred to a mineral deal that was expected to be and from the reaction you see online and the people you speak to here in the capital, there broadly we spoke to some people who are simply processing what they saw. trump's administration was so arrogant. that's my point of view. translation: i understand our president. from their side, it looks like they support russiaj and they think, look, now, the majority of european allies — he said, "we must never confuse the aggressor and victim." the prime minister of poland donald tusk, it's been interesting seeing president zelensky individually thank each post in solidarity online. he even still thanked america for its support, tonight, sirens have gone once more. the sirens have wailed, as they do in cities across ukraine, 5:13 uelegeieels s 515ml? after what we saw in the oval office. what happened in the white house. states and the vice president of the united states, the former russian president, who is now deputy mosc

zelenskyy was there to talk about ending russia's war with ukraine and to sign a deal for u.s. mineral rights in ukraine as a way of repaying the american military aid, but the deal was called off and zelenskyy suddenly left the white house. things have been unraveling since. president trump warned he wants an immediate ceasefire between russia and ukraine while republican senator lindsey graham said zelle len skill needs to resign or change. zelenskyy went on fox news to do some damage control and said he is thankful for the u.s. support, that he is sorry for what happened and said he will not resign and will not enter peace talks until ukraine has security guarantees against another offensive. how does everybody move forward from this moment? former defense secretary leon panetta told us earlier today the outlook is bleak. >> that's what concerns me more than anything because rather than being an opportunity to really move towards some kind of peaceful solution, i think the signal that came out of that meeting in the oval office is going to result in a continuing war in ukrai

share ukraine's rare earth mineral resources in exchange for continued support in the war against russia. now that could all be in jeopardy. the have the came days after president trump called zelenskyy a dictator on social media. the conversation first turned contentious when zelenskyy questioned the vice president about russia honoring any proposed deal. vance accused zelenskyy of being disrespectful and inappreciative and demanded he be more grateful for the u.s. support and i■t scalated from there. >> first of all, during the war everybody has problems, even you, but you have nice house and don't feel now, but you will feel it in the future. god bless. >> you don't know that. >> god bless. >> you don't know that. don't tell us what we're going to feel. >> from the very beginning of the war we've been alone and we are thankful. >> you haven't been alone. we gave you through the stupid president $350 billion. we gave you military equipment and -- >> following the meeting national security adviser mike waltz and secretary of state marco rubio told zelenskyy to leave the white house befo

because i have and separation are the us and russia to go to the u. n. a.

almost immediately after russia's invasion of ukraine in february 2023, irina kwasny posted the yellow and blue ukrainian flag outside her home. most recently, she also posted a protest sign in her window. she says watching ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy visit at the white house today was painful. the president and the vice president didn't even let him talk. they berated him about not being grateful to the united states. and she's not the only one. on the street outside her home, we watched an impromptu conversation happened between her and a neighbor she's never