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what's not to like if you're vladimir putin? ite's one of us." >> narrator: in moscow, putin denied being behind the hacking. >> everybody started to talk about russia. some questions were asked. vladimir putin clearly enjoyed himself when he was asked these questionin the beginning of september. he gave some, well, conventional answers with some wink, but that was all. >> (speaking russian) (chuckles) (translated): i don't know anything about that. you know, there are so many hackers today. and they act so delicately and precisely, then they can leave their trace in the necessary time and place or even someone else's trace. >> there's always plausible deniability built into the system. so a lot of the hackers that are working for the russian government, they're not necessarily wearing, you know, epaulets and uniforms. they're not necessarily sitting in g.r.u. bunkers in moscow or somewhere in russia. a lot of them are freelancers. >> (speaking russian) (translated): does it even matter who hacked this data from the campaign headqu

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vladimir putin continues his own slot. the russian killing machine continues its assault on innocent people. thousands of civilians have been killed. this includes hundreds of children. vladimir putin's war crimes are all paid for with russian energy. energy accounts for nearly half of putin's budget. energy is the only successful industry in the russian economy. if you want to defend vladimir putin, you have to drain the tank. you have to defend him on energy. so, what do we see from the president of the united states? joe biden spent all of last year acting like vladimir putin was his secretary of the energy. he played right along. if putin wanted, biden did it. biden decided against sanctions on the north stream pipeline. people in this body on both sides of the aisle said sanction the pipeline, don't allow it. putin said i wanted, so biden gave it. actually, joe biden lobbied this body of the united states senate to not to do what we knew was the right thing to do in terms of sanctioning vladimir putin in the pipeline. biden caved to putin. biden also caved by extending the nuclear arms r

and that vladimir putin is a genius. donald trump thinks it'sling the parents of children in ukraine, and killing children and ukraine, and already creating half 1 million refugees. that is what donald trump calls genius. and on saturday, outstanding time to think about that genius for a few more days, donald trump once again called vladimir putin smart. and while he was at it, he attacked the president, who has united the world against vladimir putin. donald trump sought, the problem is not that putin is smart, which of course, he's smart. but the real problem is that our leaders are dumb. putin is playing biden like a drum. donald trump has read these words from a teleprompter in star, without the slightest indication that he believed any of them. the russian attack on ukraine's appalling. it's an outrage, and then atrocity it should never have been allowed to occur. also this weekend, the republican party had to make a decision about how they feel about congressman marjorie taylor greene speaking at an event where the host expressed his perso

approach and targeting civilians with artillery, rockets, but if that is seem to fail, it is only then that vladimirughen up the rhetoric has been wallace's here, do test us. but the crisis for ukraine is acute in its coming in the next few days and frankly, what ukraine needs, not really military intervention, given what we have discussed already. what it does need his arms and humanitarian aid and needs assistance very fast. you have to get them to kyiv and ukraine and take by land. it's quite an undertaking that is what britain needs to step up and do. the sunday exress. it needs to step up and do. the sunday express- it is — needs to step up and do. the sunday express. it is the _ needs to step up and do. the sunday express. it is the foreign _ needs to step up and do. the sunday express. it is the foreign secretary l express. it is the foreign secretary giving this warning, not to vladimir but the people of the whole thing this is the struggle of our generation. give us your essence of what you think she means by that. she talks about when she was just iii she talks about when she was just 14 a

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look, it is not vladimir putin's fault, right? rother may be small elements of that. let's be honest about what is actually causing this, it is loose fed policies too much government spending. and so not only are they coming up of these very cynical excuses but even as they did that this past week, gerry, what does congress do? it goes and passes another spending bill with a 7% increase in domestic spending on top of the trillions they got spent over the past year because of covid. and yet they stand there and say this is putin's fault. they are refusing to address the real problem and what is causing it because they want to keep doing it. gerry: great, coming up in florida bill has the woke community in america in an uproar. they are teaming up with mickey mouse to fight back. more on that next. at jp morgan, the only definition of wealth that matters is yours. it can be a smaller house, but a bigger nest egg. a goal to work toward, or the freedom to walk away. with 200 years of experience, personalized advice, and commission free

it. and actually, the city of kharkiv, the first city that was besieged by vladimir putin, it's a sister nuremberg. it's a sister city to novosibirsk in russia, but it's also a sister city to nuremberg in germany. and i think it's very symbolic. ukraine, the ukrainian armed forces have done a much better job than most people expected at holding back the russian advance. you said yourself, you expected in the early days that kyiv would be taken. but the reality is that russia has vastly superior manpower and firepower. and surely the longer this goes on, the worse it'll be for ukrainians. you know, actually in terms of manpower, i would rather disagree with you because if we look at the numbers of russian army and the numbers of ukrainian army, then ukraine currently supersedes russia and definitely has way, way, way more experienced people. well, the russian armed forces comprises around 900,000 active duty soldiers. at the start of this conflict, that was eight times the size of the ukrainian army, which i think has grown now somewhat, but still many times larger. well, the ukrainian ar

parties for outlandish language and i have been very disappointed, particularly right now when it comes to vladimir putin, there are people who are claiming he was provoked. that is language that is being played in russian began to television to bolster the russian economy, is outrageous. it needs to stop. it got me very upset. there are members up both parties doing it and it breaks my heart as someone who was sanctioned in ukraine. these are my friends. this is personal. they are under assault by murderous war criminals and there should be no apology, no justifying anything at this work criminal, vladimir putin, is doing. if any elected official is doing it, they need to be condemned. host: you are in ukraine and poland. who did you meet with and what did you learn? guest: we were there with the house foreign affairs committee -- and other committees -- who are front and center in prewar of ukraine. antony blinken was with us. we met with court authorities to nato's eastern flank in poland. we met with members of the polish military and we went to the poland-ukrainian border to see the humanitari

that appeared to be an ad-lib line, by the way, of vladimir putin. ito me he is walking this fine line between threatening more action to vladimir putin, but also making it clear there is a limit. more is coming, but only up to a point. >> right. and that point is no american troops on the ground and a kinetic war as long as it stays in ukraine. this was an energized biden embracing the mantle of leader of the free world. it is unprecedented in terms of the economic sanctions on russia he's gotten high marks for. the u.s. going after the oligarchs with members of the eu. this is about the risk/reward ratio that putin is facing and one that has blown up in his face and eroding some support at home. >> there is some conundrum for the administration, because you don't want to portray the image that you merely watching what is happening there, that you're a bystander as a 40 mile column moves into kyiv, as missiles continue to hit buildings and kill civilians there. how do you negotiate that limit? >> look, there is a -- when you already said you're not goi

whether you think that will make any difference to vladimir putin because autocrats of course don't have to really pay attention to public opinion. yeah. when it comes to the economic and social situation in russia, we've seen this since years what vladimir is mentioning is happening now to an even larger extent, um that young western oriented, innovative creative people so all the people you need to modernize the country and to to show away into a good future for a country um that they are leaving? we have tens of thousands of people, scientists, um entrepreneurs, creative people leaving russia already. but will that make a difference to vladimir putin adding to the modernization blockade the country is facing since many years um to vladimir putin, it will not make a difference today, but it will, it might make a big difference tomorrow, the day after tomorrow because the sanctions package, the west united as never unleashed against the a big difference tomorrow, the day after tomorrow because the russian economy and against putin's oligarch eyes um will send a big difference tomorrow, the day after tomorrow because the the economy crippling.

it saw in 2013 call for route from power unfortunately he remains in power but vladimir putin saw that the chinese saw that and now everyone sees the u.s. talk about war crimes, not able to step up and do anything about it going to talk to say that with that's five got it back it up with action, arthel big works i'll come back to that again. read a play center at lindsey graham this is what he had to say last week. >> to still stand by your call to put be assassinated? >> yes i hope he will be taken out to one way or the other i don't care how they take them out. i don't care and try him i just want him to go yes i am on record for its time for him to go. he is a war criminal. i wish somebody had taken hitler out in the 30s. to have senator graham is a powerfully nice state senator who is known as you well know around the world that he takes into grants comments as propaganda? meanwhile the action part you're talking about the wages of traders war on ukraine should the focus be on what putin deemed as fodder for his propaganda machine or should congress, nato, u.s. allies not get distr

it did not deter vladimir putin from going to crimea. it has not deterred him from keeping crimea and the same is true here. we talked about economic sanctions. punishing economic sanctions. we have gone further i think that anyone expected in terms of imposing sanctions are doing it consistent with our allies are getting everybody in the world to join us in that. i think the biden administration should get credit for that. that being said, it did not do the job. it did not deter vladimir putin from going in. it has not deterred them from continuing the war. it has not deter him from killing hundreds and now thousands of civilians. and so, the question becomes, what more do we need to do to would bring this war to a close of what we're are doing today is not effective? the challenges that we begun pouring to weapons of this conflict over not willing to do what it would take dreams to a rapid close which is to engage militarily. the president has warned vladimir putin might use chemical weapons, but he has not said what we will do. we know

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and that it -- there was no question, absolutely no question about the u.s. taking down vladimir putin, if you will. and he repeated that a few times, because there were several questions asked in different ways to try to get that answer from him. marc: ok. it regime change dealt with by biden. and of course, they await a change -- well, the angle that the news has taken. 5.8 trillion dollar budget proposal. tell us more about that. reporter: yes, a huge budget propal, as you said, for the fiscal year 2023. and for joe biden, there are three main elements to that budget proposal. this course possibility, safety and security, and in vestments to build a better america. the final element is using some of the elements in the bill back better agenda, that has been stalled in congress for months now. so years trying bring that back. the other aspect of it, responsibility, mentioned one of the aspects of that is the new so-called billionaires minimum tax. because e biden wants to pay for all of those things by taxing the super rich. a 20% minimum tax on the top 0.01% of earners. those

if we do not lead, vladimir putin will or president xi will. we have to lead, but we have to do it thoughtfully and to avoid expanding the military conflict if we can. i think that is a phase we are in. let us do everything we can to support the ukrainian people. unless vladimir putin actually uses tactical nuclear weapons, unless there was a devastating cyber attack on the u.s. that brought our economy to our knees, the situation changes and we have to evaluate what is the appropriate response now. for the phase that we are in right now, the defense that we put forward, i think it is the right response. hopefully, he can convince vladimir putin that it is time to negotiate a settlement. there are some areas where we could have a compromise that would allow him to withdraw forces without making this a very brutal and violent next couple of months that we are trying to avoid. host: in mississippi. independent. caller: yes. i have a short question to ask you. it really does not deal with ukraine. do you think in the next few months that you all will have a new speaker of the house? g

it is not surrisin: have with vladimir putin? it is not surprising that _ have with vladimir putin? _ have with vladimir putin? it is not surprising that they would - have with vladimir putin? it is not surprising that they would not - surprising that they would not receive this thing very well, and it does have elements of truth and we are already aware of tensions with putin's intelligence advisers, and we have heard a lot about of tensions with the fsb, his own service, and the main directorate of military intelligence, as well, and so there is a lot of feeling already that there is blame within russia for what is very clear, bad decision—making. i don't think putin is completely out of touch with what is completely out of touch with what is happening and i think it was ill—advised going into the conflict and there is recognition of that in russia. he and there is recognition of that in russia. , ., ., , ., ., russia. he is not the only one who has been ill-advised. _ russia. he is not the only one who has been ill-advised. president - has been ill—advised. president macron seeme

is it not nice for once vladimir putin defining the debate and keeping us guessing, but instead it is vladimir putin wondering whether he has to sleep with one eye open. >> first, joe, i thought it was a fantastic speech. it was a very important speech. it laid out the difference between democracy and dictatorship, between good and evil. he was clear as day where he stood and where the western world needed to stand. i hope it will be followed up with more action. that's what kyiv wants. that's what president zelenskyy wants. but i think it was a very historic speech and the right speech. the last part, i would say a couple of things. first of all, it is not the first time president biden has said this. i traveled with him in moscow when he was the vice president, and in march of 2011 he said president putin, prime minister putin back then, should not run for a third term. he said it back then. this is nothing new. >> no. >> and he spoke out loud when i think hundreds of millions of people around the world, including, by the way, millions of russians, also think. third, let's be very c

vladimir putin. that's why that didn't happen. it would have to be the strangest of coincidences, vladimir putin wanted to bring ukraine back into the fold of russia and took a giant bite of crimea when joe biden was last in the white house. it's strange he would lose that an tight for 4 years and not move on ukraine until after donald trump left the white house or perhaps because donald trump left the white house to amass troops last april. he was moving on this last april, sean. president biden did not do anything to confront him. he appeased him by lifting sanctions on nord stream-2 and ignored the intelligence that showed that vladimir putin had this plan and that you have talked about often on this program tonight. he didn't take the sanctions necessary and still is not willing to invoke the most important sanction targeting russian energy. >> sean: the american people are facing pain at the pump and paying more for everything we buy in every store and paying more to heat your home this winter, joe biden is as committed as ever

it emboldened him? four years of an autocratic american president who kissed up to him and dumped all over nato. do you lay the blame for vladimirutin's invasion at president trumps feet? >> no, it's at the feet of vladimir putin, but you would have to be kind of without a heartbeat and a pulse if you didn't notice that trump revered putin, said he was great, and trump also did dumped all over nato, was awful. one of the first things that president biden had do when he got into office is call every single world leader, but particularly those in nato, saying, america is back. he actually said that, america is back. because under trump, his favorite leaders were these dictator tyrants whether it was in north korea or russia, you name it. it was a very dangerou time and i shudder to think of what would happen if we didn't have a leader like joe biden right now. >> i want to turn to a different topic. you served for many years alongside senator dianne feinstein. in fact, you two were elected together to the senate in 1992 and you were the first female pair of u.s. senators representing any state at the same time and sadly, her husba

and as the war and your crime enters its 2nd week, president vladimir zalinski is urging people to keep up their resistance even as russia intensifies its attacks on major cities. one ukrainian official has disputed claims that russia has seized control of the black sea port of his song. further east, the cities of ha, keith and mahdi pole are under heavy attack, quoting muddy pulse mer, the reuters news agency says russian forces are actively preventing civilians from leaving. and that by the pulse water supply has been cut off and came, smith has warned that russia is gathering troops close to the capital. in old ukraine says, 2000 people have been killed in russian est right so far. and emotional reunion, this ukrainian man embraces his family for the 1st time since they were separated by a russian missile strike on cave. his wife and children had stepped out of their apartment, moments before the capitals tv tower was hit. but on the soldiers shouted ran quickly, which it was very scary. my youngest son ran and shouted faster, faster were being shot. we're not going to make it. and

its mission. solidifying control of eastern ukraine. those breakaway republics that vladimir putin has talked about in the donbas region. and yet, there is no obvious signs on the ground that the russian military posture is changing. after all, it launched missiles here in the west in lviv two days ago. it may be best to take a believe it when you see it approach to russian claims about what they are actually planning to do as it relates to ukraine. inside russia, it is getting harder and harder to see or believe anything. yesterday, for prominent russian journalist conducted an interview with ukrainians president as a lewinsky. and russia banned the interview from airing inside russia. one of the journalists interviewing president zelenskyy asked a question on behalf of the editor of russia 's last remaining independent newspaper, novaya gazeta. today, that last independent newspaper was forced to suspend its operations. novaya gazeta's editor won the nobel peace prize just a few months ago. for decades, he has found ingenious ways to keep his paper going, despite a men's go

vladimir putin and russia in general, persona country nongrata. how much of an impact does that have? itny pause. where do you see these measures going? >> well, i think he's obviously going to feel more direct pain from the sanctions, which are quite extraordinary in terms of how sweeping they are. much stronger than the sanctions than in 2014 after the first invasion of ukraine. but these symbolic moves excludeing the russians from sport and cultural events is one way to get through to the fog of russian propaganda and make clear to the russian people that their leader has isolated them from the entire international community. he's taken them down the road to becoming a pariah, a rogue state in the eyes of the world and as more information trickles in to russian viewers besides the state propaganda, they will put pressure from below and meanwhile the oligarchs and the kgb guys may begin to press their boss to say look, you're in over your head. it's time to deescalate. >> neil: as a wondering, who might be supporting this? obviously some of vladimir putin's oligarch friends are not too

if it ebbs, it will become tougher to maintain the unity. as long as vladimir putin is in charge of russia, it will be felt profoundly. the second is on the cost. we spoke earlier of the sanctions of which countries are putting on russia, but the cost of the sanctions fall on the countries putting the sanctions in place. those costs are uneven depending on who is doing the sanctioning. germany is different than britain, different than the united states, different than candida. host: just to use the example of gas prices, public sentiment weighs into this. guest: public sentiment has pushed governments to take measures toward russia that it otherwise might not have taken. i will give you a perfect example of this. switzerland, which has been famously neutral for 500 years, came out and froze

we need to sell it to our allies so they can remove themselves from the clutches of vladimir putin. freeing europe from russian energy dependence is going to strengthen both our alliance and our nato alliances. we must provide energy assistance to those countries as quickly as possible. they're asking for it. they want it. they need it. it strengthps our national -- strengthens our national security and takes money directly out of vladimir putin's pockets. it's this administration's energy policies which have driven up the cost of energy, drif undon the production of -- driven down the production of american energy, which is what has provided a jackpot for vladimir putin to fund his war machine. energy security is a critical part of our shared defense. there's a national security problem for the united states when our allies are more and more dependent on russian gas. the world knows vladimir putin uses energy as a weapon. energy is called the master resource for a reason. it powers our country, our economy, our military, it powers the world. and vladimir putin uses his energy as a w

a situation room, when we went after osama bin laden, he said, we shouldn't do it, stunning to me, sets a pattern, vladimir it russians have a philosophy, escalate to deescalate. they have small yield nuke nuclear weapons, we need to send a very clear message to vladimir putin, don't even think about it. don't even go there. remember when kim jong-un made comments about the nuclear capacity of north korea, he has a red button, president trump said back to him, you have a red button but my red button is bigger than your red button. you cannot take that stuff off of the table, the whorl the world will see it for what it is, he does not just face one nuclear power in united states but three, the brits are there and french are there i don't know he wants to go there. you can't lit lit him make an assumption, you have to tell him that in advancement. he has to know he can't do that. you have to tell him that up front. for example, when we -- he was talking about the special combat readiness and increasing his ability to use nuclear weapons, we canceled a nuclear exercise, a test of one of our missiles, what we

it destroys city blocks. that has to be a red line. vladimir putin could possibly use something like that in hopes that nato backs off. i think chemical weapons, you will begin to see people coalesce around that. look, look at the period before world war ii, it's always great to look at leaders that made tough decisions, but then when you are in a similar situation, and i am not comparing this to apples to apples, but when you are in a similar situation those decisions are hard to make and we need to think we could be in a position where we have to intervene. >> how would we intervene? what would we do? >> the potential use of a nuclear weapon or chemical weapons, i think you have to destroy russian forces at that point. you have to make it clear that this is an absolute red line, and not because we hold the standards because there is no way this could escalate into europe if that is done. there's no way you bring back a secure world order. we could have a nuclear exchange between the united states and russia, and the united states doesn't want

vladimir putin's russia. so the astonishing a mind-boggling fact, however incredulous it sounds, is that most people in russiat even know that there is a war that vladimir putin's regime is conducting against ukraine. if you watch russian state television, you live in this imagined reality where it is the west and the ukrainian government that are to blame for the conflict. and what putin's forces are doing is conducting a so-called targeted special operations that doesn't affect civilians. i think people have been watching your channel and other world media have seen the or her affix images coming out of ukraine, they can be the judges of that for themselves. >> and given the threat to opposition leaders like yourself, to journalists, to protesters, it's remarkable. something you told me years ago that always sticks with me, don't talk about russians, talk about the russian administration, the russian government the putin regime because russians are not onside with this thing but you advocate something interesting. you advocate for western countries democratic nations to produce more russian language journal

it. vladimir putin raised it when he first came in the office. angela writes in her book, the limits of partnership, that in 2001, then director of policy planning richard ask for a memo that would go to secretary powell, saying it was time to invite russia to join nato. a new nato and a new russia. i have filed a freedom of information act request to get that document written -- declassified, i am very eager to read it. i thought it was worth mentioning richard's role on this issue. mary: you beat me to it, i was aware of it as well. the issue was examined at length within the government. cam, you are nodding your head. kimberly: the soviets proposed joining nato as early as 1954. they made a public query about whether the soviet union could join nato, came up several more times in soviet history. under the yeltsin era it was probably serious, with putin it was not serious just like with the soviet era. with a discussion of richard and the various memos circulated internally, james baker rode tuned editorial piece of the new york times where he

it is not going to be taken by force. vladimir putin working to corrode it from the inside out. getting people to not trust each other. that is the power. the book is designed -- a five-step process. if you are skeptical, i applaud you for being skeptical. don't listen to me. pull out the book. take the five steps. apply it to something in your life. i challenge everyone to change your mind about something. our kids are good at that. kids adapt. they are agile. older people tend to be stuck in their ways. try to change your mind. i give you a five-step process that is a nod to what christine is talking about. trying to get us back to where we are communicating with each other. shaming, canceling, alienating, that stuff just makes people feel bad. that is the kind of thing that people like putin want to see in america. host: let's talk to craig. caller: i appreciate c-span and our guest today. you are doing a great job. i want to say i support the continuity of government and don't want to rehash the election. i think our election system is the best in the world. i have a constit

it's awful for fear. if vladimirucceed and get fear in the hearts of ukrainians and people around the world rally on behalf of ukraine, that is a b+ on the side of ukraine, he's not getting what he wants and that's encouraging. he mentioned at the beginning you will around the world, that's what we have to relate to. we have to relate to the courage zelenskyy and countrymen of ukraine are showing and it will drive out our own fear and lead us to want to help, compassion, people coming over and giving funding and supplies medical centers around the u.s., world health organization, red cross and fox news with us, red cross giving $8 million for supplies from a hugely important that we have to figure out a way to get them into the hands of patients who need them the most. another thing hospitals to handle combat victims and i'm involved in reporting about, very important because it's not just getting to hospital or dr. that matters, it's getting to somebody who knows how to take care of them and an enormous amount of po

would move against russia central bank, and effectively make it impossible for them to access big chunks of that financial war chest. so, vladimir putin called on his economic advisers today, but it's not clear how much they're going to be able to do to shield the russian economy. stephanie? >> now, and people are suffering. matt, raf, stay safe where you are. if you have anything, come back to the cameras, we will certainly want those updates. but for now, let's bring in our experts. msnbc contributor for pbs news hour. retired army lieutenant colonel alexander vindman, the former director for european affairs for the u.s. national security council with an expertise in ukraine. jeremy bash, former chief of staff at the cia and the pentagon, and william taylor, former u.s. ambassador to ukraine, and the united states institute of peace of vice president for russia. colonel vindman, have to start with you. you are born in ukraine, you know this country, and you know putin. ukraine has been much stronger than putin has months waited. he's facing global blowback. his own people are protesting, and his stars are athletes are rejecti

don't know if the west has the stomach to stop vladimir putin. whether itng or sending a message to vladimir putin to stopping the import of that oil. there are ways to do it but to me, to tell vladimir putin to stop this markets need to know, hopefully we'll get some optimism. stuart: when you expect to hear that? >> i doubt it. they don't have a plan for us energy independence so they don't have the stomach to go there but as americans we need to look at these as national security she is not relying on russia or china. stuart: we will be watching tonight and see what the president comes up with. "the opening bell" is ringing. it is 9:30 eastern and we've started trading on wall street which expect to see the dow lose ground and that is happening. we are down 150 points, 3 quarters of the dow 30 in the red. a modest selloff at "the opening bell". the s&p is down a 12:45%. the nasdaq is down but not by much. big tech, let's see where they are going to come all over the place but mostly down. microsoft, google, amazon, met on the downside. big news on the ma