his long time bro manse, business friend vladimir pu, they're bro, men's goes back a long way. in 2004, the russian president vladimir putin was a guest at german chancellor gach, who had us 60th birthday party with later that year they were all smiles again as showed a hosted protein at his home. putin showed up a suit case of good it was just left art as a do. hm. see, they got my each other. they got to like each other. they got to trust each other. the moving fees for throwing c. after school i left offers the friendship paid off, he landed a job with a controversial north stream pipeline project to bring russian gas direct to germany. then, and 2014 as russia and next crimea screwed. i celebrated his 70th birthday in saint petersburg with his friend flooding mia. despite growing unease at the former chancellor behavior, the drop offers kept coming opposed with russian oil for him. ross never followed should. i was now leaning into his russian lobbyist reputation. at the time he told the w, the german russian relationship should be one of for it was housing corporation inste

to see china who's kind of been walking the line here, and i obviously has close relations with vladimir pu and how they react to these latest allegations in the council. and if russia indeed points to anything new. all right, kristen salumi there rushes president vladimir putin says he's ready to keep searching for solutions to the wall with as diplomatic efforts. continue the conflict grimes on on the ground. same basra, the wraps on the laces developments across you crime. within minutes of early morning air raid sirens throughout the city, russian missiles had targets near levine international airport, shattering once again, the sense of relative safety. here in the west of ukraine. before the position was split, the air read boarding system worked ungrateful to the armed forces as they reacted some missiles which were launched from the black sea area, were intercept 4. missiles, hit an aircraft repair plant, as you already know. there have been some attacks in this part of the country. a training company operative last week, and a military posted in airfield, near lutes. but the friday

and russian military barbarism was misplaced with leaders looking the other way when it came to vladimir puis ideas was to level the most destroyed city on earth. thousands of civilians were killed. how did the u.s. respond? with stern warnings and a friendly presidential summit. >> i think the united states can do business with this man. what i have seen of him so far indicates that he's capable of being a very strong, effective and forceful leader. >> president bush thought he was trustworthy and you won't be the last. >> i was able to see inside his soul. >> and despite those saying that putin could not be trusted, ushenko survived the poisoning. despite the radiation death of putin critic ufamenko. he said, the howl of protests around the world will reverberate in your head for the rest of your life. the u.k. responded to a brazen assassination on its soil by expelling four russian diplomats. that's it. in 2008, putin, emboldened, invaded georgia using separatists, which is now his playbook. >> russia has invade aid sovereign neighboring state and threatens a democratic government elect

. >> "this guy" meaning vladimir pu nic robertson is live. there are still disagreements behind the scenes on some of the more radical measures like completely cutting off russia's oil and gas sector. >> yeah, that's one of the points of discussion with ursula von der leyen president biden will be having today. ursula von der leyen has been saying that the european union is really in a safe place in terms of energy supplies this winter, but what it's actually doing is sort of going under -- putting itself in a position of radically drawing down the amount of gas and oil supplies it gets from russia, trying to cut them by 2/3 this year. ursula von der leyen has been saying she is looking to the united states to help sort of back fill that if you will. and it's expected to be a commitment from the united states, from president biden to give potentially 14 billion cubic meters of lng, liquefied natural gas to the european union to supplement the supply that could be -- or the european union will need to find an alternate resource rather than get

he has called out vladimir pu and for being the aggressor in this war called on him to stop what he's described as an absurd war in the name of humanity. but also calling on all the parties to do what's expected under international law. and that's protecting civilians, but also respecting national sovereignty as well. all right, thanks so much, kristen salumi there. now you as president joe biden is proposing to allocate the $87000000000.00 from next year's budget to help you crime and support nato members . the money would be washington's largest allocation of 8th since russia's invasion . mike, hannah is at the white house for us. so mike, $7000000000.00 us dollars. that's a lot of money is no small amounts, at least. where would it go? indeed, yes, world that is going to the european to terrance initiative vessel called to nato, along with its allies as well as to wards ukraine, efforts encountering the russian invasion. now there's also $1000000000.00 set aside specifically for ukraine. this is likely to take the form of military and humanitarian aid in coming weeks. this is an ad

the greed for power in europe has ria woken, but vladimir sir rocha believes this attack is the beginning of the end for pu tim . but she more a, but it's short with almost 2. why is putin doomed? firstly, because he started this completely senseless and insane war, vs. the consequences will be destructive. for russia though, as it's hugely dependent on the rest of the world for imports and exports. secondly, it's an immoral war lane that will, it's pointless. dasa usually assuming putin will win, which then what will he do with the hatred from $40000000.00 ukrainians to a deal? it's so near that issue for aka me, lou on the o cranes in his current book read pyramid. russia is described as a pseudo country, a pseudo democracy with pseudo elections. who did it in sir oaken describes allies as putin's most important means of communication. gold put in claims. russia harbours no ill intentions against its neighbors, and says that they should not escalate tensions. elite the, it was, you, her open your mouth. now even the elites are noticing the tragedy of our country, or they are head hard by the sanction la

pus get in a cage and jailed. goes on four hunger strikes this guy is too much trouble they sent him to the u.k. he feels like he knows the mind of vladimirgh he lost so many troops. even though from our perspective he has been humiliated as a former super power, he just wants kyiv. and if he gets kyiv, he will punish the baltic states. that's what he really believes. that is why this matters. you can't stop this meg glow maniac he does not care how much russia bleeds. rachel: interesting get you got. all of us wondering what are the oligarchs doing? he is an ex. but the other oligarchs have the ability to pressure putin or maybe even pay off some of that inner circle people to go against him if they want. does he give you any indication about the capability or the willingness of putin to use nuclear weapons or does he think he is just saber ratling on that? brian: he says he would not put anything past him. i just think you are an exoligarch who could soon be a billionaire. it's hard to break up with oligarchy. [laughter] brian: interesting you bring it up, rachel, i said what about the oligarch. i don't want to give away the whole inter