there is no sort of proof from him that volodymyr zelenskyy is a dictator. volodymyr zelenskyy is a hero who cares about his people and is trying to save them for more. why doesn't he share that same rhetoric about vitamin putin? why doesn't he share the same rhetoric around xi jinping or kim jong-un, who he gets along with very well, i might add. all of the republicans who think that joe biden was too cognitively impaired to be president, i think trump and his team should be taken out of office. host: plenty of criticism about this decision in the major national print papers this morning on the op-ed pages, including from the editorial board of the wall street journal. donald trump tilts towards a ukraine sellout, putting pressure on for a deal than he does on the kremlin. the u.s. government's biggest cut is in global credibility right now. writing about ukraine. cal thomas writing in the mostly conservative pages of the washington times op-ed pages, no substitute for victory. putin must be defeated, is what cal thomas writes. this is from nicholas kristof

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here's what she wrote of volodymyr vakulenko quote.s war notes will be in the black ukrainian soil, waiting to be found one day. end quote. later in the book, she writes, quote, the quest for justice has turned me from a novelist and a mother into a war crime researcher. over the last year, i have photographed shell holes in library walls and the ruins of schools and cultural centers. i have recorded the testimonies of survivors and eye witnesses of atrocities. i've done this to uncover the truth, to ensure the survival of memory and give justice and lasting peace a chance. end quote. in may of last year, the printing plant in kharkiv that had published volodymyr's war diary was completely destroyed in a russian missile attack that killed at least seven people. the printing plant was responsible for about a third of ukraine's overall book printing capacity, but despite this, all these stories, depressing though they are, have galvanized the literary and publishing community in ukraine. ukrainian authors, editors and publishers are figh

volodymyr zelensky is a man in a hurry.rds a us—brokered peace deal that the ukrainian president fears will simply reward the russian leaderfor his invasion. putin will try to get the us president standing but as a prop in his own performance. applause. we don't need that. we need real success. we need real peace. and for that, he argued, europe needed its own army. i really — i really believe the time has come the armed forces of europe must be created. we must build the armed forces of europe so that europe's future depends only on europeans. but europe's military muscle, like these troops in estonia, lies with nato. everyone here agrees that europe needs to spend more on defence. but, no, says the eu's top diplomat, not a new army. we don't need a separate alternative to nato. we have nato. we have the armed forces, 27 countries — 2a of them also in nato. new nato member finland has a long land border with russia. here, too, the foreign minister is opposed to a new european army. of course. what we've tried to emphasise

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president of ukraine volodymyr zelenskyy has just been speaking about his country's war with ukraine,russia, i should say. >> yeah. it comes as us vice president jd vance launched a scathing attack on europe yesterday, accusing governments and leaders of abandoning the values that have held europe together since the end of world war ii. well, let's just listen to what he had to say. >> the threat that i worry the most about vis a vis europe is not russia. it's not china, it's not russia. it's not china, it's not any other external actor. and what i worry about is the threat from within. the retreat of europe threat from within. the retreat of euro farm, and now they have clark's farm, and now they have both been reserved for adoption. so that's a little bit of great news for us. there we go. so see the duchess. >> watching on television. we have duchess there reserves. >> she's been reserved. and we also have veera who's been reserved. >> oh there we go. >> oh there we go. >> yeah. and i just think that is such an important message that you can adopt beautiful dogs who also need a hom

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vance gave them an earful about their shortcomings but also lent an ear to ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy. our elizabeth palmer is in munich. gauging their reaction to the speech, the meeting, and vance's embrace inc. of germany's far right party. our in-depth focus tonight is on a new painkiller that doesn't bring the risks of addiction or overdose. the nonopioid drug is the first to get fda approval in more than 20 years. those stories and more right after our news headlines. ♪ ♪ >> when you say resigned, they were going to be gone anyway. >> john: a total of seven justice department officials have now resigned in protest over being ordered by a top official at the department to drop corruption charges against new york city mayor eric adams. former acting u.s. attorney in manhattan, danielle sassoon, alleges the case was to be dropped in exchange for adams' cooperation with the white house's crackdown on illegal immigration. adams denies that there was a quid pro quo. a 36-year-old israeli american is among three hostages expected to be released by hamas tomorrow as a part of

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trump's first term as president, there was already personal. >> friction with volodymyr zelenskyy. trump pressured. >> zelenskyy to investigate hunter biden during a 2019. >> phone call about u.s. >> aid for ukraine. >> it was a perfect phone call. >> zelenskyy was drawn. >> into a fracas. >> the entire. >> beginning of. zelenskyy's presidency was overshadowed by. donald trump's effort to, in effect, blackmail zelenskyy. and ukraine. >> into getting. >> u.s. military support in exchange. for political favors for donald trump. that's what led to trump's first impeachment. >> zelenskyy tried to stay out of it. >> i'm sorry, but i don't want. >> to be involved. >> nobody pushed. it. >> pushed me. >> yes. in other. >> words, no pressure. >> the nays are. >> democrats alleged. >> a. >> quid pro quo. >> and trump was impeached but acquitted. >> i think that left a. >> bit of a bad taste. in mr. trump's mouth because he has a long memory. he's like that. >> since russia's. >> invasion of ukraine. >> in 2022, trump has falsely blamed zelenskyy for the conflict putin ignited. >> he should n

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zelensky a "dictator", "volodymyr zelensky is not a dictator" — but we have sort of peace agreement"ay the chair of the ukrainian caucus from pennsylvania — issued this extremely and president putin need to be stopped, that they need to be punished for their invasion of your country, for everything they've done to your people." of the majority of people here." from within the republican party. because there's been other issues in the past where other republicans policy than the president. so, i think it'll be really eye—opening to see position is very clear. to ask him a question — i asked him, "do you trust the russians in these negotiations?" would you say you trust the russians to negotiate in good i do, i think the russians want to see the war end. j and...| do, i really do. they've taken a lot of territory. for whatever deal eventually comes down the road. you know, to your point, bernie, that his view eventually sometimes becomes the view of the whole party — but even perhaps broader that he's kind of laying the groundwork for what might be of misinformation" — i don't remember

ukraine's president, volodymyr zelensky, has called in a speech to the munich security conference. tomir putin of another russian offensive. is setting up a military launch pad, we need to ask what should and more importantly, what can we do before the next remember, there have already been provocations on the polish staged by russian intelligence to stir up chaos in europe. they are learning how to fight now. how to fight the modern war. and what about your armies? and if russia launches a false flag operation, orjust straight up with no insignia from belarus, like how crimea got taken in 2014 — how fast will the allies respond? ukraine continues to dominate the day of the munich the second day of the munich security conference, which involved a strongly from 7 ifroanolodymyr 7 7 7 ifroanolodymyrzelensky. speech from volodymyr zelensky. of course, this year's is overshadowed 7 l is overshadowed by conference is overshadowed by europe's worry they will europe's worry that they will be cut out if any possibly be cut out if any- , ,, negotiations any peace negotiations and any peace neg

repeats his comments about volodymyr zelensky, calling him a dictator. he refuses to have elections. he's low in the real ukrainian polls. is being demolished? zelensky better move fast or he's not going hostages whose bodies will be returned today. await the handover. the parents of a nine—year—old girl who was killed school. people from 30 properties in a surrey village have been on tariffs and immigration could fuel inflation hello, i'm tadhg enright. president trump has deepened the rift with ukrainian speaking both on social media and at an event in florida, earlier, president zelensky accused his american with mr trump having claimed kyiv could have "made a deal on wednesday, and stressed the need for everyone to work together, describing him as ukraine's democratically elected leader. diplomacy on the conflict, with vladimir putin describing as "extremely friendly". our north america correspondent merlyn thomas has this report. a deepening rift between the united states and ukraine. it at a conference in florida. he's pretty easy, pretty easy. to

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president donald trump is attacking ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy who responded by saying mrtrump is in a disinformation bubble. >>> a federal judge may dismiss the corruption case against new york city mayor eric adams, who is accused of offering a quid pro quo to the trump administration. >>> and we asked transportation secretary sean duffy is it's safe to fly. >>> president donald trump escalated attacks on ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy on wednesday, calling him a dictator and blaming ukraine for russia's invasion. and as cbs' erica brown reports, trump doubled down in those comments in a speech wednesday night, all this as the president and elon musk press ahead with their mission to make drastic cuts to the federal government. >> reporter: president trump continued his war of words with volodymyr zelenskyy hours after calling the ukrainian president a dictator. >> a modestly successful comedian, president zelenskyy talked the united states of america into spending $350 billion to go into a war that basically couldn't be won. >> reporter: trump accused zelenskyy

caller: i just wanted to say about trump and volodymyr zelenskyy, putin, he wants volodymyr zelenskyyhave an election but nothing about putin having an election. also, what in the world are we doing messing with the lower level working man and we have all of these people up in washington that go up there primarily broke and become billionaires and not doing anything about them? host: that is built in georgia. coming up and 9:00 on the east coast. the senate is in at 10:00. here is a headline on what the senate has been working on this week and the house as well. senate republicans digging in on their budget plan. donald trump singh a broad house budget bill throwing cold water on the senate blueprint. it was senate majority leader john thune who was asked about president trump coming out publicly in favor of the house republican approach to the budget process. here is 90 seconds. [video clip] >> are you defined the president by going ahead with your own budget plan when he strongly endorsed with the house is working on? >> i think he has made it clear for a long time he would prefer o

at the same time we've also heard from volodymyr zelensky that he is going to be meeting the u.s.thursday in which he hopes for constructive work with the u.s. all of that amid the talks about the future of ukraine between the u.s. and russia and the ukrainians haven't had a seat at that table. now let's turn to germany. just days away from a crucial general election. campaigns dominated by immigration, the war in ukraine and the economy. opinion polls suggest that the opposition party is on course to emerge as the strongest single party after the vote on sunday. the far right alternative for germany is currently projected to be the second largest party. all of this as a poll conducted for the german press agency show that is one in five german voters are still undecided. let's cross live to the northwest of germany and join our correspondent jessica parker who's been on the campaign trail attending a c.d.u. rally this evening. there's a lot at stake in this election. where do you see things at the moment? >> yeah, good evening. as you said, i'm at a c.d.u. rally. we've been heari

very critical of volodymyr zelensky, saying that he had essentially led his country to ruin over thew years that he had spurned this recent good faith offer by america, as donald trump was describing it, to broker a deal, as you've heard, mr trump essentially said that they've done nothing. he said he was friends with emmanuel macron. no attempts to talk to russia, he said. at the feet of those two leaders as he does at of uk—us relations? nervousness in europe about what this policy position from the us president is going to mean in the long run. of the interview that you've just conducted there, with president trump, a negotiating tactic, this idea that he is transactional. of america turning its back on its old alliances. criticisms being levelled at those two european of the interview that you've just conducted there, you know, european powers can at least hope, perhaps, that in some of this there is opportunity that some of this may be, as people often say with president trump, a negotiating tactic, a sort of maximalist position beyond which people can find compromises. this ide

president volodymyr zelenskyy is changing his tune, suggesting overnight he's now open to discussing a deal. president trump is demanding for ukraine to hand over 50% of its mineral rights in exchange for continued american support. after meeting with trump's envoy, retired general keith kellogg, president volodymyr zelenskyy gave his nightly address saying economy and security must always go hand in hand. and the details of the agreements matter. volodymyr zelenskyy also laid out what he expects in return, calling for a reliable and clear system of security guarantees that ensure long-term protection from russia. american and ukrainian officials tell nbc news the trump administration presented volodymyr zelenskyy with the proposed deal last week,iving him an hour to sign it. zelenskyy refused saying it didn't make security guarantees explicit. he was told trump would be angry. and president trump did respond angrily, falsely accusing volodymyr zelenskyy of being a dictator and now making it clear he wants that deal signed. >> i think i'm going to resurrect it. or, you know, we'll se

ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy. live from the munich security conference.and, uh, we have heard from him both in a speech that he gave and that then in his comments with christiane talking about need for security guarantees, the ongoing war with russia, and also talking about where the u.s. could come into play and a trump administration. so he said that he would not accept any peace deal that would be done behind ukraine's back. he urged europe to form a coordinated policy to end the war in his country, and he received a standing ovation. he also said that the continent faces a simple choice now. >> some in europe may be frustrated with brussels, but let's be clear if not brussels, then moscow is your decision. >> if i recall, that received some boos in the crowd. mr. zelenskyy spoke a day after u.s. vice president j.d. vance addressed the same gathering and vance laid into european leaders, accusing them of backsliding on democracy and restricting freedoms. germany's defense minister is calling the accusations unacceptable, while a ukrainian parliament me

vance then went on to meet with president volodymyr zelenskyy of ukraine. of discussion about what the contours of a peace deal might look like between russia and ukraine. a lot of accusations that american officials are giving too many concessions to the russian side before those discussions even start. vice president vance softening some of the messaging from washington in the past few days, not laying out any hard lines, saying that he's leaving all optionality, as he called it, for president trump. but president trump, we know, has said that, for one, he doesn't believe that ukraine should join nato. he says that russia should be welcomed back into the g8, which they were kicked out of after they invaded crimea. president zelenskyy insisting that, of course, ukraine has to be part of the conversation. they need to be at the table when there are negotiations about their future. he said that u.s. support is necessary, that security guarantees are absolutely essential. that will be a focal point for the conversations going forward. president trump's ukrain

president also said he doesn't think it is important for volodymyr zelenskyy to be involved in meetingsr. also, the british foreign secretary calls on hamas to return the body of -- after israel said a body returned on thursday was not that of the israeli hostage. apple removes u.k. user access to the company's highest level data security tool over a request from the u.k. government. we will be discussing what that means. germany gears up to go to the polls on sunday. as the cdu look to emerge as the largest political force of the country. but we start this hour with breaking news. in the last you minutes, a 27-year-old man who stabbed the novelist salman rushdie in new york in 2022 has been found guilty attack left the writer bd in his right eye. let's get the latest on that the correspondent who joins me now following the trial. bring us up-to-date. >> this happened in 2022. salman rushdie was in southwestern new york on stage. ironically giving a talk on how to keep writers safe. the 27-year-old was in the audience, purchased a ticket to go to the event. but rushed on stage and attac

donald trump called ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy a dictator.responded that trump was living at a disinformation space. we will talk about the lack of diplomacy with cbs's elizabeth palmer. a federal judge heard testimony as the justice department seeks to drop charges against new york city mayor eric adams. at least seven top justice department officials have resigned saying the move is political. scott macfarlane was in the courtroom. and you might want to duck. scientists tracking an asteroid that's large enough to destroy a city now say odds have doubled that it could good strike the earth in 2032. in the interview will discuss what on earth to do about this. those stories and more right after our news headlines. ♪ ♪ upwards of 5 to 10 inches of snow and ice could fall from kentucky and north carolina to maryland and delaware. more than two-thirds of the country is shivering in temperatures far below normal even for february. the trump administration put the brakes on new york city's first in the nation congestion pricing. the city last mont

the rift between two presidents deepens as donald trump repeats his comments about volodymyr zelensky. he refuses to have elections, he is low in the real ukrainian polls, how can you be high when every city is being demolished? a dictator without elections, zielinski mr —— better move faster, he is not going to have a country without elections. israel has confirmed it has received the names of the four dead israeli hostages whose bodies will be returned today. this is the scene in khan younis.

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the rift between two presidents deepens as donald trump repeats his comments about volodymyr zelensky, calling him a dictator. he refuses to have elections, he is low in the real ukrainian polls, how can you be high when every city is being demolished? a dictator without elections, zielinski mr —— better move faster, he is not going to have a country without elections. israel has confirmed it has received the names of the four dead israeli hostages whose bodies will be returned today. this is the scene in khan younis. president volodymyr zelensky. because he didn't hold elections last year. with mr trump having claimed kyiv could have "made a deal a long time ago," to end the war. sir keir starmer spoke to the ukrainian president on wednesday and stressed the need for everyone to work together, describing mr zelensky as ukraine's democratically elected leader. the last few days have shaken international as "extremely friendly." let's hear some of what mr trump had to say about president zelensky at that event in florida. where the money is. he said, "well, we don't know where half of

tensions escalating between president trump and volodymyr zelenskyy. zelenskyy accusing trump of living in a russian disinformation bubble. trump firing back, calling zelenskyy a dictator. several republicans disagreeing with trump's comments but not criticizing the president directly. for more, let's bring in nbc's meagan fitzgerald. good morning to you. >> richard, good morning. we've seen president trump falsely claim that ukraine started the war, when in fact we all watched nearly three years ago when russia invaded ukraine without cause. trump then taking to truth social to say that zelenskyy refuses to hold elections and called him a dictator. keep in mind here, we're talking about a democratically-elected president who won elections in ukraine back in 2019, then imposed martial law during war, suspending elections, which isn't an unprecedented move. but look, there's no doubt about it. we are seeing quite a dramatic turn by a sitting u.s. president. under president biden the u.s. was incredibly aligned with ukraine, delivering hundreds of billio

ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy.ire that started monday night at a manufacturing warehouse in the philadelphia suburb of abington burned into the day today until firefighters finally got the flames under control. there are voluntary evacuations in the area, however, over concerns about air quality. ♪ ♪ today, a federal judge called the department of government efficiencies access to sensitive government agencies data unchecked authority of an unelected individual but allow the access to continue. at mar-a-lago, the president defended the individual, that's elon musk, but went on the offensive against ukraine's president, blaming zelenskyy for russia's invasion saying he "should never have started it." cbs's chief white house correspondent nancy cordes was there. nancy, we will get to doge in a moment. but help us understand what the president was saying in the context of what sounded very much like he was blaming zelenskyy for being invaded. >> reporter: right. he kind of got his back up when he asked why his secreta

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nato a very big issue as he meets with ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy. earlier, the vice president told the wall street journal that the u.s. could hit russia with sanctions and even possibly send u.s. troops to ukraine if the russian president failed to negotiate in good faith, saying, quote, there are economic tools of leverage. there are, of course, military tools of leverage as well. cnn national correspondent alex marquardt joining us now live from munich. and i wonder, alex, who do european diplomats and officials believe because you had say one thing, you have vance saying another and you have donald trump. now making concessions prior even to the start of the negotiations. >> yeah, jim, it's a very good question. and i think the biggest concession is the question of nato membership for ukraine. pete hegseth really alarming. european nato allies just a few days ago, saying that that ukraine would not end up with nato membership in any kind of peace deal with russia and donald trump essentially confirming that yesterday in the oval office. but we a

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now think of it a modestly successful comedian, volodymyr zelenskyy talked talked the united states of america into spending $350 billion to go into a war that couldn't be won, that never had to start, but a war that he without. the u.s. and trump will never be able to settle. and just yesterday, he flat out said zelenskyy started the war. he said it in response to complaints from kyiv about being frozen out of peace talks over its future. >> i think i have the power to end this war and i think it's going very well. but today i heard, oh well, we weren't invited. well, you've been there for three years. you should have ended it three years. you should have never started it. you could have made a deal. >> should never have started, he said. neither ukraine nor its president did start the war. russia and vladimir putin did. the president continued today, writing, zelenskyy admits that half of the money we sent him is missing. he refuses to have elections. it's very low in ukrainian polls, and the only thing he was good at was playing biden like a fiddle. the president then calls him a qu

but these talks exclude ukrainian officials, including their president, volodymyr zelenskyy. european leaders also holding an emergency meeting in paris after the trump white house said they, too, would be excluded from these negotiations. nbc's matt bodner joins us now. matt, what is the latest, and where do we go from here? >> reporter: jessica, good morning. the trump administration has signaled very clearly that they want to end the war in ukraine. but their approach has set off alarm bells in ukraine and across europe. not only has the white house stated publicly that several of ukraine's key demands for peace negotiations are, quote, unrealistic, but also that ukraine will not be present for today's talks. this in itself marks a departure from previous policy, mainly from the west, that nothing will be done concerning ukraine without ukraine. president volodymyr zelenskyy in an exclusive interview with "meet the press" over the weekend said ukraine would not recognize any u.s.-russia deal that does not include ukraine in the process. western allies are also looking at t

but ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy says he hasn't been invited to that table yet. for the latest, let's go to molly hunter. so many developments over the weekend. >> reporter: that's right. so many developments, and a flurry of diplomatic activity at the end of last week and over the weekend. according to two sources familiar w with the negotiation as you mentioned, u.s. secretary of state marco rubio and michael waltz and steve witkoff are heading to saudi arabia for meetings with russia. they laid out four priorities, a permanent end to the war, a diplomatic end to the war, integration and changes to aid for ukraine. what's not clear is when ukraine and allies will be invited to the table. ukrainian president zelenskyy was asked about the negotiations. take a quick listen. >> can you accept any peace deal that is cut without ukraine? >> no. >> do you feel like you have a seat at the table right now? >> i not only count on it, i'm sure that we have to be there. >> and the secretary of state seemed to soften the language saying of course ukraine and europe will be

volodymyr zelenskyy was not invited to the meeting between marco rubio and russian leaders. >>> donaldrace on computer chips and even pharmaceuticals that come into the united states, it could start as soon as april 2nd. >>> people are talking about the president and elon musk after they appeared on cable tv, they are defending the department of government efficiency headed by elon musk, also defending the overhaul of the government and the president said elon musk does not have too much power because the buck stops with him. >>> it is a headline that nobody wants to hear in the wake of the recent wildfires, the trump administration is firing about 10% of the u.s. for service workers, agencies say they manage about 1/5 of the state, this means they are responsible for fire mitigation, things like controlled burns and brush clearing. and in placer county, more than 50% of the forest lands are managed by the u.s. forest service and the cuts have people worried. >> it is nerve-racking, if it wasn't for the teams that were prepped during the mosquito fire, i'm sure many more would have los

being applied w china. tariffs being applied to china. we get we will bring ukraine's president, volodymyre building ukrainian authorities say at least 4 people have ukraine's president, volodymyr zelensky, has accused moscow of bombing a building in ukrainian—occupied russia where dozens of civilians were sheltering. the strike targeted the building in the town of sudzha — a part of russia's kursk region held by ukrainian forces. ukrainian authorities say at least 4 people have been killed and dozens are still trapped under the rubble, including women and children. russia says it was a reponse to targeted ukrainian strikes. our correspondence has more on this. we will come back to that. in the meantime let's just remind you of the news coming to us from the middle east where further hostages have been released, israeli hostages, three israeli hostages, three israeli hostages have been released by gaza and 180 palestinians that were held by israel have also been released. now, this was a very bittersweet moment for his simply wasn't possible. square in particular. and i think it's importan

our kristen welker asked volodymyr zelenskyy over the weekend. take a listen. >> can you accept any peace deal that is cut without ukraine? >> no. >> do you feel like you have a seat at the table right now? >> i not only count on it, i'm sure that we have to be there. >> ukraine doesn't feel like they have a seat at the table. european allies, jessica, feel like they have been excluded from the first round of talks. at least yesterday on cbs the secretary of state seemed to soften the administration's language just a tad, sayg ukraine and europe will be involved in any talks. now two u.s. officials tell nbc news that the intention is for the u.s. to host a bilateral meeting with russia, then a bilateral meeting with ukraine and finally talk together. what is clear is that the u.s. is setting the pace, setting the tone, and there are big questions about what conditions may have been agreed between president trump and president putin before these negotiations even get going. jessica? >> and when, if and when, zelenskyy gets the invite remains to be

president volodymyr is due to the envoy keith due to meet the envoy keith he met head of kellogg.ian hosts ?%;1hey they would like say they would like to show him the full picture, possibly including a picture to the line —— the front front line —— trip to the front line. it is high stakes trip president zelensky because president zelensky accepts that support critical for a ukrainian free of russia. early at future free of russia. early at trump deepened the present trump deepened the he claimed rift, he ctairnet! trlhraihe the war with russia and started the war with russia and that his ukrainian counterpart was a dictator because he didn't hold elections last president zelensky�*s term last may but voting was expired last may but voting was legally suspended because of the war. our north america correspondent merlyn thomas sent this update on the us reaction to trump's comments about zelensky — and how the repubican party may react. president trump has unwilling to work back on his comments, calling the ukrainian president a dictator. now, this sudden foreign policy shift in se

volodymyr zelensky. president trump has dismissed ukraine's concerns about being left out of the us-russian talks that we told you about just a moment ago, sasaying kyi could have made a deal with russia earlier. as americans across the country start to feel the effects of president trump's budget cuts, firings and layoffs, the president and his advisor elon musk are defending their actions, as those workers who lost jobs must now deal with the reality of no work and little explanation. nbc's julie sirkin is tracking it all from d.c. stand up. fight back. from the nation's capital and across the country, federal employees are angry, upset and in disbelief at their new reality. tens of thousands losing their jobs, many without explanation. it was like having the rug pulled out from under me. it's very, very sad. i feel very sad and very angry and just baffled by this entire situation. a situation devised by president trump and elon musk as they work to slash federal spending. in an interview overnight wit

even you heard volodymyr zelenskyy say it could work but they need security guarantees.we go forward here, that is where a lot of discussion is going to be. the later idea of american investment, american capital, american know how there was a big upside from both countries. something fun to talk about. but if you don't have a secure situation there, i can't imagine american companies going in there. and if they did, they would certainly need to be secure. >> obviously the negotiations, martha starting in saudi arabia. russia. ukraine, zelenskyy not going to saudi arabia. and there is all this thought that he is being kept out. the president addressed that today saying that it's going to move forward. to try to get deal. >> bret, one of the most interesting things i thought from the interview with scott bessent was that he suggested that our version of boots on the ground, which europe has said they are willing to do, to provide security to ukraine would be this economic interest in investment that by being there the russians wouldn't dare essentially cross that border a

president trump's envoy meeting today with ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy in kyiv though therere lingering questions. questions about whether you could get a refund check thanks to the department of government efficiency could here more about this when president trump speaks with republican governors in about an hour and a half. senior white house correspondent peter doocy starts us off tonight live from the north lawn. >> peter: good evening, bret. the hold up in the peace ukraine still hasn't agreed to a deal to give the united states access to rare earth minerals in exchange for future guarantees. here at the white house today president trump also sat in on a meeting about a possible merger of the pga tour and liv golf and then this happened? [chanting] >> peter: as president trump celebrates black history month with tiger woods. >> it's an honor to be here with you, mr. president. >> peter: white house officials are continuing to play all sides in a race to stop the killing in ukraine. >> who does he think is more responsible for the russian invasion of ukraine? putin or ze

. >> the vice president is expected to meet with volodymyr zelenskyy later today.ce told "the wall street journal" they could hit moscow with sanctions and potential military action to push russian president vladimir pollutant into a deal to end the war in ukraine. secretary of state marco rubio on his way to security conference but his plane had to turn around after taking off joint base andrews last night due to mechanical issue here too he is now on a smaller aircraft heading to the conference. secretary of defense pete hegseth in poland right now sharing this post of him starting off his morning working out with u.s. troops. he is also meeting with polish leaders in warsaw to discuss bilateral defense operation and efforts on the eastern thanks gimmick planks and he's also to meet with the president of poland later today, carley. >> carley: brooke coach a thank so much. kurt volker, thank you for joining us. let's talk the latest news from vice president j.d. vance who suppressed a lot of people when he said sending u.s. troops to ukraine moscow failed to negot

. >> meanwhile, he also responded to volodymyr zelenskyy concerns over a lack of a ready plan to end the war in ukraine. it comes after donald trump spoke with vladimir putin and agreed to work very closely to end the conflict. ukraine's president says putin isn't preparing for peace, but to continue deceiving the world, and insists any peace deal must guarantee ukraine's independence. meanwhile, the foreign secretary, david lammy, has spoken with the us vice president, saying the uk us special relationship is as endunng special relationship is as enduring as ever and assuring they had agreed on ukraine. >> i was very encouraged in our conversations about ukraine. all of us have this desire to bring this horrendous war to an end. we share the view that there has to be an enduring peace. we recognise that this can't be minsk 3.0. this has to be a serious negotiated peace. and there was an agreement that zelenskyy and the ukrainians have to be part of that negotiated deal. >> in other news, now an indian man has been found guilty of raping and murdering irish backpacker danielle mclaug

you had ukrainian president volodymyr. zelensky on meet the press. noting on friday it would be very, very difficult for ukraine to survive. without u.s. military support, both now as it tries to repel russia's invasion and in. >> the. >> future, after the current. >> war ends. >> given what this administration's intent is with respect to ukraine. what what's the response there in. munich from our allies. as you have j.d. vance delivering a blistering lecture to the europeans, you have the president pushing his conversation with putin in such a way that putin's got everything, and ukraine has got to be the one to come to the table with terms. how is that going down right now in munich? what are their concerns with what they're hearing? >> yeah, i. >> mean. >> clearly the. >> europeans did not like being lectured to by our vice president. >> and it didn't help in terms. >> of creating a good atmosphere between the administration. it just reduced the trust. now, with regard to what zelenskyy said, that's actually quite serious because he didn't just sa

bodies has just arrived at a medicalfacility in israel where formal identification of president volodymyr zelensky, after president trump called him �*a dictator'. he refuses to have elections. is being demolished? a dictator without elections. zelensky better move fast, or he's not going to have a country left. german voters go to the polls on sunday, and a final leaders�* the conservative friedrich mertz is on course to become the next chancellor. hello, i'm christian fraser, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. since the october 7th attacks. this one will certainly weigh heavy in the the pictures from khan younis, which were not shown in israel, factions looking on. in an elaborate ceremony, in which the red cross forced to take part. who were kidnapped. shiri bibas. her and the nine—month—old, kfir. returned alive, last weekend. the fourth body is believed to be that of the journalist when he was taken. all four were abducted at kibbutz nir oz. hamas said they were killed, by israeli bombing. on x, the president "there are no words." some

there needs to be a lot more work to prove those mineral but right now, volodymyr zelensky is not playing the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. inflation jumped sharply injanuary, with prices last month's 3% increase was driven by a rise in air the home secretary has announced laws to restrict who sell knives to children, better age verification, and identity checks. a huge sinkhole in a street in surrey expanding up to 65 feet, or 20 metres, long. the hole first appeared late monday night. the county council has declared it a major incident, with 30 homes evacuated. you're live with bbc news. the names of hostages whose bodies are due to be released the identities won't be officially revealed until the bodies are identified, but hamas said they are shiri bibas and her children — four—year—old ariel and kfir, aged nine months. a further six living hostages are scheduled to be freed in exchange for hundreds of palestinian prisoners on saturday. in one single swap, all of the hostages in the second phase of the ceasefire deal, now, israel has said for its p