analysts. and former cia chief of operations in europe and eurasia. so, mark, let s start with the attack on the bridge. it was an embarrassment, no doubt, for the kremlin. today we are hearing from russia s defense ministry that it has appointed a new overall commander for its military and ukraine. two other regional got sacked. can we take this as a sign from putin but he knows things aren t going well right now? first of all, it s good to see you again. of course it is a sign that putin understands things are not going well. the attack on the bridge and crimea was important militarily. that is how russia was resupplying crimea and some of the forces in ukraine. more importantly, symbolically, president putin inaugurated the bridge with the famous he drove a crush 3.7 billion dollars. what ukraine demonstrated was that they have reached into crimea. this is humiliating for the russian intelligence services.
blinken, and ukrainian president, what is it and how important is the message of it that the do not come empty-handed, they re coming to show their solidarity with ukraine but also to deliver on the promise to provide more and continued military aid? well, clearly they re gonna come on the heels of having already supplied a lot of military aid, more than any other country, 3.7 billion dollars worth of military equipment just now announced later last week in the last few days, and i m sure they re gonna come with more, there is been very extensive discussions between secretary austin and national security o sullivan ember counterparts and what they need, and they work 24/7 to try to find those weapons to be able to be sent over. but it s also important politically to really most senior people of in the
than 100 people waiting out in 12 degree weather. you know, streamed into this store, many going straight for the big screen tvs. that seems to be the hot seller. also the nintendo switch. that s another big seller as well. that s just store sales. i m not even getting to the online sales. listen to this. on thanksgiving day, 3.7 billion dollars was spent online. buying electronics, clothes, what they wanted for holiday shopping. that means people were on their phones shopping while eating their thanksgiving turkey. today, black friday, those online sales expected to hit $6.4 billion. by 10:00 a.m. this morning, $643 million has already been spent online. on things like hot wheels. this is actually one of the biggest toys to get this holiday shopping season. people seem to be in a good mood. consumer confidence is high. unemployment is low, and wages are growing. so people are feeling a little more confident to dig a little deeper in their pockets and spend this holiday season.
amnesty at the top of their lungs, what message does that send? who can stay here, who cannot. done it on spanish language media, what the people listen to, in all of these border countries. maria, if he needs help from republicans to solve this. okay. republicans have ben, respond, real quick. if the president was serious about securing the border, then the 3.7 billion dollars he just requested, more than 7% of it would be for border security. the other issue is, you say he s done more to secure the border. every ill leap immigrant would the say, you re wrong. the humanitarian crisis proved yet again, you re wrong. if you want to secure the border. that s not enough of a security threat. let me finish. i didn t say it s a national security threat. it s a threat to the people. maria, it s a threat to the people coming across the border putting their lives at risk, paying these people to come across the border, thousands of dollars at a time, and many of these kids a
in. why can t people whose jobs it is to be politicians figure out how to do the job and work this out? why does it have to be one more piece of evidence to remember the question. casey sten gel asked when managing the hapless new york mets. can t anybody play this game? why can t politicians find a way to get through the disthe agreement, pass the hot potato but get it done. get the children taken care of. bill richardson was governor of new mexico. howard fineman is an msnbc political analyst from the huffington post media group. i need veterans and i ve got two here. the president didn t include in the proposal for 3.7 billion dollars to deal with the situation on the border, he didn t propose formally a revision of the law which probably encouraged the kids to be shipped up here. at the same time pelosi who is a liberal and wants to help the kids says if we have to make a deal to get the emergency aid,