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A bit of a recognition of these terrible few weeks and what has been visited on the people in ukraine. president biden has been accused of perhaps really more things out than in, saying i am now going to put myself on the line here. he says it in that slightly homely way he tends to express things, for god sake, this cannot continue. he is putting vladimir putin on notice that this can only end with him leaving the kremlin. ., , ., ., kremlin. how did you read it, the seech kremlin. how did you ...

Interview last night with kamala harris was a newsy one and it starts with the idea that sanctions on russia by the united states may continue and not only may they continue until the war is over, they may actually get much more serious and a much more severe as it relates to economic sanctions should russia do anything more in ukraine. so, that was one piece of news. the other piece of news was joy reid asked vice president kamala harris about the comments by president biden at the end of that ...

Reporting from bob woodward and robert costa in the brand-new book about what he thought about former president trumps mental capability. you have done a rot of reporting on this. what did you think? >> i think we should say he disputed it sort of. he put forth another opinion. look, general milley is a blunt guy, but two things can be true at the same time. and he ad-libbed part of his statement today, and he made a point about he was not qualified to know what the presidents state of mind is. ...

Or his entire goal is to court the attention of his fan base, which he has successfully done and he does. i mean, this is one of the big mysteries, the ongoing mysteries is how has he so consummately channeled this incredibly large group of americans. and hes done it outside of politics. the language hes speaking is not the language of politics. >> you write about the outdoor rally speech on january 6th. he talked about walking to the capitol with protesters. which in the book you say was someth...

This thing, as much as we disliked him, as much as we oppose him, we still see him as a politician trying to accomplish specific goals. he is not doing that. or his entire goal is to court the attention of his fan base, which he has successfully done and he does. i mean, this is one of the big mystery, the ongoing mysteries is how has he so consimately channeled this. the language hes speaking is not the language of politics. >> you write the outdoor speech january 6th, you talk about walking to...

Judiciary chairman, graham and the leader mcconnell have been clear theyre not going to be impartial jurors, that they want this over, they dont want to have witnesses and i think shes trying to leverage it. if she holds the articles, that means he remains impeached without his day in court, if you would. yeah, there would be a backlash but its a good strategic move, i think. >> im going to split the difference. >> please. >> i applaud what shes trying to do, which is shes trying to honor the co...

Administration officials have described a kind of ad-libbed, freelance foreign policy carried out by rudy giuliani and others, and the allegation is ukraine was, in effect, extorted over military aid, held up until they were willing to go after the bidens and say so. today the president tried again to pass off the whole thing. >> im not concerned about anything. the testimony has all been fine. i mean for the most part, i never even heard of these people. i have no idea who they are. you have so...

I am, you would agree with me. thats something that trump ad-libbed from the stage. steve: he made those comments high dollar fundraiser. you know, last week, elizabeth warren came out with her plan for medicare for all, and with the 52 gazillion dollar price tag and when joe biden referred to well, thats creative mathematical calculations and gymnastics that went into that, she pushed back. warren pushed back at him saying the figures were calculated by people from your administration, joe. and...

Country will go to hell if any of these people get in. itll go to hell. but i said, you know, i was joking but im really not joking. you have no choice. >> sounds like louie xiv or xvi. as "the new york times" put it, the presidents speech last night hit virtually everyone of his political lines. as he careened between prepared remarks, ad-libbed, and boasts about his record. at times trumps address felt more like an act even using wind turbines as setup material. >> try dropping a windmill some...

Overnight changing the headline, their story on the presidents remarks yesterday because they wrote up teleprompter trump rather than the balanced view shown by the tweets, the off hand comments. i agree with teleprompter trump. >> teleprompter is the president that doesnt exist. >> he sounds like a president. >> teleprompter trump tells us hes able to read. >> not always. i think toledo -- >> he ad-libbed. >> hes 73 years old. his character was formed long before twisting existed. hes shown us ...