fabulous sit-down interview. so those are super compelling. and, thank you for giving us a lot of material for tonight. but with president biden, what was your biggest take away from that? i thought it was interesting how he would not call putin irrational, but said his goals in his speech were irrational. and you saw there, i guess i misheard or misunderstood, or assume he was calling putin irrational after he said putin s speech was not. and he jumped in and cracked him eat. no, i did not say. that i said his speech was. and i thought that was interesting. i was trying to parse it a little bit. and i m not sure what the significance is. and he also said there s gonna be consequences for the saudis, i want to what they will be. i thought we d parse it out. it is a point was essentially look, don t mistake him for a fool. he s doing this intentionally, and the sanctions that happened will have to come from somebody who believes are acting rationally, even though it s a lo
i pay. jake, wait a launch with two fabulous sit-down interview. so those were super compelling. and, thank you for giving us a lot of material for tonight. but with president biden, what was your biggest take away from that? i thought it was interesting how he would not call putin irrational, but said his goals in his speech were irrational. and you saw there, i guess i misheard or misunderstood, or i assumed he was calling putin irrational after he said putin s speech was not. and he jumped in and corrected. no, i did not say. that i said his speech was. and i thought that was interesting. i was trying to parse it a little bit. and i m not sure what the significance is. and he also said there s gonna be consequences for the saudis, i wonder what they will be. i thought we d parse it out. it is a point was essentially look, don t mistake him for a fool. he s doing this intentionally, and the sanctions that happened will have to come from somebody who believes is acting
ukraine s first lady in a speech to congress detailing the suffering caused by russia s invasion and causing for more aid to defeat the enemy. translator: you help us and your help is very strong while russia kills, america saves. i appeal to all of you on behalf of those who were killed, on behalf of those people who lost their arms and legs. i am asking for weapons. weapons that would not be used to wage a war on somebody else s land but to protect one s home and the right to wake up alive in that home. the comments follow new revelations from the white house that putin s army is planning to tighten its grip over eastern ukraine by annexing the donbas region and the territories surrounding the crimean peninsula, fortifying their position away from the port city of odesa. at the start of the year, russia told the world it was not planning to invade ukraine. now we are expected to believe that they re not going to plan to annex ukrainian territory. annexation by force w
situation is fluid. we ll be listening to what nancy pelosi has to say. and it gets to a larger question, is momentum building for some big wins, a bill that helps us compete with china now heads to the president s desk for signature. and democrats have senator manchin on board for a bill they are calling the inflation reduction act that addresses everything from climate change to health care. couldn t come at a better time with the midterms fast approaching and democrats fighting to hold on to control of congress. and there are policy challenges from the war in ukraine to securing the release of brittney griner. there is iran and russia and china whose leader the president spoke with yesterday amid rising tensions of pelosi s trip to the region and potentially taiwan. let s dig into all of this. wehave mike memoli and also ali vitali. and we have our mcrib contributors. ali, what more can you tell us about the situation of the bills? reporter: at this point it is really fl
all a very, very good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late. i will see you at the end of tomorrow. let s do at home joining us this hour. it s great to have you here. do you remember the name brandon van grack? it s a very memorable name, so you might remember the sound of it. if not, the circumstance in which you first heard it. but if you are like me, in all likelihood, the first time you heard the name brandon van grack, it was the first time you heard the word, espionage, formerly associated with the presidency of donald trump. espionage as in the espionage act, as it not just spy movie stuff but as in u.s. law. but we are only about four months in to the u.s. trump administration in the new york times first reported that the then brand new trump administration had made a very unusual hiring decision that ultimately implicated the work of a veteran espionage prosecutor at the u.s. department of justice.