Page 178 - Decision Maker News Today

Of public opinion. i actually think the first lockdown happened before the government introduced any regulations because people decided it was important. i think the last non—lockdown over christmas almost happened because people decided to limit their social engagements, they decided that they wanted to see their family over christmas rather than their colleagues at a work party. and i think thats really interesting, i think we do learn from that that the wisdom of the british people is a ver...

>> joe biden, as i have watched him as a senator and president, is as careful a decision-maker in government and in governing choices as i have seen. which, by the way, is one of the reasons, during the presidential campaign, i asked him about his vice presidential choice before he made it. and i asked him if one of the important qualifications for him is that that vice presidential nominee had already been tested on the presidential debate stage, which is what had me leaning so strongly toward ...

And yes, president vladimir putin is the ultimate decision maker for the russian federation without a doubt. >> so, what he says will ultimately go. >> right. >> are you surprised. you mentioned the notion of the ukrainian president standing his ground on behalf of the ukrainian people. are you surprised -- is putin surprised that nato hasnt stepped in in a more decisive way, even though obviously ukraine is not a nato member. but this seems to be obviously the core of the issue, at least in par...

Through to decision maker -- the decision maker in the kremlin. >> its been great to have you here. youre going to be heading off again. in from poland yesterday, off elsewhere today. great to have you for analysis. nick payton walsh, our international security editor. the ukrainian economy is taking a hit on its border. the size of the impact and what might happen if russia invades. thats after the break. two loads of snot covered laundry. only one will be sanitized. wait, what? adding lysol ...

115 justices and chiefs, you know, the first black woman to be nominated to the court. but the other thing that gets lost is her experience. she has more experience as a judge than four of the people who are currently serving on the court. she is only matched by justice sotomayor with having actual trial experience for the court. the fact that her brother is a police officer, her uncle was chief of the miami police. there are many things about her to me that kind of cross the traditional view of...

Vladimir putin, in general, gotten inside his mind a little bit. she said she never would have imagined he would be crazy enough to do what he has done to go pore all of ukraine. what do you think? . >> well, i think theres some question about his mental state, frankly >> really? >> hes been a bureaucratic bubble for 20, 22 years, and a physical one for two. and its very obvious from his performance at these meetings that theres nobody pushing back. he is the ultimate decision maker. and hes not...

And it could spin into a conflict frankly nobody wants. but now you get pride and hubris and ego that takes over rational thinking and even rational advice. and yes, president vladimir putin is the ultimate decision maker for the russian federation without a doubt. >> so, what he says will ultimately go. >> right. >> are you surprised. you mentioned the notion of the ukrainian president standing his ground on behalf of the ukrainian people. are you surprised -- is putin surprised that nato hasnt...

Thats true, the russian military has had a terrible time of this i think for a number of reasons, andrea. tremendous resistance by the ukrainian armed forces, also the ukrainian people. second, lack of planning, and operational issues, all manner of operational issues coming into the battle. third, we get constant reports about morale issues and not preparing the force for what it was being asked to undertake here. you know, its interesting, you know, putin himself is increasingly an isolated de...

Decision-maker in a country with military and doesnt make them think differently about what they should or shouldnt be doing? >> jesse: i dont know about military but joe biden, has he offered to take in ukrainian refugees? i havent heard him say that. he usually takes in refugees all over the world central america, afghanistan, the middle east. it is a shock he hasnt said anything about that. the last major refugee crisis was from the middle east to europe. this will be a little different becau...

Prime minister was there for a long talk with president putin and that is more likely to get somewhere. that is at least if youre talking to the person whos making decisions, putin is clearly responsible for this war, and he will be responsible for ending this war, one way or another. the other thing is what you mentioned, alicia, that is presidents ellen ski. he wants to talk to president putin. and, we, know president zelenskyy and president biden have had conversations, five conversations ove...