delayed his election as speaker. in brazil hundreds of arrests an insurrectionists stormed the capitol over the weekend, including the presidential palace, parliament and the supreme court. fueled by false claims by trump allies in the u.s. and others over the country s election results. imitating what happened here on january 6th. also this hour, i will be speaking to arms services committee chairman jack reed and former u.s. ambassador to russia john sullivan about the u.s. support for ukraine as house republicans threaten to cut aid to ukraine. and nbc news can chief white house correspondent kristen welker is at the border as president biden makes his first trip to mexico since inauguration. good day. i m andrea mitchell in washington. kevin mccarthy s long list of concessions to that faction of far-right lawmakers who put him through the public humiliation of 14 failed speaker votes last week could cause problems for his conference today and the next two years
infrastructure, the russians trying to destroy the electrical grid and force the population into horrendous conditions. also, the bradley fighting vehicles which give them mobility on the battlefield and there are other supports that are essential. but president zelenskyy was extremely grateful to the american people and the administration for what he received. they have a very ambitious plan to continue to remain on the offensive throughout the winter and then to move, they hope, decisively during the spring. i think that s the way to go. time is not on their side in terms of the destruction that s being rent in ukraine and also the fact that the international coalition will eventually feel tensions. right now we re all together and we re supporting the people of ukraine. there is a washington post op-ed yesterday, former
nancy pelosi used a lot of her skills, as you have recounted, of course, in your book about her, your great biography on her, her skills to get aoc, the squad, others in line to manage her caucus. does hakim jeffries have those skills? you know, i think hakim jeffries has shown considerable political skill starting with getting elected in this way, moving to a new generation of leadership in the house without a shot fired. that was, i think, quite impressive. also, it s easier to be in the minority than the majority because you are not trying to pass things with narrow margin as speaker pelosi was often trying to do. you are trying to be the loyal opposition to the republican side. and i think his relationship with mccarthy can t be worse than the one pelosi had with mccarthy. they were openly contentious with one another. i would not to see a big move for bipartisan in the house. i don t think that s the table that has been laid the next two
how disastrous that will be for domestic markets, international financial markets, people s 401(k)s. right now we don t know, you know, how far they are willing to go. but as garrett says, republicans have talked a good game about cutting spending for decades and yet they come up against the realities of mathematics and they are going to be again. by the way, going after social security, medicare in the defense budget, do not seem to be political winners even for the republican base. that s a very good point. i want to focus on a piece of the house republican agenda, that s the committee on, quote, the weaponization of the federal government, which is a way for former president trump s allies to try to discredit the work being done at the justice department, other agencies, the fbi, of course, also part of justice, but also the irs and all of the subpoenas that they are going to be flooding the white house with.
into a conflict, a direct conflict with russia. that would be a disaster. so i think the advice that secretary gates and secretary rice gave is absolutely right on target. we have to continue to support the ukrainian military forces with the equipment they need, but importantly, the equipment they can use. many of these systems require training. many of these systems require additional supports and we have to do it in a way that we just simply don t deliver equipment, we deliver capabilities, and that s what we are doing. i think the president s decision a few days ago was exactly on target, and i think it will inspire other countries to open up their support for ukraine even further. senator jack reed, thank you so much. thank you. take care. and joining me now is the former u.s. ambassador to russia, john sullivan. also former deputy secretary of state before that. first of all, you are out of the