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Now, were gonna give it back to him in whatever way we can? >> the best of it was certainly -- republicans have constantly -- house republican leaders and particular, have seen biden as an easy target here. now, its unclear -- i, mean there are nuanced criticisms of the u.s.s actions overall going back many years with nato expansion. but that is not what is happening here. i think republican leaders are seeing an opportunity to criticize biden and its the oldest playbook in the republican politi...

Strongholds of rebels and no consequences. after annexation of crimea it was clear putin would not stop with the annexation because he never accepted ukraine as an independent state. of course, we can talk about trump, and recently he confirmed our worst expectations about his presidency by calling putins decision to recognize so-called break away regions in this so-called genius move. it is not just about trump. i would say it is about the ebenezer of the free world and the unwillingness of wes...

Telling how far he could go. what is the feeling among the people, the ordinary people you are talking to there? >> reporter: i think the feeling has moved from a sense of surprise and shock -- i think there was an understanding or expectation this this would be contained to those eastern-most parts of ukraine. now reality has set in. you walk to the cafes, even though it is normal in lviv, i was out this morning and people are not only talking about that but trying to prepare, whether it is sto...

What did we hear again and again from putin and from the russian government? it is alarmist. this is not going to happen. theyre trying to provoke a war. well, here we are. we have a war and it is not because the united states or american intelligence provoked it. it is because vladimir putin had his mind made up a long time ago to do this and we are seeing it right now. one note, joe, you were talking about china in the last hour, this would be a moment of choosing. we are hearing that china ha...

Genius move. oh, by the, way if our president, it would never have happened. so republicans are primarily trying to do is drive a political message that, in part, this is president bidens fault. they are of course running a coup against him in the 2022 elections. theyre trying to take by congress. by the, way after published that story, i heard unsolicited from the white house, which was happy to pylon former president trump arguing that nobody has less credibility than him when it comes to russ...

Acting irrationally for him. he has been lying all the time. he has been shedding blood. he has been attacking anyone or any country standing in his way. kasparov. he believes he can get away with it. he believes from his perspective it is a rational move. this parallel has been made many times. he has been preparing this war in plain sight. in 1999 we didnt have technology to monitor the moves to prepare the war, though we knew it was coming. now days it was all in plain sight. it is almost tra...

Possibility here of this escalating genuinely into a third world war. how much traction has donald trump that he would do so much better, they wouldnt have been an invasion in the first place, and so on if he had been president, do people listen to that? he had been president, do people listen to that? ., , had been president, do people listen to that? , had been president, do people listen to that? . , , , ., , , had been president, do people listen tothat? , , , to that? he has been emphasisin...

Point of reference. democracy has to be embedded in an actual nation. thats what people fight for. and so theyre always fighting for some combination of an ideal, you know, of a just form of government. but theyre also fighting for their countrymen and for, you know, the place that they know and have grown up in and you do need, i think, that combination of both the idea, but the actual embodiment of that idea in, you know, in a place with fellow citizens. so, you know, we act out of a combinati...

Very "savvy" and he described the interference in ukraine as a "genius move". this was at the outset. now, how do you reconcile his election and his possible future re—election, of course, with your claim that liberal democracy is the most efficient form of government and ultimately will win out? well, you know, thats probably been the most disappointing development, you know, in recent years. i mean, i had really thought that the american people could make a mistake, but that they would corre...

Under president biden. but that has been undermined by some of the other statements he made where he said that this was a genius move from vladimir putin. finally, sarah, if it came down to the start of a nuclear exchange, would biden have the backbone or whatever it would take to face down president putin? they are taking very seriously here the threats that are being made, theyre watching very, very carefully whats going on with putins nuclear arsenal. as far as i can make out, they do not act...