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The latest attacks in ukraines sumy region. Volodymyr zelensky has accused the west of emboldening vladimir putin with its hesitation over longrange missiles. President biden and sir keir starmer had met to decide whether to allow kyiv to use storm shadow missiles against targets inside russia. I dont think much about vladimir putin. Despite this putdown, there is still a cautious approach and no official change in policy. This wasnt a meeting about a particular capability. That wasnt why we got...

hello and welcome to "inside politics." im john king in washington. thank you for sharing your day with us. digital breakdown, ron desantis starts his 2024 campaign with embarrassing technical dysfunction. when we could hear him, worgs and spending in contrast with donald trump and he will not be timt in using presidential power to get what he wants and to punish those he doesnt like. plus right now, the sentencing hearing underway in washington. a judge deciding how long oath keeper...

inch closer to a legislative victory. after hours of debate they are voting on the glacier production act. it would be the largest reduction in climate in u.s. history, i would also lower the cost of prescription drugs for millions of americans, among other things. earlier today millions of americans join us on msnbc to discuss the significance. >> vote after vote after vote, we have done this. 11 hours straight. why? because we know this bill is finally going to do something about cli...

breaking news of federal jury finding hunter biden, the president at a previously scheduled event on gun safety, and we just learned that afterwards he will be traveling to delaware to be with his son or last hour, the special prosecutor in the case gave his first statements since the jury reached their decision this morning heres david weiss this case was about the illegal choices defendant made while in the throes of addiction. >> his choice to lie on a government form when he bought...

Do we sacrifice something as a result? we do. >> are they just sacrificing messaging points or is the idea that if you look that polling, spending freeze, maybe spending cuts, progressives arent going to like that. >> well have to wait and see. republicans are talking about this already. they are talking about what they are giving up, they are talking about the fact they are at the negotiating table as a sign they are working to try to do things in a positive way. we just havent heard the same t...

And that these were amendments presented by others like bernie sanders, trying to put them back into the bill. asking about the vote-a-rama, all these amendments, is this normal, all this independent voting? -- >> it is very unusual. you only really see vote-a-rama as they call them, during these massive budget reconciliation package is. we saw one last year when democrats pass the american refuge plan, another democrat-only reconciliation package. and it is a lot. you think it is really interes...

Want to fight, if we want to struggle, but this business about getting along, being more bipartisan, et cetera, et cetera, they have shown us theyre not interested in that at all. theyre following their messaging points. they are following what trump wants them to do. they dont have the guts to stand up like real human beings and face the truth. theyre all afraid of trump and its shameful and weve got to fight them. >> lets switch gears and talk about the push for voting rights, and in particula...

Now americans are suffering, americans are also frustrated. so what republicans have been able to do is to use the fact that we have covid-19 numbers are up, high gas prices and inflation. they can use that as ammunition for the 2022 elections. what democrats have to do in 2022 is one change their messaging points. figure out how to get to the pocket books and the hearts of the american citizens as well as talk about the infrastructure projects that the biden administration has wanted to impleme...

>> reporter: it certainly seems like it. and democrats privately will admit there are several things in their version of the build back better bill that are messaging points for them but that likely will get stripped out the of the senate bill. i was the person who broke the news to senator joe manchin that speaker pelosi and democrat has put it back in the bill. and what he said to me it was very challenging for him to see it in there and house democrats were aware of those parameters. manchin ...

Activists from Insulate Britain plans to cause more misery by yet again blocking major roads in a series of sit-down protests on Wednesday.