Page 5 - Minor Incursion News Today

>> right. i mean, listen, the white house has spent the better part of the last couple of days look to go clarify or clean up president bidens comments in that news conference on webs when he suggested this minor incursion by russia into ukraine, which would draw maybe a less severe response. he has since said any line crossing is going to draw a major consequence. how do you see that moment? do you think that that clarification has helped and has brought the u.s. past the diplomatic difficultie...

In for stephanie ruhle, it is thursday, january 20th and we have a lot to get to. this morning a major loss for former president trump after the supreme court denied his request to block the january 6th committee from seeing hundreds of his white house documents. we will break down what information the kbhe got handed within hours and is now pouring over. also, when could the public see it? plus overnight the senate slamming the door on voting rights legislation. president biden says without...

Russia will pay a heavy price. >> yesterday, president biden had suggested that something like a quote, unquote, minor incursion might not result in the same kinds of severe costs. listen, this is not the first attempt to clean this up. we saw statements from the national security council spokeswoman, the white house press secretary jen saek and ultimately the president of the united states. his words necessary to make very clear to u.s. allies like ukraine as well as adversaries like russia tha...

Biden white house. a colleague here symone sanders will be our guest on "morning joe," and michael mcfaul joins us and presidents gasp, minor incursion coming into ukraine. "morning joe" is coming right back. ukraine. "morning joe" is coming right "morning joe" is coming right back only from discover.

Heard from the president, what do you make of it? this was supposed to be one of the speeches to silence critics that it does not discuss or engage with reporters enough and yet shortly after making that, they had to be a clarification as to what he meant by minor incursion. what does it say about the us and its interests and how it is dealing with ukraine? figs its interests and how it is dealing with ukraine? as a former white _ dealing with ukraine? as a former white house - dealing with ukr...

Accountable, if it invades and it depends on what it does. its one thing if its a minor incursion, and then we end up having a fight about what to do and not do, et cetera. >> reporter: early today, reading from a prepared statement, the president tried to clarify what he meant. >> if any, any assembled russian units move across ukrainian border, that is an invasion. but -- and it will be met with severe and coordinated economic response that ive discussed in detail with our allies, as well as l...

Going to do or any other leader. vladimir putin has already made up his mind what he is going to do. i think the rest of the world is nail biting and watching when and how big an invasion to ukraine this will be. our allies starting with finland all the way down have agreed with the president and his position which will be catastrophic, economic consequences for russia to do this. >> bret: okay, hugh, last comment on this. there are other things to digest in this news conference. >> well, minor ...

Hell join us shortly. >> john: begin with president biden issuing a new warning to moscow about any movement across ukraines border. as the white house continues to clean up the presidents disastrous news conference. hello, im john roberts in washington. sandra, we made it to friday. >> sandra: we did, indeed. president biden trying to take a tougher line with russia as it continues the military build-up along the border with ukraine. biden administration is facing a fire storm of criticism here...

Every occasion. his press conference wasnt so bad, white house press secretary of propaganda jen psaki had to circle back and was forced to issue not one but two lengthy statements clarifying bidens remarks. "he really meant to say this," including the presidents inept comments surrounding ukraine that shocked the world. and between the lying, the rage, and the bizarre whispering and bouts of confusion, joe biden all but gave the green light foe ukraine, so long as it was a "minor incursion." th...

And more important -- >> yeah, i mean, with tensions so high small gaffes matter a lot and the administration, this is the latest failure in a string of failures. we heard him say, administration failed to put in senior democratic officials. some diplomatic spots in our european capitals are important to us. still remain empty and theres no envoy to ukraine. his strategy here is clearly falling apart and i think the polling indicates that because people are frustrated and they know how important...