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Something we heard from a democratic focus group reported on in the "washington post". how do you see it in the international context? the idea that he acknowledged there were divisions on how to deal with said minor incursion stuck out to me. is he projecting weakness that vladimir putin can seize on? >> i think the world is tired of this pandemic. it has gone on a year longer than many of us had initially hoped or expected because of the delta variant. now the omicron sraeufrpbt. and frankly b...

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Troops cross the border, a day after he suggested that there would be less punishment for a, quote, minor incursion. the white house was so desperate to set the record straight that they gave the president a script to read off of. apparently so he wouldnt fumble his words yet again. later, a clearly frustrated president biden snapped at our own white house correspondent. [ inaudible ] unreal. morgan. im thinking, if im vladamir putin and im watching whats happening in the united states, im seein...

With his russian counterpart, foreign minister, sergey lavrov. we can see the setup in geneva with the flags. this comes as theres a continuing military buildup on the border with ukraine. the threat of conflict between those countries is very real, growing, and very dangerous. well be listening in to this high-stakes summit all morning and will bring you any updates as they happen. the negotiations come as president joe biden is clarifying his comments about a, quote, minor incursion, insisti...

When barack obama failed to enforce his redline in syria and the russians came in annexed crime era and invaded the ukraine and x crime era. the next minor incursion is being provoked after the disastrous withdrawal from afghanistan, which projected weakness across the world. and china is listening to this, is it okay to have a minor encouragement against taiwan as long as they dont invade and take over type a, but they see the taiwanese islands, is it okay for north korea to have a minor incurs...

Lets turn now to our panel bringing them in early. radio host hugh hiewt. leslie marshall democratic-- strike that just and former white house press secretary ari fleischer. just a few moments ago, ben sasse, a republican senator put out this press release about the presidents press conference. said it was an absolute train wreck that will have serious consequences. president biden basically gave putin a green light to invade urk by yammering about the supposed insignificance of a minor incursio...

Blinken engaged in crucial diplomacy this week in europe over the situation. americas top diplomat met with ukrainian officials today ahead of a session with his russian counterpart friday. benjamin hall is traveling with the secretary of state. reports tonight from kyiv. good evening, benjamin. >> good evening, bret. yes, what we just heard from president biden is frankly going to be very confusing to the urkens. there was a mixed message there that seemed to suggest that if russia were to carr...

Andrea mitchell is there tonight. >> reporter: tonight secretary of state blinken and russian foreign minister lavrov had a critical meeting to diffuse tensions over ukraine. with 100,000 russian troops on the border and counting and president biden warning a russian invasion could be imminent, a denial today when we asked lavrov - is an invasion likely as president biden suggested? >> i dont think so. >> reporter: he said i dont think so blinken spending the last 48 hours in ukraine and germany...

Are racking up. not only on domestic issues but also foreign policy. he was also supposed to be the president that could reset americas image on the world stage. then you see him today in this press conference really flubbing his answer in terms of russia. so i do think there are some doubts and some disappointments among this very key voting bloc. but there is still some real relief that he is president. >> if i can, just the statement that i referenced from the white house clarifying the presi...

Has his. not engaging in trying to suppress voters whatsoever. >> republicans arent having it? >> he began talking about shredding minority protections if, if he ever got power. and now he wants to press that doomsday button. >> on voting rights, two votes tonight. the first to break the filibuster if that is unsuccessful, then a vote to change the filibuster. both expected to fail. bret? >> bret: chad pergram live on the capitol hill. vladimir putin has never seen sanctions like those the u.s. ...