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theres no way around it, thats just the best one. believe me, ive tried it every which way, and it really doesnt get better than pete butt. but this would have never happened under my administration. people are saying i made the trains less safe. not true, okay? not true. i did a lot for trains. i made them bigger, faster, less safe perhaps, but -- >> yeah, perhaps you did. >> perhaps. >> "saturday night lives" take on donald trumps recent trip to east palestine, ohio. meanwhile, presi...

>> we are all engaged. its our independence. there is no one left doing nothing. i do believe that together well win. and next days in the eastern ukraine the bad things are happening now in southern ukraine. we spent all night in mykolaiv as well. but we are sure this is the last battle of putin. and if military assistance from the west will come on time, theres no chance for russian federation to win in ukraine. and for big issue how we deal with russia after. theres no putin question. its a q...

Putin. again though, you just -- we have talked about it so many times. you see president putin sitting that distance from everyone, from his ministers, from the oligarchs and you wonder really how they would get a message through to him. maybe some of them are thinking that just saying something in public is the only way they can really get a message to him, but, again, there is this very small circle around president putin. i actually asked in that interview, in those questions to sergei lavro...

Russians get bogged down a little bit they just get more brutal and start using their force indiscriminately. theyre bog itbogged down but s have the overwhelming advantage is the bottom line. >> what can you tell us about the supply line, getting armament and supplies into kyiv right down from poland or wherever? and once the equipment arrives, you mentioned the 40-mile-long convoy outside of kyiv, can we provide targeting information to the ukrainians? >> yes, theres a bunch contained in that ...

>> yeah, well, it is a serious situation for the russians, no question. they just have handled this badly at the operational level of war. now theyve got to unravel the thing. but the way you cant capture kyiv fighting on the outskirts. at the end of the day they have to go downtown with forces, they have to bring in light infantry to get into the buildings. everyone will favor the defender, you wont need a javelin missile. they will be using light and a tank weapon. i dont see the prospects of ...

Water, weapons, stingers, anti-tank munitions. that supply line is difficult but it is important to get those supplies in to support them. the other thing we wonder about on the convoy, if they have weapons how come theyre not hitting it more regularly. we want to try to get the weapons in. the last question on the intel, it is a difficult line. this is the line were trying to walk and chairman milley said it best. we want to support the ukrainians in every way we possibly can without going to w...

What is the significance of this filing, george, and will these documents ever see the light of day? >> well, it is a highly significant filing. what happened here was eastman is making the argument that these documents shouldnt be produced because of attorney/client privilege. for a lot of reasons he wasnt an attorney, a lot of boring reasons i wont get into, but the judge asked another question. the judge asked what about the crime fraud exception to the attorney client prifl willing. the ques...

Ukraines president praised the outcome of the vote tweeting in part this. i am grateful to everyone and every state that voted in favor. you have chosen the right side of history. joining us now retired four star army general barry mccaffrey. nbc chief foreign affairs correspondent and host of "andrea mitchell reports, "andrea mitchell. also julia ioffe joins us and nbc contributor mark barnacle is with us as well. >> general, i would love to get your insights into something president zelensky...

Lot of determined effort and a lot of resources devoted to this task. it is good that the justice department is focusing on it and creating a special task force to do it. >> hey, george. good morning. jonathan lemire. we are seeing some oligarchs already flee with their yachts to countries without extradition treaties. theyre certainly trying to keep their toys. let me ask you this, and i know you described how difficult it all would be, but i think the question a lot of people are asking is, we...

Literally. you have seen increasing massive levels of war crimes there. by the way, it is time to call this war crimes. >> yes. >> these are civilian targets. there is no question cluster munitions are being used. there is no question they are going after terror against the people. these are war crimes. in that sense vladimir putin has been walking toward the rubicon for a long time. now he has crossed the rubicon. he has demonstrated the proclivity to conduct a criminal attack on a neighbor, a ...