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Be able to do what theyve been doing, in terms of having access to the united states and europe, if this continues to go forward. >> rick, the president also made it clear that others, who have not been named, other russians who havent been named, have been warned that they are on the list. as the sanctions proceed, they will be getting to them. >> yes. paul said it well. one of the things that is new, lawrence, is sanctioning families. russia is an oligarchies. all of these men, who are probabl...

Wouldve gone ahead, and that wouldve been the end of ukraine. it wouldve been swallowed. ive been thinking about the history of the republican party, and the first republican president, abraham lincoln in 1862, he said, of the stakes that we will either know belize save or meanly lose the last best hope on earth. he was talking about freedom, and democracy. so you now have a political party, that with some exceptions, some divisions, is moving over into this category of authoritarian government....

Pay them. -- within russia, indeed, yesterdays own cabinet was pretty queasy about this notion. the fact remains, putin is a sole veto player in russia, therefore, my prediction would be, youre going to see an escalation of military force. rick, when vladimir putin is looking around for an example of russia and success and these kinds of adventures, post soviet union russian success, in trying to take over a country like ukraine, what is the example that he has? >> i guess you might say, george,...

Beginning, and russia has made clear its rejection of diplomacy, it does not make sense to go forward with that meeting, at this time. >> leading off our discussion, rick single, a former secretary of state of the bomb ministration, he is an msnbc political analyst. daniel diaz now, professor of international politics at the fletcher school of law and diplomacy. a contributor to the washington post a national list. -- with the washington post. rick, let me begin with you. i for one did not know ...

Xi jinping cares more about his economy than he cares about what putin is doing in ukraine. the reason he is siding with putin is that there common interest is undermining american power, undermining the american commitment to democracy and human rights. he does not want america or anybody else talking about human rights in china. thats where he and putin have linked arms, but they will separate if it starts hurting chinas economy. >> rick single, and lucian kim, thank you both for this -- for j...

The white house -- president biden described the implications and consequences of china provides material support to russia as it conducts brutal attacks against ukrainian cities and civilians. chinas readout said the ukraine crisis is not something we want to see. and conflict and confrontation are not in anyones interest. joining us now, rick staying gull, serving in the obama administration -- nprs former moscow bureau chief. hes currently a fellow at the wilson center. rick, this was the cal...

For you. trigger where to all, im going to play for you some of the greatest here is here. here is donald trump here on the topic of nato. >> we have nato, and then we have countries with a free ride. nato is obsolete. its old, that, sloppy. >> we are protecting europe, and we are paying for almost the entire cost of nato. >> we are the piggy bank. it helps them, they are in europe. it helps them a lot more than helps us, we are very far away. >> the abuse that was given to our country through n...

Weeks because of the rising number of cases of the delta variant of covid. this first emerged in india, well have much more on the danger of this -- lead off our coverage today, pulitzer prize-winning washington correspondent for the washington post -- barbara mcquade, veteran federal prosecutor, former u.s. attorney for district of michigan, who worked with the doj during the biden transition. she is a professor at -- your ship -- ghost of the podcast sisters in law along with other friends of ...

Key. cyber threats. a global corporate tax of 15%. the companies could fend away to avoid them. but the optics and the images of this event are as important as ever. in 2018 there was one photograph of angela merkel looking over at the president, a scowl as she tried to go toe to toe with the president. a very different scene today even as they were gathering here in the first moments. the two men wrapping their arms one another, really an effort by this u.s. president to demonstrate an embrace ...

Presidents first test on the world stage. there is boris johnson, this is him just moments ago. >> this is a meeting that genuinely needs to happen. we need to make sure that the lessons from the pandemic -- we need to make sure that we dont repeat some of the errors that we have made in the course of the last 18 months or so. >> and right before that moment was this visual which we have not seen in a couple years. leaders gathering for the family photo. they didnt do the g 7 last year so its be...