fair trial? >> dana, unlike anybody in this race i actually did this as u.s. attorney in the fifth largest country in new jersey this is a very blue state, and i can tell you, i watched as jurors put aside any of their partisanship or politics and listened to the evidence and returned in my state fair and just verdicts. 130 of them in political corruption cases that we did without a defeat and never was one of them overturned on appeal during my serve years. >> so yes. >> so my view is -- yeah. i believe jurors can be fair. i believe in the american people, and i believe in the fact that jurors will listen fairly and impartially, and for people who say they won't, dana, those are people who believe only in themselves like donald trump and not the american people. >> let's talk about your trip to ukraine. you are the second republican candidate to visit. you met with president zelenskyy in kyiv. you paid your respects to
the russians. but the reason i think that we ought to be supporting them militarily is because i've met vladimir putin. if vladimir putin overruns ukraine, if you think he's going to stop there, you got another thing coming. and i don't want to see the day that that russian military crosses the border, a nato country where our armed forces would have to go and fight. >> speaking of ukraine republican presidential candidate chris christie made an unannounced visit there friday. the former new jersey governor met with president zelenskyy in kyiv and also visited bucha that has been synonymous with russian atrocities and alleged war crimes. christie has defended u.s. support for ukraine calling it necessary to counter the influence of china and russia. well, western officials increasingly are worried that the race to the white house is
madri said the crowd grew from hundreds of thousands of people in just a matter of minutes. >> this speaks to the power and danger of social meet ya. when i go back later on this evening, i will determine exactly what all the steps were. >> cnn's reached out to his representatives for comment. later today as many as 40 countries will discuss ukraine's proposal to end russia's brutal war on its soil. kyiv will -- ukraine's president says it's important as many countries as possible support his peace plan which calls for the withdrawal of russian troops and the restoration of ukraine's territorial integrity.
>> translator: it is very important that the world sees a fair and honest end to russian aggression will benefit everyone in the world, everyone, liberating ukrainian land from the occupiers means restoring full respect for international law and the u.n. charter. eliminating all threats created by russia to global security means returning peace to global life. >> ukraine says it has no intention of stopping its sea drone attacks following two back-to-back strikes on russian vessels friday. cnn obtained a video of an attack on a riggs oil tanker near the kerch strait. kyiv is behind that strike targeting a ship that reportedly transported fuel to russian troops. well, hours earlier on friday a different drone damaged another vessel. a russian warship.
alongside president zelenskyy in kyiv. he said that he believes that on the part of the african leaders and the global community that this war needs to end sooner rather than later but believes that it can only be ended through diplomatic means, through negotiation. of course this isn't the first time we have seen efforts or calls for russia and ukraine to come to the negotiating table. we have seen efforts by the likes of turkey and by china and throughout this president zelenskyy has been pretty clear on where he stands when it comes to the potential for negotiation. his line of course remains that russia needs to withdraw all of its troops across ukraine's territory. take a listen. >> today as i said many times making it very clear that to allow any negotiations now is to freeze the war. to freeze everything.
they receive psychological and physical treatment. just a few hours ago, the president of colombia arrived here and went inside the hospital to meet with the children and bring perhaps the hug and the closeness of the entire nation. this is a story that really has grasped this nation's imagination for the last 40 days. >> well, it's extraordinary. those 40 days, i'm sure, felt like 40 years for them. we're happy to hear about their survival. thank you so much. canadian prime minister justin trudeau making an unannounced visit to ukraine this morning. trudeau met with ukrainian president zelenskyy in kyiv, where he was greeted with a hug. at a press conference later, trudeau announced canada will join the multinational effort to train ukrainian pilots.
a new military aid package to ukraine. senior correspondent greg palkot has the latest from kyiv, hi, greg. >> yes, jacqui, support from abroad and strong words at home. and president zelenskyy in kyiv the much-anticipated counter offensive is on. it's happening along a front line and ukraine trying to claw back losses, and break through russian defenses south of here to split enemy ground. in action now, american bradley fighting vehicles and the tanks, russia is continuing the barrage of the country, but most of the missiles and drones landed to the south and west, and including the coastal city odesa, three were killed and more were injured. it's in the south where emergency workers are still coping with that massive flooding from the dam blast earlier this week.
factors, for example, is he taking any kind of responsibility here? absolutely not. he gets no credit for that. and was he the ringleader of this obstruction? sure. i mean, he brought in other people. he tried to entice his lawyers into being part of it. he enticed nauta into being part of it. if you look at all the various factors and it's in the various sentencing guidelines that interpret how these statutes are applied, he could very well wind up with the full ten years. >> nick ackerman, appreciate your insight. >> thank you. still ahead, canadian prime minister justin trudeau meets the ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy during an unannounced visit to kyiv as a ukrainian offensive is under way south of dazaporizhzhia. to develop their tastiest bread yet.
lemire, msnbc political analyst and "politico's" white house bureau chief. let me first do some background here. there was a group of house republicans who after biden left ukraine met with president zelenskyy in kyiv, and they promised continuing support, but back at home, speaker mccarthy has vowed there are no blank checks for ukraine. talk about the challenges the president faces back here at home when he arrives to keep that support going. >> president biden wheels up from warsaw just a short time ago. it was a pretty triumphant visit to eastern europe, of course the surprise trip to kyiv and that show of solidarity with president zelenskyy, and then yesterday the full-throated defense of the alliances and the vow to stand up to putin, whatever it takes, for how long it takes, that he delivered in poland, and a few more meetings today before heading back to washington. you were right, there's still a lot of hard work ahead. they did secure the administration, a lot of new funding for ukraine at the end of last year in a lame duck session of the last fully
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