And say a table. Were about our little one. Hes very critical and independent court has a clarify a lot of the facts for everybody. Now, the court made it very clear that the Russian Federation is responsible for the killing of not yet no celebration. This isnt a well also coming up. She raised 5 children and then she led hundreds of all makers from California Home maker to us house speaker, nancy pelosi says her time, as leader of the democrats is ending and with great confidence in our caucus, i will not seek reelection to democratic leadership in the next congress for may be ours, come for new generation to lead the Democratic Caucus that i so deeply respect. Ah, that is the court has determined that the charges are so severe and the consequences so great that it believes in this case that only the highest possible prison sentence would be appropriate punishment in retaliation for what the accused did, causing so much grief to so many victims and relatives, and that that was an attempt to deliver justice over the shooting down of light image 17 to our viewers watching on p b. S. In the United States into all of you around the world. Welcome that we begin the day with 3 men sentenced to life in prison for their role in shooting down a passenger plane over ukraine. It happened in july of 2014, almost 300 people lost their lives when Malaysia Airlines flight image 17 was hit by a missile, a missile launched by russian back to separatists in Eastern Ukraine. The men convicted today to russians and one ukrainian were tried it by a court in the netherlands in absentia. Elise suspect that the men are hiding in russia or in russian controlled territory. Todays verdicts brought an end to a 2 year long trial with the men still at large. However, its doubtful that todays verdict will bring much closure to the families of the victims are corresponded barbara vase or she was at the court to day in the netherlands. And she spoke with a relative of 3 of the passengers who died when the plane was shot down over ukraine. Pete, who is sentenced, was handed down here to day in this court. Are you satisfied . Yes, i, you know, ive said it before. I have the judge or the court has to kiss modest decisions or the decisions about the role of russia and the decisions about the 4 suspects. And both are from equal importance and. And the courts wash very clear about the rollover of russia. I and effect i said that russia was, had had the responsibility in the downing of flight i made shifted, and thats an act of terror. And they convicted 3 suspects are with the highest possible or punishment. So yeah, and one of the suspects is had an acquittal em, but thats also, thats the, thats also a big, thats also justice. We dont want people who dont deserve her, though, deserve to go to jail, that they are going to chill so that this part of justice, that some people dont get a dont get a punishment. But some 3 people did get convicted. Now they did have a life have a life since they do the life since standing against them. They can sort of never move on to russia. They may never go to jail though, just that bother, you know, you know, we know that for years and i and we have to do with it. It would be better if they got their days in jail, but are they, they are under the protection of the, of the russian government to so they will do their time. And we know that its a you can be, you can grief about it. It doesnt help us, but this, you know, thats an independent good guess. Verdict. I think thats the most important of all. And do you think this was a fair trial according to the best of rules . Yes, absolutely. So the court said, also the court conferences, this was a fair trial. And despite all stories in social media, as it is, this is a political show and its not, it was a fair, decent trial. And a very careful formulated verdict by, by the court. The question that is all was put to the relatives in those tragedies and that its probably misplaced stretch. Question is the one about closure, but does it maybe help you to move on . If the closures are not be possible . I spoke, i spoke to the next of kin, of course some, some next of kin they, they say for this is for us the moment to get more distance from, from, from image 70. Thats, thats not closure. If you lost your children, the children, you cant get closer to viable because a verdict is established. But it gives them space to get distance and try to get on with their life. And you know, i hope a lot of thats the next of kin see the possibility to get on with their lives after today. 8 years after it has been a long time incoming justice m was a too long. Oh no, you know, a, a reference was to bumping off of lower b and the 225 years. So 8 years is quite, quite quick that she yeah. It was, oh, of course for us a long period of waiting. But it could be longer. Thank you very much. Okay, thank you. Ah, this week has seen an unprecedented number of air strikes launched by Russian Forces into ukraine. Todays wave of missile attacks killed at least 4 people entering many more. The strikes were directed mainly against the Countries Energy facilities and ukraines president zalinski. He says that los gal continues to deliberately target civilian sides, knowing that winter is coming to bang the damage from another deadly attack on ukrainian homes. Emergency teams came the wreckage and pick up the paces this time its bodies being recovered from the rabble. Ne, beside the blast hit as many would have been sleeping as will or i heard a strike around 3. I dont know if i heard 3 explosion that it was. I realized it was somewhere near by appointment. Nothing else. Then in the morning, i found out that it had happened in this area love for this. And so what are you in 3 families used to live in these homes, but suffer asia has been pummeled by russian attacks and recent month and locals dont know who was home during the latest blast. But the jewel, its the 2nd time the city was hit with how we surviving. Theres nothing else left to do. Here is the way were surviving. Living our lives with the devastation here is the result of another barrage of russian muscles, battering ukraine, explosions, injuring people, and denise pro hi cave and odessa on us. Shes got the nervous dish, another russian terrorist attack has just occurred this at this morning. Dozens of missiles civilian sites of the main target line. Russia is waging war on electricity and heat for people by blowing up power plants and other energy facilities. And that will be in court. Russia confirming that its defenceless, het tag it from the denice pro. And that the region regions that ukrainian civilians continue to fall victim to the attacks which show no sign of easing as the warney as its 10th month. If a more now im joined by Mister Robert pers, these a professor of International Relations at the u. S. Military academy at west point and our correspondent economy. He is standing by force in southern ukraine. Both of you gentlemen good to have you with us, nick. Let me just start with you. Id like to talk about the, the airstrikes across ukraine this week. But, but 1st president zalinski and the missile that hit inside poland on tuesday, nato says that it was Ukrainian Air defense rocket and said that it was an accident. But president zalinski insisted that it had to be a Russian Rocket. Has his position. Has it changed in the last 2436 hours . Why doesnt seems like hes dug himself into a hole there. He basically came out pretty early saying that the ukraine commanders who are responsible for the anti aircraft antimissile systems that they had told him that this was not a ukraine missile. That he had no reason not to believe them. He did then go on and say, if it turns out to be crane rock it, then i will see, right, the ukraine will apologize, especially given that this hit poland, poland currently is ukraines most important neighbor, the country that has taken the most ukrainian refugees, the country that is crucial to getting west to weapons to ukraine, that ukraine is dependent on for all kinds of things. So this will be a very, very uncomfortable sheesh if it does turn out to be a ukrainian rocket. Lots of versions, kind of still sweating around here in ukraine, that there might have been a Russian Rocket hitting a target very close to borders, a kind of a publication on purpose to try and provoke the ukrainians into kind of farm is in that direction. Very little clarity, very little in kind of the way of more concise explanation so far, but definitely a sense that yeah, since he has got himself in a difficult position and now is looking for ways out. Professor pershing let me ask you, can we glean anything from what happened tuesdays incident . Militarily, i mean are western weapons these air Defense Systems that have been sent to you . Great. They appear to be working now, dont they . I mean, and that is that, that is part of the goal, isnt it . Yes, they certainly do appear to be having the intended effect. Its interesting to note that if the missile itself was fired from ukraine, Ukrainian Air defense system, you know, that is a, a russian made system that ukraine would have inherited from the soviet era. And so i think elsewhere, weve seen evidence that suggests that western provided anti aircraft missiles had been a very effective and really just reinforcing the point that frankly now what the International Coalition in support of ukraine needs to do regardless of disposition, that that mr. Savanski seems to have sort of backed himself into needs to be prepared to increase its further provision of these defensive weapons. Lets not forget that this never would have happened this accident if russia wasnt dangerously firing missiles, so close to polish border. Yeah, its a good point in the head of nato said that ultimately russia was responsible for what happened on tuesday, nick, the incident on tuesday, it basically stole the attention for at least for a day or so. From what was the largest air strike against the ukraine since the invasion began 9 months ago. Talk to me about what you craniums have been coping with this week. Well, its true and even the best western provided systems of which theyre still barely enough to cover the territory is because you cranes and you know, after all this war is being fought, not only the only 1000 kilometer front line, but also across the whole country from yet dont yet to live even the polish border that basically you russia just overwhelming the capacity of ukraine to knock these rockets at the sky even if in the case of the nice sam systems of just coming to us, were hearing from the claimant that claiming 100 percent effectiveness, that every now sounds broke it 5 hit something out of the sky, but definitely the outage is all getting longer. Oh yeah we it looks like weve lost nick signal for just a 2nd. Were going to try to get him back. Let me go there to you, professor person, and i want to pick up something that has been said this week. A top u. S. Military general was quoted as saying that this war in ukraine will not in soon, and its end will not include russia withdrawing completely from Eastern Ukraine. Those are some strong words to swallow if youre inside ukraine. Was this a needed reality check . Or do you think that these were words that would have been better left unspoken . So here i should probably point out that these are my personal views, not the official position of the United States government or department of defense. But i would, i would disagree with, with that general im in so far as its clear that ukraine will continue fighting and they will continue to, to fight hard for the liberation of their entire homeland. And of that i have no doubt. Now the current trend in the conflict certainly appears to be on ukraine side. They have, i, they capabilities they have the will and have proven to be the superior fighting force. And so i think again, as long as they are able to, to make it through this winter and withstand, you know, these essentially war crimes are these attacks against civilians that russia is perpetrating. And as long as they continue to be supplied with the weaponry to do that, they will keep on the fight and they will keep on winning. So, you know, ultimately, you know, putin will not stop fighting this war either until he has pushed out of ukraine, or until he secures his original political objective, which is to overthrow the government in keys. I think he clearly will fail on that 2nd. And so we can only hope that ukraine succeeds in their mission and need, let me just ask you, weve got the sound back with you now. Has there been reaction in ukraine . Im sure that these, these comments did not fit well there in kiva, especially with president zelinski. I have bills, i had some trouble hearing you there, but basically i think i understand what youre talking about about talks being suggested as the kind of immediate goal key of being put under pressure to kind of wind this down and give russia some kind of deal that its obviously looking for and that of the needs as a breather, to kind of re supply. Theres if enough for that here, were either amongst politicians or monks, audrey people, everyone you talk to will tell you we tried that in 2014 and we had means minutes to and the russians still came back for more territory. There is a sense here that russia is still growing, ukrainian independence, you know, they lots of russian need to see ukrainian independence and stated as a misunderstanding of history. And right now, giving them a chance to rearm and to train up more, more soldiers, which make it that much harder for ukraine to protect itself next time round. And let me just ask before we run out of time, there was a comment made earlier this week by the u. S. A taught us general who said that the, the war in ukraine will end later rather than sooner. And that it would be unrealistic to expect russia to withdraw completely from ukrainian territory. Its there been reaction from zalinski i havent heard any specific as to that. I think there is definitely a big fear about directly, you know, getting involved in kind of internal american you know, debate on this and kind of contradicting the very people who are supplying you cant weapons right now. But just to give you one kind of bit of detail that im getting context in crimea telling me that russian people who moved crime since 2014 are selling up their houses, setting up their property on massive. Theres definitely expectation that even amongst people, you know, who, in theory that you know, have for now, no reason to fear that, you know, the Ukrainian Army is about to arrive in crimea. Theres a sense that there is no future for them. Even in crimea that rushes hiltons 2014 in let me just last point then goes to you professor, personally, when you hear that, is it possible then to think that this war will ended not just with the russians withdrawing from Eastern Ukraine from the dont bass, but also, that the illegal annexation of crimea from 2014 that, that can also be undone by this, by this more being ended. I think its entirely possible. Its certainly ukraines objective to restore its complete sovereign terror sovereignty over its territory to include reclamation of crimea. And so i think its certainly within the realm of possibilities. The wild card, of course is how would russia react to a serious ukrainian offensive i that, that threatens to retake crimea we, we saw that put and basically stood down from his, his threats in his bluffs when they gave up kind of so on. But, but the question is, would he be so willing to give up crimea as easily and thats uncertain. Professor Robert Person from west point and are very and corresponded to connelly in southern ukraine to both of you gentlemen, we appreciate your time, your reporting and your insights tonight. Thank you. Thank you. In the United States, the republicans have won enough seats to take control of the house of representatives following last weeks midterm elections. And this gives the party power to oppose president bidens agenda for the final 2 years of his present term. The house is the chamber that initiates all spending bills in the United States and has a lot of power when it comes to the purse. It controls the Purse Strings of government with bidens democrats still in control of the senate. The stage is set for a period, perhaps of major gridlock in washington. Lets pull in lives, show canal and she is a u. S. Political analyst. She joins me from washington. D. C. Live, its good to see you. Again. Its been a busy week in washington to talk to me about why this decision by nancy pelosi to no longer be the leader of the democrats in the house. Why is that so important . Nancy pelosi will go down in history as one of the most effective titans of speaker of the house. I think both parties kenneth can concede that she has formidable. She was the 1st and only woman to serve as speaker of the house. Shes had a long Service Despite many breakouts, you know, 2 years under bus 2 under obama trump and now biden. But its also pretty significant that she did this. Oh, my gosh, this ad passing in the baton to the younger generation. There has been some calls in previous years, should she step aside . I think she proved time and time again. She didnt need to know that she understands now is the time to lift up the rising stars of the democratic party. What would would she be . I know she is in her eighties and you know if she wants to retire and she certainly she has the right to do that. But shes not going to leave congress. Shes just of, shes no longer going to leave the democrats. But im wondering, would she be doing this if the democrats had kept control of the house in the mid term elections . I think theres an implication in that question that, oh is she only doing this because they last . I know me. So i think she hear that she wants to pass that baton. She believes in fostering the talent thats coming up the ranks. But on the 2nd part of that, do i think she would be doing this if they hadnt, if they had retain control, i dont think so because she would want to consistency in continuity through the end of by the 1st turn going into what is going to be very hot, contested reelection with biden or potentially someone else. So she wouldnt want to add another thing in the mix of that uncertainty. Lets talk about the republicans been, im kevin mccar