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Preparing. what you hear from kyiv and president zelensky is he uses very much tongue in cheek language and almost mocks the sentiment that there will be a large-scale invasion. she doesn t think he s down playing it, but wants to make sure they are not creating panic in ukraine. then part of that reason and what we discussed yesterday is because this could really drain ukraine economically. you can see a brain drain from the country, a capital drain. we have already seen russian business men and women, many also oligarchs leave the country. zelensky had to get on the phone and tell them to come back. so this is something that could put a lot of pressure on the country. putin is putting pressure on the country without having to move in on an invasion but economically putting an immense amount of pressure on them. that part of his mission may be accomplished without firing any shots. speaking of russia s president you covered russia for a while. give us your sense as to what i remembe ....
Had been trying to strike its own multibillion-dollar deal with subs. this led the french to cancel a gala tonight here at the embassy to celebrate a naval battle that france helped the revolutionary army win against the british in 1781. i asked secretary of state blinken yesterday. after professing at nato that america is back to all of the europeans, what do you say to an ally, france, that feels that this agreement today stabs them in the back by going and, you know providing nuclear submarines to australia. also beyond around the world, we will continue to do so. we place fundamental value on that relationship, on that partnership and we will carry it forward in the days ahead. ....
President biden when he was the top senator on this committee for more than ten years. let me sneak you in quickly. leanne talked about yesterday when he had republicans calling for his resignation. said he had blood on his hands. obviously, democrats are going to try to give blinken a little defense here. what are you looking for? well, i think one of the things to look at is the republicans that are attacking secretary blinken yesterday, many of them avoided attacking the underlying decision, which was to withdraw from afghanistan. and it puts them in a pretty challenging situation when they know that a broad majority of the public agrees with that decision. the former president, president trump, initiated that process. so they re criticizing the process of withdrawal, not the underlying decision. then, what are they focused on exactly? like you said yesterday, you heard a lot of hyperbolic rhetoric. there s nothing new about ....
Are getting we don t know. it is clear now that they should not attempt in any way to get to the gate and that doesn t include, by the way, the afghan allies, the thousands we have talked about for the last couple of days that are simply abandoned. we have been tracking some efforts, private efforts for some of these afghan allies to get out. some that were unsuccessful yesterday and now we re in communication with that are simply feeling stuck with nowhere to go. another important point that we hopefully will learn more, dana, from officials at the state department today is whether or not the taliban will continue to honor their commitment. remember, secretary of state blinken yesterday telling us that private and public commitments from the taliban would insure the safe passage of those who wanted to get out. now this certainly makes it much more difficult to believe that the taliban is upholding their commitment on that. ....
After the disaster that unfolded on their watch. don t buy it. what they have been selling us for 20 years didn t work. steve: you know, because the images are so bad, pete, you know, the white house and the state department is in damage control mode. the secretary of state blinken yesterday got on the phone and called united kingdom, china, india, pakistan, russia, turkey just. why? steve: had to explain, hey, listen, you know, apparently this is why we did it because he didn t have a good answer. pete: here is another lie of the afghan war. that we were part of a coalition. i had a patch on my shoulder called 9 isap. we called it i saw americans fighting. there were 50 flags at the embassy. 50 flags at the airport of countries that were supposed to be art pa of this coalition. do you know how many of them fought? one. the united states of america. sure the brits had some good troops. brian: australia. pete: i worked with good australian troops. ....