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Feel the united states has done enough to get to the bottom of the killing of an american citizen likely by israeli forces. i spoke to her niece, lena. she said she would like to see the fbi involved here to figure out exactly what happened. take a listen. we also continue to call for accountability and justice and for the fbi to carry out an investigation, transparent and swift investigation that is free from any political pressure, any political bias. and most importantly, we would like to see a meaningful action taking place. reporter: now, lena and her family did speak to secretary of state blinken yesterday. he promised the u.s. was pushing for accountability, but they are hoping to meet with president biden while he is here in jerusalem or in bethlehem. there s nothing on the ....
We talk about a deescalation, this doesn t sound like one. reporter: yeah, the deescalation is what the united states has been asking the russia military to do to show they are engaged in diplomacy, the track isn t a cover for gathering what russia calls military exercises, in fact, is potentially gathering an invasion force on ukraine. sergei lavrov, the prime minister, yesterday denied that. one important read of that conversation between secretary of state blinken yesterday and russia s foreign minister in geneva was you know from a senior state department official said there was a key moment in that meeting where blinkr blinken said what has happened in 2014 when they anexd crimea? what has happened since then? you see nato give a troop buildup in response to what you have done. you are getting the exact ....
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 ....