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Now, we're gonna give it back to him in whatever way we can? >> the best of it was certainly -- republicans have constantly -- house republican leaders and particular, have seen biden as an easy target here. now, it's unclear -- i, mean there are nuanced criticisms of the u.s.'s actions overall going back many years with nato expansion. but that is not what is happening here. i think republican leaders are seeing an opportunity to criticize biden and it's the oldest playbook in the republican political arsenal. it goes all the way back to 9/11, maybe even before, dating back to the 90s where t...

Strongholds of rebels and no consequences. after annexation of crimea it was clear putin would not stop with the annexation because he never accepted ukraine as an independent state. of course, we can talk about trump, and recently he confirmed our worst expectations about his presidency by calling putin's decision to recognize so-called break away regions in this so-called genius move. it is not just about trump. i would say it is about the ebenezer of the free world and the unwillingness of western leaders to take putin seriously and to recognize that this man, this man meant business. nobod...

Telling how far he could go. what is the feeling among the people, the ordinary people you are talking to there? >> reporter: i think the feeling has moved from a sense of surprise and shock -- i think there was an understanding or expectation this this would be contained to those eastern-most parts of ukraine. now reality has set in. you walk to the cafes, even though it is normal in lviv, i was out this morning and people are not only talking about that but trying to prepare, whether it is stockpiling food or money or communicating with relatives. this city only has a population of 750,000 a...

What did we hear again and again from putin and from the russian government? it is alarmist. this is not going to happen. they're trying to provoke a war. well, here we are. we have a war and it is not because the united states or american intelligence provoked it. it is because vladimir putin had his mind made up a long time ago to do this and we are seeing it right now. one note, joe, you were talking about china in the last hour, this would be a moment of choosing. we are hearing that china has talked to russia's foreign minister and says it understands its decision to protect its security ...

Genius move. oh, by the, way if our president, it would never have happened. so republicans are primarily trying to do is drive a political message that, in part, this is president biden's fault. they are of course running a coup against him in the 2022 elections. they're trying to take by congress. by the, way after published that story, i heard unsolicited from the white house, which was happy to pylon former president trump arguing that nobody has less credibility than him when it comes to russia and ukraine. as you pointed, out the fact that trump apparently tried to blackmail ukraine in a...