they were in ukraine, it started 169 days ago. actually, 269 days ago. and today is the war continues, the united states estimates about 140,000 ukrainians have been killed. russia appears to be using his oldest advantages in war, the region s winter weather in a way that ukraine s president says his deliberately targeting civilians. russian forces have been blasting ukraine s power grid with artillery, and missile attacks, as much as 40% of ukraine was without power friday. and put that in perspective for you, in kyiv, it barely rises above freezing in december. but it has gotten as cold as minus 41 degrees fahrenheit. when i was in school, we did not leave the house if it was minus 22. all of this is on the heels of the deadly missile blast and nato member country poland, nato later said that it believes a ukrainian missile actually misfired, so given all of this, nato will now not invoke article five of its agreement and protect pullen,
song. yeah, 39 degrees here in washington and on the south lawn the guests assembled this morning to witness the wedding of naomi biden and her fiance peter neil. this is, of course, as you said, the 9th wedding in history to take place at the white house. the president and the first lady are very close with their grandchildren, obviously, especially naomi, and i m hearing that the first lady had a lot to do with the planning of this wedding. last night there was a rehearsal dinner across the street from the white house where they celebrated. today after the ceremony which is as we can hear happening right now, guests go inside the white house where there will be a small reception, luncheon just for the wedding party and family, and then later this evening guests will return to the white house for what i m hearing will be a black tie blowout reception with dessert and dancing. the bride and groom living in washington. they are actually living in the white house and have been for severa
that s all we know now. the white house has been super private about this. they have not released any official photographs yet, but right now as you said the family, the wedding party are going to do a luncheon, just a very small event after the ceremony, and then later this evening the guests will return to the white house for a big black-tie party reception with dessert and dancing. i m sure it will be sort of a very momentous occasion. this is only the 19th wedding to occur here at the white house. it s certainly a big event for the bidens, but a big weekend. tomorrow is actually president biden s 80th birthday as well. but naomi tying the knot. trisha nixon got married in the rose guard en in 1971. lyndon johnson s daughter, linda, got married in the east room in 1967. her sister before that, lucy, had her reception at the white
campaign, and sofia nelson is a former house republican majority staff committee counsel, and a contributing editor to welcome to you all. sophia, as a resident republican, i will start with you. look, republicans, you just saw the clip. they have been promising these wide ranging investigations into the biden administration. you saw marjorie taylor greene even promising impeachment. there is no evidence of high crimes and misdemeanors, by the way. but i think that not every republican is on board. members like nancy mace, and new members elect have said that they actually want to focus on their constituents rather than retributions. so, do you think that the rush, to what do the people, they own the libs will fracture the republican caucus? here would be my advice to someone who is a former republican who walked away from the party during the trump years. here is what i would say. i worked in the house when the
are only 12 democrats who are women. you are right there in there. now there are 90. when you both join congress, i would argue that there wasn t a clear pipeline to democratic leadership, but now, speaker pelosi has lead by example, including along with congressman jim clyburn. they all decided to step aside, but not away. there are many people out there talking about how this is paving the way for this next generation of leadership. i am wondering your thoughts on this. because oftentimes, the democratic party, we have had spirited conversations about the lack of a pipeline to leadership, and to me this just strikes me as leadership, you know, taking, leading by example, and opening up the door, but not just leaving folks out to pasture. you are so right. and i want to say, a lot of people ask, what is the difference when women are in charge, and men are in charge? not all women are good, i will not go through the list of those, we don t think are