it s big men good if it goes. fuhrman has won. one-possession game arizona needs three to send this thing to overtime. get a quick two if you can. 15 seconds left that s not it. air ball. that s not it. trying to keep it alive shot is no good. arizona with a shot that will not go the tigers of princeton growl their way into round two how many of you had number 15 princeton over second seeded arizona? number 13 fuhrman knocking off uva? jonathan lemire, unfortunately for me, i had the whole thing, the final four wrapping up with uca beating arizona. how am i doing how am i doing do i have a chance actually, i talked to some people that had uva and arizona in the final four. ouch, that hurts that bracket is officially busted, anyone who had that. president biden picked arizona to win the whole thing they were a popular choice this is why march madness is so great, joe you know, college basketball, maybe during the regular season matters less on the sporting
comments about ukraine, bam. very strong response i think that was significant i d be encouraged if i were the ukrainians, that there s broader support in the republican party for sticking with it certainly, the people watching this race most carefully, right now, are the russians, who wonder, if we just last it out, if we get through to a republican president after the 2024 elections, is this over do we get a pass listening to ron desantis, you d think, yeah. if ron desantis or donald trump wins, you do get a pass. i think it was a big week. the pushback was important sure like to hear those people push back on some other things that trump and desantis have been saying that are harmful to the party. but this was a start as john heilemann pointed out, they pushed back against ron desantis, not against donald trump. the positions are the same, so they apply to both speaking of this, former
joe, poland has been rock solid in supporting ukraine. when you re in poland, as i know you and mika have been, you feel this intenseidentification the polish people have with ukraine s fight. they think this is our fight, too. i have to say, i think the initial impact of the soviet fighters coming from poland and slovenia to ukraine will be most important on morale. this is a tough time for ukraine. they re getting battered on the front lines around bakhmut the level of casualties, the loss of human life, the way in which ukrainians feel that deeply, that s a key part of the war for most of us it s powerful. so this will be a shot in the arm. our allies stand behind us we ll get some air power in terms of actual effects on the battlefield, most of the people i talk to say don t expect radical changes a key issue is whether they will be useful in close air support
there is that anticipation that, at some point, the u.s. will do the same it does take a little while longer that s the pattern they ve set up here. but to david s point, they can t get there soon enough. even if they don t have much of an impact in the combat, at least right away, there is a sense, this is a pretty delicate moment in the battle ukrainians really prioritized bakhmut, much to the surprise of, and thfrankly dismay of tho at the pentagon, seeing it as a waste, not being an important city but the ukrainians poured so much resources, manpower into this battle, as have the russians and the wagner group of mercenaries. losing it now would be a devastating blow though secretary of state austin just said a few days ago he didn t think it would change the trajectory of the war, ukrainians feel differently. because they are putting so much into that battle, there are concerns they re training their
do they, shawn turner, have those systems in sufficient numbers? cnn is reporting that the new focus of u.s. and nato weapons supplies to ukrainian forces will favor now more tanks, for instance, heavy artillery, the subject of migs has come up again. can they get those weapons and will they have enough? yeah, jim, you know, it is a good question. if we go back and look at the security assistance to the united states and the international community has been providing to ukraine, up until this point it has been primarily focused on weapons. what we have not seen so far are complete systems. and so while i think that the security assistance has been unprecedented, it has come fast and helped the ukrainians meet the accomplishments that they have had, as we see this new phase, we need to help the ukrainians with systems. at this point directly to your question, jim, i think that they