washington i m bret baier. president biden n says neither us or nato played any part in the weekends a brief but meaningful insurrection in russia. this afternoon russian president vladimir putin thanks the nation for its unity. questions remain on how much control potent still house in the wake of the ukraine invasion and rebellion that for some time this weekend seem to be getting russian soldiers on board. senior foreign affairs correspondent greg palkot is live in the capital of kyiv tonight. good evening greg. hi britt. restaurant present president biden repaired met with his defense minister and top security and put a short video out on state v. with one more attempt by the russian leader to regain control of the narrative in his country which the past few days has been spending badly out of control. more follow-up from this week it s probably events in russia. the mercenary group for time saturday took over major city in southern russia. then headed to moscow only to
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On heerndz me here as we wait to talk to republicans on the senate side on healthcare, but on your question about Jared Kushner, i do think there is going to be a heightened level of scrutiny and pressure for kushner, because these will be members. Remember, he talked to Committee Staff yesterday when he testified or was interviewed, excuse me, before the Senate Intelligence committee. So this is going to be something. We we heard from michael caputo, you remember the other person who has, former trump adviser who had been questioned in a closed session from by the house Intelligence Committee, came out very critically saying he felt members mischaracterized his testimony after the fact and tried to warn Trump Associates away from testifying in this kind of a forum. So to a certain extent, the stakes are a little different for kushner today. There will be questions whether or not these members think his testimony is consistent with the information that they have at their disposal. Thes
While i dont think precious the with us National Affairs analyst for nbc news, John Heilemann, professor at the university of Michigan School of public policy, former democratic congressman harold ford jr. Former fbi session agent and msnn msnncc, a lot of Different Things going on. Well, a lot of Different Things going on today, but you go back and you look at what the president did last night. It want a dang who is are prp but it was just so unbelievably inappropriate for the president here, what, nine months after he was elected to be going and showing all of his insecurities to a group of boy scouts. And bragging its rock replaying a game that he won six, nine, ten months ago. He talked about loyalty in a slight to Jeff Sessions, he talked about fake news, fake polls. Weird. This is just no dignity. No class temperature. Prp he exemplified everything p prp. Lets get on to the business of the day. You have Jared Kushner testifying again today. You have of course john mccain come bei
Suburbs, where democrats turned out in droves. The election has underlined a serious Enthusiasm Gap between the two parties headed into 2018. Democrats clearly animated over health care and the president s divisive language. Republicans, meanwhile, struggling under the weight of poor messages, agenda misfires and a president whose polling is in the 30s. Two reports now on whether virginia is a bellwether for next years congressional elections, lets start with capitol hill and nbcs capitol hill correspondent, kasie hunt. Kasie, whats the mood like there down there today . God, i got to get my words in front of my brain. What is the mood on capitol hill today . Reporter all good, katy. The mood here, republicans are nervous. Im hearing privately from republicans in suburban areas essentially looking at a lot of these very far downballot races, races we dont typically pay much attention to, races in the case of people ive talked to, offices held by republicans sometimes for decades, sudde