unwavering support, as russia s brutal invasion enters a second year, president biden sends more aid to ukraine. it s worth fighting for, as long as it takes. and as u.s. intelligence shows china considering lethal aid to russia, how will the white house react? i ll speak to national security adviser jake sullivan, next. and united front. the gop announces its first presidential debate, as a host of candidates consider joining the race, but can they all agree to come together in the end? republican national committee chair rana mcdaniel will be here exclusively. plus, common goal. in a bitterly divided house we ve got our work cut out for us. two lawmakers from across the aisle are coming together to try to help families across the country. hello, i m dana bash with washington where the state of our union is wondering how long this can go on. this week, russia s brutal invasion of ukraine entered its second year. russian forces marked the anniversary with a sl
welcome back to state of the union. the republican national committee this week announced its first presidential debate, scheduled for august in milwaukee. what we do not know is what the party will require of candidates in order to participate in that debate. here with me now exclusively for her first interview since she was re-elected chair of the republican national committee is rana mcdaniel. thank you so much. congratulations. fourth term. thank you. fourth term. thank you to be with you. it was a tougher than expected re-election campaign and race. it really exposed some pretty deep divisions in your party. what lessons did you take away from it? i ran on a unity platform and about bringing the party together and we can t be so vicious and vitriolic with each other that we don t want to support each other in the end. and i chose to run that way. i won 2-1. and i m already working to bring the committee together. but i think this is a symbol of
unwavering support, as russia s brutal invasion enters a second year, president biden sends more aid to ukraine. it s worth fighting for, as long as it takes. and as u.s. intelligence shows china considering lethal aid to russia, how will the white house react? i ll speak to national security adviser jake sullivan, next. and united front. the gop announces its first presidential debate, as a host of candidates consider joining the race, but can they all agree to come together in the end? republican national committee chair rana mcdaniel will be here exclusively. plus, common goal. in a bitterly divided house we ve got our work cut out for us. two lawmakers from across the aisle are coming together to try to help families across the country.
and one of the things in that wall street journal report, which i can t confirm or deny, but i will say the reference to the department of energy, president biden specifically requested that the national labs, which are part of the department of energy, be brought into this assessment, because he wants to put every tool at use to be able to figure out what happened here. and if we gain any further insight or information, we will share it with congress, and we will share it with the american people. but right now, there is not a definitive answer that has emerged from the intelligence community on this question. jake sullivan, the president s national security adviser, thank you so much for joining me this morning. thanks for having me, dana. and the month and city for the first republican primary debate is set. what will the requirements be for candidates to get on the stage? rnc chairwoman rana mcdaniel is here next. plus, a new bipartisan push in congress for paid family an
about elections we see. we should always be able to talk that. i don t think we should remove that from the conversation but i m talking about i m looking forward to 2024. how do we win the senate when we have a much better map. how do we keep the house and win the presidency? and i will say the path forward is a united republican party. we ve got to find our way to be there. that s what i want to be as a leader. i m going to talk positively, be optimistic, and i want to make sure that we re putting a vision forward that lets young people and women and other people look at our party as something that they aspire to be part of. well, by definition of primary race being about talking about the differences of being a united party is going to basically give you a lot of challenges, but i will look forward i m up for the task. we can do it. okay, rana, thank you so much. appreciate you coming in. and what is president biden s timeline for announcing re-election? the first