ukraine will never be a victory for russia. what does victory look like and are we give them enough to win the war or just surviving? if you want victory, we have to do more. plus, rising tensions. you are approaching chinese airspace. as the u.s. continues to warn china about sending weapons to ukraine, tensions are rising in the south china sea. is the pentagon preparing to move more troops to taiwan? my guests this morning, if national security adviser to president biden jake sullivan and dan sullivan of alaska. and off the rails. i sincerely hope that when all of the politicians get here including biden to get back from touring ukraine that he s got some money left over. donald trump travels to the site of the toxic train derailment in ohio to bash the biden administration for focusing more overseas, creating the first real split screen moment of the 2024 campaign. joining me for insight and analysis are nbc news chief white house correspondent kristen
no problem coming out and lying the world. we just saw that with this chinese spy balloon. it s the nature of a communist dictatorship to lie to their own people, to lie to the world. that s republican senator dan sullivan of alaska responding to a new report from the energy department on the origins of covid. we ll take you through the latest developments in just a moment. plus, ukraine says it needs more fighter jets as the war entered its second year, but the pentagon and president biden do not appear ready yet to make that commitment. and meanwhile, the first lady seems to give away the president s plans for 2024. we ll show you what she said. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, february 27th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ll start with the new report on the positives of co-vichltd according two sources with direct knowledge of the matter, the federal energy department says it has, quote, low confidence th
Im chuck todd. Just 19 days to go. The breaking news right now is this. Senator Kamala Harris has been sidelined from the campaign trail until at least sunday after two people involved in her campaign tested positive for covid. She has not, by the way. One of them was Harris Communications director and the other was described as a nonstaff flight crew member. The Campaign Says neither of them has had recent contact with Vice President biden. But the news raises obvious concerns as to whether we could see more cases inside the campaign, even though officials have touted the safety precautions and protocols in place to mitigate that risk. Well have the latest from inside the campaign in a moment. These cases around biden harris come as new infections are rising across the country. In some places quite rapidly filling hospitals to capacity and comes as the president s Reelection Campaign continues to struggle in the home stretch. He will soon be holding a rally in North Carolina where rec
Senator ted cruz of texas. Plus, bill gates one on one. We are running the worst testing system in terms of who gets access to it of any country. On his efforts to make a vaccine available to low and middleincome countries around the world. Finally, that plot to kidnap michigans governor, gretchen whitmer. Hate groups heard the president s words not as a rebuke, but as a rallying cry, as a call to action. Does President Trump bear responsibility for encouraging hate groups . Joining me for insight and analysis are nbc news chief White House Correspondent hallie jackson, hugh hewitt, host on the salem radio network, maria teresa kumar, president of voto latino, and jake sherman, Senior Writer for politico. Welcome to sunday. Its meet the press. Announcer from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history, this is meet the press with chuck todd. Good sunday morning. From his first day in office, donald trump has been the shockandawe president , but its possible w
Nurses. This morning i will talk to the director of the National Institute of health. Plus, rejected, Supreme Court turns away a dangerous antidemocratic republican effort to overthrow the legitimate results of the president ial election. President trump, who approved of the move very important people, and they have wisdom and they have courage. We can win this election. Vows to fight on. My interview with retiring public senator Lamar Alexander. Start with a simple question, any doubt who won the president ial election . And Congress Still unable to agree for millions out of work and running out of money. But it has to get done before they go home. Millions and millions of americans simply cant wait any longer. Ill talk to democratic senator chris coons of delaware. Joining me for insight and analysis are nbc news kristen welker, the Washington Post contributing come columnist matt bay and lahee chen, fellow at the hoover institute. Welcome to sunday, its meet the press. From nbc news