it s not. he needs to be held accountable. those that have had in any way abetted or enabled or assisted in this need to be held accountable, the penalties should stay in place. neil: thanks, congressman thune. so i ve heard this on in news channel and fox business earlier today, sanctions and punishment stay in effect no matter what happens in ukraine as long as vladimir putin is in charge. i wonder if he knows that. after this. advice like: try hypnosis. or. quit cold turkey. kidding me?! instead, start small. with nicorette. which can lead to something big. start stopping with nicorette i don t just play someone brainy on tv - i m an actual neuroscientist.
casualties in week of any war of modern times and i got exactly what i had. he needs more than that, which is why i think the fighting goes on. martha: he won t like that. be that may be where he is. thanks, niall ferguson. that s the story for wednesday, march 16. the story goes on. we ll see you back here tomorrow at 3:00. today the american people are helping not just ukraine, but europe and the world. there s nothing less than genocide going on in ukraine. the american people are standing behind ukraine.
would be a path forward that would allow ukrainian to maintain its sovereignty, for the russians to go home, to quit invading and to quit killing innocent women and children. short of that, it s hard to see where ukraine would be agreeable to any other terms. maybe they get there and i hope they do because it would be nice to see the killing stop and especially of these nrnt civilians. neil: while i have you, very quickly, the kremlin didn t take too kindly to the president saying that vladimir putin was a war criminal. do you think he s a war criminal? i do. i think the things that he s done and i m sure he will make some argument that these were mistakes, not intended. i don t know what he will argue. this is an unjust, unprovoked war of his own making. he s the aggressor here. he s not the victim. the steps that they have taken where they target civilians and
switchblade armored drones also going on to list 100 grenade launchers, guns and ammunition. the american people are answering zelensky s call for help. listen to what he says. the american people are answering president zelensky s call for more help, more weapons for ukraine, more tools to fight russian aggression. that s what we re doing. in fact, we started our assistance to ukraine before this war began. what we re not providing at this point is anyway to facilitate the migs, whiches that been a big request of zelensky. i asked jen psaki why does the administration see migs as provocative and javelins and stingers not provocative. her answer is that javelins and stingers are defensive and migs are offensive. now there s calls from both sides of the aisle for the president to consider that
he spoke us alongside secretary burton today who rolled out establishing a no-fly zone despite the emotional appeal today to congress from president zelenskyy. nato should not deploy forces on the ground or in the airspace for ukraine. because we have a responsibility to assure that this war doesn t escalate beyond ukraine. speak with the support their ability to defend themselves. we will continue to support them going forward. we believe the commitment to nato, article 5 commitment is the plan. president zelenskyy said the war is not about the nato alliance. it is about defending freedom and democracy and addressed to congress today post-world war ii institutions have failed to prevent the invasion of a sovereign country and proposed a new global alliance between the united states and european allies leaving out the world s autocrats.