it requires unconditional surrender and then building our enemies back up, recognizing that even in the middle of a civil war, there is more that unites us than divides us as americans. lincoln was able to achieve that. even though he couldn t achieve his vision, it lived on and became the peace that was the marshall plan, the table setter for what we re seeing today. thank you both for joining us for this discussion. congrats again on your book, john. thanks. canada trying to turn back trucker-inspired protests by cutting off the cash that has been fueling their blockade. that s next. crorossed the desert s bare, man. i v ve breathed the mountain air, man. o of travel i ve had my share, man. i ve e been everywhere. i ve been to: pittsburgh, parkersburg, gravelbourg, colorado, ellensburg, cedar city, dodge city, what a pity. i ve been everywhere, man.
poland s prime minister tweeted russia is no longer a reliable business partner, its credibility is gone. the junk rating and downgrading of bonds are a natural consequence. rating agencies, what are you waiting for? russia must be cut off from financial markets. and pleased to cut off russia from the swift banking system and pressure is mounting on 2 of those three fronts. the ukrainian government is getting what it has been calling for for weeks and couldn t achieve. reporter: you can hear in the distance the explosions continue. the question is how quickly this will take place. there are countries committing weapons they say they will send it to ukraine.
will say he s not getting adequate credit. i think you could find silver linings in his presidency even if you disagree with the president and i think, you know, that s perhaps an exercise that s worthwhile on a christmas morning, but the fact is that this president has consistently focused on the negative emotions of the presidency and history shows that does not end well for anyone. exercise is well for anyone on a christmas morning. you need to get the moving. it s hard to believe that the two summits, helsinki and sing support with kim jong-un happened this year. it feels like 100 years ago that they happened. they re so instructive when figuring out this presidency. take just singapore with north korea because this is something that i think only donald trump could have done as president. i don t think any other president any president has and i don t think any other president would. and he wanted to break convention and he wanted to shake it up and he wanted to do things tha
hell sinky and singapore happened with kim jong-un this year. if teals like a hundred years ago it happened and they re so instructive when figuring out this presidency. this is something they think only donald trump could have done as president. i don t think any other president has, and i don t think any other president would. and he wanted to break convention and he wanted to shake it off and he wanted to do things other people couldn t achieve and becoming pen pals with kim jong-un and having a good relationship with vladimir putin, he attempted to do both of those this year. as we sit here, is it worth it? it might be. what was happening before wasn t working, but part of that period of time of decades of not working north korea achieved what it wanted which is a nuclear deterrent and it was able to achieve the nuclear program to a point that it was satisfied and now provocations of the west and trump saying we re not going to put up with that anymore and then the summit tre
to reunite these families because trump was rushed out of this as thoughtlessly as he rushed into it. for the administration s critics, as this week grinds on, some of these facts are a sign that trump can be moved, that he will fold under enough pressure. but for everyone else impacted by these policies, these facts are something else. they are a sign that the problems created by this policy are far from over, they are just beginning. i m joined by new york congressman lydia velasquez and michelle bruinay, who met with some of the tender age children held in mcallen, texas. congresswoman, what is happening on the hill? we re told republicans planned a vote they couldn t achieve. what needs to happen to rectify