this makes them more determined than ever to win and he points out that he has to win the war on the battlefield because there is no negotiating with russia. there is no deal that could satisfy vladimir putin. here zelensky ish showing how rock solid that resolve is. matthew, things like crime crimea? he says that if anyone can win back crimea he says that if anyone can win back crimea without using military he would crimea without using military he would love to hear it. crimea is ukraine would love to hear it. crimea is ukraine and it was stolen by vladimir ukraine and it was stolen by vladimir putin. if that was attempted to be won back by ukraine, putin could attempted to be won back by ukraine, putin could use tactical nuclear weapons putin could use tactical nuclear weapons. one of the things that
compared to the air defense systems that are currently in place here. anything that the ukrainians get, they are obviously very grateful to have. if they get the f 300s, they will be pleased to have them. they will no doubt put them to immediate use. jonathan, live for us in lviv thank you. ukraine president volodymyr zelenskyy risk of death remains high, as the russians try to build a land bridge between crime crimea and the mainland. now in western ukraine, good morning to you. tell us about your parents. do you know how they are? what can you tell us about the continuer situation inside ma are ripol. i know my parents are alive. we just found out that they are
nafta deal and focus on china, then he can be hate historic president. shannon: let s talk about russia. here s what he said about crime crimea. the united stats will not recognize the annexation of crimea. we stand together with allies in the international community and our commitment to ukraine and its territorial integrity. shannon: has the administration meant tough enough on russia? they go they have been tougher on obama but the goal is to get russia to change their behavior. pompeo was an outstanding secretary of state. where they are doing with iran is a game-changer. pompeo called out the ayatollahs of enriching themselves of the expense of the iranian people. the president is kind of being like reagan towards the soviet union. iran is an evil empire. i think we can break the back of the regime, and the best way to do that is to help the people. when it comes to russia, i ve got new sanctions, hard-hitting. it s not just enough to be
does he he does it all the time. he knows what took place in helsinki has been a mess. not my words but again, senator rubio and cruz called him a con man when they were doing the campaign. what you do is to shift the view, shift your mind away from something, you bring something else up. that s what they re trying to do. on the topic of russia, let me ask you about reporting that s come out in the last few days. it s reporting about a trip you took to russia with congressman rohrbacher. this was a time of high tension between the united states and russia. this is after russia had annexed crimea, shot down malaysian flight 17. let me ask you about the purpose of your trip there. why did you go? did you meet with any russian officials while you were there? i went with an official i am the ranking democrat on the committee. the chairman of the committee
decided that he wanted to go. the committee approved it. i wanted to make sure, knowing what the chairman s position was on russia, that i thought it was important given the significance of the time that they didn t hear one voice, they needed to hear both voices. i wanted to make sure they knew that we were not pleased with the going in and taking over of crime crimea, that they were going into the eastern ukraine. i wanted to make sure they heard two sides of the voice two voices. i know what the position of the chairman was. we heard it in the committee. that was my purpose of being there. any meetings with russian officials? no. the one person i can recall was from the dumas at an open meeting. final question about the future of your party. we heard congressman moulton this weekend. he said when it comes to leadership of the party, this is bigger than one person. what we need is a new generation of leadership to be honest about