president on social media after they were specifically asked not to for security reasons. are you worried some of your republican colleagues are not taking this crisis seriously enough? well, certainly they have to take it seriously. this is a very, very serious situation. i hope that we can get beyond any kind of partisan politics and understand this is where the american people have to come together as one. traditionally when we are in a crisis overseas, any kind of partisanship should end at the water s edge. we need to be united and understand this is basically a battle for freedom. this is a battle for democracy versus autocracy and a dictatorship, which mr. putin represents. this is what happens when you have a dictator. this is what happens when you have a country that doesn t have democratic oversight of their
some ukrainian citizens, especially kharkiv, it s a huge problem now. we are going to get that information. we are going to make it so that people here in the united states can see it and if people are moved to help, they will have a chance to do that. dr. volodymyr susiky, dr. andra surken, thank you very much to both of you. stay safe. a crisis overseas, and serious economic challenges at home, the president had a big opportunity to rally americans last night. was he successful? we ll dig into that and the president s path forward next. h presid
haven t had a real major crisis overseas. god for bid, something of the magnitude of a 9/11 attack. all of this impulsiveness so far has not probably done any real harm. but it s certainly not good over the long-term for the safety and security of this country. um-hum. as my grandmother would say a hard head makes a soft behind. and that sounds like what you re saying, right. sage wisdom by the way. sage wisdom. i want to read this tweet from the former cia director john brennan, replying to a trump tweet touting his poll numbers. poll numbers by the way that don t meet cnn standards. he writes i served six presidents trae r and three did the i supported clinton, bush and obama and i don t agree with all the policy choices i respected and admired all of them as they put country above
what are your thoughts about trump running the country on impulse? well, it appears to me he has gotten more and more confident in his his own sense of reality, and that he doesn t need advisers or he wants to surround himself with advisers that he thinks are not going to push back, which i think is very dangerous. you know i mean he is playing no pun intended right into the emperor has no clothes syndrome, where nobody can tell him he is making a big mistake. when you think about it, we haven t had a real major crisis overseas. god for bid, something of the magnitude of a 9/11 attack. all of this impulsiveness so far has not probably done any real harm. but it s certainly not good over the long-term for the safety and security of this country. um-hum. as my grandmother would say a hard head makes a soft behind.