similar goals. we have exerted efforts for the prosperity of our respective countries. we can cooperate and work together to achieve our goals. reporter: but china has so far drawn the line at military aid for russia s war. there are concerns that may change, but right now it s only chinese diplomacy on the table. the kremlin-leaning peace plan calling for talks but stopping short of demanding a russian withdraw, a key ukrainian demand. translator: we have carefully studied your proposals onseting the acute crises in ukraine. of course we ll have an opportunity to discuss these issues. reporter: there s little sign putin is open to compromise. this was the russian leader on sunday, driving through the captured and devastated city of mariupol. local residents, according to state media, are shown thanking him and asking to shake hands when a heckler briefly makes her breath heard. none of this is true is the cry. it s all for show. the russian leader seems undisturbed. no
to the captain, police. you see magic johnson there as well. lebron is now a laker. kareem still a legend. that s all for now. abby phillip picks up our coverage right now. hello and thank you for joining us, i m abby phillip in washington. president biden has just arrived in wisconsin after last night s optimistic and at times fiery state of the union address. it is no accident that after he repeatedly vowed to finish the job, the president s first stop is in a 2024 battleground state. and last night, when he wasn t listing his economic gains and bipartisan policy wins, biden was sparring with republican hecklers. some republicans want medicare and social security sunset. i m not saying it s the majority. let me give you anybody who doubts it, contact my office, i ll give you a copy, i ll give you a copy of the proposal. i m not politely not naming them, but it s being proposed by some of you. look and there was another key moment that may have stolen the sho
i almost got my coffee. are you ready to go? fantastic. you re watching morning joe weekend. 20 hours have made during the week aren t enough. it s kind of suffocating for you? he has suffocating. let s take a look, our top stories from the week. the grand jury assembled by the manhattan district attorney s office, met yesterday, for the second time this week. after being told not to convene on wednesday. but for reasons unknown, sources tell nbc news that the group discussed matters separate from the hush money case involving trump. and former porn star stormy daniels. it s not unusual for a grand jury to hear multiple cases at the same time, the group is unlikely to meet again until monday at the earliest. we will keep you posted. meanwhile, the manhattan district attorney s office is slamming top house republicans for launching an investigation into the da s investigation of trump. in a letter obtained by nbc news yesterday, a general counsel for the da s office
fantastic group here to help us understand all that s going on in the political news. kelly o donnell in the white house, the co-founders of punchbowl news and the editor of the nevada independence. kelly, what are the president and vice president going to say about this bill that hasn t always been said? a lot of it will be a focus on the real underpinning of this. the biden administration, president in particular, wants to sell to the public that government can work for them. that they can accomplish golds that were campaigned on, promises that were made. in the specifics today president biden will talk about the limitation phase. it s not the sexiest part of this kind of a law but it is critically important and also one of the areas where there s all kind of land mines and things that could go wrong. president biden knows this firsthand because he had been in charge back in the obama administration of implementing the recovery plan at that time so he knows there are a lo
with one desantis. you look at those polls, you are still the best alternative, right? you are still way ahead of the group. the anti trump forces, you are still getting the media attention. but you are now trailing, how do you reverse that trend? i think jonathan, first of all, they re trying to find the other lane here. in addition to switching the language on russian ukraine, i will note by the way, he also said in the same interview that his larger point is that he doesn t think russia can take over ukraine or threaten nato, even if the west doesn t escalate. he left himself a little bit of space there. also, not to support additional funding, and who knows what else he meant by that. the other thing that he did yesterday was he doubled down on this culture war argument. he wants to be the culture war hero. i don t know that that is going