did i embellish my resume yes, i did and i m sorry. and it shouldn t be done but i m still the same guy i m not a fraud. i m not a cartoon character. i m not some mythical creature that was invented. republican congressman elect george santos admits much of the life story that helpedget him elected was fiction. but there s a very good reason kevin mccarthy will do nothing about it also tonight, what to expect when donald trump s tax returns are finally released we already know that some years he paid nothing in federal taxes. and if you missed it over the holidays, we ll dig into the january 6th committee report plus, christmas cruelty governor greg abbott dumps hundreds of migrants into the bitter cold of washington, d.c. on christmas eve, as the supreme court keeps title 42 in place. good evening, everyone. i m jonathan capehart in for joy reid and we begin the reidout with the bewildering tale of george santos. the incoming republican congressman from long isla
vladimir putin took to russian state television to announce a special military operation that aimed to demilitarize and denaziify ukraine. minutes later, explosions rocked ukraine s capital, kyiv. missiles rained down across the country. and russia s massive military moved across the border. putin s special operation was clearly war. although putin had long denied his intentions to invade his neighbor, he had openly claimed ukraine was part of russia and demonized ukraine s leaders. putin had already illegally annexed ukrainian territory, the crimean peninsula, in 2014, with little international backlash. this time, condemnation came quickly. putin s choice to make a totally unjustifiable war on ukraine will have left russia weaker, and the rest of the
to genocide as he puts it and all sorts of attacks for eight years. and what he s talking about, and this is kind of a disturbing thing, he wants to demilitarize and denaziify ukraine. now, that could mean further afield than simply donbas. he also says they are going to bring to justice those who committed numerous bloody crimes against civilians including civilians of the russian federation. and then at the same time he says we don t plan to include the occupation of ukrainian territories. we re not going to impose anything on anyone by force. so what you can make of this is it does appear with those explosions in the capital and some other cities that this goes beyond donbas. and what do they plan on doing? how will they demillerize and
missiles and these weapons also called vacuum weapons. that plays in a bit to the to the russian liking of using firepower these days rather than man power. and the russian army has trouble finding people, of course. because while they have conscription, you certainly need to to train up soldiers first. and you have a country 44 million people facing an invading army of 200,000, the whole thing doesn t sort of add up. but i know that very early on at the start of this that presidentpute says the aim was to demilitarize and denaziify the ukraine. so it s possible that at this stage realizing he cannot take over control of the country, and as you just said he s very stubborn and can t see very many ways out that a campaign of mass destruction if you like would satisfy that means, that ambition of demilitarization.
russia has already lost 15,000 troops, several generals have been killed. what does that tell you about russia s military strategy right now, director? well, it tells me they re getting desperate. i mean, when you hear talk about bringing in syrians and czechens and occupation through georgia or bringing in troops from the far east, this tells me the russians are hurting for man power, which this is a meat grinder for them, canon fodder as far as putin is concerned. the warngner group is a mercena murder for hire, ironically enough named after hitler s favorite composer. they re being brought in to help to denaziify, air quotes, ukraine. and they are a bad bunch, no question about it. but what it tells me, russia is in a bad place. director clapper, thank you,