freedom to vote action, pass the john lewis voting rights act. while you re at it, pass the disclosure act so americans know who is funding the elections. the answer is not to defund the police. that s right. it is to fund the police. fund them. fund them. [ applause ] fund them with resources and training. resources and training. a lot of republicans stood up for that last night. he did not mention former president trump. only a couple of tax cuts for the wealthy. he did not mention the january 6th attack on the capitol. he didn t mention the party s stalled build back better legislation by name. joining us now, former chief of
retrospect, it s how it should have been from the beginning. better late than never. mike barnicle, i was struck by how unifying this speech was. joe biden has been criticized over the past year by pundits for running as a moderate, governing the first year, talking like a progressive, being too extreme for a lot of people in the suburbs who voted for him. last night, he talked about funding the police, strengthening borders. he talked about bringing insulin prices down. he talked about making big pharma negotiate on medicare costs. he talked about making billionaires like, these are what we call in the political business 90/10 issues. he talked about freedom in ukraine. he talked about made in usa. how important it was to have it stamped in there, made in usa. he touched on a couple of issues that are 50/50 issues that might divide americans. for the most part, this reminded
even after this situation where we were greeted at gunpoint, once they were satisfied we weren t carrying anything bad in our cars, they were all smiles. they were slapping us on the back. they said, you know, screw the russians. except they didn t say screw, you know. there is a spirited movement. if you re from the west, americans, you re in a position to help. they feel they can fight the russians off. everyone though this is russia s battle to lose, they think they have the upper hand, because they do. they have shown so far, they ve belied every single military assessment that s come their way. surprised and really impressed the world. guys? nbc s matt bradley, thank you so much for your reporting. please be safe. richard haass is back with us. also, former senator claire mccaskill. she served on the arms
the good news is the policy is better than the speech. the bad news is he lost a real opportunity, i thought, last night to educate americans about what is to come and some of the tough decisions we need to make down the road. ambassador taylor, thank you very much for coming on early this morning. we ll be watching this with you and see you again very soon, we hope. coming up on morning joe, hundreds of thousands of ukrainians have fled the country, as russia continues on its warpath. we ll get a live report from poland on that. plus, former national security adviser john bolton trashes his former boss donald trump, saying he barely knew where ukraine was. those pointed new comments are ahead. also this morning, comedian and activist jon stewart joins us to discuss his latest push to help veterans of the wars in iraq and afghanistan. and opening day for major league baseball has been delayed. the latest on the effort to end the lockout. and a programming note.
enough? do most americans believe the president is doing enough? you look at the numbers last night. a couple of flash polls of people that saw the president. i think cbs, something like 70% were positive on the speech. same number with cnn. people who watched the speech very positive about it. absolutely. i mean, you know, you say sanctions, you know, three weeks ago or whatever, and it doesn t sound like a lot. you actually look at the sanctions that are being imposed and coordinated by the united states, as the world s, you know, superpower, leading the free world, and they are really impressive and really tough. obviously being felt in russia, as the ruble, you know, shrinks before our eyes. i mean, worth considerably less than a penny right now. yeah. now, ambassador taylor raises a good point.