in march. the local police chief has said that more than half had been shot. finland and sweden have formally announced their intention tojoin nato, in response to russia s invasion of ukraine. the alliance s secretary general, jens stoltenberg, has described the move, which amounts to abandoning their military non alignment, as historic while president putin described the plan as a mista ke . one person is dead and four others critically wounded when a gunman opened fire at a church in california. he s later overpowered. it comes just a day after a gunman killed ten people in a suspected racially motivated terror attack at a supermarket in the city of buffalo. now on bbc news, stephen sackur is in washington with hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk from capitol hill, washington with me, stephen sackur. the united states is supporting ukraine in its war against vladimir putin with weapons, with money and with sweeping sanctions on moscow. in that, president biden has the support
divisions within us politics, not least within the republican party. it s that age old clash between isolationists and interventionists. my guest today is the ukrainian born republican congresswoman, victoria spa rtz. how much is donald trump influencing this internal republican argument? congresswoman victoria spartz, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. let me start with ukraine. the white house and you guys on capitol hill have worked together to put together a massive aid package for ukraine. it s almost $40 billion. military assistance, financial assistance, humanitarian assistance as well. are you personally satisfied with what the government is doing right now? i think our government is moving in the right direction. i think like in any crisis, speed, agility and really strength, peace through strength is the main determined deterrent to any war in any crisis. so, i think we. this administration has been very slow. west has been very slow. but with pressure from the america
forced to evacuate their homes. now on bbc news, it s time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk from capitol hill, washington with me, stephen sackur. the united states is supporting ukraine in its war against vladimir putin with weapons, with money and with sweeping sanctions on moscow. in that, president biden has the support of the us congress. but the ukraine war is stirring divisions within us politics, not least within the republican party. it s that age old clash between isolationists and interventionists. my guest today is the ukrainian born republican congresswoman, victoria spa rtz. how much is donald trump influencing this internal republican argument? congresswoman victoria spartz, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. let me start with ukraine. the white house and you guys on capitol hill have worked together to put together a massive aid package for ukraine. it s almost $40 billion. military assistance, financial assistance, humanitarian assistance as well. are you perso
as i disagree maybe with some of the opinion of aoc or marjorie taylor greene, i will fight to protect every american s right to express their opinion, as long as they don t harm other people. that is the pure distinction of us, of anyone else. i think some of the opinions and i hear some of the things committee are crazy but as a congresswoman, you know, as long as you don t violate constitution and don t break the law and don t hurt the people, i have to protect your rights to life, liberty and property against coercion of the government. and even craziest opinions, people are entitled for them. 0therwise, who is going to be decide who is right, who is wrong? you know, that is dictatorship of opinion. and that s where the west is moving. it s very dangerous. when it comes to defence of rights, are you prepared to defend the right of a woman to have control over her own body? well, ithink, you know, this issue was also politicised. and let me tell you something, the interesting, y
to tell you the truth, i was in the committee. i would really appreciate just if you would answer my question. let me tell you. marjorie taylor greene recently spoke at a conference which was organised by white supremacists, white nationalists. now your own party leader in the house, kevin mccarthy, called that appalling and wrong. the question is, is she, in your opinion, someone to be fit. fit to be inside the republican party? i don t pay attention with people. the voters who decide who is fit, who is not. their own constituents they will decide. but i will tell you as much as i disagree maybe with some of the opinion of aoc or marjorie taylor greene, i will fight to protect every american s right to express their opinion as long as they don t harm other people. that is the pure distinction of us, of anyone else. i think some of the opinions, and i hear some of the things committed are crazy, but as a congresswoman, you know, as long as you don t