come in and supply ukraine with so much money, and so many weapons. but this is a significant escalation from vladimir putin. the fact that he s calling up the reservists shows that he has no intention of backing away from this war. in fact, in his comments, he framed the war not against ukraine, he described this as a war against the west. and that the west, he didn t mention the united states, but clearly, that s the main power he s referring to, has been propping up ukraine and intends to bring down russia and bring down the russian federation the same way that the west primarily the united states, toppled the soviet union. so he is framing this very much as an existential fight for russia. and in order to fight this fight, he s calling up the reservists and making nuclear threats to show that he is serious and that he has no intention of backing down. so, richard, is there a sense this could lead to some sort of nuclear standoff? i think that is where this is heading.
warns its next target appears to be bermuda after lashing the turks and caicos islands. we re live in the caribbean in minutes. and new developments in the mar-a-lago investigation. the special master tasked with reviewing those materials seized from the former president s hom water on one of the trump team s key arguments. what it could signal about where the investigation goes next. we begin with the president s speech at the united nations happening this hour. joining me now is erin mclayoff lint in ukraine. ambassador william taylor is with us as well. and michael, let me get to you if i can can. we have a little guidance about the upcoming address. we do expect to hear the president respond to vladimir putin s nuclear threat. we are told that this is not going to be a tit for tat response. what do you expect to hear from the president? what makes this speech unique and significant? presidents give addresses to the united nations general assembly every year. it s an a
good morning, i m peter alexander in washington. we re looking at a busy hour an in a number of major stories. president biden set to take the podium at the united nations general assembly. that should happen in the next 30 minutes where he is likely to show his support for ukraine and ask for more assistance from the global community. we ll bring you his remarks as soon as they start. aids tell nbc news the president will respond to russian president vladimir putin s overnight speech announcing his plan to mobilize more russian troops. and again raising the speck tort of nuclear retaliation in the conflict. putin warning the west during a rare address that, quote, this is not a bluff. the question now how will russia s escalation factor into president biden s message at the u.n. this morning. plus hurricane fiona now a devastating category 4 storm with maximum sustained winds of 130 miles per hour. the national hurricane center
in cuba because of the escalation factor, as opposed to merely thinking about it quietly, we would never have gotten those russian missiles out of cuba. this administration has been too intimidated by putin s nuclear threats. we can manage those threats and still protect our interests. i m interested in what you have to say about this because president biden says that he s not walking back anything after saying that putin can t remain in power this weekend. you are one of the people who have said that those remarks were a mistake. today the president said that he was expressing his outrage and it wasn t about policy. do you think that settles the matter? what are your thoughts on that? well, this was an unfortunate statement by the president. he and his team realized it was a mistake. but the president doesn t want to admit that he made a mistake, but presidents have a right to do. the problem is that the russians will remember this and putin will weaponize it. the odd and sad thin