i think it is highly unlikely if they did that. because, if they did, as president biden said, not one inch of nato could be attacked. that would elicit and response from the entire nato alliance, including the united states of america. so, the fight that, allegedly, between russia, nato, and ukraine, as the way the russians described it, metaphorically, would become that kind of fight, and i think it would be a massive, and quick on this destruction, for the russian military inside ukraine. ambassador michael mcfaul, thank you so much, thank you so much for being there, please stay safe. still ahead, the man behind the gop culture war. how conservative activists is using fear, and ignorance, to spend his bigoted political views. views.
the new evidence that suggests that she was not honest under oath. then, neighbors in danger, fears are building that russia s war in ukraine could spill into bordering countries. we will tell you where and what to expect. let s get started. tonight is the night. after a two-year hiatus, the white house correspondents dinner is back. we have all the news on d.c. s big event. in the next hour, we will bring you the coverage of the roast and president biden speech live. first, we start tonight with some new developments from the january six committee. after nine months and more than 800 depositions and interviews, we have a date for when the public will finally get their first glimpse at the evidence. the committee is set to hold its first public hearing on june 9th.
before they conquer kyiv. now, we know, this is not true. so, maybe this idea that conquering donbas will be easy, also, may not be true. do you fear, the war could spread into ukraine s borders? i worry about, it yes. for one simple reason. russia is having a very hard fine time fighting the ukrainian army, by themselves. so, at a moment, when you are barely taking tragically, they couldn t see cities like mariupol, so they just had to bomb mariupol into oblivion. so, they haven t caption many major cities in ukraine at this point. so bad moment, when you are barely keeping in the fight with ukraine, you want to research and, attack, the largest alliance in the world? nato? anchored by the most powerful military in the world, the united states of the world? i think that is highly unlikely.
eastern ukraine, according to a senior defense official. this comes as certain weapons are flooding into ukraine, in the hopes of only further holding off russia s advances. and, more help maybe on the way. this week, president biden asked to prove an aid package, including $33 million, which includes 20 billion for military, and security assistance, including weapons, and ammunition. speaker pelosi, saying that she hopes the house will pass the package as soon as possible. for more, we re joined by michael mcfaul from the u.s. ambassador to russia, during the obama administration. he s an msnbc national security, and international affairs analyst. ambassador, this week, you tweeted that the amount of the aid package, 33 billion dollars, is actually, more than half of russia s 2021 military budget. if approved, how could this change the war for ukraine? those are big numbers. remember, we are not the only
quick on this destruction, for the russian military inside ukraine. ambassador michael mcfaul, thank you so much, thank you so much for being there, please stay safe. still ahead, the man behind the gop culture war. how conservative activists is using fear, and ignorance, to spend his bigoted political views. wow, first time? check out this backpack i made for marco. oh yeah? well, check out this tux. oh, nice. that ll go perfect with these. dude. those are so fire. [whines] only pay for what you need. liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty.