to break free from totalitarianism. the world has said this aggression would not stand and it will not stand. whether we bring our enemies to justice or bring justice to our enemies, justice will be done. for the first time in two decades, usama bin laden is not a threat to this country. we know that weakness is the surest path to conflict. my fellow americans, we have to show not just that we are back but we re back to stay. bret: the whisper. that was a joint address. this is the first state of the union address for president biden. we are back with our panel. hugh, what are you thinking about tonight. obviously we will hear first about ukraine. what about the rest? well, you saw. so excervantes white house release of the speech, bret. the president actually says in reference to putin s strategy to invade ukraine and divide the rest that, quote: we were ready. if he says that that will be
bret: time for tuesday tweets always fun. send out the go here it is. disco janitor, nice name, says all of these nations have agreed to send arms to ukraine. have any arrived? how long does it take? and how do they get to the ukrainians? yes they have arrived. these weapons have flowed in every day we are told by u.s. intelligence. some take different routes but it s on the ground and coming from a bunch of different places next boyd wants to know what is the likelihood of the u.n. suspending membership of russia while putin is in charge and invading ukraine? i would say close to zero considering the fact that the russians were the president of the u.n. security council while they were initiating the invasion. l. barton 58 asks has there ever been a rebuttal speech from a merv the president s own party at the state of the union speech? we though look this up. there was a lee buttle last time the joint address. that wasn t an official state of the union. this is the official and
earlier to arm the ukrainians to the teeth, more than they already are or to perhaps deter putin which clearly failed but at the moment, i think that there is very much this sense globally that the russians have miscalculated badly that putin is, based on reports, extremely frustrated if not lived about how this is all going. and from an american perspective there is very little appetite for direct military involvement or direct military involvement that can become direct for example like a no-fly zone enforcement scheme that would lead to war with russia. but, when it documents lethal aid and all the other atmospherics, including tonight at the state of the union, i think that the west and others are really standing up and sending a much more powerful message in terms of deed and in terms of words than many of us expected. bret: around the world as you point out, a number of countries are stepping up. the president of ukraine,
36% among independents according to a recent fox news poll. stalled from domestic agenda, crime wave, worst in decades border crisis and ongoings pandemic biden s new role as a war time president. so far the president has done excellent job uniting our nation and allies against putin. this was not an easy job. and the president had to show patience from some who would urge him to do things that would have torn the relationship apassionate. but there are growing calls from democrats to do more and hit russian president vladimir putin where it hurts. we should coal immediately and ban oil and gas in consultation with our opec and european allies respectively. keeping the white house from acting concerned about even more price increases. team biden claiming europeans are protesting, having seen their energy prices spike 365%
we re going to watch joe biden struggle with his morality enemy the teleprompter tonight. what zelenskyy is doing is speaking courage in a very desperate situation. there were two chechen hit teams in kyiv looking for him. they have taken out both of them. but the man s life is on the line. is he demonstrating courage which is never not inspiring. bret: there are some democrats, juan, who is saying that it s time to change the russian oil equation. one of them, not surprisingly is senator joe manchin, take a listen. putin has weaponized energy. and hes is doing it very effectively. nord stream 2 now has been canceled. if it s been canceled it gives us another opportunity to basically to reemerge with our european allies and help them basically have more in energy independence from russia. that means basically we versing some of the decisions that have been made with no leasing, not drilling and basic cutting back. we need energy independence more now than ever before. bret: manch