today s headline from the national review. president biden in kyiv, walking in a war zone amidair raid sirens and no real guarantee of security. the white house took all the steps it could, slipping out of d.c. in secret early sunday morning, swearing the reporters on board to silence, even taking their phones. air force one got him as far as poland, but after that, no marine 1. potentially no beast either. the president s legendary bombproof limo. the white house is being tight lipped about every detail so far. president biden relied on the ukrainian rail service, a ten-hour train journey from the border to kyiv. a source familiar tells nbc news the president could have gone to other easier to access locations inside of ukraine, but that he chose kyiv to highlight the capital is still standing. and he did, making a point of declaring it such, and promising that the u.s. will help as long as it takes. we have details on what went into this extraordinary trip along with what r
just pointing out, and i think another part of the decoy, mike can bear this out for me, i don t think the president and first lady go out for dinner in public on a friday night, as of saturday night, they were in d.c. having dinner in a restaurant. that was unusual. he wasn t at camp david or delaware. they did everything they could to keep secrecy. it was really important, and i talked to keir simmons about this earlier, so important that they did tell russia, they told us that they told russia a couple of hours in advance, and it s so clear that russia would not want to be taking out an american president, that would be an escalation beyond belief. that train was manageably safe. we re told on a call from white house officials that the president decided this on friday, that the risk was manageable, and it was very well done, coordinating effect from