partially correct. if, in fact, putin was hoping that one of the effects of him invadingef ukraine would be a brush back to nato, that he would be able to worry less aboute nato and somehow starti this war s would make that happ, sorry. when putin invaded ukraine there were 30 i countries in nato. now there are about to be 32. finland was the 31st country to join in april. that gave russia 800 more miles of border directly with a nato country. and now as of tonight we know that sweden is going to join natoat as well. sweden said months ago that they wanted to join, but this is something that really until today looked like it couldn t happen and that s because for a new country to join nato, it has to be a unanimous decision. all the nato countries have to agree with h the decision, if o country doesn t agree it doesn t happen. and inre the case of sweden it s an original nato it was a nato w member, a single nato country,in turkey, that said no. they saidid finland was okay
invade ukraine because he felt very shy about nato. the nato alliance just had too many countries and it, too many countries that were too close to russia, and that all gave putin this terrible feeling about nato being too close and therefore he had to invade ukraine. again, i don t actually think that is it i don t think we know all the reasons why does what he does, who knows what is going on in his dictator heart of hearts. but if in fact the apologists are at least partially correct, if in fact putin was hoping that one of the effects of him invading ukraine would be a brush back to nato, that he would be worry last about nato and somehow starting this war would make that happen, sorry. when putin invaded ukraine there were 30 countries and nato. now there are about to be 32. finland was the 31st country to join in april, that gave russia 800 more miles of border directly with a nato country and now, as of tonight, sweden is going to join nato as well. screen said months
putin felt like he had to invade ukraine because he felt very shy about nato. the nato alliance just had too many countries in it, too many countries that were too close to russia, and that all just gave putin this terrible feeling about nato being too close, and so therefore, he had to invade ukraine. i don t actually think that s it. i don t think we know all of the reasons he does what he does, who knows what s going on in his little short dictator heart of hearts. but if, in fact, the apologists are at least partially correct, if, in fact, putin was hoping that one of the effects of him invading ukraine would be a brush back to nato, that he would be able to worry less about nato, and somehow starting this war would make that happen, sorry. when putin invaded ukraine, there were 30 countries in nato. now there are about to be 32. finland was the 31st country to join in april. that gave russia 800 more miles of border directly with a nato country, and now as of tonight, we
hey, everybody, good to be with you. i m yasmin vossoughian in for katy tur. there are at least four open criminal investigations into former president donald trump. now 2024 candidate, and now we have new signs that it might be the stormy daniels hush money case that is putting him in the most immediate legal jeopardy. not election interference in fulton county georgia or the january 6th insurrection or the classified documents but the hush money payments to a porn star. nbc news reporting that trump has been told he can testify before a new york city grand jury as part of the manhattan d.a. s investigation into the alleged hush money scheme according to two of his attorneys. the new york times is citing multiple sources who say the d.a. s office has also signalled to trump s lawyers that he could face criminal charges. trump s attorneys told nbc news they were not told charges would be forthcoming. in a statement trump said he did nothing wrong and the d.a. s office decli
interior shows that as you point out the point out the biden administration actually moved forward increasing royalty fees on fossil fuel drilling of the alaskan coach that is despite their own assessment that lower fees would increase energy security for the state. the decision made by former bureau of energy management director amanda lefton and back by assistant secretary laura daniel davis. now, for her part, she said it would attract more bids and be more likely to facilitate expeditious and orderly development of offshore resources adding that the higher rate quote constitutes the most reasonable balancing of environmental and economic factors for the american public. it was switched on capitol hill but democrats senator joe manchin saying he is appalled and that the leaked memo makes it crystal clear that this administration is literally putting their radical climate agenda ahead of the need for people of alaska and the united states. and well, over at the white house,