To push russia out of its country. We see russia mobilising, continuously mobilising, even though its not officially declared. We see them arming, we see them entering what is called a war economy, producing weapons, getting weapons from iran and north korea. And with the momentum on the battlefield in eastern ukraine. Exactly. And us faltering, stumbling. And whenever, you know, balts speak usually or, you know, the countries from the Eastern Flank would speak, its notjust because we feel that its morally right to defend ukraine, but we also take this as an existential question. That means that if russia is not stopped in ukraine, it will continue because a machine that size, its very difficult to stop and it needs to. It cannot be stopped with just, you know, well wishing. It has to be stopped by military means. Do you think americas eventual commitment of that 60 billion worth of aid and assistance to ukraine has been a game changer . Or do you fear that, still, the biden administra
this space. watch the space, along with all of us. all right, one last thing before we go. i recently chatted with my friend and colleague chris hayes about my new book prequel. it s a live taping of his podcast in front of a town hall in new york. it was tons of fun, we shot it as a tv show. it is now available to watch, to stream on peacock. the easiest way to find it is to go to the ppe app on your phone or computer. just search maddow. the top results should be the solicitation with our faces on it. if you click on, that you can watch that really cool thing i did with chris hayes. peacock, it s up there right now. okay, that does it for us tonight, now it s time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. good evening, lawrence. rachel, i m so happy the writers guild has been able to organize with our coworkers here. as a member of the writers guild myself for longer and then some of these new members have been alive, i m very happy to see them teaming up. and rachel,
chatted with my friend and colleague chris hayes about my new book prequel. it was a life taping of his podcast in front of an audience a town hall in new york. it was tons of fun. we shot it as a tv show. it is now available to watch, to stream on peacock. the easiest way to find it is to go to the peacock up on your tv, on your phone, or on your computer. just search maddow. the top results should be this little illustration with our faces on it. if you click on that, you can watch that really cool thing. peacock, it s up there right now. that does it for us tonight. now it s time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. good evening, lawrence. rachel, i m so happy that the lawyer s guilt has been able to organize with our coworkers here. as a member of the guild myself, for longer than some of these new members have been alive, i mean, i m very happy to see them teaming up. and, rachel, before you go, this episode of the last word tonight, i mean, you know what? don
of absolute destruction. the rare inside look at how the idf is fighting comes at a consequential moment in this war. as the american president says that his trip to maine hospital must be protected. now, israel says, the very same facility houses hamas command complex below it. cnn reported this story that you are about to see, under israeli defense force a square at all times, but, cnn did not submit its script or its footage to the idea. cnn retained editorial control over the final report that you will see now. driving into gaza, with the israeli forces, it is a war zone. the conditions of our access, only show officers, no faces of soldiers, and do not show sensitive equipment. we are passing mile after mile of destruction. buildings blown, collapsed, nothing untouched then the fury of israel s hunt for hamas. streets here, crushed back to stand. shops, everything we see, no sign of any civilians here. the soldiers have been telling us that even inside the store, they
politicsnation. tonight s leads, not a moment to lose. right now it s five pm in washington. and house republicans have just released their spending plan to avert a government shutdown. moments ago. now, have less than a week to pass it and ultimately prevent a potential economic catastrophe for america. meantime it appears the table is nearly set for 2020 for democrats. out before, i m out exportation s, in tuesday s elections scoring a big win on abortion rights in ohio, taken control of the virginia legislature, winning a key governors race in the red state of kentucky. fresh off the victories for the soon to be first black house speaker and rhode island s first black congress person joins me shortly with their takes on where democrats stand ahead of 2024. as for republicans, they help their three primary debate with a significantly narrowed field. and they re a front runner donald trump remains embroiled and other matters, including a continuous fraud trial here in