but people still feel like there are a lot of marriages between russians and ukrainians, there are a lot of people live in russia and lot of russians live in ukraine and now they know a lot of them don t even talk to their relatives for that reason but i still cannot leave that russians would want to go and kill ukrainians, still the state of disbelief. will: on this that expleef congresswoman it s fascinating the ties you talk about. intermarriage, cultural cross ties. it s in our life. almost all of our lifetime that urk was part of the soviet union. i m curious how all that history, those cross ties, how that influences the average ukrainian, meaning i know there fierce independence streak. what s the general attitude in ukraine. people are very concerned. unfortunately this conflict will have implications for a very long time. when i left, i grew up in a
this. lauren fox, cnn congressional reporter. cnn contributor michael deantonio who s written several books on donald trump and jennifer rogers, former federal prosecutoecuto prosecutor. thanks for being with us. and lauren, alaskan senator lisa murkowski is disturbed by the coordination between mitch mcconnell and the white house on the impeachment trial. what kind of pressure are moderate republicans like her under to go along with mcconnell, and how will the majority leader keep his party united in all of this? you have seen president trump, jessica, sort of tweeting about these moderate members including susan collins in reerchs day-o reasons days, launching a charm initiative to keep members with him. and lisa murkowski has an independence streak. motivated voters back in alaska. she didn t just criticize
welcome back. when it comes to the first lady fashion is an important part of her diplomacy and she appreciates it dlircht than other first ladies. cnn white house reporter kate bennett has this report. reporter: unlike some of her predecessors when first lady melania trump visited the british royals with her husband, the only public speaking she did was with her wardrobe. and as always, some of those clothing choices displayed mrs. trump s fierce independence streak when she arrived at buckingham palace she went with the custom dress with an italian label. not exactly british but royal watchers said the look reminded them of another famous female the late princess diana, an homage from melania to the royals. i invite you all to rise and drink a the east to president and mrs. trump.
so that sort of fed that beast for a lot of voters out there. this independence streak. but i still think the landscape is an opportunity for independents to catch hold. i think what needs to happen is at the grass roots level. city council, mayor, state gra level, city council, mayor, that s your future governor, senator, congressman, eventually president. you ve got to train voters to vote a certain way. there is road test evidence on that, though, in tennessee for instan where i live, the county in nashville, nonpartisan elections. everybody knows if they re republican or democrat, but they run in a nonpartisan way. money is a big factor here. it s very, very difficult to have the finances to run any sort of independent campaign, and really compete with the two party system. whatever changes have to take place have to take that into consideration. i mean, where will this independent money come from? my assumption has been,
lot of voters out there, this independence streak. but i still think the landscape is an opportunity for independents to catch hold. i think what needs to happen is at the grass roots council, may legislature, because that s your future governor, senator, congressman, eventually president. you ve got to train voters to vote a certain way. in other words, they got used to voting for independent candidates before they chuactua organized that. there are road tests in tennessee, for instance, where i live, in county in nashville, non-partisan elections. everybody knows they re democrat or republican but run in a non-partisan way. and there s also money. it s very, very difficult to have the finances to run any sort of independent campaign and really compete with the two-party system. i think whatever changes have to take place have to take that into consideration. where will this independent money come from? actually, my assumption has