i hope we finally have put to bed the notion about whether or not ukraine is welcome to nato. it s going to happen. we are moving in the right direction. i think it s just a matter of getting by the next few months here. a warning from the nominee to lead the joint chiefs of staff. the republican senator tommy tuberville s block on military promotions is affecting the military on multiple levels and could spark a talent drain. i will discuss it with former u.s. navy pilot mikey sheryl. good day. i m garrett haake. andrea is headed back from the nato summit in lithuania. here in washington, house republicans on the judiciary committee are hammering the fbi director for what donald trump and some conservatives have repeatedly claimed to be the so-called weaponization of the bureau and of the justice department as a whole. republican lawmakers are ramping up their public defense of the former president while going on offense against the biden administration and the preside
you talk to voters, they are not looking for people who are the pre-donald trump type of republican. they are looking to people like desantis. they re having a hard time liking him because of some of the issues that he s had, but they really want to like him. he probably has the best chance as we ve seen and said for a long time to do that. can he? will it actually work? it s hard to see and donald trump has such a strangle hold on the republican party i apologize for cutting you off, but the president has just taken the podium here in lithuania. as my mother would say, god love you, no seats, holy mackerel. it s good to be back inville vilnius, a nation that knows better than anyone the transformational power of freedom. who showed the world the strength of a people united cannot be denied, and together with your brothers and sisters
the light of lithuania, you kept it strong, you kept it bright, and you kept the light shining. here in vilnius and in washington, d.c., where the yellow, green, and red of your flag flew every day, this past year we ve celebrated 100 years of unbroken diplomatic relationship between the united states and the baltic states. america never recognized the soviet occupation of baltic, never, never, never. [ cheers and applause ] besides, you got a great president. stand up. come on, stand up. [ cheers and applause ] as your president can tell you, the bonds between lithuania and the american people have never faltered, and just seven months after the bloody january crackdown, the first foreign visitor to have their passport
peter, president zelenskyy has not been shy about his frustration leading up to this meeting. what was the tone when the two men got in the room today? reporter: i think it was striking. we heard from president zelenskyy yesterday. we should note, we are here ahead of the president s speech at this beauiful backdrop in vilnius, lithuania. you did hear the frustration yesterday from zelenskyy in a statement he posted where he said in effect that nato s decision, lack of clarity about how and when ukraine would be invited to join nato was in his words unprecedented. and absurd. a change in tone today. you saw some of the comments as he visited with the president. he was welcomed, embraced by the leaders of the g7 who are here, of course, as well. their unwaivering support. after his visit with president biden, different than the absurd
in estonia and latvia, you helped end an era of division through the power of connection. the baltic way, and later when the soviet tanks sought once more to deny your independence, the people of vilnius said no, no, no, no, and in january of 1991 tens of thousands of citizens unarmed and unyielding came for their own of their own accord standing as one to protect the tv tower, to shield the supreme council and defend freedom. 14 heroes tragically lost their lives, hundreds were wounded, but the whole world saw that decades of oppression had done nothing to dim the flame of liberty in this country. i mean it. it s consequential.