Host and executive producer of Showtime’s “The Circus” John Heilemann and Rolling Stone Correspondent Jack Crosbie discuss the announcement of new military aid for Ukraine, and what victory could look like there while Russia focuses their troops on the east
of ukraine and something of a cost for ukrainians that died and society but that victory at least on the battleground is clear now. i think it will continue to come into focus how that declaration changed things. jack, always grateful. thank you so much. heilemann sticks around. a top trump white house lawyer may be speaking with the january 6 select committee today. same counsel that reportedly believed it was possible that trump would be brought up on charges and voter fraud is very, very real. ask chief of staff mark meadows. new reporting on a story about two imposters posing as federal security agents, one that could have huge, huge national security implications.
ukrainians kind of fundamentally are against and might be what it takes to at least bring some kind of halt to the violence. i think we can conclusively say that russia is not able to accomplish the military objectives it set out in accomplishing and now winners and losers is really only determined by who survives and doesn t. the reality and perception is distorted, jack. putin suffered military set back after military set back on the battlefield. beyond dispute. the troops carry out war crimes that joe biden described and zelenskyy described as a genocide and inside russia support for everything going on.
lucky ones getting out of mariupol. it is everybody you speak to touched by the war and deeply affected. we have a producer 21. i asked where are the parents? father in the mid-50s. fighting on the front lines. her brother in the territorial army and mother is helping with humanitarian aid in the east and said this with a smile on the face. they thank us for getting the news out and makes you feel small. you being there is such a contribution. i hope you never feel small and know how grateful we are for the news and stories. thank you so much. please stay safe. joining the coverage is jack crosbie. why justice can be incredibly
many other countries that have been in similar situations. i don t necessarily think the russian people should be blamed for that but i think i don t see an end to this war where putin is out of power. i think he is doing everything he can inside the country through propaganda and pushing back against did narrative and evidence coming from journalists and investigators that he can simply to retain power. jack has a great piece about how difficult it is to hold someone like vladimir putin accountedible for war crimes playing to the eye. absolutely infur yating on a personal level that simon, a special correspondent for pbs news hour, saying quote it is not easy to do what we did and did looking at the dead bodies.