What a tribunal might look like, we re flowing weapons into ukraine so they can fight back and try to repeal the russian military from their country. does the classification of a genocide change the calculation about what we do to respond militarily? reporter: no, it does not. the president has made clear that the united states is not going to send a u.s. military force into ukraine to fight the russian military. we don t think that s in the united states in the interest of the united states security and we don t think it s in the interest of ukraine s security when you think about the way that might widen the conflict. that said, we ll continue to flow security assistance, military assistance into ukraine so they can defend themselves.
Have a longer conversation about guns in our city because you re right. and i think california s dealing with this as well. a whole state with laws and a lot of gun violence there, too. new york city council speaker adams, it s a busy day and we appreciate you spending time with us. thank you. do we have president biden? let me show all of you president joe biden on today s subway attack. watch. my wife jill and i are praying for those that are injured and all those touched by that trauma. we re grateful for all the first responders who jumped into action including civilians, civilians who didn t hesitate to help their fellow passengers and try to shield them. my team has been in touch with mayor adams and new york s police commissioner and the department of justice and the fbi are working closely with the nypd on the ground. we re going to continue to stay in close contact with new york authorities as we learn more about the situation over the
President zelenskyy is leading the conversation, invoking the word genocide is not an insignificant development for an american president. president zelenskyy said it days ago. there wasn t a lot of badgering of our president to do so before he had seen enough to make that assessment himself. again, the west at least, i won t say the global community, because putin does have support, the west is certainly following zelenskyy s lead in terms of understanding exactly what is happening inside ukraine. there s no question he has been outstanding in communicating throughout this war right from the beginning and he s been very careful to modulate his tone, putting just enough pressure, putting more pressure on the west, on the international community without
The president made clear if there s a chemical weapons attack there would be consequences. the nature will depend on what the scope looks like. i think it makes sense to confirm whether a chemical weapons attack actually occurred. matt miller, thank you for joining us. great to see you. thank you. president biden said something, what is happening in ukraine isn t merely a war being waged by a war criminal, it s a genocide. reporter: you know, it s hard to argue against that. the word genocide is a tricky one to use. there s a broad explanation that you re trying to wipe out entirely or in part a
Department this is the police department that other cities come and learn from. it s a tribute to the commissioner. it s also a police department dealing with crime number that is are surging and a city whose anxiety belies those statistical surges. talk about how those two things meet on a day like today. nypd and their colleagues in the public safety sector in the greater new york area have a tremendous challenge on their hands. they re doing everything they can within the law with regard to what prosecutors and lawmakers allow them to do and the public is experiencing across the country, not just in new york, a surge in certain violent crimes. we ve got a congress we spent the day yesterday in the media covering president biden s announcement of his attempt to do something, even if it s on the periphery with regard to