degree to which those dueling speeches yesterday, they keep saying it was not a direct biden s speech is not a direct response to putin. but in almost every way, biden has been, since last march when he made that comment that was widely kind of interpreted, sometimes overinterpreted as calling for regime change in russia, he made that speech back in poland march of last year at the end of his speech he ad libbed something about it. every since then biden is not afraid. he does not want to have a military conflict with russia, but he s not afraid of the ideological conflict or rhetorical conflict. he s taking the wood to vladimir putin from day one in this conflict and i don t see any sign they think there s eye upside in backing away from that level of toughness rhetorically. richard, final thought. it s difficult at times to agree with john, i thought he had it, though, exactly right. and the russian move on the nuclear issue was actually quite modest. you know, they re not goin
tonight to join me, as we leave here let us resolve that we will stand together, republicans, democrats and independents against those who would destroy our republic. they are angry and they are determined. but they have not seen anything like the power of americans united in defence of our constitution and committed to the cause of freedom. there is no greater power on this earth, and with god s help we will prevail. thank you all. god bless you. god bless wyoming, god lesia knighted states of america. thank you guys. [applause] that was congresswoman liz cheney conceding defeat in her reelection campaign for her seat in the house of representatives. joining us now is john highland, host of the hell and high-water podcast. he s an msnbc national affairs analyst.
atmosphere there and how those preparations are being made, how they re going to unfold over the next couple of weeks. reporter: you know, at first there was so much confusion and shock, john, that this is almost a tougher week for this community, and especially after talking to some mental health, spiritual care volunteers who have been working with the victims of these families and traumatized kids. the reality is starting to set in that these children, these teachers will never walk through those doors at robb elementary again. they won t be interacting with this community ever again, and this was supposed to be a celebratory week, the start of summer break, and this community came back from the holiday weekend to bury 19 children and two teachers, and that will continue as you mentioned earlier through june 16th to today for amerie garza and maite rodriguez, two 10-year-olds who had bright futures and brig big dreams that will never come to
hey, everyone, and namaste, it is 4:00 in new york city. i m john highland in for nicolle wallace for the rest of this week. the shattered, traumatized ask grief stricken town of uvalde, texas, has been beginning finally the nearly unthinkable process of laying to rest 19 slain school children and two of their teachers, the victims of a soul destroying shooting at robb elementary school on this day one week ago. the services are scheduled to take place over two weeks through june 16th, and and the washington post reports this from on the ground in uvalde, quote priests who last week comforted still bleeding children and pastors who prayed with anxious parents on monday, turn to the familiar ritual surrounding christian burials. volunteers flew and drove in from across texas and all over the country to help with the various aspects of the funerals. operators of a food truck handed out food and water.
late, but they re still under .500 and they re many games behind the yankees but that wild card in grasp. it s a long season, john. go, celtics, is my answer to you right now. oh, geez. celtics, celtics in the final. celtics in the finals. as far as pennsylvania goes, dr. oz, he did not immediately embrace trump s suggestion to claim victory but he got there eventually. he s referred to himself as the presumptive republican nominee so it s not as in your face as what we heard from trump the night of the election in 2020 when he got out there at 1:30 in the morning or so and declared that he had won the race. but you know, certainly, it s a cue from his playbook, and it s a super close race one way or the other. things look good for oz at the moment, but the recount is still under way. i do think, though, it s a mixed bag right now for the former president in terms of his endorsements. he got jd vance over the finish line. we can credibly say that in ohio. that s a win for him. obvi