Fellow never-Trump Republican Brad Thor joins Tim this Sunday to talk his new thriller novel, “Dead Fall.” They also discuss the decline of the GOP away from freedom and towards populism, the horror that would be a a second Trump presidency, and President Biden’s handling of the crisis in Ukraine.
very much. jonathan, on this new military aid package, what would that look like? well, it is a recognition by washington, and frankly, the rest of europe, that the war is entering a new phase here. that in the donbas, it is going to be potentially a months-long slog. and much more a world war ii-style set piece battle, with tanks and heavy equipment. and the ukrainians are saying, they believe it s already begun, as the russians have stepped up their bombardments from a distance. so the pentagon officials, including one i spoke including late last night say, there s been no sign yet of real russian troop movement. but they expect that will come in days and weeks. so the new equipment is going to be designed to help with that. heavier equipment. yes, more of the javelins and stingers to try to bring down planes, to keep, you know, the skies clear of russian aircraft, as best they can. but also, heavier artillery to take out tanks and some of this
a new military aid package that would include more artillery for ukrainian forces. meanwhile, the humanitarian crisis grows more dire by the day. the u.n. now estimates more than 5 million people have fled the war-torn country. joining us now with more is nbc news correspondent erin mclaughlin in ukraine. rick stengel is the former undersecretary for public diplomacy and public affairs under president obama, served on president biden s transition team. he is also an msnbc political analyst. we re also joined by jonathan lamir and host of way too early here on msnbc. erin, what is the very latest where you are? reporter: hey, jose. all eyes on the besieged city of mariupol, where ukrainian officials once again are furiously trying to set up a
to germany because the russians invaded. but i would also like to add for your history buffs, and i know you are one, jose, the russians also attacked ukraine in 19 and poland, in 1939. so they were the recipient of the germans and the russians from both ends. absolutely. jonathan, the president is set to meet with the secretary of defense and the joint chiefs of staff today. what can we expect from that meeting? well, i think it will be a discussion on the next military aid package to head to ukraine. and certainly, there also will be, we believe, more discussion about sending u.s. officials to kyiv, to meet with president zelenskyy. president biden was just asked about that in recent days. it was my story last week on this, that the white house is in the midst of high-level discussions about who to send. and at the moment, they have suggested that it won t be the president himself. more likely, secretary of state blinken or secretary of defense austin, being the more likely emi