what happened in his meeting with president biden, and what sort of promises were made, and what sort of promises can be kept? the alliance is sticking together, and the money and weapons have been pouring in along with still firm sanctions on moscow. but, with a u.s. presidential election looming, what can ukraine count on long term, and what can nato expect? are there contingencies for a second donald trump administration if it comes to that, and what about at other variable? republican lawmakers on the hill, the party is publicly split on supporting ukraine. some even calling for the u.s. to pull funding immediately. so as the president heads to helsinki to celebrate finland s entry and sweden s ascension, let s discuss what s to come. nbc correspondent josh lederman, in kyiv, kelly cobiella, and with me, new york times chief white house correspondent peter baker. everybody, welcome. josh, let me start with you. walk us through the meeting with president zelenskyy and th
ight now. hey, everybody, i m yasmin vossoughian, if you re joining, us welcome. if you are sticking with us, we re so thankful for that. the president embarking on an overseas trip that will be a high wire act of diplomacy, preparing a possible rift in the uk, advocating for nato to induct new members and rallying support for ukraine. and he ll have to defend the decision to arm ukraine with cluster bombs and issue getting pushback from some allies in congress. in a moment, i m just because congresswoman, debbie dingell, and ask her where she stands on the issue, as well as much much more. also, this hour, while donald trump is on the campaign trail this weekend, there s another places rivals would like to see him. and while the former president may skip it, his main challenger is it ready to go. that is when people are really going to start paying attention to the primary. up to this point, a lot of that has been about some of these legal cases. i think a lot of the vot
turkey dropped its year long objection. adding finland and sweden to nato is consequential. i still think that president putin thinks not going to do that. the question now facing nato leaders, should they welcome ukraine next even as russia wages war on that country. also ahead, historic flooding, vermont s capital surrounded by water. take a look at this. there is still danger this flooding could get even worse in the coming hours. and later details of the grand juries being seated today in georgia that could decide whether donald trump will be indicted over 2020 election interference in that state. so a lot to talk about. let s begin with the historic nato summit unfolding across the atlantic. next hour we are expecting a bilateral meeting with president biden and turkish president erdogan there in lithuania. this will be an important one to watch. after turkey dropped its objections allowing sweden to join this alliance. sweden s leader, part of this big group p
. good to be with you. i m katy tur. the southern border is a mess, a record number of migrants have been crossing, finding overwhelmed and under staffed processing centers, forcing a catch and release program that republican lawmakers decry as not just sloppy but imminently dangerous to national security. terrorists and drug dealers are flooding through the border, they claim. biden s government isn t doing enough to stop this. well, much of the gop rhetoric can be extreme. bipartisan politicians and president biden himself can see the situation along the border is untenable. which is why a trio of lawmakers, one democrat, one republican, and one independent got together to find a solution, one that would address both sides concerns and finally do something to update policy that has been broken for decades. on asylum, the bill raises the bar to claim credible fear, ends catch and release, instead, migrants crossing through a lawful port of entry will enter the u.s. under f
these are the first daylight pictures from and barr province in iraq, one of the seven locations struck. baghdad is condemning the attack, saying the white house glide about saying they were informed before. it msnbc has reached out to the national security council. the iraqi foreign council has summoned the top diplomat to deliver for a note of process, syria s foreign ministry adding to the condemnation, saying the u.s. is feeling regional conflict and quote, a very dangerous way. biden has been clear that this is just the start of u.s. retaliation for the deaths of three u.s. soldiers on sunday. six days ago, the next phase could also include cyber targets as well as air strikes. we start this hour with lieutenant journal steph twitty, former deputy commander of u.s. european command, and back with us, jeremy bash, former chief of staff and secretary leon panetta at the pentagon and actually at the cia. so general, your reaction to the targets that they chose, the scope in