russian forces have raised fuel shortages up until now is apply logistic tissues. a concern the town of kharkiv east of kharkiv where russian forces are preparing for his siege that would lead to many civilian deaths. residents have been told to keep their lights off to avoid being a target for the russian troops circling the city. katie: today secretary rice described putin s thinking is a delusional rendering of history and given your experience covering him in the 90s. i m wondering if it s fair to analyze the situation of underestimating the resolve of ukrainian people as being isolated in recent times but they give that the ukrainian people would be perfectly fine with being occupied and being under russian rule as having a pre-soviet dissolved the attitude about the russians
people are fighting for their own homeland. it s a beatable thing. joey: we talk about patriotism and it becomes a political to get this country. this is what patriotism is, is it not? katie: it shows how important it is to be part of your country and it shows the crucial aspect of having an armed citizenry that knows how to defend territory. it is interesting to watch a government handout semi automatic rifles to ukrainians to fight back. i m glad we have a second amendment here. joey: just to close it out, give us your reaction of these amazing things. aishah: i hope everyone is watching in america. i hope getting a lesson in patriotism. i was talking with secretary rice about this moment that we are in right now as a nation where we are questioning ourselves. we are doubting ourselves, who we are and where were going. there is a lot of fighting and politics like you mentioned. she said something to me. at the end of the day the
using nuclear weapons in the parliament molotov to do his messaging. katie: we don t have a lot of time at the end of the segment. i want to ask we talked about the type of support in the west giving ukraine. we talk about sending weapons and logistical support. you know if the pentagon has a war room. are they providing intellectual support, strategic support on the battlefield. helping map out how a smaller force can come at a larger force in this war? what i would tell you the pentagon is extremely engaged in what is happening inside of ukraine and in terms of keeping the nato alliance united and strong to prevent putin from moving into the nato countries. i think i will refrain from describing what they might be doing in the pentagon. what is very clear to me is nobody wants to give putin a
in the keystone xl pipeline would carry a hundred thousand oils a day to the united states and 900,000 barrels, she said of the climate change ideology and they are arguing a shift to clean energy, that s another debate clean or green is something that they see as a solution to this crisis now which is a ludicrous assertion given solar, wind another forms of energy available that don t compare in terms of keeping their economy running. joey: charlie and gary come to you i have a similar question. it really turns domestic at that point. katie was sitting on it we quit producing oil and being energy independent, that put us in a tough place to sanction russia and get the rest of europe on board with us. now we get a look at the
probability and they are still fighting for their country anyway? they are still going to fight for their country anyway. we talked about the man who said he would use a kitchen knife to stop russian soldiers from coming into the city. they are asking for the support from the west. they are starting to get it that you looking at fighter jets and antitank missiles antiaircraft batteries a variety of weapons that could be used as this invasion continues. the big question has to do with logistics. how they will get the weapons here and if they do with the russians decide to hit the convoys who are bringing them into this country? that raises the question of nato involvement. katie: katie here. there have been many reports today saying kyiv was surrounded and russian troops had surrounded the city make it impossible for people to get out. can you clarify what the status is on the outskirts of the city and whether civilians are still capable of leaving?