ambassador to the united nations linda thomas-green field in an emergency meeting of u.n. security council called by russia to raise baseless allegations, lies, that the u.s. is supporting biological weapons labs in ukraine. that theory is debunked over and over again and russia repeats it and beamed into the homes of millions of americans. thanks to fox news most highly rated anchor. tucker carlson. it is just one of the many disinformation riddled and dangerous kremlin talking points coming from what can only now be described as the pro-putin wing of the republican party if they call themselves that. small but noisy group of allies of ex-president trump who seem to oppose u.s. support for ukraine. a democracy. our ally. yesterday eight republicans
the ukrainians are saying do anything you want. sell us your stuff. lend us your stuff. lease us your stuff but we need more stuff. we don t need your troops in here. we need air support and more weaponry. yeah. ali velshi, you have just described the big flaw in this world order the u.n. is supposed to preside over. it s a gentleman s agreement. if there are people opposite of gentleman and willing to flout the rules, there is no law enforcement mechanism. sounds like the united states constitution, unenforceable norms. thank you very much, my friend. stay safe. joining me now is linda thomas greenfield, maam ambassador, thank you for being here. let me get your reaction in the room when the harrowing video was played. i know there was a delay of the
we can t change that fact but we certainly can isolate them in the security counsel. we can make their presence in that body very uncomfortable and we have done that, and we are working to kick them off or suspend them from the human rights counsel. thank you ambassador linda thomas green field. she ll be honored, keepers of the dreams award gala for her career in public service and leadership at the united nations. up next on the reidout ivanka trump talked to the january 6th select committee for about eight hours today as we learn about a rather surprising admission from her father, the former president. also. i intended to get health care passed even if it cost me reelection. which for awhile looked like it might. [ laughter ] just like old times, former
convention starting this coming wednesday going through saturday. i met with the u.s. ambassador to the united nations linda thomas green field who will be speaking at the convention. hillary clinton will be there. as we said, the dnc chair. and attorney benjamin crumb and others, the ahmaud arbery family, the family of george floyd. many will be there as we deal with all of these issues. reverend jesse jackson is going to be there. we are going to not let tomorrow just be about when dr. king was killed from wednesday to saturday for free. we re going to continue to keep the dream alive. go to www.nationalactionnetwork. get the agenda. chris hayes is going to make a special address on race and media at the convention. you don t want to miss, be a
ambassador to the un linda thomas green field who has a busy week and she is in in new york and shejoins us now. welcome to the programme, and, president biden is calling for this new era of relentless diplomacy, is item one on the agenda repairing relations with the french who have accused america of stabbing them in the back because of your deal with the australians over submarines? the president was very clear in his speech to the un, that we will be focussing on rallyling all of our allies and partners and all of our allies and partners and all of our allies and partners and all of the institutions of the un system to deal with the most challenged, most difficult challenges of our time, and as it relates to france we have a strong relationship relationship where the french, they are our oldest allies and that relationship will