show, it is now in the top five. this is going to be an interesting segue. yeah, i know. in piggy blinders. i know. i like it. i like how he tried to get the segue before you had a chance to opine, joe. we have a lot to talk about. why don t we begin. we sure did. top headlines, horrific images are emerging of what russian forces left behind after pulling back from the ukrainian capital of kyiv. we want to warn you the images are disturbing and graphic but it is what is happening now. the pictures and videos are from the town of bucha northwest of the capital. they show widespread devastation with dozens of bodies lying scattered around the city. some of the victims had their hands tied behind their backs, others reportedly had close range gunshot wounds and signs of torture. residents say russians would go
if you listen to a lot of republicans, we have heard a lot of those who want i have to say you go back and you look at the trump administration, and i think richard would confirm this, the president said the most ridiculous things, the most shocking things about vladimir putin, the most horrifying things about vladimir putin, and yet the republican congress passed really tough sanctions. tough sanctions that donald trump opposed. no, i think other than other than a few in the republican senate, the republican senate has been hawkish towards donald trump. i think toward vladimir putin. so unless but it is the case that trump told bolton if he got reelected he was going to pull out of nato. that s fine. this is all very dynamic. we are in 2022. this is a different world. i mean even idiots on cable news talking about how much they love vladimir putin and don t understand why you can t support
about, what is going on in ukraine because he also died fighting the war in vietnam. he refused to be limited to just domestic issues. so there s a lot of thoughts that goes through our head as we watch the judge go for a confirmation this morning and remember the level dr. king brought this country to. yeah, jon meacham, i always thought one of your most moving podcasts was when you retold the story of that extraordinary april 3rd, 1968, speech by dr. king. it was raining outside. yeah. he didn t want to go. was it ralph abernathy who came back and said, dr. king, you have to go, the people are packed, they came out in train, they want to see you, but you look the words that night actually foretold what is happening today. he, like moses, you know, i may not get there with you but i have seen over the mountain top,
almost have, odesa, see, aren t they really in the same position where they can destroy a lot of buildings, they can commit war crimes, but, my god, the second they try to set up shop in any of these cities seems to me the ukrainians are going to start pushing back just like they have time and again. that s right, joe. the ukrainians will be able to reconstitute. you know, some of the missile strikes we were talking about there, odesa down here in the southwest, critical city. why? well, that s where oil, that s where grain, that s the future of the economy of ukraine. separately, what we ve also seen the ukrainians start to do in a very daring action, last week was start to hit russian oil across the russian border, so essentially taking the fight. this is also a sign of long, logistical lines and essentially an extended and maybe protracted battle. this is not going to go quickly in the east. i think that s the thing we need to focus on. we are seeing ukrainians push
night to a really, really good south carolina team. wow. that very impressive. by the way, my dad used to drive us across country a lot and we drove through manhattan, kansas. okay. so you got stuck in you ve been there. good. coming up, we will get back to the war in ukraine and the nato base in romania playing a major role in providing reinforcements. plus, a political moment from a big night. the ukrainian president delivers a surprise message. we will be back here with continuing coverage on morning joe.