the another surprise for the world the intense resolve of that entertainer turned president, volodymyr zelenskyy. unlike others in his position, he did not indeed, he s only left the country a handful of times to plea for guns and ammunition. and for the last year, he has faced off from across the border with vladimir putin, who has ruled russia for more than two decades. a key player who is not a participant in the war, the united states of america. it is a country that has organized the sanctions against russia. it is the country that has been the single biggest provider of military and non-military assistance, and tonight, on this special program, you will hear from two top officials on america s national security team. first, the biden administration s key player on countering russia s war in ukraine, the national security adviser jake sullivan, who is with president biden in kyiv this week. also, usaid administrator samantha power, the official responsible for making
i mean, imagine just wanting your freedom and your independence. this country is predicated on exactly those two values. imagine the counterfactual where we walk away or we did not show up in the first place, and what that would mean when a dictator who has shut down civil society, shut down independent, media shutdown dissenting voices in his own country, then can just turn his sights on a neighbor and, with impunity, take over that country. what would that mean for our allies in europe? what would that mean for our own security over time? i think americans understand belize and the importance of standing up to belize. at the same time, again, we are very alert to the risks given that russia is a nuclear armed power, as you rightly say. that is, again, how we are in the position we are in now, building a coalition of countries now, making sure this is not just the united states and russia, that this is, in fact, ukrainians on the
a month ago, they reported on the meeting in the oval office back in june. in which they positive had sol conflicted sympathy here. do you have a sense of what the white house wants to see as a result of all this? that s the core problem here. it s very difficult to negotiate with someone who does not e know what he wants. who from minute to minute seems to change his mind on what he wants for daca, what he wants for other immigration priorities. many of the comments he s made about immigration were broadly are in cob flikt with the actual proposals that the white house has put out. so it s very challenging to figure out how do you position yourself if you re chuck schumer trying to fight on behalf of the dreamers. how do you position yourself if you don t know what the other side of the table is trying to get out of the exchange. in media shutdown there was a debate over who was to blame.
media spin about winners and losers, and as opposed to the affect on real people and whether the d.c. press is in a bubble here? well, what the contribution to the media shutdown is. media played a role in how we got here. why is there such gridlock and paralysis in congress? why such polarization? a plausible answer, and it will fall to historians to talk it out, but i think there s a democratization of lawmakers. they don t have relationships. thank you very much. we will see you later. send me a tweet about our show. after the break, we are headed into the baseball playoffs right now, but with ratings, is the
media spin about winners and losers, and as opposed to the affect on real people and whether the d.c. press is in a bubble here? well, what the contribution to the media shutdown is. media played a role in how we got here. why is there such gridlock and paralysis in congress? why such polarization? a plausible answer, and it will fall to historians to talk it out, but i think there s a democratization of lawmakers. they don t have relationships. thank you very much. we will see you later. send me a tweet about our show. after the break, we are headed into the baseball playoffs right now, but with ratings, is the