he s leading us to a depression. trump asked supporters on wednesday to name one thing that has gotten better under biden and, i don t know, there s a lot, i can think of a lot, but i think maybe number one is we re drinking less bleach. good morning, welcome to morning joe, it is friday, december 15th. senate majority leader chuck schumer is calling the bluff, he has hopes of hammering out a deal on foreign aid which includes critical funder for ukraine. also ahead, how the biden campaign is trying to capitalize on the impeachment inquiry into the president. plus, rudy giuliani s defense team takes a very odd strategy in closing arguments in his defamation case. i will tell you about their pitch to the jurors. with us this morning we have columnist and associate editor for the washington post david ignatius, member of the new york times editorial board mara gay, host of the podcast unbrand with donny deutsch, and the co-founder of punchbowl news don bresnahan.
mourning have been declared. our belgrade correspondent guy delauney reports. handcuffed and hooded, belgrade police took the suspected shooter for questioning. he is just 1a years old. parents and teachers were left in shock. this sort of thing just doesn t happen in serbian schools, despite high levels of gun ownership. any gun crime is rare and mass shootings in classrooms are unheard of. police say the suspect arrived at the school on the morning after the labor day holiday. first he argued with a security guard at the entrance of the vladislav ribnikara school, then he pulled out a gun and shot him. parents say their children have told them what happened next. the shooter entered a history class, fired at the teacher and then turned his weapon on his classmates. translation: the teacher immediately i sheltered the children, locked them i in, some of them were under the tables so they were safe inside. after i don t know how much time, they let them out. police believe th
From across the uk to attend the coronation of king charles, which will take place on may 6 at Westminster Abbey in london. Youre watching bbc news. Now its time for ukraine how will it end . Gunfire. In the mud and trenches of eastern ukraine, this war still hangs in the balance. Both sides need a breakthrough. Ukraine, with Advanced Western weaponry, could well know seize the initiative. The ukrainians will continue to fight, whatever happens. So providing theyve got the tools to do thejob, they can do it. Slave ukraini but russia is not giving up. Neither side seems ready to negotiate. So could russia still defy the odds and win this war, or will ukraine prevail . In this programme, we are going to examine how either side could yet win in ukraine. More than a year after the invasion began, the fighting has reached another inflection point. Ukraine has the initiative. They are expected to launch a new offensive during the spring and summer, but if they dont make decisive gains quickl
well, my guest today is the influential chair of the german parliament s defence committee, marie agnes strack zimmermann. so, is germany ready to leave its pacifism behind and project its military power? marie agnes strack zimmerman, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much for the invitation. well, it s a pleasure to be here. let s start with that word that olaf schulz used right after putin s invasion of ukraine, zeitenwende . he promised it would be that word, a turning point for germany and its strategic thinking. more than a year later, do we see real evidence of that turning point, that zeitenwende? yes, yes, definitely we see it. it s a really important word, but it s, of course, not only a word, you need it in your mind. um, first of all, we have now the 100 billion euros for the bundeswehr. this is really important, more money for our army. we are looking for it for years. you said not so long ago that the german army has been bled dry. so now it s the right direct
more people were injured on the armancette glacier, where rescue work is ongoing. you are watching bbc news. now it s time for ukraine: how will it end? gunfire. in the mud and trenches of eastern ukraine, this war still hangs in the balance. both sides need a breakthrough. ukraine, with advanced western weaponry, could well now seize the initiative. the ukrainians will continue to fight, whatever happens. so, providing they ve got the tools to do thejob, they can do it. slava ukraini! but russia is not giving up. neither side seems ready to negotiate. so could russia still defy the odds and win this war, or will ukraine prevail? in this programme, we re going to examine how either side could yet win in ukraine. more than a year after the invasion began, the fighting has reached another inflection point. ukraine has the initiative. they re expected to launch a new offensive during the spring and summer. but if they don t make decisive gains quickly, that could put russia in t