war, the u.s. and russia have had confrontations at air and sea. these incounters have only rarely blown up into serious incidents. that s because at least to some extent there are routines that are followed, less so for russia, everyone involved acts professionally. that was not the case today. an american reaper drone was intercepted by two russian fighters. it was damaged and then forced down. somebody could have gotten hurt. nobody wants to see that happen. and it could lead to miscalculations between two militaries that are operating not obviously in ukraine together, but certainly in proximity in the region. we don t want to see this war escalate beyond what it has already done to the ukrainian people, so this is clearly, this was inappropriate, unsafe, unprofessional conduct by the russian pilots. russia s ambassador to washington was summoned to the state department. we ll also get perspective from mark hertling, but oren liebermann joins us from the pentagon. r
soon. putin s speech comes with new reporting this morning on china s growing concerns about russia s weakened status on the world stage. meanwhile, we will hear from president joe biden later this morning as he is in poland now to meet with allies following that historic trip to ukraine. also ahead, the maga members of congress staying on brand, criticizing the president for visiting ukraine. we ll go through some of their comments. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, february 21st. with me here in new york, way too early host and the white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. at the table with joe in washington, pulitzer prize-winning columnist at the washington post, eugene robinson. former white house press secretary now msnbc host jen psaki. editor for the washington post, david ignatius. also with us, founder of the bulwark, charlie sykes. joe, incredible, staggering, historic scenes yesterday of president biden walking th
ideologies to live together. we don t think of ourselves as a secessionist movement. we see ourselves as a self determination movement. reporter: are you hearing from other places around the kuptdry? yes, we are hearing from all over the country because this is not a problem that s unique to the state of oregon. reporter: matt used to live in oregon but moved east, frustrated by pandemic policies of the city. laws should match the citizens, he says. we can match people up to government they want, and everybody gets the government they want and the political tension goes down. reporter: should this happen in other places? yes y believe we should. i think most americans agree, we should try to get people government that they want. portland s changed. salem s changed. eugene has changed. reporter: what do you say when the people of those cities say that they re changing with the times and that s the america of today? they say it s more
fighting that fight. watching these pictures, you see another thing, which is, president biden is the head of a western alliance that s moved east. the center of gravity for nato is now warsaw, poland. it s not berlin. it s certainly not france. it s moved east. that s what this trip will be about, is president biden talking to president duda in poland, but then talking to the so-called front line states. the bucharest 9, i think they call themselves, which is these nato nations in the east. i think we need to begin to rethink nato. nato is now an alliance with this different shift of gravity, also shifting north. going north. to sweden and finland, the new members. it is vladimir diplomaticall you look how the center of gravity has shifted to poland. gene robinson, what s
another glorious day for many places, a fine, dry and to have it sunday. more of a breeze from the south east but changes taking place. 0ut west this low pressure is pushing in, bringing rainfor western scotland and northern ireland. it s travelling across the irish sea to western england and wales and moving through scotland this evening and overnight. it will be a dying feature as it moved east. behind it, clear skies and also a scattering of showers, especially across the north west. remaining breezy, temperatures, seeing lows of 4-6 . breezy, temperatures, seeing lows of 4 6 . easter monday, breezy, temperatures, seeing lows of 11 6. easter monday, a change, feeling a bit cooler for most of us and some showers. back to the area