residents on kyiv s outskirts continue rushing toward transportation hubs seeking escape. there are shows of resistance and patriotism. the kyiv classic orchestra playing the national anthem and ode to joy in the square. there is growing evidence the russians are committing war crimes in ukraine. the people here continue to brace for bloody days ahead. bret? bret: trey yingst live in kyiv. thanks. getting new reaction of the proposal from poland to send migs 29 fighter jets for use in ukraine. back and forth on this. jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon tonight with the latest. good evening, jennifer. good evening, bret. the pentagon praised poland today for all of its efforts to help ukraine. defense secretary lloyd austin spoke with his polish and ukrainian counterparts in the wake of an uproar involving whether nato should provide mig 29 fighter jets to ukraine. the u.s. says flying poland s
a seminar particularly addressing how to resolve conflicts within the party. just a very ironic interesting day. bret? bret: i would say. aishah hasnie on the hill. thanks. let s bring in nebraska republican senator ben sasse a member of the budget finance committee. senator, thanks for being here. thanks, for inviting me. bret: is there a committee you are not on? that s a lot of committees. put the intelligence hat on first and talk about these mig 29 planes, these jets from poland. take a listen to this back and forth. if, for instance, the polish government, a nato member, wants to send fighter jets, does that get a green light from the u.s. or are you afraid that that will escalate tension. no. that gets a green light. we don t believe additional aircraft is the most effective answer to meeting those needs in the conflict. now, look, sovereign nations can decide for themselves. we are delivering lethal aid,
administration that the fighting could escalate soon. white house correspondent peter doocy has the latest tonight from the north lawn. there s a little thing going on in, in europe right now. a light remark from the president before a heavy statement from the press secretary. quote: we should all be on the lookout for russia to possibly use chemical or biological weapons in ukraine or create a false flag operation using them. pursuing diplomacy air force 2 has landed in poland. obviously the vice president is on her way there. and house speaker pelosi is working the phones. i had oh, over 45-minute conversation with president zelenskyy earlier today. the president s only public event today focused on simi conductors. $14. rising gas prices are a major issue. if would go back to six months ago, do you think anybody was predicting we would be exactly where we are as it relates to russia and ukraine. so now a rebranding, white
just limited but also eliminated long term. bret: juan, i want to get to this mig 29 back and forth. you heard senator sasse say it s botched and kind of all over the place. national review also calls it that. they say the statement from kirby yesterday about poland was disingenuous neither poland or germany it would be ukrainian, not american pilots flying the migs into ukraine. in essence it was fine as poland as a nato nation to take a risk, when that risk however remote extended to the u.s. as a nato nation, the administration backed away. what do you think about this and now where we are on this public no migs to ukraine? well, you know, it s a very narrow needle and the united states and nato have to thread that needle. we re in a situation, you know, just pause for a second understand, poland understands that if the russians cut through
migs to ramstein is logistically not tenable and risks broadening the conflict. intelligence community has assessed the transfer of mig 29s to ukraine may be mistaken as escalatory and could result in significant russian reaction that might increase the prospects of a military escalation with nato. president zelenskyy says it s time for nato to do whatever it can. listen, we have a war. we do not have time for all these signals. this is not ping-pong. this is about human lives. we ask once again solve it faster. do not shift the responsibility, send us planes. meanwhile, lloyd austin met with finland s defense minister at the pentagon today and announced he sent two patriot missile batteries to poland to defend polish airspace. they are now in position and manned, we re told. u.s. defense officials say president zelenskyy still has most of his air force intact.