yeah. i mean, one thing to say that you have to remember china is very different from japan because there are so many chinese. they don t have to be as productive as we are to become the world s largest economy. so by some measures they already are. but they are also having a lot of problems. the chinese model, it really does seem to be coming apart at the seams right now. and the u.s., look, america has been, at least it is a very i think our openness, our openness to different people, to different ideas, our creativity that comes out of that has been our underlying strength. and i mean, if you think about how did america do so well in high-tech. there are a lot of reasons. a lot of that is in silicon valley, the claim is, the anecdote is that venture capitalists won t back a company unless it has a few east asians involved because we need the diversity of ideas and diversity and our openness, our openness to new ideas has been our huge strength. i do worry given everyth
just a moment. right now, as well, millions of people across the country and around the world, really, continuing to experience this dangerously high temperatures. we re going to break down the latest on the sweltering heat wave and what can be done. also, to capitol hill. democrats in the house eyeing a measure to ban assault weapons, but the bill facing pretty strong opposition from republicans and slim odds of passing in the senate. we ll talk about that. we re going to speak with the highland park mayor who testified before the senate about her town s recent tragedy. that s coming up. hey, everybody. we re going to begin this hour in washington, where ten hours from now, the house january 6th committee is going to hold its latest hearing in prime-time, a season finale of sorts to this initial batch of hearings, with even more expected later on this year, possibly in the fall. tonight s hearing is going to dive into those crucial 187 minutes the committee says it took
his symptoms, naturally. it s interesting, you played that sound from the first lady, because i ve been thinking about the president s schedule this week. he returned, as i indicated over the weekend from that trip to the middle east. and he had no public events on the schedule monday and tuesday of this week. he was not scheduled to participate, but he joined the first lady when they welcomed olenna zelenska, the first lady of ukraine. that was the president s greeting of her outside. there were no masks because they were outside. that tends to be a place where transmissibility is reduced in that case. there was a photo taken of the president, the first lady, the vice president, the second gentlemen, and ukraine s first lady inside the diplomatic reception room shortly after, but no indication at this point otherwise, if that exposure would be a concern for others involved. now, i will say, if you often see photos of the president in the oval office and in other working meetings in
joining us now, former nato supreme allied commander, retired four-star navy admiral, james stavridis. he s also chief diplomacy analyst for nbc news and msnbc. and obviously, olenna zelenska s trip, admiral, helps keep the spotlight on ukraine, because the war is expected to drag on. ukrainians know painfully that it could take quite some time to sort of let the russians run out of gas. my question to you is, looking at this strategy from 20,000 feet, as we sort of incrementally give the weapons and give the aid and we are the u.s. is, for sure, and nato allies are stepping up. but is this strategy working? let s start with huge kudos to mrs. zelenska. this is the opposition of dereliction of duty that we ve been talking about. this is a president zelenskyies
translator: to all of you on behalf of those who were killed, on behalf of those who lost their arms and legs, on behalf of those who are still alive and well and those who wait for their families to come back from the front, i m asking for something now i would never want to ask. i m asking for weapons. well, that was obviously through the voice of a translator. zelenska s appeal came as the u.s. committed to a additional military support for ukraine. defense secretary lloyd austin yesterday announced that the u.s. will be sending four more advanced rocket launchers to ukraine. according to austin, ukrainian forces have been using these launchers known as high mobility artillery rocket systems very effectively against russian forces. he said these weapons have, quote, made such a difference on the battlefield.