targeting russian economic interest as hard as we can and we will be setting out later on in the house of commons what we are going to do. this is, i should stress, the first barrage of uk economic sanctions against russia because we expect, i m afraid, that there is more russian irrational behaviour to come. and the sad thing is at every turn in this crisis, the uk s pessimistic predictions have been vindicated, we said there would be false flag operations and there have been, we said there would be provocations in the region and that is what we are seeing, and i am afraid all the evidence is that president vladimir putin is indeed bent, as you said just now, on a full scale invasion of the ukraine. and the overrunning, the subjugation of an
invasion of the ukraine. and the overrunning, the subjugation of an independent sovereign european country. and i think that, let me be clear, that would be catastrophic. there will of course be pressure for continued conversation, negotiations, and that is right. whilst there is still a discussion to be had, of course, a discussion should be had. and the uk will be engaged actively in diplomacy at all levels to try and find a way forward other than through the violence that president vladimir putin is proposing. i want everybody to be in no doubt that if vladimir putin continues down this track of violence and aggression of a full scale invasion of encircling kyiv itself which seems to be what
of commons what we are going to do. this is, i should stress, the first barrage of uk economic sanctions against russia because we expect, i m afraid, that there is more russian irrational behaviour to come. and the sad thing is at every turn in this crisis, the uk s pessimistic predictions have been vindicated, we said there would be false flag operations and there have been, we said there would be provocations in the region and that is what we are seeing, and i am afraid all the evidence is that president vladimir putin is indeed bent, as you said just now, on a full scale invasion of the ukraine. and the overrunning, the subjugation of an independent sovereign european country. and i think that, let me be clear,
this morning. you know, i think it reveals to me as we talk about this 187 minutes and there were cries, there were pleas to the white house chief of staff s phone via text message. i can imagine it blowing up, make this stop. and from everything we can tell, what did the former president do during that time frame? he could could have very easily made a statement, made a statement to the nation, to these people who were overrunning this very building to say, stop, go home, this is not right. but for 187 minutes, over three hours, nothing was said, nothing was done. and furthermore, and mr. meadows text, he says back to the president s son, i m trying, i m trying. and i m with you. i understand. but nothing happened. i think that s really why we need to hear from mr. meadows. he was there. he understood what the president was doing, what the president was thinking during this time frame and that s really key to painting the picture of everything that was happening,
extraordinary event and overrunning of the capitol happened. as you say, he made a lot of public remarks on january 5th. on his podcast he said, tomorrow is game day and, quote, all hell breaks loose tomorrow. congresswoman liz cheney, republican of wyoming, she tried again to compel some of her republican colleagues who have lined up with donald trump and willing to look the other way about what happened on january 6th to be honest about what happened that day. to take seriously the investigation. i know you talked to a lot of republicans privately. you work with them on legislation. you all have relationships up on the hill. do they concede to you privately, congresswoman, that, yes, of course january 6th was a terrible day and that, yes, of course, donald trump himself and many people in his administration had something to do with it and, in fact, led it in many cases? do they say those things to you in private? because they don t in public. i wouldn t say they go as far as you