memos with confidential information in them. you said trump learned that barr s department was not charging comey, infuriateding trump. he met that day with mcdaniel in the dining room off the oval office for a prescheduled meeting during which trump called one person after another, wanting to know if they agreed with him that comey should have been charged. he paused and then reached for a remote control, picked it up and threw it at the credenza along the wall. this is a pretty revealing moment. i point out the remote control was there because, in fact, he often watched television in the white house despite what he said. yes, it was a very jarring scene. he takes the remote, throws it against the wall. he has a pension for throwing things we heard testimony from cassidy hutchinson, i have had other sources tell me was true, at an incident where he threw food. i have a scene in the book from decades ago where an employee
what are you hearing there? this morning the foreign minister from the 27 countries will be getting together this is a prescheduled meeting. given the juncture we re at with russia and ukraine that will be top of the agenda. surely sanctions will be one of the discussions points as well. with the ukrainian foreign minister. who will join the european colleagues for a about a 90 minute discussion. the eu top diplomat said that package of sanctions has already been prepared. you heard the ukrainian president zelensky saying that if the west is so certain that there is going to be an invasion from russia, what are we waiting for? why can t sanctions come right away. the top diplomat said asked essentially the same question this morning. and he said look, the vote will be held at the right time. that right time of course is when there is actual russian
diplomat said yesterday if russia were to annex the break away regions there would be sanctions. period. end of story. if they were to be recognized by russia he would float sanctions and essentially let ministers decide. now that s a situation that we find ourselves in. europe has some decisions to make. foreign ministers from across the continent were here yesterday for a prescheduled meeting and met with the ukrainian foreign minister. many of them likely went hope to respective capitols. but need to come back today because we have just gotten confirmation there will be an extraordinary meeting of the foreign affairs counsel. that is all the foreign ministers from around europe to decide on what they want to do about sanctions. and remember that any decision made need to be a unanimous consensus. of course over night there s been a torrent of official reaction and statements all of them condemning russia s
jake, it s probably the highest steak visit by the president to europe in decades and one as you noted designed to underscore what has been the focal point of the response to the russian invague of ukraine over the course of the last several weeks and that s a unified western response. all 30 western nato country leaders are expected to attend. president biden will also attend a prescheduled meeting at the european council and there s talks he may extend his visit and visit an eastern european country to visit with refugees as well. that s not locked in yet. the big question is given the unity, whether it s on sanctions, is there anything they can agree to that would go forward or further? that s the question. we ve seen pressure from capitol hill and pressure from nato members to do more for ukraine. at this point in time the unity
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