the fact that russia is saying now it will not go along anymore with any inspections on a full withdrawal, but the significance of that and the fact that antony blinken the secretary of state said it is deeply unfortunate in any event and irresponsible said the u.s. will talk to russia about this at any point regardless of what is happening on the world stage with russia and ukraine. that is how critical the u.s. believes this is. absolutely critical. look, the only way that the nuclear threat is going to cool down in any way is if you look at past history where the united states and formerly the soviet union agreed to have their salt talks, to have the start talks, and then to continue with the new start talks that we see right now. that competition has been in place for over four to five decades and it must be addressed. look, one nuclear weapon alone is sufficient to give us all concern, right? what we re talking about is russia has in excess of 5,000 nuclear weapons. th
Two Polish politicians from the right-wing populist Law and Justice party (PiS), who were convicted on charges of abuse of power, have landed in prison following their dramatic arrest at the presidential palace in Warsaw. Mariusz Kamiński and Maciej Wąsik were last month sentenced to two years in prison by a Warsaw district court. The city's police said late Tuesday that ex-ministers were now behind bars. The two men had refused to recognize the court's decision. Earlier on Tuesday - when they h
presidential palace in warsaw after meeting behind closed doors. no questions answered it appears there. we will track that to see what president biden is weighing in on. he has a lot of news to talk about. we saw president putin giving a speak saying russia is going to suspend their are cooperation. antony blinken says it is irresponsible decision he believes. it s not russia formally pulling out of the agreement but it remains to be seen what that looks like. and, obviously, big questions for what president biden is going to say when he has the world stage in a matter of hours from now. great point. let s bring in to talk about that and more clarissa ward, former u.s. ambassador to ukraine bill taylor and retired major general marks. general, on the agreement, right, between the united states, russia, et cetera, that was supposed to expire in 2026,
june 20th to choose a successor to president lech kaczynski. his wife and others were killed in a plane crash last weekend. tens of thousands have stood in line for hours to view the coffins of the president and first lady. they lie in state at the presidential palace in warsaw. president obama will fly to poland to attend their funeral sunday. in an hour first lady michelle obama will visit an elementary school. she arrived at the nation s capital after making a surprise visit to haiti tuesday along with dr. joe biden, the first lady toured a bus camp that provides children with art therapy. savannah guthrie, nbc white house correspondent and host of msnbc the daily rundown is traveling with the first lady. we see it in the images, her trip is about children and reaching out to children and
student at a club in an incident, if you remember, happened in the bathroom. this is the second time in a year, that he is facing allegations of sexual misconduct. and the d.a. s announcement is expected 2:00 p.m. eastern time and we ll bring you the latest on the story as soon as we get it. gregg: in poland an out-pouring of grief, tens of thousands gathering at the presidential palace in warsaw, mourning the loss of their president, lech kaczynski. the president, his wife and dozens of leaders of poland s military and political establishment were killed, in a plenty crash in western russia on saturday. the body of poland s first lady may be brought to poland tomorrow. amy kellogg is streaming live from warsaw and, mourning and grief all across the world, among polish communities, but, how are they expressing that grief, there in the country s capital, where many of the people killed lived?