russian soldiers are low on morale, can that have an impact on the battlefield? we have to accept that a lot of what we re putting out is in fact getting to the russian community. and i understand, having heard your previous segment, that particularly the older generation of russians are rallying around putin. but i also believe information is getting through. they re going to face the tangible consequences of lost family members, as well as the economic consequences. i like to think that by keeping the pressure up, keeping our foot on the accelerator, it will continue to cause the type of internal pressure and the real consequences that will ideally make putin more willing to negotiate. you have a piece out on cnn.com where you talk about how biden s remarks this week that putin cannot remain in power take us further away from our
go into negotiations from a position of more strength than they currently have. the president in a phone call with the leaders of italy, uk, germany, and france yesterday, urged allies to keep the pressure up, keep the weapons flowing into ukraine, and not take their foot off the gas. there is no reason to believe russia here. in fact, they want to see more signs of progress before president biden would step in here potentially with a call with president putin, which a lot of analysts believe is a step that s going to need to happen before this war comes to an end. the u.s. says we re not doing that yet. they have to earn that. we have to see signs that russia is serious about ending this war before we put the president of the united states on the phone. as for the assessment of the russian military, vladimir putin certainly misjudged the strength of his own forces. it seems the united states did, as well. in fact, as we report this morning, they ve begun a review as to how they could
he s going to take questions from the town hall audience, voters. this will be hosted by anderson. and the president spoke today. this was at the tenth anniversary of the celebration of the dedication of the martin luther king jr. memorial in washington and today he talked about his agenda and what a pivotal moment it is. so here is what he said. it s up to us together to choose who we want to be and what we want to be. i know i know the progress does not come fast enough. it never has. and the process of governing is frustrating and sometimes dispiriting. but i also know what s possible. if we keep the pressure up, if we never give up, if we keep the faith, we re at an inflection point. i know i ve maybe overused that phrase but it is an inflection point in american history. and delivering on economic justice. so, how much of tonight do
progress and struggle over the self-evident truths of our democracy and in our nation, we now face an inflection point and the soul of america. it s up to us together to choose who we want to be and what we want to be. i know the progress does not come fast enough. it never has. and the process of governing is frustrating and sometimes disspiriting. but i also know what s possible. if we keep the pressure up, if we never give up, if we keep the faith, we re in an inflexion point. i know i have maybe overused that phrase, it is an inflection point in american history, delivering on economic justice. it was the dignity of work that dr. king was in memphis on that fateful day, helping sanitation
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