detection on the ground. this is a this is a weapon that can really, ultimately escalate this battle because we can t allow those kinds of hypersonic missiles to be able to now target areas wherever they want and not have the ability to bring em down. this is i think this is a dangerous escalation in the war. yeah, that s what i have been hearing all day right now. this could really, really escalate what s already a horrible situation. as you know, the ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy he wants direct peace talks with russia. but do you see a scenario in which that happens? putin doesn t seem to want any kind of peace talks right now with the ukrainians. well, wolf, look. we we know one thing, that putin putin operates by force. he s been doing that most of his
this. so what are you learning, isaa? wolf, joe biden always talks about foreign relationships. he has known vladimir putin basically the entire time putin s been in power, first as senator, then vice president, as president. and he really reads a dynamic putin has and wants to have with him and and is also looking at that and saying it s guiding his sense of what putin s going to do here. i mean, there is that story that biden likes to tell that he said to putin one time i have looked in your eyes and i don t think you have a soul. of course, playing off that famous george w. bush moment. and that putin said back to him, i think we understand each other. that s what is in biden s mind when he looks at vladimir putin. how is president biden s personal relationship, the dynamic with putin over the years shaping the tone for his meetings with nato and european allies this week? last time, biden and putin met was last june in geneva. i was there covering that summit and it was relat
killing of innocent men, women, and children. i still think that the ukrainians have a fighting chance here to be able to to to send a clear message to putin that he s a loser in this war. u.s. officials are confirming today and you have heard this as well that russia is now using these hypersonic missiles. these are weapons that travel at mac five speeds and they are using these missiles inside ukraine. how significant of a development is this? well, you know, we we seem to be worried and we should be about escalating the war there in ukraine. i understand those concerns but putin is not worried about that. by using hypersonic missiles like this, he is escalating the war in ukraine. and using the kind of missiles that not only travel at supersonic speeds but can avoid
at least at the time that s what u.s. and russian officials suggested. yeah, and of course the last time they spoke on the phone was about a week before the invasion of ukraine began. and what we are seeing with this trip to brussels this week is very much part of the dynamic that biden wants to have with putin, and deny the dynamic they think putin wants which is a one-on-one washington versus moscow situation here. biden has very purposely left this to a lot of allies to be the ones talking with putin recently. has made it so that it doesn t look like america is telling the world what to do when it comes to sanctions even though a lot of the sanctions that have come out are because of guidance and pressure from american officials. they want this to be the world turning on putin. a global alliance saying this is not the way that we want it to be. not joe biden saying that. yeah, in recent days, president biden has called putin a thug, dictator, and a war criminal. he s not mincing
after a direct hit on a military base. and a new video from ukraine s president volodymyr zelenskyy calls for peace talks without delay. his message to putin and i am quoting now time to meet. time to talk. plus, new pictures just released by the vatican show pope francis visiting ukrainian refugee children in rome today. the vatican says some of the children are receiving treatment for cancer and neurological diseases, and some of those kids are being treated for severe injuries from the blasts. let s get some more on what is going on. joining us now, congressman jim hooimz. key member of the house intelligence committee. congressman, thanks so much for joining us. among other things, british prime minister boris johnson said today that russian president putin is in a, quote, total panic over the prospect of a revolution in russia itself. listen. has been terrified of the effect of that ukrainian model on him and on russia, and he s been in a total panic by the