targeting u.s. generals, is that more in terms of further escalate tensions between russia and putin. absolutely. the biden administration doesn t want to make this anymore personal when vladimir putin is already or portraying it, as hes for years, as all of this being part of u.s. efforts to unseat him. however, there is some significant intelligence sharing that s happened since the opening days of the war, and it s only increased, as barbara s reporting indicates, i ve also spoken to a senior u.s. official who explained that they ve gotten the kind of information to the ukrainians that s either helped point the ukrainians towards something that they hadn t noticed yet, or has helped ukrainians map their own intelligence and made their battlefield attacks that much more precise. and this official said that they ve gotten that information very quickly on a consistent basis, all the way to the very front lines. so could it be used to take out
run on in the fall? se first to you and then kirsten. well, i don t think they can run on the economy and that s a shame because a lot of people care about it. and i don t think they have a good answer for it. so, you know in lieu of that, i would tell democrats and in talking to democrats i ve said, listen, you need to make the contrast and the question real narrow. do you want more marjorie taylor greens, do you want more madison cawthorns, more lauren boeberts, less democracy. those are the stakes, they re real high. and i think that s a winning message going into a midterm that is going to be tough for democrats. i think roe v. wade helps democrats in ways republicans are keenly aware of. so they ll have some help there, but that s the question. you see that, kirsten, the message biden was talking about, gop s ultra maga agenda, is that a message for biden and democrats?
if you have an impeachment and you re stuck in the senate, he has cabinet members, a lot of things he has to have moving, and from a perspective, you put everything else away. this country is very, very divided. i do think the impeachment divides the nation further and continues to divide even greater. that s why i want to reach out to biden. i wanted the president to meet with biden. that s not going to happen. i want to see about us meeting with biden, sitting down, a smooth transition to show that we can continue to keep those statements going. so hopefully i may talk to pelosi. hopefully he calls me today and see if we can start that process. hopefully he calls me today and we can see if we can start that process. jonathan martin and alex burns join me now. they re the authors of the brand-new book this will not pass, trump, biden, and the battle for america s future
listen to this. yeah, what the president did aprecious and totally wrong. 12 days away, i mean at one point i think that biden, if you have an impeachment and stuck sitting in the senate, then you ve got to have movement. and did he think from the perspective you put everything else right, this country s i have people that never stop being in the condition, very sophisticated and think this is going to be different. they re angry. they want to continue the fight. i mean i ve never seen anything like this. the best thing is focus on the future, not the past, try to bring us together and i do think the impeachment divides the nation further and continues to. that s why i want to reach out to biden. i wanted the president to meet
unemployment benefits and farm subsidies. lot of ground to make up. but mcconnell says his decision to reach out to biden was a good one. the vice president and i worked together on solutions before and i believe we can again. i want my colleagues to know that we ll keep everyone updated, the consequences of this are too high for the american people to be engaged in a political mess. i m interested in getting a result here. there is no indication when the talks will resume today and neither biden nor mcconnell is predicting an agreement before midnight. but the conventional wisdom is that there is no great harm in going a few days into the new year, as long as the markets don t tank and it might even be politically easier to reach a deal after that. clayton, dave? juliet: thanks, we appreciate it. at issue, try to get information out of these closed door meetings and trickling information out as we can. and some of the sticking points