counterpart were talking. i would hope that at some point jake sullivan, the national securitied a vie or and his counterpart would talk. we need to think. russia still has thousands of nuclear warheads. he need to think about nuclear stability talks going forward. we ve seen the so-called hyper sonic weapons being deployed. the day will come when they could be carrying nuclear warheads. how do we put limits on those? we just don t have the luxury as profoundly as we disagree about what russia is doing in ukraine, we don t have the luxury of holding our entire relationship hostage to that. grateful for your time. appreciate it. thank you. thank you. this quick programming note for us. why, why is vladimir putin trying to destroy ukraine? can he be stopped in join us as we look to the experts for answers to the big questions. inside the mind of vladimir putin. sunday 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific right here only on cnn. next, mike pence sends a crystal clear message.
the next steps regarding russia and ukraine. a short while ago the white house release add photo of that meeting and you can see top cabinet officials like defense secretary lloyd austin, secretary of state antony blinken also national securitied a visor jace ke sullivan and slightly pictured treasury secretary janet yellen. playing an important role if the united states moved forward with sanctions after an ainvasion. the white house working on for days and weeking crafting a package to implement. they ve come under scrutiny. president zelensky believes the sanctions to be implemented before an invasion. the white house and top officials defended waiting need to act as a deterrent to russia and not have those off the table or have president putin plan for that.
expected, a lot of securitied expected on the mule. certainly something to watch. what tone will the president take. when he was asked if he could give a speech to appeal to all americans, he said i think so. in the same answer he said democrats with their health care plan will kroet destroy the company. a very fine line he has to walk. as you know well, he fell in love of displaying military vehicles and saluting the troops two summers ago on bastille day with emmanuel macron. this is a show of not just military might but optics. we will have fireworks. a lot of other flashy events. the real question is, a, how much will this cost and, b, does this turn more into a campaign rally or what is typically a nonpartisan event for the fourth of july, hallie. as you maneuver around the emergency vehicle coming down through your live shot, president trump was tweeting
why american tax dollars need to go for this when basically security professionals and others say this is not warranted and just enhance securitied, we have quite a bit across the border is sufficient. i m struck by the silence within congress. you re a former member yourself. in previous efforts the president had a lot of backup. republicans coming forward on his behalf. screaming loudly, going on conservative news outlets. i don t hear very much from conservative members of congress, or the senate right now. they ve all kind of gone home and are enjoying their new year s. probably getting paid. but is it my perception true in your eyes they don t seem to have his back on this as much as in the past? i don t think they have his back on the wall, because ultimately, every member of congress, not just the president, is responsible to an american public who is really upset. not only being a government employee but upset about fundamental services shut down. that affects us all, perio
well it depends. most of us can read father than we can listen. president clinton didn t want to have the daily brief going through for him. he wanted to read it. he would annotate it, write notes back to me saying jim, this sounds like a chapter from kaplan s new book. what do you think? he was still getting information daily. this is a little different. it depends on how to president wants to proceed. if he wants to proceed by having some things read to him, other things he reads himself. that s up to him. i mean the frequency. so he s not doing it every day, he has said. are you comfortable with that? sounds like president clinton, another matter. it depends on what it is. if you get the information by some combination of talking with your top two or three security aides, having your national securitied a viedser or director from the cia saying mr.