and planned massacres we have seen recently in buffalo and texas and oklahoma this one that took place at a very popular entertainment district in philadelphia just started as a street scuffle but it very quickly escalated and shots were fired sending hundreds of revelers here on the street running for safety when everything was said and done there were three people confirmed dead, 11 injured. the police commissioner saying though they believe that one of the three dead was apparently involved in that initial scuffle there are still many innocent matters, many innocent bystanders who were either injured or killed and that leaving a lasting effect on their families and also on the injured here. what we know about the investigation is that there were philadelphia police officers nearby that had been watching for the potential for something like this to happen. in fact, they even opened fire and they believe that they wounded one of the individuals that was involved in that shooting. they
but the bill threat that they are hiding. sending hundreds to instructors. if nothing else, they have a little bit more time for diplomacy and there was talk about possible biden/putin meeting if russia thought it was warranted. i cannot say if we are on the right track of with the wrong track. we will understandably get the american answer. menfolk russia continues to amass its troops while preparing for invasion while ukraine continues to ask for more support to defend themselves. for now at least ukraine welcomes the talks. the longer than we speak the better it is because when diplomats get quiet, arms start speaking. another issue is that they don t have a unified plan if russia invades ukraine. they said repeatedly that their locks up and unified in some countries don t feel as strongly as standing up to russia.
and tell you lied to your face and if so why humor with a response? no, when it comes to the conversations we have: i think the charitable interpretation would be that sometimes we and russia have different interpretations of history. today s meeting went as expected. secretary blinken offered russia a diplomatic off ramp while reiterating there would be consequences if russia invaded. he said he hoped they would reverse course. if russia wants to begin to convince the world that it has no aggressive intent toward ukraine, a very good place to start would be by descalating. foreign minister lavrov, meanwhile denied russia was planning to invade and accused the u.s. of historics. our concerns are not imaginary but real threats and facts that nobody is hiding. stuffing ukraine with weapons. sending hundreds of western military instructors. if nothing else bought a
from long-time neutrality to defend weapons to ukraine. let s focus on europe for a moment. is europe doing enough? the short answer is yes. we are all surprised by germany. the fact that the germans are sending hundreds of thousands of stingers and javelins. other nations, you mention sweden, the midlands, belgium, this is substantial. the sanctions we put down on russia with the e.u. will make them pay and overtime. i just think we need to find ways to get more weapons into ukraine to make sure we have a steady supply so the ukrainians will stop russian tanks. todd: with that in mind, john is this the wake-up call that europe does need to really get their act in gear and say hey, going forward we need to present a robust defense to the world? i think so. look, i ve been reporting eight years and the russians with ukraine, they want to restore
good evening, i m erin burnett. out front tonight, the breaking news. president biden accusing russia s president vladimir putin of war crimes for the first time. i think he is a war criminal. well, those are significant words because it s something the biden administration has not said before and they came shortly after the president announced today that he s sending hundreds of millions more dollars of aid to ukraine. a list which does include defensive items, stinger antiaircraft and stingers and javelins and 20 million rounds of small arms and grenade launcher and mortar rounds along with guns, 7,000 of them. this after president zelenskyy asked the u.s. to do more today to help ukraine in a speech via video before the u.s. congress. zelenskyy appealing directly to the american people, first in ukrainian, but then he spoke in english directly to president