named white house deputy chief of staff. so, at the moment that he was giving donald trump political advice about how to get reelected, run good campaigns, or, for example, clear protesters who are peaceful from lafayette square on june one, one of the more authoritarian moves of trump s presidency. when he was serving donald trump, he was not a secret service agent. he was white house deputy chief of staff. he has since then returned to the secret service. but one of the most disturbing things for my source, current and former service agents, as this individual was essentially enabling donald trump and everything that he did. and here, now, we are learning that he had plenty of incidental from the secret service. that january 6th could turn bloody. and, yet, that didn t change how the department of homeland security, is department of justice, the fbi, the entities that are supposed to protect our country, from domestic extremism. that didn t change how they behaved. it could turn bl
weakened to the degree that it cannot do the things that it it has done in invading ukraine. when it comes to russia s war games, russia is failing, ukraine is succeeding. we do not know how the rest of this war will unfold, but we do know that a sovereign, independent ukraine, will be around a lot longer than vladimir putin is on the scene. in the hours after the secretaries of defense and state completed a risky trip by train this weekend to meet with president zelenskyy in kyiv, russia has been intensifying its attacks. targeting infrastructure deep inside the country. nbc s cal perry is live for us tonight in kyiv, cal was that trip all about. was it a ceremonial show of force, where did it mean something more for them to be there? i think part of it was the
we re out of time, the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now. with stephanie ruhl starts now tonight, the new explosive january 6th attack solicitors between trump s inner circle and the usual gop suspects and congress. the former president has troubles of his known. feels been found in contempt. then, two cabinet members making high stakes, high risk trip to the capital of ukraine as russia strikes the brunt of the country.
affairs analyst. his book titled from cold war to hot piece, an american ambassador in putin s russia. ambassador, i want to start with what we heard from secretary blinken. this message that ukraine is winning, russia is losing. is that how ukrainians feel? i have spent the last week of volunteering at the poll and ukraine border and all of those people who are crossing the border had lost everything. they lost their homes, they were leaving their, sons they were leaving their husbands. they certainly did not feel like they were winning. so was he right to be sending that message? yes and no. i think that it is right to send that message about the war altogether. because remember, what were the key objectives that putin said he was going to do? first he was going to annex all of ukraine. because they do not deserve to exist as an independent nation. he s failed at that. he was going to t nazify the country, regime change kills
kyiv and keep the tanks on the outer edge. we saw that driving in. the destruction was everywhere, but the russians were stopped dead in their tracks on the outskirts of the city. now the discussion is about how the russians can be killed before russia fleas this country. there s concern about nuclear retaliation, there s concern that russia could use chemical weapons, but for the first time since this war started, it hears like we are from the government, that they have russia on the run. they want long-range artillery, not just to keep the russians at bay, this russian artillery goes 40 kilometers. it s determined around and pushed him back into russia. cal perry, thank you, good to see you again. i appreciate you joining us. i want to bring michael mcfaul into the conversation. former u.s. ambassador to russia and msnbc international affairs analyst. his book titled from cold war to hot piece, an american ambassador in putin s russia. ambassador, i want to start with what we heard