i don t want to do it. save the money. feed the poor. harry reid. his modesty made him unique, you might say, in politics. but his humility was rooted in his strong values from a humble childhood, rising from searchlight to the spotlight and becoming one of the most celebrated and consequential senate leaders in history. yet, throughout his more than four decades of public service and even at the highest levels, he never forgot his north star, to fight for working families like his own and to fight for nevada. indeed, harry loved his home state, you know that. he did everything he could to ensure nevadaens voices were heard. whether protecting the state s natural environment or its political environment, especially its coveted role in the presidential selection
the whole conversation would last about five minutes, but in those five minutes, he d communicate more than some folks do in a couple hours. that s who harry was. a man who knew what was important and didn t believe in dwelling on what wasn t. one former colleague explained it by saying, to harry, good-bye was an unnecessary word. it might not have been necessary for harry, but it is for us. good-bye, harry. thank you for everything. nevada has never had a greater champion in the senate, and the
that, he and landra headed for the door. pragmatism, adaptability, a premium on getting things done, a lack of pretension, and abiding loyalty. that s what harry reid represented. a man of old-school virtues. they are qualities that are in short supply these days. and yet, it seems to me they are precisely the qualities our democracy requires. harry understood, we don t have to see eye-to-eye on everything. in order to live together.
by phone as well. we want to bring in nbc s reporting on everything white house on the moment. lauren, talk to me. thank you so much for joining us on this. the response at the white house that we are expecting, and of course this money that the president is now asking for when it s coming to additional aid, to ukraine. what more are we learning? the white house has certainly going to continues exploring different avenues available to them to help ukraine. the one thing the president has been very explicit about that is not on the table is actually sending u.s. troops into the region to fight russia. what we have seen over this past week, is buckets of sanctions against russia that really came to a head on friday, with the president issuing a sanction directly targeting russian president vladimir putin. this was a big moments that was largely symbolic. it is very difficult to
switched recognition from taipei to beijing in 2019, wants to demonstrate australia but it does other options besides just lining up beside us on everything. china is also trying to demonstrate both its growing interest in the world and also, sending a message to australia which the rather poor relations in the past few years. i think domestic politics in the solomon islands plays into this. find politics in the solomon islands plays into this. politics in the solomon islands plays into this. and those tense relations between plays into this. and those tense relations between china - plays into this. and those tense relations between china and - relations between china and australia also possibly a factor in what we are seeing from the australian response. how do you see