griff:here we go. rhonda santos is nearing the formal announcement of his own and is expected to follow next week as president will buzz builds around several other notable republicans. alexandria hoff is checking the latest developments. senator scott has filed to start fundraising instead of relying on third-party candidates, that is expected to kick off his entry into the race monday. he had the ground running yesterday. if you take out a loan out a violent crime you are going to jail. i will tell you the truth. reporter: the first major add purchase is $6 billion in key presidential primary states, one of those being new hampshire. that s where ron desantis was meeting with president and governor chris sununu who is eyeing a run for president. this week desantis will welcome donors to miami where it is expected the governor will declare his long-awaited presidential bid. the already confirmed candidates have a lot of ground to make up for if they went to near donald
gop race for the white house, what he says about governor rhonda sanchez and former president trump. but first the marine that charged with the choke hold death of a black homeless man on new york city subway he has broken his silence. telling the new york post the killing of jordan he said and nothing to do with race but everything to do with the broken healthcare and criminal justice system. nate foy live with more on what he had to say. practice first interview since his may 12 arrest daniel penny told the new york post quote i judge a person based on their character. i am not a white supremacist. describing himself as a normal guy. he said of the men he killed while trying to protect others on the subway, that quote it s tragic what happened to him. hopefully we can change the system that so desperately failed us. he was on his way to the gym when he encountered jordan neely the marine vet did not go into specifics about what happened before he put neely in a choke ho
okay, guys, could see about, i don t see a lot more of, you thank you much. in the meantime, in our next hour, how a neighbor is coming to russia s rescue as the world tightens sanctions. what are the, dopamine we see world headquarters here in new york, welcome everyone to alex witt reports, we begin the hour with a new reaction from russia. two new g7 sanctions and president biden s plan to send f-16 fighter jets to ukraine. president zelenskyy flew to japan today, meeting with world leaders in the city. where the u.s. dropped two atomic bombs in 1945 to end world war ii. russia s foreign minister said today, sanctions from the g7 appear to be aimed at the double containment of russia and china. the plan to send american fighter jets to ukraine now raising questions about the risk of potential escalation of the wars. here s what former national security adviser told us last hour. clearly, the uss believes that there is an escalation risk in providing f-16s. off they would
zelenskyy which is just hours from now? just hours from now. the symbolism is quite strong. it is the first face to face meeting president biden and president zelenskyy have had since president biden surprised the world by showing up in kyiv. the deliverable side of thing, the u.s. is preparing roughly $300 million defense assistance package. it is really flowing the times of munitions ukraine needs. it has been a focal point for u.s. assistance. and this is a critical one. this is not just from the bilateral meeting with president biden. it is what president zelenskyy can do not just with g-7 leaders. the g-7 has been steadfast in its support with a degree of durability that i think even surprises some of its staunchest boosters. it is the other leaders that have been invited. invited.ountries that have bee as it pertains to ukraine and russia s vegas invasion of ukraine. to share his views and more importantly, to talk about a diplomatic pathway out. if not to people them
president biden has for a long time been reluctant to send those fighter jets. yesterday the administration announced he will support american allies in their treatment ukrainian pilots on the advanced aircraft. that could eventually lead to other nations sending f-16s to ukraine. jon kirby on the president s decision when he was asked by the president doing this now who resisted clues from ukraine for more than one year. nothing change what we have been evolving our support for ukraine as the war has evolved. we are talking about fighter aircraft group that is not designed to help us in the immediate future with the counteroffensive. peter doocy s trouble with the presence joining us live. so peter, do you tell what is happening there? you have all the details give it to us a problem with questions after you start. press arthel the plan here is not to just give the ukrainian fighters fighter jets. instead is to train ukrainian pilot summer in europe once they re up to spee