what happened in his meeting with president biden, and what sort of promises were made, and what sort of promises can be kept? the alliance is sticking together, and the money and weapons have been pouring in along with still firm sanctions on moscow. but, with a u.s. presidential election looming, what can ukraine count on long term, and what can nato expect? are there contingencies for a second donald trump administration if it comes to that, and what about at other variable? republican lawmakers on the hill, the party is publicly split on supporting ukraine. some even calling for the u.s. to pull funding immediately. so as the president heads to helsinki to celebrate finland s entry and sweden s ascension, let s discuss what s to come. nbc correspondent josh lederman, in kyiv, kelly cobiella, and with me, new york times chief white house correspondent peter baker. everybody, welcome. josh, let me start with you. walk us through the meeting with president zelenskyy and th
coronavirus overtaking wuhan, china. what do we do? oh, you know who we could ask? the wuhan novel respiratory coronavirus lab. the disease [laughter] is the same name as the lab are. [laughter] that s just, that s just a little too weird, don t you think? howard: here s i stewart on his apple f the show reflecting on the backlash. i thought it was a pretty good can bit that expressed kind of how i felt. and the two things that came out of it were i m racist against asian people and how dare i align myselfs with the alt-right. howard: unreal. i bring this up, of course, because parts of the biden administration now believe the kid thely virus did originate from that wuhan lap lab. we don t know for sure, but the media and social media played a key role in stifling any debate. i m howard kurtz and this is mediabuzz. howard: ahead, brian kilmeade on his interview with ron desantis and the house investigating george santos. one politician who got beat up pretty badly
are very far apart. everyone is expecting a strike to happen at midnight. it s really just a question of if there could be a last minute miracle that comes in there, and i serious doubt it. i was talking to one big wig the other night who was telling me that the writers, what they everyone was making gobs of cash. it s 2023. is that a fair assessment? yes and no. certainly the old days of the 22-episode season show was great for writers room and writers overall, but the peak tv phenomenon of the past five to seven years where there are 500, 600 scripted shows on the air, that s also been very good for writers. it s just set up an economic system where when you go into a situation that we have now where they are reducing the number of things that are made, that s not good for writers either. so they re going to have to come up with a formula for, you know,
at the scene where his wife and son were killed, and the jury agreed after just three hours of clicks. i say anxiously awaiting because the trial was constantly airing on the three cable news network, often blotting out any other semblance of news. millions of people were hooked on the trial, and that s fine. but as tragic as this unspeakable crime was with, this was a local south carolina story involving a rich white guy that became a tv phenomenon because it turned into a daily soap opera. the tv bosses milkedded it, the legal pundits talked around the clock as with so many previous stories about murders or missing white women. now that more cough has been sentenced to life of in prison, or i m glad it s over, but i still don t think it had enough national significance to warrant constant live coverage except that lot of people, not including me, wanted to catch. concern to watch. savannah gut arely disappeared from the today show. savannah left early, she wasn t feeling great, s
they are really running for president. it s the easiest cheapest way to publicity and increasing speaking fees and will do wonders for his show. we re just being played and i don t understand why they keep put teenager on tv. i covered donald trump and has a genius for publicity, built a skating rink. but this birther claim that he is giving a lot of people take donald trump seriously, as national figure. why do we continue to take him seriously? you seem to be indicating we re surrendering to the trump mystique. no but why? why do we do it? i think it s a tv phenomenon. he wants to be replayed in clips like you re constantly playing xgt i write about donald trump