defending mr. biden s controversial decision to send cluster munitions to ukraine. the hard but necessary choice amounted to this. if we didn t do it, if we don t do it, then they will run out of ammunition. if they run outof ammunition, they will be defenseless. every ally said they understand why we re doing this, when we re doing it. my conversation this morning with nato s secretary-general, one day after he successfully worked with turkey and sweden s leader to alleviate concerns and pave the way for sweden to join nato. sweden will become a member of the alliance. that s good for sweden. it s good for turkey. it s good for whole of nato. with both in the alliance, the whole task of protecting the baltic area becomes so much easier for this alliance. this is important for the whole nato, but in particular this region. good day. i m andrea mitchell in lithuania. we begin with the scene moments ago. president zelenskyy at a concert here at nato just hours after he
these are the first daylight pictures from and barr province in iraq, one of the seven locations struck. baghdad is condemning the attack, saying the white house glide about saying they were informed before. it msnbc has reached out to the national security council. the iraqi foreign council has summoned the top diplomat to deliver for a note of process, syria s foreign ministry adding to the condemnation, saying the u.s. is feeling regional conflict and quote, a very dangerous way. biden has been clear that this is just the start of u.s. retaliation for the deaths of three u.s. soldiers on sunday. six days ago, the next phase could also include cyber targets as well as air strikes. we start this hour with lieutenant journal steph twitty, former deputy commander of u.s. european command, and back with us, jeremy bash, former chief of staff and secretary leon panetta at the pentagon and actually at the cia. so general, your reaction to the targets that they chose, the scope in
this is gps , the global public square. welcome to all of you in the united states and around the world. i m fareed zakaria. today on the program, from the czars in czarrinas to soviet air come issars, to president putin. we delve into the nature of power in russia. looking at the past to help us understand the present. i ll talk to the new yorker s david remnick and professor nina khrushcheva. and also the prime minister of barbados on getting the west to pay for damage from climate change rising seas and wild weather. two degrees is a death sentence. and the president of kenya on why many nations in the global south are not taking a side on the war in ukraine. but first, here is my take. in his important book the third wave, samuel huntington pointed out the division among the ruling elite is a key sign of weakness in authoritarian regimes. when members of the establishment break with the system, it triggers a larger set of changes. conversely, when you do not se
world. i m fareed zakaria. today on the program from the czars and arenas to soviet-era com czars to president putin. we delve into the nature of power in russia looking at the past to help us understand the present. i ll talk to the new yorkers david remnick can professor nina krus efa. also the prime minister of barbados on getting the west to pay for damage for the climate change s rising seas and weather. two degrees is a death sentence. and the president of kenya on why many nations in the global south are not taking a side on the war in ukraine. but first, here s my take. in his important book the third wave samuel huntington pointed out the division among the ruling elite is a key sign of weakness in authoritarian regimes. when prominent members of the establishment break with the system it often triggers a larger set of changes. conversely, when you do not see such defections it means the autocrat will probably be able to survive. syrian dictator bashar al ass
me save you some breath. if you re going to ask about this, i am not addressing [inaudible] i know you do. more than i d like you to have. i am not going to address this issue from this podium. i m just not going to do it. [inaudible conversations] thanks, guys. have a great weekend. maria: oh, yeah, no response from the white house to the damning message from hunter biden to the to a chinese executive demanding he keep his, quote, commitment or face retaliation from the big guy. then-vice president joe e biden. and, quote, everybody he knows. coming up, chairman jim jordan on why fbi never followed up on the potential corruption in plain sight. oversight committee members byron donalds and south carolina congresswoman nancy mace on what comes next in their investigation of the biden family influence peddling. all of this as communist china ramps up aggression with plans for a military training and spy center in cuba, 100 # miles away from the florida coast, amidst a we