sorry. i m crying happy tears, obviously in toronto, a terrific show of sportsmanship at this week s hockey game between the maple leafs and buffalo sabers o say can when the microphone suddenly cut out during the u.s. national anthem, canadian fans started singing loud enough to fill the whole arena and in west virginia, there was this special sign-off for a police canine named dexter, getting tributes from other members from the force. at the age of 16, dexter is finally ready to enjoy retirement you did it, boy. an emotional moment for his handler who s been working with dexter foror 12 years.s.
ambassador taylor, let me bring you in here. we just heard the u.s. national anthem and we ll see them walk inside. president duda and president biden together. jake sullivan is on the ground, and according to our white house, jake sullivan set up what the president will hear in the few hours, not as a head to head with president putin this morning, but rather something larger than a rebuttal to what putin said, something that will be an affirmative statement of values. how important is that knowing that this plan was made far before they knew that president putin was speaking today? exactly. president biden needs to put a broader context, tell the world, tell europe, tell ukraine, tell the americans why it s so
taken on him? yeah, in fact, i think you hit the point, which is i m most worried about his mental health. he s been doing this for four years, doing another 12 years. i think it s hard to ask of anybody. he has come up with some rituals, things that he does every day to try to, i think, survive, things like singing the u.s. national anthem every morning when he gets up. partly i think because he wants to sing it and partly because it irritates the guards. but he has been doing these things now for four years, and it s hard to imagine that he s going to have to continue to do it. and the substantial offer that the u.s. government made last summer to bring paul and to bring brittney home has built some hope. i think that has crashed down today for paul, and it s going to be hard to see him pull that back together. do you i mean, do you see a lane for a new negotiation? certainly. i think as joey said, there are americans being wrongfully
home. i understand president biden spoke with two sister elizabeth this afternoon. what was that phone call? like i have been able to update. when was the last time you are able to speak with paul? cnn heard from him. are you able to communicate with him? no. i believe that wasn t an official phone call. i haven t spoken to paul since october, 2018. he is only right now allowed to speak to our pa ar he h rituals, things that he does every day to try to survive, things like singing the u.s. national anthem every morning when he gets up. partly i think because he wants to sing in partly because it irritates the guards. he s been doing these things now for four years. it s hard to imagine that he s gonna have to continue to do it and the substantial offer that the u.s. government made that last summer to bring paul and to bring brittany home has built some hope, i think it is crashed down today for pollen is gonna be hard to see him pull that back together. do you see a lane for
things he sings the u.s. national anthem every morning. he has certain rituals that i think keep him connected. phone calls to our family that keep him connected to a world outside of the injustice that he s experiencing, but, you know, how long could any of us stand doing that? i think it s a big question. he s already made it through four years staying mentally strong, physically tough, and i know the president is working to bring him home. we heard the president directly speak about this. we heard him say he feels that way. i know you ve spoken about that as well. i want to play another clip from president biden this morning as well as brittney griner s wife cherelle addressing paul s situation today, listen. sadly for totally illegitimate reasons russia is treating paul s case differently than brittney s, and while we have not yet succeeded in securing paul s release, we are not giving up.