a new military aid package that would include more artillery for ukrainian forces. meanwhile, the humanitarian crisis grows more dire by the day. the u.n. now estimates more than 5 million people have fled the war-torn country. joining us now with more is nbc news correspondent erin mclaughlin in ukraine. rick stengel is the former undersecretary for public diplomacy and public affairs under president obama, served on president biden s transition team. he is also an msnbc political analyst. we re also joined by jonathan lamir and host of way too early here on msnbc. erin, what is the very latest where you are? reporter: hey, jose. all eyes on the besieged city of mariupol, where ukrainian officials once again are furiously trying to set up a
today praising her. she s going to work with nikki haley to replace nikki at the united nations. she ll be ambassador to the united nations. she s very talented, very smart, very quick. and i think she s going to be respected by all. all right. so is heather nauert? as a journalism graduate, she worked at fox as an anchor and a correspondent between 2001 and 2017. she hosted the president s favorite show on the network, fox & friends. she is the latest former fox news staffer hired by trump. back in april of 2017, president trump selected heather nauert to be the state department spokesperson and in charge of this year she was selected as the acting undersecretary for public diplomacy and public affairs at the state department, that position wrapped up in october. also nbc news confirmed
i believe that trump admires authoritarians. he doesn t just like putin, he wants to be like putin. he wants to have that kind of power that is largely unaccountable, unchecked. hillary clinton on rachel l maddow s show just this evening and to talk about it with us tonight, new york times national political correspondent amy chozik who was the paper s lead recorder covering hillary clinton. and her campaign. and rick stengel is back with us as well, former undersecretary for public diplomacy and public affairs at the state department, also formerly managing editor at time magazine. welcome to you both. amy, was anything there for stridetrmore strident than a, you re used to, b, her tone in the book
authoritarians. he doesn t just like putin, he wants to be like putin. he wants to have that kind of power that is largely unaccountable, unchecked. hillary clinton on rachel l maddow s show just this evening and to talk about it with us tonight, new york times national political correspondent amy chozik who was the paper s lead recorder covering hillary clinton. and her campaign. and rick stengel is back with us as well, former undersecretary for public diplomacy and public affairs at the state department, also formerly managing editor at time magazine. welcome to you both. amy, was anything there for more strident than a, you re used to, b, her tone in the book and other subsequent interviews? i thought it was consistent with the book. one thing, during the campaign i used to joke with some of hillary s friends, we want to start a free hillary movement. why doesn t she say what she really thinks? right.
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