living in democratically backward countries. that, together with those living in outright non democratic regimes, make up more than two thirds of the total global population. so, in poland yesterday, joe biden, while speaking about vladimir putin, said the guys gotta go. for a moment, my heart leapt. their leader of the free world was finally saget had to be said about it imperialistic despots. let s be clear, america does not do this well. this idea of getting involved to save civilian populations. we did it totally the wrong way in afghanistan. despite our red lines, syria remains a failed state, propped up by iran and russia, with most of the population in exile. the rohingya in myanmar continue to be persecuted by the majority. the democrats are the government in india continue to the uyghur muslims and china are forced into so-called reeducation, hard labor concentration camps. where force cultural
brutality will never grind down the world to be free. ukraine will never be a victory for russia, for free people refuse to live in a world of hopelessness and darkness, when they have a different future, a bigger future, of hope and light, of decency and freedom of poss possibilities. this man cannot remain in power. the american president told the world that vladimir putin must go, but the white house said that last part was ad libbed and denied the president was calling for regime change in moscow. that crucial sentence came after the president offered this powerful warning to moscow. don t even think about moving on one single inch of nato territory. we have sacred obligation, we
well, with our lives sometimes. and with the lives of our loved, once and our children. and so i think that phrase was just extremely off. and i think that the speech writers should definitely, there is no truth in that. if the president wants to talk to us about not being afraid, if you come to kyiv. if you come to the ukrainian parliament. if you come to the administration of the president of ukraine. and he should speak there directly to the people of ukraine. talk to me about the rest of, it including the part with that the president ad lib at the end, saying putin has to get out, he has to be gotten. some of intermitted this is a call for regime change, the way this as it is not really. when you think that is going to be impactful? that the president of the united states certainly seems to, feel if he was meant to say it or not, that vladimir putin is the problem and needs to be gone? that is a, truth i think putin is a problem.
not just the people there in poland, but the people of the. world a huge speech billed as a battle between democracy and autocracies. vladimir putin and the russians have said that we are going to focus on the eastern part of this country, yesterday the top russian general had said. that but it turns out obviously to be had of. it in from where i am sitting right now, we saw that happen firsthand. it was, shattering i think, to the people. here we talked yesterday about how people tried to go about their normal lives of a sense of defiance. today, it is much quieter on the streets. we walk into a church earlier today. last sunday we were in the same charge. it was a sparsely attended service. today the church was packed with people praying for peace. praying for the war to. and in i am sure people were terrified, completely rattled, by what happened yesterday. jacob, thank you for your reporting. we will continue to talk to you through the course of the next couple of hours. jacob so
an empire will never erase the people s love for liberty. brutality will never grind down their will to be free. ukraine will never be a victory for russia for free people refuse to live in a world of hopelessness and darkness. we will have a different future, a brighter future rooted in democracy and principle, hope and light, of decency and dignity, of freedom and possibilities. for god s sake, this man cannot remain in power. in no uncertain terms, the american president told the world that vladimir putin must go. the white house said that last part, that vladimir putin must go, was ad-libbed and denied that the president was calling for a regime change in moscow. a kremlin spokesperson reacted by saying it was not mmr. boiden s decision to make. even as the u.s. president was still in poland, russian