one year later. almost exactly a year ago missile attacks against the capital of ukraine, kyiv. to most this was a surprise attack and invasion. the ukrainians didn t see it coming, nor did the europeans. the one consistent voice cautioning that an invasion was likely, the u.s. intelligence community. another surprise for the world, the intense resolve about entertainer turned president volodymyr zelenskyy, unlike others in his position he didn t flee but only left the country a handful of times to plea for guns and ammunition. and for the last year he s faced off from across the border with vladimir putin who has ruled russia for more than two de decades. the key player who is not a participant in the war, the united states of america. it is the country that has organized the sanctions against russia, it is the country that has been the single biggest provider of military and nonmilitary assistance and tonight on this special program, you ll hear from two top officials on am
the another surprise for the world the intense resolve of that entertainer turned president, volodymyr zelenskyy. unlike others in his position, he did not indeed, he s only left the country a handful of times to plea for guns and ammunition. and for the last year, he has faced off from across the border with vladimir putin, who has ruled russia for more than two decades. a key player who is not a participant in the war, the united states of america. it is a country that has organized the sanctions against russia. it is the country that has been the single biggest provider of military and non-military assistance, and tonight, on this special program, you will hear from two top officials on america s national security team. first, the biden administration s key player on countering russia s war in ukraine, the national security adviser jake sullivan, who is with president biden in kyiv this week. also, usaid administrator samantha power, the official responsible for making
tonight with the context, political analyst dahlia schneidlin, and the former federal prosecutor joe moreno. hello, welcome to the programme. under the united states constitution, everyone has the right to the fifth amendment. but for many years, donald trump held a particular view of those who invoked it. so, they have five people taking the fifth amendment, like you see on the mob, right? you see mob take the fifth. if you re innocent, why are you taking the fifth amendment? fifth amendment, fifth - amendment, fifth amendment. horrible. horrible! but today in new york, he refused to answer any questions under oath, pleading the fifth. the former president had been deposed in a civil case brought by new york attorney general, letitia james, who is investigating whether the trump organisation inflated then deflated the value of its prized assets, its golf courses, its skyscrapers, to deceive the lenders and the tax authorities. in a statement soon after, mrtrump said. joe,
now, i ve come to his home in new england in the united states to talk to this powerful and often controversial figure about a life that has taken him from nazi germany to the doors of the oval office itself and onto the world stage. we ll talk about the leaders he s known, his new book is called leadership, the events he s witnessed, the times he s lived through and the ideas that have shaped him. and, of course, about our disordered world. growing up in germany, henry kissinger was a witness to the nazi era and the events that shaped his ideas about the world. the family fled germany for america in 1938, and kissinger was drafted into the united states army in 1943, serving in germany. one of the liberators of a concentration camp, there he saw even more clearly than before the cost of war. it was a subcamp of bergen belsen, and of course, one had read about concentration camps. and i had not realised until i saw that camp the depths to which human beings could be reduced.
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. russian missiles have struck the capital of ukraine just as g7 world leaders gather in germany and as president zelensky warned the war was entering a difficult phase. the russian strike hit a nine storey residential building in kyiv, killing one person and injuring six others, including a seven year old girl. our correspondent nick beake has been at the scene. once again, ukraine s capital is under attack. explosion this video said to show the city s horizon as more russian rockets hit. and once again, civilians are in the firing line. a residential block in the centre of kyiv smouldering, ripped apart. screams inside, rescuers reach a young girl, pinned down by debris. they manage to bring her to safety and then take her to hospital. moments later, a ukrainian official appears outside, brandishing a russian passport, saying that one woman still trapped is originally from moscow. shortly afterwards, parame