michael mcfaul says russia could be coming closer to a compromise with ukraine. the idea that the only thing that we can do to end the war in ukraine is to give them a face sitting way out which usually translates to by the way giving him ukrainian tele-tory think this is a whole episode has really undermine the hypothesis. maybe putin will negotiate not when he s winning or not when he s given a gift of territory in ukraine but when he s using, as he just did yesterday. joining me now with the latest nbc news foreign correspondent raf sanchez. what more can you tell us about president zelenskyy s conversation with president biden? well, alicia, these conversations between kyiv and washington are ongoing in regular and they are happening at all levels of government. president biden spoke to president zelenskyy but lloyd austin the u.s. defense secretary spoke to his counterpart ukrainian defense minister today also. and yesterday we saw that general mark really the ch
good monday morning. i m hallie jackson in washington we re coming on the air learning more people have been killed in a massive winter storm with emergency workers only starting to get to some of the hardest hit areas now. we just got an update from officials near buffalo we will bring you live what they said we are looking at western new york buried under several feet of snow. the governor describing it all as a war zone. i know how hard this is but western new yorkers are tough. we know how to deal with this. we will get through this together we ll have more on that in a second new tension on the korean peninsula after north korea fires drones over soak soak for the first time in years. how the south is responding. plus, the first christmas holiday inn ukraine since the war began. the defiant message from president zelenskyy later in the show here at home with holiday shopping season over, the return the gift season is kicking into high gear. what you should know abo
migrants that they don t really want to send back to mexico to begin with. complicated, indeed. miriam jordan, thank you for your time. that wraps up the hour for me. i m jose. follow the show online. i thank you for the privilege of your time. andrea mitchell picks up with more news right now. good morning. i m andrea mitchell in washington. following the aftershocks of the supreme court s decision to overturn roe v. wade radling the political landscape. thousands of americans on both sides of the issue in red states and blue have been taking to the streets since friday s decision. the majority protesting against the decision. the polls show most americans do oppose it. i am in fear for every woman in the country. it s painful today. it really hurts. you can t believe our country has gone backwards. democrats control. they have the majority. if they abolish the filibuster and decide to do something about it, they can. new pressure on president biden to take ste
ukraine. he needs him for his own protection. he also needs him to keep prigozhin s troops in line. putin can t imagine what would happen if prigozhin were arrested or disappeared. what would happen to the tens of thousands of men who are actively serving and prigozhin s private army? hundreds of thousands who served in the army in the past. so, this is really, putin might be better off if he could get rid of him. it might be too risky of a proposition. there are many questions that remain in this moment. i appreciate all the asterisks you point on every answer. marcia gessen, as always, thank you for your time. next, how moscow is moving or the rebellion. stay with us. wh itus