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
than half of the republican members of congress and before all the votes were even counted in iowa on monday night, at least at least a fair, nick the gop house conference, there was already calling for the other candidates to drop out. this weekend, she is in new hampshire campaigning on the former president s behalf and maybe auditioning to be his running mate. also at a rally last night, trump received a key endorsement for one of his former 2024 opponents, the south carolina senator tim scott, who was ironically appointed to his position by then south carolina governor nikki haley. as was the case in 2016, virtually the entire gop is falling in line behind trump. nearly two thirds of iowa republicans say that they believe he would still be fit to be president even if he is fit committed of a crime. a similar responded that believe president biden legitimately run the 2020 election. a sign that trump s baseless big lie continues to have a hold on the gop. the response
robot arriving at the search zone for the missing titanic submersible. the mission to find the five people on board critical juncture as experts warn the air supply may run thought a matter of minutes. todd piro joins us with the latest. todd: the coast guard is leading the international effort to find the five passengers on board who to your point are expected to run out of oxygen just minutes from now at 7:08 eastern time that literally is seven minutes from right now. officials are unsure if those reported under water banging noises are a sign of life. we don t know what they re. it s inconclusive. the important pieces we are searching in the area where the noises were detected. todd: the search now expanded to over 2.5 miles below the surface with more vessels and special equipment joining. in crews also surveys over 14,000 square miles twice the size of the state of kentucky cut. we are learning more about the history of ocean gates expedition with reports one pass
the ingraham angle from washington tonight. now what is going to matter more to the country? the retirement from the presidential race of chris christie, who devoted his campaign to smashing trump and polling at 3.6% nationally or retirement from college football of nick saban who won 297 games, 10 sec championships, seven championships and had heisman trophy winners? that s all. i know which will upset me most. bowing to political reality, chris christie did drop out of the gop primary race today and turns out, it is surprising and shocking to you tonight, the gop constituency is not actually watching morning joe and it doesn t hang on every thing the new york times publishes. you would see chris christie debate teachers union and know that. for someone as sharp as he is, he totally missed the obvious, republicans are fed up with the old guard for a long time, fed up with wars, with pro-china trade policy, border, the push for more immigration and big spending. why would
ago, which is interesting because the mayor of miami could be the next president of the united states. here is a song i never heard before but i wish i had. i really enjoyed it. have you heard this song before. will: i will be honest my very familiar to brian kilmeade i have never heard it but i kind of like it. brian: do you have the album with you, chris? [laughter] chris is going to look no bad days? ainsley: it is a great beat. brian kilmeade the other day had to read a tease drop it like it s hot the song. brian: i had no idea what. ainsley: drop it like it s hot. i said brian, it s a song drop it like it s hot. does the song go drop it like it s hot? brian: did i not say that i had no idea. the only tease i read twice. i kept reading it because i. ainsley: drop it like it s hot. drop that like it s hot. brian: by doing that allow other anchors to do it in the future go back and read it live on camera. ainsley: we were all going to the tv when bret came