also in terms of supplying heavy equipment to the ukrainian fighting forces. they have moved very fast. now, zelenskyy has said they haven t moved far enough, and some of the weapons they have promised haven t actually arrived yet. it ll be interesting to see the tanks, which is what the ukrainians really want, whether they get there and how quickly they get there. jonathan lemire, what is the white house going to do to pave the way for the germans to get off russian oil? they ve already begun the process, joe. they have sent over and dipped into the strategic reserves. they ve started facilitating a shipment of gas and energy to europe. i spoke to a member of the white house economic advisers who downplayed the possibility here of a major recession that comes from this decision. if germany, indeed, falls through and the eu cuts off energy and gas. but there is a recognition that there is going to be conomic
of humanitarian, the u.s. is not lagging behind in ukraine in terms of humanitarian support in my country. it would be good if the secretary general would focus on this as well. okay, mr. zhovka, top adviser to president zelenskyy, thank you so much for joining us this morning on meet the press . many thanks. joining me now is deputy national security adviser john finer. good to see you. welcome to meet the press . thanks for having me. thanks for being here. let s start with president zelenskyy saying he is expecting a visit by the secretaries of state and defense. that he was very clear, he said, quote, they should not come here with empty hands, not just presents and cakes but with specific weapons. what will they be offering specifically on this trip? i would say a few things. we re in very close contact with our ukrainian counterparts, including those two secretaries, the president and president zelenskyy at all times. we ve also been quite clear that if we are going
but sees this as, everybody was saying this sort of stuff at the time. as long as those who came around very early and got inside with him, then he s okay with that, but one interesting thing i found and the president came out in an interview with the wall street journal and said that he didn t like what mccarthy had to say but it was said. he was asked, will you still support him as speaker and he said, well, you know, is anyone else running and it was this shade. when asked someone close to the president about that, he always holds something in his pocket. we don t know what else is out there and he likes to dangle something for people who need him and that s what he s doing. carol hits at something that was a theme of the trump administration when we covered him that he may say something on day one it may evolve. what he s saying right now might not be how he feels in another month or so. yeah, evolve is a nice word for it. absolutely.
administration can do. millions of people, student loan debt cancelled. mr. president, today would be a great day to cancel $50,000 in student loan debt for tens of millions of people across this country. my point is that we have nearly 200 days. and not just one negotiation going on, we should have multiple negotiations going on. there is a lot we can deliver for american families and we need to make that happen. let me ask you about student loan cancellation, which you have been talking about for quite some time. you want the president to do it unilaterally. two obama era economists warned against the president s extension of the student loan moratoriums during this time of inflation saying, quote, it s regressive and adding fuel to the fire of inflation. you are calling for more though. why does this spending make sense at this time when americans are desperate for
happened to these people. i ll talk to a top adviser to ukraine s president zelenskyy, deputy national security adviser jon finer, and to republican senator roy blunt. who recently returned from the region. and newly released tapes show congressman kevin mccarthy did want president trump to resign after january 6th. what he did is unacceptable. nobody can defend that. will mr. trump still support mccarthy s bid to become speaker? and we really need to finish delivering on some big deal promises we made during the 2020 election. i ll talk to democratic senator elizabeth warren about what she says democrats need to do to avoid disaster in november. joining me for insight and analysis are nbc news white house correspondent, carol lee, former white house political director for president george w. bush, sara fagen, new york times peter baker and errin