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
some sound from president biden. it is from friday on this topic. i think the republicans have made clear that they don t intend to stop with the dobbs decision. no, they won t. not until they get a national ban on abortion. if somehow congressman rick pass a national ban, i will veto it. there you have it. president biden wild applause and you prevent republicans in congress for trying to pass a national ban. the last 48 hours, if they chose, anything it s the amount that this administration has on its plate. the multiple challenges they are contending with. talk to us. when it comes to the possibility of something like a national ban on abortion, the role that the biden administration s place to put in the plate fight. well, they are going to be absolutely critical. look, i think it is possible that republicans in the house, the extreme maga republicans in the house continue to push for an abortion ban. they are completely out of step people.