From the ground in ukraine. It was the highest level visit to ukraine since the invasion. Defense secretary lloyd austin and Secretary Of State Antony Blinken made the risky journey to visit ukrainian president zelenskyy in the capitol, kyiv, there, the u. S. Promised return of diplomats to ukraine and new military aid. President biden also finally announced a nominee for ambassador to ukraine, the current ambassador to slovakia, bridget brink. We dont know how the rest of the war will unfold but we do know a sovereign, independent ukraine will be around a lot longer than Vladimir Putin on the scene and our support for ukraine Going Forward will continue. It will continue until we see final success. Following his visit, austin made the administrations most aggressive comments toward russia so far, saying it intends to see russia, quote, weakened. We want to see russia weakened to a degree that it cant do the kinds of things that it has done in invading ukraine, so it has already lost a
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Mitch mcconnell said about donald trump just hours after the attack on the u. S. Capitol. All this is coming out. How the republican leader plans to cut into trumps influence on the party moving forward. Plus, a new series of Text Messages sheds more light on efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Including talk of invoking martial law to help trump stay in power. And the former president held in contempt for failing to comply with a subpoena from New York State. Ordered to pay 10,000 a day until he hands over the documents being sought. We will have the latest on that. Also this morning, the debate over free speech rages on as the worlds richest person, elon musk, prepares to become the sole owner of twitter. Does that mean former President Trump will return to the platform . And dr. Deborah birx will be our guest, as she speaks out about her experience inside the Trump White House during covid. Including her efforts to clean up the former president s own disinformation. Remember disi
Zelenskyy in kyiv and other senior ukrainian officials. The first senior level visit by the u. S. Since the start of the war. They promised that u. S. Diplomats will return to this country this week. Blinken also says that russias War Objectives in ukraine have, in his words, already failed. Were seeing that when it comes to russias war aims, russia is failing. Ukraine is succeeding. We dont know how the rest of this war will unfold, but we do know that a sovereign, independent ukraine will be around a lot longer than Vladimir Putins on the scene. Quite a Shot Across The Bow to the kremlin. Right now in the eastern part of this country, Officials Say almost the entire Luhansk Region is without water. Tens of thousands without power. This as russia intensifies attacks on that eastern part of the cannot known as the donbas. We are covering the latest from across ukraine. Back to the u. S. As well. Lets begin with matt rivers. He is reporting from the capital city of kyiv. Matt, we had a