russia, possibly into other areas they control as well like crimea to ratchet up the tensions. the truth is, ckasie, there is just one man and he s sitting in the kremlin. the ukrainians have been relegated to the role of spectator in all of this as their future hangs in the balance. i wonder to what extent you are hearing about how concerned they are about what s going on. reporter: yeah. they are very concerned. one of the big mantras is we are not going to discuss anything about ukraine without ukraine. in fact, what we are seeing is exactly that happen. there have been one-on-one meetings between president biden and president putin, online meetings. u.s. representatives and russian representatives that nato and russia as well. ukraine has been out of the mix. it s easy to forget this is a
that s right, andrea. this goes to the point of, is this the moment when the flood gates are going to open? when something fundamentally changes about how sexual misconduct is dealt with and talked about in our society. obviously, you covered the trial in the hill hearings, and that was initially thought to be a moment where there would be a sea change. and it didn t happen. so the question is, is this the moment, i think, that we will see things fundamentally start to change? and i think to ckasie s point, we ll know when the rules on capitol hill start to shift and when it becomes easier, not only in the halls of congress, but in workplaces all across the country can start to report sexual misconduct. andrea? and to stephanie gosk, thank you for all the reporting that you have been doing. these are tough stories to report on. and you can really be a beacon
money that it s going to take to be competitive and what s going to be a really expensive race. ckasie, thank you. all right. a live look at the white house where in just about 30 minutes from now, president obama is going to hold his first news conference since april. we re going to take you there and cover that. al qaeda, russia, and the immigration battle are just some of the subjects he s expected to address. first, there s a lot going on today. here are just some of the things we thought you should know. senator mitch mcconnell s campaign is doing some major damage control. they post pd light-hearted picture to the campaign s facebook page yesterday showing the minority leader and his cam page manager holding his nose. the message reads, like if you agree nothing smells worse than obama care. they posted the picture after benton was caught in a reported phone conversation saying, quote, between you and me, i m sort of holding my nose for two years. what we re doing here is g