soon. putin s speech comes with new reporting this morning on china s growing concerns about russia s weakened status on the world stage. meanwhile, we will hear from president joe biden later this morning as he is in poland now to meet with allies following that historic trip to ukraine. also ahead, the maga members of congress staying on brand, criticizing the president for visiting ukraine. we ll go through some of their comments. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, february 21st. with me here in new york, way too early host and the white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. at the table with joe in washington, pulitzer prize-winning columnist at the washington post, eugene robinson. former white house press secretary now msnbc host jen psaki. editor for the washington post, david ignatius. also with us, founder of the bulwark, charlie sykes. joe, incredible, staggering, historic scenes yesterday of president biden walking th
that. the new piece is a year of putin s wartime lies. in the the new yorker right no. david remnick, thank you. the president s trip to kyiv is the ultimate humiliation for vladimir putin and for donald trump. the daily beast s david rothkov joins us to explain that. we ll look at where the fighting stands when clint watts joins us from the big board on the state of this russian invasion. you re watching morning joe. we ll be right back. car insurance. so you only pay for what you need! whoo! we gotta go again. only pay for what you need. liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty.
clip of lindsey graham. michael rubio has also come out against this. there is growing consensus in both housings of the congress that what the saudis have done is crossed a red line, that the mbs is going to have to play a price. the relationship with saudi arabia is going to pay a price. it is going to be a long time recovering i think because both parties are so outraged by what has happened. all right, congressman, to david s point, i want to play what marco rubio said. this is going to alter the relationship between the united states and saudi arabia for the foreseeable future. what those measures are is up for debate. congress will act. we ll see what the administration does. sounds to me like at the end of the day they will also follow suit. do you believe this? no, i don t. i want to see action. sometimes in politics you have a
the turks. this is about power politics and about a diplomatic deal. meanwhile, we have a dead journalist. nobody no proof of what on earth happened to him, stephanie. what exactly is pompeo going to use to square that circle? will it be a bone saw? i want to bring in my panel. josh letterman, national political correspondent for nbc news, david rothkov, carnegie endowment for international peace, a.b. stoddard, real clear politic, sean patrick maloney, democratic congressman from the state of new york. josh, you broke the story for nbc news about the saudi government s new plan to change their story. we know a plan is being discussed, in part along with the u.s., to essentially admit some type of culpability in the death of mr. khashoggi. that of course means acknowledging that this journalist, jamal khashoggi, is
out because i normally travel with an autopsy specialist. the president tweeted, i have no financial interest in saudi arabia or russia for that matter. if the president s watching, i want to clear something up. i never said you had financial interests. in either of those places. i don t believe you ve invested in either of them. the question is, do they have a financial interest in you? david, the washington post says the president is overvaluing our relationship with saudi arabia. we don t need them as much as he puts out there. well, that s absolutely true. saudi arabia needs us much more than we need them. they need us with regard to their tensions with iran. they need us with regard to their oil markets. they need us in a whole host of ways. much smaller economy. much less influential. they ve been playing this like they ve got the strong hand. i think it goes back to your point. i think the soughties hay s ha f