with qualifying internet. until the first contest of the 2024 presidential primaries and the republican front runner has spent more time campaigning from courtrooms then in iowa. my all-star panel will discuss why donald trump s legal strategy is part of his political strategy, with chilling consequences for democracy. breaking news on capitol hill, congressional leaders come to an agreement they hope will buy them more time to avert a government shutdown. the problem is, speaker johnson will have to convince right-wing republicans to go along. and rising tensions before the second time in two days, the u.s. launches missile strikes against iran-backed militia militia. ranking member of the house foreign affairs committee, joins me live to discuss america s growing role in the middle east crisis. i m jonathan capehart, this is the saturday show. good evening. thank you for joining us in our brand-new timeslot. we really begin with the iowa caucuses, which are just two
And so, we look forward to continuing to work with taiwan, and our ally, and do we need to do in that regards. And we continue to talk to the chinese. Also, some other things that theyve said, but weve got to watch them very closely, particularly between now and may, when the president would be inducted. But, i am also pleased at what took place in san francisco, for example, between President Biden and president xi. Theres some commitments that were made, and more dialogue that is allowed to happen. So im still, as you said, the former chair Ranking Member of the foreign affairs committee, where diplomacy is really important. And so, i want to push for it with the diplomatic exchanges, knowing that we also have the military backup, and diplomacy is a dialogue conversation, its tremendously important, and we will continue in that vein. All right, congressman
current and future bloodshed in ukraine? i know that the biden administration is threading the needle, keeping us unified with our european allies. absolutely key. and as you see this, more and more sanctions, there s more and more to come. this will be additional pressure that will come from allies, not just our european allies, but in asia, on the continent of africa, democracies across the world. it is that unity that will defeat putin. he would like to divide us. as you see thus far, our allies and the united states have stood together and increasing the sanctions on them and having dialogue conversation and walking in lock step. that s ultimately what will be
would be, for instance, on ukrainian soil just a few minutes from moscow, some that would clearly be unacceptable to russia. very close looking at what an eastward expansion of nato would mean, fears what would happen on ukrainian soil. some hope, however, despite all that fiery rhetoric we have heard, that there could be some hope of dialogue. dialogue conversation that could start as soon as january. we shall see. oren, how is the u.s. in the meantime responding to putin s latest demands? the biden administration has made it clear that russia can t make demands or compel or determine the foreign policy of another country, bl that be ukraine or somebody else. it s not up to russia, it s not up to putin whether ukraine joins anyway toe. that is up to ukraine as a sovereign county of its own, and russia can t make those decisions for another country. that s been clear from president joe biden, as well as secretary of state antony blinken who said
will help them politically, empower them and disempower their oppressors in this regime. what if it helps them economically as you say and they use that funding to support sides that are antagonistic to the united states around the globe? well they may well do that. our own allies like saudi arabia qatar, also support groups around the world that are antagonistic to us. iran supports the houthis in yemen but some of our gulf allies support geejihadists. this deal does not solve all of america s problems with iran. but it does create the basis for a dialogue conversation with iran and i think it makes the price of iranian bad behavior higher because then iran jeopardizes the relationship they now potentially have p with the rest of the world. prime minister benjamin netanyahu said he views this as a threat to the survival of israel. dutz he have the political power