Tell us, we re all trying to understand, we get the phase one trying to take over kyiv in two, three days fail for the russians. but who is winning phase two, the war taking place in the south and east of ukraine? the phase two is still unfortunately in its early stages. there s a lot of war left to be fought. however, what we are seeing on the ground is ukrainian forces able to, first, blunt russian attempts to advance on multiple axies against ukraine and in recent days ukrainian forces exceeding in sustaining a counteroffensive around one of the contested towns of kharkiv and pushing russian forces back. they re pushing russian forces back to see infectively now they have a chance, ukrainian forces, to advance to the russian border and we have the russians destroying bridges as they are retreating.
Russians. but who is winning phase two, the war taking place in the south and east of ukraine? the phase two is still unfortunately in its early stages. there s a lot of war left to be fought. however, what we are seeing on the ground is ukrainian forces able to, first, blunt russian attempts to advance on multiple axies against ukraine and in recent days ukrainian forces exceeding in sustaining a counteroffensive around one of the contested towns of kharkiv and pushing russian forces back. they re pushing russian forces back to see infectively now they have a chance, ukrainian forces, to advance to the russian border and we have the russians destroying bridges as they are retreating. that s an important indicator of the potential ukraine will be able to mount a larger coming offensive in coming weeks and potentially be able to retake syria throughout. but what about the level of destruction the russians are
Who last month pulled out more than 100 celebrities who are pushing clinton further left. she s come out against keystone, pushed further left than sanders on guns and this week she flipped on the trans pacific partnership, the tpp. biden thought he could make a play to clinton s left as if the current front-runner has infectively boxed him out. before he s even had a chance to step on the court. i mean katy perry and john lewis? is she now unbeetable? that s a lovely combination. it s a 1-2 punch. the interesting thing with biden is that he s incredibly likeable. people feel this fondness for him after what he s been through. at the same time, our policies roo now are so polarized that i just think that it s not about compromise and finding a middle ground. it s really about build mag jort that s can defeat majority and minorities. i mean if you want to win on climate change and women s preproductive rights and on gun
Vital arctic resource development is for thousands alaskans. groups are on the attack just last week the administration gave a final okay to shell, to drill for oil off the northwest coast while fossil fuels are partly to blame for climate change. for somebody like president obama who presumably understands the science and understands the numbers, it s infectively like drill baby, drill. the administration argues unprecedented safety measures are part of the new shell drilling lease and want to keep the trip s focus on climate change. inaction is no longer an option. these families, these communities, their way of life is being threatened. families like the benders. watching melting glaciers turn into waterfalls. when you see that, what does it mean to you? again, business as we know it is going to change. changing along with the spectacular scenery that s the backdrop to the on going debate.
Them come to the embassy and have the diplomats move around the country. greater access more information. that is a quicker path to freedom and democracy than what we ve been doing the last 50 years. do you understand the concerns, secretary? we had robert menendez and the washington post saying why legitimatize that regime now? why not force them into see who is taking political dissidents prisoner and things like that before you give them legitimacy of an embassy. there is not a favor. this is an ability for us to connect much more infectively with the cuban people. it means that they ll have greater access to americans. they ll have greater access to information and greater access to resources as more americans go there as we re with them. that is the way to get democracy. i have great respect for people p concerns about the policy. en that want to do the right thing much we all want to do the right thing. but what we ve been trying this for 50 years, keeping them isolated. it