and if russia does invade, 50,000 could be killed within weeks. national security adviser jake sullivan is out with a warning. we re in the window where something could happen at any time. it certainly dials up the stakes of the diplomatic chess game. france s president is meeting with vladimir putin in moscow and president biden will meet with germany s chancellor in just a few hours at the white house. what will it take to reach a diplomatic conclusion to this crisis and avoid invasion? also right now, jury selection under way in the federal hate crimes trial of the three men convicted of killing ahmad arbery. the latest from that courthouse in georgia. plus, the grand old party going after its own. republicans kra cracking down on dissent in the ranks, censuring liz cheney and adam kizinger. we start with courtney kube at the pond and matt bradley is on the ground in kyiv and i want to bring in ellen farkas as well, former us assistant deputy of defense for russia, u
military escalation that could happen at any time. we believe the russians have put in place the capabilities to mount a significant military operation into ukraine, and we have been working hard to prepare a response. as coronavirus cases continue to plunge since the peak three weeks ago, some democratic governors like phil murphy in new jersey lifting mask requirements in schools. we ll talk to a top virologist who s warning about relaxing mask mandates too soon. this morning republican congressman and january 6th committee member adam kinzinger slamming them. there are members of the republican party probably who have been there for 30 years that are scared to death of the mob excluding them that they won t even speak up. the rnc deserves every aspect of backlash and is going to come down on it. certainly the rnc has lost any sense and certainly those who drive the train have lost any sense. the center of liz and i has went way too far with the rnc. and mike penc
noem and the person that should be the governor of new york , i lee zeldin. tonight.e is the okay. but tonight we begin with the washington swamp where biden s balloon saga, it is now on weekr noree an bd is getting nuttier by the day. now, today s tod developmentayse far more questions than you can ever imagine. now, earlier, your president, joey, the president of final the united states , finally said something about the other three objects besides a chinese spy balloon that he decidederic to shoot down over northr america airspace last week with four hundred thousand400,00 dollar missiles that you paid for. but don t expect any clarity from joe biden. now, here is the trulyning frightening part. joe has absolutely no idea. we told us today, none at all whatsoever. what. these objects were, e they came from, what they were doing. t he he has no idea what he ordered. our military to shoot down. i am not making this up. this is what he said earlier today. take a look. we
florida? sean: i didn t see it but i heard it. i heard it on the radio and commenting how big it was, but i didn t see it. will: my wife called and said if there s an official rankings or record book, this should have an asterisk. he was at a bar and everyone was drinking mimosas and beer. we re bacon and eggs. but it was awesome. it was a huge turnout. steve did a great job obviously. rachel: i m heading to a diner in wisconsin, next week, and i m going to have to put out the word. maybe we should have mimosas. will: you ll be inway, you re going to be in pennsylvania? sean: i m going to be in pennsylvania. let me give you the exact warminster, pennsylvania. will: i can t give you the town as quickly as you did. rachel: there should be pressure to get the same turnout as steve doocy. sean: there s no pressure. never know with diner. sometimes there s five people and sometimes there s 50. he was around the corner from his house. maybe packed with his neighbors. should ask s
justice and go after trump s political rivals. also tonight, we have come to know lindsay graham as the most cravenly opportunistic politician in america, and that s saying a lot. and now two months after saying that states should decide on abortion, he is pushing for a federal ban. and giuliani biographer andrew curtsman joins me on rudy s disgraceful dissent. he was once called america s mayor, and now he s a laughing maga stock. trump saw the governmental ageany as his. it s run by the attorney general, but when said attorney general is one william barr, things get murky. which brings us to geoffrey berman, the u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york who trump fired in 2020 after he refused barr s request that he resign. a lot has happened since 2020, a lot. but you may recall berman s firing was a big deal. we re talking about an american president strong arming a u.s. attorney general to fire a prosecutor because he refused to obey and to twist his offi