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the ukrainian capital kiev. according to the times, dozens of people, mostly russian wives and children of diplomats have been boarding buses for a 15-hour ride back to moscow. a bipartisan delegation of seven senators met with ukraine s president, zelensky, as troops stand ready to potentially invade along the border. zelensky telling the senators, quote, it is important for ukraine that you are with us today. joining us now is national security analyst david tsesange also the correspondent for the new york times and part of the team behind this new report. david, the russians, of course, are out denying that this is true. we just wanted to put that to you, as i know you and your colleague have this lengthy story about the state of play. sure. thanks, kasie. welcome. so the russian statement said that their embassy is still operating, which is true. our story said that, as well. the ambassador is still there and so forth. but american officials heard and pick ....
a new gallup poll highlights a dramatic shift in u.s. politics, showing more americans see themselves as republicans or a leading conservative and the g.o.p. is holding a five-point lead on that front. the democrats had a nearly ten-point edge about a year ago. think about that, not just the flip, but a big one. in fact president biden s party had the highest approval in decades when he first took office last january. now the stunning reversal. why they blame the biden administration s missteps for it. one democrat strategist is pointing fingers elsewhere. he got infrastructure success which is a good thing because it success breeds success. but i think the problem of the democrats is not that they have bad leaders, they have bad followers. harris: so you want to take on the entire american voting force. pete, a record number in the last presidential election. you re going to take them on and blame them? pete: apparently, i looked at the totality of his comments a ....
later in the program for that. dana, awesome to be with you this past year. i look to many more. dana: me, too. all right. a new gallup poll shows the gop holding a 5 point edge in support among americans, a 14-point swing from a year ago giving republicans their best lead since 1995. bill: we have reaction from two of the best in a moment. reince priebus and jim messina standing by. we start with mark meredith. a year ago republicans were facing bleak poll numbers. today a much different story with gallup reporting the gop seeing a huge surge in support over the last year. good news for republicans comes at democrats expense. 13 polls throughout last year asking 12,000 adults asking how they saw themselves leaning. fourth quarter the republicans had a lead. a huge shift from the start of 2021. republican party officials tell us they aren t surprised. we viewed this as a direct correlation between joe biden and kamala harris s failed policies coupled with the d ....
frustrated base voters, who feel the white house has done too little, too late on the issue. majority leader chuck schumer s political gambit puts senate republicans on the record to their unified opposition to major voting rights bills. and two moderate holdouts on the spot over their support for the filibuster. joining me now, ahead of the action on the senate floor, as you know, the chaplain is now reciting the prayer. nbc s senior capitol hill correspondent, garrett haake. nbc chief white house correspondent, and weekend today cohost, peter alexander, and ashley parker. garrett, expect to hear from both chuck schumer and mitch mcconnell momentarily, really. how is this debate going to play out today and through the week? well, we know how it s going to end, andrea, for democrats, the choice is, when do they want it to end and what do they want the message to be. the floor opens right now. we won t see any votes on this bill or these combined bills today. that wi ....