he faces a new setback in the senate. a green light for russia. ukraine s new warning that biden s words could help pave the way for an invasion. nato s secretary-general is our guest. and a big win for the january 6th committee. the supreme court decides against trump over hundreds of documents that he wanted to keep secret. now they re headed to congress. we begin this hour with a new concern over the crisis in ukraine after president biden s marathon news conference last night. the white house is now trying to clarify what the president said about what he thinks putin will do, how he thinks the u.s. will respond, and whether nato allies will be unified. it s one thing if it s a minor incursion and we end up having to fight about what to do and not do, et cetera. but if they actually do what they re capable of doing with the force amassed on the border, it is going to be a disaster for russia if they further invade ukraine. my guess is he will move in. he has to do
confrontation and consequences. will putin invade ukraine again? will he capitalize on kazakhstan s unrest? i will talk to vladimir putin s chief spokesman, dmitry peskov and then to two former top russian officials who negotiated with the russian president. also, the pandemic has wreaked havoc in schools and hospitals and on our mental health. but how much damage has it done to american democracy? the harvard scholar danielle allen, who s running for governor of massachusetts, spent most of the last two years speaking about exactly that. she ll tell me what she s learned. but first here s my take. as we watch inflation spike upwards at a pace not seen since the early 1980s, experts are debating whether this is worrying and long term or benign and trans fory. i m not a economist but as a student of history, i wonder if the return of inflation is part of a larger shift that is taking place across the world. to put it simply, for decades in country after country, econom
about russia. talks between moscow and the west this week brought the sides no closer to compromise. it is russia that has to make its dark choice. de-escalation in diplomacy or confrontation and consequences. will putin invade ukraine again? will he capitalize on kazakhstan s unrest? i will talk to vladimir putin s chief spokesman, dmitry peskov and then to two former top western officials who negotiated with the russian president. also, the pandemic has wreaked havoc in schools and hospitals and on our mental health. but how much damage has it done to american democracy? the harvard scholar danielle allen, who s running for governor of massachusetts, spent most of the last two years thinking about exactly that. she ll tell me what she s learned. but first here s my take. as we watch inflation spike upward at a pace not seen since the early 1980s, experts are debating whether this is worrying and long term or benign and transitory. i m not a economist but as a stud
labour calls the latest revelations shameful. they are treating the public with contempt. the prime minister needs to step up, accept what happened, and apologized. unfortunately we have but a prime minister who is socially distanced from the truth. the government defends itself after a whistle blower claims its evacuation of people from afghanistan was chaotic and dysfunctional. of course, sometimes decisions took hours longer than we wanted to, but you know you have to be careful about how you do it. but it was still an astonishing thing to get 15,000 people good evening and welcome. itv news has obtained footage tonight of senior downing street aides apparentlyjoking about the christmas gathering at the centre of a row over whether downing street staff broke lockdown rules last year. the footage was reportedly filmed as part of preparations for televised briefings which were subsequently abandoned. the labour leader kier starmer this evening called the latest development
commemorates the soviet victory over nazi germany during world war ii. it is also really a memorial to those killed during the war. in all, the soviet union lost 27 million people, more than any other nation. but under putin s leadership, victory day has taken on a new edge, serving as a showcase as we have senior after year of russia s military power, russia s military might. as we look at these live pictures from red square, i want to bring in max there, the parade taking place right now. the bureau chief for the financial times, and he joins me now live from latvia. max, as you and i talk, we are looking at the parade in red square in moscow. clearly, as we have seen time and time again, you know, really images of russia s military might and military power. you ve covered these many times, i believe. give me a sense of what the meaning of this for the audience at home, but also abroad here. well, this is really part of this cult of soviet victory in world war ii that put