tactical nuclear weapons and chemical and bio. it is just is uncontrolled once that type of thing happens and the winds in europe are blowing from the west to the east. that s just the weather pattern and that is a greater threat to russia as it is to the ukraine. hopefully calm heads prevail and got to get that message to russia. nighttime has fallen in brussels, belgium. president biden arrived for those important meetings with nato. thank you to both of you. we are going to talk about the life of madeline albright, did first secretary of state that passed away today. we ll hear from two friends that knew her well and turning back to the confirmation hairing for judge ketanji brown jackson. there s republican senators at
leahy called it a sad day for thest senate after jackson s repeatedly interrupted by lindsey graham. other subjects of abortion to immigration to voting rights. and tributes are pouring in for madeline albright who passed away at age 84 from cancer. we begin with developments in the war in ukraine and efforts by the united states to put an end to that war. which is now entering its second month. on the agenda for president biden at the nato summit set to begin tomorrow keeping the west united in a pressure campaign against russia and reassuring allies that the u.s. will support them. to that end the administration is reportedly set to unveil a new round of sanctions targeting russian lawmakers and nato secretary-general announced did deployment of troops in eastern europe. all of that is happening against
she continued to promote democracy and democratic politics. supported hillary clinton s quest for the white house with the personal motto. there s a special place in hell for women who don t help each other. reporter: became a vocal critic of president donald trump. i do not call donald trump a fascist. i do think however he is the least democratic president in modern american history. reporter: awarded a presidential medal of freedom in 2012, albright considered herself a grateful american. joining us from brussels is andrea mitchell. i was thinking at the last time i saw albright with a very busy schedule and she stopped to talk to some interns with questions for her. of course. young women who wanted to ask
one gram of sugar, she s been undoubtedly one of the most consequential figures in american diplomacy. madeline albright was fist woman of u.s. secretary of state. more now from our nbc news colleague andrea mitchell.
let s hope he makes a rational choice. we ll continue this conversation with the deputy national security adviser. we ll talk about the other big foreign policy story of the day. former secretary of state madeleine albright daying at the age of 84. talk about her legacy, her work, about how you believe she ll be remembered. i think she s a transformational figure in the history of american foreign policy. both because of the trail blazing aspect of her career as the first woman to be secretary of state. the period of time of support for democratic values that were spreading across the world, particularly in eastern europe. i think personally though as someone who kind of came of age in the early 2000s in democratic foreign policy circles, i cannot overstate how much she mentored everybody. thousands of people. i remember being invited to her home in my 20s. shocked that i could even be there.