Mr. Obama coming very close to yet another red line. Putins aggression. It is true that if, in fact, diplomacy fails, what ive asked my team to do is looking at all options. What other means can we put in place to change mr. Putins calculus . And the possibility of lethal defensive weapons is one of those options thats being examined. Lou all options in obamiyan language, thats tough talk, too tough for the president himself, here he is ten minutes later making it categorically clear, he did not intend in a categorically clear way to threaten mr. Putin or russia. So theres not going to be any specific point at which i say, ah clearly lethal defensive weapons would be appropriate here. It is our ongoing analysis of what can we do to dissuade russia from encroaching further and further on ukrainian territory. Lou well take this up with k. T. Mcfarland in a moment. Also, the white house claiming they rejected Prime Minister netanyahus address to congress because of an upcoming israeli ele
Current politics. And with bribery allegations. The guy on the left side of your screen is the republican nominee for governor in the Common Wealth of mae ma. His name is Charlie Baker. The guy on the right side of your screen is the guy who wanted to be the republican nominee for governor in the commonwealth of massachusetts. His name is mark fisher mplt and e and he was the tea party candidate, essentially, in the republican primary. He ran gerns Charlie Baker in that primary. And honestly, the first time any of these guys got any National Media attention at all is when the two appeared in dualing bribery allegations. They really wanted Charlie Baker to be their guy. And they did not want him to have to deal with a e a challenger in a tea party challenge. Running in a republican primary means running to the right. The last thing republicans wanted was how their candidate had to run to the white in a primary that everybody could see. So the Republican Party in e mae ma, they try to ke
Current politics. And with bribery allegations. The guy on the left side of your screen is the republican nominee for governor in the Common Wealth of massachusetts. His name is Charlie Baker. The guy on the right side of your screen is the guy who wanted to be the republican nominee for governor in the commonwealth of massachusetts. His name is mark fisher, and he was the tea party candidate, essentially, in the republican primary. He ran against Charlie Baker in that primary. And honestly, the first time any of these guys got any National Media attention at all is when the two appeared in dueling bribery allegations. They really wanted Charlie Baker to be their guy. And they did not want him to have to deal with a challenger in a tea party challenge. Running in a republican primary means running to the right. The last thing republicans wanted was to have their candidate have to run to the right in a primary that everybody could see. So the Republican Party in massachusetts, they try
For governor in the Common Wealth of mae ma. His name is Charlie Baker. The guy on the right side of your screen is the guy who wanted to be the republican nominee for governor in the commonwealth of massachusetts. His name is mark fisher mplt and e and he was the tea party candidate, essentially, in the republican primary. He ran gerns Charlie Baker in that primary. And honestly, the first time any of these guys got any National Media attention at all is when the two appeared in dualing bribery allegations. They really wanted Charlie Baker to be their guy. And they did not want him to have to deal with a e a challenger iy2k tea party challenge. Running in a republican primary means running to the right. The last thing republicans wanted was how their candidate had to run to the white in a primary that everybody could see. So the Republican Party in e mae ma, they try to keep that Tea Party Challenger off the primary ballot. Mark fisher, the Tea Party Guy, was having none of it. He e v
We are happy for you in one way, but hate to lose you. Hopefully you will come back at some point. Maybe a different capacity. You can have your pick. There is no personal reasons. Its very important for government officials to understand when its time to step aside. I have given everything ive got these last eight years and i do think that sometimes its good to rotate in other people who can put that same energy and power into it. Lets go to the chief kor respondent. How much of a surprise was this announcement for members of the Trump Administration . What about the timing of this . Awkward a month before the midterms. Thats right. Usually when you have a senior official like the person who stepped down today, nikki haley, that person usually waits until after the midterms so you dont create additional stories that may not bode well for the administration or the white house. This happened today and we are still trying to sort out exactly why. We know that nikki haley met with the pre