am stephanie ruhle. 181 days to the midterm elections. and presenting protecting the right twos is quickly becoming a key strategy for democrats. today, all 50 senate republicans, with a help from joe manchin, blocked legislation that would have made roe v. wade federal law. now democrats are gearing up to take their case to the courts and the voters. the senate failed to stand in defensive a woman s right to make decisions about her own body. this vote clearly suggests that the senate is not where the majority of americans are on this issue. it also makes clear that a priority for all who care about this issue a priority should be, to elect pro choice leaders at the local, state and federal level. we are going to continue to highlight this issue, where land closely and strongly, between now and november. senate republicans susan collins and lisa murkowski say they are not giving up on a lot to protect the rights upheld and roe v. wade. they have introduced their own
sanctions, combined with the export control restrictions that will deny russia the ability to innovate. the ability to modernize their defense and aerospace sector. the ability to modernize their tech sector. that will continue to squeeze the russian economy. putin is so isolated, he gave this strange speech in red square during this may 9th celebration earlier this week. he s obviously talking to a small circle of people. we don t know stephanie whether fundamentally his calculus will be changed by any of these economic issues. but he is continuously isolated. and russia has been dealt a strategic defeat. they played a has failed. their plan b to bob cities into submission has failed. and now they re fighting for any inch of territory that they can gain in the donbas. up till now, you have to agree
term of his strategic energy weapon. how much of the money that russia makes on selling their oil and gas is going to finance this war? if they really do get cut off, what happens to their ability to take keep the war going? it deprives them. of course they do have other customers. they have other countries in the indo-pacific who will buy russian energy and resources. but overtime, i think the sanctions, combined with the export control restrictions that will deny russia the ability to innovate. the ability to modernize their defense and aerospace sector. the ability to modernize their tech sector. that will continue to squeeze the russian economy. putin is so isolated, he gave this strange speech in red square during this may 9th celebration earlier this week. he s obviously talking to a small circle of people. we don t know stephanie whether fundamentally his calculus will be changed by any of these economic issues. but he is continuously
him for his word but we will watch his actions and watch the actions of russia, and we will continue to hold them accountable for the actions. do you think it could have something to do, is it a possibility, you know, as the council is looking, security council is looking for this that has something to do with the may 9th celebration, why he would come out to say this? look, i don t know. i will say they have, you know, from the beginning of this wanted to have victories and been unable to show tangible results that would yield those victories. it is certainly possible he wants some victory by may 9th, but, look, they wanted the entire war to be over by now. their initial plan was to take kyiv in just a few days, to take the entire country in a few weeks and they failed in all of the objectives so far. whether they want to have a victory by may 9th is impossible to tell, but i will say the initial victories they wanted to have, they failed completely in those objectives. the new
russia. so, i think you re going to see the next two weeks a rush on both sides to get weapons but also to get all the logistical support that it takes to maintain those weapons. you know, after this massive russian artillery barrage they ve been carrying on for days now, they re going to need to resupply that ammunition. they re going to need to continue to provide everything from fuel to the tanks and the armored personnel carriers, all of that is going to need to continue to flow, and that is the sort of target opportunities that these heavier weapons can the ukrainians can use to attack. so it s necessary. it s vital. and i think the next two weeks, not only because of this, you know, sort of pending may 9th celebration but actually the way the battle may flow, these next two weeks are absolutely going to be critical. you know, katty, something that you certainly heightened our awareness of here is this balance that the sanctions have to strike between not being so extreme that