things could go crazy quickly. we are in a window where invasion could begin at anytime. american citizens who remain in ukraine should leave. now the risk is now high enough and the threat is immediate enough that it is the time to leave now. the white house just announced that president putin will hold a call with putin tomorrow morning, the first time they have spoken this year. biden already spoke with transatlantic leaders, including the heads of germany, canada britain and france in the situation room earlier today before departing for camp david for the weekend. the last time that russia invaded ukraine, back in 2014, we relied on the excellent reporting of simon ostrovsky, now a special correspondent for pbs news our. it is a pleasure to have you because you were there in crimea in 2014. we talk to a lot. at one point you are obtained, detained, abducted by russian forces there. they let you go. as a veteran of this conflict,
is scheduled to vote for tomorrow afternoon on a bill that would set national standards for voting acts. today, he acknowledged democrats still need ten republican votes to cross over and move this forward. democrats are ready to work with republicans in good faith. if they vote to begin a debate on voting rights. and don t stop us if you ve heard some version of this before. late today, senate republican leader mitch mcconnell predicted that the ten votes from his party were unlikely to cross over. with that, let s bring in our starting line on this tuesday night yamiche alcindor, white house correspondent for pbs news our, moderator of washington week, also on pbs. robert costa, rational reporter with the washington post, his latest book coauthored with bob woodward, peril, isn t its third week now on the new york times bestseller list. and a. b. stoddard, veteran washington journalist and associate editor and columnist,
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preparing for a run for president in 2024. and hopes to raise all of $18 million this year, we will see what his former boss has to say about that before long. before that, let s bring up our starting line on this wednesday, night white house correspondent for pbs news our, moderator of washington week also on pbs, peter baker, veteran journalist officer of chief house correspondent for the new york times, and john heilemann our national affairs analyst, and also cohost, and executive producer of the circus on showtime, executive editor over at the recount and in his spare time host of the podcast hell and high-water. good evening and welcome to you, all peter i like to begin with you, with the help of these to interact rooms now in the actual release of the, book general milley has walked right into this trap, with a huge destruction was needed by the
cities. no one is defending us, the man recording the scene says. government forces reportedly collapsing in kandahar, to the south, harassed, in the west and another city just 80 miles from the edge of the capital, kabul. the state department saying all americans need to leave the mayor immediately. and vowing to increase flights for afghans who worked with u.s. troops. the u.s. and its allies are trying to convince taliban leadership that no world power will recognize its government of it takes the country by force. brian? kelly cobiella in kabul, afghanistan, without thanks for that report. and let s bring on our lead off guests yamiche alcindor white house correspondent for pbs news our, moderator for washington week on pbs, retired four star u.s. general mccaffrey, former battlefield commander a decorated veteran