Welcome to the beat weekend. Let us get right into the headlines. I noticed some of you strongly vote against. They are cheering on that money but if any do not want that money in your district, let me know. The Border Patrol unit has endorsed the spell. The federal Chamber Of Commerce you are saying, no. Look at the facts. I know you know how to read. No, you do not want another 2 trillion tax cut . I kind of thought that was your plan was. That is good to hear. Now, my predecessor, a former republican president tells putin , quote, do what ever you want. It is outrageous. It is dangerous and it is unacceptable. That was the tone we heard from the president last night. I will walk through exactly why this matter so much. This was more than just a good speech, according to many. That would be todays current standards. It was obviously a strong speech by Biden Standards because he is a person who, lets remember, is a respectful traditional aspirate that is part of his thing and that has
any moment now we expect to see president biden welcome one of america s strongest nato allies to the white house. the meeting is russia s invasion of ukraine is just beyond the one-year mark. the pentagon has announced another $400 million aid package for kyiv. phil mattingly is live. we ll start with you and what you know about the president s meeting with chancellor schultz. it s a critical meeting and sounds like something with of meeting when it pertains to this war with the allies and alliance that s been together. it stead very fast. there is probably no more critical leader at this point than chancellor schultz. this is a relationship. the two leaders get along quite well. no staff component between the two leaders who have been critical to an alliance that has produced a significant evolution in terms of the types of weapons, the capabilities that they provided over the course of the year. there have been points where the germans haven t gone as far and throughou
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New weapons capabilities and weapons systems, it s the nuts and bolts of what the ukrainians need in this moment at in time to maintain, ammunition for artillery, the types of tools that can repair vehicles. it doesn t seem like big picture items. the defense industrial base not just in europe but also in the u.s. has been winnowed over the course of the last year. a big part of the conversation between the two leaders today, guys. military experts have been telling us it not necessarily the tanks and the planes that ukraine needs right now. it is the ammunition that they need. let s go to kyiv. security of the systems is going to be coming. where it goes is going to make a big difference here. it could be compromised. there s a critical bridge, the last remaining route out of the
bret: juan, what do you think? anecdotally we hear tough times getting through taliban checkpoints. well, i think if you or i were there i would be concerned. i don t think there is any question if you have a loved one there you have got to worry you can t trust the taliban in my opinion. i think that what we re talking about here is the evacuation and there is no question it could have been done better. it s been badly handled on so many levels. but i don t think that no matter how the evacuation was handled, that the big picture, which is could the afghan government have held? could the afghan military have held its own and not folded? i don t think those things would have turned out much differently. if you will recall, president trump, secretary pompeo wanted out by may 1st. biden wants out by august 15th. i think in either case, those big picture items, the brass tacks of this would have been much the same. you know, i think that s why that poll that jacqui heinrich