that scandal has finally broken open, and in one sense resolve today. fascinating story. unbelievable story. equally bizarre story of the governor of oklahoma, republican governor of that state, picking a fight with the pentagon that he was never going to win. but nevertheless, the governor of that state telling members of the national guard in that state that they should listen to him. trust him. they should not listen to u.s. military orders. they should instead follow him and the oklahoma state government. and they should not worry about having to get vaccinated against covid. even though there is a military rule that says all troops need to do that. that was a bizarre fight for the republican governor of oklahoma to pick that story. if national guard troops are mad at the republican governor right now there is a very good reason for that. we ve got that story ahead for you again tonight as well. now, we ve also got an update for you tonight on a public health official, wh
. ch. ch purpose of that meeting yesterday was to try to persuade putin not to invade his neighboring country of ukraine again like he did a few years ago. russia is a dictatorship. assassinated and imprisoned all the opposition leaders that may have posed a threat to him. he s running a criminal-gangster state where his government is merged with organized groups. targeting infrastructure and towns and hospitals but especially in the u.s. with protection from the russian government while they do it. i mean russia is not the good guy here. ukraine is our ally. a democratic country, the largest country in europe, they have been independent for 30 years, 30 years ago this month. not for nothing, we the united states made binding security pledges to ukraine 30 years ago when we persuaded them they should give up thousands of nuclear weapons they were stationed in ukraine. we told them in a binding document, you give up those nuclear weapons and we ll accept some responsibil
just a show of force? perhaps, but not likely. putin wasn t bluffing when his country invaded crimea in 2014 in violation of international law, and remember, russia annexed crimea from ukraine after a military intervention. the international community still considers crimea as ukrainian territory. so this was likely the most important foreign policy conversation of the biden presidency thus far. the secure call via video link, it began with pleasantries. hello. good to see you again. unfortunately, last time we didn t get to see one another at the g-20. i hope next time we meet, we do it in person. the white house says biden was then crystal clear about where the u.s. stands on this aggression. if russia further invades ukraine, america and our european allies would respond with strong economic measures that could devastate the russian economy and would be much tougher this time around. here s jake sullivan. president biden looked president putin in the eye and told h
weapons and tanks and other military equipment. all caught on satellite cam. could it all be just a bluff? just a show of force? perhaps, but not likely. putin wasn t bluffing when his country invaded crimea in 2014 in violation of international law, and remember, russia annexed crimea from ukraine after a military intervention. the international community still considers crimea as ukrainian territory. so this was likely the most important foreign policy conversation of the biden presidency thus far. the secure call via video link, it began with pleasantries. hello. good to see you again. unfortunately, last time we didn t get to see one another at the g-20. i hope next time we meet, we do it in person. the white house says biden was then crystal clear about where the u.s. stands on this aggression. if russia further invades ukraine, america and our european allies would respond with strong economic measures that could devastate the russian economy and would be much tou
the cards right now. but what will happen is there will be severe consequences. i am absolutely confident he got the message. a first for us, a big and important new legal salvo from the january 6th select committee. the panel will now move ahead with a criminal contempt charge against mark meadows. the former trump white house chief of staff skipped his scheduled deposition this morning. the contempt news comes with a juicy twist as meadows now tries to show loyalty to trump, the panel publicly detailed some of the emails, texts, and other documents he already turned over to the committee before changing his mind about cooperating. ryan nobles on capitol hill, a big development. reporter: no doubt about that, john. based on this letter, it seems clear that the select committee has had enough with mark meadows and are now ready to move ahead with a criminal contempt referral. this is a pretty abrupt aboutface from meadows, especially when you consider the thousands of pag