we re watching a number of big races that will help define where this country is going, and where better to follow it all than outside of independence hall, birthplace of our declaration of independence and our constitution. most closely watched is the race for an open senator seat. pat toomey is retiring, which means this is the democrats best chance to make gains in the senate. lieutenant governor john fetorman currently leads the race against congressman connor lam, malcolm kenyatta and alex khalil. did fetterman s stroke change the calculus for voters? and what about the black vote? his opponents insist black voters haven t been adequately polled. on the right, there are seven candidates looming over all of them is donald trump. one in three gop ads aired here mentioned donald trump. and as charlie matthiasson put it, there are few states as deeply infect by donald trump s election fraud lie. the gop leaders are mehmet oz, cathy barnett and dave mccormick. trump picked o
for the russians they re going back to the public and saying, we ve defeated these neo-nazis. there s even an order by the supreme court of russia to declare the men taken and declare the brigade at terrorists, but the ukrainian government says they re going to be trying to negotiate a prisoner swap in the future to try to get hundred of men back by trading them for russian prisoners. katy? matt bradley, matt, thank you very much. joining me right now is former allied commander of nato. a msnbc chief national security and diplomacy analyst. and author of the upcoming book to risk it all . admiral, thank you very much for being with us. let s talk about nato. finland and sweden are going to formally apply. why exactly would turkey object? turkey has some domestic problems, if you will, with the fact that both finland and sweden have not extradited some