america reports on this monday afternoon. democrats scoring big wins over the tax and spend bill. will they pay the price as many republicans are suggesting come the midterm elections? hello, and welcome everyone. sandra smith in new york city. bill: hope you had a great weekend. good weekend, too, at home. john roberts has the day off. let s get to it now. months of negotiations, different versions of build back better. democratic senators manchin and sinema get on board with schumer s passage, kind of was a secret to everybody. sandra: and manchin claiming the $740 billion bill would not raise taxes on the middle class, republicans are making the case otherwise. bill: warning that billions in extra spending will come back to haunt democrats election time in november. sandra: and in the middle of all of it, aishah is live on capitol hill, manchin and sinema are dealing with serious fallout from every direction after this passage. hey, sandra, good to see you. tha
Effort. they are trying to organize themselves better for a now more geographically can find and more specific set of target objectives, now in the donbas specifically and the south. and ukraine s president says russia, now amassing tens of thousands of troops for its next offensive. putin is also reportedly tapping a new ground commander to lead his forces in ukraine, a general who oversaw troops in syria and who has a history of using ruthless cruel tactics well targeting civilians. some have referred to him as the butcher of syria. there s no question about this individual s brutality, this has already been a brutal campaign in ukraine, and we could expect to see more of it. russia s continued assault on mariupol is a big part of it strategy to try to change the direction of the war. nbc s gutierrez is on the ground in ukraine for us tonight. this body camera video shows
Early stages of a reinforcement effort. they are trying to organize themselves better for a now more geographically can find and more specific set of target objectives, now in the donbas specifically and the south. and ukraine s president says russia, now amassing tens of thousands of troops for its next offensive. putin is also reportedly tapping a new ground commander to lead his forces in ukraine, a general who oversaw troops in syria and who has a history of using ruthless cruel tactics well targeting civilians. some have referred to him as the butcher of syria. there s no question about this individual s brutality, this has already been a brutal campaign in ukraine, and we could expect to see more of it. russia s continued assault on mariupol is a big part of it strategy to try to change the direction of the war. nbc s gutierrez is on the ground in ukraine for us tonight. this body camera video shows a firefight in the besieged southeastern seat of mariupol, or ukraine s p
President putin has accepted that it s not going well and he needs to readjust in some ways? i don t think mr. putin needs many signs that it hasn t been going well for him in ukraine. here we are day 46 and, again, he failed to achieve so many of his geographic and strategic objectives inside ukraine. so they re repositioning, they re refocusing on the donbas. i ll let them speak to their personnel announcements, but it wouldn t surprise anybody that they re trying to organize themselves better for a now more geographically confined and more specific set of target objectives now in the donbas specifically and in the south. what i would just hasten to offer is that the ukrainians have been for eight years and still are fighting over that. that s still part of ukraine and
War effort. is that in any way a sign that president putin has accepted it s not going well and has to readjust? i don t think mr. putin needs many signs it hasn t been going well for him in ukraine. here we are, day 46, and again, he failed to achieve so many of his geographic and strategic objectives inside ukraine. so they are repositioning, refocusing on the donbas. i ll let them speak to their personnel announcements. but it wouldn t surprise anybody that they are trying to organize themselves better for a now more geographically confined and more specific set of target objectives now in the donbas specifically and in the south. what i would just hasten to offer is that the ukrainians have been for eight years and still are fighting over that.