right? this is presidentom biden s opportunity to show the world that theop democracies are unit against autocracies but none of the ally notice middle east including israel, which is the largest exchange of u.s. defense military equipment, the united arab emirate, not stepping up, they reng abstaining from everything, even though we have military bases there, none of the gulf allies are choosing the side of democracy in this case and trying to leverage the relationship with putin on their advantage. with mbs now coming around, the prince of saudi arabia, coming back around saying he can be an honest broker between both the united states and ukraine and russia. i love the idea, people having to deal with different parts of the world. let me ask you this. the oil issue is a big issue here inis the u.s. something everyone can get behind is targeting oligarch, something we have talked a lot
0 campaign like that. you ve got to planted. you ve got to execute it. that s reason number one. that might come back, by the way. they might be stunned at the moment, but that might come back. moment, but that might com back we re much better prepared, and there s a lot more peter pommerantsey, who has written several books on this topic, learned a lot from him, thank you very much for your time tonight. i really appreciate it. good evening. i m it is now midnight on the east coast as we continue to follow breaking news out of ukraine. russia is accelerating its offensive and more civilians are being killed in the attempt to seize control of kyiv. one senior u.s. defense official tells nbc news it made 100% of the military forces that vladimir putin mobilized for war are now inside ukraine. president zelenskyy remains in his country and he spoke to the nation from his office in the capital. zelenskyy amazingly posted this video to facebook saying he will not leave ukraine and he w