bracing for a large-scale russian attack on the donbas region. the kremlin making it clear that the goal is to conquer. they are expecting the offensive to begin within days. the russian military threatening to strike decision-making centers, including those in the capital. there is so much devastation and heartache in ukraine. this next video is a prime example. it is so hard to watch. a ukrainian mother near kyiv discovering the body of her missing son, dumped in a shallow well by retreating russian forces . we are told the woman was able to identify her son by his shoes. there are contradicting reports this morning about a russian warship in the black sea that had to be evacuated. we re not talking about any ship. we believe this is the flagship of the black sea fleet. it has been able to wreak havoc on ukraine. the kremlin said there was some kind of fire on the ship. ukrainians say they hit it in a missile attack, which would be a major development. russia has also rel
senator chris coons joins us what it means for the party and ahead. and new fbi warnings from director chris wray, as he tells my colleague pete williams he was, quote, blown away by the state of espionage inside the united states. we ll have more of pete s exclusive interview coming up. exclusive interview coming up. welcome to meet the press daily. i m chuck todd, the u.s. has put itself on firmer war footing as ukraine and our nato allies brace for this possible russian invasion of ukraine. the pentagon announced it s deploying thousands of troop to eastern europe, repositioning thousands of troops already in the region as well. here s where the new deployments are going, romania, poland, germany. include a mounted cavalry and brigade teams. in total, it adds up to 3,000 soldiers. this is in addition to the 8500 troops placed on alert to deploy. this is in addition to nato troop already there. this morning, pentagon secretary-general john kirby addressed it. i want
the lack of awareness, empathy and leadership is just . downright appalling. while donald trump attended a wake in long island for a slain new york city police pre officer, president joe biden was in midtown manhattan at a grand celebra s inr of opulence. the president rubbed shoulders with celebrities, cejoyed a set of curated live perfcal performances, and even made a grand entrance. flaked even, flanked by obamd and clinton, biden was raised through the floor onto the stage by a mechanicas ral l. now, if you wanted to bear witness to this spectacle, o a donation of up to a half million dollars to biden s ar campaign was required. the president did, however, n give us a little glimpse inside free of charge. postingglimps image with theq caption, quote, caught up with barack obamuoa, bill clint, and stephen colbert last night. i ve got to sayd stephe, i le their style. inside the event, the mood was noe theit as celebratory. an angry crowd of far o left gathe
trump has been organizing in all of the criminal indictments that he faces. here, though, in this situation this is going to be quite a question for the judge handling this case going forward, how does this case go to trial be, does it get split up, do defendants go to federal court, do some stay in state court. all of those questions are going to be a real driving force of what s happening in the coming days and weeks here because there are defendants like lawyer ken cheseboro, also another lawyer, sidney powell, that have quite vocally said yeah, we want to go to trial very fast, not like donald trump. and trump is wanting to distance himself from them and potentially others in this group of 19 total defendants. the d.a. s office from fulton county, they are already getting a trial date set on that calendar for october for cheseboro at least and want to keep all of the defendants together. but watching how this goes forward is going to be really crucial in that trump will k
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