tonight. now it s time for the last word with my friend jonathan capehart, in for lawrence, good evening, jonathan. good evening, alex. thank you very much. have a good weekend. you too. today at the white house, global leadership from the president of the united states. president biden unveiled a tranche of more than 500 new sanctions against vladimir putin s russia, after the death of putin s chief political opponent, alexei navalny. alexei navalny died as a political prisoner in russia, and u.s. officials have blamed vladimir putin for that, repeatedly. make no mistake, putin is responsible for alexei s death. this would be a further sign of putin s brutality. whatever story they tell, let us be clear, russia is responsible. the fixation in fear of one man only underscores the weakness and rot at the heart of the system that putin has built. russia is responsible for this. and today at the white house you saw the president of united states responding to tha
control. alex seitz-wald, great reporting, alex. thank you for having a little friday night time to talk about it. thanks alex. that is our show for tonight. now it s time to the last word with my friend jonathan capehart, in for lawrence, good evening, jonathan. good evening, alex. thank you very much. have a good weekend. you too. today at the white house, globally the ship from the president of the united states, president biden unveiled a tranche of more than 500 new sanctions against vladimir putin s russia, after the death of putin s chief political opponent, alexei navalny. alexei navalny died as a political prisoner in russia, and u.s. officials have blamed vladimir putin for that, repeatedly. make no mistake, putin is responsible for alexei s death. this would be a further sign of putin s brutality. whatever story they tell, let us be clear, russia is responsible. the fixation in fear of one man only underscores the weakness and rot at the heart o
ali velshi. today marks two years since russia launched its full scale invasion of ukraine. a remarkable milestone for a small country that many people didn t think could last even two months fighting vladimir putin s army. at this very hour, two years ago, unknown to us, a small group of ukrainian soldiers, most of whom had never seen combat before, we are fighting russia for control of antonov airfield, located about 20 miles north of kyiv. russians launched an offensive on the ground and by air and by the afternoon a february 24th, 2022, they managed to push the ukrainians out and hoist the russian flag over the airfield within sight of the high-rises in downtown kyiv. they expected the ukrainians to capitulate, but the ukrainians kept fighting and crucially, they destroyed the runway, rendering that critical airfield unusable to the russian troops. that single move prevented russia from landing cargo planes that would have brought troops, from heard vehicles, and supplies
sunday night in america. omor the race for the white house is kicking off in earnest tomorrow with the iowa caucus. iowa is the beginning, but the caucus does not always accurately predict how the story nd will end. a political graveyard is full of those who want iowa but did not go on to win the nomination but nevertheless winning is almost always better than not appear it polling indicates former president trump is the overwhelming favorite.ll are the poles right? and he emerge as the top challenger with poor showing persuade any candidate to exitig leftht or right? i joining us now is the host of good story and that debates c and town halls on election coverage, martha maccallum, who may have to pay taxes in t iowa because she s been there like weeks and weeks. jessica tarlov who is a cohost the five and wakes up every morning knowing she will be outnumbered even though that is not the name of the show but shs will be outnumbered 5:00 easter0 time when she more than h
there should be no doubt. our support for ukraine will not waiver. nato will not be divided and we will not tire. that was a big moment. look, we are moving into election season. the biggest pulpit is the bully pulpit regardless of who enters this race and the president has it and he used it in that moment. on the world stage on a very big week. good morning. we are so glad you are here. 8:00 a.m. don and i are in new york. kaitlin is live in poland. hey, kaitlin. yeah, here in poland the final kay of president biden s momentous trip. this hour he is set to meet with world leaders from nato s eastern flank. allies who fear that they could be putin s next target potentially. there is a lot going on. plus, more than 65 million americans on alert. a powerful coast-to-coast winter storm unleashing blizzards, ice and heavy snow. we will have the latest forecast. plus this for you. you think this transforms coffee? very few people outside of starbucks have tasted it.