Edition of morning joe, weekend. Lets get right to some of the conversations you might have missed. Mr. President , im curious about what its like for you, your life. No one has gone through what youve gone through. No one in human history, i know you have supporters, friends, family. They say it is lonely at the top. Im curious, is it ever lonely for you . No one can fully relate to what youve been through and what you are going through. Are you ever lonely . I love history, a study history. I was always told that Andrew Jackson as a president was treated the worst. He was lambasted. I heard Abraham Lincoln with second but he was in a thing called The Civil War so you can understand that but Andrew Jackson was really, really treated badly. His wife died during the process. A lot of people say she died because of the way they were treated. She was heartbroken and broken in so many other ways. And i heard that for years. And, i look now, even last night i was saying this. I dont care, A
today on inside politics, we re not going anywhere. you re struck with us. those promises to ukraine came directly from the president of the united states today. that as the west outlines that country s path toward nato membership. but exactly when ukraine can walk down that road remains a life or death decision. i m dana bash in washington. and i m wolf blitzer reporting live from lithuania, where this hour we expect to hear directly from the president of the united states joe biden. his speech will follow a rather contentious few days. ukraine has publicly questioned why its allies are waiting to formally admit the countries into nato. ukraine s president volodymyr zelenskyy struck very different tones. he says he s grateful for the great unity and for long lasting american security garn tees, but he also used stark terms to describe the costs of nato s decision to keep ukraine at arm s length. we are over at the university where the president is getting ready to speak
emphasizing the west had nothing to do with the russian revolt. matthew chance is inside russia tonight amid this seismic shift. he s there. reporter: this is the last time we saw the wagner leader, departing the russian city he had essentially taken over on the weekend, amid cheers from supporters. [ cheers and applause ]. reporter: now yevgeny prigozhin is speaking out for the first time since agreeing to call off the armed rebellion that shook the correkremlin to core n. an 1minute recording, prigozhin denies aiming to challenge the russian president. translator: the purpose of the march was to prevent the destruction of wagner and the prosecution of those who made a huge number of mistakes in the course of the special military operation due to their unprofessional actions. society demanded this, and all the soldiers who saw us supported us. reporter: on russian state television damage control is already in full swing after a weekend of mayhem. prigozhin s armed re
tonight a dire new warning from a prominent democrat, joe biden is in deep trouble after very, very dark news for his campaign. we have a full report tonight. plus we re going to take you inside joe biden s very creepy christmas celebration at the white house that you ve got to see to believe. but first, fear and loathing at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. a new political report now claiming that biden is frustrated and anxious and mad about his son s legal woes even lashing out at white house aides blasting even his own ag merrick garland for allowing his son to be charged with a crime. also deep panic surrounding the president s looming impeachment inquiry and in a rant reportedly written by joe biden, the president is accusing republicans of, quote, attacking me with lies instead of doing their job on the urgent work that needs to be done. they are choosing to waste time on this baseless political stunt. apparently house republicans struck a nerve, including right here on this p
starts now. hello and welcome to inside politics. i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing your day with us, tragedy in ukraine today. a helicopter tumbling out of the sky in a kyiv suburb killing a child and the most senior member of ukraine s government to die in this war. ten hours ago a tragedy happened near kyiv. a helicopter crashed contemplating the lives of the minister of internal affairs of ukraine. plus, the new republican majority rewards misfits and liars with key policy roles. a swindler, firebrand and provocateur who defended kanye and serial election deniers get committee house assignments. cnn investigation found joe biden s son and brothers cashed in on the family name. a turbulent moment in ukraine s war of survival. just moments ago ukraine s president asking world leaders kong get gated in davos for a minute of silence to mark a he crashed rocking a kyiv suburb. the smoke and flames from that crash visible for miles. pieces of helicopt