so alex ben and melissa. thanks. i'll try to be brief so it's an interesting question in most cases. it's pretty easy to tell because you're supporting some kind of political opposition. this is why and melissa's book regime change is often carried out as the presence of a political opposition or some actors rebels inside the target country that facilitates and makes your job easier as an outsider. and so there is a clear difference between what came before and what came after trickier cases are the ones we've been talking about germany and japan where? part of one thing we didn't mention is the intervener is willingness to work with. actors from the prior previous regime. yes many people were put on trial for war crimes and justly so but many, you know nazi and japanese officials reappeared from before to after so that is a you know, there were institutions that were there and you still have some of the same people to to man them or woman them in whatever case it is and that's a source of continuity and then it's li

he would sleep right by alex's bed, holding her little hand. that's just how he was. >> the former girlfriend regularly took alex to visit stephen in virginia and the bond between father and daughter grew strong. alex's mother then realized stephen could offer more stability and a better home life for their daughter than she could, and she gave him full custody of her. >> that says a lot about him as a dad. >> yes. stephen was responsible, and that says that he was determined to be part of his children's life. >> when alex was 2, stephen moved her to virginia to live with him full time. >> he made sure she was in a good day care. there was always times when he had to make sure he run out and got her at the right time. >> did he complain he didn't have freedom? >> absolutely not. he was content with that. >> but stephen also wanted a wife. when his coast guard service ended, he returned home, living in a house behind his parents and got a job with the state. about a year later stephen noticed an attractive woman whose office shared a parking lot

alex padilla: ¡híjole!, cómo ha volado este año pasado, hace poco más de un año que entré formalmente al senado federal, el primer latino para representar el estado de california; ha sido una gran oportunidad, y una gran responsabilidad, especialmente debido a los tiempos en los cuales estamos viviendo; sigue la pandemia, y sabemos que nuestra comunidad ha sufrido más que cualquier otra, pero me alegro que entre mis primeras acciones como senador, fue apoyar a proyectos de ley para invertir, más no solo en asistencia directa para familias y empresarios, en nuestras comunidades, pero fondos para las vacunas, vacunas tan importantes para proteger nuestra salud y nuestra comunidad; lo bueno es que más del 70% del estado de california, se ha vacunado, pero hay mucha gente que todavía no lo ha hecho; si usted, viendo este programa, ya se ha vacunado, muchísimas gracias, pero si no lo ha hecho, no esperen, apúntese, la vacuna es gratis, es efectiva, es sana y segura, y es necesaria. damián trujillo: u

but stay tuned because my friend alex witt has the latest. hi, alex. >> i very much do. safe travels to montgomery, we'll look forward to that. i, however, will be right here. thank you very much for the lead-in. >> thanks, alex. >>> we bid all of you a good day from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome, everyone, to alex witt reports. breaking news on russia's invasion of ukraine and two big stories developing this hour. first, russian president vladimir putin has put all deterrence forces on alert, notably including nuclear weapons. second, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy confirming on his telegram account today that russia and ukraine have agreed to peace talks. first let's go to nbc's senior international correspondent keir simmons in moscow. keir, russia's president putin has put nuclear deterrence forces on alert. what does this mean and how should we interpret it? >> reporter: let me give you a little breaking news first, russians are claiming they have hit 1,067 management sites. no notably, though, in their statement, they also for the firs

alex. >> but again, the parlor games in d.c. are pretty darn fun. thank you very much, josh lederman for that. let's go now to minnesota where the mayor of minneapolis is halting no knock warrants after police shot and killed a 22-year-old black man, they say was armed. nbc's miguel almaguer has the newly released body cam video. i want to warn you, everyone, it is disturbing. >> in under ten seconds a minneapolis s.w.a.t team quietly unlocks an apartment door. storms inside with a no-knock warrant, kicking a couch where a man lying under a blanket with a gun is quickly shot and killed. during the chaos, it's unclear if 22-year-old amir locke who was not named on the search warrant and appears to have no criminal history was ever aware it was police who were storming into the apartment before 7:00 a.m. wednesday. >> these events happen very rapidly, and as there's a gun emerging in your direction, you're forced to make a split second decision about when it's a threat. >> with at least three shots fired by police, who also released this screen grab s

alex? >> it is extraordinary. okay, thank you for keeping close watch on things there in kharkiv, matt. let's turn to nbc's andrea mitchell who's at the munich security council. strong statements from kamala harris and president zelensky today. what message did they bring? >> reporter: ukraine's president zelensky gave a fiery speech to the world leaders gathered here at the munich security conference, telling them that ukraine will defend itself but where have they been? where has europe been for the last few years as russia has advanced on ukraine? you know, as russia took crimea in 2014? and saying that the u.s. and the other allies should put sanctions on the table, not impose the sanctions necessarily, but list the sanctions so that putin will know exactly what he is facing. the u.s. position was outlined by vice president kamala harris, her first major speech in a form of this importance at such a critical juncture in history, and she laid out the position that president biden has been making, that secretary

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but stay tuned because my friend alex witt has the latest. hi, alex. >> hey to you. you should have been here in the studio because as soon as your last guest, you confirmed she had suggested that it's going to be jim jordan and not kevin mccarthy as speaker of the house if the gop takes over, i was like, what! that was kind of your reaction too. >> yes. >> although more gracefully done than i just did. >> i'm in your hometown, alex, by the way. >> i know, i was going to talk about it. but really, you don't take me with you? >> sorry. >> we'll talk about it another time. have a good one. >> have a good show. >> thanks. >>> a very good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome, everyone, to "alex witt reports" we go behind the headlines with nbc's erin mclaughlin in ukraine. much to discuss, so josh lederman at the white house, we're going to start with you. >> reporter: alex, we are here at the white house where the national security council is being convened by president biden for an unusual sunday session. the white house saying it w

back to the alex, summon show was great to be with you. alex, thanks very much. i always enjoyed talking with you. thank you. no, johan, from the inauguration, you must of a spring. and you said i'm in the donald and let's remember you the author of a co, off one of the consent of the case for trump, the donald writing hi once again. and is the bookies favorite to, to make a comeback in the next presidential election? is it really going to be plain sailing from donald trump? well, i would say this, 1st of all, i don't celebrate anything a year audi. it's true that the joe biden's po, numbers are bad and all that kind of stuff and that may be in november 2022 republicans will win. but a lot of things have gone in a different direction than i would have preferred in terms of, you know, america now has a very strong regulatory state whoever's present controls at and jo biden's, policies to me are, are not helpful and not good. so now look at the donald trump, the news came out in the last day or so because of our reporting requirements that h

i agree with alex. if you can see the american in void to the region is now more of residing in is sylvia. rather than and he just make visit to sudan. so they have somehow behind closed door, which we all don't know. the american are quite significant there. and i agree, or says alec, the involvement of embrace united auto payment as is also changing the game now in the se, disputed area. but to go back to your question about the history we have been here before, there are 6, we continue to be standing out. number one, egypt she has relying almost 90 something they've said 97 percent on water of the might. so is for them is the survival issue. the same issue will be and they see as a survivor and project that you've she and they see the water from the light or the survival project, right? if she and have managed to integrate very well with europe and they are exporting in london, i go to see what market i buy, lots of for some big that were from egypt. so it gives you cannot take any risk on that. agri

but for now, from alex myself as all of us additional. goodbye stacy, i'm hope to see you all again next week. ah. for all those driven by dreamers shaped bank. concur some of those with there's things we dare to ask in so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy implementation. let it be an arms race is on often very dramatic development. only personally and getting to resist. i don't see how that strategy will be successful . it's very difficult time to sit down and talk with from r t this our russia says us officials have hypnotized themselves into believing their own full. so over a russian invasion of ukraine, that didn't happen. federal prices in britain sort of record highs, leaving already struggling households for building the squeeze. those bankers collect some of the biggest bonuses seen in recent times. the parents of every go. now i don't see any in like the end of the tunnel one, he's going out a lot quicker than what we've used. while the american media continues its own floor against russian fi

welcome back to the alex, summon, show us, great to be with you. alex, thanks very much. i always enjoy talking with you. thank you. know yet on from the inauguration you must of a spring in your settlement. the donald and let's remember you of the author of cool off one of the consent of the case for trump. the donald writing hi, once again, is the bookies favorite to, to make a comeback in the next presidential election? is it really going to be plain sailing from donald trump? well, i would say this, 1st of all, i don't celebrate anything a year out. it is true that the jo biden's up, whole numbers are bad and all that kind of stuff and that may be in november 2022 republicans will win. but a lot of things have gone in a different direction than i would have preferred in terms of, you know, america now has a very strong regulatory state whoever's present controls at and jo biden's, policies to me are, are not helpful and not good. so now look at the donald trump, the news came out in the last day or so because of our reporting requirements that he has raised. and i kno

cnn's alex marquardt is in kyiv. scott

we don't want to merge alex. we won't be actually honest whenever government delivers the action, which may happen, don't tell, lie, man. then we can also say that, well, the words you get miss or treat we, we stand till we're not there yet. action as always, that own words. it's good to hear the words, but actions much better. tim shalon. thank you so much for joining me once again on the i'll examine, show my pleasure alex frankie and god bless and kesha and kate. well, do jim join us after the break when alex sticks with former social democratic and labor party leader, alistair mcdonald, to find out where the nationalist community spends with unionism in crisis over as british economic lakes was even ah, ah a wrong one. 03. just don't hold any rules yet to see how this thing becomes the attitude and engagement equals the trail. when so many find themselves will depart, we choose to look for common ground. welcome back. at the end of last year, the financial team to put it on as data as suggesting, the northern

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thank you so much for joining me again on the alex simon. show always great to be with you, alex, all the best. thank you. just when we thought it was safe to go back into the water . the prospects of our trunk come by are very real. and indeed, the last present is know the bookcase favorite to become the next president. albeit in a wide open field was telling me the city president is currently arrested only a 15 percent chance to stand and win reelection. presidential comebacks don't happen often. in fact, the saw present to did to leave the white house and then return for a 2nd term for years later was grover cleveland in the late 19th century. it says a remarkable position that but one year after leaving the white house in disgrace, that dollar should be in poor position to be the 2nd. however, such are the divisions and american politics that his presence still remains the dividing line on which people take their position on either site. there is little sign that the open, political winds of the divided nation are being south or banked.

welcome back to the alex, summon show was great to be with you. alex, thanks very much. i always enjoyed talking with you. thank you. know, you're on from the inauguration. you must of a spring and you said i'm in the donald and let's remember you. the author of co, off, one of the conservative case for trump, the donald writing hi once again. and is the bookies favorite to, to make a comeback in the next presidential election? is it really going to be plain sailing from donald trump? well, i would say this, 1st of all, i don't celebrate anything a year audi. it's true that the jo, biden's, po, numbers are bad and all that kind of stuff and that may be in november 2022 republicans will win. but a lot of things have gone in a different direction than i would have preferred in terms of, you know, america now has a very strong regulatory state whoever's present controls at and jo biden's, policies to me are, are not helpful and not good. so no look at the donald trump, the news came out in the last day or so because of our reporting requirements that he has raised. and i kn

alex, set start alex a mara. i should. let's start with giving our international audience an idea of what it is like when you see coverage of, if you see coverage of a black woman who's gone missing, or maybe something tragic has happened to them. just in a nutshell, alex, can you, how i'm natural, an audit, understand what it is like, you know what i can say when a black woman or girl is gone missing, there is not equitable coverage. and i think a lot of people understand why missing white women missing syndrome, which was coined by african american journalists. one fell back in 2004. and this was basically aligning with that same sentiment is that when black women and girls are missing, there is a lack of urgency. but when it's someone that is white or, or in other words, it or not, in other words, but what people will say is conventionally attractive white women that at all the image is m. o. and when people view that, oh, it's like this person is you saw, so it really goes back to the depictions of black women, hood an

that is the big question mark here tonight, alex. >> absolutely. you got to wonder if donald trump dares describe putin as savvy and a genius again tonight. we'll be waiting for that. thank you very much. >>> russia may pay a high economic cost for invading ukraine, but americans will also pay a price, the ripple effects on the american economy next. e e on the american economy next ♪ ♪ it's the number one heart failure brand prescribed by cardiologists. entresto was proven superior at helping people stay alive and out of the hospital. heart failure can change the structure of your heart, so it may not work as well. entresto helps improve your heart's ability to pump blood to the body. and with a healthier heart, there's no telling where life may take you. ♪ ♪ don't take entresto if pregnant; it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. don't take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren, or if you've had angioedema with an ace or arb. the most serious side effects are angioedema, low blood pressure, kidney problems, or high blood potas

alex, let's start alex a mara. i should. let's start with giving out international. what is an idea of what it is like when you see coverage of, if you see coverage of black women who've gone missing, or maybe something tragic has happened to them? just in a nutshell, alex, can you, how i'm natural, an audit, understand what it is like, you know, what i can say when a black woman or girl is missing, there is not equitable coverage. and i think a lot of people understand why missing white women came from which was coined by african american journalists. one fell back in 2004. and this was basically aligning with that same sentiment is that when black women and girls are missing, there is a lack of urgency. but when it's someone that is white or, or in other words, or not, in other words, but what people will say is conventionally attractive white women that all of it isn't. and when people view that, oh, it's like this place. and if you saw fit, really go back to the depiction of black womanhood and black girl, how we, how society has trained our mind to think about b

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alex, set start alex a mara. i should. let's start with giving our international audience an idea of what it is like when you see coverage of if you see coverage of black britain who's gone missing or maybe something tragic has happened to them. just in a nutshell, alex, can you how i'm not sure what it understand what it is like, you know, what i can say when i black women or girl is gone missing. there is not equitable coverage. and i think a lot of people understand why missing white women missing syndrome, which was coined by african american journalists. one fell back in 2004. and this was basically aligning was that same sentiment is that when black women and girls are missing, there is a lack of urgency. but when it's someone that is white or, or in other words, or not, in other words, but what people will say is conventionally attractive white women. that all it is m o. and when people view that, oh, it's like this person is you saw. so it really goes back to the depictions of black womanhood and black girls, how w

alex? >> really well outlined. it's a complicated issue. all encompassing report. thank you so much for that. >>> so right now we bring in washington congressman jaya paul. she's also a chair for the progressive caucus, and i like to call her a friend of this broadcast. welcome to you as we heard this very comprehensive report from sahil, and when you think about all that senator manchin has said with the things he's willing to support, build back better itself is dead according to him, but can you work with what he is willing to support, and move forward in a piece by piece nature? >> well, alex, it's always great to see you. look. i think the good news is that these priorities that senator manchin has outlined are very important. they were part of build back better. i don't really care what we call it, you know, as we put a new package together, we can call it whatever we want. what we have to do is deliver relief for people across this country, because let's not forget what build back be

alex, set start alex a mara. i should. let's start with giving our international what is an idea of what it is like when you see coverage of, if you see coverage of black women who's gone missing or maybe something tragic has happened to them. just in a nutshell, alex, can you how i'm not sure what it understand what it is like. you know, what i can say when i black women or girl is gone missing. there is not equitable coverage. and i think a lot of people understand why missing white women missing syndrome, which was coined by african american journalists. one fell back in 2004. and this was basically aligning with that same sentiment is that when black women and girls are missing, there is a lack of urgency. but when it's someone that is white or, or in other words, or not, in other words, but what people will say is conventionally attractive white women. that all it is m o. and when people view that, oh, it's like this person is huge soft. so it really goes back to the depictions of black womanhood and black girls, how

alex picked the question to former s t o. p leader, alistair macdonnell, i was the mcdonald, welcome back to the alex simon show. thank you for having me. delighted to be with you today. i still, you have been for a range of political crises on island for the years. i would you assess this one is just basically about the election was coming up as a boat, democratic union as politics. what do they have a genuine grievance about what seems to be the some regulations of the protocol? well, i think it's a bit of everything. yes. it's about elections coming up and people are bracing themselves on the b, u. p. we're on a very weak position because they had devoured each other and they're still very split internally. the dilemma for all of us as the basically the arrangement, the protocol arrangement that has been made between the, the u. k. a gives northern ireland the best of both worlds on us. hello, the northern i or the economy to get the best of both worlds. and our trade, for instance, what they re sure public has doubled our

he is in conversation with alex shannon and people strength and welcome back to the alex. ivan show a great place to be by going and with master we chops for the way, but we'll catch up again just well, it did. come explain it with poll, given the nice fuss, resigns, and protest. no nice protocol, but the assembly, the parliament installment keeps on what came and heard the phone or what could that catch on at westminster assembly with no government? i think we also look at a process where we are alex and i think we are where we are because all governments reluctance or difficulties are they to do something and ration to the north protocol. so we felt we feel us and, and the discussions of habit and my constituency, some of those presence told us that the northern protocol is not working. union has contacts my constituents every day, contact me about this as well. so we felt we were at a point where we had to do something, so we did what we did. what does it do? we try to put pressure on the new government, westminster, to take an initiative, for instance, to initiate article 16 to en

alex? >> wow, just a gross miscalculation in terms of how the russian aligned ukrainian public would react to this. matt bradley, thanks so much. please stay safe, we'll be back with you soon. >> thank you. >> after weeks of negotiations fell apart over a bipartisan sanctions bill, last, week the senate instead issued a non-resolution. warning russian president vladimir putin to seize -- senator tim kaine is a democrat from virginia. joins me now, senator cain, as, always good to see you. especially in a quickly moving news environment like this one. can we first talk about the white house's position on all of this? biden, the president, said for the first time today that this was the beginning of an invasion. there's been a lot of analysis about the use of the word invasion. the white house was not using that language last night. do you think that reflects a more aggressive posture here? do you think something has changed over the last 24 hours? >> well, it's an invasion, alex. it's an inv

alex, you know, this is an autocracy. this is president putin's russia so it's important not to get ahead of ourselves, but he is now fighting this war in ukraine on multiple fronts outside of ukraine, and i'm going to look down because there are so many developments that we are tracking today. just the latest. roman abramovich, the oligarch close to president putin, just in the last few minutes, actually, has announced that he is handing the chelsea soccer club, that world famous club, in to stewardship of trustees. he says he's doing it currently, but that is just one example of how the picture for multiple russians and russian society is shifting, it seems, dramatically, so just to go through some more. 200 journalists here in russia signed a petition calling for peace. a lawmaker who voted just this week in favor of -- for president putin's actions, now saying, i didn't vote for kyiv to be bombed. there is a petition as well from directors, including the director of the world famous bolshoi theater, saying, we want pe

welcome to alex witt reports. fast and furious backlash against russian president vladimir putin for his comments in moscow today about putting nuclear deterrence forces on alert and the day's other big breaking story, possible talks between ukraine and russia even as the fighting continues. president putin under fire for invoking nuclear weapons in remarks in moscow this morning. >> this is dangerous rhetoric. this is -- this is a behavior which is irresponsible and of course if you combine this rhetoric with what they are doing on the ground in ukraine, wagging war against independent sovereign nation, full-fledged invasion of ukraine, this adds to the seriousness of the situation. >> putin's comments came after a rough night of fighting on multiple fronts. ukraine's government released video of russian forces entering the city of kharkiv followed by video of armored vehicles on fire after the heavy fighting that broke out there. then video of a long line of abandoned armored vehicles and military gear. >> we pe

you hear me, alex? we have to equip our children with the means to be decent human beings, and if we're not open to difference, if we're not open to difference, we actually cultivate the capacity to be other, you know, to be mean-spirited, to not be concerned about that which we do not know anything about. it's a very dangerous, dangerous impulse. >> i'll tell you, though, but speaking to a parent of two kids, you're exactly preaching to the congregation, and the way i've tried to raise my kids with an open-mindedness and let them understand anything from religions to different race history to everything and it's just -- it makes them better suited to go out into the world and understand the people with whom they're going to work and live and associate, and it's hard to understand why someone wouldn't want to give that gift to their kids. but when my -- often, my last question to you, and that is, sometimes this kind of thing can backfire. "maus," the book that was banned in tennessee, it goes and tops

i agree with alex. if you can see the american in void to the region is now more of residing in is sylvia. rather than and he just make visit to sudan. so they have somehow behind closed door, which we all don't know. the american are quite significant there. and i agree, or says alec, the involvement of embrace united auto payment is also changing the game now in the se, disputed area. but to go back to your question about the history we have been here before, there are 6, we continue to be standing out. number one, egypt she has relying almost 90 something been said 97 percent on water of the might. so is for them is the survival issue. the same issue will be in the seat as a survivor and project the if she and they see the water from the light or the survival project. right. if she and have managed to integrate very well with europe and they are exporting in london, i go to see what market i buy, lots of for some to get them from egypt. so it gives you cannot take any risk on that. agricultural produ

>> reporter: hey, alex. today french president emmanuel macron called russian president vladimir putin. the two spoke on the phone for an hour and 45 minutes in what's described as a last-ditch effort to avert war. on the front lines ukrainian soldiers under fire. they say they've been ordered to exercise restraint to avoid provoking the enemy. part of an escalation that shows no signs of stopping, killing two ukrainian soldiers and injuring four, but cease-fire violations more than doubling over the last few days. inside russian-backed separatist controlled areas, a call to arms. >> translator: i call on all men in the republic able to hold a weapon in their hands to stand up to protect your families, he says, as thousands of women and children evacuate donbas, in hastily established tents in russia. allegations moscow denies. meanwhile in belarus, russian president vladimir putin flexing his country's nuclear muscles, launching ballistic and cruise missiles. while in munich, russia could try to block his r

so far everyone has failed, alex. not quite clear if mr. shoelts is going to be able to succeed. >>> i'm joined now by john sifer who ran operations in russia and now co-founder of spy craft entertainment. john, welcome back. it's awfully good to talk to you in these particularly troubling times. we had the call earlier with president biden and ukrainian president zelensky. an hour long or so and the white house read out said the countries agreed to pursue diplomacy and deterrence. for zelensky's part he had been warning and due to the proliferation of u.s. intelligence and what has been put out there what he wonders about and take a listen. >> we have a lot of information because it's on our borders and our territory and the truth that we have different information and now the best friend for enemies that is panic in our country. and all this information that helps doesn't help us. >> how do you interpret those comments? >> i think zelensky is a little over his head in this. he was essentially a comedian and we don't select the best presid

>> alex, thank you for having me back. we're expecting that at least 75% of the adult population, the eligible population of the u.s. will have received at least one dose of the vaccine by april 1st, coupled with the fact that if you're not vaccinated, you likely will have been exposed to omicron and have some degree of that so-called natural protection that we do believe will at least give you some degree of protection from reinfection for a short period of time. that's why we're expecting hospitals to really unstress between say april and i hope well into october. that six-month time frame. that easing is really going to be seen and felt across the country and most hospital systems by april 1st, and you'll see that glide path into may. we're really going to feel largely back to normal, hospitals, covid is not going to dominate the way it's dominating right now. 20,000 deaths just in the last seven days. that's where we're going to expect relief, and lastly, i'll say seasonality. colder, dryer air dominates, and the air w

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welcome to "alex witt reports." we begin with new warnings that russian military forces could invade ukraine any day now. a new u.s. assessment says putin has amassed 70% of the combat power needed for an invasion. national security advisor jake sullivan on nbc's "meet the press" this morning says they are still hoping for a diplomatic solution. >> we are prepared to sit down with the russians alongside our allies in nato and other partners in europe to talk about issues of mutual concern in european security. but what we're not prepared to negotiate are the fundamental principles of security that include an open door to nato for countries who can meet the requirements. >>> meantime the divide within the gop is getting even deeper as some republicans are slamming the rnc for calling the january 6th insurrection legitimate political discourse. senator lisa murkowski this morning saying why she stands by her criticism. >> when there is a conflict, when the party is -- is taking an approach or saying things that i thin

>> there is definitely concern, alex. one thing i'm proud of is that the democrats and republicans in munich, about 40 members of congress and senators are unified in a very clear message. putin's further invasion is completely unjustified. we stand with ukraine. there will be swift and certain costs, and secretary blinken, we met with, is doing a brilliant job in offering as many possible diplomatic off ramps to the russians. this is not in russia's interest to do this. this will be a costly war for them. we heard today in the hall president zelenskyy who made it clear that there are many people in ukraine that will fight for their country. i hope that putin is watching and gets the message. >> as you know, there's no russian delegation at that munich conference and that's for the first time in years. can something truly effective be accomplished with no russians in at least the munich conversation? >>s munich conversation i don't think will have any breakthrough. but i do think it will have a clear message that the tran

alex. >> matt, thank you very much for a comprehensive update. i appreciate that. let's go from there to nbc white house correspondent carol lee in washington. we understand the president is speaking out in a new interview. can you tell us what you're hearing? >> reporter: that's right, alex, the president in an interview with commentator, brian tyler cohen is talking about the options that he had for confronting russia as it mounts its assault on ukraine. take a listen. >> you have two options, start a third world war, go to war with russia physically, or two, make sure that a country that acts so contrary to international law ends up paying a price for having done it. >> now, the u.s. has adopted a number of sanctions against russia this week, just including on russian banks, on russia's sovereign debt. they have adopted export controls on certain types of technologies, so russia won't have access to those, and then yesterday, the administration announcing that they were sanctioning russian president vladimir putin personally as well as russian foreign minister s

the rachel maddow shows with alex whitener, good evening alex. >> good evening chris. good evening chris my kids would bang on pots and pans for a year after the start of the. pandemic >> it was very special, it felt like being part of something of resistance uninspired something. i look back on those day now and it's like, it feels a lot more -- >> were a long way from that moment. thank you as. always >> see. yeah >> and thank you at-home for joining us on this hour on december 1st of 2020 a few weeks after the presidential election are republican state representative in michigan had a very odd voice mail message. we played the recordings of his voice mail message on the show before and it was obtained by a small new service called the michigan information and research service. but now in light of new developments this voice mail has taken an even more significance. >> hi, representative -- my name is angela mcallen i'm calling from trump campaign headquarters in washington, d.c.. i know you're very busy, but i didn't want to personally reach out to you on behalf of

alex, you have seen the map. it's a daunting map. zelensky came here because he wanted to make the appeal in person, give us more support. give us more military support. one unanswered questions that i have been asking officials for the last couple of hours inside these meetings is will the u.s. support an insurgency, if ukraine does stand up as zelensky said today, we will fight for our country, will the u.s. support that? not with manpower, they're not part of nato. the u.s. has no treaty obligation to them. there is support we have given to other countries, notably in afghanistan and other places where we have supported insurgencies in syria. would we do that in ukraine, and there has been no clear answer, even off camera from u.s. officials about that. >> something that's interesting, andrea, the fact that president zelensky says he wants more support, a communal support from the united states and nato, the fact is that didn't he give up nuclear weapons that were held by ukraine? didn't he do that in an effort for that kind of su

welcome, everyone, to "alex witt reports." there's more breaking news on russia's invasion of ukraine. the night falls, and refugees continue to stream across ukraine's border into poland, and just in this last hour, air raid sirens have gone off in lviv, also in kyiv with warnings for residents to get into bomb shelters as the fighting there continues. this as russian president vladimir putin suffers the fallout from his comments today that he is putting nuclear deterrents forces on alert with european countries circling the wagons to isolate russia, pitching in to arm ukraine and posing economic sanctions and banning russia from flying aircraft over their collective air space, making it more difficult for russia to launch attacks or fly supplies into the conflict zone. also now this hour, the group that sets the doomsday clock says it will meet this week to evaluate putin's comments. that doomsday clock was set at 100 seconds to midnight in january when the russian invasion was a mere threat. now the group is concerned about

>> here's the thing i say, alex. i once sat in the white house, and was responsible for this battle over international pinion. the russians probably assume that most americans trust the u.s. government over the russian government. their audiences in europe. their audience is around the world. united states, if russia invades, is going to have to convince as many countries as possible to go along with the u.s.-led sanctions. to go along with the u.s.-led pressures of russian response. would russia needs to do, from an information standpoint, is not necessarily convinced everybody, that they're correct, but so one of doubt, that it is a he said he said kind of thing. that it is a situation where, russia claims that their forces were being attacked, and people were being massacred and used. ukraine but the u.s. says that this was a preplanned you invasion all along. who knows what the actual answer, is and to sow chaos and doubt about this, enough that they can create divisions in the coalition that would have to respon

>> reporter: thank you, alex. that's one of the questions i posed to the katy school district, how do you define "pervasively vulgar." they declined to answer that question or any other questions that we put in writing. i know from conversations with school staff that i've had, it's been described to them as vulgar throughout the book. these nine books that have been pulled and deemed inappropriate for any grade level, they're all young adult, mostly coming of age stories about teenagers. five of the nine feature lgbtq storylines. and by way of example, while i was researching this story i picked up a copy of "all boys aren't blue" by george johnson, a coming of age book by a black author. there are two pages of out of the 300 pages that describe in one instance the author's molestation as a child at the hands of a family member, the trauma he suffered and how he worked through that. later in the book there are descriptions of, you know, as an adult, losing his virginity and having sex. all these books that have b

>> thank you, alex, for your question. i want to repeat the state department's call, which is that americans in ukraine need to leave immediately. we don't know if vladimir putin is going to invade. he may very well invade in the next few days. but if you're an american in ukraine, you need to leave immediately. in terms of the diplomacy, we're still trying to use all of the diplomatic challenges to stop an invasion. what putin has done is unified the united states and our european allies as we stand together to push back against any attempted invasion of ukraine. >> congressman, i very much respect what you just said about everybody needing to leave ukraine. that said, i have a contrary assessment on that. listen to what retired four-star general barry mccaffrey told me yesterday about this particular issue, especially evacuating u.s. diplomatic employees. >> why are we pulling out our embassy in kyiv? it makes no sense. we ought to put more people in there, cia office, u.s. mil group officers. the ambassador should be in

alex paen: not really, because i was 26, you know? you don't feel like you're going to get in any trouble. the next day i went to the embassy and it was a huge crowd. it was very scary, because i had my tape recorder, you know, slung over my shoulder and i had my microphone and i'd wade through the crowd, but they're pushing and shoving, and they're yelling "death to america." joie: slowly, paen won over the guards and became the conduit for millions of letters from home. rocky sickmann: this is me holding up one of the cards, one of the envelopes the cards came in -- joie: yes, america, they made a difference. rocky sickmann: they open the door, and they bring in this pile of cards, and we look at each other like, what the heck is this? and we start picking up these cards and start reading, like, "we're praying for you." joie: the hostages didn't even know about the yellow ribbons of hope that americans had tied everywhere. rocky sickmann: we had no idea the world was united to try to bring the hostages home. joie: then paen made ano

alex: one of the words we have heard is basis. is there a basis for having concrete discussions on european security? if we start to get signals like that that would be a good sign. in recent days the indication is that is not where we are. jonathan: alex brideau of eurasia group, thank you, particular for that final comment. this equity market turns positive a little bit. considering where we were on the nasdaq when we were down 1% we have recovered two unchanged on the day. that feels like in up day considering where we were this morning. tom: i'm looking at four things. euro swissie has pulled back a little bit. this is what i love when we talk to actual authorities, away from the spin. alex brideau flat out says things have gone backwards diplomatically. jonathan: is there a basis to continue diplomatic conversations for the next couple of days, maybe longer than that? tom: i don't know. the germans have to do their tour. who will be after that? is boris johnson do swing through? jonathan: i believe the british prime minister