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 >>> THE WORLD STILL WALKS IN THE 
 SHADOW OF ANOTHER WORLD WAR.      

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 >> WE MUST NEVER FORGET THAT THE 
 MEN IN THE KREMLIN REMAIN         

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 DEDICATED, DANGEROUS COMMUNISTS. 

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 >> HISTORY TELLS US THAT GREAT    
 NATIONS HAVE OFTEN BEEN DRAGGED   

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 INTO LORE WITHOUT INTENDING IT,   
 BY CONFLICTS BETWEEN SMALLER      

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 NATIONS.                          

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 >> BLOOD AND IRON RULED BEHIND    
 THE CURTAIN.                      

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 HUNGARY FELL TO SOVIET TANKS.     
 IN BERLIN THE COMMUNISTS BUILT A 

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 WALL TO LOCK THEIR PEOPLE IN.     
 CZECHOSLOVAKIA ROSE AND FELL TO   

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 SOVIET TANKS.                     

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 >> AS GREAT POWERS, WE CAN AND    
 SHOULD USE OUR INFLUENCE TO       

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 PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING.      

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 >> MR. GORBACHEV, TEAR DOWN THIS 
 WALL.                             

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 >> THE IRON CURTAIN BETWEEN EAST 
 GERMANY AND WEST BERLIN HAS COME 

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 TUMBLING DOWN.                    

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 >> GORBACHEV SIGNED HIMSELF AND   
 THE SOVIET UNION OUT OF           

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 BUSINESS.                         
 THE RUSSIAN FLAG HAS REPLACED     

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 THE HAMMER AND SICKLE OVER THE    
 KREMLIN.                          

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 >> VLADIMIR PUTIN BECAME          
 PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA.              

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 >> PUTIN SAID THE COLLAPSE OF     
 THE SOVIET EMPIRE WAS A GREAT     

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 TRAGEDY.                          

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 >> RUSSIAN PLANES AGAIN BOMBING   
 GEORGIAN TARGETS THIS MORNING.    

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 >> RUSSIA ATTACKED AND INVADED    
 AN OCCUPIED CRIMEA.               

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 >> Translator: I HOPE NO ONE      
 WILL CROSS RUSSIA'S RED LINE,     

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 BUT IN EACH CASE WE ARE THE ONE   
 WHO SAY WILL DECIDE WHERE THE     

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 RED LINE IS.                      

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 >> MORE THAN 100,000 FORCES NOW   
 CIRCLING UKRAINE.                 

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 >> THIS IS THE MOST DANGEROUS     
 MOMENT.                           

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 >> IT WILL BE UGLY, HORRIBLE.     

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 >> WILL PUTIN INVADE UKRAINE?     

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 >> WE'RE READY TO IMPOSE SEVERE   
 SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA.              

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 RUSSIA HAS A CHOICE BETWEEN WAR   
 AND ALL THE SUFFERING IT WILL     

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 BRING OR DIPLOMACY.               

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 >> THE WAR IN UKRAINE RAGES.      
 THE SITUATION IS GETTING MORE     

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 DIRE BY THE HOUR.                 

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 >> UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY 
 CALLING ON UKRAINIANS TO STAND    

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 THEIR GROUND.                     
 [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]     

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 >> PUTIN IS A CRIMINAL.           

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 >> ANTI-WAR PROTESTS ARE POPPING 
 UP AROUND RUSSIA.                 

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 >> FROM PARIS TO LONDON TO        
 BERLIN.                           

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 >> THE U.S. AND ALLIES RATCHETED 
 UP FINANCIAL PRESSURE ON PUTIN    

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 WITH MASSIVE SANCTIONS.           

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 >> THE RUSSIAN ECONOMY IS IN      
 FREEFALL AT THIS POINT.           

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 >> PUTIN HAS PUT HIS NUCLEAR      
 DETERRENCE FORCES ON HIGH ALERT. 

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 >> TWO CITIES IN THE SOUTH ARE    
 REPORTEDLY SURROUNDED.            

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 >> THE QUESTION IS WHAT'S NEXT.   

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 >> WHAT IS PUTIN'S END GAME       
 HERE?                             

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 >> IT'S A GLOBAL TEST FOR THE     
 PRESIDENT.                        

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 >> HE THOUGHT THE WEST AND NATO   
 WOULDN'T RESPOND.                 

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 HE THOUGHT HE COULD DIVIDE US AT 
 HOME AND EUROPE AS WELL, BUT      

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 PUTIN WAS WRONG.                  
 WE ARE READY.                     

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 >>> HI, GUYS.                     

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 >> HI.                            

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 >> SNACKS.                        

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 >> I'M OUTSIDE THE U.N. WHERE     
 THEY HAVE CALLED A RARE MEETING   

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 OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.          

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 >> I'M IN FRONT OF THE CAPITOL    
 WHERE THE STATE OF THE UNION      

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 WILL BE TONIGHT RIGHT BEHIND ME. 

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 >> NAPALM.                        

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 >> I'M OUTSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE.   
 THEY'RE TRYING TO WARD OFF A      

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 WORLD WAR, THE THINGS YOU DO ON   
 STATE OF THE UNION DAY.           

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 >> I'M ON THE LINE NOW.           

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 >> YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU.          

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 >> I'M 150 MILES FROM THE         
 UKRAINIAN BORDER, CLOSE ENOUGH    

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 FOR IT TO FEEL DIFFERENT THAN     
 THE UNITED STATES, BUT ALSO FAR   

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 ENOUGH AWAY THAT I'M NOT IN A     
 FALLOUT SHELTER CURRENTLY.        

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 >> YIKES.                         

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 >> SO WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF      
 THIS NIGHTMARE THAT WE'RE         

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 CURRENTLY FACING.                 
 THE MOST SIGNIFICANT GROUND WAR   

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 IN EUROPE SINCE WORLD WAR II.     
 A WAR IN WHICH WE'RE INVOKING     

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 THE SPECTER OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS.   

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 >> WE'VE ALL BEEN COMPLETELY      
 AMAZED --                         

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 >> BY THE FEROCITY OF THE         
 UKRAINIAN RESISTANCE, BY HOW      

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 MUCH HARDER THEY MADE IT SO FAR   
 ON RUSSIA THAN EVERYBODY          

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 EXPECTED, INCLUDING THE           
 RUSSIANS.                         

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 BUT THE HORRIFIC AS OF TODAY,     
 660,000 REFUGEES HAVE FLED        

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 UKRAINE AND ABOUT HALF OF THEM    
 HAVE COME TO POLAND.              

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 >> QUOTING VLADIMIR LENIN, THERE 
 ARE DECADES WHERE IT SEEMS LIKE   

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 NOTHING HAPPENS AND WEEKS WHERE   
 IT SEEMS LIKE DECADES HAVE        

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 HAPPENED, AND THIS IS ONE OF      
 THEM.                             

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 >> NOW WE HAVE BIDEN VERSUS       
 PUTIN, AND PUTIN WILLING TO TAKE 

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 STEPS THAT WE THOUGHT WERE        
 UNIMAGINABLE.                     

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 >> BIDEN HAS HAD A ROUGH START,   
 BUT HE'S THE GUY WHO HAS THE      

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 INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE WORNG    
 WITH COALITION, WORKING WITH      

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 ALLIANCES.                        
 THAT'S HIS DNA.                   

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 >> JOE BIDEN, SOMEONE WHO HAS     
 LED FOREIGN POLICY FOR FOUR       

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 DECADES, WAS PART OF THE FOREIGN 
 POLICY ESTABLISHMENT DURING THE   

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 COLDER WAR.                       
 MAYBE HE IS THE RIGHT FOE TO      

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 TAKE ON VLADIMIR PUTIN RIGHT      
 NOW.                              

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 >> WELL, BIDEN WAS BEING CALLED   
 BY HIS CRITICS A FEEBLE INEPT     

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 LEADER.                           
 LO AND BEHOLD THIS MAN HAS        

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 MANAGED TO LEAD THE COALITION OF 
 THE WEST AGAINST AN AUTOCRATIC    

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 DICTATOR.                         

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 >> BUT HE'S MATCHED AGAINST       
 SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T SEEM TO GIVE 

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 A SHIT.                           

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 >> YOU HAVEN'T SEEN A SHOWDOWN    
 LIKE THIS SINCE KENNEDY AND       

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 KHRUSHCHEV.                       
 THE FACT THAT HE'S GOING          

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 TOE-TO-TOE WITH VLADIMIR PUTIN    
 SAYS A TON ABOUT HIS ABILITY TO   

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 CONJURE UNITY IN AN OTHERWISE     
 INCREDIBLY FRACTURED POLITICAL    

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 LANDSCAPE.                        

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 >> A WEEK AGO, IT WAS STUNNING    
 TO HEAR FROM SOME OF THE MOST     

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 IMPORTANT FIGURES IN THE          
 REPUBLICAN PARTY WHO CAME OUT     

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 AND SAID NICE THINGS ABOUT        
 VLADIMIR PUTIN.                   

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 >> I HAVE ENORMOUS RESPECT FOR    
 HIM.                              

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 I'VE BEEN CRITICIZED FOR SAYING   
 THAT.                             

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 >> PUTIN IS SMART.                
 OUR LEADERS ARE DUMB.             

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 >> PUTIN PLAYED THIS ALMOST LIKE 
 A SYMPHONY CONDUCTOR.             

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 THEY HAVE A PRESIDENT, WE DON'T. 

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 >> YOU REMEMBER WHEN THE          
 REPUBLICAN PARTY WAS THE PARTY    

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 OF REAGAN?                        
 [ LAUGHING ]                      

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 WELL, THEY ARE FIRMLY, SQUARELY   
 THE PARTY OF TRUMP BECAUSE IT'S   

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 A LAYUP FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY 
 OF OLD.                           

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 WHO'S THE BAD GUY HERE?           
 VLADIMIR PUTIN.                   

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 >> THE STATE OF THE UNION IS      
 TONIGHT.                          

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 AND I THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY      
 THAT THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION     

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 WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO THE STATE 
 OF THE UNION.                     

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 THEY HAVE NOT HAD A GREAT GO OF   
 THINGS.                           

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 THE VOTING RIGHTS ACTS DIDN'T GO 
 ANYWHERE.                         

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 BUILD BACK BETTER DIED.           
 INFLATION IS HIGH.                

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 THIS IS THE MOMENT WHERE YOU      
 TURN THE PAGE AND TRY TO GET A    

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 NEW NARRATIVE GOING.              

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 >> NOTHING LIKE A WORLD WAR FOR   
 A RESET, RIGHT?                   

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 >> SO THIS IS NOT THE             
 ENVIRONMENT THAT THE WHITE HOUSE 

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 WANTED TO DELIVER THIS STATE OF   
 THE UNION, BUT THERE IS VERY BIG 

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 LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITY FOR THE    
 PRESIDENT.                        

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 WHAT CAN HE SAY NOW TO RALLY THE 
 AMERICAN PEOPLE, INSPIRE THEM     

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 AND FRANKLY FLIP TO STANDING      
 WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.         

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 THIS IS THE KIND OF MOMENT THAT   
 DEFINES A PRESIDENCY.             

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 >> AS I SIT HERE IN FRONT OF THE 
 CAPITOL, WE REALIZE WHY THIS      

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 MATTERS, WHY FREEDOM MATTERS,     
 WHY DEMOCRACY MATTERS, AND IT     

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 REALLY FEELS RIGHT NOW THAT WE    
 ARE ON THE BRINK OF SOMETHING     

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 REALLY DARK AND REALLY            
 DANGEROUS.                        

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 >> PRESIDENT BIDEN DELIVERS HIS   
 FIRST STATE OF THE UNION          

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 ADDRESS.                          

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 >> IT'S A MOMENT OF HIGH DRAMA    
 TONIGHT.                          

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 THIS IS NOT YOUR TYPICAL STATE    
 OF THE UNION.                     

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 >> UKRAINE UNDER HEAVY RUSSIAN    
 ATTACK THIS EVENING THAT WILL     

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 FEATURE PROMINENTLY IN THE        
 PRESIDENT'S REMARKS.              

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 >> PRESIDENT BIDEN IS ON HIS WAY 
 TO THE CAPITOL TO MAKE HIS STATE 

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 OF THE UNION ADDRESS.             

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 >> WITH PEACE AND DEMOCRACY       
 HANGING IN THE BALANCE RIGHT NOW 

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 IN EUROPE --                      

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 >> THE U.S. AND U.S. PRESIDENT    
 MARSHALING A COALITION TO DEFEND 

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 DEMOCRACY.                        

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 >> MADAM SPEAKER, THE PRESIDENT   
 OF THE UNITED STATES.             

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 [ APPLAUSE ]                      

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 >> SIX DAYS AGO, RUSSIA'S         
 VLADIMIR PUTIN SOUGHT TO SHAKE    

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 THE VERY FOUNDATIONS OF THE FREE 
 WORLD, THINKING HE COULD MAKE IT 

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 BEND TO HIS MENACING WAYS.        
 BUT HE BADLY MISCALCULATED.       

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 HE THOUGHT HE COULD ROLL INTO     
 UKRAINE AND THE WORLD WOULD ROLL 

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 OVER.                             
 INSTEAD, HE MET WITH A WALL OF    

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 STRENGTH HE NEVER ANTICIPATED OR 
 IMAGINED.                         

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 HE MET THE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE.      
 [ APPLAUSE ]                      

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 AND AS I HAVE MADE CRYSTAL        
 CLEAR, THE UNITED STATES AND OUR 

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 ALLIES WILL DEFEND EVERY INCH OF 
 TERRITORY THAT IS NATO TERRITORY 

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 WITH THE FULL FORCE OF OUR        
 COLLECTIVE POWER.                 

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 GOD BLESS YOU ALL, AND MAY GOD    
 PROTECT OUR TROOPS.               

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 >> ALL OF THIS SUBURBAN MOMS IN   
 MY FAMILY LOVED THE SPEECH.       

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 >> GOOD!                          

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 >> SO THAT'S LIKE THE BIG WIN.    

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 >> I'VE HEARD SOME RUMBLINGS      
 ABOUT THAT.                       

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 >> THE THING THAT IS FUNNY, IT    
 DOESN'T CREEK ANYMORE.            

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 THAT HALLWAY CREAKED THE SAME     
 PLACE ALL THROUGH CLINTON AND     

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 OBAMA.                            

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 >> THE RUG IS DIFFERENT BUT THE   
 OLDER WHITE MEN IS STILL THE      

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 SAME.                             
 IT'S NOT CHANGED.                 

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 >> SO YOU AND I BOTH WORKED HERE 
 BEFORE BUT I CAN'T RECALL A       

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 MOMENT WHERE THE PRESIDENT OF     
 THE UNITED STATES HAD SO MUCH ON 

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 THE LINE, NOT JUST FOR HIS        
 PRESIDENCY BUT FOR THE WORLD.     

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 HOW DID YOU ALL THINK ABOUT WHAT 
 YOU WANTED TO CONVEY TO THE       

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 AMERICAN PEOPLE FIRST ABOUT       
 UKRAINE?                          

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 >> WELL, WE THOUGHT A LOT,        
 ESPECIALLY OVER THE LAST COUPLE   

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 OF DAYS, AND HE DID, ABOUT HOW    
 MUCH OF THE SPEECH SHOULD BE      

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 ABOUT RUSSIA AND UKRAINE AND HOW 
 MUCH SHOULD BE ABOUT OTHER        

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 DOMESTIC ISSUES.                  
 IT'S SUCH A TRICKY BALANCE.       

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 WE DECIDED THAT REALLY KICKING    
 OFF THE SPEECH FELT LIKE MEETING 

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 THE MOMENT THAT WE'RE ALL LIVING 
 IN, RIGHT?                        

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 >> RIGHT.                         
 BECAUSE IT'S FOREFRONT OF         

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 EVERYONE'S MIND.                  

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 >> IT'S FRONT AND CENTER.         
 IT FEELS LIKE THERE'S A WAR IN    

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 EUROPE AND IT'S SCARY, AND YOU    
 HAVE THIS RUSSIAN PRESIDENT       

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 THREATENING NUCLEAR WAR.          

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 >> YES!                           

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 >> AND IT FEELS VERY SCARY.       

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 >> YEAH.                          

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 >> SO IT FELT IMPORTANT TO HIM    
 TO KIND OF GET EVERYBODY BACK UP 

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 TO SPEED.                         
 HERE'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN PUTTING    

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 TOGETHER, THIS GLOBAL COALITION, 
 AND TO TALK ABOUT EVERYTHING      

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 WE'RE DOING TO TRY TO HELP THE    
 PEOPLE WHOSE IMAGES YOU'RE        

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 SEEING WHO ARE SUFFERING ON YOUR 
 TELEVISION SCREEN.                

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 >> IT IS STRIKING TO ME THAT      
 PUTIN SUCCEEDED IN UNITING NATO   

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 ALLIES AFTER SOME HURT FEELINGS   
 IN AFGHANISTAN.                   

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 >> I THOUGHT THIS WAS ONE OF THE 
 MOST IMPORTANT LINES IN THE       

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 EARLY PART OF THE SPEECH.         
 PRESIDENT PUTIN THOUGHT HE COULD 

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 DIVIDE US AT HOME, HE THOUGHT HE 
 COULD DIVIDE THE WEST, AND HE     

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 WAS WRONG.                        

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 >> I HAVE HEARD SO MANY PEOPLE    
 COMMENT TO ME ABOUT NOT HAVING    

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 SEEN REPUBLICANS STAND UP TO      
 SUPPORT SOMETHING BIPARTISAN IN   

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 A VERY LONG TIME.                 

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 >> IT'S A THROWBACK IN SOME WAYS 
 TO MORE UNITY ON NATIONAL         

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 SECURITY ISSUES AMONG DEMOCRATS   
 AND REPUBLICANS.                  

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 >> YEAH.                          
 THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE BEEN     

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 THROUGH SO MUCH.                  
 IS THAT PART OF IT, THAT THEY'RE 

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 NOT JUST WORRIED ABOUT UKRAINE    
 OBVIOUSLY, IT'S COVID, IT'S       

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 INFLATION, IT'S LIKE ALL OF       
 THESE THINGS COMING AT THEM AND   

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 DID HE WANT TO REASSURE THEM      
 ACROSS THE BOARD?                 

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 >> YEAH.                          
 YOU KNOW, I THINK PART OF IT      

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 WAS, AND PART OF WHAT HE HAS      
 TRIED TO DO AND WE HAVE TRIED TO 

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 DO OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS IS      
 PROVIDE SOME REASSURANCE AND      

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 SOME CALM.                        

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 >> AND YOU WANT TO PREPARE US     
 FOR WORSE.                        

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 >> EXACTLY.                       
 WE HAVE SEEN PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY 

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 STAND UP AND BE COURAGEOUS.       
 WE HAVE SEEN THE UKRAINIAN        

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 PEOPLE FIGHT LIKE HELL.           
 BUT THE RUSSIAN MILITARY IS       

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 INCREDIBLY POWERFUL.              
 THEY HAVE EVERY INTENTION OF      

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 TAKING KYIV.                      
 THAT IS PRESIDENT PUTIN'S         

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 AMBITION.                         

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 >> THE STAKES OF THE WAR IN       
 UKRAINE, THEY ARE NOT -- IT IS    

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 NOT WHAT I EVER EXPECTED TO SEE   
 AGAIN.                            

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 DO YOU THINK THE PRESIDENT DID    
 ENOUGH TO PREPARE THE AMERICAN    

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 PEOPLE FOR WHAT MIGHT BE COMING? 

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 >> I THINK THAT THIS WAS -- THE   
 PRESIDENT'S FOCUS TONIGHT WAS ON 

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 MAKING SURE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE   
 UNDERSTAND WHY IT WAS IMPORTANT   

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 FOR US AS A COUNTRY TO STAND UP   
 FOR DEMOCRACY AGAINST AUTOCRACY, 

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 WHY IT MATTERED TO STAND UP       
 AGAINST A DICTATOR, AND HE WILL   

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 CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT IT.        

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 >>> IT HAS BEEN ONE WEEK SINCE    
 RUSSIA BEGAN ITS INVASION OF      

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 UKRAINE.                          

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 >> ZELENSKYY HAS CALLED THIS      
 OPEN, UNDISGUISED TERROR.         

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 >> MARK BRZEZINSKI IS THE U.S.    
 AMBASSADOR TO POLAND.             

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 HIS GRANDFATHER WAS A POLISH      
 DIPLOMAT.                         

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 HIS FATHER IS ONE OF THE GRAND    
 FIGURES OF AMERICAN FOREIGN       

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 POLICY IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE 
 20thth                            

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 20th CENTURY.                     

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 >> WE CAME HERE TO AFFIRM THE     
 TREATY AND MOVE THE ARMS PROCESS 

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 FORWARD BY SETTING MORE           
 AMBITIOUS GOALS FOR OURSELVES     

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 AND FOR THE SOVIETS.              

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 >> NOW MARK IS A FORMER U.S.      
 AMBASSADOR TO SWEDEN, AND JUST    

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 WAS APPOINTED JOE BIDEN'S         
 AMBASSADOR HERE.                  

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 AH, SIR.                          

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 >> THAT'S TEDDY.                  

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 >> TEDDY?                         

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 >> AND HE HAS HIS OWN OWN SOCIAL 
 MEDIA ACCOUNT.                    

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 >> DOES HE HAVE MORE POWERS THAN 
 YOU AT THIS POINT?                

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 >> PROBABLY.                      
 COME ON IN.                       

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 THIS IS THE PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL    
 OF FREEDOM GIVEN TO MY FATHER BY 

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 PRESIDENT CARTER FOR              
 NORMALIZATION OF RELATIONS WITH   

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 CHINA IN 1979.                    

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 >> HOW OFTEN DID YOUR FATHER      
 WEAR THOSE TO DINNER ON A NORMAL 

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 TUESDAY NIGHT?                    

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 >> PRETTY MUCH ALL THE TIME.      

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 >> THE STATE OF THE UNION IS      
 BASICALLY A DOMESTIC POLITICAL    

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 SPEECH FOR AMERICAN CONSUMPTION   
 BUT IT'S ALSO A SPEECH THAT HAS   

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 A SECOND AUDIENCE, THE BALTICS    
 AND OTHER NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES   

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 WANT TO HEAR WHAT FROM JOE BIDEN 
 AND DID THEY HEAR IT FROM JOE     

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 BIDEN WITH WHAT THEY JUST SAW?    

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 >> WHETHER GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, 
 NGO LEADERS, LOCAL ACTIVISTS,     

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 PEOPLE TRYING TO HEAR FROM JOE    
 BIDEN IS A MESSAGE OF ASSURANCE   

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 AND DETERRENCE.                   
 AS PRESIDENT BIDEN SAID, NATO     

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 AND AMERICA WILL DEFEND EVERY     
 SQUARE INCH OF NATO TERRITORY.    

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 THOSE WORDS FROM THE AMERICAN     
 PRESIDENT COULD NOT BE MORE       

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 IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF THE         
 STABILITY IN EVERY SENSE OF THIS 

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 REGION IN THE WORLD.              

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 >> ONE OF THE INTERESTING THINGS 
 ABOUT YOU IS THAT YOU WERE ON     

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 THE NSC UNDER BILL CLINTON IN     
 1999 WHERE YOU WERE IN CHARGE OF 

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 THE RUSSIAN DESK.                 
 SO YOU BASICALLY HAVE BEEN        

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 TRACKING VLADIMIR PUTIN IN A      
 CLOSE WAY.                        

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 >> I HAVE BEEN.                   

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 >> FOR A LONG TIME, RIGHT?        

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 >> YEAH.                          

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 >> AS YOU THINK ABOUT PUTIN'S     
 DECISION TO INVADE, WHAT WAS IT   

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 REALLY ABOUT AND HOW DO YOU       
 THINK HE THINKS IT ENDS?          

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 >> THIS IS A MAN FROM THE KGB     
 WHO HAS AN EMBRACE OF CZARIST     

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 RUSSIA NARRATIVE THAT HE WANTS    
 FOR HIS OWN.                      

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 WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TACTICALLY?   
 THAT MEANS KYIV AND ODESA, THE    

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 TWO PRINCIPAL CAPITOLS OF         
 CZARIST RUSSIA OF THE PAST THAT   

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 HE WANTS TO BE REMEMBERED AS      
 RESURRECTING.                     

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 BUT HE HAS TO ASK HIMSELF, IF HE 
 HOLDS THOSE CAPITOLS AND          

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 EVERYTHING ELSE IS TOTALLY        
 FALLING APART AROUND HIM, DID     

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 THAT HAVE THE KIND OF BENEFIT IN 
 TERMS OF HIS LEGACY THAT HE       

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 WANTED?                           
 BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT HE'S GOING    

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 TO GET.                           

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 >> VLADIMIR PUTIN IS A GLOBAL     
 SUPER VILLAIN.                    

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 WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING QUITE    
 LIKE HIM.                         

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 NOW HE'S INVOKING THE SPECTER OF 
 NUCLEAR WEAPONS.                  

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 HOW MUCH DO YOU WORRY ABOUT       
 THAT?                             

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 >> THIS IS A REGION OF THE WORLD 
 WHERE WE HAD THE CHERNOBYL        

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 DISASTER, SO NUCLEAR TRAGEDY IS   
 FRONT OF MIND FOR EVERYONE        

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 AROUND HERE.                      
 I HAVE TO SAY THAT WHEN I SAW     

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 THAT PRESIDENT PUTIN HAD PUT HIS 
 NUCLEAR FORCES ON ALERT, I WAS    

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 STUNNED.                          
 IF THERE IS A THREAT AND          

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 CHALLENGE THAT BRINGS EVERY       
 CORNER OF THE WORLD TOGETHER      

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 AROUND AN UNDERSTANDING THAT      
 PRESIDENT PUTIN IS A THREAT, A    

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 DANGER AND A CRUEL PERSON NOT     
 JUST TO UKRAINE BUT TO THE        

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 GLOBAL COMMUNITY, IT WAS THAT.    

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 >> THERE'S A VIEW THAT THERE ARE 
 TOUGH DAYS AHEAD BUT WE KNOW      

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 WHERE THIS IS GOING TO END UP.    
 VLADIMIR PUTIN IS GOING TO LOSE. 

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 >> RIGHT.                         

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 >> IS THAT CLEAR TO YOU?          

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 >> THAT'S COMPLETELY CLEAR TO     
 ME.                               

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 THIS IS PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN'S     
 FINEST HOUR.                      

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 HE HAS SPENT DECADES BUILDING A   
 NETWORK IN THE TRANSATLANTIC      

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 COMMUNITY, BRINGING COUNTRIES     
 INTO NATO.                        

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 BECAUSE, REMEMBER, AS A YOUNG     
 SENATOR, HE WAS A SPEARHEAD FOR   

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00:17:15,868 --> 00:17:18,470
 BRINGING CENTRAL EUROPEAN         
 COUNTRIES INTO NATO.              

307
00:17:18,570 --> 00:17:23,642
 THAT NEEDS TO BE REMEMBERED.      
 HE HAS SPENT THOUSANDS OF HOURS   

308
00:17:23,742 --> 00:17:27,880
 WITH THE WORLD'S BEST EXPERTS     
 UNDERSTANDING CENTRAL AND         

309
00:17:27,980 --> 00:17:29,848
 EASTERN EUROPE, INCLUDING MY      
 LATE FATHER.                      

310
00:17:29,948 --> 00:17:32,818
 WHAT HE WOULD HAVE SAID IS, I     
 THINK, MORE FOCUS SHOULD HAVE     

311
00:17:32,918 --> 00:17:38,223
 BEEN DONE OVER THE LAST 30 YEARS 
 TO REALLY TRY TO POLITICALLY AND 

312
00:17:38,323 --> 00:17:42,027
 ECONOMICALLY STABILIZE UKRAINE    
 SO IT WOULD NOT BE SUCH A VACUUM 

313
00:17:42,127 --> 00:17:47,666
 AND AN ATTRACTIVE VICTIM FOR AN   
 EXPANSIONIST PRESIDENT PUTIN TO   

314
00:17:47,766 --> 00:17:50,369
 CREATE HIS IMAGE OF A RUSSIAN     
 SUPERPOWER.                       

315
00:17:50,469 --> 00:17:54,606
 HE PREDICTED THAT, AND THAT IS    
 WHAT WE ARE SEEING.               

316
00:17:54,706 --> 00:17:58,010
 >> RUSSIAN FORCES CLOSING IN ON   
 CITIES IN SOUTHERN UKRAINE.       

317
00:17:58,110 --> 00:18:04,316
 >> IN KHERSON, THERE ARE REPORTS 
 THAT IT'S FALLEN TO RUSSIAN       

318
00:18:04,416 --> 00:18:08,821
 FORCES, THE FIRST BIG CITY TO     
 FALL.                             

319
00:18:08,921 --> 00:18:13,392
 >> UKRAINE SAYS MORE THAN 2,000   
 CIVILIANS HAVE BEEN KILLED.       

320
00:18:13,492 --> 00:18:16,628
 >> FROM FRENCH OFFICIALS          
 FOLLOWING PRESIDENT MACRON'S      

321
00:18:16,728 --> 00:18:19,398
 CALL WITH PUTIN, THEY BELIEVE     
 THE WORST IS YET TO COME.         

322
00:18:19,498 --> 00:18:24,636
 >> WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IS 
 ALREADY SCARY ENOUGH.             

323
00:18:24,736 --> 00:18:28,040
 STALIN ELIMINATED MILLIONS OF     
 HIS OWN PEOPLE, SAYING THAT       

324
00:18:28,140 --> 00:18:29,842
 THAT'S FOR THE GOOD OF THE        
 NATION.                           

325
00:18:29,942 --> 00:18:41,453
 WHO KNOWS WHAT PUTIN THINKS WHAT 
 IS FOR THE GOOD OF THE NATION.    

326
00:18:41,553 --> 00:18:45,524
 >> YOU OCCUPY A PARTICULAR PLACE 
 IN RUSSIAN HISTORY, YOUR FAMILY   

327
00:18:45,624 --> 00:18:47,826
 DOES.                             
 YOUR GRANDFATHER SPENT TIME IN    

328
00:18:47,926 --> 00:18:49,094
 KYIV IN UKRAINE.                  

329
00:18:49,194 --> 00:18:52,598
 >> HE LOVED UKRAINE.              
 HE WOULD BUILD UKRAINE, RAISE IT 

330
00:18:52,698 --> 00:18:55,501
 FROM THE ASHES AFTER WORLD WAR    
 II.                               

331
00:18:55,601 --> 00:19:01,573
 SO THE IDEA THAT ANOTHER KREMLIN 
 LEADER IS DEMOLISHING IT IS --    

332
00:19:01,673 --> 00:19:02,841
 IT'S INCOMPREHENSIBLE.            

333
00:19:02,941 --> 00:19:06,845
 >> LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT 
 HOW BIDEN HAS PLAYED HIS HAND.    

334
00:19:06,945 --> 00:19:07,846
 >> NOT A FAN.                     

335
00:19:07,946 --> 00:19:11,083
 >> YEAH, YOU'RE NOT A FAN.        
 A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE               

336
00:19:11,183 --> 00:19:14,686
 CONGRATULATING HIM FOR THE        
 RADICAL TRANSPARENCY REGARDING    

337
00:19:14,786 --> 00:19:16,889
 U.S. INTELLIGENCE OF RUSSIAN      
 FORCES AMASSING AT THE BORDER,    

338
00:19:16,989 --> 00:19:20,993
 THE FACT THAT THEY MOVED SWIFTLY 
 ON SANCTIONS, THE FACT THAT HE'S 

339
00:19:21,093 --> 00:19:23,462
 HELD TOGETHER A COALITION OF THE 
 WEST AND TAKEN VERY EXTREME       

340
00:19:23,562 --> 00:19:26,999
 MEASURES TO CRIPPLE THE RUSSIAN   
 ECONOMY.                          

341
00:19:27,099 --> 00:19:30,335
 WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT?        

342
00:19:30,435 --> 00:19:34,773
 >> ALL WHAT YOU SAID IS TRUE.     
 THE REASON I'M NOT A FAN IS       

343
00:19:34,873 --> 00:19:39,077
 BECAUSE IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF      
 AMERICAN GUNG-HO MENTALITY THAT   

344
00:19:39,178 --> 00:19:42,014
 WE'RE JUST GOING TO JUMP ON A     
 HIGH HORSE AND RALLY THE TROOPS   

345
00:19:42,114 --> 00:19:45,117
 AND WE'RE JUST GOING TO GO INTO   
 THAT VILLAGE.                     

346
00:19:45,217 --> 00:19:47,219
 YOU DON'T DEAL WITH AN AUTOCRAT   
 LIKE THAT.                        

347
00:19:47,319 --> 00:19:50,422
 YOU DON'T EMBARRASS AN AUTOCRAT. 
 YOU DON'T TELL HIM HE'S GOING TO 

348
00:19:50,522 --> 00:19:52,291
 INVADE BUT HE HASN'T DECIDED      
 YET.                              

349
00:19:52,391 --> 00:19:55,627
 >> YOU THINK THERE WAS A MOMENT   
 THERE WHERE HE REALLY HADN'T      

350
00:19:55,727 --> 00:19:59,598
 DECIDED HE WAS GOING TO GO TO     
 WAR, BUT THAT BIDEN'S RADICAL     

351
00:19:59,698 --> 00:20:02,201
 TRANSPARENCY ABOUT WHAT THE       
 RUSSIANS HAD PLANNED AND WHAT     

352
00:20:02,301 --> 00:20:04,703
 THEY WERE DOING, THAT THAT        
 ACTUALLY HURT THE CAUSE?          

353
00:20:04,803 --> 00:20:09,841
 >> IT SEEMED TO ME THAT THERE     
 WERE MOMENTS -- IN EFFECT PUTIN   

354
00:20:09,942 --> 00:20:12,811
 WAS SAYING WE ARE GOING TO TAKE   
 THE TROOPS OUT AND BIDEN SAID,    

355
00:20:12,911 --> 00:20:16,281
 NO, NO, NO, THEY DON'T MEAN IT.   
 I THINK THERE WAS A MOMENT WHERE 

356
00:20:16,381 --> 00:20:19,551
 PUTIN SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M    
 GOING TO SHOW THEM I MEAN IT.     

357
00:20:19,651 --> 00:20:22,487
 >> WE'RE PAST THE POINT NOW       
 WHERE HE'S JUST SHOWING BIDEN     

358
00:20:22,588 --> 00:20:22,854
 WHO'S BOSS.                       

359
00:20:22,955 --> 00:20:23,989
 >> RIGHT.                         

360
00:20:24,089 --> 00:20:29,061
 >> NOW WE'RE AT THE POINT WHERE   
 HE IS BOMBING CIVILIAN            

361
00:20:29,161 --> 00:20:29,595
 INFRASTRUCTURE --                 

362
00:20:29,695 --> 00:20:30,762
 >> PEOPLE ARE DYING.              

363
00:20:30,862 --> 00:20:33,565
 >> AND PEOPLE ARE DYING.          
 AND A LOT OF THEM HAVE TIES BACK 

364
00:20:33,665 --> 00:20:35,667
 TO RUSSIA.                        
 IF YOU ARE IN RUSSIA RIGHT NOW,   

365
00:20:35,767 --> 00:20:37,736
 CAN YOU REALLY FIND OUT WHAT'S    
 HAPPENING?                        

366
00:20:37,836 --> 00:20:41,006
 >> OH, THEY DO FIND OUT.          
 PEOPLE TALK ALL THE TIME, OF      

367
00:20:41,106 --> 00:20:42,975
 COURSE.                           
 BUT FOR RUSSIANS NOW, IT'S NOT    

368
00:20:43,075 --> 00:20:45,277
 THE SHUTTING DOWN OF WHAT THEY    
 DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE WAR.         

369
00:20:45,377 --> 00:20:47,179
 >> RIGHT.                         

370
00:20:47,279 --> 00:20:48,747
 >> IT'S JUST SHUTTING THE WORLD   
 OFF.                              

371
00:20:48,847 --> 00:20:52,718
 AND THAT'S WHAT MAY BE A          
 SALVATION FOR PUTIN.              

372
00:20:52,818 --> 00:20:57,289
 BECAUSE SANCTIONS MAY BE --       
 ECONOMY, FINE.                    

373
00:20:57,389 --> 00:20:59,625
 BUT DISNEY MOVIES.                

374
00:20:59,725 --> 00:21:01,126
 >> CULTURAL ASPECTS.              

375
00:21:01,226 --> 00:21:04,096
 >> CULTURAL ASPECTS, SOCIAL       
 ASPECTS.                          

376
00:21:04,196 --> 00:21:05,764
 >> SO YOU THINK THAT'S ALL GOOD   
 FOR PUTIN.                        

377
00:21:05,864 --> 00:21:07,432
 >> I THINK IT'S ALL GOOD FOR      
 PUTIN.                            

378
00:21:07,532 --> 00:21:12,471
 >> AS YOU OFFER IT, ALL THE       
 MEASURES WE'VE TAKEN TO ACT AS    

379
00:21:12,571 --> 00:21:16,275
 DETERNTS DETERNRENTS AND WEAKEN   
              PUTIN'S               

380
00:21:16,375 --> 00:21:20,312
 HAND HAVE HAD THE OPPOSITE        
 EFFECT AND THE SHUTOFF OF RUSSIA 

381
00:21:20,412 --> 00:21:23,215
 FROM THE REST OF THE WORLD WILL   
 MAKE HIM STRONGER.                

382
00:21:23,315 --> 00:21:25,784
 >> PUTIN'S POPULARITY BY THE WAY 
 IS GOING UP.                      

383
00:21:25,884 --> 00:21:29,087
 IT WAS AT 65, 66% SOME SHORT      
 TIME AGO.                         

384
00:21:29,187 --> 00:21:30,422
 NOW IT'S 71.                      

385
00:21:30,522 --> 00:21:33,725
 >> TODAY THE FRENCH SAID THE      
 WORST IS YET TO COME.             

386
00:21:33,825 --> 00:21:34,693
 >> RIGHT.                         

387
00:21:34,793 --> 00:21:35,661
 >> WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO YOU?    

388
00:21:35,761 --> 00:21:39,331
 >> WELL, YOU ASKED ABOUT NUCLEAR 
 WEAPONS.                          

389
00:21:39,431 --> 00:21:47,906
 IF I WOULD MAKE MY DICTATORIAL    
 PREDICTIONS, HE WOULD GO AS FAR   

390
00:21:48,006 --> 00:21:50,809
 AS HE NEEDS TO.                   
 MASS CASUALTY EVENTS?             

391
00:21:50,909 --> 00:21:53,979
 >> MASS CASUALTY.                 
 USING WEAPONS THAT ARE            

392
00:21:54,079 --> 00:21:56,315
 FORBIDDEN.                        
 I THINK PUTIN WILL GO DOWN IN     

393
00:21:56,415 --> 00:21:58,116
 HISTORY AS AN EARTH-SHATTERING    
 FIGURE.                           

394
00:21:58,216 --> 00:22:03,455
 HE IS A RUSSIAN NATION THAT WAS   
 A DEFENDER OF EUROPE IN WORLD     

395
00:22:03,555 --> 00:22:06,024
 WAR II.                           
 NOW BOMBING EUROPE, ESSENTIALLY   

396
00:22:06,124 --> 00:22:16,501
 BEGINNING WORLD WAR III.          

397
00:22:20,072 --> 00:22:22,607
 >> MORE THAN 1 MILLION PEOPLE     
 ARE NOW REFUGEES OF VLADIMIR      

398
00:22:22,708 --> 00:22:26,211
 PUTIN'S WAR IN UKRAINE.           
 IT TOOK THREE MONTHS FOR THE      

399
00:22:26,311 --> 00:22:31,650
 REFUGEE COUNT FROM SYRIA'S CIVIL 
 WAR TO HIT THE 1 MILLION MARK.    

400
00:22:31,750 --> 00:22:33,719
 >> HERE IN UKRAINE, IT'S TAKEN    
 JUST SEVEN DAYS TO REACH THAT     

401
00:22:33,819 --> 00:22:43,895
 TOTAL.                            

402
00:23:14,826 --> 00:23:18,330
 >> VERY GOOD.                     
 THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE    

403
00:23:18,430 --> 00:23:22,601
 NOW IT'S COLD AND PEOPLE WHO      
 COME TO POLAND, THIS IS THE BEST 

404
00:23:22,701 --> 00:23:26,405
 WHAT WE CAN DO.                   

405
00:23:26,505 --> 00:23:30,909
 >> THE SCALE OF THIS REFUGEE      
 CRISIS HAS RAMPED UP REALLY FAST 

406
00:23:31,009 --> 00:23:33,011
 OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST       
 EIGHT DAYS WHILE THE FIGHTING     

407
00:23:33,111 --> 00:23:36,381
 HAS INTENSIFIED IN UKRAINE, BUT   
 NO ONE THINKS IT'S GOTTEN AS BAD 

408
00:23:36,481 --> 00:23:39,885
 THERE AS IT'S GOING TO GET, SO    
 PEOPLE HERE ARE BRACING FOR A     

409
00:23:39,985 --> 00:23:44,122
 MUCH MORE INTENSE INFLUX.         
 THERE'S TIMES WHEN THIS PLACE IS 

410
00:23:44,222 --> 00:23:45,791
 COMPLETELY JAMMED.                
 RIGHT BEHIND ME OVER HERE,        

411
00:23:45,891 --> 00:23:53,098
 THAT'S THE BORDER CROSSING.       
 LAST CHECKPOINT, ABOUT 100 YARDS 

412
00:23:53,198 --> 00:23:54,800
 ON THE OTHER SIDE, YOU'RE IN      
 UKRAINE.                          

413
00:23:54,900 --> 00:24:03,341
 IF YOU ARE SEEKING REFUGE FROM    
 VLADIMIR PUTIN'S BARBARRISM,      

414
00:24:03,442 --> 00:24:06,344
 BOMBS, WAR THAT IS BEING RAINED   
 DOWN ON UKRAINE NOW, THAT'S THE   

415
00:24:06,445 --> 00:24:10,315
 DOOR YOU'VE GOT TO COME THROUGH. 
 THOSE ARE THE FIRST STEPS TO      

416
00:24:10,415 --> 00:24:14,986
 SHELTER, SAFETY, FREEDOM FROM     
 HARM.                             

417
00:24:15,086 --> 00:24:19,391
 WHAT'S ALSO IN EVERYBODY'S MIND, 
 IF YOU LIVE ON THE BORDER WITH    

418
00:24:19,491 --> 00:24:23,495
 UKRAINE, IF VLADIMIR PUTIN TAKES 
 UKRAINE, WE'RE NOW LIVING RIGHT   

419
00:24:23,595 --> 00:24:27,866
 NEXT DOOR TO RUSSIA.              
 AND NOT JUST RUSSIA, BUT AN       

420
00:24:27,966 --> 00:24:30,802
 EMBOLDENED VLADIMIR PUTIN WHO'S   
 TAKEN OVER A COUNTRY WITH         

421
00:24:30,902 --> 00:24:35,140
 IMPUNITY AND SO THIS BORDER IS    
 SYMBOLIC ABOUT A FEAR OF WHAT     

422
00:24:35,240 --> 00:24:39,544
 THE FUTURE COULD HOLD.            
 BEYOND IT IS THE DMZ OF NORTH     

423
00:24:39,644 --> 00:24:41,213
 KOREA AND SOUTH KOREA WHERE       
 HOSTILE FORCES ARE STANDING       

424
00:24:41,313 --> 00:24:48,153
 ACROSS FROM EACH OTHER.           
 AND TODAY, PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY    

425
00:24:48,253 --> 00:24:50,755
 OF UKRAINE GAVE AN EMOTIONAL      
 PRESS CONFERENCE.                 

426
00:24:50,856 --> 00:24:57,696
 >> THIS IS THE END OF THE WORLD   
 IF THE RUSSIAN ACTIONS, THIS      

427
00:24:57,796 --> 00:25:00,031
 WORLD IS AT AN END.               

428
00:25:00,131 --> 00:25:03,001
 >> IT'S CHILLING.                 
 IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IN           

429
00:25:03,101 --> 00:25:05,437
 PARTICULAR, THOSE ARE THE KIND    
 OF WORDS THAT MAKE PEOPLE         

430
00:25:05,537 --> 00:25:09,241
 REMEMBER A PAST THAT'S NOT THAT   
 VERY FAR IN THE PAST AND IT'S     

431
00:25:09,341 --> 00:25:11,610
 GOING TO BE A REALLY, REALLY      
 SCARY TIME, EVEN SCARIER THAN IT 

432
00:25:11,710 --> 00:25:19,818
 IS ALREADY.                       

433
00:25:19,918 --> 00:25:24,122
 >> RUSSIAN TROOPS ATTACKED        
 EUROPE'S LARGEST NUCLEAR POWER    

434
00:25:24,222 --> 00:25:28,426
 PLANT OVERNIGHT.                  
 UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT, VOLODYMYR    

435
00:25:28,527 --> 00:25:33,598
 ZELENSKYY, CALLED IT TERROR ON    
 AN UNPRECEDENTED LEVEL.           

436
00:25:33,698 --> 00:25:37,402
 >> I'M ABOUT TO TALK TO FORMER    
 AMBASSADOR JOHN BOLTON, WHO WAS   

437
00:25:37,502 --> 00:25:40,405
 THE LEADING FOREIGN POLICY HAWK   
 AND ADVISOR TO EVERY REPUBLICAN   

438
00:25:40,505 --> 00:25:42,007
 PRESIDENT GOING BACK TO RONALD    
 REAGAN.                           

439
00:25:42,107 --> 00:25:45,510
 AS THE WAR ESCALATES IN UKRAINE, 
 DONALD TRUMP IS SAYING OF COURSE 

440
00:25:45,610 --> 00:25:47,379
 IT WOULD HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT ON   
 MY WATCH.                         

441
00:25:47,479 --> 00:25:51,816
 BUT JOHN BOLTON WAS IN THE OVAL   
 OFFICE WITH TRUMP APPEARED HE'S   

442
00:25:51,917 --> 00:25:53,251
 BEEN ON TV SAYING SOMETHING       
 QUITE DIFFERENT.                  

443
00:25:53,351 --> 00:25:56,988
 >> THE FACT IS THAT HE BARELY     
 KNEW WHERE UKRAINE WAS.           

444
00:25:57,088 --> 00:26:00,325
 HE ONCE ASKED JOHN KELLY, HIS     
 SECOND CHIEF OF STAFF, IF         

445
00:26:00,425 --> 00:26:02,327
 FINLAND WERE A PART OF RUSSIA.    

446
00:26:02,427 --> 00:26:05,730
 >> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE           
 REPUBLICAN PARTY.                 

447
00:26:05,830 --> 00:26:09,401
 CLASSIC REPUBLICAN ORTHODOXY WAS 
 TO BE ANTI-AUTHORITARIANISM,      

448
00:26:09,501 --> 00:26:11,903
 SPECIFICALLY ANTI-RUSSIA AND      
 ANTI-PUTIN.                       

449
00:26:12,003 --> 00:26:15,307
 AND YET WE'VE SEEN A VERY         
 DIFFERENT STRIPE OF RESPONSE      

450
00:26:15,407 --> 00:26:18,910
 FROM REPUBLICANS, INCLUDING       
 TRUMP, INCLUDING MIKE POMPEO,     

451
00:26:19,010 --> 00:26:22,480
 INCLUDING TUCKER CARLSON.         
 HAVE YOU BEEN SURPRISED BY THE    

452
00:26:22,581 --> 00:26:25,717
 TURN OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY ON   
 THE ISSUE OF RUSSIA AND PUTIN?    

453
00:26:25,817 --> 00:26:28,620
 >> WELL, I DON'T THINK THE        
 REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS TURNED THAT 

454
00:26:28,720 --> 00:26:31,489
 MUCH.                             
 I THINK THERE ARE A FEW           

455
00:26:31,590 --> 00:26:32,357
 OUTLIERS.                         

456
00:26:32,924 --> 00:26:35,427
 >> WELL, YOU SAY IT'S AN OUTLIER 
 BUT TUCKER CARLSON PROBABLY HAS   

457
00:26:35,527 --> 00:26:41,833
 THE BIGGEST MEGAPHONE IN THE CON 
 REFOR                             

458
00:26:41,933 --> 00:26:42,901
 REF                               
 COUNTRY FOR REPUBLICANS.          

459
00:26:43,001 --> 00:26:45,036
 >> I DON'T THINK HE KNOWS WHAT    
 HE'S TALKING ABOUT.               

460
00:26:45,136 --> 00:26:47,339
 IT MAY BE GOOD FOR                
 ENTERTAINMENT, BUT FUNDAMENTALLY 

461
00:26:47,439 --> 00:26:50,308
 I THINK THE COUNTRY'S INTERESTS   
 ARE BETTER UNDERSTOOD BY A LOT    

462
00:26:50,408 --> 00:26:52,811
 OF PEOPLE WHEN THEY SEE THE       
 NATURE OF THIS THREAT.            

463
00:26:52,911 --> 00:26:55,046
 >> THERE'S ALWAYS AN ELECTION     
 AROUND THE CORNER.                

464
00:26:55,146 --> 00:26:58,183
 HOW DOES THIS ALL PLAY IN 2024    
 IN REPUBLICAN POLITICS DO YOU     

465
00:26:58,283 --> 00:26:58,950
 THINK?                            

466
00:26:59,584 --> 00:27:02,687
 >> WELL, I THINK THIS KIND OF     
 CRISIS IS HELPING THE REPUBLICAN 

467
00:27:02,787 --> 00:27:06,891
 PARTY RECENTER ITSELF ON ITS      
 BASIC PRINCIPLES.                 

468
00:27:06,992 --> 00:27:10,395
 AND THE DISTORTIONS OF THE TRUMP 
 PERSONALITY FORCE FIELD ARE       

469
00:27:10,495 --> 00:27:13,732
 BEGINNING TO RECEDE.              
 SO I WOULD BE SURPRISED IF ANY    

470
00:27:13,832 --> 00:27:18,937
 REALLY SERIOUS CONTENDER FOR THE 
 2024 NOMINATION WOULD TAKE        

471
00:27:19,037 --> 00:27:21,906
 ANYTHING BUT A VERY STRONG        
 POSITION AGAINST THIS RUSSIAN     

472
00:27:22,007 --> 00:27:22,641
 AGGRESSION.                       

473
00:27:23,308 --> 00:27:26,211
 >> PRESIDENT BIDEN, TALK ABOUT    
 HIS RESPONSE AND WHAT HE'S DOING 

474
00:27:26,311 --> 00:27:27,979
 RIGHT, WHAT HE MAYBE SHOULD BE    
 DOING DIFFERENTLY.                

475
00:27:28,079 --> 00:27:32,317
 >> WELL, I THINK HE HAS SPENT A   
 LOT OF TIME ON DIPLOMACY, BUT     

476
00:27:32,417 --> 00:27:36,688
 LET'S BE CLEAR, A UNITED NATO IN 
 THE FACE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW 

477
00:27:36,788 --> 00:27:39,024
 ISN'T DOING THE UKRAINIANS ANY    
 GOOD.                             

478
00:27:39,124 --> 00:27:43,261
 SANCTIONS HAVE FAILED AND PUTIN   
 IS NOW GRINDING UKRAINE INTO THE 

479
00:27:43,361 --> 00:27:45,196
 DIRT.                             
 THE FAILURE WAS NOT STOPPING THE 

480
00:27:45,296 --> 00:27:49,034
 RUSSIAN MILITARY FROM COMING      
 ACROSS THE BORDER, AND I DO       

481
00:27:49,134 --> 00:27:53,638
 FAULT BIDEN AND OTHER WESTERN     
 LEADERS FOR NOT DOING ENOUGH.     

482
00:27:53,738 --> 00:27:57,709
 THE ANCIENT ROMANS HAD A SAYING, 
 IF YOU WANT PEACE, PREPARE FOR    

483
00:27:57,809 --> 00:27:59,277
 WAR.                              

484
00:27:59,377 --> 00:28:04,816
 >> DO YOU THINK RECENT AMERICAN   
 LEADERSHIP IGNORED THE THREAT?    

485
00:28:04,916 --> 00:28:09,721
 >> YEAH, I THINK THE LAST THREE   
 PRESIDENTS REALLY DIDN'T          

486
00:28:09,821 --> 00:28:12,257
 UNDERSTAND THE NATURE OF THE      
 THREAT, BELIEVED THAT THEY COULD 

487
00:28:12,357 --> 00:28:18,063
 USE RHETORIC TO GET AROUND IT,    
 OR JUST SIMPLY UNDERESTIMATED.    

488
00:28:18,163 --> 00:28:23,168
 I THINK PUTIN THOUGHT HE WAS      
 GETTING A LOT OF WHAT HE WANTED   

489
00:28:23,268 --> 00:28:26,805
 FROM TRUMP IN THE CONTROVERSIES   
 WITHIN NATO THAT TRUMP CREATED    

490
00:28:26,905 --> 00:28:30,375
 AND WHAT I THOUGHT WAS A VERY     
 REAL POSSIBILITY HE ACTUALLY      

491
00:28:30,475 --> 00:28:35,613
 WOULD TRY TO WITHDRAW FROM NATO   
 IF HE HAD A SECOND TERM.          

492
00:28:35,714 --> 00:28:39,617
 >> I THINK THE WORLD IS STUNNED   
 AT WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW.     

493
00:28:39,718 --> 00:28:41,786
 >> ARE YOU HOPEFUL ABOUT THE      
 OUTCOME OF THIS?                  

494
00:28:41,886 --> 00:28:44,689
 >> WELL, WE'VE SEEN ENORMOUS      
 DESTRUCTION.                      

495
00:28:44,789 --> 00:28:47,892
 I THINK MORE IS COMING.           
 AND THE THREAT TO NATO'S          

496
00:28:47,992 --> 00:28:50,161
 SECURITY IS REAL.                 
 I THINK PEOPLE NEED TO            

497
00:28:50,261 --> 00:28:52,797
 UNDERSTAND, THERE'S NO ARC TO     
 HISTORY.                          

498
00:28:52,897 --> 00:28:54,566
 THERE'S NO INEVITABLE LINE OF     
 PROGRESS.                         

499
00:28:54,666 --> 00:28:58,303
 RONALD REAGAN USED TO SAY WE      
 HAVE TO FIGHT FOR OUR FREEDOM     

500
00:28:58,403 --> 00:28:59,871
 EVERY DAY.                        
 AND YOU CAN FORGET ABOUT IT VERY 

501
00:28:59,971 --> 00:29:04,209
 QUICKLY.                          
 THERE ARE NO EASY DAYS IF YOU     

502
00:29:04,309 --> 00:29:09,214
 WANT TO LIVE IN FREEDOM.          

503
00:29:10,181 --> 00:29:29,300