RIGHT NOW, BUT I’M SURE THAT WE
WILL GET BACK TO THEM SHORTLY.
MR. GOT FELLED, WE HAVE NOT
HEARD FROM YOU FOR A LONG TIME.
WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO WHAT
YOU HAVE SEEN OVER THE LAST FIVE
DAYS.
>> Greg: IT SOUL CRUSHING.
I HAVE TRIED TO GET MY
MOTHER-IN-LAW OUT OF KYIV.
AND I HAVE FRIENDS THAT ARE
RUSSIAN.
I HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS WHO ARE
UKRAINIAN.
IT’S OBVIOUS THAT THIS IS AN
UNPROVOKED WAR, BUT IT’S ALSO A
FAMILY SQUABBLE.
YOU KNOW, THE BIG PICTURE HAS
ALWAYS BEEN WHO IS UKRAINE MORE
IMPORTANT TO YOU?
IS IT RUSSIA OR US?
OBVIOUSLY IT IS RUSSIA.
IT’S THAT BORDER, THOSE PEOPLE,
ITS LONG-STANDING FAMILIES COME
A LONG STANDING LOVE AS WELL AS
DISPUTES THAT HAVE BEEN GOING
ON.
IT’S NOT US.
HOWEVER WE ARE INVOLVED BECAUSE
WE ARE ALLIES TO UKRAINE AND WE
ALSO WORK WITH RUSSIA.
THAT’S THE WAY THE WORLD IS NOW.
SO WE CAN’T HELP BUT GET
INVOLVED, EVEN IF IT IS LIKE A
FIGHT THAT IS HAPPENING ON THE
OTHER SIDE OF TOWN BETWEEN TWO
FAMILIES, AND IT IS NONE OF OUR
DAMN BUSINESS.
BUT IT IS OUR BUSINESS.
YOU WANT TO ROOT AGAINST THE
BULLY, PUTIN, BUT HIS BULLY
INCREASES HIS BRUTALITY, YOU CAN
ROOT FOR THE UKRAINIANS AND WE
SHOULD, THIS IS NOT A SPORTS
TEAM.
THIS IS NOT FICTION.
WE HAVE NO SKIN IN THIS GAME.
UNFORTUNATELY I HAVE SKIN IN
THIS GAME, SO IT MAKES ME LOOK A
BIT DIFFERENTLY.
BUT TAKING SIDES AND CHEERING
RIGHT NOW IT’S TOO SOON AND I
HOPE THAT RUSSIA LOSES, BUT I
DON’T KNOW.
IF I HAD TO CHOOSE BETWEEN
RUSSIA LOSING IN THIS ENDING
QUICKLY, I WOULD JUST SAY AND IT
QUICKLY, BECAUSE IT IS TRAGIC.
THESE ARE TWO COUNTRIES WITH
EXTREME SIMILARITY IS IN THEIR
LIVES AND HISTORIES AND
RELIGIONS.
VLADIMIR PUTIN ALWAYS WANTED
UKRAINE, WE KNOW THAT, THAT’S
NOT EVEN DEBATABLE.
IF THAT IS THE END GAME, THAN
WHAT IS OUR END GAME?
DO WE FIGHT FOR THE UKRAINIAN
FREEDOM OUR GOAL BACK TO THE
QUESTION WHICH IS WHO ARE THEY
MORE IMPORTANT TO YOU?
RUSSIA OR US?
>> Jesse: I’M SORRY TO HEAR
THAT YOU HAVE FAMILY THERE.
>> Greg: IT’S MY
MOTHER-IN-LAW, SO TECHNICALLY?
IT’S A JOKE.
>> Jesse: WE GO TO TREY YINGST
IN KYIV WHAT THE LATEST.
>> I’VE GOT YOU NOW COMING
TONIGHT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY IS
CALLING ON THE INTERNATIONAL
COMMUNITY TO CLOSE THE AIRSPACE
OVER UKRAINE, SEEN MORE AIR
ATTACKS.
AN AIR RAID SIRENS SENDING OUT
INTO BOMB SHELTERS, AND BECAUSE
OF CAN SOME CONCERNING
TECHNOLOGY INDICATING THERE IS A
17-MILE LONG CONVOY OF RUSSIAN
TROOPS, LOGISTICS TROOPS AND
GROUND FORCES HEADED TOWARDS THE
CAPITAL OF KYIV JUST 15 MILES
OUTSIDE THE CITY AS WE SPEAK.
THIS IS SIGNIFICANT AS THE AIR
AND GROUND CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE
CAPITAL AND OTHER MAJOR CITIES
THE SECOND LARGEST UKRAINIAN
CITY CONTINUES.
WE DO KNOW ALSO THE CIVILIANS
ARE PREPARING FOR THE WORST.
THEY HAVE SEEN OVER THE WEEKEND
A DIRECT IMPACT FROM THIS WAR,
MISSILE SLAMMING INTO AN
APARTMENT BUILDING KILLING AT
LEAST TWO PEOPLE I MANY WOMEN
AND CHILDREN ARE WAITING OUT IN
HOSPITALS AND OTHER FACILITIES
THEY HOPE WON’T BE TARGETED.
SOME HEARTBREAKING IMAGES OF
MOTHERS WAITING WITH THEIR
CHILDREN IN THESE FACILITIES AND
THE WORDS OF ONE REALLY STANDING
OUT AMID THE MIDST.
LISTEN TO WHAT SHE HAD TO SAY.
>> WE HAVE RECEIVED ALL OF THE
MEDICINE WE NEED AND WE ARE
RUNNING OUT OF FOOD.
LOCAL CHARITIES HAVE PROMISED TO
BRING SOME.
WE ARE HOPING THEY WILL COME AND
BRING US SPREAD FOR SOME
CHILDREN.
>> THEY COME AMID THE BACKDROP
OF PEACE TALKS ALONG THE BORDER
AND BELARUS BETWEEN THE
UKRAINIANS AND RUSSIANS TO START
WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE.
UKRAINIAN SHOWING UP WEARING
MILITARY FATIGUE, THE RUSSIAN
SUIT AND TIES.
WE KNOW THAT THE UKRAINIAN
PRESIDENT IS CALLING FOR THE
AIRSPACE TO BE CLOSED OVER THE
COUNTRY AND WANTS THEM TO STOP
SO THAT HIS FORCES HAVE A BETTER
SHOT AT WINNING THE WAR.
BACK TO YOU.
>> Jesse: THANKS, TREY.
IT’S SO SIMILAR TO LAST WEEK WE
SAW IT COMING TOWARDS THE
CAPITAL AND IS NOT GOING AS
FAST.
I THINK AS THE RUSSIANS THOUGHT
IT WOULD BE, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE
FROM THE REPORTING THEY ARE
GOING IN AND THEY ARE AMASSING
AROUND THE CITY.
AT THIS POINT IT’S JUST A MATTER
OF HOW LONG CAN THE PEOPLE THERE
HOLD OUT AND CAN VOLODYMYR
ZELENSKY SURVIVE THE INSURGENCY?
SPEAK OF THE AMAZING PART OF IT
IS THAT THE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE
HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLY STRONG.
THEY HAVE TAKEN RUSSIA AND THE
WORLD BY SURPRISE AND I THINK IT
SPEAKS TO THE ISSUE OF THE
COMMENTS THAT ZIELINSKI IS JUST
A COMEDIAN THAT RAN FOR OFFICE?
PATRIOTISM IS NOT SOMETHING
DEFINED BY BEING A POLITICIAN.
AS A PATRIOT TO YOU CAN BE
DETERMINED AND YOU CAN LOVE YOUR
COUNTRY AND YOU CAN LEAD YOUR
PEOPLE TO FIGHT.
AND THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE
SEEING.
DO YOU CRANIUMS ARE FREEDOM
LOVING PEOPLE.
AND TO A CERTAIN EXTENT I AGREE
WITH WHAT YOU SAY AND THAT IT IS
WHAT WE CAN SEE AS A FAMILY
FIGHT.
ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS IS TO
FROM RUSSIA, BUT HER MOTHER WAS
BORN IN UKRAINE.
SO THEY ARE PART OF THE SAME
KINSHIP THEY ARE.
BUT YOU SEE, THIS IS AN ANYTHING
THAT WE CAN LOOK AT AND SAY, OH,
LET THEM DO THEIR THING.
THIS IS ABOUT RAW POWER GOING
AFTER THE MAP OF EUROPE.
I KNOW WE ARE SEEING FOR THE
FIRST TIME SINCE WORLD WAR II
RUSSIAN TANKS ON THE PLAINS OF
EUROPE.
AND THEY WILL NOT STOP HERE.
THEY WILL CONTINUE TO GO.
SO THE QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, IT
IS VLADIMIR PUTIN HOLDING BACK?
IS HE DOING THE 1100 MILITARY
INSTALLATIONS NOT AFFECTING THE
INFRASTRUCTURE BECAUSE HE WANTS
TO OCCUPY AND USE THE
INFRASTRUCTURE?
AND IF HE INTENTIONALLY GOING A
LITTLE SLOWER, BUT IS HE NOW
SAYING, THESE PEOPLE ARE
STRONGER THAN I THOUGHT.
NOW I’M GOING TO HIT CIVILIANS?
WE WILL SEE.
>> Jesse: OF COURSE THEY HAVE
SCREWED UP SUPPLY LAWNS AND THE
STRATEGY, BECAUSE THE RUSSIANS
ARE USUALLY SLOPPY AND SLOW, BUT
BRUTAL, KATIE.
THEN I THINK WE GAVE THE
UKRAINIANS A BUNCH OF STINGERS
FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME AND OUR
JAVELINS ARE HAVING SOME EFFECT.
>> Katie: GREG BRINGS UP THE
QUESTION OF WHO IS UKRAINE MORE
IMPORTANT TO THE UNITED STATES
OR RUSSIA?
AND THE PRESIDENT BELIEVES THAT
IT IS IMPORTANT TO THE UKRAINIAN
PEOPLE WANTING TO BE THEIR
SOVEREIGN COUNTRY.
HE AND HE IS WRESTLING RUSSIANS
BEING BORN IN UKRAINE,
UKRAINIANS BE THERE, THE SPEECH
WHEN HE SPOKE IN RUSSIAN
DIRECTLY TO THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE
AND SAID WE ARE TWO DIFFERENT
COUNTRIES, BUT WE SHARE MANY
DIFFERENT CULTURES AND WE CAN
LIVE NEXT TO EACH OTHER IN PEACE
AND WE DON’T WANT THIS WAR.
AND YOU ARE SEEING A NUMBER OF
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE PROTESTING
THE STREETS AGAINST WHAT
VLADIMIR PUTIN HAS DONE.
NOW THERE IS A QUESTION ABOUT
WHAT HIS FRAME OF MIND IS.
WE DON’T KNOW.
PEOPLE ARE CALLING HIM CRAZY.
WE DON’T KNOW WHAT HE IS
THINKING.
BUT WE HAVE A HISTORY OF THE WAY
THAT HE HAS BEHAVED IN OTHER
PARTS OF THE WORLD AND WHAT HE
HAS GOTTEN AWAY WITH IN PLACES
LIKE SYRIA.
THE REPORTS OF USING CLUSTER
BOMBS FOR EXAMPLE DOES NOT BODE
WELL FOR WHAT IS TO COME.
HOWEVER, YOU ARE SEEING THIS
RESUPPLY OF THE UKRAINIAN
MILITARY FROM PLACES LIKE
GERMANY WHO HAVE BEEN GIVING
ARMS TO ANYBODY FOR DECADES FOR
OBVIOUS REASONS.
SO THE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE ARE
CLEARLY THE ONES WHO ARE NOT
FIGHTING, NOT MAKING MOLOTOV
COCKTAILS.
THE ONES IN THE BASEMENTS IN A
RAW, PURE, HUMAN TIME OF
SURVIVAL AND TIME IS RUNNING OUT
WHEN IT COMES TO GETTING
SUPPLIES, WATER, AND FOOD AND
WATCHING ORPHANAGES IS JUST
HEARTBREAKING.
BUT I THINK THAT IN TERMS OF THE
QUESTION OF WHO IT MATTERS WHO
RIGHT NOW, PEOPLE ARE FIGHTING
IN THE STREETS AND THEY ARE
GOING TO HOLD OUT AS LONG AS
THEY CAN AND AS LONG AS THEY
HAVE THE MILITARY ABILITY TO DO
SO.
IN THE 17-MILE LONG CONVOY YOU
ARE SEEING SEEMS LIKE A GOOD
TARGET FOR THE JETS THEY ARE
ABOUT TO GET FROM THE E.U.
WE’LL SEE HOW THAT GOES.
THE FIGHTING SPIRIT IS
ADMIRABLE.
SPEAK OF THE CONVOY JUST BLASTED
TO SMITHEREENS.
DO YOU THINK THAT PUTIN
UNDERESTIMATED THE VERACITY OF
THE CIVILIAN POPULATION AND THE
PATRIOTISM TO STAND UP AND
FIGHT?
>> I THINK HE HAS, MY PRAYERS GO
OUT AND THE BEST TO YOUR
MOTHER-IN-LAW AND FAMILY ON THE
GROUND.
BUT I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT TO
PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IN THE
INDEPENDENCE OF FREEDOM, THIS IS
A SOVEREIGN LINE HE HAS CROSSED.
THERE IS A LOT OF PAIN AND A LOT
THAT WE HAVE TO WRESTLE WITH
HERE.
YOU THINK ABOUT WHERE WE ARE.
WE ARE CLOSER TO THE ENDING OF
WHAT PEOPLE WANT AND IT’S STILL
PAINFUL TO GET THERE, BUT I
THINK THAT WE ARE CLOSER TO
WHERE WE WANT AND THOSE THAT
WOULD LIKE TO SEE HIM REMOVED,
MAYBE EVEN REMOVE FROM POWER IN
RUSSIA.
THINK ABOUT THIS, AND THE
MISCALCULATION PUTIN HAS MADE
MAY COST HIM POWER IN HIS OWN
NATION AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO
LEAD HIS OWN NATION.
NUMBER ONE, NUMBER TWO, GREG,
PART OF WHAT YOU WERE SAYING WAS
LEADING SINCE THE ARCHITECTURE
THERE.
THIS IS NOT A HISTORY LESSON,
GOING AFTER ’94 WHAT WE HAVE
INVESTED, AND THESE PEOPLE NOT
ONLY IN UKRAINE BUT ALL ACROSS
EUROPE HAVE THE MARSHALL PLAN TO
WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
GOING ALL THE WAY TO BUILDING AN
ARCHITECTURE THAT BASED ON
INDEPENDENCE AND FREEDOM OF
DEMOCRACY.
WITHOUT QUESTION THE MOST
SURPRISING THING HAS BEEN THE
UKRAINIAN DESIRE TO OWN THEIR
OWN LAND AND THEIR OWN FREEDOM
AND TO OWN THEIR OWN FUTURES.
AND I CAN ONLY HOPE THAT WHAT WE
ARE DOING, WHAT GERMANY IS DOING
AND WHAT NATO IS DOING AND
OTHERS IN TERMS OF FIGHTING THE
SOURCES AND EVEN WEAPONRY, WE
CAN MAKE SURE IT HAPPEN SOONER.
IT IS ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING
NOW.
MY PRAYERS ARE WITH THEM AND I
HOPE THAT THEY USE THE
TRANSITION IN A WAY TO NOT ONLY