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>>> PRESIDENT BIDEN IS BACK IN
THE U.S. AFTER HIS WHIRLWIND
VISIT TO UKRAINE AND POLAND.
DURING HIS LAST STAY OVERSEAS,
THE PRESIDENT SHORT UP NATO
ALLIES.
AND CONDEMNED RUSSIA FOR
SUSPENDING ITS INVOLVEMENT IN A
KEY ARMS CONTROL AGREEMENT,
SAYING THAT PUTIN MADE A BIG
MISTAKE.
NBC NEWS WHITE HOUSE
CORRESPONDENT, DR. VIN GUPTA
JOINS US FOR MORE ON THIS.
WE SAW PRESIDENT BIDEN REALLY
AFFIRM AMERICA'S AMENDMENT TO
UKRAINE AND NATO.
SPEAKING WITH MEMBERS OF THE SO-
CALLED EUCHARIST NINE.
WHY IS THAT SO CRITICAL RIGHT
NOW?
>> YES, THIS GROUP, THE
BUCHAREST NINE, IS A GROUP OF
COUNTRIES THAT INCLUDE POLAND,
THE CZECH REPUBLIC, ESTONIA,
BULGARIA, AND THEY CREATED THIS
ALLIANCE OF COUNTRIES AFTER THE
RUSSIAN INVASION OF CRIMEA IN
2014.
THEY ARE IMPORTANT, BECAUSE
THEY REALLY CREATE THE EASTERN
FLANK OF NATO.
SO, RESIDENT BIDEN, IN HIS
SPEECH YESTERDAY, AFFIRMED HIS
SUPPORT FOR NATO AND UNDERSCORED
HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR THIS
GROUP OF COUNTRIES TO CONTINUE
TO WORK TOGETHER, AS WELL AS WITH UNITED STATES, AS UKRAINE
WITH UNITED STATES, AS UKRAINE
FACES THIS WAR WITH RUSSIA, AND
SAYS IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THEM
TO WORK TOGETHER FOR AS LONG AS
POSSIBLE.
TAKE A LISTEN TO THE SPEECH
YESTERDAY.
>> THE STATE IS NOT JUST
UKRAINE, IT IS FREEDOM.
THE IDEA THAT OVER 100,000
FORCES WILL INVADE AND ANOTHER
COUNTRY.
SINCE WORLD WAR II, NOTHING
LIKE THAT HAS HAPPENED.
THINGS HAVE CHANGED RADICALLY.
WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE CHANGE
THEM BACK.
>> WE HEARD PRESIDENT BIDEN
TALKING ABOUT DEFENDING
DEMOCRACY. THE COUNTRY IS
LITERALLY ON THE FRONT LINES OF
THAT WAR, PRESIDENT BIDEN, ALSO
COMMITTED TO DEFENDING EVERY
INCH OF NATO TERRITORY.
>> ALLIE, OF COURSE, RUSSIA HAS
SOME POTENTIAL ALLIES, CHINA
AND IRAN.
HOW ARE THOSE COUNTRIES
REACTING TO PRESIDENT BIDEN'S
SPEECH?
>> SO, CHINA AND IRAN SEE THE
PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO POLAND ON
UKRAINE AS A THREAT TO THEIR
COUNTRIES AS WELL.
SO, IN TURN, WE SAW THEM
REAFFIRM THEIR SUPPORT FOR
RUSSIA.
WE ALREADY KNOW THAT IRAN HAS
BEEN PROVIDING MILITARY
ASSISTANCE, LIKE DRONES, TO
RUSSIA, SINCE THE WAR BEGAN.
WE KNOW THAT CHINA HAS BEEN
PROVIDING FINANCIAL AID, AS
WELL AS NONLETHAL MILITARY AID
SINCE THE WAR BEGAN.
NOW THEY BELIEVE CHINA MAY BE
SENDING LETHAL AID RECENTLY IN
THE LAST FEW MONTHS.
SO, IT HAS BEEN INTERESTING TO
SEE HOW U.S. RHETORIC, U.S.
PRESSURE AGAINST CHINA HAS
RAMPED UP, AS THESE SUSPICIONS
HAVE GROWN.
THE U.S. IS REALLY PAYING
ATTENTION TO THESE MEETINGS THAT
PUTIN HAD WITH THE CHINESE
FOREIGN MINISTER YESTERDAY.
WE SAW SOME OF THAT ON CAMERA,
AFTER THEY HAD HOURS OF
DISCUSSIONS.
ONE THING THAT WE KNOW THAT
THEY DISCUSSED WAS A MEETING,
BETWEEN THE CHINESE PRESIDENT,
XI, IN THE NEAR FUTURE. SOMETHING ON THE RADAR OF
SOMETHING ON THE RADAR OF
OFFICIALS.
>> ANOTHER HEADLINE WAS RUSSIA
SUSPENDING ITS INVOLVEMENT IN
THE NEW START, THE LAST
REMAINING NUCLEAR ARMS TREATY
WITH THE U.S. IS THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION CONCERNED THIS
COULD LEAD TO ANOTHER NUCLEAR
ARMS RACE?
>> YEAH, THIS IS A VERY
IMPORTANT BACKDROP TO THE
PRESIDENT. THE WHITE HOUSE
CONDEMNING THIS DECISION,
CALLING IT UNWARRANTED AS IT IS
IRRESPONSIBLE.
BUT, AS A TOP PUTIN OFFICIAL
SAID YESTERDAY IN A STATEMENT,
QUOTE, IF THE U.S. WANTS TO
DEFEAT RUSSIA, WE HAVE THE
RIGHT TO DEFEND OURSELVES WITH
ANY WEAPON, INCLUDING OF THE
NUCLEAR KIND.
THE BREAKING OF A TREE LIKE
THIS, OF COURSE, HAS HUGE
IMPLICATIONS, ESPECIALLY WHEN
YOU CONSIDER WHAT WE KNOW WILL
BE A NEW RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE
AGAINST UKRAINE IN THE SPRING.
ONE THING THAT IS GOING TO BE
IMPORTANT WATCH, IN THE WAKE OF
THIS DECISION BY RUSSIA IS
WHETHER THAT DECISION, BY
PRESIDENT BIDEN, TO NOT SEND
THOSE FIGHTER JETS, COULD
POSSIBLY CHANGE.
REMEMBER, HE DECIDED TO SEND
MORE TANKS, BUT SAID NO, WHEN
ASKED IF YOU WOULD SEND MORE OF
THOSE FIGHTER JETS.
THERE IS ALSO INCREASED
PRESSURE ON HIM TO CHANGE THAT
DECISION.
WE SAW A GROUP-- A BIPARTISAN
GROUP OF LAWMAKERS YESTERDAY
SENDING LETTERS TO THE WHITE
HOUSE, ASKING FOR THAT DECISION
TO BE CHANGED.
ASKING FOR THOSE FIGHTER JETS
FOR AN EQUIVALENT TO THEM TO BE
SENT TO UKRAINE. SO THAT IS
SOMETHING THAT WILL BE
INTERESTING TO SEE, WHETHER