YESTERDAY WITH THE QUESTION
ABOUT PUTIN BEING A WAR
CRIMINAL, WELL DONE.
>> Sandra: AND WE’LL GET BACK TO
THE WHITE HOUSE AS SOON AS JEN
PSAKI TAKES QUESTIONS.
TED CRUZ, A MEMBER OF THE
FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE.
SENATOR, GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE.
WE HAD LINDSEY GRAHAM JOIN US
LAST HOUR.
HE SAID PUTIN IS LOSING.
DO YOU AGREE?
>> I THINK THE WAR IS GOING MUCH
WORSE THAN HE ANTICIPATED.
I THINK HE THOUGHT HE WOULD ROLL
INTO UKRAINE AND A COUPLE DAYS
MOP IT UP.
AND THE COURAGE, HEROIC OF THE
UKRAINIAN PEOPLE IS ASTONISHING.
WE HAVE SEEN PRESIDENT
ZELENSKYY, THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION OFFER TO EVACUATE
HIM FROM UKRAINE AND ZELENSKYY
SAID LOOK, LOOK, I NEED
AMMUNITION, I DON’T NEED A RIDE.
I THINK HE’S BEEN INSPIRING HIS
PEOPLE.
YOU HAVE SEEN THE UKRAINIANS
FIGHTING TO DEFEND THEIR
HOMELAND.
GRANDMOTHERS THROWING MOLOTOV
COCKTAILS AND RUSSIA RIGHT NOW,
PUTIN IS COMMITTING HORRIFIC
CRIMES.
HE IS TARGETING CIVILIANS, HE’S
TARGETING WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
HE’S TARGETING HOSPITALS, HE’S
MURDERING INFANTS AND THEY
CONTINUE TO JUST POUND THE
CIVILIAN POPULATION IN UKRAINE.
IT IS HORRIFIC, BUT BY ANY
MEASURE THE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE ARE
FIGHTING BACK WITH HEROISM AND
THE UNITED STATES, THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION NEEDS TO DO MUCH
MORE TO SUPPORT THE UKRAINIAN
PEOPLE.
>> John: SENATOR, WE ARE WAITING
FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO
TAKE TO THE PODIUM AT THE STATE
DEPARTMENT, ANTONY BLINKEN
WARNING HE BELIEVES RUSSIA MAY
RESORT TO EITHER CHEMICAL OR
BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS, YET THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
HAS REFUSED TO SET A RED LINE
AGAINST THEIR USAGE, NOT ONLY
THAT, BUT PUTIN HAS BEEN
RATTLING THE NUCLEAR SABER AS
WELL AND RUSSIAN MILITARY
DOCTRINE ALLOWS THEM TO USE A
SMALL YIELD NUCLEAR WEAPON IF HE
FEELS HIS BACK IS AGAINST THE
WALL.
IF ANY OF THAT HAPPENS, WHAT
SHOULD THE U.S. DO?
>> I THINK WE SHOULD RESPOND
WITH STRENGTH, IF ANY OF THAT
HAPPENS.
WE GO INTO UNCHARTERED
TERRITORY, WE HAVE NOT SEEN A
NUCLEAR WEAPON USED SINCE THE
END OF WORLD WAR II.
WE HAVE MANAGED TO HOLD OFF
ANYONE USING A NUCLEAR WEAPON.
I PRAY TO GOD THAT DOES NOT
HAPPEN.
I WILL SAYING THE ODDS OF IT
HAPPENING ARE INCREASING BECAUSE
I THINK PRESIDENTIAL WEAKNESS
FROM THE WHITE HOUSE INVITES
THIS.
ONE OF THE MADDENING THINGS
WATCHING THE CARNAGE IN UKRAINE,
THIS DID NOT HAVE TO HAPPEN.
THIS WAR WAS PREVENTABLE, AND I
THINK IT WAS CAUSED BY TWO
SPECIFIC MISTAKES MADE BY THE
WHITE HOUSE.
NUMBER ONE, BIDEN’S DISASTROUS
WITHDRAWAL AND SURRENDER IN
AFGHANISTAN TO THE TALIBAN.
I THINK EVERY ENEMY OF AMERICA
TOOK THE MEASURE OF THE MAN IN
THE OVAL OFFICE AND CONCLUDED
THAT HE WAS WEAK AND INEFFECTIVE
AND I SAID AT THE TIME WHEN IT
HAPPENED THE CHANCES OF RUSSIA
INVADING UKRAINE INCREASED TEN
FOLD AND THE CHANCES OF CHINA
INVADING TAIWAN INCREASED TEN
FOLDS.
SECONDLY, VERY SPECIFIC MISTAKES
BIDEN MADE WITH RESPECT TO
RUSSIA AND UKRAINE, IN
PARTICULAR NORD STREAM 2, THE
PEOPLE RUSSIA WAS BUILDING TO GO
AROUND UKRAINE, SO HE COULD
INVADE UKRAINE.
I WAS THE ONE WHO AUTHORED THE
SANCTIONS IN THE SENATE THAT
SHUT NORD STREAM DOWN,
OVERWHELMING BIPARTISAN SUPPORT
IN CONGRESS, PASSED INTO LAW,
DONALD TRUMP SIGNED MY SANCTIONS
LEGISLATION INTO LAW, AND PUTIN
STOPPED BUILDING THE PIPELINE
LITERALLY THE DAY TRUMP SIGNED
THAT LEGISLATION.
FAST FORWARD TO BIDEN BECOMING
PRESIDENT, FOUR DAYS AFTER BIDEN
TOOK OFFICE, PUTIN RESUMES DEEP
SEA ON NORD STREAM 2, WHY THIS
INVASION HAPPENED AND DIDN’T
HAVE TO HAPPEN.
>> Sandra: THE QUESTION IS FOR
THE WHITE HOUSE AND WE ARE ABOUT
TO HEAR FROM JEN PSAKI, OFTEN
PRESSED IN THE BRIEFING ROOM, IS
THERE A RED LINE, WHERE THE
UNITED STATES WILL STEP UP ITS
AID TO UKRAINE, INCLUDING
SENDING IN AND APPROVING OF THE
SENDING IN OF THOSE MIG JETS.
HERE WAS ZELENSKYY, NBC NIGHTLY
NEWS INTERVIEW AND TALKED ABOUT
JUST THAT, SENATOR, REAL QUICK.
>> I BELIEVE THAT RUSSIANS HAVE
ALREADY CROSSED ALL THE RED
LINES WHEN THEY STARTED SHELLING
CIVILIANS.
THEY HAVE KILLED HUNDREDS, OVER
100 CHILDREN AND I DON’T
UNDERSTAND THE MEANING OF RED
LINES.
WHAT ELSE SHOULD WE WAIT FOR?
FOR LETTING RUSSIANS KILL 200,
300 OR 400 CHILDREN? >> Sandra: AS WE SEE THESE GREAT
>> Sandra: AS WE SEE THESE GREAT ATRO -- ATROCITIES, THE THEATER,
ATRO -- ATROCITIES, THE THEATER,
AND JEN PSAKI SAID THE JAF LINS
AND THE STINGERS ARE DEFENSIVE,
AND FIGHTER PLANES ARE MORE THE
OFFENSIVE.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND THE
DISTINCTION AND YOU THINK WE
SHOULD BE SENDING IN MORE POWER?
>> I THINK THE DISTINCTION IS
LUDICROUS.
WE SHOULD BE DOING MUCH MORE TO
DEFEAT RUSSIA, AND TWO THINGS IN
PARTICULAR.
NUMBER ONE, PROVIDING
SUBSTANTIALLY MORE LETHAL
MILITARY EQUIPMENT.
WE SHOULD BE PROVIDING A LOT
MORE STINGERS, A LOT MORE
JAVELINS, MORE DRONES AND WE
SHOULD BE PROVIDING FIGHTER
JETS.
JUST OVER A WEEK AGO PRESIDENT
ZELENSKYY HAD A VIDEO CONFERENCE
CALL WITH ALL THE MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS AND SAID THE NUMBER ONE
NEED, ASKED HIM WHAT DO YOU
NEED, HE SAID I NEED FIGHTER
JETS, UKRAINIAN PILOTS KNOW HOW
TO FLY THE MIGS AND JOE BIDEN
VETOED GIVING THE MIGS TO
UKRAINE.
WE NEED TO SEND THEM NOW,
IMMEDIATELY.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD WE
HAVE AMERICAN TROOPS ENGAGED IN
COMBAT WITH RUSSIAN TROOPS BUT
GIVE THEM TO UKRAINE SO THEY CAN
FIGHT AND DEFEAT RUSSIA.
SECONDLY, GOING AFTER PUTIN’S
REVENUE STREAM.
MOST OF HIS MONEY FROM THE SALE
OF OIL AND GAS.
AND WE OUGHT TO BE TAKING AWAY
HIS CUSTOMERS, OUGHT TO BE
STEPPING UP, PRODUCING MORE OIL,
PRODUCING MORE GAS, AND GETTING
EUROPEAN CUSTOMERS TO CANCEL
THEIR CONTRACTS WITH RUSSIA AND
SHIFT TO AMERICAN PRODUCERS,
SHIFT TO OUR ALLIES.
NOTHING WOULD DO MORE TO
UNDERMINE PUTIN, TO TAKE AWAY
HIS POWER, CAUSE THE OLIGARCHS
TO CAUSE THE K.G.B. REMNANTS IN
THE NATION TO RISE UP AND
NOTHING WOULD DO MORE TO STOP
HIS ABILITY TO WAGE WAR AND
MURDER CIVILIANS THAN TO TAKE
AWAY HIS REVENUE, AND BIDEN IS
MORE CAPTIVE TO THE GREEN NEW
DEAL THAN HE IS ON DEFEATING
RUSSIA AND PUTIN.
>> John: THE MIGS, I’M SURPRISED
JEN PSAKI DID NOT GET MORE
PUSHBACK YESTERDAY, IT’S THE
ARGUMENT TO SAY FIGHTER JETS ARE
OFFENSIVE WEAPON AND NOT
DEFENSIVE WEAPON.
IF YOU USE THE FIGHTER JETS IN
THE CONFINES OF YOUR BORDER,
IT’S A WHOLLY DEFENSIVE WEAPON.
>> THAT IS RIGHT.
A STINGER IS A MISSILE FIRED UP
TO TAKE OUT AN AIRCRAFT, VERY
EFFECTIVE.
RIGHT NOW THE UKRAINIANS ARE
USING STINGERS TO TAKE OUT
RUSSIAN AIRCRAFT.
LOOK AT A JAVELIN, JAVELIN IS
ANTI-TANK WEAPON, GOES UP, COMES
DOWN ON THE TOP OF THE TANK,
BLOWS IT UP.
THEY ARE KILLING RUSSIAN
SOLDIERS USING STINGERS AND
JAVELINS.
NO MEANINGFUL DISTINCTION
BETWEEN THAT AND A MIG, AND
OFFENSIVE OR DEFENSIVE.
LISTEN, NO ONE ON EARTH IS
SUGGESTING UKRAINE WANTS TO
INVADE RUSSIA.
THEY DON’T HAVE -- THEY ARE NOT
MARCHING ON MOSCOW, THEY ARE
TELLING THE SOLDIERS STOP
MURDERING OUR CIVILIANS AND GET
THE HELL OUT OF OUR COUNTRY.
BUT THE PROBLEM, JOHN, WHAT GOT
US IN THE MESS, BIDEN IS SCARED
TO STAND UP TO PUTIN.
FIRST MEETING BIDEN HAD WITH
PUTIN, PUTIN WANTED TO BUILD
NORD STREAM 2 AND THE REASON HE
WANTED TO BUILD THAT, THE
INSTANT IT WAS COMPLETE, HE
COULD INVADE UKRAINE BECAUSE HE
NO LONGER NEEDED THE PIPELINES
IN UKRAINE ONCE NORD STREAM 2
WAS DONE.
WHAT DID BIDEN DO?
STARTED OUT BY SURRENDERING TO
RUSSIA AND SAY HERE, YOU CAN
HAVE NORD STREAM 2.
THAT WEAKNESS GOT US WHERE WE
ARE AND RIGHT NOW BIDEN WILL NOT
GIVE THE MIGS TO RUSSIA.
AND ON THE IRAN DEAL, YOU
MENTIONED --
>> John: IRGC, DELISTING THEM.
>> THE IRAN DEAL IS ANOTHER
SURRENDER TO THE ENEMIES.
PART OF THE CONCESSIONS BIDEN IS
MAKING IS TO EXEMPT RUSSIA FROM
RUSSIA SANCTIONS IN IRAN FOR
$10 BILLION FOR NUCLEAR WORK SO
IT’S BASICALLY WHILE WE ARE
SANCTIONING RUSSIA AND PUTIN,
JOE BIDEN IS GIVING A
$10 BILLION SUBSIDY TO RUSSIA
AND PUTIN.
IT MAKES NO SENSE AT ALL AND WHY
PUTIN IS LAUGHING AT THE WHITE
HOUSE.
>> Sandra: I WANT TO DRAW YOUR
ATTENTION, SENATOR, AS YOU ARE
SPEAKING, WE HAVE THE LIVE STATE
DEPARTMENT, GO TO SECRETARY
BLINKEN WHEN HE BEGINS SPEAKING
IN A MOMENT.
LIVE TO THE HOUSE FLOOR,
DEBATING THE BILL TO SUSPEND
NORMAL TRADE RELATIONS WITH
RUSSIA AND BELARUS.
YOU CAN RESPOND TO THAT, YOU CAN
ALSO, SENATOR, LOOK FORWARD TO
WHAT WE ARE ABOUT TO HEAR FROM
SECRETARY BLINKEN, AND WHETHER
OR NOT THERE WILL BE NEW
SANCTIONS ANNOUNCED TO YOUR
POINT ABOUT IF WE CAN GO FARTHER
TO CUT OFF ANY FURTHER MONEY
SUPPLY GOING TO VLADIMIR PUTIN
IN THIS MOMENT.
CAN YOU BE MORE SPECIFIC, HOW DO
YOU DO THAT?
HOW DO YOU JUST SHUT OFF THE
FLOW TO SOME OF THESE EUROPEAN
UNION COUNTRIES DEPENDENT ON
RUSSIA AND THE ENERGY STREAM.
IT’S STILL COLD THERE, STILL
NEED TO HEAT THEIR HOMES, NEED
TRANSPORTATION.
HOW DO YOU DO THAT, HOW DO YOU
NOT JUST SAY IT BUT ACTUALLY DO
IT?
>> TWO THINGS, SANDRA.
NUMBER ONE, YOU DON’T GIVE PUTIN
A $10 BILLION SUBSIDY THROUGH A
DISASTROUS IRAN DEAL AND BIDEN
IS TRYING TO SHOVEL CASH INTO
PUTIN’S COFFERS.
THAT $10 BILLION WILL GO TO FUND
THE WAR MACHINE IN UKRAINE AND
OTHER COUNTRIES THAT PUTIN HOPES
TO INVADE.
BUT SECONDLY, YOU ARE RIGHT, YOU
CAN’T JUST ASK THE EUROPEANS TO
SHUT OFF THE OIL AND GAS.
THEY HAVE TO HEAT THEIR HOMES.
THE ONLY WAY TO DO IT IS YOU’VE
GOT TO REPLACE THAT OIL AND GAS.
NOW THE NUMBER ONE PRODUCER IS
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
AND WHAT BIDEN SHOULD DO, THE
NIGHT OF THE STATE OF THE UNION
ADDRESS I PULLED TONY BLINKEN
AND SAID YOU WANT TO STOP PUTIN,
SIX APPLICATIONS PENDING IN THE
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION RIGHT NOW
TO EXPORT LIQUID NATURAL GAS.
THE PRESIDENT OUGHT TO GO ON