AS ALL IN STARTS RIGHT NOW.
>> GOOD EVENING FROM NEW YORK,
I'M CHRIS HAYES, IN JUST THE
LAST 24 HOURS, RUSSIA HAS
EXPANDED THE FRONT OF THEIR WAR
ON UKRAINE.
THEY LAUNCHED AIR STRIKES ON
TWO CITIES, LUTSK AND EVEN KNOW
FRANK OF HIS, THERE WERE FAR TO
THE WEST OF ANY STRENGTHS SO
FAR.
>> A SENIOR U.S. DEFENSE
OFFICIALS SAID THE RUSSIAN
MILITARY HAVE MADE INITIAL
ADVANCES AROUND THE CAPITAL
CITY OF KYIV, BRINGING UP MORE
FORCES TEN MILES FROM THE CITY
CENTER.
RUSSIAN MILITARY CONTINUES TO
BOMBARD UKRAINIAN CIVILIANS IN
BESIEGED CITIES ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
TODAY, THE UNITED NATIONS SAID
ELISE 564 UKRAINIAN CIVILIANS
HAVE BEEN KILLED, 982 HAVE BEEN
INJURED, AND SAYING THAT THE
ACTUAL FIGURES ARE CONSIDERABLY
HIGHER, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE
FOOTAGE, YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE
THE SAME.
A PART OF THE REASON WE'VE SEEN
SUCH REMARKABLE UNANIMITY
THROUGHOUT THE WEST, THE NATO,
THE EU, AND ACROSS THE WORLD
REALLY, IN RESPONSE TO THE
INVASION, IS JUST HOW BRAZENLY
INDEFENSIBLE, AND UNPROVOKED
THIS ENTIRE MILITARY ATTACK
WAS.
THAT'S DESPITE IT'S ALL KIND OF
ATTEMPTS OF INVENTED RATIONALES
FOR THE INVASION IN THE RUN UP
TO IT.
IN FACT, THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION, VERY
EFFECTIVELY DEBUNK THOSE CLAIMS
IN REALTIME, SOMETIMES GETTING
OUT AHEAD OF THEM.
AND AT LAST, PRESIDENT PUTIN,
WITHOUT ANYTHING CLOSE TO A
VALID EXCUSE WHY HE WAS DOING
THIS.
TODAY, THE RUSSIAN DESPERATION
FOR SOME SORT OF DESPERATION
FOR THIS RANK ACT OF AGGRESSION
WAS ON FULL DISPLAY, IN A
REALLY SHOCKING SCENE AT THE
UNITED NATIONS.
THE RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR AT THE
UN MADE FALSE ACCUSATIONS THAT
UKRAINE WAS DEVELOPING A
BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS.
>> OUR RUSSIAN MINISTRY OF
DEFENSE [INTERPRETER]
NOW HAS DOCUMENTS WHICH
CONFIRMS THAT THE TERRITORY OF
UKRAINE, THERE IS A NETWORK
CONSISTING OF AT LEAST 30
BIOLOGICAL LABORATORIES.
OUR MILITARY BECAME AWARE OF
THE DETAILS --
BEFORE WE'VE BEEN THE GOAL IS
TO STUDY THE POSSIBILITY OF
SPREADING PARTICULARLY
DANGEROUS INFECTIONS.
>> OKAY, THE GOAL WAS TO STUDY
THE SPREADING, LIKE A BIO
WEAPONS LAB, OF MIGRATORY
BIRDS.
THAT'S WHAT HE'S CLAIMING, THAT
BIRDS ARE GONNA SPREAD BY LOGIC
WEAPONS, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE
STARTING.
THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO TRUTH
THAT, IT'S RIDICULOUS LIE.
IT MIGHT SEEM WEIRD, OUT OF
NOWHERE, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY BEEN
BUILDING IN THE MOST KOOKY
CONSPIRACY THEORY CORNERS OF
THE INTERNET FOR A LITTLE WHILE
NOW.
IN FACT, BACK ON MARCH 2ND,
FOREIGN POLICY ACTUALLY HAD
THEIR EYES ON THIS, THEY WROTE
A GREAT ARTICLE, WHEN THIS
STARTED BUMPING UP.
QUOTE, PRO-RUSSIAN CHANNELS AND
QANON CONSPIRACY THEORISTS
THINK MOSCOW IS LAUNCHING
AIRSTRIKES ON UKRAINE IN ORDER
TO DESTROY BIOWEAPON
MANUFACTURING LIVES IN ORDER TO
PREVENT THE AMERICAN INFECTIOUS
DISEASE EXPERT ANTHONY FAUCI
FROM PHOENIX EQUAL TO THE
COVID-19 VIRUS.
THE STORY HANGS ON THE ENTIRELY
DISCREDITED IDEA THAT THE
CORONAVIRUS WAS DESIGNED AS A
BIO WEAPON PERHAPS BY THE U.S.
GOVERNMENT ITSELF.
IN FACT, NOT ONE PART OF IT IS
TRUE, OR EVEN CLOSE TO TRUE.
BUT WITHOUT ANY OTHER POSSIBLE
REASON FOR THEIR INVASION,
RUSSIAN STATE MEDIA, AND SOCIAL
MEDIA ACCOUNTS HAVE BEEN
AMPLIFYING THIS CRAZY QANON
CONSPIRACY THEORY OVER THE PAST
COUPLE OF WEEKS.
IN THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS,
THE MESSAGING HAS ALSO BEEN
PICKED UP BY, YOU GUESSED IT,
TUCKER CARLSON AND FOX NEWS.
ON WEDNESDAY, TUCKER PLAYED A
CLIP OF THE UNDER SECRETARY OF
STATE FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS
VICTORIA NEWMAN, TESTIFYING
BEFORE THE SENATE FORMULATIONS
COMMITTEE, AND TOOK AWAY OUT OF
CONTEXT.
>> DOES UKRAINE HAVE CHEMICAL
OR BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS?
>> UKRAINE HAS BIOLOGICAL
RESEARCH FACILITIES WHICH, IN
FACT, WE ARE QUITE CONCERNED
RUSSIAN FORCES MAY BE SEEKING
TO GAIN CONTROL OF.
WE ARE WORKING WITH THE
UKRAINIANS ON HOW THEY CAN
PREVENT ANY OF THOSE RESEARCH
MATERIALS FROM FALLING INTO THE
HANDS OF RUSSIAN FORCES, SHOULD
THEY APPROACH.
>> DOES UKRAINE HAVE BIOLOGICAL
WEAPONS?
I'M, THEY HAVE BIOLOGICAL
RESEARCH FACILITIES.
WHAT'S?
YOU MEAN SECRET BIO LABS?
LIKE A SECRET BIO LIVES THAT
THE UKRAINE DEFINITELY DOESN'T
HAVE?
UKRAINE HAS THOSE?
YES IT DOES.
>> WAIT, WHAT'S?
ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
OH MY GOD?
AM I SEEING THIS?
REAL WHOA IF TRUE MOMENTS,
EXCEPT IS NOT TRUE, NO MATTER
HOW MANY RHETORICAL QUESTIONS
YOU ASK YOURSELF IN AN ANSWER,
THAT'S NOT WHAT IS GOING ON.
IT IS EXACTLY WET FOX NEWS
NATIONAL SECURITY CORRESPONDENT
JENNIFER GRIFFIN EXPLAINED A
LOT AN HOUR LATER TO SEAN
HANNITY.
>> JENNIFER, BUT WE DO KNOW
THAT VICTORIA KNEW AND THAT
LIVES EXISTED.
WHAT EXACTLY IS THERE FOR, WE
NEVER GOT CLARITY ON, CORRECT?
>> WELL, WE DO HAVE CLARITY, I
HAVE A FACT SHEET, THAT'S WHEN
I WAS JUST READING FROM HERE AT
THE PENTAGON.
IT IS A LONG PROGRAM THAT HAS
EXISTED WHERE THE PENTAGON HAS
PARTNERED WITH THESE BIO LABS.
THAT IS PART OF THIS EFFORT TO
TRY TO CLEAN UP THOSE SOVIET
ERA LABS, AND MAKE SURE THAT
NOTHING ESCAPES FROM THOSE
LABS.
SO THE U.S. HAS BEEN VERY OPEN
ABOUT ITS INVOLVEMENT THERE
WITH THAT.
>> JENNIFER GRIFFIN DESERVES A
LOT OF CREDIT, THROUGHOUT THIS
CONFLICT, FOR PROVIDING
ACCURATE INFORMATION IN AN
ENVIRONMENT THAT IS FREQUENTLY
DISCOURAGES THAT.
SHE DIDN'T EVEN ASK YOURSELF A
SINGLE RHETORICAL QUESTION.
AS SHE EXPLAINED IN THAT
INTERVIEW, UNDERSECRETARY
VICTORIA NULAND, WAS TALKING
ABOUT THE FACILITIES WERE
ACTUALLY TRYING TO COUNTERACT
BIOLOGICAL THREATS AND
RESEARCH.
THE FEAR WAS THAT BUT RUSSIA
WAS GONNA WEAPONIZE THE THINGS
ARE STUDYING.
THAT'S WITH THE SITUATION IS.
THAT HAPPENED TWO NIGHTS AGO ON
FOX.
GUESS WHAT HAPPENED TODAY?
THE RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR TO THE
UNITED NATIONS TOOK THAT
ABSOLUTELY WILD QANON
CONSPIRACY THEORY, THAT TUCKER
CARLSON WAS PUSHING, AND
INTRODUCED IT TO THE UN.
>> VICTORIA NULAND, IT'S JUST A
SECRETARY OF STATE, BASICALLY
CONCERNED THE FACT THAT THEY
WERE DANGEROUS STUDIES BEING
CONDUCTED IN UKRAINIAN --
CONGRESS ON THE 8TH OF MARCH.
THERE IS A DIRECT QUESTION BUT
BY MARCO RUBIO, SHE REPLIED AND
SAID THAT, IN UKRAINE, THERE
ARE RESEARCH STRUCTURES WHICH
SHOULD NOT END UP IN THE HANDS
OF THE RUSSIAN ARMED FORCES,
AND OF QUOTE.
>> YOU SEE WOULD HAPPEN HERE,
RIGHT?
FIRST OF ALL, TAKE A STEP BACK,
I WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THIS.
THERE IS NO ONE ACCUSING THESE
HAVE BEEN BY WEAPONS LABS
ANYWHERE EXCEPT FOR, LIKE, A
FEW CONSPIRACY THEORISTS, SOME
RUSSIAN PROPAGANDISTS, AND SOME
USEFUL IT IS STARTING A WEEK
AGO.
IT IS JUST INVENTED A WHOLE
CLOTH, OR IS NO EVIDENCE THAT
THEY, ARE IT'S BELOW NOTHING.
NOW, THE RUSSIANS ABOUT THE
DEATH OF THE UN, IS BASICALLY
PARROTING THE PROPAGANDA THAT
FOX NEWS IS RUNNING, WHICH THEY
TOOK THE TIME FROM WHATEVER
CORNER OF QANON INTERNET, WE
HAVE TO GO IN, THEY'RE THERE BY
ALLIANCE.
THE BIO LABS.
LOOK, IT'S TRANSPARENT, IT'S
BRAZEN.
ALSO, TO PROVIDE A LITTLE COMES
RAZOR HERE.
IF RUSSIA ACTUALLY BELIEVE THIS,
WHY DIDN'T THEY TALK ABOUT IT
IN THEIR BUILDUP TO THEIR
INVASION?
VLADIMIR PUTIN GAVE A WHOLE
SPEECH, I WILL REMIND YOU.
HE HAS TALKED A LOT ABOUT WHY
HE WAS LAUNCHING THE SPECIAL
OPERATION, ALSO KNOWN AS THE
WAR INTO UKRAINE, THE INVASION.
TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF STUFF,
TOUCH OF THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE,
TALK ABOUT NATO, TALKED ABOUT
NAZIS.
NO MENTION OF BIOLOGICAL
WEAPONS.
THEY ARE DESPERATELY SCROUNGING
AROUND TO FIND SOME
JUSTIFICATION.
THEY JUST THREW STUFF AGAINST
THE WALL, AND WATCHED WHICH
IDIOTS WOULD LOOK IT UP.
THAT LUDICROUS EFFORT AT THE
UNITED NATIONS FELL ENTIRELY
FLAT.
HERE IS WHAT'S, AND IF YOU
DON'T TRUST THE PENTAGON, HERE
IS WHAT'S JUST WHEN AMBASSADOR
SAID, THE ALBANIAN BASTARD TO
THE UN SAID, THE VERY NEXT
SPEAKER AFTER RUSSIA HAD TO
SAY.
>> RUSSIA'S ALLEGATIONS ARE, IN
OUR OPINION, FALSE,
UNSUBSTANTIATED, PART OF THE
USUAL PROPAGANDA AND THE
DISINFORMATION COMING FROM
RUSSIA, CONSPIRACY THEORISTS
NOT WORTH OUR TIME.
HOWEVER REGRETTABLE ALL THIS IS,
IT IS HARDLY SURPRISING SINCE
EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING
ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING WE'VE
BEEN HEARING FROM RUSSIA
REGARDING UKRAINE HAS BEEN
FALSE, FABRICATED, OR
DISTORTED.
WE SHOULD, THEREFORE, BE VERY
WORRIED THAT IN SPREADING SUCH
DISINFORMATION, A CRESCENDO OF
ALLEGATIONS ABOUT UKRAINE'S
DESTRUCTION COULD SERVE AS YET
ANOTHER PRETEXT FOR RUSSIA TO
PREPARE THE GROUND, AND USE
CHEMICAL OR BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS
DURING ITS INVASION OF UKRAINE,
WHILE ACCUSING OTHERS.
>> THE POINT THE AMBASSADOR
MAKES THEIR, IS THAT BY
ACCUSING THE UKRAINE OF A
POSSIBLE BIOLOGICAL OR CHEMICAL
ATTACK, THEY'RE REALLY BEING
THE GROUNDWORK TO USE THOSE
WEAPONS THEMSELVES.
IT'S ALSO POINT THAT LINDA
THOMAS-GREENFIELD MADE AS WELL.
>> LAST MONTH, SECRETARY
BLINKEN LAID OUT WITH TRAGIC
ACCURACY WHAT RUSSIA WAS ABOUT
TO DO.
HE SPECIFICALLY WARNED THAT
RUSSIA WOULD MANUFACTURE A
PRETEXT FOR ATTACK, AND EVEN
CAUTIONED THAT RUSSIA WOULD
FABRICATE ALLEGATIONS ABOUT
CHEMICAL OR BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS,
IN ORDER TO JUSTIFY ITS OWN
VIOLENT ATTACKS AGAINST THE
UKRAINIAN PEOPLE.
TODAY, THE WORLD IS WATCHING
RUSSIAN DO EXACTLY WHAT WE
WARNED IT WOULD.
IN FACT, IT IS RUSSIA THAT HAS
LONG MAINTAINED A BIOLOGICAL
WEAPON PROGRAM, IN VIOLATION OF
INTERNATIONAL LAW.
IT IS RUSSIA THAT HAS A WELL
DOCUMENTED HISTORY OF USING
CHEMICAL WEAPONS.
WE HAVE SERIOUS CONCERNS THAT
RUSSIA MAY BE PLANNING TO USE
CHEMICAL OR BIOLOGICAL AGENTS
AGAINST THE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE.
THE ATTEMPTS --
THE ATTACK INTENT BEHIND THESE
LIVES SEEM CLEAR.
IT IS DEEPLY TROUBLING.
>> THROUGH THIS CRISIS,
AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE HAS
DEVELOPED A TRACK RECORD OF
ACCURATELY CALLING OUT RUSSIA'S
NEXT MOVE.
UNLIKE, AGAIN, SOME OF THE
USEFUL IDIOTS LAPPING UP THEIR
PROPAGANDA.
NOW THEY'RE SOUNDING THE ALARM
ABOUT RUSSIA USING SOME KIND OF
CHEMICAL OR BIOLOGICAL WEAPON,