#349: After Russia's Act of Aggression, What the View on the Ground Is in Ukraine

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🗓️ 27 November 2018

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Why did Russia decide to ratchet up tensions with Ukraine and seize three ships Sunday? Do Ukranians fear their long war with Russia is about to reach a new, more intensive stage? Nolan Peterson, The Daily Signal's foreign correspondent, joins us from Ukraine to share what he's seeing and hearing. Plus: A new survey shows some young adults think President Obama was better than George Washington. We also cover these stories:--Special Counsel Robert Mueller is expected to issue his report on the 2016 elections in the near future -- but he’s also now accusing former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort of lying to investigators.--Three American soldiers died Tuesday in Afghanistan, due to a roadside bomb.--President Trump is threatening a 10 percent tariff on iPhones, which are assembled in China.The Daily Signal podcast is available on Ricochet, iTunes, SoundCloud, Google Play, or Stitcher. All of our podcasts can be found at DailySignal.com/podcasts. If you like what you hear, please leave a review. You can also leave us a message at 202-608-6205 or write us at letters@dailysignal.com. Enjoy the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Wednesday, November 28th. I'm Kate Trinko.
0:09.6	And I'm Daniel Davis. Well, tensions are flaring once again between Russia and Ukraine as the two
0:15.2	nations teeter on the edge of war. We'll talk to Daily Signal foreign correspondent Nolan
0:20.4	Peterson who's been covering the conflict there for several years.
0:24.0	Plus, which president do you think was more consequential?
0:27.5	George Washington or Brock Obama?
0:29.5	Well, if you said Washington, you might be depressed by what millennials are saying.
0:34.5	We'll discuss.
0:35.5	But first, we'll cover a few of the top headlines. The Department of Homeland Security is pushing back against the media narrative on immigration.
0:50.0	In a statement Monday, Secretary Kirsten Nielsen said,
0:54.0	the caravan members are predominantly male.
0:57.0	It appears in some cases that the limited number of women and children
1:01.0	in the caravan are being used by the organizers as human shields when they confront law enforcement.
1:08.0	And DHS spokesman Katie Waldman asserted that there's a marked increase of men coming with minors and
1:14.8	there's been 170 families that weren't in fact related to each other.
1:19.4	In a statement Waldman said via the Washington examiner, in response to the misreporting
1:25.3	from multiple outlets, I wanted to highlight the rampant fraud taking place at our southern
1:30.7	border. She added, word has gotten out. Over the last two years
1:35.9	we have seen a hundred and ten percent increase in male adults showing up at the
1:40.7	border with minors. Well President Trump has taken heat for the use of tear gas on migrants trying to cross the
1:47.1	southern border, but it's worth pointing out that this method is nothing new.
1:51.4	As it turns out, Customs and Border Patrol used tear gas dozens of times
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