War On Ukraine: Russia's 'Hyperbolic Rhetoric' On Nuclear Threats

The Fox News Rundown

FOX News Podcasts

News, Daily News, Politics

3.4 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2022

⏱️ 13 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Last week, the West once again heard warnings from Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, cautioning that the West supporting Ukraine with defensive equipment constitutes a 'proxy war' that could escalate this conflict to nuclear war. As these Russian nuclear threats continue, legislation in the U.S. Congress has been introduced to give the President authorization for use of military force if Russia utilizes weapons of mass destruction. FOX's Eben Brown speaks with Fox News National Security Correspondent Jennifer Griffin about why she believes the threats of nuclear conflict out of the Kremlin are 'hyperbolic' and nontypical of a nuclear power. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Hi all how we doing afternoon afternoon let's get this meeting meeting meeting
0:06.0	started
0:07.0	when everyone's home erepte work mode
0:12.0	when everyone's home ee work mode prioritizes your broadband for working from home, with faster speeds in more places than anyone else.
0:18.0	So, yeah, yeah, I've got you loud and clear, clear is about.
0:21.0	This is broadband made for working from home.
0:24.0	Search EE broadband, powered by BT.
0:26.7	Work mode with EE smart hub plus to verify the EE.
0:28.9	C EE dot credit eK slash claims.
0:30.1	I'm Shannon Brem. I'm Bill Hammer.
0:31.8	I'm
0:34.0	Bill Hemmer. I'm Kennedy and this is the Fox News rundown.
0:38.0	Monday, May 2nd, 2022.
0:41.0	I'm Eben Brown.
0:42.0	Russia's military offensive in Ukraine I'm Eben Brown.
0:43.0	Russia's military offensive in Ukraine continues, but still at a slower pace than what Russia has threatened,
0:50.0	though their rhetorical offensive is stepping up and now including the word nuclear.
0:57.0	Nuclear weapons are strategic deterrence.
0:59.6	They're not supposed to be used.
1:01.7	And so this is just really, really irresponsible rhetoric
1:06.7	from Sergei Lavrov, who's become a master propagandist
1:10.6	for Vladimir Putin. This is the Fox news rundown war on Ukraine
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from FOX News Podcasts, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of FOX News Podcasts and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.