And you've got Donald Trump who said on a stage in Conway that not only would he not defend

NATO countries if they didn't pull their weight, but that he would encourage Putin to invade

the countries if they didn't pull their weight. He sided with a dictator who kills his political

opponents. He sided with a tyrant kills his political opponents.

He sided with a tyrant who's made no bones about wanting to destroy America.

And you're going to side with something like that over the allies who stood with us at 9-11?

That's Nikki Haley continuing to call out Donald Trump for his comments and his relationship with Vladimir Putin. It comes as the former president is making the death of Russia's

main opposition leader all about himself. Meanwhile, President Biden is considering new

action against Russia in response to Alexei Navali's death,

but Biden's promise to provide aid to Ukraine in its fight against Putin's army is still stalled by the Republican-controlled House.

We'll go through all of that straight ahead.

Plus, Israel is giving Hamas an ultimatum on the remaining hostages. Free them by

Ramadan or face an all-out offensive in a city packed with Palestinian refugees.

Good morning and welcome to way too early on this Tuesday, February 20th.

I'm John Flemere. Thanks for starting your day with us.

Three days after Russian opposition leader, Alexi Navalny, died in a Siberian prison.

Donald Trump finally addressed the tragedy yesterday, but only so he could make it all about himself. In a social media post, the likely 2024

GOP presidential nominee compared Navalny's situation to his own, writing in part this,

the sudden death of Alexei Navalny has made me more and more aware of what's

happening in our country, adding, quote, we are a nation in decline, a failing nation, MAGA,

2024. Notably absent from that message, and we'll spare you most of it, there were no

condolences to Navalny's family and no condemnation of

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