Zelensky's Finest Hour (w/ Dan Hoffman)
Skullduggery
Michael Isikoff, Daniel Klaidman, Victoria Bassetti
4 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 16 March 2022
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Ukrainian President Zelensky delivered a powerful message to a joint session of U.S. Congress Wednesday morning. Zelensky invoked the memories of America's darkest moments. "Remember Pearl Harbor," he said, "Remember September 11th." Death from sky visited on Americans just as death from the sky is now being visited on the Ukrainian people. He showed a gut wrenching video showing charred bodies, fleeing refugees, and bombs, one after another destroying Ukrainian cities and killing civilians. He praised President Biden for the help he's provided so far but then implored him to do more. If not a "no fly zone" then more air defense systems, more planes, more weapons to fight the Russian aggressors. We discuss the takeaways from Zelensky's speech. We'll also listen to an excerpt from our talk with the former chief of the Ukrainian Air-force about what the Ukrainians really need. And finally, we'll listen to the comments of the former top C.I.A. official about Vladimir Putin's murderous past and what that can mean for the future of Ukraine.
GUESTS:
- Dan Hoffman (@danielhoffmanDC), Ret. CIA Station Chief in Moscow
HOSTS:
- Michael Isikoff (@Isikoff), Chief Investigative Correspondent, Yahoo News
- Daniel Klaidman (@dklaidman), Editor in Chief, Yahoo News
- Victoria Bassetti (@VBass), fellow, Brennan Center for Justice (contributing co-host)
RESOURCES:
- Alexander Nazaryan's coverage of Zelensky's message to a joint session of the U.S. Congress - Here.
- Zelensky shows the joint session of the U.S. Congress graphic video "This is Murder" - Here.
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| 0:00.0 | Now I am almost 45 years old. |
| 0:05.9 | Today my age stopped when the heart of more than 100 children stopped beating. |
| 0:13.2 | I see no sense in life if it cannot stop the death. |
| 0:20.9 | And this is my main issue at the leader of my people. |
| 0:25.7 | Great Ukrainians. |
| 0:28.9 | And at the leader of my niche I am addressing the President Biden. |
| 0:36.0 | You are the leader of the niche of your nation. |
| 0:42.1 | I wish you to be the leader of the world. |
| 0:47.7 | Being the leader of the world means to be the leader of this. |
| 0:54.3 | Thank you. |
| 0:55.3 | Bravo, Ukraine. |
| 1:04.1 | That was Ukrainian President Zelensky delivering a powerful speech to a joint session of Congress |
| 1:09.9 | Wednesday morning. |
| 1:11.5 | Zelensky invoked the memories of America's darkest moments. |
| 1:15.3 | Remember Pearl Harbor, he said. |
| 1:17.4 | Remember September 11. |
| 1:19.7 | Death from the sky, visited not Americans, just as death from the sky is now being visited |
| 1:26.1 | on the Ukrainian people. |
| 1:28.0 | He showed a gut-wrenching video showing charred bodies, fleeing refugees and bombs, one |
| 1:33.5 | after another destroying Ukrainian cities and killing civilians. |
| 1:38.4 | He praised President Biden for the help he has provided so far, but then implored him |
| 1:43.3 | to do more. |
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