Tuesday marked 1,000 days since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine, plunging the European continent into its largest and deadliest conflict since World War II. The milestone was marked by yet another major escalation of violence, when Ukraine launched U.S.-made long-range missiles into Russia for the first time. Russian President Vladimir Putin responded by issuing a new nuclear doctrine to lower the threshold for the use of nuclear weapons. It all comes at a tense time for Europe, as leaders prepare for the return of President-elect Donald Trump, who campaigned on a promise to wind down U.S. support for Ukraine. McKay Coppins, senior staff writer at The Atlantic, explains how Europe is preparing for Trump’s return to the White House. And in headlines: South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace introduced a resolution to ban transgender women from female bathrooms in the Capitol, Trump picked Dr. Oz to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and the White House says this year’s Christmas tree will come from North Carolina.
It's Wednesday, November 20th.
I'm Jane Coston and this is Water Day, the show where we're feeling a little sick thinking about two federal health agencies run by RFK Jr.
And Dr.
Oz.
Which department will Dr.
Phil get?
Is our government secretly being run by Oprah?
Is Judge Judy about to get a life changing call?
On today's show, a South Carolina congresswoman introduces a resolution targeting a freshman member.
And Trump is truthing marching orders to Senate Republicans.
Let's get into it.
Tuesday marked 1,000 days since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine.
The start of the war plunged the European continent into its largest and deadliest conflict since World War II.
And since then, hundreds of thousands of people have died and more than 6 million Ukrainians are living as refugees abroad.
The thousand day milestone was marked by another major escalation of violence.
And Tuesday, Ukraine launched US made long range missiles known as ATACMs into Russia for the first time.
That's after President Joe Biden gave Ukraine the green light to use the missiles earlier this week, a major policy reversal.
Just as he prepares to leave office.
In response to Ukraine's attack, Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a new nuclear doctrine lowering the threshold for the use of nuclear weapons, which is very, very bad.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky didn't confirm or deny shooting the atacms deep into Russia.