CONSEQUENCES FOR UKRAINE ON THE BATTLEFIELD AND MAY PROMPT OTHER EUROPEAN ALLIES TO QUESTION THEIR SUPPORT. IF THE U.S. ISN'T SUPPORTING, WHY SHOULD WE? >> ZELENSKYY SAID PRESIDENT PUTIN CANNOT WIN THE WAR, AND HE NEEDS CONGRESS' BACKING. >>> THE REPUBLICAN-CONTROLLED HOUSE IS EXPECTED TO VOTE TOMORROW TO FORMALIZE ITS IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY INTO PRESIDENT BIDEN. THAT'S ACCORDING TO TWO SOURCES FAMILIAR WITH THE MATTER. THE RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE PROBE SET TO GO BEFORE THE REPUBLICAN-LED HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE TODAY. LET'S BRING IN FORMER MSNBC HOST CHRIS MATTHEWS. MSNBC CONTRIBUTOR MIKE BARNICLE. FORMER POLICY DIRECTOR FOR THE 2012 MITT ROMNEY PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN AND ROMNEY'S CHIEF POLICY ADVISER, LANHEE CHEN. KATTY KAY IS ALSO WITH US THIS HOUR. LET'S START WITH THE IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY, SOMETHING USED SPARINGLY AND NOW SEEMS TO BE A POLITICAL TOOL BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE PARTIES. >> THIS IS A HUGE POLITICAL WEEK. APART FROM ALL THE GEOPOLITICAL QUESTIONS ABOUT THE WORLD AND HOW THE WORLD IS OPERATING, OUR COUNTRY IS IN A REAL POLITICAL SQUEEZE. JOE BIDEN, AS HE FACES THIS JOKE OF AN IMPEACHMENT EFFORT BY THE HOUSE REPUBLICANS, HE HAS TO DECIDE, HOW DOES HE WORK WITH THE HISPANIC GROUPS TO GET SOMETHING DONE ON THE BORDER? ZELENSKYY COMES TODAY AND SAYS, "CAN YOU DO SOMETHING ON THE BORDER? YOU'VE UNITED EUROPE AND NATO AGAINST THE RUSSIANS. CAN'T YOU DO SOMETHING ON YOUR BORDER TO HELP THIS ALONG A BIT?" ALL THE REPUBLICANS SEEM TO WANT IS SOMETHING WHERE WE SQUEEZE THE DEFINITION OF AN ASYLUM SEEKER SO IT'S ACTUALLY AN ACCURATE ONE. CAN'T YOU DO SOMETHING? I THINK HE'S GOT A REAL THREAT HERE. I THINK THE RUSSIANS ARE TRYING TO DECIDE BETWEEN A FREEZE PROPOSITION WITH THE UKRAINIANS AND ACTUALLY GOING BACK TO WAR WITH THEM, WHICH IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'LL HAVE TO DO BECAUSE ZELENSKYY WANTS TO FIGHT. ALL THESE QUESTIONS ARE UP IN THE AIR. THE EUROPEANS, THE UNITED STATES, AND ESPECIALLY JOE BIDEN, HE'S GOT TO MAKE A MOVE HERE. IF HE CAN'T WIN THE WAR WITH UKRAINE, WHAT'S HIS JUSTIFICATION TO CONTINUING IN OFFICE EXCEPT FOR PROTECTING US FROM TRUMP? HE HAS TO CONTINUE THAT FIGHT. THIS IS THE WEEK THE SENATE COULD GO OFF. JUST WALK AWAY AND SAY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO CONTINUE TO FIGHT. NEXT YEAR, WE SEE THIS SITUATION DETERIORATING TO A DESPERATE SITUATION IN UKRAINE BECAUSE THE SENATE IS NOT EVEN OPERATING. IT'S UP TO THE PRESIDENT TO MOVE THE BALL, I THINK. I THINK IT'S A BIG QUESTION FOR HIM POLITICALLY, CAN HE MOVE THE HISPANIC GROUPS AND SAY, "WE'VE GOT TO TIGHTEN UP THE DEFINITION OF ASYLUM," BECAUSE JOE BIDEN HAS SAID THE AVERAGE PERSON IN THE NORTHEAST, IN PENNSYLVANIA, MICHIGAN, WISCONSIN, DOESN'T DISTINGUISH BETWEEN ASYLUM SEEKERS AND PEOPLE WHO SIMPLY COME TO THIS COUNTRY FOR A BETTER LIFE. THAT'S HOW THEY LOOK AT THEM. THEY'RE CROSSING THE BORDER ILLEGALLY. THEY COME TO AMERICA FOR A BETTER LIFE. HE HAS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT LIMITING THAT NUMBER TO AN ACCEPTABLE NUMBER. ON THIS IMPEACHMENT THING, IT'S A JOKE. IT'S RIDICULOUS. THEY SHOULD MAKE EVERY MEMBER OF THE REPUBLICAN HOUSE SAY, "WHAT REASON DO YOU HAVE TO IMPEACH THIS GUY? WHAT EVIDENCE DO YOU HAVE TO BRING TO THE TABLE? WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS, EXCEPT YOU DON'T LIKE HUNTER BIDEN? HE'S ALREADY FACING PROSECUTION. WHAT'S YOUR BEEF WITH THE PRESIDENT?" >> YEAH. >> MIKE BARNICLE, WHEN YOU LOOK AT EVERYTHING THE PRESIDENT HAS BEFORE HIM, TURNING THE CORNER INTO THE HOLIDAYS, ALMOST CERTAIN IF YOU TALK TO PEOPLE ON CAPITOL HILL THAT THIS FUNDING DEAL FOR UKRAINE IS NOT GOING TO GET DONE HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. WE'LL HAVE TO KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD TO JANUARY. HOW IS THE PRESIDENT FEELING ABOUT EVERYTHING BEFORE HIM? BY THE WAY, AS HE APPROACHES THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN AGAINST DONALD TRUMP. >> YOU KNOW, WE'RE SITTING AROUND THIS TABLE, THE FOUR OF US. WE LEAD FAIRLY NORMAL LIVES IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. IF YOU'RE THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, YOU DON'T WANT TO GET OUT OF BED IN THE MORNING, I MEAN, GIVEN THE WEIGHT HE'S CARRYING. THE IMPEACHMENT PROCESS THAT CHRIS IS ELUDING TO, UNFORTUNATELY, SADLY IN THIS COUNTRY, THERE'S A HUGE PERCENTAGE OF THE VOTING POPULATION WHO THINK IMPEACHMENT ON BOTH SIDES IS NOW NORMAL. IT'S PART OF POLITICS. OH, THEY IMPEACHED OUR GUY. WE'LL TRY TO IMPEACH THIS GUY. WHAT IT DOES IS REALLY DISTURBING. IT TWISTS PEOPLE'S VIEW OF POLITICS IN AMERICA TO THE POINT WHERE EVERYBODY SEEMS SO CYNICAL EACH AND EVERY DAY. NOTHING GETS DONE. NOTHING EVER GETS DONE BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL TIED UP, BACK AND FORTH, AND IT'S A SAD STATE OF AFFAIRS WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE FACT THAT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA HAS ZELENSKYY IN TOWN, IN WASHINGTON, D.C., TODAY, BASICALLY SAYING, YOU KNOW, WE'RE THE LAST STOP FOR RUSSIA ON THE WAY
