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In this video 0:00 Pursuing Peace in Ukraine Amid Russian Resistance13:39 Domestic Initiatives and Campus Free Speech Challenges18:12 Advancing Religious Freedom: Spotlight on Nigeria's Persecuted Christians34:04 Standing on Scripture: Bible Reading and Defending Family Values
Pursuing Peace in Ukraine Amid Russian Resistance 0:00 From the heart of our nation's capital in Washington DC, bringing compelling interviews, insightful analysis, taking you beyond the headlines and sound bites into conversations with our nation's leaders and0:12 newsmakers, all from a biblical worldview. Washington Watch with Tony Perkins starts now.0:19 You have president Putin at a very good meeting yesterday with Jared Kushner and with Steve Witkoff. What comes out of that meeting, I can't tell you because it does take 2 to tango. You know, Ukraine,0:31 I think we have something pretty well worked out with them. They're very satisfied considering.0:37 That was president Donald Trump today responding to the US led effort to secure a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine, which ended overnight in Moscow without a breakthrough. Welcome to this December0:49 third edition of Washington Watch. I'm your host, Tony Perkins. Thanks so much for tuning in. Well, coming up, congress is racing to finalize the annual defense authorization bill, and 1 major tech battle has1:01 just been resolved. Lawmakers have dropped a proposal that would have blocked states from regulating artificial intelligence. Some senators are calling it a victory for accountability and innovation. 1 of them is1:13 Missouri senators Missouri senator Josh Hawley, and he'll join us later with some key insights. Also, Nigeria's relentless persecution of Christians is drawing renewed attention here in Washington DC.
1:25 A congressional briefing and a new US visa restrictions, are targeting those responsible for religious violence. With Nigeria back in the spotlight, could this mark a turning point for
1:37 international religious freedom? Travis Weber and Brad Brandon will join me in studio to discuss later.
1:49 Well, secretary of state Marco Rubio says the US is making headway on long term security guarantees for Ukraine. But regarding the US led talks with Vladimir Putin, a senior Kremlin
2:01 official described the meeting that took place yesterday as useful, constructive, and substantive while acknowledging that a, quote, compromise option has not yet been found. Joining me now to,
2:13 talk, about this a little deeper, Washington Stand reporter Casey Harper, who's been tracking this and other stories today. Casey, what's the latest on these, these peace talks?
2:22 Well, Tony, the US is trying to lock in long term security assurances for Ukraine, something secretary of state Marco Rubio says is essential, but it has to be financially sustainable. Here's what Rubio said about
2:34 that sticking point.
2:36 And so what we have tried to do, and I think have made some progress, is figure out what could the Ukrainians live with that gives them security guarantees for the future, they're never gonna be invaded again, allows
2:45 them not just to rebuild their economy, but to prosper as a country, be a country that has an economy that grows.
2:51 Meanwhile, in Moscow, officials confirmed that Putin reviewed the latest US proposal, but he reportedly rejected many points of the peace plan saying that Russia is willing to keep meeting until an agreement is reached.
3:03 Now after those late night discussions you mentioned, envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner briefed president Trump and Ukrainian officials calling the talks thorough and productive, although they didn't get that deal.
3:14 Now in Kyiv, president Zelensky says Ukraine is preparing for its own round of meetings with Trump's team in the coming days. He says Ukraine's message has been heard in recent talks in Geneva and Florida and
3:26 insists that any lasting peace has to consider Ukraine's interest, Tony.
3:31 Thanks, Casey. I'm gonna turn to a heartwarming story here at home where the spirit of giving is shining bright as entrepreneur Michael Dell and his wife, Susan, are making a
3:42 6200000000.0 dollar pledge to help millions of American children build wealth for their futures.
3:50 That's right. Merry Christmas, I guess, Tony. But as part of this is all part of the Trump administration's Invest America initiative, which I know you're familiar with. So the Dells are said they're gonna deposit 250
4:01 dollars into new investment accounts of 25000000 children. Now, of course, this comes alongside the US Treasury adding 1000 dollars for every child born between 20 25 and 20 28. Here's
4:13 what the CEO, Dell, said yesterday at the White House.
4:16 And, you know, we believe the smartest investment that we can make is an investment in children. And this, act has created a platform for families
4:29 and friends and communities and companies and philanthropists to contribute to these accounts to create a, savings and,
4:41 opportunity and hope and prosperity for tens of millions of children in this country.
4:48 Now these Trump accounts, as they've been called, were created under the 1 big beautiful bill act and are set to open on July fourth of next year. For the details on this, the money has to be invested in a stock market
4:59 index fund and becomes available at age 18. It can be used for education, job training, buying a first home, or starting a business. The funds will go to kids in ZIP codes with median family incomes of
5:10 150000 dollars or less, Tony.
5:13 Well, I think it's a great program because it's gonna teach, the power of saving
5:17 Right.
5:18 Which is something that we've kind of lost in this country. Well, speaking of education, Casey, we're hearing that students nationwide are becoming, more hesitant actually to speak openly even about their faith. What's
5:29 driving, this chill on, campus speech?
5:33 Yeah. You're absolutely right, Tony. We we had this new nationwide poll that found that a strong majority of college students now agree that, quote, words can be violence. Words can be violence. In a survey
5:45 conducted by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, 91 percent said they at least somewhat agreed with that statement. That's not surprising that since the assassination of conservative activist Charlie
5:57 Kirk in September, many undergrads say they've grown more hesitant to speak out. At Utah Valley University, where the killing happened, about 2 thirds of students say they feel less comfortable discussing
6:08 controversial political issues in class, social media, or in public campus spaces. Now across all colleges surveyed, nearly half now report being reluctant to attend controversial events
6:21 or express their political opinions publicly. In many places, open expression, including religious freedom expression, is becoming harder to practice on campus, Tony.
6:31 Well, the 1 thing I would say, Casey, is that we have not been given a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. Amen. And that's what we have in Christ. Alright, Casey. Thanks so much Thanks. For
6:42 joining us. Alright. I wanna go back to, the latest developments on the Russia Ukraine war and get an assessment from someone who's been tracking this, very closely. Joining me now is Peter Doran,
6:54 an adjunct fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and former president of the Center for European Policy Analysis. Peter, welcome back to Washington Watch. Thanks so much for, joining us today.
7:06 Thanks for having me, Tony.
7:08 So what do you make of the latest in these talks led by the US, with, Vladimir Putin. Is he stalling, or are we going to get to a place of
7:20 a peace agreement?
7:22 For now, he's stalling. Let's recall. President Trump has positioned himself as a peacemaker. This is not geopolitics for him. It's personal. He wants to stop the killing.
7:34 And what we saw in Moscow over the last 24 hours, is that it's Vladimir Putin who is the main obstacle to peace. The United States has worked very hard to
7:46 set up a peace proposal that, yeah, sure, not all sides will be happy, but all sides could agree to. And Vladimir Putin has said, niet. He's not gonna play game. He's not gonna play ball with president
7:58 Trump. Here's the twist. Putin's play right now is to blame the Ukrainians for being the roadblocks to peace instead of Russia, which has attacked their country
8:10 in the first place.
8:12 Peter, I was talking with some, foreign policy officials on Capitol Hill last night, and some of them think it it it could be a couple years. This thing could could be dragged out. Now the 1 thing that,
8:24 is beginning to take effect, and I think if the secondary, sanctions on, India, China using this Russian oil are are tightened,
8:36 that could cut cut off the spigot of their funding for their war machine.
8:41 Well, that's correct, Tony. Let's recall that right now, there are countries in the world. India is 1 of them. You correctly mentioned them. China is another. There are other European countries as well. They are paying
8:54 Russia with energy revenues. Russia is using that that money to fund its war machine. If we squeeze at Putin's weakest point, his energy
9:06 revenues, that's the surest way to say, no. You must stop this war. We can cut Russia off at the knees by restricting its energy revenue. We haven't been
9:17 effective yet, Tony, in doing that. But as you heard from congress yesterday, it is possible. It is in our toolkit. That's what must be done now.
9:28 So, Peter, is the NATO chief in NATO, are they speaking out of both sides of their mouth saying that, you know, hey. As European countries, we gotta put in more money into our defense. We they wanna see 5 percent into
9:39 defense, but at the same time, they're funding Russia by buying the oil.
9:45 Unfortunately, that's true, Tony. Get this stat. It's disturbing. It should be disturbing to everyone. The Europeans have spent as much, the same amount of money that the Europeans have sent to the Ukrainians,
9:57 is about equal to what they have sent to the Russians since 20 22 when this war really started heating up. So, essentially, the Europeans are funding both sides of this
10:09 war right now. That's gotta stop. The United States must draw a clear line and say, no. We are going to sanction countries that are facilitating Vladimir Putin's
10:21 aggressive war against the Ukrainian people. And let's remember, this these are not random statistics here. Right now, Vladimir Putin has kidnapped 20000 Ukrainian
10:33 children, and yet we still see the United States sitting on its hands.
10:38 Thanks for bringing that up, Peter. I I appreciate you bringing that up. I I I should have had that in my notes, already. I've not heard that discussed in these conversations, even that the US is,
10:50 leaving. I mean, I've just not heard it.
10:53 Well, that's right. Let's remember. This war will not end until the kidnapped children from Ukraine are returned. The good news here, we saw today on the hill, both
11:05 Democrat and Republican senators and members of Congress led by senator Lindsey Graham held a very significant hearing on this issue today. They laid out the facts, and what we heard was terrifying
11:17 and disturbing. Essentially, Vladimir Putin and Russia have kidnapped 20000 or more Ukrainian children, and they're holding them hostage. They refused to return them. That must be a significant
11:29 part of any future peace. And, Tony, Vladimir Putin has said no to returning those children as part of this agreement. This is
11:37 very disturbing.
11:38 That that needs to be at the forefront of our conversation in my view. I mean, we're talking I mean, we're talking about children, but human rights, and and not we didn't even get into the issue of really kind of a
11:49 cultural genocide that Russia has engaged in in the occupied territories where they've closed the churches, and they've they've expelled the pastors and scattered the flocks of many of these
12:01 churches. I mean, that's an issue that I'd be a part of this conversation in my view.
12:06 So we do have some indications that the Ukrainians have put that forward as part of a requirement for peace. But let's also remember every 1 of these children has a name. Every 1 of these children has a family.
12:18 And Russia, get this, is putting them into indoctrination camps. And for the older young men, they are training them to hate their families, hate their country, NATO, and preparing them to
12:30 go back and fight on behalf of Russia against their former families and country. This is despicable. It's evil, and that is what we're dealing with. That's why the
12:42 United States has the moral high ground here, to say no to Putin and to force a just peace, a lasting peace on both sides. The Ukrainians are ready to agree to that.
12:52 So so, Peter, we just have we have a minute left. What do you see as the most likely resolution here, the outcome of these conversations?
13:03 1 of 2 things is gonna happen, Tony. Either president Trump is going to take the bait. He's going to fall for Putin's tricks and decide that the Ukrainians are to blame for, putting
13:15 up obstructions to peace, or he's gonna see through Vladimir Putin's play. I I certainly hope president Trump sees what Vladimir Putin is doing. He is tap tap tapping president Trump along
13:27 in the hopes, that Trump won't understand. He's playing him, and that's gotta stop.
13:32 Peter, always appreciate your candid insight and, analysis. Thanks so much for joining us.
13:39 Thank you.
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13:40 Peter Doran from the, he's a adjunct fellow at the Foundations for Defense of Democracies. Another, another thing to be praying about, folks.
13:53 We need that our administration needs great wisdom. Alright. Don't go away. We're back with more after this.
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