Tonight, President Biden says there is no doubt in his mind who's responsible for the death of Vladimir Putin's fiercest critic, Alexi Navalny. That is, Putin himself. Navalny was an anti-corruption activist who was being held in a penal colony after being arrested in 2021 when he returned to Russia in an incredibly symbolic act of defiance, knowing that barrier arrest was likely coming. Navalny had just survived and barely recovered from an assassination attempt after Russian agents poisoned his underwear with a nerve agent. Russian prison officials claimed tonight that Navalny suddenly lost consciousness while at that Siberian penal colony. Joining me now is Republican presidential candidate former US ambassador to the United Nations and former South Carolina governor, Nikki Haley. Governor Haley, it's great to have you here tonight. First on the major international news today, do you believe that President Putin is directly responsible for Alexi Navalny's death?

Absolutely. I mean, all you have to do is look at his track record. I mean, this is a man who's known to kill his political opponents. We saw him do this with the screepallss in the United Kingdom a few years back when I was with the United Nations. And honestly, Kaitlyn, that's what was so disturbing about what Donald Trump said in his rally in Conway, South Carolina, a week ago, was that he said that he would side with Putin and not defend NATO if they weren't pulling their weight. But he went even further than that. He said that he would encourage Putin to invade any country's not pulling their weight. That means Donald Trump is siding with a thug who kills his political opponents. He's siding with someone who has made no bones about wanting to destroy America. He's siding with someone who arrests American journalists and holds them hostage. He's siding with a dictator instead of siding with our ally guys who stood with us at 9/11. It's the problem. But this is exactly the Russia I know. I dealt with them every day at the United Nations. It is a brutal dictatorship. Noveni was a hero.

He was trying to call out the corruption. He was trying to call out what Putin did. The fact that he returned back to Russia was nothing short of just amazingly courageous. But he was trying to make a point. What Putin was doing was trying to make a point in front of the next Russian elections to everybody not to speak up against him. It's a sad day.

You bring up former President Trump. I mean, he has been silent since we learned of Navalny's apparent death. Why do you think he's been completely quiet on this?

It's not up for me to decide why he's being quiet. The problem is anybody that can't call out a dictator, that's a problem. He should be calling, not just calling Putin out for what happened to Noveni, he should be calling Putin out the fact that he's got Evan Grsovitch as a hostage. He should be calling Putin out for invading Ukraine. He should be calling Putin out for the fact that now they are surrounding the Baltics and Putin's getting ready for his next act. When he said that that day, way. It emboldened Putin. What we're seeing is Putin's emboldened by Biden because he senses weakness. He doesn't see any resistance, and that's why he invaded Ukraine. He's emboldened by Trump because Trump is not willing to stand up for allies. Both of those are dangerous. I can promise you this, Putin would not be doing that if I were President. We know how the Russians are. We know that they cause chaos. We know that they cause distractions. But we never lose sight of how Putin thinks and what his end goal is. That's the fact that he wants to go after our allies, and he wants to make sure he destroys America.

If you were President today, how would you hold Putin accountable for Navalny's death?

One, you just call it out and you remind all of your allies that you do it. But the best way to hold Putin accountable is to make sure that Ukraine wins. I don't think we need to give cash to friend or enemy. I think you always should just make sure that we give equipment and ammunition so that we can hold it accountable. But we should be standing beside Ukraine as they do this. The reason is, I saw at the United Nations, dictator, thugs, and terrorists always tell us what they're going to do. They're very just have to know to listen. Hamas said they were going to invade Israel, and they did. China said they were going to take Hong Kong. It happened during COVID. Russia said they were going to invade Ukraine. We watched it. China says Taiwan is next. We better believe them. Russia said once they take Ukraine, Poland and the Baltics are next. Those are NATO countries, and that immediately puts America at war. We are trying to prevent war. This has always been about preventing war.