leaders. online at c-span.org or on the free c-span now mobile video app. >> early this week a house! into suspected war crimes committed by russia during its invasion of ukraine and how best to prosecute them. watch the hearing tonight at 9:30 eastern on c-span. online at c-span.org, or watch coverage on c-span now, our free video app. >> it is yahoo! news reporting on a bloomberg story about this, reported announcement today regarding trade status. reuters writing that the united states, together with a group of seven nations and the european union will move on friday to revoke russia's most favored nation status over its invasion of ukraine, according to people familiar with the situation. in the ukraine. the president is expected to announce these plans at the white house at 10:15, according

to sources the white house as mr. biden will announce actions to continue to hold russia accountable are the unprovoked and unjustified war in ukraine. russia calls the actions a special operation. about 10:15 is when we expect that. stay close to our website and our c-span now app for more information on that. when it comes to members of congress, it is the utah newspaper reporting on republican senator mitt romney from utah. at a hearing yesterday, talking about the message that the united states should be sending to russia, particularly when it comes to use of jets there in the provision of jets there. here is a portion from that senate hearing. [video clip] >> i simply do not understand the logic for not getting the migs to the ukrainians immediately. there is no logic which has been provided to this committee or to the nation for the lack of rapidity in making this decision

and getting them the migs. it makes no sense. and if there are people in the administration that know the answer, i suggest we have the occasion to meet with them, perhaps in a classified setting, but we need to know the reason why that has not happened already. i believe there is a sentiment that we are fearful about what putin might do and what he might consider as an escalation. it is time for him to be fearful of what we might do. the only way to get putin to act in a way that may be able to save lives of ukrainians is if he fears us more than we fear him. and the truth that the matter is his military is exposed in ukraine, bogged down, unfed, without fuel. they are in a very precarious position. he has got to think about what happens if he provokes us, because they could be obliterated by the forces of nato. so i would suggest -- we have

had this discussion now day after day after day, people in the state department like yourselves, saying we are talking and considering paired this is war, people are dying. we need to get this are kept immediately to the people of ukraine. that is what they are asking for. by the way, the idea that somehow we are calculating what is effective for them to run their war and that our javelins are better than our aircraft, it makes no sense at all. they are better at running their own war, they know the conditions on the ground. they are there, we are not. further, our a10's would help, and we need to give them. that is the aircraft design for this kind of warfare. why are we did the ring on that, as well? this makes no sense to me at all. i respectfully request that you indicate that this committee deserve a response. because as it has been said, our caucuses on both sides of the aisle are united on this.

get them the aircraft. host: that was before the senate foreign affairs committee. the website and the app is where you can find that hearing if you want to hear more statements from senators. the topic of your message to congress and what it would be about russia's invasion of ukraine, again, democrats, (202) 748-8000. republicans, (202) 748-8001. independents, (202) 748-8002. you can text us at (202) 748-8003. the topic of jets was also the topic, in part, yesterday at the white house during the daily press briefing with press secretary jen psaki, who talked about the weapons and the possibility of biological and chemical weapons. here is part of that exchange from yesterday. [video clip] >> given the potential that you have indicated that russia could use a bio or chemical weapons strike there, what does the u.s. communicate to them, something that is not an answer but

preemptive to communicate the consequence if this would develop? ms. psaki: the most important objective is the national security of the united states and being clear and direct with the american people. the president has been clear and direct to the american people. he is not intending to send u.s. troops to fight in russia to start another war, that would be an escalatory step, not in the interest of nato. we have conveyed russia's capabilities and capacities and their patterns of using chemical and biological weapons. >> what would you say is the message to the american people, and what would you say to vladimir putin if those in the head of the russian government are considering that? ms. psaki: we have been clear that there will be significant consequences for every escalatory step taken by putin and the russian government. >> you have said you have close the door for flying aircraft to

ukraine, the transfer of migs. mitt romney today said there is a sentiment that we are fearful about what putin might do and what he might consider escalation, it is time for him to be fearful of what we might do. why is it not a higher risk to wage? ms. psaki: to wait to what? >> not providing migs, you said that is a high risk. why is that a higher risk than not providing them? ms. psaki: what our assessment is based on is how to prevent a world war here, which is a significant weight that the intelligence community, the defense department, and the president of the united states weighs at every moment. host: your message to congress on the invasion in ukraine. cindy, your first up.

caller: good morning. i really do not know what the answer is. i feel like we should have shown strength before this happened. and i feel like the horse is out of the barn now. i do think we have to be careful about the aid, because even my own kids, who do not really follow politics, not especially religious, they are really fearful, and my heart breaks for the younger generation. they are getting slammed here. they are losing hope for our country and our future. and it is very sad. i think really, they already know we are weak. so i feel like what we should really do, and i am going to go back to the oil, let's pump our own oil and cut off the way he makes money. i really think that is the best

solution without us getting more entangled in this. my heart bleeds for what we see going on in ukraine, and i believe that emotional feeling that we have is going to really drag us into something much bigger. host: that was cindy in connecticut. jay in baltimore, maryland, democrats line. your message to congress over russia's invasion in ukraine? caller: what i would say is i think, as much as there are hawks out there, we are on the right path. we are talking about strengths, but restraint and poise is important. this is not world war ii, in the sense that they did not have nuclear weapons in world war ii. there is no telling what putin may decide to do if backed into a corner.

also, we do not want to go in there alone as simply an american force. i think the president is doing a heck of a job eating the entire world to act on this -- job getting the entire world to act on this, to keep putin and his people in the corner alone. getting them to go back to where they came and giving him an out that saves lives. we do not want to get into a war that we win simply because they lost more than we did. host: this is from john in salem, oregon, independent line, and message to congress. hello. caller: yes, let's take our children first and put them on the line and go to war, all these warmongers. spend all the money. what a legacy. all fools. host: ok, randy from our

facebook page, facebook.com/ c-span, he says stop arming ukraine, the message he would send. maryann on twitter, pass humanitarian bills now, and another message on facebook saying stop chemical weapons programs. a message on twitter saying congress can unite around ukrainians but not around americans, make it make sense. those are some of the messages on our facebook and twitter feeds you can text us at (202) 748-8003. the wall street journal this morning talks about a possible sending of war equipment when it comes to -- defense equipment to ukraine. you can find this story. they write this, saying that the u.s. is looking at transferring air defense systems from former eastern bloc countries, and it

could be more useful than the effort to prevent russian warplanes from flying over ukraine. it is more sophisticated than the heatseeking missiles that have been provided to ukraine. they include what nato refers to as the sa-8 and sa-10 which can target planes at higher altitudes, as well as what russia calls the s-300, an air defense system first produced by the soviet union and later russia, capable of shooting down aircraft. more on that in the the wall street journal this morning. from our republican line, from california, this is rory. good morning. your message? caller: well, they are going to have to fight that war one way or another, by proxies probably. the migs will come from somewhere, israel, and they will get it to the ukrainians, and

yes, they may well bomb russian areas because russia invaded them. the most economical way to win this war against russia is to pump oil for another 100 years, forget the environment, forget your electric vehicles for a while. it is not going to happen. and here in california, if they had us sitting side-by-side, they would kill each other. it is not new york. time to give up the environment, live with the results. that is it. host: john and illinois, difficult -- john in illinois, democrats line. caller: it is amazing how courageous people can be in their language. i would like to know if anybody out there knows how many children or grandchildren mitt romney has in the military.

it is easy to talk about strengths, fellows and ladies, but pony up your children or grandchildren when you talk like that. i agree with the fellow from baltimore. he had some very good points. and the fellow from california, well, putin's is back in the tar sand -- host: what would you say directly to congress? caller: loose lips sink's ships, pedro. host: what do you mean about that? caller: you ask too many questions of callers who repeat each other. host: what would your message to congress be? caller: i just said, pedro, loose lips sin

>> but these people in washington are not getting the idea that we are in a war already. >> ok, that is james in ohio.

the washington post reporting that the united states security council will meet on friday, today, at russia's request to discuss moscow's claims of u.s. biological weapons labs in ukraine. allegations both washington and kyiv have denied. the russian first permanent deputy to the u.n. announced the request made to the council in a tweet. russia has been asking for that meeting to discuss military and biological weapons. the allegations of u.s. biological activities in ukraine , presented without evidence, has been dismissed by the biden administration as gas lighting and disinformation. "this is the kind of false flag effort we have warned russia might initiate to justify a chemical weapons attack. that is olivia dalton, the spokesperson for the united mission on -- the u.s. mission on the united nations. again, follow along if you missed things, if you cannot

watch the senate all day but you want to catch what went on, invite you to either go to our website at c-span.org to see that, you can also take advantage of our free c-span now app. host: let's hear from ed in illinois. you are on, go ahead. what would be your message to congress on russia and ukraine? caller: i don't have a message, but i just want to say one thing. about everything that is happening. thank god trump lost, and god bless joe biden. host: because we are asking people about messages to congress, what do you think about what is going on what would you tell your representative about what is going on? >> stop letting ever been any -- everybody know what we are sending to ukraine. stop letting all over the news

the senators talking all over the news and everything. about all of the weapons and stuff we are sending to ukraine. i would hope they would be quiet, shut up. host: why do you think that is important? caller: because russian know everything that is coming. and they know everything that is coming to ukraine, what kind of weapons they are getting, they are not -- these guys are bad actors, and i just don't think they should let everybody know what is coming to ukraine. host: ed in illinois. it's hear from william in oregon. democrats line. caller: hi. this is bill russell. what we really need is a good coup d'etat in russia. we have to get putin's finger off the nuclear button. if we can just sink him within russia we would not have any trouble in ukraine. we could go in there and we would -- we don't need to kill

all of them, just need to shock them. host: what makes you think someone would not rise up to take his place? caller: that's what i mean. we need to have a coup d'etat that takes him out of there and puts a -- i'm having trouble with words. it is very important. we need to get a person in charge in russia who is rational. because -- and get putin's finger off the nuclear button. if he did not have the nuclear power we would not hesitate to do what is required to liberate the ukrainian people. host: on our independents line, we will hear from steve. hello. caller: hello, pedro. this is -- i am 100% disabled vet, served a year in vietnam in the infantry.

and if i have one thing to say to congress, it would be, thank you. i don't want to see anymore men or women die in this conflict. i see a lot of parallels with vietnam. vietnam begged for our help. they wanted to be free and independent. and everyone who remembers so how that turned out. i don't want to see anymore deaths. i don't want to see anymore injured. that may be very difficult, but that would be the word i add to congress. host: and how do you think that would be achieved? caller: i guess i'm tired of the word diplomacy, but i guess that is the way. do we have some real innovators? >> thank you. a day or so ago