success is subscribed, morgan is like ah ah, this is debbie news live from berlin. the risk is high, the threat is immediate. that's a top us officials latest warning about russia's plans to invade ukraine. divided administration is urging americans to leave ukraine now saying there will be no rescue if hostilities begin. also coming up france ban so called freedom convoys as hundreds of protesters opposing corona virus restrictions had for paris. driven by what's happening in canada and an olympic team of one we profile india's only

competitor at the games and his bid for glory. ah, i'm going bullcrap walked to the program. the risk is now high enough. the threat is immediate enough. that is how us national security advisor jake sullivan described russia's plans to invade ukraine. the by the administration has not presented specific evidence of an imminent invasion and was clear that it does not know if one will happen. but with russian troops and warships, wargaming within range of its smaller neighbour western allies, are more concerned than ever that the window to attack is now more activity on all sides of the ukraine conflict. russia's ministry of defense released footage of navy ships arriving in service to pull bay on the black sea in the russian annexed

crimean peninsula. there, here taking part in large scale landing drills, the situation makes many ukrainians uneasy. it's not a pleasant feeling. believe me, to understand that you and circled by the russian troops from beller wish 1000 kilometers for more than 1002 from the east. and the last couple of days, sir, russia actually close to the entire a z o c, and the, the particles to black see actually excess ukrainian ports to the black sea. the united states wanted citizens out of harm's way immediately. president joe biden has urged all americans to leave ukraine. if a russian attack on ukraine proceeds, it is likely to begin with aerial bombing and missile attacks that could obviously

kill civilians without regard to their nationality. a subsequent ground invasion would involve the onslaught of a massive force with virtually no notice communications to arrange. a departure could be severed and commercial. transit halted, while civilians pack up security forces are coming in the other direction. around a 1000 us soldiers arrived in poland to add to the $4000.00 service members already stationed there. and on romania as black sea coast, a 1000 strong strike force rolled in from a u. s. bass and germany. nato secretary general was there when they arrived. he spoke of the importance of boots on the ground as a deterrent to russia's military buildup, which he called unjustified. so the combination of military buildup, threatening rhetoric are attract record of using force against neighbors. of course, that's the reason for being. cedars are concerned,

and being vigilant, aren't ready also to react if they once again use force against ukraine. although the u. s. has been sent ground forces to ukraine. it continues to supply weapons to the beleaguered country. part of a $200000000.00 security package meant to keep this crisis from escalating into an outright conflict. let's get more now for that. i'm joined by michael cambridge. he was a state department, russian ukraine analyst during the obama administration, and is now a history professor at the catholic university of america damage. welcome back to do you ever you get to see you even in he's very pressing times, the rhetoric coming out of the white house from blink and bite in jake sullivan. it's, it's really quite urgent. what do you see as having actually changed recently? that's been causing this very dire kind of statements. well,

3 things to have intensification of, of the military build up, including in the black sea sort of naval component into it. and that's really proceeding rapidly. secondly, you have the failure, so to speak, of the diplomacy, it really hasn't yielded all that much. you have the last talk between pain and russia yesterday on a resolution to the situation that crane. and thirdly, i'm presuming here is the intelligent pointing of the direction in bays. and so let's come off the back of that 3rd point. presumably the intelligence is pointing to that, but we haven't seen any evidence. does the us have a credibility problem when it's trying to press its case of urgency? it may only time will fail, but you see that many foreign embassies are moving their staff, european union, israel netherlands, several other countries are moving their staff from kiev. so either they are

following the lead of us, but they are getting similar intelligence. sure. and aside from, you know, withdrawing personnel from embassies, what impact does this kind of talk coming from the white house from the u. s. i have on the course of events as moscow might be hearing it 1st, i think president biden is trying to prepare the american and european population for what may be coming. on the other hand, you're seeing an intricate game where by releasing this intelligence publicly, what i think us is trying to do is to preempt threats and actions or to prevent the possibility of the sort of false flag a russian scenario where they would cook up a cost of war and the blame on the cradle. i think this is an attempt to get out ahead of that and to prevent that from happening right near me. clear not releasing intelligence, but certainly expressing deep concern about what they're seeing. there are a risk other risks here because you talked about this back and forth in this game that they're playing or the risk or how they're calibrating the kind of messages

that they're sending out. well, one risk is that they may be getting fed a certain amount of misinformation from the russian side again, until the time would tell him that in that respect. and of course, if russia doesn't make a move, you know, i think that there'll be great anger on the part of the government and exactly just a moment ago would reflect very badly on the credibility of the us boys in this, in this crisis. but the signs on the ground pointing in a rather ominous direction. and i was history professor michael kim inch. now for more our washington d. c. bureau chief in it's, paul spoke to fiona hill. hill is a former russia analyst for us intelligence. she explained the dangers posed even in russia doesn't invade ukraine. it's not just the inversion, it's that this, you know, the invasion doesn't happen, but we keep in this tension on a more permanent basis. and that the whole idea of the security predictability. you know, your poll free piece has gone on aggressively proven,

is saying the last set years were, you know, we prospered on our terms and acceptable to russia. and so that whole idea of russia integrating into europe in some fashion. while having closer economic, social and political ties with europe is out the window, and now we're fasting and over to the hostile russia that has also now joined in with china. because what we have seen in the recent agreement with president she on proof in, in beijing is a chinese telling the russians at the very least we've got your bach. we don't like natural natural enlargement either. we certainly don't like the united states, not really specifically about europe as a major market because to china, that still important. but the china and russia now very much tied together. and let's look at some other stories making news right now. u. s. president joe biden has signed an executive order, freeing up $3500000000.00 of frozen afghan reserves to help the people without giving the taliban rulers access to the funds. other frozen assets will be used to

support us victims of terrorism. 30 countries have committed to protect the world oceans from harmful human activity. the initiatives drawn up at a summit on france's atlantic coast targets. plastic pollution in particular, business and political leaders have promised more action to clean up the seas and preserve marine life. 33 by british prime minister boys johnson has received a lease questioning over allegations he attended parties at downing street that violated lockdown rules spokesperson said he would respond quote, as required london, metropolitan police have contacted more than 50 people over the gatherings at johnston's office. and home court in canada says, authorities may remove protesting truckers who have blocked the busiest border. crossing with united states. it says the truckers must leave the ambassador bridge by saturday evening. days have demonstrations against vaccine mandates or drivers

have paralyzed much of cross border trend. and the truckers protest in canada has sparked a copy cat action in france. thousands of protesters are heading for paris in so called freedom convoys. the city has band demonstrations saying the risk to public order is too high. but opponents have grown a virus restrictions are determined to reach the capital. french police are preparing for anything as convoys of demonstrate as descend on paris. members of the self styled freedom convoys are hoping to blockade roads in the capital to protest against coven measures. many have been inspired by similar truck, a protests in canada, which have shut down central ottawa and cut off border crossings into the us. but the french con boys are made up of a range of vehicles driven by citizens who are fed up with frances coven

restrictions. this example is, well, i'm here to defend all of our freedoms, and especially against the vaccine past. of course, an o q archives, whatever they are on the fly, and on another ugly, fed up with the dictatorship they've imposed on as the 2 years. and it's important to support people in this movement. while frances vaccine pass is a common source of anger, demonstrate as represent a mix of causes. rising energy prices are another major issue. an echo of the yellow vest protests that rocked the country in 2018 and 19 with presidential elections only a few months away. the french government has expressed some sympathy with protesters, but it doesn't want the movement hijacked by political opponents. the government also eased restrictions further on friday, announcing that mosques will no longer be required indoors from the end of february . but for many making the long drive towards paris, it's too little,

too late. and let's have a look at some of the other developments in the pandemic. the united states has shipped nearly 1900000 vaccine doses to countries in sub saharan africa. germany says it's surge and infections has nearly pete signaling. europe's largest economy could soon ease restrictions. france, italy, belgium, and iceland have all announced a partial easing of restrictions, relaxing, mandate bass mandates and in some cases opening bars. ah. at the winter olympics, christopher grotesque became germany's 1st gold medalist in the skeleton sports similar to the lewis, but one which sees writers plummet, head 1st down in ice track at high speed. germany has long dominated dilute and won a clean sweep of the gold this year. to abroad his stunning performance, which saw him finish streets ahead of compatriot axle young seized the country

extend its influence in these wintry sliding sports and keeping over at the olympics and alpine ski or with the hopes of a nation resting on his shoulders. or if con is indian one and only representative at the games, he told the w how a strong showing and beijing just might change his life. i'll find here, odd if con, practice hard in that on up to the bay jingle mpeg. he's india as only hope. winter sports are not a big thing in india, but there are based single mug. indian administered cache, me con, started skiing that at 4, and his father runs us key shop. he's aiming high in beijing weighing my focus is performing well and trying to be the top assets in the world. i have to go for a big race. and when i have to perform to win something that it turn change like west of the life con has had to crowd fund his travel to competitions and mainly

trains abroad. his dedication has van him many fan. what struck me and still does to this day is his devotion to the sport, despite all the challenges. and i at the same time his devotion to furthering this sport of skiing in india, where it's still in its infancy. and we can see a lot of growth. india has never, never did olympic method, han wolf to at least be an inspiration. in the bonus league a match day 22 kicked off with a battle for european qualification. though cologne didn't put up much of a fight as hosts, leipzig coasted to victory. chris of in cocoa scored the pick of the goals. lab 6 top score claimed his 11th of the season with a supposedly taken free kick. the game ended $31.00 to the hosts,

leap frog cologne, and the table after a big victory in the race for champions league qualification. and you're watching the w news up next. crypto currency commercials take center stage at the super bowl. chelsea delaney will have more on that in business after this short break, and we'll have more of you after that. so stay tuned. i'm willing booker often, thanks for watching people in trucks injured when trying to free the city center. more and more refugees are being turned away. warner families played on the tax in syria to be honest with demonstrate people fleeing screens around around $200.00 people.