played c, u. s. would defend its nato allies, but again said that us forces would not get involved in the fighting americans of us. endless with im. glue croft is with me in the studio to break things down. william, you're watching the speech with me. it wasn't long before bought in teddy's attention to ye crying and very much addressing the room as the commander in chief . yeah, it was definitely that the top line and had to be right. i mean, this is a huge war that's looking to up and european security looking to up and a lot of, of the way we've known life to be for at least the last 30 years. and the post cold war thought was 80 years since world war 2. so this is a huge, huge issue that joe biden, of course, has to confront and has been confronted the last ah, many weeks and months. and he had some tough talk to say to vladimir boot, and i think we have a quick, a clip of, of him having a message to the rest. president foods lead his attack on ukraine was premeditated

and totally unprovoked. he rejected repeated repeated efforts at diplomacy. he thought the western nato wouldn't respond. he thought i could divide us at home in this chamber in this nation. he thought he could divide us in europe as well, but put was wrong. we are ready, we are united and that's what we did. we stayed united, we prepare extensively and carefully. we spent months building coalitions of other freelance nations in europe, and the americans to for america to the asian and african continent. to confront putin. like many of you, i spent countless hours unifying your european allies. we shared with the world in advance, what we knew put was planning and precisely how we would try to falsify and justify his aggression. jeff loudon,

in his 1st state of the union address with him. also announcing, getting specific on the toughening of sanctions, the ass, russia, i think it's accurate to say he's the sanctions commander in chief. we should be careful. you not commander chief cuz america is not at war. and we need to be really careful with where we draw those lines a given the perilous state of affairs right now. but yes, sanctions are the go to tool. really, the only tool that the united states and its allies can have short of military force, which is not going to use directly, although it has me a lot of pledges to humanitarian a to military aid, including heavy weapons. now for a long time, there's the question of so called defensive weapons. it's a bit of a, of a murky definition of what a defensive weapon is, versus the non defense of weapon. but we're talking about real heavy weapons, getting them to ukraine, forces if they can get them. they are given the, the real a violence situation on the ground. and talking about a closing air space to russian commercial aircraft over the united states. something that are all of the e u has already done. i'm sure there's going be

a tit for tat with russia, probably closing its air space to american airlines. and the question is, how much will russia suffer and how quickly and how much blow back, whether be on the u. s. and other allies? because obviously there are economic partnerships here, this financial partnerships here, the u. s. in the you are banking on that they have enough money and enough cushing enough support to be able to protect their consumers and their voters in ways that russia can't. and we've already seen the rubel crash. we've seen the, the moscow stock market or the russian stock market closed. we seen runs on the banks and these kinds of things, an important domestic topic for the present. and how we see in a tune that the issue of rising inflation in the u. s. had a jo bought and go about reassuring the american public that while the economy is strong, the cost of living is going right. and americans are not all convinced the economy is strong, although there has been good economic data since by the became president. economy is just as much about how someone feels and any kind of factual numerical data had

a you can see on a piece of paper and that's on that bite and really try to push home because the economy is so important to winning elections and so important as variability rating as it is for any president or any political leader, really. and inflation has been very difficult already before the russian invasion of ukraine gas prices going up, food prices going up. these kinds of things really hitting the pocket books of average americans. and joe biden has to assure americans that whatever action they take against russia, there will be a safety net there. so americans don't feel and i think we also have a clip of that of something that joe biden was saying to his, his voters. the panic also disrupted the global supply chain. factories close. when that happens, it takes longer to make good and get them to the warehouses to the stores and go prices go up, look at cars last year. one 3rd of all the inflation was because of automobile sales. there weren't enough semiconductors and make all the cars that people wanted

to buy. and guess what precious automobiles went way up, especially used vehicles as well. and so we have a choice, one way to fight inflation is to drive down wages and make america's poor. i think i have a better idea to fight oppression. lawyer cost, not your wages. let me make more cores and semiconductors in america. more infrastructure and innovation in america. more goods moving faster and cheaper in america. more jobs were going earn a good living in america. instead of a light on foreign supply chain less make it in america. words of the u. s. president. when glucose there was a lot to digest, thanks for guiding us through gibbons,

1st state of the union address. thank you. turning to the situation on the ground in g cry. now russian forces are intensifying their attacks on the capital peeve and the country. second city hockey in the east, with a massive convoy of russian military vehicles positioned on the road to keep residence fear an all out assault is looming. president for the miss lensky has been appealing to the u. s. and european leaders to stop brushes, assault. he also accused moscow of committing war crimes after the latest wave of his trucks. a russian missile strikes a tv tower in cave. in her cave, a government building goes up in flames. both attacks killed people. russia is ramping up its assault on ukraine. as a 60 kilometer long, russian convoy of armored vehicles closes in on the capital,

thousands of ukrainians still desperately trying to flee. though, staying behind a facing the horrors of war, washington d. we had a fight at 5 am. is the color the be the most? we were retreating and near us a meter away from me. it was a mine blue of my friend's arms and legs, little green and white. i tried to save him. i pulled him away, but he didn't make it. jojo to move them. no solemn follows lower your warmer ukraine's president vladimir zalinski has asked nato to set up a no fly zone and has also applied to join the european union. what a messiah fighting post is a suzanne, just for our land. and for our freedom,

in addition, diesel would, might define, he missed on that. so large cities of our country are now blocked the woods. we are facing the problem all soon to be equal members of europe. young josh, i believe that today we wait because we'd like to you are showing everybody. that's exactly what we are used to do. prove that you are with us. so when do prove it, you will not let us go. it was an impassioned plea for help. as the political discussions continue, the ukranian fighting spirit remains strong. germany's foreign minister and the lena bear boxes, russia's attack on the crime is also an attack on the rules based international order for global security. speaking at an emergency session of the un general

assembly in new york, she said russia had been lying about its intentions towards ukraine. and she said that when it comes to war or peace, countries could not simply stand by and remain neutral. russia swa is one of aggression and it's based on life. this war is not only about ukraine, not only about europe, but about all of us. russia as war marks, the dawn of a new era. it's a want to shit moment. it requires each and every one of us to take a firm and responsible decision. and to take a side. the united nation says more than 660000 people have now fled ukraine. since the invasion began with the majority crossing over into poland, only occasionally do you see some ukrainians travelling in the other direction, men who were out of harm's way returning to defend their homeland as d,

w max and her reports? she amish. the train station is no place to stay. those who can keep on going in land and away from the border. not these men. they are heading in the other direction. oh, i'm not risking anything a month on the road. you need all. jetta, mam. how could i live with myself and to stay here in a stretch to play? sir gay has a wife and 2 daughters in ukraine, leaving his job in poland and returning home to ukraine to fight was not a hard choice for him. not all will, i was just in shock mow my yard. you not so which us door more. my family was home . my wife called me when you and i could hear the bombings over the phone says, telephone or your girl. she's got on the ball with coach was he has a bullet proof list and to helmets, organized by his friends. i ask him if he thinks they are going to keep him safe,

not doing it or not with the girl. i am going to put it on and i'm going to shoot russians until i find out a job watching you. tough talk to cope with the situation. sir gay scared, he tells us who would be on the platform. the train to warsaw is expected. any minutes? here we meet katerina, she just arrived from ukraine. in my susie, i have mother and grandmother and they're, they're probably coming to hear my father trained to defend us. well, of present proud of him and of course and worries like most ukrainian men, her father had to stay and fight. the 21 year old is moved by the volunteers returning to ukraine to join her father's wrecks. i admire their etiquette and courage, like us said, they're going from other countries to our country to defend it's and that's admirable. their time has come together with his comrades. sergei makes

his way to the bus. he doesn't know if he will ever come back. but for now, there's only one thing on his mind defending the homeland from the russian invasion . the international criminal court in the hague says it is launching an investigation on the situation in ukraine following brushes attack. the chief prosecutor says there is reason to believe alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity have been committed. neither of the 2 countries are members of the i, c. c, but ukraine has accepted the court jurisdiction in the past. russia for its part, does not recognize the court authority and with that you're up to date, our coverage of the russian invasion of the crank continues in the next hour here on the live channel. the website, of course, is

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this new culture. so you are not a visitor, not a guests. you want to become a citizen in full migrants, your platform for reliable information you . he's a nie bower is a climate activist and leading figure in the fridays for future movement in germany and globally. she joins us to day on the w. miss no bow, a thank you for being with us. you've said recently that europe's dependence on fossil fuels is the root cause of the war in ukraine, and that europe should respond by radically building up renewable energy. what good do you think that could do now in the short term when i, when i say that, i'm just looking at the situation right now together with economists. we've diplomats with, with experts everywhere who see that the dependency on ration fossil fuse is one

of the, of the, of many things that make protein so powerful right now. and this isn't anything of this, this understanding of, of the roots of pollutants power hasn't to do anything with the concrete action that need to be taken. now, li, ukrainian authority, right now, they need support from all over europe. they need what is needed to protect them, and that is very clear. yet we're looking at the bigger picture. we, he's important to, to be honest about who is financing part of the text. and that is germany, for instance, you know, who is, you know, getting half of its energy from putin. we've heard germany's finance minister, chris jenina, who was not necessarily one of fridays for future as best pals say that renewable energy is the energy of freedom. do you think germany's government share your

assessments in terms of the need to push for renewable energy know well if they don't you know get it now that renewable andries, and just the greenest and cheapest kinds of entities. but also the rest peaceful energy that we have. i wouldn't know what your wait for. i mean, open your eyes, it's out there and it's a, it's those was a few import that. yeah, that's empower pooty and next finance those rules. and it's too hard to understand that democracy, it can be truly free, that can be truly sovereign and have as long as the energy supply depend on autocrat next door. that has, you know, obvious tendencies to start was we have a stark energy crisis on the horizon. you call for massively building renewable energy. but now in germany, even green members of the government are thinking of pushing back the phase out of nuclear and coal. it doesn't seem like renewable energy is our a viable solution,

at least in the short term energy experts told us. and sorry. and i think this fund of important to differentiate between respond to a war and transformative action that needs to be taken in or to get independent from fossil fuels, from who's seen and others. and we're seeing very clearly that studies tell very strong, sorry about how of course we can get 100 percent renewable. and yet in the medium term and how everything that we're doing now in terms of energy action, need to have a chance with character. and this is not the time to play games, and this is not the time to do some kind of symbolic gestures that higher and fuel conflict like this. and of course, at the same time, and i think it's important to, to try that as much as possible. ukraine needs support and that is not just a question of diplomacy. why that's the question for their

t. p. 's actions of report that as needed. germany and other countries in europe are, however, going to have to likely bridge the decreasing amount of gas and oil, or the more expensive gas and oil coming into the countries. and it takes time to build a big amount of renewable energy sources. is it acceptable then to accept a pushback of call or even nuclear, at least in germany, where now of course not. we have a broader government in a very, very tricky situation where we are highly dependent fossil fuel imports from autocrat like who teen. and that has a cost and the on to that of course, can be an increasing dependency on fossil fuels, but needs to be, you know, and the independence. and that is what we get the most democratic, the most peaceful, the green is the cheapest that most protected kind of energy so that we have met us

renewables. and that is a cost attached to that. but cost is attached to everything. and the question as 2 bath costs and how do we handle it in a just way. and that's, of course, where the government is asked to, to make sure that those who can't afford it get access to, to clean and cheap energy as quickly as possible. but that can never be an excuse to delay any kind of action of the same time. the spoken the very strong language yesterday. again, the climate crisis is escalating, and this is not the time to not play out the crises against java, but to connect the dots and see the big picture here. what do you think of the german government's commitment to massively invest in the military with a bill of up to 100000000000 euros? i'm a climate activist. i have no intention of getting involved in the military or geo politics. discourse that we have in germany or foreseeing is that, you know,

many expert. i wondered where exactly money is supposed to go. and when we will be at the point where the government makes the money, phrases, money, for things that are actually transformative, that actually contribute to a more safe and more just and yet more sustainable society you and fridays for future want germany to become climate neutral by 2035. do you think that is an achievable goal, especially in light of the war and ukraine and what that means for the energy market? well, when we're reading the demands and just writing random wish, wish that we, you know, that we just come up with an afternoon which attracts, but we see what is possible if you really want, if you provide the political vill, if you, if you organize people around it from ation towards climate just as possible. of course we can be renewable by 2035 and just yesterday the government kind of hinted

that the actually planning to transform some out of the energy sector to an extent that that pod will be 100 percent for new bud. bye 2035. we see again and again and again, we don't have a lack of technical possibilities. we don't have a lack of knowledge. we have a lack of political will and an open, open understanding what this crises at about. and so yes, we can get there. and this was the situation, but now it has opened many drawers, we can backlash and you know, 20 years back, you know, repeating all that a mistake that was that were made before or we can jump 10 years ahead and say we are stopping the crisis. we stop accelerating them, we actually build those pace and peaceful democracy, said that independent from fossil fuels that provide real freedom for the people everywhere. talking about the i p c. c. it's latest report on how climate change

impacts the world was just released. what do you think of its findings? well, it's chucking again and again and again. yet, most of the things in the side pissy report where clear a long time ago. these were the things that my grandma went, you know, on the streets about. and i think when you stop, you know, treating those i the c report as a breakthrough report to tell us about a new world when we, if the knowing and ignoring all that for decades and for think you know, anything, it's time now to connect. yeah. to connect the dots and to understand that you see, tell us everything we need to know to, to radically act and the war, finance and funded by a fossil fuel system is telling us about the conflict, the war dimension behind fossil fuels. and i wouldn't know what would stop us now from, from acting as needed. but a climate change is a go global problem. how can it be fought globally?

is such a powerful energy player like russia, is now basically considered a pariah state. how can one push climate change forward as a global problem when some countries maybe have to be shut out of dialogue? just from now, i'm less worried about, you know, the energy interest and, and russia, which is a whole different story. i'm worried about those, you know, liberal democracies around the world that claim to have understood that we in the prices and still invest in fossil fuels still found those old products we're doing still, you know, the extend an energy dependency on the fossil fuels and those inputs i'm worried about that. where are they right now and why? you know finger pointing anyone out those countries forget that being the excuse for everyone else. right now. those accounts are germany, the counselor, many other big industrial player. and if they would, if they would get started, if they would stab change the pad and that we're in that they started being lead

a role model. and this, it would be a complete different story. and it's asked who need to look at them right now. and of course, and i think that's an important dimension we're seeing right now, we need to discuss energy partnerships. we need to discuss how richer industrialized countries can help us to get away from fossil fuels as soon as possible. we need it in energy diplomacy that's taking place, but that is focused on what is needed on the timeline that we have on the few years that we have left to get things started. do you have any current, concrete proposals on that front? what liberal democracies and rich countries should do to help the others go along. i think we need governments to become clear and honest about not only the energy infrastructure that they build themselves, but also the energy infrastructure that they found themselves with huge tendency towards you know, big industrialized countries on the globe or north to,

to be cherry about climate action to praise their own targets as much as possible was funding financing and ensuring fossil fuel development and fossil fuel infrastructure and the goal without that's not how it can work out. so we need on us to hear a transference here, and we need governments to be called out as necessary in the whole attempt to brainwash themselves to some climate change heroes. while honestly, the, the facts speak a different language while emissions arriving. do you think we are now at a turning point about the situation does present a turning point for a people is in government, perceptions of the climate crisis and how to tackle it. i don't know about that, but i know that people right now has the power to kill side for justice and peace and climate justice. and all of that has never been as intertwined as independent as just today with seeing that there is no requirement justice without peace and no peace without acquirement, justice and independence from fossil fuels as all out there. and if we want to,

we can make this a turning point. do you think though that people, especially in europe, will understand this and will care about climate change in the face of the threats of war looming so close? yeah, again, i think it's in our hands, this is not about, you know, claiming one crisis pre at with the effort, but about connecting the dots and understanding what other causes of the fossil fuel conflict and was with seeing, not just in the ukraine, but all over the world that is not a new story, it's been out there has been widely ignored, especially by western media society where we are, you know, bold about this and, and yeah, again we're, we're able to, to connect the dots and to, to look at 10 formative solutions while supporting in the immediate situation. but again, with seeing that also governments in society has

a tendency to know what's right in front of them that sorry about the climate crisis for the past decade. so we need to understand that we need it, and that we and our understanding of the crisis and experience of power, i'm needed to make those changes and to fight for those changes. need it. reason, know, bower. thank you very much for your time. thank you. and economy at all russia aggression has been met with swift and crippling sanction internationally. the western powers are counting on economic pressure to force russia to end its war. the question is, will it work the fate of europe depends on the, on the business special next on d, w. stay informed to live and on

demand. hot gas in language courses with video and audio. any time, anywhere. the d w media center. ah, ah, a total economic and financial war. that's how the french finance minister puts western allies have had russia where they swafford economic sanctions over its invasion on ukraine. will take a look at what effect they've been having and what their limits. also coming up, oil and gas prices have been galloping industry heavy weights like b p and shell are divesting of multi $1000000000.00 projects. and.