coming your way. don't try this at home. wind surfing in the netherlands. winds were topping 120 miles per hour. you can see him hanging on with all his might. one strong dude. on instagram he said never felt so alive. >> dana: if he would have let go he would have gone in the water, right? here is sandra smith in for harris. >> fox news alert now the white house making a last ditch effort to avoid a war in ukraine. president biden agreeing to meet with vladimir putin if russia does not proceed with military action. this is "the faulkner focus" and i'm sandra smith in for harris. united states and nato have warned russia could choose to invade ukraine any day. the u.s. has intelligence that russian military officials were told to move forward with the invasion. all of this as ukrainian forces are having to fight back against pro russia rebels in the eastern part of the country.

russia took back its promise to pull tens of thousands of troops from the border fueling more concerns that putin is ready to attack. pentagon spokesman john kirby says the door is still open for russia to turn back. >> we have laid out tangible potentially proposals here for the russians to resip proper indicate and they haven't been willing to go there. he continued to add military capability. we continue to believe that he is acting in a way consistent with a man who has decided that he wants to invade ukraine again. and if he does, this will be a war of choice. >> republicans say president biden is handling it all wrong. >> if joe biden and kamala harris are 100% convinced that vladimir putin has made up his mind to attack ukraine, what are we waiting on? we need to tell vladimir putin exactly what we're going to do if we want to have any effect on his calculus whatsoever.

what would have made a real difference is not give a train of one-sided concessions over the last year to russia signaling we didn't have the resolve to protect our interests in eastern europe. >> dana: trey yengst is live in kiev for us and kicks off this hour. trey. >> good morning. new satellite images some russian troops just miles from the ukraine border with conflicts already erupting in the eastern part of the country. this country is bracing for war. we visited the front lines over the weekend. in the muddy trenches of eastern ukraine soldiers are preparing for war. the country's interior minister believes ukraine is ready. >> i think we're ready for any scenario and i see where our armed forces also are ready for the scenario. >> russian-backed separatists have killed at least one of their soldiers since the new

round of violence begin. as the minister's delegation wraps up their visit the shells appear forcing everyone to run for cover. in a forward operating base a ukrainian commander holds part of a anti-tank missile evidence that russian-backed violators are violating the peace agreement between the two sides. >> it is important information that our ukraine side is upholding the agreement. we aren't using hard artillery. >> young ukrainians take their dogs for a walk. they were babies in 2014 and now their days are confirmed by the conflict. even while at school and hear shots one little girl says they tell us to sit still and act normally. amid a variety of concerning developments we've learned the united states believes russian

forces are compiling a list of people who could be killed or captured during a military occupation. sandra. >> dana: trey yengst live in kiev. buck sexton is a former c.i.a. agent. great to see you. we're left wondering on this monday morning as we begin a new week after the threat is looming for quite some time how much longer putin will wait if he does intend to invade? >> the probability now sandra is that this will turn into conflict. this will actually go hot as they say. it will be a military situation that we have not seen in a long time in the region, to be sure. i think one of the big questions that remains is that this could be either a blitzkrieg meaning the russians use the positions and go in and eliminate the ukrainian standard military's ability to fight back or will we seeing

more along the lines of a dynamic incursion meaning they go in with greater force to say this region and some of the separatist areas of the country and they decide they are going to build up from there. there has been an ongoing conflict of sorts that has died down recently until now in the region in eastern ukraine and there was, of course, the situation of crimea. will it be all at once or an escalation that takes place over a period of weeks meaning once even the guns start firing it could get worse or would get worse from there? that's what i think is the bigger question. this is the biggest head fake of all time. it is unfortunately very unlikely. >> a white house official admitted last week that russian cyberattacks are a major concern for this administration. watch. >> what is your level of concern that there could be an online or cyberattack against say a banking system in the

u.s. should russia decide to invade? >> we're very connected and dij advertised society. as a society we don't have the level of cyber resilience that we wish to. >> have you already seen that probing from russia? >> we consistently see probing activity. >> how much do we have to consider that a possibility when it comes to retaliation by putin if we were to act more aggressively whether it be sanctions or militarily? >> certainly the russians have a cyber capability that could effectively turn off i think the lights in ukraine and the ukrainian government will be completely outmatched. we have our own abilities, of course, the russians the end to be more on offense and we the end to think more of security and preventing the kinds of electronic warfare that we know the russians have been developing for a very long time. there is absolutely a very real possibility that the russians may just in order to make

things more complicated here or -- they will certainly do it in ukraine. they already are. there could be retaliation on that front. that said i think depending on what they actually decide to do with what the level of engagement in ukraine, assuming they go in. so much that we don't know right now. assuming they go in, they will ultimately look very closely at u.s. politics and what our response with the biden administration response will be and calibrate -- putin will calibrate accordingly. >> vice president kamala harris said americans should be prepared for energy costs to sore because of this ongoing crisis in ukraine. >> when america stands for her principles and all the things that we hold dear, time for us to put ourselves out there in a way that maybe we will incur some cost and in this situation, that may relate to energy costs, for example. >> take a look at the surge in

gas prices we have seen so far up 20 cents in a month ago. up a dollar from a year ago. the national average -- so you are looking at a huge spike in energy prices already. we've seen it go up almost a buck as i just mentioned under this presidency. a big part of the picture. there could be a major energy squeeze in europe if you see those energy supplies particularly to germany cut off. >> absolutely. this comes at a time when not only we are focused on possible military crisis between russia, very heavily armed nuclear power and ukraine, but a series of political crises for the biden administration that they quite frankly have no means of addressing without angering their base whether you talk about the border, rising crime across the country, inflation and gas prices. the thing about energy prices, they are ware of it.

no amount of spin with change their minds how much they are paying. we probably would see again if this breaks out into open conflict in ukraine some major effect at the pump at least in the short term and that would just add to the sense that what exactly have we gotten from having this new presidency? what is going well? i think the answer is nothing. i think that's what people are increasingly seeing as evidenced in the polls that show him below 40% nationally so he is hemorrhaging support day in and day out. people will recognize it and have a big problem if we see skyrocketing energy prices. >> the average american voter inflation is a top concern for republicans and democrats. energy a big part of that picture. bombshell report exposing the cdc's apparent lack of transparency. "new york times" says the cdc failed to make a wide variety of covid data available to the public despite collecting that information for over a year.

it includes hospitalization numbers broken down by age, race, and vaccine status and data on the effectiveness of boosters among 18 to 49-year-olds. the cdc is concerned that data could be misinterpreted to make vaccines appear ineffective. former cdc director robert redfield says the agency needs to come clean. >> i think the best thing for cdc to do is tell american public the truth and let the data there. i'm sure the american public is intel gefnt enough to understand the explanations. they are concerned the data may be misinterpreted to determine the efficacy of vaccines rather than just tell people the truth. >> will they come clean, buck? >> not any time soon. they certainly want to continue to control the narrative. i think people have seen, sandra, the cdc has at least at the top echelon turned into a highly politicized and should

be distrusted federal agency on many issues. dr. fauci started out this whole situation. the lab coat tyrants as they call them. they decided they would tell us that masks actually work or didn't work initially and fauci said they didn't work. he was worried they would run out of them. we don't need them lying to us for our own good and that was admitted at the very beginning on the issue of masks by fauci and continued to see it with the notion the cdc would be worried we misinterpret data. the american people are supposed to turn to the cdc for data and know. how else can we hold politicians responsible? cdc is running scared but the biden anti-covid regime has largely been a massive failure. now th*e are trying to make sure there is cya going on. >> they just said tell us what

you know so we can make the best decisions for ourselves and family. we'll see. buck, thank you. great to see you. san francisco meanwhile parents there sending a message that they will not stand for so-called progressive priorities. after they recalled three school board members and now may have some other liberal leaders worried and there is this. >> i don't believe president biden is concerned with the crime. i think he is concerned with the issue of crime. we should think about americans, not politics when we think about it. >> the crime wave surging across the country. terror on transit in new york city. shocking spikes in violent crime in atlanta and in seattle the police force struggling with a dangerous staffing shortage. jason rantz is in "focus" next.

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>> sandra: republicans are accusing the biden administration on going soft on china as merrick garland is looking to change or disband the successful d.o.j. program started under the trump administration aimed at combating chinese episcopal upon acknowledge as security forces tell fox news the chinese government has been cheering on vladimir putin behind the scenes as he prepares to invade ukraine and following the olympics critics on both sides of the aisle are accusing american corporations are engaging in self-censorship to win access to china. more from the justice department for us. >> good morning. no doubt following the closing ceremonies of the olympics there was a lot of relief in the biden administration also the intelligence community. fox news has confirmed that china is behind the scenes

cheering russia on as the communist country prepares to invade ukraine which we've been reporting heavily on. attorney general merrick garland has an important decision to make under rising pressure from academics across the country to end what is called the china initiative. d.o.j. program begun by president trump three years ago designed to confront and stop chinese espionage. last month protestors stood outside the department of justice in washington arguing the initiative unfairly targets chinese professors living in the united states. nearly 200 yale professors signed a letter to the attorney general begging him to end the initiative. >> we just hope that they will end the prosecuting of chinese american scientists and allow them to do research rather than fear for the future. >> the relationship goes backs many years before putin and xi.

russia may be the focus for the time being in the news but with the expected invasion experts are warning do not take your eye off china. >> china is closing in on us. they have about 75% or 80% of the size of our economy already. the way they're doing it is better technology that they develop and also that they steal. >> again the china initiative under review by the department of justice. i'm told a decision has been made to make some changes. what those changes are, we'll hear soon from the d.o.j. sandra. >> sandra: david spunt live at the justice department. crime showing no signs of letting up if major cities acoos the nation. in new york city at least five people were stabbed in the subway just this weekend alone. it happened just after mayor adams laid out his new plan to combat transit crime on friday. >> people tell me about their

fear of using the system and we're going to insure that there is not new york's reality. new yorkers will see an increased presence of nypd on trains and on stations to insure that we are keeping the quality of life that we expect. i don't pretend a problem doesn't exist. we identify and fix problems and get stuff done. that's what my administration is going to be about. >> sandra: a dire situation in atlanta. homicides are up 43% in 2022 compared to this time last year. rapes are up an astounding 236% during that same time period. some police officers are blaming what they call the revolving door of career criminals saying it feels like the movie groundhog day and in seattle the police department is dealing with a crippling staffing shortage there. the mayor last week laid out efforts to boost staffing but the department is struggling to recruit more officers.

crime in seattle reached a 14-year high last year. jason rantz, seattle radio talk show host joins us now. it is terrifying what is happening to our beloved american cities and to where you are sitting there in seattle, how do you get a grip on such a horrific situation? >> what you have to do is respect the police departments nationwide. you have to give them the funding they need to get the hires that they need to actually properly police the city. number two, you have to make sure you get rid of the policies directly to blame for this rise in crime. when you have policies out there that allow people to get quickly booked and then released. not actually punished for their crimes. getting endless chances to basically recommit not actually reform. you end up seeing the stats that you are seeing. ultimately it is up to the voters. they have to speak up. they have to speak loudly and united across the country not

just we'll make a course correction in the new york for a new mayor. it has to be across the board fixes because these are all systemic institutionalized politics that democrats have installed. >> sandra: you look at what seattle tried to do to boost the staffing. according to most recent reports you have the seattle city council voting against the budget amendment that would have eliminated another 101 officers from the force. it seems like a lot of lessons learned from 2020 that we need more police, not less in this crime environment. >> yes. although i'm not entirely sure any of this will work. at the same time there was even a conversation about having retention bonus for the seattle police officers who currently work and unfortunately they got rid of that idea in january.

i dropped the story today. january saw 20 more officers leaving the force. now for mayor to come out and say we need more cops we do. the council has only budgeted for 125. they aren't going to get to 125 hires this year. unheard of. we're down 500 to 00 officers. to be at the proper staffing level for a city the size of seat. so even if they were to get to that 125, they would still be several hundred short. while at the same time we still haven't done enough to address the root problem here which is just allowing these criminals to go free. >> sandra: and supporting the police. have a landslide vote recalled three progressive members of san francisco's school board, big news last week, from their positions and this all happened last tuesday, mayor london breed acknowledging where they went wrong. listen. >> we failed our children. parents were upset. the city as a whole was upset

and the decision to recall school board members was the result of that. the board neglected their primary responsibility to focus on other things. other things that are important but not as significant as what they were there to do and that is to educate children. >> sandra: op-ed suggests the san francisco recall might have other liberal leaders spooked, jason. the headline calling out embattled los angeles district attorney george gascon saying he is panicking and distancing from his soft on crime ideology. gas con recently back tracked on some of his most controversial policies after that vote. perhaps that's a victory for some who want to see a reversal of the soft on crime policies. >> we have to pay attention. he want say he is going to backtrack. we have to see the results of getting rid of the policies. once you have installed these policies they create a new

culture on the streets. you have still made the criminals bold who now you have to push back. i certainly think this is politically good for republicans looking to moderate some of these left leaning cities. i'm under no illusion that seattle, san francisco and new york will become conservative but the political implications are important. what is going unsaid san francisco has not changed. still very far to the left. however, the voters have said okay, we have a little bit of a limit here. you can't go so far to the left that it is unrecognizable. so the progressives within the democratic party are causing a lot of problems. they are the ones responsible for the politicians and politicians to be put in office and most likely democratic voters say i won't vote for a republican. now they'll think about whether to back the progressives. that good news for the country and cities who veered so far to

the left. >> sandra: thank you very much. canada making a last-ditch effort to clear the freedom convoy from the streets in ottawa as the u.s. braces for a similar protest at home ahead of president biden's first state of the union speech. >> i was advising the president we're done with talking. you tell putin you play your cards and we'll play our cards and play hard. putin appreciates strength and we're not portraying strength at all. >> sandra: new satellite images show thousands of russian troops moving closer to ukraine's border as the u.s. warns of an imminent invasion while still pushing for a diplomatic solution. former marine joey jones in "focus" next. i'm mark and i live in vero beach, florida. my wife and i have three children.

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>> we have made serious proposal and talked about changing the scope and scale some of our exercises in europe. being willing to talk about offensive military capabilities in europe and put forward other proposals to try to convince mr. putin we're serious. >> sandra: that was john kirby yesterday saying the administration still is open to a diplomatic path forward with russia as president biden agrees in principle to meet with vladimir putin if russia does not invade ukraine. but satellite images show new russian military deployments operating as little as nine miles from the ukraine border and there are reports that putin has already given the go ahead to invade. vice president kamala harris remains confident sanctions can prevent war in europe. >> these are some of the greatest sanctions if not the strongest that we've ever issued as i articulated

yesterday it is directed at institutions in particular financial institutions and individuals and it will exact absolute harm to the russian economy and their government. >> sandra: joey jones fox news contributor and retired marine staff sergeant in "focus" now. great to have you here on set and we're back into these days, right? i listen to kamala harris and say if sanctions can be that effective why aren't we imposing those sanctions ahead of a putin invasion? wouldn't that be effective? >> the best argument i've heard against it and i don't have my mind made up. i played chess in war. taking apart bombs and doing the daily deal, checkers in war not chess. when i get an opportunity to comment there are always things i don't know, that the american people don't know and i try to take that into account. what we understand the argument against sanctions now is what you have left. if you put the sanctions on

putin now, what does he have to stop him from going ahead and doing? >> sandra: you agree with the administration? >> i make sure what the argument is. guys like me have to do fight it if it turns to war. what is the seriousness putting troops in countries bordering ukraine and russia. what is putin going to do? whatever putin wants to do. what will stop him at this moment? that's the problem we have. president biden says i'll meet with you if you don't invade ukraine. what if he does? would you still meet with him to bring resolution to it? so those are the questions that here as american citizens say how is this administration doing anything but reacting and is this what we have in store with china? what we should do different looking at china or other foe. >> sandra: we know the state

department has said if the setup if he deploys that military might could result in massive civilian casualties. if you are playing chess and you are predicting trying to get into the mind of vladim putin, do you believe he wants to engage in that level of world war? >> i don't think he has to. i think he can start something and not need to finish it to get what he wants. if he wants reassurances we move or don't move missiles closer to his country or that ukraine won't become part of nato. if you've played the game risk. americans need to understand it. nobody ever put things in simple terms. the reason it's so important to putin that ukraine doesn't become part of nato wherever there is a nato country an opportunity for the military assets of any nato ally. if ukraine joined nato the idea we could put our ballistic missiles in ukraine and what putin says is where he is. i don't think he needs to take

ukraine to get that but may people dying to get it.int of >> sandra: we'll see what happens next with all that. bringing it back here and the possibility of a trucker convoy convening on our nation's capital. police in ottawa have regained control of the streets by any means necessary. the freedom convoy appears to be near its end. police arrested nearly 200 people over the weekend as law enforcement attempts to clear out trucks and demonstrators protesting in the area for weeks now. it all comes as the u.s. braces for as i just mentioned similar protests here at home. fencing over the weekend being reinstalled around the capitol grounds in washington, d.c. in anticipation of a large trucker protest. it's part of ramped up security efforts ahead of president biden's state of the union dress. so preparations underway for a convoy coming here. what do you think of it? >> i think the first amendment

is vitally important to this country. i don't think our government will respond the way canada has. i don't. i also think that of all the faults that i see and all the times i see the federal government seize more power or government be more restrictive we still do determine our fate in this country. the most beautiful thing about this country if i want to live a certain way there is a state that will allow it or like en itself do it. i can go to california to get one way of life and texas to get another. i don't think it's going away. the first amendment is one of the many reasons we're able to show what our will is in the american people. are the truckers the majority of americans? maybe not. we don't have to be a majority for our voice to be heard and that's the important part here. i don't think when the riots went down in the summer of 2020, you can pull the tape. many people on this channel said we support their right to protest but when it becomes violent and start burning

buildings and people's livelihoods it's a riot and different. as long as they are protesting even if i don't understand their message it's how i hear it. that's what is happening now. people aren't anti-vaccine in the sense of they hate people that are vaccinated. they are anti-being told to get it. i think that's a message that deserves its place. >> sandra: if you listen to the truckers many will tell you that. nobody says it like you somebody who fought for the freedoms and sacrificed so much. as we've been watching the fence go up in d.c. there are also reports that biden is looking for a foil in hopes of giving democrats a boost here. an axios piece. biden needs a trump substitute. searching for a strategy to avoid the 2022 mid-term disasters. advisors discussed elevating a unifying republican foyle not named donald trump. axios says desantis is a target

who has been discussed. >> it tells us two things. january 6 didn't have the sticking power they hoped it would as far as demonizing president trump. every day we move away from it president trump becomes more popular again. i see it in my own life and talking to people and see it within myself. i did not like how it went down but i look back and i see where our president has us now and where we were two years ago. i would do anything to go back there. that's the first thing it tells us. they haven't succeeded in demonizing president trump. i left daytona yesterday and nascar there was a figure who tragically died in a car accident but dale earnhardt, the guy. when you would go to the race in the 90s everybody there was there because of earnhardt to cheer for him or against him. i think that's the way donald trump is. he is that kind of figure. and i think that it's hard to find somebody else to get people to cheer against right now because republicans are being smart and they are

putting in politics. governor are pulling policies people like. congress isn't in charge of it. there isn't a republican to make the bad guy because the opportunity isn't there. >> sandra: great you are traveling again. the world is getting to it. along with the record surge in migrants massive amounts of illegal drugs are crossing the southern border. police have taken more than 259 million lethal doses off the streets in the past couple of weeks and we have this. >> it makes no sense. it makes all of you a bunch of hypocrites. here is a picture of you right here on facebook with a crowd of people with no masks on. >> that's it. no. >> sandra: all right. tensioning boiling over about the school mask mandates as some districts say they'll still require masks despite a new state law making them optional. the power panel takes that one up next.

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>> sandra: texas department of public safety sounding the alarm on the thousands of pounds of drug seized at our southern border. this as a skyrocketing number of migrants try to make their

way into the country. new border patrol numbers show almost twice as many migrants crossed into the u.s. last month as in january of last year. senior correspondent casey stiegel is live at the border for us in la joya, texas with more. hi, casey. >> hi. texas governor greg abbott says in the last year alone in this state they have seized enough of the powerful opioid fentanyl to kill every man and woman in the states of texas, california, new york, florida, and illinois combined. you heard that right. that's how much we are talking. agents say most of it comes in through china actually. then gets smuggled in through the u.s./mexico border. according to the dea four out of every 10 pills found are fatal. look at this found near el paso. a migrant had this bag inside their body.

41 grams of fentanyl was recovered. they're seeing a bit of everything. >> criminal element. drugs pouring into the country. we see the most is marijuana, cocaine and now fentanyl. fentanyl has been prevalent. we're seeing the start of this operation lone start we've seized -- >> record numbers of people entering the united states illegally. just last night look at this, close to 36 taken into custody in the hot spot of la jolla, where we are. fam ill unit encounters so far this year are up 717% compared to the previous year. just astonishing numbers. >> sandra: they really are. thank you. some virginia school districts doubling down requiring students to mask up at school

despite a new state law making masks in school optional. once the law goes into effect on march 1 schools could be compelled by court order to follow it. randi weingarten who heads the american federation of teachers, the second largest teachers union responding to the state's mask battle saying we all want to get back to a sense of normalcy and why the aft asked the administration months ago for a science-based off ramp for masks. liberal tv host bill maher fills mandates are turning children into germ foebs. >> make these little children in howie man dells. you are creating a generation of howie mendel. germ paranoid munchkins. >> sandra: we have our power panel here. i don't know if that's funny but there is a lot more to worry about than turning to

germ foeb. they are learning to read and write and communicate. >> absolutely. we've seen the studies showing that many of these school children who have really and truly suffered not being in school, not having the connectivity with their peers and certainly when you look at other data that has been presented, nbc report that showed between 12 and 17-year-olds in a period of time they looked at last year showed it was a suicide attempt rate from hospital visits up by 50%. that's astounding as experts have pointed to the data and shown that was in part because of covid. so the realities that we're experiencing now for adults have been feignful financially certainly for a lot of folks but also with period who are the next generation. school districts should not be playing politics with our kids' lives and that's what's going on now.

>> sandra: it's brutal for kids living in low transmission and high vaccine rates and still being asked to wear masks in the classroom even where state laws have changed making it optional. why are some teachers and some unions so hell bent on these kids covering their faces? >> good question. i'm all about local control and local decision making. one decision fits all doesn't work across the state and across the country. the most critical thing i think is to the point is keeping the schools open. to his point we're seeing this rise in suicides, the rise in depression among children. partly because of being forced to learn at home and partly because of wearing masks. so i'm all about empowering local school districts. conservative idea to make decisions for themselves and in consultation with the health professionals in the county and parents as well. the most critical thing is

keeping those school districts open and children learning in the classroom. >> sandra: clearly not everyone agrees. there are still mask debates happening in school board meetings across the country. in this case a school board member in montgomery county, virginia, stormed out of a recent board meeting after a parent used photos from the member's personal facebook page to illustrate her hypocrisy on masking. watch. >> it makes no sense. it makes all of you a bunch of hypocrites. here is a picture of you right here on facebook with a crowd of people >> that's it. >> with no mask on. this is my time. here is another picture. >> i'm done. >> time is up. >> time is up. >> you can't deal with it? >> it's not the truth. that's not the issue.

>> sandra: she walked out. isn't that a fair point that the people pushing for these mandates be living by their own rules? >> ask nancy pelosi, gavin newsom. the mayor of chicago lori lightfoot. you can keep going with the list of democrats who imposed the restribtive mandates and policies and who haven't followed the science as bill maher has said in numerous segments on his show but the rules apply to you, not me. i think parents are tired of it and make an impact of the mid-term elections. it doesn't seem to be slowing down the hypocrisy of the democratic party and it its impact on the election coming up here >> sandra: i imagine she walked out of the meeting because she couldn't answer for it. she is asking kids to stay masked. you talk to admiral girard and he says schools show the lowest transition rates of anywhere

but many people are pictured in big gatherings and asking more from the children than she is doing herself. it hurts. >> we are going into the third year of the pandemic and playing the mask gotcha moments. we have all fallen behind not keeping our masks up. people are frustrated. parents are frustrated. he won't mask our way out of the pandemic. we'll vaccine and test out of the pandemic. how fast the trump administration turned around the vaccine and how fast it was certified for children up the age 5 under biden. >> sandra: why are they ignoring the vaccine rate who are high and still asking kids to mask up. >> we need to be loud and vocal as to what we're going to do

with our children's education. i support parents doing so. >> sandra: well done both of you thank you. put you in a tough position there. thanks for watching "the faulkner focus". i'll be back at 1:00 p.m. eastern with john roberts on america reports. "outnumbered" starts next.

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>> hello, everyone, i'm kayleigh mcenany come here with my cohost, emily compagno. also joining us is rebeccah heinrichs, leslie marshall, and brian brenberg. this is "outnumbered." vladimir putin's invasion of the ukraine looking more and more imminent, as russian troops are now within just 3 miles of the border. check out this new satellite imaging showing convoys and tanks hidden in civilian areas and forests. plus