>> matt, you never to know, we may call you at 5:45 in the morning. that does it for us this morning. chris jansing picks up the coverage right now. >> hi there, i'm chris jansing live at merchandise headquarters in new york. it is wednesday, february 23rd. we've got a lot to get to this. morning, the u.s. is bracing for russian retaliation. businesses preparing for possible cyber attacks one day after president biden hit the kremlin with a new wave of sanctions in response to russia's invasion of eastern ukraine. russia's ambassador to the u.s. wrote this. sanctions introduced against us will hit global financial and energy markets. the united states will not be left out with its ordinary citizens feeling the consequences of the price increase in full. this morning, even after ordering troops across the border president putin said he was still open to talks. but u.s. officials are

increasingly skeptical that can happen. the planned meeting between secretary of state antony blichgen and foreign minister love rov, and any talk of a presidential summit is on hold. instead, the u.s. is making military moves repositioning several 00 u.s. troops, helicopters, and fighter jets closer to the war zone. on the ground, the situation is growing more dire. russian officials say more than 60,000 people have been evacuated from urine ukraine and russia in just the past five days. many said they simply had no choice. d no choice in a sign that things will likely get worse on tuesday's russia's council voted unanimously to allow putt

continue to use military force outside the country essentially giving a green light to deployments of those two roy moores. president zelensky called up the military reserves. i want to bring in a panel. so good to have you all here. juan, let me start with, what do russian sanctions against the u.s. look like? and when the ambassador says ordinary american citizens will feel the impact of these sanctions, what does that mean. >> the ambassador is trying to highlight one of the key weapons that the russian have, which is

their energy sector and their ability to affect energy availability and their prices. prices are high. that's helpful to the russianss. they know that sanctions put on energy markets will likely raise prices at the gas pump for americans. they are trying to emphasize an impact on the russian economy, russian energy sector will have a direct impact on americans and the american economy. that is part of the hybrid warfare campaign that the russians have used now for many years against their neighbors, against ukraine, obviously. but in the context of sanctions, they will message that they can bite back just as hard on the dendantsies that the west has that starts, first and foremost w energy, oil, and gas. >> juan, what the u.s. is doing -- what should it be doing

to protect americans from russian retaliation? particularly i think when people hear they may be vulnerable to cyber attacks they start to get nervous when they log in on their computer every morning. >> i think there are several steps. the u.s. government has been warning the critical infrastructure sectors for many weeks now to be on the lookout for new phases of attacks. certainly, the financial sector needs to be on the lookout for denial of service attacks and other types of attacks. we know that the russians not only directly but indirectly through proxies use ransomware attacks and other measures to go after institutions. so everyone has to be vigilant around their cyber hygiene and cyber security systems. i think there also has to be more aggressive plan around energy infrastructure products as well as redundancy. making sure that oil supplies are fluid, strong, other choke

points around the world aren't threatened. you have threats with iran and the straits of hormuz constantly. we have to be on the lookout for other parts of the systems that could be pressured. lastly, the russians are going to affect the economy in europe, weak teb alliance that the u.s. has in europe. europeans have been strong in general in terms of their retort to russia's actions. germany has declared obviously the in order stream two pipeline is on hold given russian actions. that's good. but the russians are not just going to sit back and let things happen to them in the economic doe many. they are going to bite back in pieces and parts and we just need to be ready. >> general, on tuesday russian lawmakers approved the use of force outside russian territory. if he goes into areas beyond these separatist held regions we are talking about big cities

including concern about kyiv. what's that fighting going to look like? >> it's going to be bad any way you look at it. it could be monstrous if it involves kyiv because kyiv is a city that is larger than stalin grad was in the second world war. it could be a blood bath, with civilians caught in the middle. it would also be a charnal house for russians if they go that way. which makes me skeptical that they would try to take it, besiege it. the rest of the front, dan yesk, where they are, the moment the russians cross the line into the rest of the donbas, the war is on. people, hundreds are going to be killed, or more, as russians try to push through that line to

that dark brown on your screen there. the russians will say 50,000, 70,000, 100,000 ukraines are in that area waiting to attack. no, they are hunkered down waiting for a russian onslaught. but the russians have turn it into disinformation that they are waiting to storm into the donbas. you have the raid in the north and the east and the black sea and the potential landings. they talk about negotiations. they talk about the donbas, but they are -- they have a major, major force and being that is very real that if they content get their way they could go. right now their focus looks to be right now on the donbas and

stretching out likely to the rest of the donbas where there are claims that includes mayor i don't knowal. >> matt bradley, there is a significant fighting force for the ukraines. and in the last weeks we have watched videos of ukrainian civilians, women, grandmothers, teens training to be ready to fight. could it come to that? talk about the ukraine military side of this. >> chris, it could come to that. i am not saying that as a guess. i know it could come to that. because it has come to that before, in 2014. just as everything when we talk about ukraine, as far as they are concerned there is nothing new under the sun here. this threat has always existed and they have fought it with the so-called territoryiar defense forces, essentially militias made up of ordinary citizens because the military at the time in 2014 simply crumbled along with the other parts of the state.

so it was civilians, maybe not grand mothers like we are seeing training with guns. but civilians who joined some of the groups. who were later incorporated into the military defense. that's why zulle zulle is calling up at least one level of the resevers. interestingly, he stopped short of calling out for a full mobilization of the military. he has basically 300,000 troops total that he could call up at any given time. he didn't do that. and ostensibly it was because he thought there still might be a little bit of an avenue there for diplomacy. when it comes to ordinary people fighting, we have seen it before. i was up at the border 30 insst miles away, the are you border, and i spoke with the national guardsman there. and he is from done tsk.

for them, this is fighting to retake their actual homes, not just defend their country. but you know, this is something that a lot of ukrainians really feel very strongly about. in a recent survey just in december a third of ukrainians said they would pick up arms and fight against the russians. i am not sure how that would compare to americans if they were in this similar situation, but that's a lot of people when you consider -- when you see the images the grandfathers and grand mothers who are picking up countries. i think this country is ready to fight. >> those videos were startling. let me bring in the deputy director the atlantic council's your asia center. we heard about the manpower essentially on the ukrainian side, melinda. what else do ukrainians need, particularly from the united states right now? >> thanks for having me. me need stingers. the u.s. has sent over plane load after plane load of defensive material. but the thing they want more

than anything are stingers. second-generation stingers were being sent from the baltic states. but they need first generation stingers. the ukrainians need to harden the long border between russia and ukraine. that border hasn't been hardened and it is a huge vulnerability. the number is higher than what just matt said. there is a poll that says 45% of ukrainians will defend their country with weapons. i think that number is low. i think for a fact people -- ukrainian also exist and they will fight back, not just grannies but ordinary people. some grannies and some children will be evacuated out to the mountains. but ukrainians have been at this -- this is not vladimir putin's first rodeo in the ukraine. they are sick and tired of it and want to get back to their lives. what does the u.s. need to do? send material to ukraine now

when it can make a difference. put more troops in eastern europe. and yesterday's sanctions were good but they are not going to be enough to deter vladimir putin and we also need to be prepared for the economy to continue to take. vladimir putin has 190,000 troops that surround ukraine, but he can sit on the border and just menace ukraine. and the economy has three to six months before it starts to really hit hard. that may be his game plan. want to pick up on that, general, about the equipment, particularly stingers, how they might if into the big picture here. most people don't understand what these things are and how they fit into the overall defensive posture ukraine is taking right now. help us understand a little bit about what melinda just said. >> the humor here is i couldn't have gotten into west point, i came up enlisted through ocs.

god bless you. >> you did okay, didn't you? >> the weapons matters because out in the open -- out in the open, and the ground is starting to get muddy, so this makes ate little bit harder for the russian -- for mobility. but what the ukrainians need is to be able to take on russian tanks, whether being with their proxies in the donbas, or it gets bigger, and that's with the javelins and things. that's going a long way. we used to say with the russians and others, if your tanks aren't come to ukraine, nothing going to get knocked out. so don't wince with the javelins. my counterpart is right about the stingers. yes, there is no middle to high level air defense ukrainians

have. but to be able to fight low, fight tactically, especially out in the open, they need to be able to hit something that knock down low-flying su-25s, attacking aircraft, helicopters. you have got to be able to stand those off like the afghans did the mujahideen in afghanistan. it makes it harder for the russians to get ground support to their guys as they are in fighting with ukrainian positions. now, one reason fighting in urban areas really helps ukrainians, if it comes to that, nobody wants it to is the ability of the russians to pour in directed artillery and airpower, it becomes indiscriminate. and meanwhile, your press corps will be out there watching and russia will be really beholden to the whole world of why this

brutal, unnecessary offensive is going on. >> and yet it is an offensive that is very much in control of vladimir putin. mat badner. he spent a lot of time talking yesterday about russia's military strength, about its powerful weapons. at the same time he talks about how there are no ukrainians -- the ukrainian asks russians are one people and yet he's talking about invading, and the possibility of so many thousands of people being killed. how to you even sell that to the russian people? or does he care? >> thank you, chris. well, that's -- the russian people have been and i think still continue to be one of the major questions here. but there is another thought that i have this week, how much does the kremlin actually care about that at this point? you know, on monday when we saw president putin's national security meeting there were strong indicators there that maybe even his closest advisers don't really have that much power to nudge him away from a

potentially disastrous course of action. when we talk about the russian people, their reaction, i think just this week for most russians it has become clear that russia might be engaging in something very risky here. not even a week ago the main narrative on russian state media from russian officials was mocking and laughter from the claims from western leaders. i think it is finally sinking in here. at the same time we are seeing state media selling vladimir putin's talking points that ukraine isn't really a state. there is a graphic on state television showing parts of ukraine that were gifted to russian leaders at various points in time under this umbrella that ukraine is russia of but there is also that disconnect. i want to point out that civil society in russia is basically dead. the independent press is mostly gone.

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now to three major court cases at the intersection of policing and race. in minutes, opening statements begin this the trail of former louisville kentucky police officer hankinson, who is the only officer charged in connection with the botched rate on breonna taylor's death. in minneapolis, jurors are set to deliberate the fate of three officers who were there when derek chauvin murdered george floyd. each of the men is charged with violating floyd's civil rights. all of this comes as the will he men who murdered ahmaud arbery were found guilty of federal hate crimes yesterday. i want to bring in former

federal prosecutor and msnbc legal analyst kristen gibbons. so much to talk about. let's talk about the fact that there is still, understandably, so much frustration out there to breonna taylor's death. but this case, the one that starts today, is at least for now the one opportunity for some accountability. take us through what you are looking for this case. do you believe there is any chance of more charges still in breonna taylor's death? >> there could definitely be more charges in breonna taylor's death. i think one of the things that's going to come out with this particular trial -- because keep in mind, this trial, even though it only regards three victims, none of which are breonna taylor. it is going to be the pregnant woman who was in the adjacent apartment, the child who was there, and the man who was living there when hankinson shot ten bullets blindly into the window and door of breonna taylor's apartment potentially

striking those three individuals. one of the things that's going to come out is the fact there was this no-knock warrant. also going to come out is the fact that this officer, as well as cosgrove, who was the one who shot the fatal bullet -- and there were eight bullets shot into breonna taylor in response to just one bullet that was shot by her boyfriend. these facts are going to come out. and witnesses will be forced to testify, potentially more than they were forced to testify to in the grand jury proceedings. more charges could be lodged. >> in reality, chris, it's probably unlikely because of the way and the trajectory of these cases are. >> let's talk about minneapolis, where a jury will decide whether the three officers in george floyd's murder committed a crime. prosecutors say those guys did nothing to stop the killing, did nothing to help floyd. the defense says they were simply taking orders from an

older officer. what is going to be key as we watch this trial? >> i think one of the things that's really key is you can point your finger all you want. but at the end of the day, mr. george floyd lied unresponsive, unable to move, to breathe, one of the officers laughed as chauvin said, yeah, well, you can breathe if you can talk. in addition to, that you had all of these bystanders saying, help him, one of which included an emt ask. none of them rendered aid. that's going to be tough to overcome. you can point your finger all you want, say you only have a week of training, you can say all the training you received was inadequate but at the end of the day, any one, you included, me included, with no medical background can tell that a important who is non-responsive with knee on his back, handcuffed, is in need.

>> and there were any number of people standing by who were begging them to get him help. thank you so much. up next, president biden imposing sanctions on two huge russian banks. how are these any different from previous sanctions? will they make a difference. first, the potential for a devastating human toll in ukraine. millions of people could see their homes become a war zone. e their homes become a war zone. imagine a world where we have the tools to sell things that mean something. like a sunscreen made for melanated skin that blends in. proof that things don't have to be the way that they've always been. the world's been waiting

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financial system. that's on top of an executive order preventing investment in eastern ukraine. will all of that be enough to deter the russians from escalating. garrett haake jeff, and hall brands of the american enterprise institute. good to see all of you. hall, help us to unpack all of this. the u.s. has done targeted sanctions before. at least one of the banks have been sanctioned before. several of the men on the list have been sanctioned before. if this is a one-two punch, or one-two-three punch, as a first blow does it make sense? will it make putin think twice? >> i think the goal is to straddle the line between doing too little and to go doing too much. i think the u.s. and its allies

wanted to hold in reserve the harsher sanks that will be rolled out if russian aggressions continues and russia seizes more ukrainian territory, which seems likely. the big move was the german decision to hold certification on the in order stream two pipeline, a connection between russia and europe. i think that was a signal that the sanctions may be hitting harder than the russians intended. >> jeff, there is an editorial board op ed piece in the "wall street journal" i want to read from. it says mr. putin responds only to strength and the west suspect showing enough. all financial institutions needs to be cut off until russia withdraws from the ukrainian

area. is that on the table? if not, what is. that was a source of internal debate given the fact that russia's taken steps to dollar proof its economy. there is the question that any sort of western sanctions can bring in line, deter someone like vladimir putin who is mercurial at best, whose intentions are opaque, who in his own words has described the fall of the soviet union as one of the greatest catastrophes of the century and who seems intent on trying to redraw the post cold war security map of europe that said, though, president biden said yesterday, as you pointed out in your sbruks that the set of sanctions introduced yesterday was not the full scope of what the u.s. is prepared to do. so what the strategy is, and hall spoke to this, is to try to meet the russians moment by moment. they could go further. target export control, cut off russia from access to consumer

commercial electronics. that could be a major, major next step if the situation on the ground warrants. >> garrett, as always, it is interesting to listen to what happens on capitol hill. there have been some vocal crit exof what the president is doing in spite of the fact that they have been talking and talking and talking about putting together a package of sanctions but never got it together. is that still a possibility? is what is happening right now moving the needle? >> i think it is unlikely you will ultimately see congress put together a bigger package of sanctions. remember, congress can put the package together but then they depend on the president and the treasury department to put those sanctions into place. what we heard ned from lawmakers in the aftermath of this first tranche of sanctions coming from the white house is that bidens that authority to go much farther and there is a wide cross section of lawmakers, mostly republicans, but some democrats who would like to see him go farther still even in

this moment. i think there is still role for congress down the line. you heard lip see graham yesterday laying out that congress should fund a task force that includes the domg, other agencies, that can find other ways to go after russian oligarchs and their money in the u.s. and overseas. congress might also be called upon later to authorize more weapons sales to ukraine if this turns into a protracted war on the ground in that country. so still more congressional action possible. but a big congressionally authorized sanctions package? i'm not convinced. >> hall, we know that any number of people who have been critical of the biden administration, and in fact, critical to the nth degree, have been used in propaganda on television in russia on the usual propaganda channels including the former president, former secretary of state. how does that play into when we look at the big picture, of what vladimir putin decides to do.

and the fact as we heard from matt bodner that there is very little information getting out to the russian people right now. >> it is not helpful when you have a former president of the united states praising putin's brilliance after invasion of a sovereign country. i think there is fair grounds for criticism of the biden administration's handling of russia in the opening months of 2021. but since this crisis began, i think the administration has actually done a pretty good job of getting the allies on board, of coming up with a sanctions package that may not deter putin but will certainly inflict high costs on him. higher costs than the russians expected to bear, i think. i think if you had told people three months ago that the united states would be successful in getting the germans to withhold certification of in order stream two check check. so i think the biden administration deserves credit for its handling over the last

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announce his nominee at any time teen now and wednesday. kristen welker and weinstein joins us. >> good to see both of you. we know judge childs from south carolina would get a lot of votes because of the support she's got in congress. but what is the priority for this president? is it who can get the biggest number of votes? what are you hearing in the white house? >> what we consistently hear is the president is looking for someone who is in the mold of justice breyer. you have to think about ket angie brown jackson. one of the things that makes her compelling is that she got three republican votes for confirmation, lindsey graham, lisa murkowski and senator

collins. j. michelle childs also seems to have the support from lindsey graham, she's from his state. she's been outspoken. she's the type of judge he says he could get behind. senator clyburn could support him as well. judge kruger was interviewed. she of course is on the california supreme court. these are three strong picks. let me read you in on the record statement from andrew bates, the deputy press secretary here. he told me, quote, the president has not yet chosen a nominee. he continues to interview nominees in the mold of justice breyer who have the strongest records, intellect, character, and dedication to the rule of law and all of whom could be deserving of bipartisan support. this comes amid the backdrop the

crisis with ukraine but administration officials signal that's not going to prevent the president from making his decision known before the end of the month, next monday, before his allimportant state of the union address on tuesday. once this of the union address tuesday. once he makes this announcement, it could give him a boost of momentum. >> kelly, on the surface it seems simple. let's replace a liberal with a liberal, somebody like justice breyer. you've been behind the scenes. one of the things i consistently read about justice breyer is the relationships he formed, the respect he has, the conversations had after oral arguments that can influence the way a judge votes on a case. talk about the things that might not seem as obvious, but for this president who was in the senate for so long and has been

through so many confirmations, what are the other things that the president might be looking for in a nominee? >> good morning, chris. you're right to focus on what their skills would be behind the scenes. when the supreme court first became into being, each justice would issue his own opinion. of course now that would be a total mess. building consensus and bringing people along behind the scenes is a really important part of the job. i imagine that the president is trying to get a feel for how each of these potential nominees might be able to do that. you know, the other thing is that the supreme court has really become -- the case law before it has become very complicated. when i hear in the mold of justice breyer and i hear you talk about the cases they're hearing today, this public charge case, that's an administrative law case.

that was justice breyer's expertise. the question there is whether the biden administration properly rescinded the public charge rule and whether the states can come in and argue about that in the court. when i look at two of these nominees, they're in the mold of justice breyer in having the expertise to take that on. judge ketanji brown jackson is on the d.c. circuit which hears a ton of these type of cases. often referred to as a mini supreme court. justice kruger has of course argued many cases in front of the supreme court herself back when she was in the solicitor general's office before she went to the california supreme court. >> it's going to be fascinating to watch. thank you both so much. still ahead, millions of people across 41 states waking up to a severe weather alert after two massive coast to coast

storms brought heavy snow, freezing rain and high winds. wait until you see more of these pictures coming up. more of thee pictures coming up

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his democrat opponent. holland was 52% of the vote. also this morning, millions of americans waking up to heavy snow, freezing rain, high winds, two huge storms making their way across the country. nbc's jesse kirsh is in minneapolis. what can you tell us? >> reporter: good morning, chris. you can see not much accumulation on the ground, even though we had snow falling for 24 hours straight. it feels like negative 18 out here this morning. the snowy was light and fluffy yesterday is a little more firm this morning. minneapolis seeing one of the winter weather headaches across the country. this morning from coast to coast, millions waking up to a brutal one-two punch. a pair of separate winter storms barreling across the country. from the dakotas to michigan ice

and snow hitting the upper midwest and great lakes. some digging out from more than two feet of snow. on this north dakota interstate almost white-out conditions near fargo. firefighters rushing to rescue someone trapped in a 14-vehicle pileup with six injured. in oregon about 100 cars and trucks involved in crashes on one highway. visibility a challenge in the twin cities. on the roads and in the skies. >> it was pure white. you didn't know how close you were and then you landed and looked out and see a tip of an airplane in the corner. >> reporter: snow not the only headache. freezing rain canceled milwaukee public schools tuesday. the severe weather in arkansas strong enough to rip through this home. >> there was water coming out of the ceiling, out of the light fixtures and all of this was

gone. >> reporter: now another storm system out west eyeing new england before slowly moving out. here in minneapolis with those below zero temperatures, even in areas that appear to be plowed, still treacherous driving conditions. for people in the zones already hit by storms, they're going to want to be careful. >> thank you. under the heading of none of this makes sense this southern california at high elevations they're seeing snow. i'm checking my weather app here in midtown manhattan, it's 60 degrees going up to 66. that's going to wrap up this hour. i'm going to head out into warm weather. jose diaz-balart picks up our coverage right now. good morning. it's 10:00 a.m. eastern, 7:00 a.m. pacific.

i'm jose diaz-balart. moscow is facing a new round of sanctions as president biden says russia could go much further and launch a massive military attack against ukraine. we'll talk to senator chris van holland about what the u.s. plans next. minneapolis, jury deliberations are set to begin in the trial for the three officers who prosecutors say chose to do nothing as derek chauvin pressed his knee into george floyd's neck for nine and a half minutes. back in washington, the white house says president biden has interviewed three finalists for the supreme court vacancy. this as hundreds of national guard troops are set to be deployed for truckers planning the protests in d.c. we begin with the latest