it's unfortunate that four american administrations back in 2007 in munich. otherwise i thought they could act much earlier. what we know from history while dealing with dictators, that every day of us delaying decisions, of us not demonstrating so simply put the price up. the price goes up and if we lose this battle today, then next will be test for nato countries and i already here noises that why should we fight for countries that we cannot find on the map. but the end of nato turns america into a paper tiger. america enjoys global economic dominance because dollar as a reserve currency. it's relatively strong and america's role in the world's being recognized. if you think you can do america first and ignore the responsibilities to be part of the global solutions around the planet. a weakening america means eventually you will have problems both economic and political at home. guest: it's not clear whether putin will attack. i wonder if putin knows himself. when you listen to the russian foreign minister, they also don't know. the russian propaganda machi

i am not sure that putin is impressed because the american administration is still talking about some mythical russian security concerns. no one is threatening russia. thinking that baltic states could represent any threats to russian security is nonsense. it is russia that is threatening all of these countries by invading the republic of georgia and ukraine. it proves that eastern european that have been suffering under occupation for more than four day kids -- four decades, they rushed to nato to have an umbrella. hearing these outcries in russian media, which is totally under government control and listening just to get an idea of what is being told to people in russia, missiles from ukraine to russia could be a huge threat to russia's security is absolute nonsense. if he crosses the demarcation line and pushes into ukraine, it will be major conventional war and it will lead to massive casualties on both sides. host: as far as the strongest hand the u.s. could play, would -- what would that look like? the foreign minister, she a very strong statement about going after russian oliga

impossible to get well to continue without such supply because, well, basically the goal of the american administration, for example, is stewart, keep the price at the gas stations as low as possible, the loan amount of the sanctions. it's already been announced, was the effective, you know, it may be pet to paps temporary cancellation of no stream to that's targeting the russian gas experts actually no, i mean, embargo on guess supply from russia. we see that very many members of the you are critically dependent on the supply over action. yes. such as the bulgaria slovak here, hungary theme lumber, which is not a member of the you. but still they are dependent on the critically dependent on russian gas. and this is why it would be impossible to get it constantly dated opinion over the you about embargo overestimate, guess supply asked to say, so is there any other potential sanctions that are being talked about to kill a li, i, you know, removing russia from the swift banking system, suppose you're concerned, is that sort of as a threat, enough of a threat to stop president putin in his tracks? i don'

be in the best interests of israel, of the palestinian people and asking that successive american administrationsave supported. >> one last question, i know that last tuesday, there was a statement, has anything transpired since then? have israelis come forward to you, are you satisfied or are you looking for more accountability? apparently those who did it, there was a slap on the wrist. >> we did issue a statement on this yesterday. it spoke of our concern buttal spoke of our ongoing dialogue with our israeli partners on this. we issued one on that i believe. last week, sorry. reporter: do you know when you're going to have the formal response from moscow on new engagement with the prime minister? >> we don't have any updates on that. as i conveyed last week, the secretary had the opportunity to speak with foreign minister labruv. it was my understanding that the rugs were working on a response to our so-called nonpaper, a response that would be sent to and impraved by vladimir putin before being transmitted back to us. that has not yet happened. it was also our understanding that once that did

and according to american administration, the intelligence sources, putin is ready.nd everything i hear from russian segment of internet, the news that we receive from eastern ukraine indicate that putin is ready to use the forceful operation and start full-blown invasion of ukraine. >> right, we're already seeing some of that, the shelling of the kindergarten this week. ukraine says two of its soldiers were killed today by shelling in the east. what do you think about that? do you think that is setting the stage for war? >> most likely, again, if the dictator can change his decision at the very last moment. but everything indicates putin is willing to continue because he believes that he's immune. sanctions, again, you heard it many times. right now i think putin's calculations are very much in favor of starting a war. this is no longer just a war about ukraine. he originally wanted to make sure ukraine was subdued and it would not be a free democratic prosperous state that could send a message to russian people. right now it's again putin and the free world, predom

you know, i don't know why joe biden or donald trump or anyone else in any american administration feels they have ownership of something that they don't own. but that's exactly how they talk about it in media. so europe now is set of experiencing a severe energy crunch, and there is a pipeline that could be full of gas, but they don't want to fill it up because somehow this benefits rush. it actually benefits consumers and producers, but i don't want to get too technical here. i was sandra. i mean, you know it's, it's almost out to the point of absurd, the way they're talking about energy because it's the u. s. that wants to capture the european market at a huge premium. it's a good power play for the americans and for their control over europe. as we will talk about later as they looked at china, m, i over the target. go ahead. no, peter, i think this is exactly right. in fact, i think ultimately the reason for the lack of understanding from the west and particularly from the united states is north stream to the north stream to stood in the way of american l. n. g. ship take delivered

probably the best most comprehensive diplomatic effort i've seen by our any american administration since 1995 a piece of court. and i'm also proud of the fact that germany is stepping up. i much firmer german resolve here of late then maybe a few months ago. this is late to be fair, but nonetheless, it's definitely better that the sanctions, the problem with sanctions is that they, they typically take a very long time for the effect to really be felt. and people like. and of course, they will have been protecting themselves for years. and in just a patient of this, i think that sanction, or part of it, we have got to figure out ways to help keep ukraine in the fight and get the russians worried about something else. such as turkey, shutting down the streets, the russian navy transit. i think that would get their attention just a quick last question for you general is a cold war. returning to europe with the iron curtain. a few 100 kilometers, just further east. well, i mean, this is, this looks like a very hot water to me. again, you can't, we can't think about war the way we did back in

what i'm also doing that there doesn't seem to be a certain conviction on the part of the american administration when it comes to issue on the ground in ukraine. it's more read to read and it's more rhetoric of 2 different types. it's more biden versus drum and it looks like as if the election during the next 2 years has already begun on the issue. so i please go ahead. so my point is there doesn't seem, even if you take the issue of sanctions, the sanctions, most of all sanctions, never work. and what are the sanction sanctions against too large is actually financial institution ration sub debt and against russian elite. i mean, how will america impose your sanction and expected to walk on the ground? i think it's more rec to rec, and skate doc conviction conviction towards the people of ukraine or not to go towards resolving the issue. it seems more like election blame game going on within america, between president biden on one side and former president drum and other republicans . on the other side of the, the, the rhetoric coming out of the white house has hit maximum level, was really the

seen has been a sort of tension between ukraine, the cranium, central government, and the american administration. the bye bye of the by the white house, the like, me wouldn't, has been at a and still actually keep ukrainians. com and up to till now even now that tensions have risen. but there's much more concern now including on the streets of ukrainian cities. the government, the ministry of defense continues, insisting that they're not seeing signs of an imminent invasion, let alone all by occupation of the entire country. so there's a little bit of attention that the viewers should be aware about. all right, well we have run out of time to we're going to have to leave the conversation there . thanks so much. all of our guest letter, ros litski, richard soccer and peter on my of and thank you to for watching. because see the program again. any time visiting our website, al jazeera dot com, and for further discussion, go to our facebook page. that's facebook dot com, forward slash ha inside story. you can also during the conversation on twitter, our handle is and a j inside story. for me, my ho

you know, i don't know why joe biden or donald trump or anyone else in any american administration feels they have ownership of something that they don't own, but that's exactly how they talk about it in media. so europe now is set of experiencing a severe energy crunch, and there is a pipeline that could be full of gas, but they don't want to fill it up because somehow this benefits rush. it actually benefits consumers and producers, but i don't want to get too technical here. i was sandra. i mean, you know, it's almost out to the point of absurd, the way they're talking about energy because it's the u. s. that wants to capture the european market at a huge premium. it's a good power play for the americans and for their, their control over europe as we will talk about later as they looked at china. am i over the target? go ahead. no, nope, here i think this is exactly right. in fact, i think ultimately the reason for or the lack of understanding from the west and particularly from the united states is north stream to the north stream. 2 stood in the way of american l. n. g ship pig. bus

you know, i don't know why joe biden or donald trump or anyone else in any american administration feels they have ownership of something that they don't own. but that's exactly how they talk about it in media. so europe now is experiencing a severe energy crunch. and there is a pipeline that could be full of gas, but they don't want to fill it up because somehow this benefits rush. it actually benefits consumers and producers, but i don't want to get too technical here. i was sandra, i mean, you know, it's almost out to the point of absurd, the way they're talking about energy because it's the u. s. that wants to capture the european market at a huge premium. it's a good power play for the americans and for their, their control over europe as we will talk about later. say, look to china, m, i over the target. go ahead. no, peter, i think this is exactly right. in fact, i think ultimately the reason for the lack of understanding from the west and particularly from the united states is north stream to the north stream. 2 stood in the way of american l. n. g. ship delivered by ship, you kn

american pipeline, you know, i don't know why joe biden, or donald trump or anyone else in any american administration feels they have ownership of something that they don't own, but that's exactly how they talk about it in media. so europe now is experiencing a severe energy crunch and there is a pipeline that could be full of gas, but they don't want to fill it up because somehow this benefits rush. it actually benefits consumers and producers, but i don't want to get too technical here. i was sandra. i mean, you know, it's almost out to the point of absurd, the way they're talking about energy because it's the u. s. that wants to capture the european market at a huge premium. it's a good power play for the americans and for their, their control over europe as we will talk about later. say, look to china, m, i over the target. go ahead. no, peter, i think this is exactly right. in fact, i think ultimately the reason for the lack of understanding from the west and particularly from the united states is north stream to the north stream to stood in the way of american l. n. g. ship delivered by ship, y

s. congress and the american administration for upholding the promise day after day that president biden made he and munich last year to support the goal to support ago over europe. whoa. and free and at peace. dessert and i, this is your, if you get home free and peaceful and new i would add for free european union is not targeted against anyone. and it is absolutely not a risk to transatlantic cohesion. on the contrary, that's lucy. but no, i'm humbled. ultimately. ready only an affective and capable heroes will remain an attractive partner for the united states as a strong european pillar in the trans atlantic lines as a law. okay, we're going to leave that address. the chancellor of shorts of germany. speaking of the music security conference, very broad address, but he said that once again, europe faces the threat of war. the course of voice is about the end of liberal democracy. there's nothing that justifies the deployment of $100000.00 soldiers. he said, any military aggression will be a serious error. we already to negotiate about meeting with president putin. i made it clear th

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your assessment of the sanctions as the american administration calls them? good morning. it is tranche one, and russia has gone beyond into the ukraine to kiev, when we get to that level of the conflict, we will escalate to the most severe sanctions. because that scenario has not played out, this is step one of a long line of steps of a russian incursion into ukraine, that is why markets have not overreacted. in the g10 space, dollar weakness, but the ruble has been moving, weaker overall in the past week. manus: part of your role is to assess and tell clients what you think the worst case worst-case scenario, going into key avenue -- going into kiev, in terms of risk? jordan: indeed it is geopolitically and for markets, the uncertainty would be huge as to what happened. there are so many ways to look at it. from a foreign-exchange perspective, we have to look at the macro and what it means for inflation expectations. from a growth side, it leads to higher oil and gas prices as western countries try to avoid buying russian exports of oil products, but russia might hold ba

could this be part of the it, too, rattling the cage to see the response from the american administrationo they are and what they stand for. and i think maybe-- and it's speculation-- president putin sees president biden and sees how much biden and his administration have been talking about china. "we want to focus on china. this is the big challenge. this is the big threat. this is the big competitor." so perhaps he's trying to take advantage of that moment and both kind of reestablish himself as being a major player of, you know, major international consequence on the world stage, but also hopefully try to take advantage of the fact that maybe president biden doesn't want to be as focused on russia, that he would prefer to have, you know, china be the number one thing on his agenda. but with all of these things, stephen-- and, you know, i don't know if you found this, but, like, at the end of the day, you alwaysend up coming back to the same thing, which is what is president vladimir putin thinking right now? >> >> stephen: is this so important to him? why is ukraine so important to him

probably the best, most comprehensive diplomatic effort i've seen by the or any american administration since 1995 the peace of court. and i'm also proud of the fact that germany is stepping up. i much firmer german resolve here of late than maybe a few months ago. this is late to be to be fair, but nonetheless, it's definitely better the sanctions. so the problem with sanctions is that they typically take a very long time for the effect to really be felt and people i coach and of course they will of been protecting themselves for years and anticipation of this i think the sanction or part of it, the we've got to figure out ways to help keep ukraine in the fight and get the russians worried about something else, such as turkey, shutting down the streets, the russian navy transit. i think that would get their attention just a quick last question for you general is the cold war. returning to europe with the iron curtain. a few 100 kilometers just further east? well, i mean, this is, this was like a very hot war to me. and again, you can't, we can't think about war the way we did back in t

trump -- saying that praising -- they're gonna play him saying that putin is smart and the american administrationmn. they are going to continue to play what they see far-right media in this country is saying, again praising putin. does it matter, jewel? >> chris, it is great to be with you. it absolutely matters. this is the definition of getting aid and comfort to the enemy. this is exactly why vladimir putin misses trump so much. because he knew in donald trump, he had a pliable person sitting in the oval office. he knew and donald trump he had a president from the united states, welling to withhold defensive military equipment, in this case, back in 2018, 2019 from ukraine, in order to steal the upcoming election. donald trump's track record on vladimir putin is an embarrassment for the country. if donald trump was still in the white house, nato would be in disarray. and vladimir putin would be going right through the heart of europe. there is no doubt in my mind, or anybody in the national securities mind, that if donald trump or president, he would be saying exactly what he is saying now. an

chief patrol agent tweeting, that's life in del rio. >> carley: and biden administration reporting american tax dollars being used to fund pipes for hard drug addicts. >> todd: brooke singman live, there is outrage to inaccurate reporting. brooke. >> brooke: good morning. the biden administration says it is not planning to hand out crack pipes to using american dollars. we are focused on using resources to reduce harm. no federal funding will be used to put pipes and safe smoking kits and jen psaki echoing a similar message. listen. >> press sect. psaki: may contain alcohol, lip balm, reduce transmission of diseases like hiv and help --00 hepatiti. >> brooke: it is part of a harm reduction program to the tune of $30 million. outrage, including from the mother of a drug addict in san francisco. listen to this. >> policies give him everything he needs to stay addicted. the way they have been supporting my son is keeping him chained to his addiction. makes me feel hopeless the city doesn't do anything to mandate triement or encourage treatment tis normalizeing and enabling. >> brooke: despite

it's interesting to recall that four administrations, american administrations in a row, watched putin to do exactly this and we did nothing whatsoever. putin's been in business a long time, since 1999. it came as no surprise that any of this took place, and yet, we shied away from getting involved at the outset and now, of course, it's difficult or impossible to play catch-up. second, it's too late now to send those kinds of assets to the ukrainians, among other things, there's a battle going on, on the ground, it's going to be difficult if not impossible to get them there, and our forces would be involved with the russians, which we've already decided we're not going to do. so, late is the answer, and that's why we're not doing it. >> you know, it is so difficult, if you are watching, to see these images of ukrainian cities getting bombed. you know, it's 2022, and i think there are a lot of people that just didn't expect there to be war like this on the european continent ever again. we see people flooding out of the country. we talk to mothers who are desperate for help. we see kids

in terms of what the american people can do, the biden administration has properly and prior to this time, made american companies aware that they need to follow best practices and secure their cyber defenses to reduce their own ability to either any intended or unintended consequences of russian cyber actions. >> [indiscernible] rep. schiff: i have not seen evidence myself that -- of russian cyber action directed at the united states or ukraine, but it is very early in the conflict. >> [indiscernible] there is talk of adding [indiscernible] rep. schiff: we will work with the administration. they need something sooner, we will deliver something sooner, but i am confident both parties understand the importance of providing systems ukraine, to nato allies, and we will do that as promptly as necessary. and we will work to courtney with the administration. -- work to coordinate with the administration. >> [indiscernible] rep. schiff: i do not know, but i think that congress wants to make sure our allies have the resources they need, and we will meet that obligation. >> what is your messag

went into georgia during the bushed administration, so i think it's clear that a number of american administrationsfor how to deal with vladimir putin, and no one has. and i think the press should cover all of that. howard: yeah. putin has certainly bedeviledded a number of american presidents. let me turn now to the supreme court nomination. jason, do you envision a strong conservative media and political opposition to ketanji brown jackson even though she's been confirmed with the senate -- by the senate twice in the past eight years and would be the first black woman as well? >> well, i think there can be a strong response and a vibrant debate and intense questioning. what i don't like, what i don't think america likes is when it becomes so personal and you start to dive into what were you thinking about in high school, the absurdity, i think, of how the democrats have dealt with this in the past particularly with justice kavanaugh was just so absurd. i think republicans do themselves well to stick to the issues, talk to the facts, talk to her about her ruling, her judicial opinions and philosop

in terms of what the american people can do, i think the biden administration has properly and even prior to this time made american companies aware that they need to follow best practices to secure their cyber defenses. it is very early in the conflict. >> there is talk of adding it by march 11. you could get funding out of the door. >> we will work hand-in-hand with the administration. if they need something sooner, they will deliver something sooner. i am very confident that both parties understand the importance of providing assistance to ukraine, to our nato allies and we will do that as promptly as necessary and we will work to coordinate with the administration. i don't know but i think we will meet that obligation. >> memories of congress are weighing in on president biden -- john garamendi tweeted the sanctions we imposed exceed anything that has ever been done before. strong decisive action today by potus in response to russia unprovoked attack on ukraine and pat fallon of texas says russia needs to be removed from the swift banking system immediately. swift is based out of thos

biden: my administration is using the tools, every tool at its disposal to protect american families businesses from rising prices at the gas pump. we're taking active steps to bring down the cost. we are closely monitoring energy supplies for any disruption. nick: american sanction timed with european export controls announced by european commission president ursula von der leyen. ursula: our measures will weaken russia's technology, technological position in key areas, actually from which the elite makes most of their money. and this ranges from high-tech components to cutting-edge software. this will also seriously degrade the russian economy and all areas in the future. nick: and the united kingdom introduced new restrictions on wealthy russians' access to british banks. it banned aeroflot from british airspace and is working to exclude russia from the swift financial system. british prime minister boris johnson. prime minister johnson: putin will stand condemned in the eyes of the world and of history. he will never be able to cleanse the blood of ukraine from his hands. nick: a

for the last few weeks, it's been largely the american administration that was talking about the imminent the details of a wild scale invasion. the president downplayed those fears. and as you pointed out, there was the thinking that russia likely the russians would not invade. or if they do invade it will only be the small part of the eastern country, where there is only been fighting for a few years. they couldn't possibly move on the capitol. and now there's a disability that spread across the nation. people didn't believe they wouldn't move at the capitol even though people had video of them showing them inside the city center. so you have this view constantly shifting for the public here. and no question, as i said, 350 miles from the center of kyiv. on the doorstep. 50 miles as course to the border with nato. and the thinking was that vladimir putin would never come this close to the border. >> he would never do anything this close to the border. but as you said, we knew there was a strike very -- it is surprising nonetheless. but as you see, you can see, ali some people take it ser

i think less good news out of the american administration where we are sort of kind of not being as firmd like to see it saying things like, well, this is the beginning of an invasion. that implies we're going to begin to start to maybe do things. putin will see that as a sign of weakness and flexibility he's got, unless of course, the president comes out this afternoon and puts on the full heart of super sanctions like taking him off swift and other things like that. putin has to receive the message from the west that he has already done it and the response is going to be very strong and i hope that's what we see this afternoon from the white house. >> i want to dive into that in just one second, but as steve mentioned the nord stream 2 project, this announcement how significant this really is. how significant is it at this point? what does it mean if it's, i don't know, only a temporary halt? >> well, that's right. it's unclear, kate, and you're right to point that out. essentially, the bureaucratic certification for the pipeline to proceed. it's not clear that it's definitively foreve

the administration believing at this point that the chances of an invasion are rather high. but he was also asked specifically point blank about americans there, there have been warnings from the state department and the administration that americans should leave the country, but he said point blank that if americans remain in ukraine and russia invades, that the u.s. will not interfere because that could lead to a geopolitical crisis like we haven't seen in decades, perhaps world war iii there. talk about what that means. >> it is pretty clear that the white house is trying to make sure they don't have a similar situation like they had with afghanistan last summer where we had not only our allies who were sort of stranded, folks -- afghanis who helped us along the way for years and years who were sort of stuck and couldn't get out, but also americans who couldn't get out. and you saw, remember, those images, we'll all remember the images of the big choppers sort of airlifting people to safety. the reality is the white house is saying if this happens in ukraine, they can't come in there and start airlifting people. they're saying that,

_ and the administration as well. i do not see american_ and the administration as well. i do not see american troops being - and the administration as well. i do not see american troops being on l and the administration as well. i do l not see american troops being on the ground in— not see american troops being on the ground in ukraine, no, _ not see american troops being on the ground in ukraine, no, i— not see american troops being on the ground in ukraine, no, i do— not see american troops being on the ground in ukraine, no, i do not. - not see american troops being on the ground in ukraine, no, i do not. i’m“. ground in ukraine, no, i do not. i'm not sure ground in ukraine, no, i do not. not sure which is the best way ground in ukraine, no, i do not.“ not sure which is the best way to do it. i want to make sure that ukraine gets the equipment that they need, so whichever one would accomplish that goal would be the one that i would prefer. that goal would be the one that i would prefer-— would prefer. now, this land to lease programme

he now has the world paying absolute attention every single day to him, including the american administration. and, and so, you know, he, he has the current cards here. you know, this is a crisis that he has created. he's drawn attention to himself. and as the administration said today, even now on the cost of, of possible russian action, they still don't think that to miss made a final decision which leaves us in style made, i suppose, how much room is after diplomacy. if the russians are saying that, that, that security concerns and the sort of post cold war security arrangements and not being addressed. i mean, how do you, how do you sort of balance that against any sort of us precondition that nothing is going to happen unless russian troops withdraw? well, the reality is that what, what putin is trying to do is reestablish a sphere of influence. he wants to control the future of ukraine's relationship with the west and the nature of that relationship. he can do that through a lightning strike by invading ukraine. he can do that by at, at this juncture, seeming to retreat, but just contin

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i understand why the american administration alongside with the brits wanted to nuclear arsenal to beught under one country, russia, to prevent nuclear proliferation. but ukraine had at that time the third largest nuclear arsenal in the world. they had more nuclear warheads than china, france, and britain combined. nearly 2,000 warheads. and this nuclear arsenal had been given to russia on the conditions that ukrainian territorial integrity will be protected. that was a guarantee signed by americans, brits, russians, of course, boris yeltsin, and eventually france and china joined, and the problem of nuclear proliferation was solved. and since 1991, the collapse of the soviet union, russia and ukraine signed numerous treaties that boris yeltsin signed, the first russian president, vladimir putin, then his shadow president, medvedev. putin, ratified by many consecutive russian parliaments. crimea annexation had no diplomatic backup, he just decided it was time to grab this territory. now, it's important to remember, it was a first forced change of borders in europe since 1945. and agai

your thoughts on what the administration needs to do to start resonateing with the american people. >wonder who the heck are those 33% had that support what the biden administration is doing. are they just tone deaf, tone deaf at the administration? what the administration needs to do is have an entire restart, an entire restart, literally from day one. if you look at the policies they had during the trump administration about our economy, about our ability to be a standing on the world stage, to actually have control of our southern border, these are the type of things. stand for law and order. if you look at so many of these things that are affecting americans' daily lives, inflation, you go to the gas pump or you worry about being carjacked, you worry about so many things that even a year ago in the midst of a pandemic we weren't talking about. sadly enough, this administration has been hijacked by the progressive left which has no understanding of reality. good lord, look at what susan sarando nsaid this morning. they're going to need a total reset to actually gain some credibilit

this administration secured a series of landmark investments on behalf of the american people. the president's american rescue plan provided $1.9 trillion in covid relief to help our families, schools, small businesses and communities weather this pandemic. the rescue plans help to more than 70% of all adults become vaccinated. and it prevented more than 10 million americans from becoming hospitalized due to the virus. our economy added roughly 6 million jobs in 2021. that figure represents the highest total for any first year president in american history. [applause] the presidents $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill represents a blue-collar blueprint to help revitalize our nation. it will put millions of people to work in good paying jobs to repair our roads, highways and bridges. install a nationwide grid of charging stations for electric cars. replace every leadpipe in america, and provide every child, that's right, go ahead and clap, everyone -- [laughter] every child with access to affordable broadband internet. thanks to the actions taken by this administration, t

and nowadays, the main people in the american administration who are trying to coordinate is brain, he sure are anthony lincoln and lloyd aust, mainly because they are the most they are the they are the persons who are most opening to you. i think that right, and we'll maybe come to, you know, in case of the situation escalates very quickly, you know, and he will buy to, you know, to, to ship this kind of stuff or to, or in case of a compromise. and he will try to 70 by his or if you could talk to me actually really close to that and give and the number of russian forces in battle roost is the largest since the end of the cold war. they're engaged in intensive war games that nato considers a potential prelude to an invasion. i'll just hear a step boston reports now from the above cur airfield, in the border with ukraine. at the blue field rush and helicopter gunship steak through the air near by dozens of russian trucks leave the training grounds. armored personnel carriers are transported towards the border with ukraine. the south of barrows looks like a rush and military zone is aban

he sees the weakness and stupidity of this administration. as an american i am angry and saddened. it happened because of a rigged election. that include inflation and millions of people pouring in on a monthly basis coming from 129 different countries. they are destroying our country. >> laura: president trump. we are going to the pentagon i believe. ukraine is speaking at the u.n. >> [silence]. >> i was intending to ask the russian ambassador to confirm that russian troops would not starting firing at ukrainians today. that became useless 48 minutes ago. your president declared war on ukraine. now i would like to ask the ambassador of the russian federation to say on the record at this very moment, your troops do not shell and bomb ukrainian cities and do not move into the territory of ukrainian. you have a smart phone. you can call. we can make a vote to let you go out and call him. if you are not in a position to give an affirmative answer, the russian relinquished the responsibilities of the president. passed these responsibilities on to a legitimate member of this council, a