"andrea mitchell reports" starts next. >>> good day, this is andrea mitchell reports in washington. with new developments from moscow today, vladimir putin in a big display, holding a national security meeting and leaning into recognizing the independence of two russian-dominated separatist regions of ukraine. not annexing them yet. we're formally adding them as mother russia as the white house says president biden would only hold a summit with putin if he does not invade. >> when president macron asked president biden yesterday if he was prepared in principal to meet with pruitt if russia did not invade. of course president biden said yes. we will not close the door on diplomacy. we will go the extra mile on diplomacy. we are also prepared with our allies and partners to respond decisively if russia attacks. >> that summit, hypothetically would be arranged by secretary of state tony blinken and russia's foreign minister, lavrov, in geneva on thursday. again, they say only if russian troops don't cross the border into ukraine. this latest wave of diplomacy coming as the united state

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i am andrea mitchell in washington. here are the top stories at this hour. russian troops are being met with strong resistance from ukrainian forces but ukraine is now bracing for an expected second wave, an onslaught. belarus and that country's military joining the fight. and president zelensky linking ukraine to the west by normally applying for member to the european union. president biden spoke with allies this morning after the u.s. hit russia with new sanctions today, including massive interest rate hikes. the pressure has been put on vladimir putin as the global community condemns his actions at the united nations holding a rare emergency special session of the general assembly. joining me is richard engel in kyiv, cal perry in laviv and keir simmons in moscow. a top adviser said the ukrainians are open to more talks after the discussions today on the border of belarus but added that the russians are extremely, quote, biased in their rhetoric over what we're seeing on the ground. i'm taking from that that it was no agreement to a cease-fire demand fro

andrea mitchell picks up with more breaking news right now. >>> good morning, i'm andrea mitchell in washington. as russia advances on ukraine's capital of kyiv and the people prepare for battle. more alarms and more people moved to shelters. they warned those north of the capital not to go outside saying russian saboteurs were disguised in the streets. the defense secretary said land transfers are becoming more difficult. this includes fuel and ammunition. young and old just trying to stay alive. >> reporter: the children will be most traumatized. >> i don't know what we should do. should we stay here or should we move? >> this morning president biden has been meeting with nato allies in a virtual summit about the crisis. earlier on "morning joe," former secretary of state hillary clinton slamming donald trump and other republicans for their praise of putin. >> i think it's time for what's left of the republican party that has any common sense not just to say go help defend ukraine against putin but to stand against those people in politics and government, in the media and elsewhere

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you mentioned the possibility of cyberattacks, as did andrea mitchell.hink that's going to be the first thing that moves across this border, even before those attack helicopters and missiles, which will surely follow. and third and finally, to your question, how do you defuse this? the only path at this point is through the mind of vladimir putin. we have to convince him that this is a misstep, a significant strategic misstep for him, and i'll close, i don't think putin has a lot in common with an american president from 100 years ago, teddy roosevelt, but it used to be said about teddy roosevelt that he had to be the bride at every wedding and the corpse at every funeral, meaning, he had to be the center of attention. we've got to convince putin that being the center of attention here is going to be too expensive for his ego and for his nation ultimately. >> everything well said, admiral james stavridis. appreciate you. >>> we have breaking news from ottawa, canada, where police are making more arrests at that ongoing freedom convoy protest of truckers

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with kamala harris there at the munich security conference, of course, andrea mitchell is in munich, and, andrea, it sounds like there were some themes of unity and strength in that unity in the face of russian aggression, but also calling out russia saying we've been engaged in good faith negotiations even at this late hour, we're still interested in diplomacy and yet russia is following this playbook where their actions do not match their words. >> reporter: absolutely and kamala harris is on center stage at the most important time in recent history and the most important foreign policy event of her career, her whole background was in domestic politics and as attorney general in california before she became senator and then, of course, vice president. so this is really a very important moment for her. later today she will be with president zelensky of ukraine. we have now been told by his government that he is, indeed, coming. we reported last night that, in fact, and i've confirmed today the u.s. warned him of the risks of coming, of leaving his country at a time when russia has a

reports, andrea mitchell.th. certainly, president putin can choose that path any time he wants. he's given no indication he's ready to. your question about sanctions is a good one. and i'm hoping as well that there will be very strong sanctions that the president will announce here today. one idea that hadn't been discussed very much is the sanction, the russian central bank. this would be a big step, but it would have very dramatic effect on the russian economy, so i'm hoping that these kind of steps together with the military steps that we have already started, that is arming the ukrainians more, moving our troops to eastern europe now, so those steps can all indicate to president putin that this is a losing prospect for him to start this war. >> just one quick follow-up, will the requirement be that he pull back out of those separatist areas or is there a chance putin could try to hold on there and halt his operations, trying to sort of get the best of both worlds, stay in ukraine but halt temporarily in ex

"andrea mitchell reports" starts right now. >>> good day, everyone, this is andrea mitchell reports inweek in the ukraine crisis. as the u.s. and nato allies await vladimir putin's next move. president biden made no headway with president putin in a saturday call as well as explaining america's decision to draw down its embassy over the weekend in a sunday call to president zelensky who objected to the move. i'll discuss it all with pentagon press secretary john kirby this hour. as the number of covid cases continue to fall nationwide, a new study is raising concerns over long-term health issues. the study found increased risk of heart failure, stroke and other problems up to a year after an acute covid infection among unvaccinated people. the january 6th committee is negotiating with rudy giuliani's legal team about giuliani answering questions about the committee. it's not clear whether he will testify. also this hour, i'll speak to david hogg on the fourth anniversary of the marjorie stoneman douglas shooting. we begin with the crisis in ukraine. joining me now, chief foreign corres

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tonight, a move in congress to raise the ante on sanctions against russia andrea mitchell is watching it all for us and has the latest. >> reporter: with russia deploying more fighter jets and conducting anti-submarine naval drills, president biden tonight saying the u.s. is prepared if diplomacy fails. >> with russia continuing its build-up of its forces around ukraine, we are ready no matter what happens. >> reporter: that after a high-stakes showdown between the u.s. and russia at the united nations >> the situation we are facing in europe is urgent and dangerous. russia's aggression today not only threatened ukraine, it also threatens europe. >> reporter: russia tried unsuccessfully to block the meeting before it even began, insisting it does not plan to invade ukraine. russia's ambassador today accusing the u.s. of trying to, quote, whip up hysterics. >> translator: this is of great harm, this hysteria, to ukraine itself. >> reporter: but ukraine challenging russia. >> if russian officials are serious when they say they don't want a new war, russia must continue diplomatic engage

our andrea mitchell is there. >>> on the front line, some fighting has already begun. two ukrainian soldiers killed at russian backed rebels call up their own forces inside ukraine. >>> shocking video from miami beach. a helicopter crashing into waters packed with swimmers. >>> the jeffrey epstein associate found hanged in his jail cell. ghislaine maxwell's family fears for her life. >>> a toddler locked in a day care. the staff had gone home. her mother desperate to reach her. >> she's crying. she's inside by herself. >> as last-minute appeal by u.s. figure skaters to have their medals awarded at the olympics. the ceremony canceled due to russian doping allegations. >>> and so proudly we hail. the moment this school united around this one young man. ♪ and the home of the brave ♪♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> announcer: this is nbc "nightly news" with jose diaz-balart. >> good evening. there is still hope that russia will not launch a war with ukraine but with each passing day that hope diminishes. today allies of the u.s. gathered in germany to present a united front vo

it's where we start with andrea mitchell. >> reporter: with the u.s. saying that there are now as many as 190,000 russian forces surrounding ukraine, president biden tonight says that he believes, based on u.s. intelligence, president putin has decided to invade ukraine within days. >> as of this moment, i'm convinced he's made the decision. we have reason to believe that. >> to be clear, you are convinced that president putin is going to invade ukraine? is that what you just said a few moments ago? >> yes, i did, yes. >> so is diplomacy off the table then? >> no. >> reporter: and even saying where russian forces will go. >> we believe that they will target ukraine's capital, kyiv, a city of 2.8 million innocent people. >> reporter: earlier this afternoon, the president hosting a call with nato leaders, as vladimir putin hosts the president of belarus, where tens of thousands of russian troops are conducting military exercises on ukraine's northern border. upping the ante tomorrow with a more ominous display, planned tests of nuclear-capable ballistic

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my panel is kori schake, clint watts, jeremy bash, andrea mitchell, danielle pletka and kristen welker. welcome to "meet the press." >>> good sunday morning. as the russian invasion began, ukraine's president zelenskyy said what the world was hearing was the sound of the iron curtain falling down and closing russia from the other civilized world. vladimir putin has made it clear he intends to reverse the fall of the soviet empire. so will he really stop in ukraine? overnight the russians continued their heavy bombing of kyiv and other cities and it moved into kharkiv, the country's largest city. they haven't taken over a city yet. the big city is the fierce resistance of ukranian fighters led by president zelenskyy. aid is pouring in and finally they moved to cut russia off from the swiss banking system. there are so many unanswered questions. will putin move into former soviet republics like estonia, latvia and lithuania, all of which are members of nato. is nato ready to couldn't front russia militarily if he makes that move? what kind of advice is putin getting and is he acting rati

let's go to chief foreign affairs correspondent, andrea mitchell. kelly o'donnell noted earlier in the day that jake sullivan doesn't just drop by the press briefings just to say hello, when he comes he has news, and certainly today this is the most serious we have seen this administration on the threat from russia. what they believe now seems to be an immediate threat from russia. >> absolutely. first of all, i think he wanted to clarify and deny published reports on two other networks that there had been intelligence showing a decision by vladimir putin to invade. he said they have not seen that final decision, but what they have seen from the information they gathered in the last few days, and information obviously can be intelligence, as well as what you are seeing from your own eyes on the ground, the massive escalation that continues day by day on all sides, land, sea and air, all sides of the -- three sides of ukraine as well as the black sea. what they are seeing literally is enough for russia to be capable for a significant military action

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andrea mitchell is our chief foreign affairs correspondent and host of "andrea mitchell reports."t bradley is in ukraine and we're joined by ben rhodes, former deputy national security adviser in the obama administration. ben, let me start with you as you are the newest addition here to this group. apologies if i have to interrupt you if the president begins to speak. what is the number one most important point that you believe president biden needs to make in the next minute or two here? >> you know, i was also a speechwriter. i think one of the things about ukraine and president biden has spoken about it a lot, he has not been able to lay out the four corners of his policy. what's important for him is to give the american people an update, having seen these scary headlines about what is the status of diplomacy with russia? vladimir putin indicated he's open to continued discussions. that's the state of those discussions? and president biden talked about significant consequences in terms of sanctions on russia if there's an invasion of ukraine. he may have to prepare the american

. >> and with me now to talk about this, our richard engel and andrea mitchell in munich germany. andrea, i want to begin with you, give us a sense of the urgency surrounding the diplomatic efforts aimed at preventing a conflict between russia and ukraine. >> reporter: this conference is a gathering of few european leaders who are so focused on russia for all the talk of nato not being solidly behind the u.s., opposition to russia. i have to say the administration is really crafted, unique nato partnership here. they are determined to deter any russian aggression. now what blinken has said, he said at the u.n. and again today that they'll meet lavrov, the foreign minister will meet with the u.s. in europe at the end of the week. but only if russia does not invade and what blinken is saying and other leaders, all signs on the ground and richard engel can say the contrary. the fact he's meeting with lukashenko and what's happening with the separatists in eastern ukraine and all of that and the increase in troops rather than withdrawal speaks to an intention to invade or continuing th

you're watching "andrea mitchell reports." among some of the nato allies.chell reports. - [narrator] every three minutes, a child is born with a cleft condition. without surgery, some will die. those who do survive face extreme challenges. operation smile works to heal children born with cleft conditions. we need you. there are still millions in dire need of healing. go to operationsmile.org today and become a monthly supporter, or call. (gentle music) >>> as russia's invasion of yeah crane advances, more questions about what happens if it spills over into other nato countries. he said even after the dissolution of the ussr and losing a considerable part of the capables. joining us is former nato supreme ally commander and andrea kendall taylor. former deputy national intelligence director at the national intelligence counsel. we all know russia is a nuclear power. why did vladimir putin have to make that point? what do you think he was trying to convey? >> i think he was trying to convey exactly what he said, which is he could wake up on a tuesday morning

andrea mitchell picks up with more breaking news right now. >>> good morning. i'm andrea mitch nell washington. as the world reacts to russia's unprovoked invasion of ukraine, the biden administration has rallied western allies in united condemnation of putin's aggression. this morning president biden convened his national security council. he will be addressing the nation in the next hour, detailing the u.s. response. here is what is happening in ukraine in this hour. all u.s. diplomatic personnel are safe in poland, having left ukraine yesterday before the attack began in the middle of the night. russian occupation forces are trying to seize the nuclear power plant. radio active dust could cover the territories of ukraine, belarus, and the eu countries. the ukrainian national guard around the still radioactive waste storage plant is said to be fiercely resisting. most of the fatalities called by air strikes and rocket strikes in the morning. the government also says there have been civilian casualties as well. nbc news has not been able to independently verify

"andrea mitchell reports" starts right now. ♪ >>> good day, everyone.ging interview with president biden. on the crisis in ukraine. the president with another message for vladimir putin as he holds a call this morning, as the president holds a call this morning with nato leaders and president zelensky huddles about the invasion threat. >> look, i've spoken with putin, i've spoken to every nato leader. i've brought them together like i think they've never been so coordinated in modern history. the question is he has to know if he does, the entire circumstance for russia changes worldwide, changes overnight. the cost to russia both in terms of reputational cost and economic cost would be profound. >> on the coronavirus, the president stood by the cdc, which is sticking to

"andrea mitchell reports" starts right now. ♪ >>> good day, everyone.ther crippling inflation report, the worst in four decades, is highlighting the economic pain consumers are feeling every day. it's also a political dagger for a white house trying to keep the focus on strong job growth. the president in virginia will be discussing health care and prescription drug costs at an event just this hour. many return to the white house to host a meeting with the vice president and democrats on the senate judiciary commit tee discuss supreme court vacancies. >>> and vladimir putin launching massive military exercises in belarus and at sea. and the latest diplomatic effort crashing in a contentious argument between the british foreign secretary and lavrov in moscow. i'll talk to secretary blinken's top deputy, and the house oversight committee is launching a new investigation into former president trump's handling of wh

this is "andrea mitchell reports" inway.n are expected to speak following their meeting, this as president biden meets at the white house with germany's new leader for the first time sim olaf scholz took over for angela merkel. risking a weakening of the alliance against a growing russian threat just as the national security adviser toke chuck todd on "meet the press." >> we're at the brink of a

coming up shaun white joins my colleague, andrea mitchell, next. ♪ >>> good day, everyone.raine is, quote, distinctly a possible and that u.s. would respond with crippling sanctions. >> if russia commits this breach by invading ukraine, responsible nations around the world will not hesitate to respond. we do not stand for freedom where it is at risk today will surely pay a steeper price tomorrow. >> but russian response sending mixed signals. the u.s. and nato saying there's no hard a evidence they're pulling back. >> well, there's what russia says and what russia does. and

let me bring in chuck todd and andrea mitchell. welcome to both of you. these sanctions, he's not sanctioning putin directly and not taking away access to s.w.i.f.t., and i guess the open question now is why not do it now? what else is this administration waiting for? >> clearly the europeans were not in sync with this. he did not have support from the european community, as well as a lot of arguments here about the blowback against american producers and exports tied to europe would be refound. so it would hurt the u.s. system as well. the u.s. is already being hurt at the gas prices at the pump with the fallout of what happened in the opening hours of the invasion. markets are down, and gas prices are up, and crude is up to $100 a barrel, and he has pain he has to deal with at time. i think we have to see what the sanctions really mean? we have to find out what is the real impact of these compared to s.w.i.f.t., and he's boldly saying these are more than. >> yeah, he did say they are more consequential to s.w.i.f.t. if not equal to s.w.i.f.t., he added.

"andrea mitchell reports" starts right now. are >>> good day.washington where senate republican leader is slamming the republican national committee for censuring liz cheney and describing january 6th as political discourse. and mcconnell is objecting to the rnc refusal to support candidates who won't go along with mr. trump's fight to overturn the 2020 election. >> the issue is whether or not the rnc should be

"andrea mitchell reports" starts next. >>> good day, this is andrea mitchell reports in washington.rity meeting and leaning into recognizing the independence of two russian-dominated separatist regions of ukraine. not annexing them yet. we're formally adding them as mother russia as the white house says president biden would only hold a summit with putin if he does not invade. >> when president macron asked president biden yesterday if he was prepared in principal to meet with pruitt if russia did not

this is andrea mitchell reports in waug.ecurity needs. referring to the latest u.s. proposal. apparently sticking to his guns that he wants to see nato retreating from the eastward expansion. his hard line after what u.s. officials thought was a commitment from his foreign minister for more diplomatic talks and a 30-minute conversation only hours earlier with secretary of state blinken. president biden warning putin monday that the u.s. stands ready to support their allies no matter what happens. in a few moments, i'll speak to

nightly news" and tomorrow here on "andrea mitchell reports." that does it for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." follow the show online, facebook, and twitter. chuck todd with "meet the press daily" starts right now. >>> as a flurry of diplomatic talks continue and putin announces he's pulling back some troops from the ukraine border, is putin blinking? >>> and trump's accounting firm cuts ties with his company saying it can no longer stand behind a decade's worth of financial statements. what it means for investigations into the former president and his financial dealings. >>> and what a school board recall effort in progressive san francisco reveals about the potential perils of liberal messaging ahead of the midterms. messaging ahead of the midterms. >>> welcome to "meet the press daily." i'm chuck todd on a day in which there may be cautious optimism that tensions in ukraine could begin to ease if only slightly, but as always, let's watch what they do, not what they say. vladimir putin now says russia will partially pull back some o

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andrea mitchell, i know you will be joining us later in the show as we prepare to hear from president biden at the white house and those remarks. i appreciate your time and your reporting, all of you. we'll keep an eye on you. if there's any news out of that, we'll bring you any updates. >>> and we've learned about more gaps in what the trump administration was supposed to preserve for the national archives and what they actually did according to a brand-new letter the archives just sent congress. we'll explain in a second. >>> and kevin mccarthy turning on a member of his own caucus. this will not surprise you, but the new escalation creates a rift between those loyal to donald trump and those who have called him out. we've got a lot to get to. out out we've got a lot to get to.indee. indeed instant match instantly delivers quality candidates matching your job description. visit indeed.com/hire wondering what actually goes into your multi-vitamin. at new chapter. matching your job description. its innovation organic ingredients and fermentation. fermentation? yes, formulated to help

on all of the late-breaking developments we're joined by chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell live in munich and shannon pettypiece in washington, d.c. andrea, we know vice president harris spoke moments ago about the situation in ukraine, scheduled to meet with president zelensky today. what struck out to you most so far about her remarks? >> reporter: her remarks really indicated the resolve of the nato alliance, the trance atlantic alliance and the message president biden and secretary blinken have been delivering here in munich from secretary blinken and of course the president in two important comments from the white house just this week, two speeches from the white house about ukraine that the decision by the u.s. and its allies to be united and punish vladimir putin if he invades is ironclad, that the allies are together, there have been divisions in the past and putin had what he did not want, a much stronger nato at his doorstep by just being as aggressive as he has been and as she put it, if he takes any steps to further invade, because their conclusion is everything