annmarie: we do not know at this moment. what we do know is that officials have told us that every thing is on the table. the cynic in me, knowing how catastrophic that potentially could be, i do not think personally, given a lot of analysts i have spoken to, that that would be a measure they are willing to take at this moment. tom: when the president speaks, does he make and i rep statement and take questions? i am fascinated about the ballet of it, the choreography of it. what do you expect to see at 12:30? annmarie: i don't think he is going to immediately lead with the financial sanctions. i think first he's going to offer his deepest sympathies to the ukrainian people at this moment. as maria has talked about, there is violence now across ukraine. it is going to be a mass refugee crisis had already, hungarian television is talking about this. you have legislators and the duma and russia talking about the fact that they want a new government. he's most likely going to have very choice words for president putin, who at th

jonathan: annmarie, thank you. look out for annmarie later.atching up with the ukrainian foreign minister later this afternoon led by annmarie hordern and around 3:30 eastern time. the nasdaq up 0.9%, bouncing back just a little bit from yesterday. yields approaching 2%. from new york, this is bloomberg. ♪ jonathan: down 10% on the close yesterday, correction territory. perhaps out of correction territory. the nasdaq up about one percentage point. a nice bounce back. maybe the dow yesterday was at the front end of the bond market. the yields were higher. as we were all talking about russia and ukraine must the response from the u.k., the european union, the u.s., 10 year yields capped climbing. what does that tell you? that conversation about basis points still there. it's not about the start point, not about the speed of the journey. it is about the end point. that is why the new zealand decision was so interesting. the previous forecast showed 2.5 what we are just in the same way month? for a lot of people, that is where the comfort is. ulti

annmarie: that is what they are working on.y are in discussions with not just american lng producers, but others. libya, egypt. there are a number of little things the administration could do, not one big package. you also have to remember that europe does not have mass storage. this is not the easiest of the hydrocarbons to store. they don't have a ton of it because they use pipelines. it would be a band-aid, in terms of how much lng they could get to europe to fill that hole if russia was to cut it off. jonathan: the focus as always is on the president of the united states but today, this is about chancellor scholz and what he stands for. we still don't know the answer to that. annmarie: we know exactly what the president stands for. the merkel administration when she was chancellor, they really tried to lobby washington to not put sanctions. now you have olaf scholz, who in his own press at home is getting very much criticized. a headline over the weekend says where is olaf scholz? it is difficult for him domestically. his p

annmarie: potentially.hen you're talking about brent north of $100 april and wti closing in on that -- $100 a barrel and wti closing in on that, this was always in the toolbox. if not, they are drawing up plans to. they will also be in touch with other producers and consumers around the world, and not just for oil. lng is going to be huge to secure europe for the remainder of the winter. jonathan: stay close. we will be catching up a lot through the next several hours. maria taddeo out of brussels, thank you. look at the airlines. this is not pretty. the airlines are down hard, off by 5.6%, 5.7%, 5.5%. it is going to get more and more expensive to meet that demand. tom: it is. what is important here is there's a market move, and when annmarie mentions brent crude at $105, my question is, why aren't we had wondered $18 -- why aren't we at $118? the rate of change, that is what is not being reported, the military rate of change of russia linked into market rate of change. jonathan: there's some to weigh risk

annmarie hordern.he reason you're here is you had a great exclusive interview. bring us up to speed on whatever we are with sanctions. annmarie: the biden administration today is going to be sanctioning nord stream 2 and the individuals that are part of nord stream 2. this is a pretty aggressive step. this is something that the u.s. has really held back from doing. and this isn't just now that the driven say we're going to waive that certification -- caroline: because a reminder, the nord stream 2 is the gas pipeline between germany and russia. annmarie: and he can start to not go through ukraine as much for the gas, but instead use another pipeline directly into europe, the heart of europe. and now, even though germany says they are going to wait to potentially certify it, with the u.s. putting sanctions on it, that means the certification may never come through. but the ukrainian foreign minister said this is very welcome. they've been against nord stream 2 for years, but he's says more sanctions are

annmarie: if you have happened. i think one important one was today from defense minister lloyd austin to his russian counterpart, sir geisha goo -- sergei shoygu. immediately after, defense secretary lloyd austin put on twitter that he asked for this drawback of russian troops. we have next week a meeting between antony blinken and his russian counterpart, sergey lavrov. that will be toward the end of next week. there was a caveat we heard from the state department that the meeting would only come as long as russia did not further invade ukraine. given the president's remarks today, you can see the intelligence the u.s. believes was building that there might be an imminent threat to ukraine, and that there will also be a number of other diplomatic meetings happening. olaf scholz says he is having the g7 meet next thursday, so there has been a flurry of diplomacy. the united states has been clear this is something they do not want. when you ask why are you sharing intelligence in almost an aggressive manner, this is

joining us now, this has been hugely popular, in washington, annmarie hordern in brussels -- annmariern. in brussels, maria tadeo. we have been waiting for a response from vladimir putin. is it an alone ad hoc from vladimir putin, or does he have a team deciding how to respond? maria: we have seen very clearly over the last 48 hours, he does not listen to anyone. this is a decision made by vladimir putin, and every thing around him is theater, it is optics. when he called his generals to get their opinion, in reality, we know he has already made a decision. today we have not seen anything or heard from him because it is a public holiday in russia. we could see it tomorrow, but there's to focus points where the attention is based, particularly from nato. one is what he is going to do in belarus. he has essentially taken over to regions in eastern ukraine -- over two regions in eastern ukraine and has posted in belarus. tom: summarize from brussels all of the reporting you have of the distinction of where the separatists and russians are now, and if they move west into the rest of don b

annmarie: i think it comes down to the price of gasoline.u are seeing today is the highest since 2014. this is how people vote. they are not thinking of president putin's handle on the market or riyadh or even what the numbers are. it is what they feel. how do you feel today? are you better off today than you were last year? are you paying higher at the gas pump? are you paying a higher for your grocery bill? this will be a problem, especially as we go to inflation data next week. lisa: how does joe biden feel about today's labor market report? how does he dovetail this with the cost of living that is increasing and the wage increase we are expecting in today's number? annmarie: the administration will say it is confusing because of covid and what happened with omicron. you just had priya misra on, basically saying the same thing. it does not matter this month. what the administration is going to do because they have been trying to dovetail, don't focus too much on inflation at the moment. at least we are making progress in the labor market.

annmarie: when i heard that, i was shocked.g that they may lean back from -- she was complaining of loud the lindo wing from the midst -- minsk -- the ukrainians have walked back a number of times. clearly, that ambassador got a bit over. jonathan: an important week ahead. tom: what we have to focus on is what to watch for. as the new german leadership go to moscow, entrenched in it is the history and emotion of that. i would suggest the emotion is still there, the ties between germany and berlin and moscow. it is just steeped in history. jonathan: let's go all the way back to that line from baker in the early 1990's and how much we argue over that line. tom: there was a wonderful comment and read this weekend. it was a henry kissinger quote -- if i could -- if i have to call europe, who do i call? brussels? may be there prime minister of the unit kingdom? jonathan: futures down.8 on the s&p. on the nasdaq 100, down a little more than 1%. this is "bloomberg surveillance ." ♪ jonathan: you can pick your poison this morning -- ge

annmarie hordern in washington, d.c.he ukrainian ambassador to britain, in a comment to the bbc, it got a lot of attention overnight. lisa: they are in a tough spot. nobody wants a war. if they can defuse this quickly, that is terrific. at the same time, this is in their dna, as maria was saying. i wonder how much of it is trying to thread the needle between putin and his aggression and keeping the support of the u.s. and germany at a time when there is not appetite to send troops. jonathan: how much of a difference would you say now between and 2014 -- tom: huge difference. it is a really important question. i do not think has been discussed enough. back to catherine the great, 1753, there is a direct link of crimea with moscow. that is irrefutable. there is a bunch of history in the middle 20th century, agreements, where that comes under argument. this is totally different. this is about a land moving from kyiv west and eastern poland that is clearly not russian terrain. you can argue about the path down to the black s

annmarie: jonathan, you are in trouble. jonathan: i don't care.de the white house, thank you very much. it is about building up the capacity of the economy. secretary yellen had this to say to us, because there had been a question about whether she would continue serving as the secretary. "we still have a huge amount of important work to do. i have no plans to leave the treasury anytime soon." tom: i was frankly surprised by the coverage over the weekend. we are typically at a time where you begin to hear jockeying about staff members and that. these are all exhausting weeks that these people have. i was quite surprised by the yellen comment. jonathan: people have been asking around this whole debate around build back better. we talked about brian deese, the national economic council director, not doing many broadcast interviews. i have to say, and the last several weeks, they are engaging in a much bigger way. lisa: it is difficult because janet yellen is not necessarily a politician. she really was a policy member with respect to the federal res

taylor: our correspondent annmarie hordern.e want to use this opportunity to dig deeper into geopolitical ramifications, and we will do that with senior fellow with the eurasia center ariel cohen, an expert on russia, eurasia, and the middle east. answer some of the questions anne-marie was trying to answer for us. the end goal, if it is to get our attention, putin has our attention. european allies and the u.s. what do you see as the end goal then? ariel: over the last 30 years, the balance of power in europe shifted. 30 years ago when the soviet union collapsed, russia was lying prostrate, pulled out troops from eastern europe, from germany, poland, baltic states, and nato expanded. today, russia built up a considerable military muscle, ukraine is relatively weak. the leadership in ukraine is divided and not very competent. russia is pushing to engage ukraine, which is considered as historic lands controlled by the russian empire for hundreds of years and also russian troops are in belarus now. the leader of the larousse -- b

let's go to annmarie hordern. who is running the table here?me into the weekend, there is talk of imminent war and then putin with an offhand comment deflating the concept. annmarie: the sentiment was continue with the diplomatic path. following the meeting, both washington and moscow had the same rhetoric but washington saying that could be a diplomatic offramp. the one headline that matched up between both briefings was that both presidents want their teams to continue to remain engaged and incontact. what they met for was purely domestic purposes, him saying to his to mastic audience saying i am continuing on a diplomatic path -- his domestic audience saying i am continuing on a diplomatic path. there is more appetite with a closer link to the west. kailey: it seems like we have seen this play out time and time again sank there will be harsh consequences should russia make a move. it is just a repeating pattern. what needs to change to actually find a diplomatic resolution if we haven't found one already. annmarie: the saying is everyone is

annmarie: i don't think they have a choice.y have no choice but to deal with the in eastern europe and russia. they have had no choice but to also make sure they are on top of what is going on in the middle east, especially since many individuals and analysts were worried about a recalibration, a resurgence of what is going on in isis, especially as the president mentioned, under this isis leader, what happened in that prison most recently in syria, how it was under the direction of this leader. they have had no choice. what is interesting is something the president said about the reach and capabilities take out terror threats no matter where they are in the world. many individuals were critical of the ad adminstration when they withdrew from kabul, saying they should have kept some troops there. yes, it is in asia, but very close to the middle east, and when you talk about the u.s. central command point, afghanistan would come under the middle east. many said, how are we going to keep eyes and ears on what is going on in this

annmarie: at the moment there is not a plan b.she has put in writing which he plans to do, which is maintained within the parameters the federal reserve operates. mike does bring up another very complicated map for the democrats in the sense that senator lujan is still not back in the senate. he did put out a video on sunday. he said he will be back to work in a few weeks. potentially this could complicate it. what you are seeing is power-play in politics happening on capitol hill. these nominees come at least four of them will go in and there will be away for sarah bloom raskin to get to the senate floor. they are certainly tried to make it hard for democrats. kailey: how does this impact federal reserve policy? we are watching this play out on a day we got hotter than expected ppi which followed hotter than expected cpi. inflation dogging the biden administration who is pointing to the fed to do something about it. we'll monetary policy be influenced less so by sarah bloom raskin but the nomination still in contention? michael:

annmarie: it is certainly right now backup contingency planning.ht of the cold war, those flows never actually stopped. but there is a worry about europe's dependence on russia. more than 40% of their natural gas supplies come from russia. if the u.s. wants a harsh sanction package alongside european allies, they are doing what they can to help alleviate some of these pains. so while we also reported a few weeks ago that they were talking to qatar, we now know they are talking to other gas suppliers like libya, egypt, and nigeria. the issue in the natural gas market is a little bit different than the oil market. they have long-term contracts and not a lot of spare capacity. these long-term contracts go to a lot of asian countries, so what we need to happen is similar to what we saw in 2011 with fukushima. if you -- if a shipment is going to japan or south korea and india, or even china, know that biden adminstration and eu officials are approaching beijing on this, they could potentially use their own storage that they have built up and said that s

annmarie: it is a great question.hen i spoke to an official about it last week, when they put the initial tranche on some of these banks, especially sanctioning two of russia's biggest banks, some people thought that was it and they thought it was pretty weak. then over the weekend, we saw a coordinated response from europe , the united kingdom, and the u.s., talking about going after those reserves the russian economy had built up, $640 billion in reserves. we heard from officials that is exactly what they are targeting, as well as no institution -- as well, so no institution could do business with the russian central bank or russian economy ministry. there were already sanctions on a number of individuals including the man who runs the rdif. one thing we potentially still have on the table, according to jen psaki, the president's press secretary over the weekend, is energy. even though there have been a number of carveouts for the energy sector to make sure russian exports can continue to quell the price that this a

annmarie: we just don't know yet. we know potential he what could happen, but we don't know what the full-fledged packages going to be like because the u.s. has floated a number of things, actions and penalties they can take against russia to try to deter putin when they were releasing all of that intelligence. two things we should note potentially. the other day, when they went after two russian banks very close to the kremlin and the military, they did mention that two other bigger banks could be in view. they said this is the beginning of an invasion, the beginning of our response. that could be sberbank and vtb. they have a little more of a global reach. on the very far side potentially could be this what they would call the nuclear option, pulling russia out of swift. also, potentially another option would be cutting off russian oil and gas. but these two items would be very difficult for european leaders and the president of the united states to swallow because the results would be catastrophic. jonathan: i just

annmarie: we are waiting on the sanctions package.his was a sense of urgency to get something across the finish line, it is starting to fade because they are still hammering out the final points. one of them has to do with nord stream 2. senator mcconnell yesterday said there is going to be a sanctions package big enough to deter putin, and said that the adminstration is to take action on nord stream 2 now. it does seem everyone is on board in terms of sanctioning, but should they sanction now, or should they wait? should they be prospective or strict deterrence? that is what they are waiting on. and it has to go to the house, so you are looking at weeks because they are going on recess in a few days. lisa: what is the latest on nord stream 2? we have been hearing about that from president biden, with no denial from olaf scholz. how much is germany really on board with saying if you aren't going to play nice, we are not going to accept your oil through nord stream 2? maria: this is very important because the germans feel there's a lot

get the latest with annmarie hordern. with the potential reaction out of the united states as the united states wakes up to another day of tensions. anne-marie: yes. it has just gone 11:00 p.m. in the united states. what we know so far from the president is that he is monitoring the situation. he said, vladimir putin has to sit -- chosen a premeditated war that will bring a loss of life and suffering. he added that russia alone would be responsible for the death and destruction the attack will bring. he says that russia will pay. the president will be engaging with a group of seven counterparts, the g7. he will be addressing the american people. this will be about further punishments for moscow. what we seen so far from the united states are sanctions. the latest was sanctioning on north -- nord stream 2. we have not seen the mother of all sanctions. i imagine that that will come tomorrow. yousef: bruce, i want to bring you into this conversation as well. just in terms of mr. biden's domestic political position. he was tr

jonathan: coverage starts with annmarie hordern. over the weekend, something changed. what changed? >> everything changed. we saw a mega sanctions package from the european union, which will now supply weapons to ukraine. we have had big restrictions on russian banks. 50% of their assets are defect oh frozen in g7 jurisdictions. the europeans say this is a propaganda machine and they want it out. there was a big change of heart in germany. when the germans get going everyone else in europe follows. zelensky has shown he can rally his people and his army can resist. once that decision gets made, the europeans change course and decide it is our duty to help ukraine in this fight. tom: i am fascinated about your reporting on if belarus enters this more. i feel like i am talking out of the history books of 1945. what happens if belarus attacks? >> this is the key country to look out for. vladimir putin lied through his teeth when he said i have no intention of a full invasion from belarus. if you look at the map, this is a country that is connected to poland. for the polish this means i

annmarie holden is here with more. in an odd way, the market seemed to grasp onto this hope that there could be talks between ukraine and russia. tell us about the real truth here? annmarie: if there were to be, the timing and location would be important. russia decided they would like to hold these topics in minsk, belarus. that is not going to happen given the fact that russian troops are allowed to stay in belarus and use that as a base to invade ukraine from the northern border. the belarus border to the capital of kyiv is about two and a half hours or three hours, depending on which side of that river you drive upon. this is going to be incredibly interesting if these talks were to happen. one thing on the table that president putin wants is a veto on ukraine joining nato. basically neutralize new -- ukraine in terms of whether or not it would join nato. ukraine has constantly said they want to maintain that path to nato membership and keep that door open. caroline: meanwhile, the next fc will be paying attention

here with a preview is annmarie hordern, bloomberg's washington correspondent, here with us in new yorke administration tried to talk on this jobs report to a large extent prior to the number. what is biden likely to say now that it has been a blowout? annmarie: it was supposed to be that this would be confusing, so this is going to be welcome to the white house. this is something that is unaffected, massively beating excitations. mike mckee was laughing at it when this number came out. but they are going to have to pivot because you cannot ignore the elephant in the room when the president makes those remarks, especially amongst the press, and that is going to be inflation. that is all over the markets today when you look at what is happening in the oil market, and what does that mean for consumers at the pump. guy: how does the president change the narrative at the moment? consumers, you look at the consumer confidence data, it ain't good. gas prices are up, food prices are up. but the jobs market is healthy, and if you want a job, you can get it. if you want a better paying job, you

hordern -- white house correspondent annmarie hordern. is biden going to talk to president putin about this now? reporter: given the fact that we've seen significant escalation, it does seem like a summit would be off the cards given what happened. we should rewind and go through the steps of what we witnessed today. first we had president putin come out and say he will recognize those two so-called separatist regions and what they claim to be, separatist regions. this would mean they would not be part of ukraine. about an hour or so ago, a top news agency in moscow reporting that signing that decree, president putin is sending troops into these regions, quote unquote "peacekeeping troops." this will certainly cause alarm for the white house and european capitals. from the white house, we heard they would move in an executive order prohibiting new investments, trade, financing, barring anyone from doing business in these separatist regions president putin is now recognizing as separate regions not part of ukraine. we are still waiting pot

annmarie: some administrative officials do consider this an invasion. when president putin signed that decree recognizing these two separatist entities, they also called for russian troops they have called peacekeeping troops going into the region. it got more complicated last night. we were briefed by a senior official. they noted for the past eight years there have been -- has been fighting in the donbas region of eastern ukraine. there have already been russian troops in these separatist territories. the equity market reaction has been pronounced. european stocks gaining, assessing the potential impacts of the sanctions we have had or lease proposals from the u.k. and europeans. what you reaction has been pronounced. make of the way equity markets are weighing up the risks? >> i think today there might be a bit of an effect. we had jp morgan -- morgan stanley saying we could get maybe 5% on the s&p 500 if there are signs of de-escalation. it feels when it comes to european and u.s. stocks some of this has been priced in already. the market remains ji

annmarie: it looks like they are

annmarie: when it comes to the timeline, we just don't know.lusive at the moment, and potentially all five of these nominees from the president for the federal reserve could be held up in limbo because of this. what you have is republicans not moving forward in committee to move on all of the nominees because of sarah bloom raskin. you have the chair, senator sherrod brown, saying he is going to keep them linked together, which basically puts in hostage all five of them, including fed chair jerome powell. to make things more complicated, the fed next week -- the senate next week is on recess, so this could potentially bleed into march. kailey: so it could be a while. thank you so much to bloomberg's annmarie hordern down in d.c. let's get more with terry haines, pangea policy founder. where you put the odds that sarah bloom raskin will ultimately get confirmed? terry: i've got bloom raskin at about 40%. i am on the record as saying that chair powell and vice chair brainard are about 70% likely. i also see mr. jefferson as likely. but what you'v

annmarie:you so much for joining bloomberg. >> thank you very much. it is always a pleasure. annmarie:

matt: for more perspective, let's bring in bloomberg's washington correspondent, annmarie hordern.l us first off where we stand. i know the president spoke with president putin on saturday. they had only an hour long conversation and didn't come to any conclusions. but we've heard the russians say some u.s. proposals are constructive and will continue talks. reporter: sergei lavrov, this is displayed across tv early this morning, met with putin and said that he would like to continue down a diplomatic path. potentially this is still worth exploring. president putin said good, all right, you can continue to do that. potentially, it was a modest nod of de-escalation. which has some people reading it as that situation, the markets certainly did. he also met with his defense minister. who was pretty key in terms of arguably inner circle of individuals who president putin surrounds himself with and listens to. he has said that some of those exercises are winding down. and the ones that are not will soon. this could be another nod to de-escalation. but we should note this was for a domes

annmarie: we had the sanctions package yesterday that goes pretty heavy on russia.berbank and vtb aretwo massive -- are two massive ronk shoul -- massive russian financial institutions. they are hitting the stability of the financial sector, but one area of the russian economy which is the lifeblood of the economy and why president putin is able to have or than $600 billion in reserves is the oil and gas market. we just spoke to the special envoy for global energy security, and he said if they were to put sanctions on russian oil and gas, that would mean you are taking supply off the market at a massive price hike. what he said was president putin would still be able to sell some of that, probably illegally, maybe half at double the price. so putin and the russian economy would still be living off the funds from the oil and gas sector, but every day europeans and americans would be the ones to suffer. kailey: meanwhile, the white house has also been focusing on the vacant seat on the supreme court. we have gotten confirmation that biden has nominative ash has nomina

annmarie hordern's on-site, i hope not too cold in front of the white house.does president biden need or want to hear from olaf scholz today. annmarie: president biden and the white house, even those back home in germany,

annmarie hordern with us washington and maria tadeo in brussels.symbolically, maria tadeo today at the nato headquarters, placed on the airfields of belgium of world war i and world war ii, when germany occupied to them. that is the back story to all of the emotions of nato and the mixed conundrum and the rest of it as well. what headlines are you looking for today in what has so far been a quiet wednesday? maria: really, the focus in nato today, defense ministers from all of the nato countries are meeting behind me. they say they want to see real proof that russia is pulling back troopthey say russia has ds many times. i had one official from estonia telling me i would never believe a video filmed, recorded, and released i the russians. i want to see our intel confirm they are putting back the troops. this is perhaps the text technologies -- perhaps the technicalities of war, but they say it is one thing to pullback the men, but you have to pullback the equipment, too. they really want to see the proof here. tom: explain the nato analysis of the f

annmarie: i think that is one way you can read it.ay the financial markets as they have been whipsawing between every headline with regards to this tension between russia and ukraine. there are conditions to that meeting with secretary blinken and sergei lavrov later next week, in europe likely. that is that there is no further invasion in ukraine on the russian side, that they will sit down and take that meeting. we should also pull back and look at some of the other engagements that have been going on. we had the defense secretary the united states, lloyd austin, having a call with the russian side. he tweeted about it and said he asks them to pull back, to pull back those troops. you have the german chancellor talking about a g7 virtually at some point next week, i believe on thursday. and you have beijing, transatlantic leaders meeting about ukraine. you have a number of european capitals, washington moscow, and kyiv engaged in diplomacy, that looks more optimistic that there could still be a path, where we are right now. kailey:

annmarie: it's a great question. prior to this meeting being scheduled and it was being scheduled with a caveat, what the state department saying we would only attend this meeting if there is no further invading of ukraine. obviously, over the weekend, what we have from russia is president putin recognizing separate states -- the separatist states. this infringes on the sovereignty of ukraine, so at this moment, given the fact the u.s. saying this meeting is canceled, the ball is in the kremlin's court. caroline: indeed it is and we wait and watch. energy prices, metal prices, gas prices, you name it. we are going to have more of the corporate angle because coming up, more of my exclusive interview with the micron ceo. we sat here in the r&d headquarters of micron and talked about the state of global chipmaking and how exposure to russia and ukraine is impacting some supply chain bottlenecks already. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> i will tell you the semiconductor supply chain is highly intertwined and sometimes there can b

let's get the latest from annmarie hordern. it's been a busy few hours. what are we hearing from the white house, what level of support beyond sanctions can ukraine potentially hope to receive? anne-marie: the on sanctions is continuous funding that the u.s. has given to ukraine and part of that for the military and the like. when it comes to sanctions and invoking harsh penalties on russia, russia will have a briefing in about 30 minutes time from the president's deputy national security adviser when it comes to international economics. we should note while maybe they didn't do everything that was prepared on the table, going directly after russian oil and gas, they wreak havoc on russian financial assets today. 33% lower on the stock, the ruble at the lowest ever, that's the russian currency. so there has been a lot of pressure, and we should note some of those banks that have added to, a few of them are in vegas. one down more than 40%. they're really going after russian financial assets. caroline: bank of russia re-invoking that view that the country

jonathan: brilliant conversation yesterday with the ukraine ambassador to the u.s., sitting down with annmariern in d.c. a meeting scheduled for next week between mr. lavrov of russia, together with secretary lincoln -- secretary blinken. crude lower by 2% at $89.79. if you are in the u.k. right now, i hope you are watching this, listening to it, or experiencing what is happening in london heathrow. a storm unit is about to crash down into the u.k. winds are high. we are spending something north of 100 miles an hour. people are watching a380's come into land at london heathrow with the wind whipsawing. the skill of these pilots is something else. tom: i talked to a pilot about the big turn they make over the old world's fair and said, what do you do? he said we try to land safely. tom: these winds are quite something. watching these planes come down. tom: we will do a shout out to big jet with emirates safely landing there with a lot of skill. so with skill is emily wilkins, measuring the tea leaves in washington. maria tadeo has not slept in three days in brussels as well. maria, what is in y

for the latest from the white house, we turn to our washington correspondent, annmarie hordern.the attitude today? the market seem to be breathing a sigh of relief after friday, but

annmarie: you have russian oil heading to the united states. this is the second biggest exporter.ou have the u.s. basically halting the exports of other producers. how do you remove russia from the global oil market when you're dealing domestically with higher inflation and higher gasoline prices. they were able to stop venezuela and around -- and iran. will they be able to take those steps against russia? what military officials say is that swift is still on the table, but we will find out today if that will be used as a pure deterrent. lisa: if nato unions stop talking about bringing ukraine into that alliance, if they take away some of that pressure on russia, they will come to the table. has nato budged at all? has nato discussed the possibility of pushing this down the road? maria: they don't. i want to take a moment to her about nato because there's a lot of information that is not quite accurate. we know that in reality, the prospect for ukraine to enter nato in the short term are very limited. so when vladimir putin says this is an imminent move, that is factually not corr

tom: because of the events at the white house today, annmarie hordern at the white house will discussne, russia, and other topics, you and your team are expert on the natural gas dynamics of continental europe. what is your single brief to our american listeners and viewers about how nat gas in europe is different? christyan: net gas is different in a few ways. first of all, you are very close to asian markets, where there is a lot of liquefied gas, which is essentially the liquid version of natural gas. the reason that is important is you can send it through ships, and it can be used in europe, which is traditionally almost a dumping ground. the second point is you have a lot of piped gas available for russia. i think those two things combined means that we think european gas will ultimately, while it will stay tight, we don't think european gas is going to be threatened by major outages, even if it is strategic or linked to the russia-ukraine crisis. where we see risk is potentially through oil as opposed to a big gas piece within europe. lisa: this is probably the elephant in the r

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annmarie: overnight, what we heard from u.s. official briefing reporters was that the crimmins remarks that there was a restorable of some troops, they say that is false, and they actually added 7000 to the number they had of 150,000. since that moment, we have heard a similar noise from other u.s. officials, from u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin in brussels for you he's talking about the fact that they are now also seeing combat support, artillery support, even things like blood being moved closer to the troops at the borders. when you have that happening, what kind of pretext does that send? this does not match up with what russia is saying. russia sent an 11 page response letter to the security proposals. they say they have no plans to invade ukraine. what they are looking for, they say, is a removal of all forces and weapons from central, southern, and eastern europe and the baltic states, redrawing the nato map. that is where we stand right now. we also should note there are a ton of headlines coming out of the don bass