and we know that many eastern european nato members are very concerned. he heard from the lease who indian president, who told us that no one is safe. now, not even those members of nato who are far away from the border with russia. offend her. what about the threat of russia using chemical or even nuclear weapons? that something we heard young sultan burg warning about, he said there would be far reaching consequences for moscow if it were to use such weapons. how could nato react? well, we heard from some leaders today that the nato allies could react with more massive thing. sions no one here, and we ask that question a lot. wanted to talk about this being a red line for the alliance. but as i said, they're very concerned that russia frustrated about, you know, not so moving forward as planned on the ground. and ukraine had, it could really use chemical or other weapons of mass destruction. and we know from the lens, keith address it to nato allies, that he has accused russia of using phosphorus bombs in some areas. those are not banned under chemical w

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be announcing more brigades, more groups, groupings of nato soldiers to be placed in other eastern european natoter. they also have to figure out how to deal with the potential as the u.s. president has said there may be signals that putin, frustrated, may resort to weapons of mass destruction, chemical or biological. they have to figure out how that plays in. and how to get ready for that, how to respond if necessary. and so, all of this is happening in this building behind us as they discuss really what is a completely new landscape, after this war, it is not going to be status quo ante. it is impossible to imagine going back to the previous order. and zelenskyy who was invited to address them behind closed doors, according to cnn reporting, made another very eloquent plea, laid out the stakes, but pointed and asked what is it going to be for my security after this? if i'm not going to join nato, then what are the security guarantees that a ukraine or any other country that faces an invasion by a bigger country, what can we expect from you all? that's important. >> there is a trio, three separ

they will be going and in fact have already started arriving in eastern european nato countries. including the three baltic nation he makes clear the u.s. will not be fighting in ukraine. they will defend every single inch of nato territory, were putin were to expand beyond ukraine, chris. >> we appreciate it. for more on this, we turn to igor novikov. president zelenskyy has accused nato of giving, this is a quote a green light for bombings by refusing to steve that no-fly zone. as a former adviser and someone currently in ukraine, how big a blow do you see and what more should be done by ukraine's allies to help. >> well, first of all let me explain it to you in plain terms. none of this would have happened had there been push back in russia in 2008 when they took georgia. none of this would have happened had there been sanctions and further action against russia when they annexed crimea and donbas in 2014. so he doesn't work with put were. not introducing a no-through zone, are you doing thing. are you giving putin a green light of encouragement to go further. now he will prote

many of these tools are in the hands of eastern european nato allies who are anxious to help and it appears example in the case of the soviet era in poland the administration is discouraging some of our eastern nato allies from doing everything they want to do. we'll to encourage them to send everything to the ukrainians that would be helpful to them and we have provided guarantees and a package that passed last week to give those countries new american equipment to upgrade the systems they sent into ukraine so that their own defense is not diminished by their helping the ukrainian neighbor. judy: so the polls were talking about sending the meigs from a u.s. nato base in germany. you are saying you are comfortable with the u.s. doing that because the administration said that could lead to a more dangerous outgrowth of what is already a big conflict. >> i simply disagree. putin is not trying to start a war with nato. he has his hands full in ukraine. what i do not like is putin determining the conditions under which we asst ukraine. ukrainians need help. they nd it now. particularly do they

troops has increased dramatically in these eastern european nato countries over the past month or two since it became clear the russians were going to invade ukraine and once the invasion started four weeks or so, the numbers have continued to increase. along the eastern part there used to be 20,000 u.s. troops. now there are more than 40,000. more than 100,000 u.s. and nato. u.s. troops or the nato force right now. this is going to be a difficult day for the president. he will meet with the president of poland today and tomorrow, and he will be delivering what white house officials are calling a major speech. >> yeah. and highlighting the uncertain future of so many ukrainians there in poland. wolf, thank you so much. we will be watching that with you today. really appreciate it. stkpwhro ming me is former nato allied commander and author of the book "2034 a novel of the next world war." they want 500 stingers and 500 javelins per day. how do you assess that request? does it seem fair? >> it absolutely seems fair. and if you look at their track record thus far, john, they ever puttin

so much so that point leaders were able to come here, three eastern european nato nation members came here to meet zelenskyy. so it's a city under fire, but not a city that russia, in any way, is devastating or bringing to its needs. >> there was quite a thing to see the three prime ministers of neighboring nations coming in. but obviously the hungarian president has taken. however, the message that zelenskyy gave to the canadian parliament today, and will give to the u.s. congress tomorrow, is we are the front lines of the battle for democracy in europe. these members of parliament, the civil defense, they are all fighting as if ukraine goes down, democracy in europe is in peril. that's at least our argument. >> i think you saw some of that today in the streets of budapest. in this country, very much feels -- when i say this country, i mean everyone that i have spoken to, feels that they have a tremendous responsibility that they are bearing to a degree, the weight of democracy on their backs. they feel that if democracy here is able to win and ukrainian forces defending the democrat

there was a rumor a day or two ago that several of the eastern european nato nations, which have old russian aircraft dating back to the warsaw pact days would provide those to the ukraine. but i think they reconsidered. they did not provide them. the idea was going to be that ukrainian pilots would come to their countries, fly them home. again, i gather that those countries reconsidered when vladimir putin rattled the nuclear saber. this is a very tough situation for the nato countries, for washington, for others. because this pressure is going to build. there's going to be so much barbarity, so much loss. >> martha: what do you think should happen, general? are you arguing that we should put in place a no fly zone in ukraine or at least part of ukraine as curt volcker was arguing an hour ago? >> i don't know that i'm ready to go there yet, martha. certainly thinking about it in the back of my mind. again, we're all trying to come up with other ideas. there may be options in the world of covert action that i'm not going to get into here that might possibly be i'm employed in this si

europe, would be an important statement about american resolve and american commitment to its eastern european natos happening right now. the presence of an american president always makes a difference, sends a statement to the world and i think that would be a big deal if he decided to do that. >> peter, thank you so much. and helene, and to all of you, stay for the next segment, please. because it's about a woman in kyiv staying put to take care of her mother. giving her firsthand account to "today".com of what it is like to live inside the war zone. zo. hey businesses! you all deserve something epic! so we're giving every business, our best deals on every iphone - including the iphone 13 pro with 5g. that's the one with the amazing camera? yep! every business deserves it... like one's that re-opened! hi, we have an appointment. and every new business that just opened! like aromatherapy rugs! i'll take one in blue please! it's not complicated. at&t is giving new and existing business customers our best deals on every iphone. ♪ ♪ nicorette knows, quitting smoking is freaking hard. you get advice l

in the west, among those who have fled west, but also among the neighboring countries, the eastern european natoountries where we've seen kamala harris, the vice president, visiting the last few days to show american support, and saying the u.s. is ready to defend every inch of nato territory. we've heard these warnings that it's not just about ukraine, there are concerns that if president putin makes progress here, eastern europe could be next. >> there have been military analysts yesterday predicting possible strikes on airfields in the west, talking about the possibility of poland supplying fighter jets which obviously doesn't seem to be hang right now, they offered them to the u.s. to supply to the ukrainians, but that might be one reason behind the targeting of airfields in the west, the idea of where would those planes end up landing? >> this is very much in line with at least the stated goals of russia, which is to go after military targets. they want to de dmilatarize ukraine. the attacks on mariupol, those are -- going after civilian targets. this is -- you know, the concern now is beca

nato's eastern flank. >> i look at the numbers as a former pentagon correspondent myself very closely. along the ukraine border, the eastern european from 20,000 to 40,000 within a matter of a few weeks. >> that's right. you make a good point, wolf. it is not just the united states contributing to the eastern flank's security. s it is so many of the other allies. they're hosting battle groups. we were just in bulgaria last week, they're hosting a battle group there. there are leading battle groups like the french and romania, they're all chipping in. it is an appliance effort. how long these battle groups are in existence and what they're going to be doing over the long-term, we don't know yet. that's part of the discussion going on today. it is important that the alliance stay unified and, frankly, wolf, i've never seen the alliance more resolved and more determined than it is right now. >> it is so impress wive when y speak to the nato allies right now. under normal circumstances, when the secretary of defense or a chairman of the joint chiefs of staff calls his nato -- his russian counterparts, they immediately take the call, th

has deployed additional troops to poland and other eastern european nato members drawing the proverbial red line and affirming that every inch of nato territory will be defended. the president stopped by to visit some of the troops this afternoon and thank them. rest of the world looks into it. sees you are. >> you see you the at the group of americans that are back together and unite in a one was all defend your country and to help those who need help. that's why you're here. president biden just came off a stop at the emergency nato summit in brussels, belgian and everyday europeans have been watching the diplomacy closely yanez a polish citizen. he's glad the president is here and wants the u.s. to pledge more humanitarian assistance. he believes his country needs with coal and being that. >> next door neighbor. right now we're struggling with just coming in. so sport of us is absolutely well scene. and the >> much appreciated cottey an honest as you are ukrainians who just arrived in poland, they want to see the president take action and get nato to implement a no-fly zone. i think

direct nato command plus 100000 additional you asked, troops deployed there and this is a massive reinforcement and i think it has to goals 1st of course, 1st of all, to reassure eastern european members that nato is going to defend them if the war is going to spill over into nato territory, or if russia should decide to attack one of them. and we heard from nato military officials, that there is a risk, and that is why the alliance wants to be proper of that. and it's also important for the alliance to send a strong signal to russia and don't miscalculate, don't risk anything. we are ready to dissent our territory and did alexander, we've seen a lot of unity between you, member states and nato as well a month into this conflict. does that unity still hold? yes, it holds, however, we have to say that in the last week or so, we started to see some cracks there. just remember the discussion about whether some members of nato could provide soviet made. so if i to jets a to ukraine, or when we think about the proposal put forward by poland to isabela, establish thought of peacekeeping force in ukraine. other need till members were very quick to say, no, that's not gonna happen. so

and this is, of course, it difficult, and this is meant to, we're sure, a nato members, eastern europeans, 1st and foremost, that nato is ready to defend them. if russia decides to a tech one of them. and we know that many are very un warrior lithuania as president told us that he thinks that no one is saved. now, not only in the baltic states or poland, but not even those members of the alliance who are far way, far away from borders with russia. as you've been speaking, alexander, we're just seeing those live pictures from that press conference room waiting for that press conference. as you said, quite unusual that it's been taking so long to begin. i want to touch on another thing that you mentioned a little bit earlier. these concerns about the use of chemical or nuclear weapons, even this is something we keep hearing from the u. s. administration from president joe biden, that this is a serious concern in the us and, and nato is also said there will be far reaching consequences if such weapons are used as center. we talked about the fact that natal does not want to use the word red l

time, and accomplish a more forceful power projection by the united states and nato into the eastern european natoions. neil: others say he might've wanted to do that when the started but the disorganized way he's gone about it in this one month long more he has been humbled, his military has been embarrassed and he's not up to that so we are worried about something that might not happen. what do you make of that? >> typical us -- let me just say it, arrogant mirror imaging that tends to go on where us and nato personnel tend to assume flattery putin and the russians think like we do. as you can tell i don't agree with that perspective. we shouldn't underestimate what the russians are capable of, not necessarily what they are capable of but what they may attempt to do. i think the baltics are susceptible to further russian adventurism, due to their proximity and we need to be careful and send a clear message to putin to stay out and away we can do that is by looking at capabilities and stop trying to conduct strategy by counting the numbers of pairs of boots on the ground. we need to do things lik

this is what raises the alarm in eastern and central european nato numbers. where will go next? but on the note that no one has crossed a data border, in the 2011, 2012 period and after, the baltic republics were subject to cyber attacks by russia. in a sense, that is in hybrid warfare terms crossing a data border. they crossed our border in 2016 in attacking our elections and taking other offensive actions in cyberspace. so this challenge, the potential for this challenge is already out there. i think we are behind. it is not a catastrophic failure at this point, but i think since nato is not going to be involved in any military action with respect to ukraine, i think people ought to be 24/7 on what our reaction is going to be if we see some kind of hybrid warfare in the aftermath of the resolution of ukraine, whatever that turns out to be. michael: put yourself in vladimir putin's shoes this morning if you can. tell me what you think he might be thinking and whether he thinks this is going well and he will just continue to make slow and steady progress, or is he having second

as it says, i am putting troops and equipment on the ground in the eastern european countries of nato and in the baltics and poland, and romania and so on. so i think there is a change of heart here in germany. the ukrainian president today accused germany basically of being an enabler, allowing whether you're putting to become the warrior that he is right now. and he also said that you're continuing to enable him by continuing to buy energy from him . that's right. it was an extraordinarily tough sort of accusation. in this address from zalinski i thoughts and friends and seals. i said that to a gentleman is often repeated slogan of never again, never again. war and aggression by germany that stand a see said it's, it's has no value and no meaning because of what germany has done or failed to do as he sees it. well, you know, it's, of course he's, he's right in the sense that europe generally and germany in particular continues to be incredibly dependent on russian oil and gas. hundreds of millions of euro's going in daily to russia. and supposing this war effort, therefore, indirect

meeting in brussels, they promise to increase military aid to ukraine and send 40,000 troops to eastern european natohe steadfastness of these men has been felt notjust in kharkiv, but around the world. they've had four weeks of this, and still they remain. the russians haven't been able to break their lines. in other news here in the uk: p&o ferries admit they did break the law when they sacked 800 staff without consultation. we start with a big day of diplomacy in brussels. world leaders have gathered there for three summits, in a show of unity against russia�*s war in ukraine. first up, nato, the security alliance of 30 countries from north america and europe. next, the g7 — leaders from the us, the uk, canada, france, germany, italy and japan were all there. within the past hour, the us president hasjoined european leaders for an eu council meeting, also in the belgian capital. let�*s begin with nato and joe biden�*s verdict on the unity of that alliance over the crisis. putin was banking on nato being split. my early conversations with him in december and earlyjanuary, it was clear to me he didn

nato command. and that is managed to assure eastern european members of the alliance dad to nato is going to defend them. if they're, if rush of warning, you queen would spill over into nato territory. or if russia should decides to attack one of the nato members. and we heard today from the elite, who in president who told us that no one now can feel safe, that poland could be next, or one of the baltic states, and that even those members of ne, 2, who are far away from the borders with russia cannot feel safe, alexandra want to ask you about the concerns that russia might use, chemical or biological weapons or nuclear weapons in this conflict. this is something that we've heard us presidential bite and warren of, and the nato secretary general against oldenburg this morning, warned moscow of far reaching consequences if it were to use such weapons. i know nato doesn't want to talk about red lines, but could this be such a red line for nato? while you write that, no one you wanted to talk about potential red lines. and we ask a lot of leaders about that. but they told us that they are very concern

west to help drive hitler's armies out of europe, they stayed, and took over a number of eastern european nations, nato formed in the aftermath to be a barrier to russia, and now, here it is again. this assembly also, this particular extraordinary gathering meant to be a defense to russian aggression during the war in ukraine. the first of three summits from president biden today, he will also meet with the leaders of the g-7, the largest western democratic economies, as well as the european council, the european union, as the united states is pledging its support as a full partner in its cone's defense against russia -- continent's defense against russia in trying to stop vladimir putin from his further invasion beyond ukraine and certainly getting him to leave his neighboring country, which of course at this point is show nothing signs of doing, and this is a 30,000 foot look, we should just update on the situation in ukraine, where the russia advance has really slowed, stalled in much of the country, with the terrible bombardments continue, shelling large ukrainian cities, including mariupol, and ky

eastern flank as they, as they are calling it. in other words, or what they've been doing over recent months, really putting more boots on the ground in nato's eastern european members in the baltic states in poland, in romania and elder, just to send a message. but also there's more equipment. there's more readiness, there are more plans, there's a greater sense that, you know, any threat coming from the east will, it's obviously, it's obvious where that can come from right now. and you know, that that will be met and nato will defend its territory. so that i think is the, the key thing that i would point to what they were trying to say, of course, and lena bear bottles. i talked quite at some length. i thought about the humanitarian aspects of the war, what she called the atrocious crimes against mary paul against that maternity hospital that we've seen, the heroic pictures from her, and she called it an attack on our liberties and our values. and if that is the reason she says why we need to take it seriously and start spending more heavily on defense and taking these measures. one thing i would pick out from what, yes oldenburg said, is he's a point that

stretches into its second week, there's renewed focus on the nato countries in eastern europeans baltic lithuania and estonia, they're all independent, nato states, but that was not always the case. these three baltic states were invaded and occupied by the soviet union in 1940. these countries did not begin to gain their independence until 1991 during the dissolution of the soviet union and russia ended -- russia officially ended its military presence in the baltics in 1998. latvia, lithuania and estonia joined nato in 2004. because these three countries were under soviet rule for so long they're populated by many ethnic russians and russian speakers to this day. about 7% of lithuania's population speaks russian. 27% in estonia, 33% in latvia. we know vladimir putin's ultimate goal is to protect russians everywhere, not just within the borders of his count preep that's not conjecture, he's actually said that. vladimir putin said in televised comments that moscow needed to defend russian speakers in ukraine's east as well as its own interest. some may be now wondering, what's next? smal

nato project to strengthen its eastern flank. it is putting troops and equipment on the ground in the eastern european countries of nato in the balticsf poland and romania. i think there is a change of heart in germany. brent: the ukrainian president today accused germany of being an enabler, allowing vladimir putin to become the warrior that he is right now and he also said you are continuing to enable him by continuing to buy energy from him. >> it was an extra narrowly tough accusation in this address from president zelenskyy. he also said germany is often -- germany's often repeated slogan of never again, never again war should he says it has no value and no meaning because of what germany has done or failed to do as he sees it. of course, he is right in the sense that europe generally and germany in particular continues to be incredibly independent on russian oil and gas. hundreds of millions of euros going in daily to russia and supporting this war effort. it is not so easy to we yourself off of that. it is a transition the german government says it wants to get on top of. it has canceled the pipeline project and there is more

forces to eastern european nato allies. another $5 billion will go to the state department and high humanitarian aid for the hundreds of thousands of refugees that are pouring over the border. that is the bulk of the aid. this is likely to ride on the funding registration. that is driving the funding bill. it's going to grease the wheels in congress to get that bill through. it has a lot of support. host: when it comes to members of congress and them being briefed by the administration on the latest or hearing testimony, will any of that occur this week? guest: we are going to see some additional classified briefings on ukraine. the white house is supposed to come down to congress and fill-in members with additional information on what's going on on the ground. they are going to be leaving on wednesday for their policy retreat. they are going to get additional information from out of government sources. earlier this week, we will see some classified briefings. host: president biden is expected to speak on friday. do we know

forces eastern european nato allies. another 5 billion ♪ ♪ to the state department and usaid for humanitarian aid for hundreds of thousands of refugees pouring over the border areas like that, that is the book. it is likely to ride on the upcoming funding education and that driving the funding and grease the wheels in congress to get that bill through ukraine eight has a lot of support and we can see a push to include that and get done early this week. >> when it comes to members of congress and the administration on the latest hearing testimony from but, while any of that occur? >> we are going to seek additional classified briefings on ukraine, the white house is supposed to come down to congress and fill in members with additional information on what is going on the ground there. that said, members will house members, democrats are going to be leaving wednesday for their annual policy retreat. they are going to get additional information from out of government resources on ukraine for earlier this week we will see cla

rushes, invasion leaders, math at nato headquarters in brussels. us defense secretary lloyd austin, maintain with your minds from stand by its promise to protect eastern european allies if russia attacked. but estonia, a smaller nato country bordering russia, continued to call for me alliance to establish a no fly zone. sent, nato has refused to take fil a full scale in with russia. after the meeting, the secretary general assault and burg address the press, moscow should be in no doubt natal all not tolerate any attack on allowed sovereignty or territorial integrity. we have all of the activated o defense danced to shield the alliance. increase or reverse on the ploy tubes from both sides of the atlantic. as joint d. w correspondent, attorney show at nato headquarters a welcome terry. that sounds like mister stilton berg with an unequivocal warning to russia. that's right, fell yet another unequivocal warning to moscow that despite all the red lines, we've seen the kremlin blow past with its invasion of ukraine, its attacks on civilians, other activities that have have been called potential war crimes. nato is saying you may not step one foot on nato territor

eastern and western europe. but this is typical of the help centers that are available at the crossing from ukraine over into countries, either nato countries like hungary or other eastern europeaned to get out of the country. this is not a natural disaster. none of this needs to be happening. it's a tragedy whose purpose is hard to process. that human beings still cause each other this kind of suffering in 2022. that does it for us tonight. we'll see you again tomorrow. >> tonight, a new twist in the effort to ramp up ukraine's air power in the fight against russia. poland surprises the pentagon with fighter jets, as our intel heads warren, putin is angry and could double down. plus, hitting russia where it hurts. the u.s. bands its oil as even more companies suspend business there. and 2 million people now trying to escape putin's roar, with new devastation in a frigid neighborhoods. thousands remain trapped tonight. as the 11th hour gets underway on a tuesday night. >> good evening, i'm stephanie ruhle, we are entering day 14 of the invasion of ukraine. two weeks since russia launched its ferocious assault on an independent country. an eastern ukraine, more homes are being de

expect tomorrow president biden will announce an increase in american troops in some of the eastern european natoimir putin, as a military strategist? you've watched this guy for a long time. you see the desperation now that he's operating under. what do you expect from him next from a military point of view? >> look, i think you're right to characterize this as desperation. his options are now extremely limited. once you have screwed up a giant invasion force, logistically, command and control, it's really hard to regain the tentacles of command. it may be weeks for a pause and restructuring on the battlefield, to replace casualties. 25,000 killed and wounded. trains going back to mother russia with young russian boys torn apart. he is running out of conventional options. it won't cause him to back off. the next step is, what else? we say weapons of mass destruction. normally, we talk about nuclear, but includes chemical, biological, and most of us now include cyber warfare. if he goes to cyber, the escalation may be catastrophic on both sides. we have an enormous, in concert with the brits, off

antony blinken is touring nato's eastern european member states.hese people have made the crossing into poland and now they are being asked to get off they are being asked to get off the bar so that they can come inside and get a bit warmed up. bearin inside and get a bit warmed up. bear in mind what these people have gone through. they have just crossed the book border into poland, and all of their journeys to get at this stage have been long, exhausting and uncertain, so the first arrival, the first time that they can come off and reassess what their situations are. the overwhelming number of children, being greeted by a whole team of volunteers, hundreds and hundreds of volunteers doing exactly this, across the length of this chain, of this area, which was once a car park, but has been turned into this emergency situation, a meeting point, where people can get up and think about what it is that they do next. next to us is a huge, huge warehouse, and it is where they have arranged an emergency shelter where people can get a bit of sleep. and the

instead, the western alliance has said it will strengthen nato troops in key eastern european countriesnd will reinforce defense systems against chemical and nuclear weapons amid continued russian aggression in ukraine. joining me now is former u.s. ambassador to nato kay bailey hutchison, from strategic and international studies. madam ambassador, thank you for being with me. i want to start here with your reaction to what we heard from the president saying there will be a response and that it will depend upon the nature of the use of chemical, biological or nuclear weapons. what was your interpretation of that? >> well, i thought he was very careful to say that we would respond in kind. and i thought that was a calibrated but correct answer to that question because if putin knows that whatever the he does is also going to come back to his country, that is a warning and most certainly something that we will have to back up if he makes such an erratic decision. i think that it is so important that all of our allies have discussed this eventuality, and that there is both a plan for some

liking from the most radical western forces said that nato made whatever it like, even if decides to place and station nuclear weapons on eastern european territories but you know, festival nato may not decide where to place and deploy the weapon nuclear weapons. it's the, the u. s. that has not made to, but the hint was indicative afterwards. mr. zalinski started to get a little bit of saying and stating that we will abandon a jettisoned and non nuclear obligations and status and acquire the nuclear arms. and don't forget what jennifer la d, on the french foreign minister said, you know, he and i, the french national seem willis, i is roosters the cock. and he said during another, another round of hayes interviews with the world he, he reminded mister putin that from cell so. ready possesses the nuclear arms and off towards madame truss. the not long, not so long ago appointed and for in the secretary said that she is ready for conflict between 800 russia and mind your president statement. mr. barton statements. when responding to the question, whether there has been any alternative to the sanctions from hell, so called, he said that t

strategic and security concern for themselves and we are seeing more nato troops being committed to poland as well as other eastern europeanries. talking abut the bolstering of the eastern flank of nato. poland is a key nato member for that. when they meet in the next coming days they will be talking about what sort of security can be offered to poland as the country closest to the ukraine. >> of course following the developing's on the ground. /we; 0 sen. grassley: charlotte:. .0 charlotte: sen. grassley:0. -- francine: the question is at what point does nato get involved if there are some attacks in ukraine that go beyond the geneva convention. let's get back to annmarie hordern. what is the mood out there from the u.s.. i hear from a lot of european heads of state that they of course want to punish food -- putin but we don't know what the endgame for the sanctions are. are there shall he hoping and thinking the sanctions turnaround the war in ukraine. >> i think the united states continuously wants to send a firm message but there's one thing you mentioned with european allies lungs of the united states is the u.s. can

after the fall of the soviet union, some of his eastern european neighbours have chosen to join nato,he west's military alliance. i do not blame the ukrainians one little bit for pushing for nato membership, because if you're ukrainian, and you've got russia sitting on your borders led by an autocrat like putin who has talked about kyiv being the mother of all russian cities... putin feared ukraine, russia's closest neighbour, would join nato and demanded it never should. with putin's forces surrounding ukraine, a succession of western politicians went to moscow, trying to avert war. fundamentally a war in ukraine would be disastrous. diplomacy didn't stop putin. he declared two pro—russian areas of eastern ukraine independent states. the west imposed economic sanctions, widely criticised as being too weak. the west responded with what can only be described as a peashooter. i mean, those sanctions were completely pointless, and in a way that will probably have emboldened putin, because he will have said, "well, if that's all you've got, i'll carry on." at 5am last thursday, russian fo

the nato military alliance approved plans to increase troop numbers in neighbouring eastern european what nato has called the biggest security crisis in a generation. leaders of the eu, and the g7 ? the group of the largest world economies — are also meeting today, in a display of international unity. our north america editor sarah smith reports. this show of solidarity is why president biden's here. with the nato chief and over 30 other world leaders to display the unity they believe is their strength. although boris johnson looks remarkably isolated, even as the kremlin crowned him the most active anti—russian leader. i have rarely seen our nations more united in recent years than we are now. putin's failure in ukraine is vital for the peace and prosperity of all of us, and his barbaric invasion has galvanised the international community into collective action. the nato summit is naturally focused on defence, how to help defend ukraine. more weapons and equipment are being promised with britain pledging to double the number of missiles being sent. but ukrainian president zelensky w

the nato military alliance approved plans to increase troop numbers in neighbouring eastern european ato has called the biggest security crisis in a generation. leaders of the eu, and the g7 — the group of the largest world economies — are also meeting today, in a display of international unity. our north america editor sarah smith reports. this show of solidarity is why president biden�*s here with the nato chief and over 30 other world leaders, to display the unity they believe is their strength. the nato summit is naturally focused on defence, how to help defend ukraine. more weapons and equipment are being promised, with britain pledging to double the number of missiles being sent. but ukrainian president zelensky wants far more. translation: you can give us 1% of all your aircraft. _ i% of all your tanks. 196. we can'tjust buy it. such a supply directly depends only on nato's decisions, on political decisions, by the way. nato will not send troops to ukraine, but will station many more forces in member countries bordering russia as the alliance turns to face east. nato is being r

eastern and western europe. but this is typical of the help centers that are available at the crossing from ukraine over into countries, either nato countries like hungary or other eastern europeant of the country. this is not a natural disaster. none of this needs to be happening. it's >> the a tragedy whose celtics visiting an purpose is hard to old friend and process. that human charlotte. isaiah beings still cause each thomas getting sent other this kind of to suffering in 2022. paces -- yet another that does it for us tonight. year. we'll see you again tomorrow. now it's time for the from i t to j.c., last word with lawrence as in the soon to o'donnell. good evening be former my friend. >> good quarterback, evening ali. and at least, as you reported that's what it looks like right on that refugee now. crisis there, i think of all the people in this the ladies country who are crowned descended from champion people who last week, now it's the men's left where term. we're gonna look at the they came from, huskies left at the point of tournament that starts tomorrow a gun, night. left at the threat of we can see, war it's right here and other on nesn. dangerous this is nelson a

the option of enacting more economic sanctions as a possible option as well as calling on eastern european natose systems. ukrainian president vladimir zelensky will join the emergency nato summit this morning by video conference will be monitoring the latest events in brussels throughout the morning and provide another update in the next hour of mornings on two we'll send it back to you. salome pam. all right. thank you. ali today marks one month since russian forces invaded ukraine reporter greg palkot is in lviv, ukraine, with the very latest on the invasion. that started one month ago. harry sirens blared over kiev wednesday as the ukrainian capital city remained under threat from shelling by russian forces. officials at the pentagon say the russian takeover of keith is taking longer than anticipated, and morale is declining among russian troops, with reports of soldiers running out of food, gas and supplies. members of the on passing resolutions to further hold russia accountable for the war. this war did not appear out of thin air. this humanitarian crisis was not a natural disaster. it w

that are available at the crossing from ukraine over into countries, either nato countries like hungary or other eastern european countries that are not nato but are refuge for ukrainians didn't need to get out of the country. this is not a natural disaster. none of this needs to be happening. it's >> the a tragedy whose celtics visiting an purpose is hard to old friend and process. that human charlotte. isaiah beings still cause each thomas getting sent other this kind of to suffering in 2022. paces -- yet another that does it for us tonight. year. we'll see you again tomorrow. now it's time for the from i t to j.c., last word with lawrence as in the soon to o'donnell. good evening be former my friend. >> good quarterback, evening ali. and at least, as you reported that's what it looks like right on that refugee now. crisis there, i think of all the people in this the ladies country who are crowned descended from champion people who last week, now it's the men's left where term. we're gonna look at the they came from, huskies left at the point of tournament that starts tomorrow a gun, night. left at the threat

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the russian invasion while avoiding a direct confrontation with moscow. nato hesitation, more soldiers and weapons in eastern european member states. secretary generally installed. burke has also promised more support for ukraine to protect itself against the threats of chemical warfare. and he implored member states to invest more resources in order to stop the war from escalating the decisions we take to morrow will. how far reaching implications, major reinforcements to our security. will it require major investments in the fence? so i expect unless we agree to read or boulder efforts to invest more. there is a new sense of urgency because we cannot take peace for granted. and a short while ago german chancellor sholtes addressed parliament on the ukraine war . mister schultz has said sanctions against russia were beginning to work and would be increased. he also said ukrainian refugees are welcome. in germany. schultz opened his speech with an expression of solidarity with ukraine. yeah. last week the we had to president to lensky speaking to us here in the parliament. and he said, it is hard to keep going it wit

is providing, but the stuff that our nato eastern european allies have. the 152 millimeter artillery and the munitions board, the multiple launch rocket systems, the grod, they have to come in. the eastern european allies are torn, they want to give it, but they give up their own defenses and what do we do to back them? and how quickly -- it is the mig story all over again. and we got to resolve this and get the ukrainians what they need to stand up to the next wave of russian assault. >> general clark, in the discussion, in these negotiations there is discussion, open discussion of ukraine giving up parts, formally, of eastern ukraine, granting that crimea is now part of russia, as well as possibly pledging at least for a number of years not to seek nato membership. i wonder, are those proposed concessions, is that warranted or is that defeatist? is that in effect rewarding russia for its brutal invasion of ukraine? >> it absolutely would be rewarding russia for invasion of ukraine. and president zelenskyy, he's shadow boxing with these proposals. maybe

the president an outstanding additional troops to join nato allies in the eastern european front nato countries. those people fleeing ukraine, refugees, we've been talking about sending additional, permanently stationed troops to romania, poland and baltics prior to the engaged invasion. my question, does the administration support this result after the invasion we make those true presence permanent in those eastern european front countries? >> we are following the situation closely. you might recall last august, september or so secretary austin released that and largely saw it was about right. we recognized this dynamic situation which requires another fine toothed look to see what is necessary to ensure we have deterrence of russia and the we can absolutely 150% say that nato is safe and secure. what sort of troop presence whether it is rotational or permanent is necessary given the current security environment in near-term and long-term. >> it would send a message to our nato allies that we are serious what the president said in his public address when he said we were going to do e

eastern european countries, now members of nato, can provide them and i hope the administration is movingcarley: i hope so, too. you are attending a briefing today on the war, what do you expect to get out of it? >> i think we will get operational update. i am interested in the logistics issues russia is having. and interested in port of odesa, a lot of focus on the ariel piece, there is a blockade going on in the black sea. odesa is ukraine's last port, russians wanted it and we have to do everything to keep that lifeline open and finally, what is going on with the peace talks, what is i think the zelenskyy has made very important concession in terms of going neutral on nato, but what is he prepared to give up and putin prepared to do, i'll be looking forward to that briefing today. >> carley: after you get briefed, please come back, we'd love to hear what you have to say. congressman, thanks for joining us. >> todd: biden administration wants to block mount rushmore 4th of july fireworks again. what is the excuse this time? mike huckabee on that. >> carley: check in with brian kilmeade