another point to pick up on in thomas greenfield, greenfield, rather, linda thomas greenfield. i should say it's not thomas greenfield. a is the fact that she mentioned this, this history repeating itself and the president putin began his address of the nation yesterday by giving a long history lesson. and she mentioned that that is going appointed, pointing back to, to, to the beginning of the soviet union. and the president, putin is pushing for more imperialism and return to what was due the u. s. s. when in fact, the or the other way around, if we just listen to his speech written here, president putin warning against the dangers of adequately governing such a vast space. as sure vast. there was some vast land that can be extremely difficult. that was the kind of the, the gist of what president putin were trying to, to guess across, rather than reinstating the old soviet union. but this time linda thomas greenfield is gone a step further and said that rather than the u. s. s. r, she's used the russian federation as a point of reference in a potent asserted that russia today

linda thomas greenfield speaking a little i greenfield speaking a little earlier.wouldn't called on the ukrainian military to abandon their government in kyiv, who he described as terrorists, drug addicts, and neonazis. personal sanctions have been announced by the eu and the uk against b putin and his foreign minister, sergei lavrov. has the kremlin�*s plan become any clearer? for months, putin kept the world in suspense. then, invasion of ukraine. now an appeal to ukrainian soldiers to topple their government. translation: take power into your own hands. - i think it will be easier for us to deal with you than with the drug addicts and neo—nazis that have installed themselves in kyiv. the state media is backing the kremlin�*s war. russia's foreign minister tried to justify it. mr lavrov, let's put euphemisms aside. this is not a special military operation, is it? it's a full—scale russian invasion of ukraine. how can you possiblyjustify invading a sovereign nation, your neighbour? translation: in terms - of euphemisms, we've a lot to learn from you anglo—saxons.

s. representative thomas greenfield, linda thomas greenfield. that is when even further. busy and actually mentioned the russian empire as a point of reference to the president, putin asserted that russia today has a rightful claim to all territories, all territories from the russian empire. the same russian empire from before, the soviet union from over a 100 years ago. that includes all of ukraine in essence to didn't want the world to travel back in time to time before the united nations to time when empowers. busy rule the world, a comments from the u. s. they're not coming completely out of the blue because russia has been long the kid long accused of having these expansion is tendencies. so how did they respond to that? well, yes, we just said that we say we heard linda thomas greenfield, they're having some actual trouble listing those countries. she says that russia has their intentions to kind of annex and rebuild the u. s. s. saw as it were, she also says that russia has the intentions on parts of poland and turkey. now they saw would be quite amusing if it were

ambassador to the u.n., linda thomas-greenfield, is going to say.ment, on behalf of president biden. bi we'll be listening very carefully to her words, right? >> we absolutely will. the security council has met before. she gave a great speech. secretary blinken gave a great speech at the security council as well. they have put the russians on notice. and yet the russians seem oblivious. the russians seem not to hear. the russians seem intent on controlling ukraine, on dominating ukraine, on bringing ukraine back under their control without regard to international law, without regard to the u.n. charter, without regard to any of the commitments that the russians have made to the ukrainians and to the international community over the years, without any regard for that. they seem to be poised to invade. >> all right. we're going to continue to monitor this emergency meeting of the u.n. security council. rosemary decarlo, the undersecretary general for political and peace building affairs at the u.n. is speaking. we'll monitor what she's saying. we'll w

so we just heard there from a linda thomas, sir greenfield, the u. s. ambassador to the you and very much a echoing the, the line that we've heard from the u. s. government on this, the russia is, is, is the only one to blame here. ah, but does this put some, the u. s. administration in something of a quandary and they said the crit, their critics will say, as they have already, eddie said in, in washington that, um, they will, they will go to biden and say, this happened on your watch. you let this happen. and they will be looking for, for tangible results are short of military action. so what does, what does biden have left to do them? well, actually, my dad has been at the forefront of this or, you know, a number of days, no number of weeks. in fact, he's the one who's warranty, europeans and he's the one would try to exploit the crisis in order to bring it all back and center, bringing it back from the debt, bringing the brain that natural back into life. so if anything goes why didn't, has been quite proactive, and i think he's probably going to

linda thomas greenfield, _ their children. thank you. linda thomas greenfield, un - their children.rab emirates and india. a number of significant countries didn�*t, they won there was most attention on was china who did not back the use of the veto. china has a long—standing policy against intervention in other countries because it has always been there was a countries intervening in its affairs. and in that area at least it is likely to be approaching this problem differently to its ally russia. we will return to the un in new york if there are any further significant interventions. despite offering talks, president putin has ordered russia�*s strategic nuclear forces to be placed on high alert. he says western leaders have made aggressive statements towards russia, and international sanctions are illegitimate. it means the order for a tactical nuclear weapon strike can be quickly given. the us has denounced the move as "completely unacceptable". 0ur correspondent steve rosenberg is in moscow and sent this report. from the kremlin, a pointed message to the west, don�*t push russia

ambassador to the united nations, linda thomas greenfield, who joins us from new york.rning to you, madam ambassador. vladimir putin has been speaking on state tv with his top officials and said he was ordering russia's nuclear deterrent forces to be on alert for a special regime of combat duty. can you tell us what that means? >> it means that president putin is continuing to escalate this war in a manner that is totally unacceptable, and we have to continue to condemn his actions in the most strong -- it possible way. >> brennan: to be clear, is this just loose talk about nuclear weapons, or is there some kind of heightened readiness and reason to be concerned? >> i'm just hearing this from you, margaret, but i'm not surprised at this information because putin has tried every means possible to actually put fear in the world, in terms of his actions, and it just means that we have to ramp up our effort here at the united nations and elsewhere to hold him accountable. >> brennan: this morning the united kingdom's foreign minister said the conflict will get very, very bl

i'm joined now by the united states ambassador to the u.n., linda thomas-greenfield. madam ambassador, we appreciate you being here. for days we've been hearing an attack is imminent. what do you make of the fact it hasn't happened yet? do you think vladimir putin is committed to the idea of attacking? >> everything that we have seen on the ground, lester, indicates that he is committed to an attack. he has 150,000 troops on the border with ukraine. he has troops in belarus on the border with ukraine, and all of their statements indicate that they had no intention of not invading ukraine, despite sometimes saying that they pulled back troops or they may not invade. but everything they are doing shows that they are prepared for an attack, and that attack could happen any day. >> the u.s. has been leading the call for a diplomatic resolution to all of this, but it is unwilling to limit nato expansion. is there in fact still room for discussion? is there anything new to be put on the table? >> you know, absolutely. the first thing we have to do is get to the table. secre

a chilling thought, chuck. >> thank you very much. >>> now to linda thomas-greenfield, u.n. ambassador. welcome to "meet the press." >> thank you. i'm delighted to be here. >> in the last 72 hours we've seen a daily escalation in sanctions from the western alliance, whether sometimes led by the united states, obviously europeans have a lot to say about the swift system. i guess my first question is, why is this such a slow escalation? why couldn't we have done this on thursday? and we have such a rough movement. >> we made it clear we will escalate as the russians escalate. that's what we have done. the president, in all of his announcements before, indicated that we will be prepared to put harsh sanctions on the russians. they were aware that those sanctions were coming, and we have been consistent in applying those sanctions as we've seen the escalation by the russians, in coordination, of course, with all of our european colleagues. >> you know, when we were first announcing sanctions, we were told it was about deterrence. i want to play a few clips here from various offi

see how that is interesting because earlier, linda thomas greenfield was talking about. so the deployment of russian troops as peacekeepers in east in ukraine is a nonsense. and it's a pretext to invasion again, repeating what she had said on the floor as you were watching there. that brings us nicely. she had gone to the point of sanction. so where does all of this them leave? the issue of sanction. she talks about the sanctions, a number of members, including the u. s. there, and the u. k said that, announce those sanctions later today writes, but what sanctions that the point is, i think. and so this is what we were hearing earlier today is there was a lot of unanimity about watts li international community would do with a full scale invasion of ukraine, which joe biden has been promising the weeks now, which has not happened. and we should be clear, this is, this is not bullying bombarding, kia, this isn't using a $170000.00 troops with a pencil movement and, and, and shelling and shelling the cities. this is about an area which has been in conflict for the last seve

security demands, as we just heard linda thomas greenfield saying that having some trouble in actually listing some of the countries that were part of the u. s. s. i says that russia has designs on annexing the, in the complete list of countries that were parts of the soviet union as well as parts of that poland and turkey. now, of course, russia has gathered, gotten use to do as it were, to these attitudes by the west. it comes as no surprise the rest of the double standards there, of course, in the u. s. and you cave, in response to russia saying that russia does not uphold this part of the bargaining minutes agreement. but again, when these violations of the mincing agreement come from any other side, it seems that to go unnoticed. now, the russian side has responded to this, particularly with brushing, representative bethaly and benjamin who was president that security meeting. he says that he doesn't want to know the ukrainian military adventure at 2014, to avoid war and a blood bath in the back. just wasn't, it's important to focus on how to avoid war and force ukraine to stop it

ambassador linda thomas-greenfield, we'll have to leave it there.ch. >>> clear there are many big decisions still to be made regarding ukraine. >>> new this morning, another story we're following, prince charles tested positive for covid-19. where the prince of wales was spotted just last night before that positive test. we're going to have a live report next. this valentine's day, show your love with 25 to 50% off everything at kay. because every kiss you've shared togeth... deserves to be celebrated wi a gift from kay. ♪ people everywhere living with type 2 diabetes are waking up to what's possible... with rybelsus®. the majority of people taking rybelsus® lowered their blood sugar and reached an a1c of less than 7. rybelsus® isn't for people with type 1 diabetes. don't take rybelsus® if you or your family ever had medullary thyroid cancer or have multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome type 2, or if allergic to it. stop rybelsus® and get medical help right away if you get a lump or swelling in your neck, severe stomach pain, or an allergic reaction

ambassador to the united nations, linda thomas-greenfield, is speaking now and i want to play from theher. >> thank you mister president, and thank you secretary general. thank you for your strong stance and you are powerful remarks today at the general assembly and for your remarks tonight. colleagues, a few moments ago, i spoke to president biden, who asked me to convey in the strongest possible terms his and our steadfast support for ukraine. and support for the urgent meeting this council has convened tonight. furthermore, he asked me to share that the united states and our allies and partners will continue to respond to his actions with unity, with clarity and with conviction. we are here tonight because we believe, along with ukraine, that a full scale further invasion into ukraine by russia is imminent. tonight, we are seeing the russians close airspace, move troops into donbass and move forces into combat ready positions. this is a perilous moment. and we are here for one reason and one reason only, to ask russia to stop, return to your borders and send your troops and planes b

lieutenant thomas-greenfield at the security council tonight. >> anne he wants the world to travel back in time. to a time before the united nations. to a time when empires ruled the world. that the rest of the world has moved forward. it is not 1990. it is 2022. >> let him or putin signed a declaration today recognizing the donetsk people republic and the mintz people republican called by route -- recognized by independent, when in fact they're part of eastern ukraine, but have been revolting against the government of ukraine since russia started supporting that revolved in 2014. in a rambling statement to the russian people today, which was televised around the world, vladimir putin said, let me emphasize once again that ukraine for us is not just a neighboring country. it is an integral part of our own history, culture, spiritual's face. over 190,000 russian troops massed at the 1200 mile border with ukraine, vladimir putin said if he does order those troops to invade ukraine, quote, the complete responsibility for the possibility of a continuation of bloodshed will be fully and holy

ambassador to the united nations, linda thomas-greenfield. they said they will meet without preconditions on the belarus border. what are you hearing about that and how optimistic are you? >> we'll look forward to what comes out of those discussions. as you know, we lean with diplomacy on the russians throughout this process, and we hoped that putin would find a way to the negotiating table, and he made the unfortunate decision of aggression over diplomacy. again, this news is another effort by the ukranians to find a way fwaorward at the negotiatg table. >> by the point of view of russia, do you think based on the diplomatic efforts you were involved in up until now that this is a good faith effort by the russians? >> i can't get into the russian -- into putin's head or into russian reasoning, so it remains to be seen. let's see what comes of it. >> but the u.s. does support this move, this diplomatic effort? >> we've always said we wanted to find a diplomatic solution and russia chose confrontation. this is yet one more effort to bring nego

s. ambassador t, n lender, thomas greenfield, really wants to betray. and he said, of russian minet, traction against ukraine is not just being a threat to key have but to all member states. that's right, and that's the point that ties no, she has been repeating on behalf of the bind administration, but we have also heard that from the un secretary general, mr. go durish, who was twice now in the last 24 hours, has basically accused russia of carrying out actions that undermined the very premise of the un charter nation so existing side by side of respecting each other sovereignty not trying to change other countries. borders by force without consent of those who would be governed in a new was political entity. and we've heard that a tone picked up by a number of the speakers who have been appearing at the podium at the general assembly on wednesday. that time if this is allowed to happen to ukraine, it could potentially happen to other countries, perhaps in europe, if not elsewhere. and so there was this very robust call to uphold the of the un charter

here in a fox business exclusive, rich greenfield. got a meltdown at this hour, so it's not surprising to see a lot of these stocks down anyway, but how do you view the name change to paramount and what it can do or won't do for the stock m -- stock? >> look, it really goes back to shari redstone, right? actually, it goes back to sumner redstone. content is king. and i think shari redstone has very much carried on that tradition. i think in her view and now bob bachus' view as ceo of the company, they've been really big believers that content is what matters. and i think if you're looking at the streaming services, it's undeniable what drives netflix, what drives missny, what drives -- disney is don't. -- is content. viacom-cbs, they never meant anything to anyone literally ever. paramount, i think it makes a tremendous amount of sense. the question though for investors, though, is everyone is now investing more. peacock, netflix, disney, hulu, everyone is throwing more money. pixar movie, the former head of pixar is, john lassiter, i

ambassador to the un linda thomas greenfield denouncing president putin's actions. watch. >> he calls them peace keepers, this is nonsense, we know what they are, it is attack on ukraine's status as un member state, it violates basic principle of international law and defys our charter. >> griff: across the tiktok, british prime minister johnson echoing greenfield's condemnation. >> russia is recognizing the breakaway republics of against and this is plainly in breach of international law, flagrant violation of integrity of ukraine. >> griff: this as president biden imposes sanctions on the two straightist region putin denied russia chance to profit from international law. we are continuing to closely consult with allys and partners, including ukraine, on next steps. the sanctions stop short of direct penalty on russia. white house press secretary jen psaki says these orders are separate and in addition to swift measures we've been prepare nothing coordination with allys and partners should russia further invade by holding calls with ukraine president zelenskyy and

security council and what they did, too, was vote after you saw linda thomas greenfield. what they did was vote to pass this emergency -- to pass this resolution condemning russia onto the general assembly tomorrow. the vote against, there was a veto from russia and again china, india, and the united arab republic abstained and because there were already nine votes to pass it to the general assembly for consideration tomorrow, that russian veto did not negate it. so the resolution proceeds to the general assembly where there is expected to be a large majority in favor of condemning russia, despite its leadership of the security council, which will end monday night. >> across the world, people have taken to the streets to protest russia's invasion of ukraine. exactly the way it's happening in russia. on friday, more than 100,000 people in berlin standing in solidarity with ukraine. in istanbul today, hundreds including many ukrainian ex-patriots singing ukraine's national anthem and urging the world to stand with ukraine. and waving, of course, the iconic, now iconic blue

francine: why not publish the greenfield report?the greenfield report was completed with those remarks and the board is taking those decisions with respect to the ongoing efforts for retrieving the variate doors at the moment. francine: do you think one that is published, they will -- >> notes up a report was commissioned by the boards -- no. the report was commissioned by the boards. francine: the past months have not been dull. do think inflation will get any better? >> i hope so. francine: what was the hardest thing in the last 12 months? >> the distraction and dealing with archegos and the supply chain issues were not an easy thing and we had to go through a very detailed and word focused period where we had to redo all of our risk positions, all of our risk processes, and invest in our strengthening team. we have a 12 man executive board . we are a great team together and we are focused now on lamenting strategy for 2022 and beyond. francine: the credit suisse chief executive they're speaking to me earlier. it is clear that the

sam baset, or in contrast, thomas greenfield said russia wants to fabricate a, provide text for an attack recognition the evidence at all. so it really was a controversial debate, a fight for the public opinion really. and that was the plan of the united states to put that topic. ukraine on the world stage where he left. and ukraine isn't a member of the security council, but it did take part in the meeting. what are the chances that we could see direct diplomacy between russia and ukraine? well, today we saw in particular high tensions and sharp attacks rather than diplomacy. but of course, on the other hand, all conflict parties are involved were involved in that meeting. and it's the 1st time also that the security council got together on the topic of russian true built up at the ukranian border. and so the plan of the u. s. was to put that topic on the world stage. and it was also clear from the start that there were no hopes, really of any formal action resulting out of that meeting. of course, russia has veto rides in a very strong position. there's also supported by china, but that

just a few moments ago we heard from linda thomas-greenfield. she is the united states ambassador to the united nations. she said she'd just gotten off the phone with president biden. and she came out and was pleading for biden to stop, to now take his troops back, to turn around and leave the border at ukraine where of course we know he's amassed over much -- over 100,000 forces. and don, i want to read something she said because it talks about what the united states has been saying over the last few -- the last few weeks. warning about what they believed was going to happen, how putin was going to game this out, something that white house officials say they believed caught the russian leader off guard. and tonight just a few minutes ago in these remarks after speaking to president biden linda thomas-greenfield said over the last few weeks russia has called our predictions hysterical, they said we were lying. russia said we were supplying the world with misinformation. russia's diplomats even laughed in the face of human suffering that we were

ambassador linda thomas greenfield denouncing putin's actions. >> he calls them peacekeepers, this is nonsense, we know what they are, an attack on ukraine's status as un member state. it violates basic principle of international law and defys our charter. >> griff: across the atlantic u.s. allies echoing greenfield's condemnation. >> russia is recognizing breakaway republic again and this is in breach of international law, sovereignty and integrity of ukraine. >> griff: this as president biden held calls with ukraine's president zelenskyy and french president macron. tweeting, i have signed executive order to deny russia chance to profit from violation of international law. we are continuing to closely consult with allys and partners, including ukraine on next steps. the sanctions stop short of direct penalty on russia. we plan to announce new sanctions tomorrow in response to decisions and we are coordinating with allys and partners on the announcement. gop ranking member jim resch saying the u.s. and allies must ifrm element harsh sanctions putin cannot ignore. it will deter aggres

rather broadly trying to stay on the fence between them on the american side, linda thomas greenfield. rubbish. this notion that russia is currently said to peacekeepers into this region, saying that that was simply nonsense. the russian ambassador for he's saying that russia remains committed to diplomacy, denying the suggestion that kaminsky agreements of these agreements that were signed 8 years ago to 70 years ago. in fact, to try to resolve there's conflict that these are not, that russia remained commit you to try to pursue that. but that is certainly huge as pretty much nonsense in the west. this is being seen as a clear breach of those minutes agreement. so an angry session of the un security council, but i think this is going to be the 1st of a great many to come came for the administration of us president joe biden. of course, putting russian boots on the ground in ukraine was a red line, as it is for many others as well. but the u. s. has been very outspoken about that . we seem to have russian troops crossing in to eastern ukraine. now they're saying they're peacekeepers.

linda thomas greenfield. as putin threatens to escalate the conflict, british defense officials say his forces in ukraine continue to run into stiff opposition from ukrainian troops and volunteers, as well as logistical failures. those officials are also saying russian troops are still 20 miles from the center of kyiv, as ukraine forces continue to hold on to control of the capital city. as the united nations called for a rare special session of the u.n. general assembly today to discuss the situation that is unfolding in ukraine. u.s. ambassador to the united nations linda thomas-greenfield had this for the russians. >> always. right now it is the russians. >> okay. >> that was the mayor of kyiv talking about wanting to get the people out of kyiv. it's going to be a difficult task as that. meantime, this drone video showing a long line of vehicles moving towards the border with poland. the united nations saying 368,000 ukrainians have fled their homeland with even more expected. with me now to talk about the

a ambassador to the united nations today linda thomas greenfield, talked of unprovoked violations of the international law. and so oliver's salad in washington dc. many thanks, oliver. let's take a closer look now at the fighting in eastern ukraine which has intensified over recent days. d. w correspondent mathias bellinger filed this report from the village close to the line between ukrainian and separatist held territory. it is quiet at the moment a good time to leave for days now the people in the village of rubica have been under fire. the villages in ukrainian government control territory and is being shared by separatists from the other side, much cl additional deliberately and then up the whole night. some people are still in a cellar too scared to come out. dicky, the kids spent the whole day yesterday downstairs, but at night we went upstairs, is pregnant because it was just too cold. downstairs a seller is the seller, put lowest half of the village has already left. the others are terrified shows have come down right in the center of the village. one shall have the schoolya

we'll hear much more from linda thomas greenfield in our next hour. mitchell on "andrea mitchell reports." that's today at 12:00 p.m. eastern. >>> president biden is on track to announce his decision announn it's still the eat fresh refresh™, and subway's refreshing everything like the new baja turkey avocado with smashed avocado, oven-roasted turkey, and baja chipotle sauce. it's three great things together. wait! who else is known for nailing threes? hmm. can't think of anyone! subway keeps refreshing and re- ♪♪ energy is everywhere... even in a little seedling. which, when turned into fuel, can help power a plane. at chevron's el segundo refinery, we're looking to turn plant-based oil into renewable gasoline, jet and diesel fuels. our planet offers countless sources of energy. but it's only human to find the ones that could power a better future. ♪ “all i do is win” by dj khaled ♪ ♪ everybody's hands go up! ♪ karaoke singer: and they stay there. and they say yeah. and they stay there, up, down, up, down. never lose confidence in how you run your bu

night there was an urgency meeting at. 3 the national security council ambassador linda thomas greenfield, called this all a pretext for a further invasion. and we had heard more alarming voices like the former u. s. general and leader of the u. s. troops in europe. been hodges pointing out also that the situation in bella ross is alarming that they might enter the russian federation at least in the midterm. we also heard a former director of the national intelligence speaking that there might even be a tax on nato countries, of course, were very far away from such a terrible scenario. but washington is definitely alarmed. all right, thank you for that oliver. sanity washington. well, our president putin has nav side friendship tree says where the low hands can to netscape regents of their easton ukraine. day after recognizable as independent states. he plans to build military bases and established a joint defense mechanism. russian law makers voted to allow their troops to be stationed in the break republics. if one said, the military presence would maintain stability and independence. t

ambassador linda thomas greenfield said about that meeting. listen. >> russia cannot veto our voices. russia cannot vee you the ukrainian people. and russia cannot veto the un charter. russia cannot and will not veto accountability. those of us here safely sitting in this hallowed hall have a moral responsibility to respond to russia's desecration of human life. >> now, ukraine's government reports that 352 people have been killed since the russian invasion began. at least 14 of those killed are children. today vladimir putin announced he was placing his nuclear deterrent forces on high alert. that as ukraine's president said russia agrees to hold peace talks. today president volodymyr zelenskyy issued this statement. this is not just russia's invasion of ukraine. this is the beginning of a war against europe, against european structures, against no, ma'amsy, against basic human rights. in the middle of an international crisis, president biden must deliver his first state of the union address on tuesday. he will have to offer perspective on no

ambassador to the united nations, linda thomas-greenfield, also criticized putin's move during an emergency meeting of the security council. >> he calls them peacekeepers. this is nonsense. we know what they really are. in doing so, he has put before the world we must meet the moment and we must not look away. history tells us that looking the other way in the face of such hostility will be far more costly path. amy: ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky accused russia of violating the minsk agreement and undermining diplomatic efforts to resolve the conflict in eastern ukraine. on monday, the biden administration issued limited new sanctions targeting investors in the russian-backed separatist regions. meanwhile, germany has announced it is halting the permitting process of russia's massive nord stream 2 gas pipeline. we'll have more on tensions over tensions with ukraine with nina khrushcheva after headlines. in florida, a state senate committee has passed a republican-led bill that would ban almost all abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. the legislation now heads to the full florida

ambassador to the united nations linda thomas greenfield asked him to address the u.n. security counsel at this, quote, crucial moment. the ambassador will be my guest coming up, but this all comes as there is new evidence tonight of russia's military build-up, officials say almost half of russia's forces around ukraine are now within 30 miles of the border. biden and his secretary of defense believe putin is ready for war. >> we see them fly in more combat and support aircraft. we see them sharpen their readiness in the black sea. we even see them stocking up their blood supplies. >> mr. president -- how high is the threat of a russian invade right now? >> it's very high. they have not moved any of their troops out, they moved more troops in. my sense is it will. in the next several days. >> now, again, to say such a thing is pretty stunning. biden did go on to say there's still a diplomatic path but so far, to be frank, meetings between russia and the united states have done nothing to stop the build-up, right? that's the reality. and tonight, adding to the tensions,

ambassador to the united nations linda thomas greenfield saying the biden administration looks forward to seeing what comes out of those talks. but you don't hear a particularly positive sentiment that these are going to produce any real results from biden administration officials. they have said over the last week or so that this is essentially just not the time for diplomacy to succeed. that the russians are going to have to back off. they're going to have to change and not continue with their assaults on ukraine if there's going to be a diplomatic path forward here. so they aren't exactly looking to tomorrow to be the breakthrough. we should also note that u.s. officials are keeping a very close eye on what the russians are doing in terms of their military progress in ukraine saying that they are having some success in the south, but a senior defense official saying earlier today to reporters that the russians are facing stiff resistance in the northern part of the country. and that is slowing down their momentum. this defense official explained, for example, that in kyiv, which, of

ambassador to the u.n., linda thomas-greenfield, speaking to me earlier from the white house.from around the world -- high inflation in america persisting. in some places, 7.5%. that is the biggest year on year increase in the u.s. in 20 years. the dow jones closed trading down more than 500 points. economists had forecasted inflation would rise by less. the chief of the metropolitan police resigned, leaving the postfter london expressed reservations about her ability to reform the police. there was evidence of misogyny and discrimination. the winter olympics in beijing, the team figure skating medal ceremony has not taken place. there has been intense speculation abouhy. the ssian committee won gold monday. unconfirmed reports say a 15-year-old tested positive for a banned substance. th philippines is excepting international tours who have been double vaccinated against covid-19. they won't have to quarantine, provided they tested negative within 48 hours of travel. to canada, where chaos caused by the trucker protest is spreading. two u.s.-canada border points have been affe

ambassador linda thomas-greenfield. thank you for being with us this morning. his feud with one of donald trump's most vocal owe poern ents. i just don't know if i would go out of my way to pick on a cheney. >>> plus, former secretary of state hillary clinton promising to work her heart out for democrats leading up to november. some democrats want her to continue to work leading to november 2024. we will talk about what that means for the democratic party. you are watching "morning joe." we will be right back. "morning. we will be right back. hey google. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ (music) ♪ i think to myself ♪ ♪ what a wonderful world ♪ my asthma felt anything but normal. ♪ ♪ it was time for a nunormal with nucala. nucala reduces asthma attacks it's a once-monthly add-on treatment for severe eosinophilic asthma. not for sudden breathing problems. allergic reactions can occur. get help right away for swelling of face, mouth, tongue, or trouble breathing. infections that can cause shingles have occured. don't stop steroids unless told by your doctor. tell your doctor if you hav

s >> reporter: at the same meeting, linda thomas greenfield warned that russia's actions could send a tidal wave of suffering across the world, including a spike in food crisis and a refugee crisis. >> now is the time to get off of the sidelines. let us together show russia that it is isolated and alone in its aggressive actions. >> reporter: local ukrainian media say the government websites were targeted wednesday by cyber attacks. ukraine has mobilized its military reservists as tensions build. >> we appreciate decisions already taken, but they are not enough to prevent russia from changing their mind. >> reporter: the european union has scheduled an emergency meeting on thursday to discuss further assistance to ukraine, and more possible consequences for russia. this afternoon, the press secretary said there are no plans to send u.s. troops into ukraine. she also said the president said he would do whatever he could to reduce the impact of the invasion on gas prices here at home, even possibly tapping into the strategic petroleum reserve. at the white house, debra alfarone, kpix 5.

ambassador linda thomas-greenfield says the white house is committed to helping ukraine but said the u.s. will not send any combat troops there. prior to today the general assembly has only conducted ten emergency sessions in u.n.'s history. the last one was in 1997 involving the israeli-palestinian conflict. anne-marie? >> wow. laura podesta in new york. thank you so much. >>> president biden monitored the ukraine crisis from delaware over the weekend. he will return to the white house this morning. some are questioning whether the u.s. needs to do more. >> reporter: from the united nations -- >> president putin is continuing to escalate this war in a manner that is totally unacceptable. >> reporter: to nato -- >> this is dangerous rhetoric. >> reporter: much of the western world is standing strong against russia's invasion of ukraine. >> i haven't seen this kind of unity since 9/11. >> reporter: the most forceful response so far, an unprecedented decision to kick most russian banks out of an international banking system and plans to restrict the country's central bank. >> this make

ambassador to the un, linda thomas greenfield responded that russia's actions indicated planning militaryagainst ukraine. [backgun

ambassador linda thomas greenfield. >> this move by president putin is clearly the basis for russia's attempt to create a pretext for a further invasion of ukraine. >> reporter: the council's russian delegates said the kremlin was taking steps to prevent a bloodbath in ukraine. diplomats here at the u.n. say the risk of a major conflict is real and they're urging all sides involved to show restraint. president biden signed an executive order blocking trade and investment with the break-away republics. he revealed to cbs news new sanctions against russia will be unveiled today. in a televised speech putin blamed the crisis of nato saying it encroached on land that has long been part of russia, and ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy that, quote, we're not afraid of anyone or anything. we don't owe anything, and we won't give anything to anyone. ukraine's foreign minister is set to arrive in washington, d.c., today to meet with secretary of state antony blinken. that's according to the state department. >> laura podesta in new york. thank you so much, laura. >>> millions of american

ambassador to the u.n., linda thomas-greenfield, because the u.s. had called this meeting.d she did not at all the answers they wanted from russia what they hoped a diplomatic way forward was still possible. look, this meeting, there was debate about whether or not it should even be held by members of the security council. ultimately 10 members sided with the united states, believing this was in the interest of the security council to try for preventative diplomacy, to try to get involved before a crisis. on the other hand you had china siding with russia, saying it was the united states fanning the flames here, not helping to de-escalate the situation by calling this meeting, and three other countries abstained in that procedural vote to hold this meeting. so again, he really just underlined the divisions on the security council between the west and russia. and ultimately one was expecting any outcome from this meeting. laura: and how about in ukraine? what is the mood there among the ukrainians, even as ukraine's president tries to downplay the threat of a russian invasio

linda thomas greenfield calling this a perilous moment ordering russia to back away from ukraine's bordersull scale invasion could lead to one of the biggest conflicts we've seen in europe in decades. u.s. intel warns 50,000 civilians could be killed or injured. president biden has warned of a decisive response with swift and severe economic costs. so we are watching what is happening in kyiv at this moment. there is a little traffic there. it is roughly 5:29 a.m. in kyiv. our reporter there hearing explosions. vladimir putin taking to state tv tonight, the morning over there in russia announcing u.s. imperialism is trying to spread power and nato is threatening russia, that they no longer have any more opportunity. i'm understanding we have our chief white house correspondent peter alexander in contact with the sources and white house with some of the messaging and statements from president biden tonight. peter, what can you tell us from the white house and what is their understanding what is happening in ukraine at this hour? >> reporter: tom, i've been inside the white house and the pre

you mentioned there linda thomas—greenfield, the us envoy to the un.at the build—up had precisely followed the lines laid out by the west, based on western intelligence sources, including this so—called false flag operation, the reported request for russian help by separatists to the east of ukraine, in the face of what they called ukrainian aggression, that, serving, she said, as a pretext for the sort of military action that we are seeing now. there are unified calls from the un security council members to step —— for russia to step back from the brink, but any statement condemning russia for its actions tonight is likely to be vetoed, not least because russia is one member of the security council, the 15 member security council, the 15 member security council, the 15 member security council, that has veto power. it is a similar situation to the one that directly followed the russian invasion of crimea in 2014. there was similar condemnation, of calls for a referendum at that point. they were vetoed by russia, and then the united nations general asse

okay, so we're just listening very us ambassador to the un linda thomas greenfield, on a draft resolution condemning russia's invasion of ukraine. and that is being put before the council in this emergency meeting of the council, but it is certain to to fail. i mean it's, it's very likely to fail because russia is one of the 5 permanent members of the group and russia certainty, veto. shebra can see is life 1st now in the united nations. how, how much support does this resolution have shad? well, the $66.00 co sponsors actually across the united nations or have introduced us to or east u. s. and albania, and juice of the security council really got the support of $66.00 co sponsors in total. and what we're looking for now, there is the support on the security council itself on the main aim of the united states has been to demonstrate the isolation of the russian federation. but there's been a lot of wrangling in the last few hours because the original draft resolution that the u. s. produced was really maximum, as it was really using the un security. you security council, the full force o