i asked jake sullivan about that. if the u.s. waited too long. take a listen to what he said to me. >> did the u.s. wait too long to arm ukraine especially with respect to weapons that could defend against an air strike? did they'd wait too long to move u.s. forces to nato countries? does the president still view the idea of preinvasion sanctions as a stupid question? >> as to the question of waiting too long on arming the ukrainians, over the course of the past year, the united states has provided more than half a billion dollars, $650 million in assistance for defense of the ukraine. >> he didn't answer my questions about the sanctions. so i went back. >> the president believes that sanctions are intended to deter. in order for them to work to deter, they have to be set up in a way where if putin moves, then the costs are imposed. >> so if they're supposed to work to deter, i guess we have to wait until -- that logic i'm struggling to follow. if we're waiting for an invasion to put sanctions forward, we're not trying to deter -- we're not waiti

who the heck is jake sullivan? he gets a change all the rules and all the laws because he has a preference. okay, well i'm going to take a lesson on that cuz that, that quote right there, stuck out to my team as well when it happened. so here was, yeah, this is exactly what was said yesterday on jake tapper cnn show. first, we're not putting forward this intelligence to start a war which has happened in the past, jake, we're putting forward this intelligence to stop a war. and i think that fundamentally gives it at the outset a different level of credibility. secondly, this is consistent with the russian playbook. we have seen them do this before. many times you ask any russia expert, they will point to examples of where russia has used false flag operations as pretext to start military action. and then 3rd, if you look at the russian media, they are laying the groundwork for a potential pretext by raising the possibility of attacks by ukrainian forces. i know the russians themselves or rushes proxy, forces in the

jake sullivan has been promoted. jake sullivan is now president biden national security adviser.s still screaming about russia. only this time it's not to bring down a presidential opponent, he's screaming russia to bring the world into a war with a nuclear power. this story is not going away. the author of a terrific book the plot against the president. he joins us tonight. lee smith, thank you very much for coming on. we're hesitant to pick up the story partly but a it seemed so complicated but when you dig in, it's not so complicated. they were spying on trump as a candidate and as president of the kwraoupbd from the white house. why is this not the biggest story of the year? >> right. it's an enormous national security scandal. i hear people comparing it to watergate and it does not compare to watergate at all. what we're talking about when we talk about the executive office of the president, this is some of the most secure communications that we have in the united states. the fact that these were, that these were being tapped, the idea that these were under surveillance. we

i asked jake sullivan is this is evidence that the u.s. didn't take action quickly enough to deter this. listen to what he said. >> did the u.s. wait too long to arm ukraine especially with respect to weapons that could defend against an air strike that you laid out? did they wait too long to move u.s. forces to nato countries hand does the president still view the idea of preinvasion sanctions as a stupid question? >> on the question of arming the ukrainians, over the past year, the united states has provided more than half a billion dollars, $650 million in defense to the ukraine. >> he did not answer my question on preinvasion sanctions which has been a really robust topic of discussion between lawmakers on the hill trying to hash out a sanctions package. there's disagreement if they should wait until after an invasion or ahead of time. this is what he said. >> we don't believe that sanctions are intended to deter. in order for them to work, they have to be set up in a way if putin moves, then the costs are imposed. >> so the president

do you agree that jake sullivan should step down quick. >> yes.t a has the amount of detail from the filings they have about and through and regarding and the individuals involved, you have jake sullivan, he ought not to be speaking on behalf of the united states of america because you can see the ties and go back and look at the tweets they had during this period of time and you can begin to see the thread and the story they were weaving to just make it up make it up as they went along. steve: thank you for being clear about that. so now on the legal side, it is strange the way it emerged the filing connected to the other indictment called factual background. first of all what type of legal status does this have? why did it emerge this way? >> procedural wrangling is going on between the lawyers and in this filing that darren issued, he has indicated clearly there was a vast conspiracy, a dangerous conspiracy between sussman and others in terms of mining information and using it against president-elect trump. hillary clinton tweets out only a few

maintains internet service supporting the president of the uss, guy who is -- of the united states jake sullivans his campaign life to hire that tech firm. to pick updater on the sitting effort to show that 2016 election was stolen bee russia that same guy, sullivan is now hyping upward with russia. how can we believe a word he said, look at what he said in october of 2016, this economy most direct link yet between donald trump and moscow, raises more troubling questions in light of russia. -- troubling questions about russia? he himself was masterminding hacking efforts to hurt the trump campaign by making up stuff about russia, the shamelessness is just staggering. now we have out there, friday, going on about how russia will invade ukraine on wednesday. who knows where it will legally end up for jake sullivan, there is no question, none, he should immediately step town as national security adviser. >> then look at his boss, hillary, she now plotting another white house run, because it went so well the first time. look at what she said, computer scientists have uncovered a covert server linkin

national security advisor jake sullivan spoke earlier. mr. sullivan: we want to be crystal clear.e are not the saying -- not saying a final decision has been taken by president putin. we have a sufficient level of concern based on what we see on the ground and what our intelligence analysts have picked up, that we are sending this clear message. romaine: bloomberg chief washington correspondent anne-marie on the ground outside the white house within the building where there have been diplomatic efforts to bring this crisis -- this tension to some sort of an end. now, you have jake sullivan talking about a potential military response. is the diplomatic effort over? anne-marie: absolutely not and we are just learning from the white house this hour, president biden will speak with president putin tomorrow morning. the president left for camp david. the phone call will take place while he is there at camp david. he will meet with national security teams. the kremlin in russia saying president putin will have a call saturday as well with emmanuel macron of france, their second conversa

jake sullivan said goat out now. the tone seemed ed drastically different. >> the warning does not get more stern than this. we just heard from the national security adviser and i just want to be clear one thing that he emph emphasized. he said the u.s. does not know and does not believe that vladmir putin has made a decision to invade but the posturing that we're seeing from the white house today is they are very much preparing for that possibility. you're right. the one thing that sullivan kept emphasizing over and over again was this message to americans that are in ukraine and that message is get out now. he said that there is no guarantee that if anything were to happen that they could get out at later time. he also emphasized something that the white house has made clear for a while. the u.s. troops would not be going into ukraine to try to rescue them again if military action started taking place. one thing that he also made clear, too, was diplomacy. he continues to talk about fact that the u.s. is continuing

but we are going to start with steve and jen psaki and jake sullivan -- live to the white house now.an will give a brief update and then take some questions from all of you and with that, i will turn it over to jake. >> good afternoon. thanks, everybody for giving me the opportunity to be here. i would like to make a few comments on the situation in russia and ukraine and then happy to take your questions. we continue to see signs of russian escalation, including new forces arriving at the ukrainian border. as we have said before, we are in the window when an invasion could we gin at any time, should vladimir putin decide to order it. i will not comment on the details of our intelligence information but i do want to be clear. it could begin during the olympics, despite a lot of speculation that it would only happen after the olympics. as we have said before, we are ready either way. we are ready to continue results-oriented diplomacy that addresses the security concerns of the united states, russia and europe, consistent with our values and with the principle of reciprocity. we have

s. national security advisor jake sullivan had to say. well, you heard jake sullivan, very much sounding the alarm in, in specific ways that we haven't heard before about what may be coming just in the next few days. he was also careful. i'd to to say that there don't know for sure that this is going to happen. that of russian president vladimir putin has given the order to move ahead with an invasion. but certainly the rhetoric is much, much stronger than we've heard in recent days. and that's why everyone is, is very much on alarm, not just in washington, but here in brussels with nato calling its ambassadors into an emergency meeting last night to just expand a little bit more and why the u. s. seemed show, convinced to so certain that to russia is in fact going to evade into in vedo ukraine. michael, we don't know that they're certain, in fact they said that they're not certain that there's going to be an invasion in the next few days. what we have seen in recent months is that they have assembled all the capabilities to invade if the

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

i know jake sullivan has briefed the house. he's briefing the senate this afternoon.the senate at least leadership, democrat and republican can act in a unified voice to say we stand with the people of ukraine, that we stand with our nato allies, and reemphasize the fact that there is no democrat or republican position in terms of the level of sanctions that the russian people, the oligarchs and vladimir putin himself will face should russia invade ukraine. >> senator warner, thank you very much. really appreciate your coming on today. >> thank you. >>> and the super celebrations in l.a the rams bring the lombardi trophy back to l.a. after their big super bowl win. on the olympic stage, all medal ceremonies honoring one russian athlete on hold indefinitely, what it means for team usa. this is "andrea mitchell reports" on msnbc. sa this is "andrea mitchell this is "andrea mitchell reports" on msnbc. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty. ♪ ancestry's helped me really understand my family's immigration exence and what life must have been like

this is what jake sullivan talked about on friday. right before our eyes what we're seeing with russia. we're seeing new russian forces have been arrived at the ukrainian border every day. as we have said before, we are in the window when an invasion could begin at anytime. we will not comment on any details of our intelligence information, except to say that it could begin this week, despite a lot of speculation it would happen after the olympics. again, something that jake sullivan said right here on friday. it remains unclear which path russia will choose to take. the u.s. is ready for any situation. you know, president biden has made is very clear on his call with putin this weekend that if russia undertakes a further invasion of ukraine, the united states together with our allies and partners will respond decisively and impose swift and severe costs on russia. president biden reiterated that a further russian invasion of ukraine would produce widespread human suffering. and diminish russia's standing. so, we are continuing to coo

jake sullivan did not ask questions. jake sullivan take slate .comesn very seriously. atat the time jake sullivan was working for the hillary clinton campaign, he cited the slate s story as evidence that trump was indeed colluding with vladimir putin. quote, the secret hotline may be the key to unlocking the mystery of trump's ties to russia. know what a tool we can only assume if federal authorities will now explore this direct connection between trump and russia. so there was a bat phone in tower that rang directly in the kremlin. jake sullivan stuck to that line for months. >> here he is on cnn in march of 2017. what we learned duringer the campaign was that very seriousy computer science experts, people who work closely with the united states government had uncovered this secret hotline between the alpha bank, the russian banksi and the trumpw organization. now, of course, we didn't know for sure if in fact that wereld the case, but we knew that it should be investigated and we knew that given how serious these computer scientists were, they weren't just making up

international security advisor jake sullivan, jake welcome back to fox news sunday.ave you here today. i would like to start with this. sources are telling us russia is now a 70% ready to launch an invasion in ukraine because they are now or soon will be upwards of 130,000 troops and a significant new presence of jets, missiles, antiaircraft equipment and russia and belarus north of ukraine. they set mixed signals whether they think and novation will actually happen. what can you tell's this morning is a vision invasion imminent? >> what i can tell you martha's we are in the window. any day now russia could take military action against ukraine or it could be a couple of weeks from now. or russia could take the diplomatic path instead. the key thing is that the united states needs to be and is prepared for any of those contingencies in lockstep with our allies and partners. we have reinforced and reinsured our allies on the eastern flank. we have united the west. we have provided material support to ukraine all of president biden's direction with also offered russia a

to be clear, what jake sullivan said today is actually the same thing. he said on that point they still don't know whether putin has made a decision. but clearly, the information that they are trying to present today was of increased urgency. one, on the timeline. they said that, now, the intelligence is that this kind of invasion could actually happen before the olympic games end. remember, prior to this, the intelligence coming out of the u.s. was that it was unlikely that russia would invade ukraine while the olympic games was happening. and then, we, of course, heard the very dire warnings from jake sullivan directed at americans that are still in ukraine. they essentially said, look, you need to get out right now because we cannot guarantee your safety. we are certainly not going to be sending in american troops to rescue you, if you are still stuck there. so, we have certainly seen here from the white house, over the last 24 or 36 hours or so, a very, very increased sort of urgency in the tone that we have heard from all levels of the government. >

it's good to have you with us today, jake sullivan, from the white house. thank you, jake.u.s. role in the russian showdown, is this our fight? we are going to get reaction from to members of the senate foreign relations committee next. ♪ ♪ ok, let's talk about those changes to your financial plan. bill, mary? hey... it's our former broker carl. carl, say hi to nina, our schwab financial consultant. hm... i know how difficult these calls can be. not with schwab. nina made it easier to set up our financial plan. we can check in on it anytime. it changes when our goals change. planning can't be that easy. actually, it can be, carl. look forward to planning with schwab. schwab! ♪ ♪ ♪ >> martha: a bipartisan group of senators is negotiating legislation that would impose sanctions on russia to deter the country from invading ukraine. joining us now, to members of the senate foreign relations committee. we will get to senator ben garden in just a moment. we began with republican senator john barrasso. welcome back to "fox news sunday." good to have you with us. all of the senator

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jake sullivan? hillary herself? should both be indicted in sullivan fired immediately.s present biden's national security advisor now, eating the war complaining russia ukrainian invasion is imminent after office from all nonsense focusing despite establishment with nauseating back can we trust anything out of jake sullivan's mouth? after that his wife works at counsel for the u.s. attorney general merrick garland with direct access to the durham probe. conflict of interest spreading like ship bug and this is one of many reasons hillary clinton can never be allowed presidential politics. she was fired and internalized dirty tricks could easily political fortune if they were executed properly. nothing about this is proper or right and if they could spy on the president, imagine for they could do to your you become the enemy. i don't even want to think about it so we've got to stop them while we can best the memo. >> you would think that this would get proper chart and right, right? now. mostly sign on this corruption but when they tried to downplay the investigation? >>

what more did jake sullivan have today? well, we're seeing even more indications of just how concerned the u. s. is little bit of breaking news. we're just hearing from the russian spokes and that they expect russian president vladimir putin and us president joe biden to speak on the phone on tomorrow. so on saturday here. so that is an indication that they think that they need to up the communication. we've also just now heard from the pentagon that an additional $3000.00 troops from the 2nd airborne are going to be sent to poland. and briefing with press secretary john kirby. he said, what those forces would possibly do. they haven't started doing it. we don't believe. but they set up tents and processing facilities on the border of poland to help with any evacuation who might come so more concrete steps that the us thing. so something is potentially going to happen. and really the stark is warning yet. we heard the secretary state anthony blink and say, we don't think that innovation isn't going to happen if the olympics

hundreds of millions of -- >> let's get right to the white house where jake sullivan, the national security adviser is giving an update on ukraine. >> in the situation on russia and ukraine and then i would be happy to take your questions. we continue to see signs of russian escalation including now forces arriving at the border. as we've said before, we're in the window when an invasion could begin at any time should vladimir putin decide to order it. i will not comment on the details of our intelligence information but i do want to be clear, it could begin during the olympics, despite a lot of speculation that it will only happen after the olympics. as we've said before, we are ready either way. we're ready to continue results oriented diplomacy that addressed the security concernsch united states and russia and europe consistent with our values and the reciprocity, and we've made that clear to russia with our allies and partners. we're also ready to respond alongside those allies and partners should russia choose to take military action. our response would include severe economic sanctio

jake sullivan didn't think it was a huge problem. >> this is why it's so important.i is watching what is happening. our adversaries are watching. if putin can go into ukraine with no resistance, certainly xi will take taiwan. he's always wanted this. the south china sea very tactical. the ayatollah is looking at this and kim jong-un had two rockets fired off this month that were hypersonics. >> i want to go back to putin. look at vladimir putin, he's all about force. he's all about power. he's all about winning. where is his offering here? what would make him pull the troops back without looking like he's defeated? >> i think deterrence. it's possible he could invade part of ukraine and claim a victory. if we don't provide the deterrence, they held up this 200 million arms package that congress approved. just now released it. now they're saying it's too late. i'm working with the senate foreign relations committee on a bill that will stand up the deterrence where the administration has failed to provide the aid to ukraine and the sanctions, devastating sanctions, inc

meanwhile, national security adviser jake sullivan is briefing lawmakers in the house and the senate. want to go live to cnn's chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins at the white house for us. do we know what sullivan is telling lawmakers? >> well, adam smith, the chair of the armed services committee, part of that briefing this morning said the main focus of it was really on their efforts to deter russia. the steps they're taking to try to tamp this down to pursue that off ramp that you heard officials talk about so much. but, of course, this briefing is coming and jake sullivan visiting the hill and you're seeing the defense secretary and secretary of state here briefing president biden. it is coming as you heard from the pentagon spokesperson earlier saying that russia only continue to add forces throughout the weekend. and not only are they adding forces, he was saying don't just look at the scope of these 130,000 troops that they've amassed on the border but also the capablilities they have because that's the main concern here for the white house who is continuing to off

i don't trust a word that comes out of jake sullivan's mouth.ke that on to what we were talking about just a little bit ago, he is crafting this administration's foreign policy. he was crafting the talking points about trump and it russia and the collusion during the 2016 campaign and when donald trump became president. i don't trust what he is saying now. i don't believe when he says it is imminent and all signs point to this. i don't trust him. i think you still have a great deal of wag the dog going on. i think it is incredibly dangerous to have this kind of talk with a nuclear power and i don't trust the biden administration was sanctions. they will screw that up to it. they all over the map. the speaker of the house, john kirby, jake sullivan, they are all over the map when it comes to what they are going to do to russia if, in fact, they do and they do great. >> harris: i don't know if you caught that, but i think we discovered president biden's redline. he did not have a before because he was willing to met a minor incursion happen which

we go now to the white house national security advisor jake sullivan.g to you, jake. >> good morning. >> brennan: you were on that hour-long call between president biden and russian president vladimir putin. there were no breakthroughs. is there any reason to believe putin is going to take any of the diplomatic options you've given him? >> look, i'm not going to predict what vladimir putin is going to do. all i can do is make sure we're prepared to respond either way. if russia wants to continue engaging diplomatically to find a way forward to address their security concerns and our security concerns, we're prepared to do that. if russia decides instead to take military action against ukraine, we're prepared to respond. > brennan: but there is nothing that came out of yesterday's call? >> as far as we're concerned, the united states of america diplomacy is still open and available. but if russia chooses to move, we're prepared to respond. >> brennan: you said an attack by russia could happen as soon as this week. are you seeing russian toops move into t

that is how us national security advisor jake sullivan described russia's plans to invade ukraine. the by the administration has not presented specific evidence of an imminent invasion and was clear that it does not know if one will happen. but with russian troops and warships, wargaming within range of its smaller neighbour western allies, are more concerned than ever that the window to attack is now more activity on all sides of the ukraine conflict. russia's ministry of defense released footage of navy ships arriving in service to pull bay on the black sea in the russian annexed crimean peninsula. there, here taking part in large scale landing drills, the situation makes many ukrainians uneasy. it's not a pleasant feeling. believe me, to understand that you and circled by the russian troops from beller wish 1000 kilometers for more than 1002 from the east. and the last couple of days, sir, russia actually close to the entire a z o c, and the, the particles to black see actually excess ukrainian ports to the black sea. the united states wanted citizens out of harm's way immediate

now jake sullivan is saying this -- we don't think this will necessarily wait until after the olympics and signaled get out within the next 24 to 48 hours seems like a strong suggestion it is possible to happen before the super bowl and an increase in troop movements and munitions movements to the north and to the east in russia and these reports from pbs news hour which many of you have seen on the phone that the russian leader said to his troops and leaders in the field that they are going to invade. he said those reports from pbs are not accurate we shall see let's get to kayla tausche live in d.c. the words are familiar the specificity is new. >> we heard the president say he didn't want americans in ukraine caught in unsbepded cross fire but the specificity and the threat level by the national security adviser is of a level we have not seen yet in this crisis jake sullivan also putting specificity on what a potential russian invasion could look like it could begin with an air campaign and a ground invasion and says a possible strategy is a rapid assault on the city of kyiv in urgi

the rhetoric coming out of the white house from blink and bite in jake sullivan. it's, it's really quite urgent. what do you see as having actually changed recently? that's been causing this very dire kind of statements. well, 3 things. you have intensification of, of the military build up, including in the black sea that of naval component into it. and that's really proceeding rapidly. secondly, you have the failure, so to speak of the diplomacy. it really hasn't yielded all that much. you have the last talk between pain and russia yesterday on a resolution to the situation that crane. and thirdly, i'm presuming here at the intelligence pointing of the direction in beijing. so let's come off the back of that 3rd point. presumably, the intelligence is pointing to that, but we haven't seen any evidence. does the us have a credibility problem when it's trying to press its case of urgency? it may only time will, but you see that many foreign embassies are removing their staff, european union, israel netherlands, several other countries are moving their staff from. so

national security adviser jake sullivan warned again today that a russian invasion could come at any time. he made it clear there would be dramatic civilian casualties. >> if there is a military invasion of ukraine by russia, it's likely to begin with a significant barrage of missiles and bomb attacks. those are never as precise as the army -- any army would like them ton and we don't even know how precise the russian army would like them to be. it would then be followed by an onslaught of a ground force, moving across the ukrainian frontier. >> the u.s. state department is telling americans inside ukraine to leave the country and no rescues will come for anyone trapped there if russia does invade. we're also seeing new video today of a russian submarine passing through turkey's waters on its way to the black sea where other russian ships are positioned. arlette saenz is at the white house. alex marquardt is in ukraine. what more are we learning about this call between presidents biden and zelensky of ukraine? >> president biden spoke with ukrainian president zelensky for just under

i mean, we have jake sullivan, one of the originators of the, of the russia gate hoax. i mean, and unfortunately, russia gate is bled into policy needlessly. but that's the case here. so, i mean, is this just saying, you know, the show biden is strong because even when he's trying looks to you've got gap left and right and center. go ahead sir. well, this is another point, a different time in history. and us political and economic position is entirely different now than it was in 1990. and just to go back even to, to bankers agreement and whether it was in writing or not means nothing to the us of the agreement is and writing. look, a treaty they broke with a ran means nothing, the beijing of core, and this is the 50th anniversary they weren't going to arm taiwan. recognize their agreements. you mean nothing along with literally hundreds and hundreds of trainings with the indigenous peoples of their you know, of the american. so they a little they a break. any treaty in writing or not? i jump in here. we have to go to heartbreaking out about heartbreak. will, will, can

we heard this from the national security advisor jake sullivan. just yesterday is it is pretty drastic. essentially, the americans are saying to us nationals in the country. if you don't leave, we're not going to come and rescue you. if for some military action does take place and jake sullivan saying that there could be missiles landing and these are not going to district discriminate between people, depending on their nationality. none of that took from the german side of the germans, simply saying that people who are not on essential business should leave the people should consider leaving. so quite a difference in terms of the tone of the message here and the substance of it. and does this and didn't mark a change in germany's policy on the crisis because germany has been in an uncomfortable position. i think even come under criticism from some of the allies. yeah, well, i think what we see here is germany following other countries as well. and i think they're seeing the evidence on the ground, the that the russian posture in the region is eve

in a few minutes national security adviser jake sullivan is expected to brief lawmakers on the crisisween russia and ukraine. during the call sunday president biden told ukrainian president zelensky that the u.s. would respond, quote, swiftly and decisively if russia invades. let's get to cnn's jeremy diamond at the white house. what more do we know about what we can expect from today's briefings with lawmakers? >> reporter: these briefings come at a pivotal time. national security adviser jake sullivan has ramped up warnings about the heightened risk of a russian invasion into ukraine. it's clear that last week something changed, there was some kind of intelligence that came into the united states indicating a higher risk of invasion than had previously existed. so no doubt that jake sullivan, as he goes to the house first in the morning to brief leadership members as well as the leaders of the relevant national security committees and then to the senate side in the afternoon to brief senate leadership as well as the chairs and ranking members of those committees, it's clear there wi

jake sullivan was a senior policy advisor for hillary clinton in 2016. propagated a bogus story about trump's secret lying to russia. naturally, sullivan's wife, to make it more interesting, works for the attorney general of the united states, merrick garland, who oversees the durham pro. he would need to recuse himself. she needs to recuse herself. republicans need to demand the ag takes her off anything involving the durham investigation. jake sullivan, he needs to answer questions about his role in the clinton campaign's illicit activities as of now. in other words, what did he know? what did hillary know? when did they know it? mitch mcconnell, by the way, where are you in all of this? is spying on the president and presidential candidates, is it okay with everybody in washington? think about what we knew before this filing of john durham. what we've known for a long time we spend nearly three years investigating right here on the show. we knew about christopher steele's debunked, dirty russian disinformation dossier bought and paid for by henry conte

national security adviser jake sullivan offered this grim assessment on yesterday's" meet the press"ith chuck. >> if there were a window where something happened, a military escalation, an invasion of ukraine could happen at any time. we believe the russians have put in place the capabilities to mount a significant military operation into ukraine and we have been working hard to prepare a response. >> secretary of state tony blinken just met with eu officials about the situation and we expect to hear from the pentagon as well in about two hours from now about its preparation for a potential military conflict as troops from the u.s. begin to arrive in europe in an effort to provide additional security for our nato allies. courtney kube is joins us. i want to talk to you. we heard from jake sullivan on "meet the press" a russian invasion of ukraine could happen at any time. i know you've been working your sources throughout the weekend. what is the latest u.s. assessment of the russian military assessment around ukraine now? >> they have a very significant military force surrounding uk

in is something that the national security adviser, jake sullivan, talked about here on friday. right before our eyes what we're seeing with russia, a new russian -- new russian forces have been arriving at the ukrainian border every day. as we said before, we're in the window when an invasion could begin at any time. we will not comment on intelligence information except to say that it could begin this week despite a lot of speculation that it would happen after the olympics. again, something that jake sullivan said here on friday. it's unclear which path russia will take. the u.s. is ready for any situation. president biden has made it clear on his call with president putin that if russian invades, the us with our allies and partners will decide decisively with swift costs on russia. president biden said that a further invasion of ukraine would diminish russia's standing. so we're continuing to coordinate with our allies and partners. president biden spoke with president zelensky yesterday and prime minister boris johnson as i just read out to you that call this afternoon. we

jake sullivan making it clearer than any official before him has that the u.s. now believes that this could start before the olympics is over. meaning some time in the next nine days. sullivan also saying that the americans need to get out of the country immediately but putting the finest point that we've seen on that saying at the latest they need to be out of the country would be the next 24 to 48 hours. and while sullivan pushed back on some reporting throughout from other outlets suggesting that president putin has made a decision in the u.s. is aware that he's made a decision about whether to invade, he said among the possibilities that u.s. military and intelligence officials are now aware of is the possibility of a rapid russian assault on the ukrainian capital of kyiv. it's a fairly remarkable to hear the national security adviser say out in the open. take a listen to what sullivan had to say just a few minutes ago about the consequences russia will face if it does invade. >> if russia proceeds, it's long term power will be diminished, not enhance by an i

i think it's clear, and jake sullivan made it clear.ent has made it clear that if the russians do certain things, that will be considered acts of aggression, but let's just continue to dial down and let the diplomats do what they need to do. >> congresswoman jayapal, thank you for your eloquence. appreciate that. >> thank you. >>> an historic milestone for queen elizabeth. we are live outside of buckingham palace. that's next. are live outse idof buckingham palace. that's next. we discover exciting new technologies. redefine who we are and how we want to lead our lives. basically, choose what we want our future to look like. so what's yours going to be? trelegy for copd. ♪ birds flyin' high ♪ ♪ you know how i feel ♪ (coughing) ♪ breeze driftin' on by ♪ ♪ you know how i feel ♪ copd may have gotten you here, but you decide what's next. start a new day with trelegy. ♪ ...feelin' good ♪ no once-daily copd medicine has the power to treat copd in as many ways as trelegy. with three medicines in one inhaler, trelegy helps people breathe easier

joining me sunday for state of the union, national security adviser jake sullivan, maryland governor larry hogan. until then, you can follow me on face facebook, instagram, and twitter. at jake tapper. you can tweet the show at the lead cnn. you can listen to the lead as a podcast if you miss it. our coverage continues now with one mr. jim acosta in the situation room. >>> happening now. breaking news. the white house issues its most dire warning yet about the threat of a russian attack on ukrainer, saying invasion could happen anytime including during the olympics. tonight, chilling new information about how vladimir putin may launch a deadly war. also breaking, fta just postponed a krit km meeting on the pfizer vaccine for children under age 5. we will tell you what is behind the delay, and what it could mean for the bigger push to move beyond the pandemic. >>> and a new state of emergency is in effect in canada as protests by truckers cut off major routes into the u.s. officials now threatening to use force as the blockades cripple trade and cause economic pain on both sides of the

national security adviser jake sullivan saying russian military action could begin at any time. that there is a credible prospect that the invasion takes place during the olympics. that means sometime this week. the white house is strongly telling all americans in ukraine to get out immediately saying the risk is high and the threat is immediate, and jake sullivan was blunt saying, there is no prospect of a u.s. military evacuation of americans in ukraine, that president biden is not willing to put the lives of american service members at risk, putting them in a war zone to rescue people who could have left but chose not to. now, the u.s. and european allies continue to threaten russia with severe economic sanctions if it invades ukraine. president biden has even said personally sanctioning vladimir putin is on the table. gio. >> all right, karen travers at the white house, karen, thank you. >>> let's go ahead and bring in abc news contributor colonel steve ganyard, a former defense and state department official. he joins us from washington. steve, thanks so much for being here

over the weekend, late friday night, the comments from jake sullivan talking about the threat of imminentasion by russia. we had various countries talking about pulling diplomats and citizens out of ukraine. what did you make of the comments what is the chance it could stoke tensions >> well, obviously the u.s. has decided to make the most of what they see in intelligence russian troopes escalation, et cetera and that is their way to try to prevent war. let us see if that works i have always been in the camp that sees the escalation as more of diplomacy rather than attempt to go to war of course, none ever uof us reay know knows. >> absolutely. so putin and the kremlin and on the other side, national intelligence in the u.s. back down from this without appearing to seem weak >> i don't think that is a problem. that escalation is putin's creation that means he is free to step up he wouldn't look weak over someone else likewise for the americans they will always have liberty to claim it is their policy and diplomacy that prevented war >> thank you it is great to have you with us. >>> still