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. >> next, linda thomas-greenfield, u.s. ambassador to the united nations, joins "washington post" opinion writer jonathan for discussion on the biden administration's foreign policy approach. >> good morning, and wo the podcast. president biden faces more than a few challenges on the world stage, china, north korea, russia, ukraine, and the increasing will invade ukraine. diplomacy is at the heart of his efforts to project american power around the world. where a lot of that plays out is at the united nations page joining me is the united states ambassador to the united nations, linda thomas-greenfield. welcome back. >> delighted to be here with you. jonathan: thank you for coming back to the podcast and you are coming back now and there's so much breaking news to get to about ukraine. and that is secretary of state antony blinken is heading to that region. do you know what precipitated this travel to the country. >> president biden wants to put diplomacy first and the most important diplomat is secretary blinken. he is usi

jonathan: linda thomas-greenfield, u.s. ambassador to the united nations, thank you to coming back to washington post live. amb. thomas-greenfield: thank you, jonathan, it is great to be here. happy belated new year. jonathan: thank you and same to you. to see what we have coming up, go to washington post live.com. thank you for watching. . >> at today's white house briefing, genaro psaki was joined by the infrastructure coordinator. they answered questions about a bipartisan infrastructure bill that president biden signed into law. jen: hello, everyone. take your time. we're good. ok. good

the associated press reporting that linda thomas-greenfield said the russian actions pose a clear threat to international peace and security in the u.n. charter and councilmembers must clearly examine the facts and examine what is at stake for russia, ukraine, europe, the core obligations and principles should russia further invade, she said thursday, announcing the meeting. you can see that at 8:00 tonight on our c-span two channel and you can also watch for it at c-span.org and view it on the c-span now radio app. it was friday where the defense secretary held a press conference talking about the actions of ukraine, particularly the concerns over russia and what has been going on as far as the border. from the event last friday he talked about that possible russian buildup. here's a portion of that from friday. [video clip] >> as we look at matt -- look at that amount of troops and hardware in the region, it far exceeds what we typically see them do for, for exercises. so, it's very concerning. where this could lead us in terms of a type of conflict or where it could put the region in

ambassador linda thomas-greenfield. >> russia's aggression today not only threaten ukraine. it also threatens europe. it threatens the international order this body is charged with upholding. if russia further invades ukraine, none of us will be able to say we didn't see it coming, and the consequences will be horrific. >> translator: where did you get the figure of 100,000 troops that are deployed as you state on the russian/ukrainian border. that is not the case. we have never cited that figure. we've never confirmed that figure. >> russia support bid china tried to block the meeting from even taking place but the u.s. and its allies voted them down. we'll have a lot more on their fiery objections. >>> president biden expanding his list of black women to replace justice breyer on the supreme court as senators from both sides stake out their positions. and a stunning admission from former president trump saying his vice president mike pence could have overturned the election on january 6th, although we know that the vice president had no such authority under the constitutio

you heard linda thomas greenfield, the us ambassador invoking the un charter issue saying this is why the un and the security council was set up at the end of world war 2 to stop a country invading another country. and she says, that's what it feels like russia is about to do with that. massive build up of troops around ukraine. and additionally, with more trips now going into bella, luce, russian, troops going there, the russians say on exercise. but i think the question that comes out of this meeting some at the end, is whether the whole international community is convinced of the scale of this threat. and whether this is an issue that should be addressed by the security council. it had to go to a vote because russia didn't want this meeting. so put it to procedural vote. rush can't block things in a procedural vote. it doesn't have to be towed a procedural vote, but it wasn't what the u. s. perhaps would have wanted, which is all the countries on the security council backing this meeting with the exception of russia. clearly, i think they knew that china would be on russia side, bu

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ambassador to the u.n., linda thomas greenfield. she called this an urgent and dangerous situation. she said this is unlike anything europe has seen in decades in terms of how many troops russia now has amassed along ukraine's border and she said if russia goes fourth and does infact invade ukraine, none of the countries sitting around that table will be able to say that they didn't see it coming and said there was been a ton of diplomacy behind closed doors. hundreds of meetings in the last few weeks but she said now is the time to address this in public. and this is an open meeting. that means that we have seen the remarks from the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. this morning. we are waiting for the russian ambassador to the united nations to give his remarks, but listen to what ambassador linda thomas greenfield said. >> russia's aggression today not only threatened ukraine, it also threatens europe. it threatens the international order this body is charged with upholding. in order if it stands for anything, stands for the principle that one country cannot simply redraw another count

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ambassador linda thomas-greenfield. >> russia's aggression today not only threaten ukraine.e international order this body is charged with upholding. if russia further invades ukraine, none of us will be able to say we didn't see it coming, and the consequences will be horrific. >> translator: where did you get the figure of 100,000 troops that are deployed as you state

ambassador to the u.n., linda thomas-greenfield. thank you for joining us.e u.s. security council meeting. can russia block it? if not, what do you hope to achieve? >> thank you very much, i'm delighted to be here with you this morning. russia cannot block the security council from holding a meeting. they will certainly attempt to. they will distract from our unified voices. they know that they cannot block the meeting and i expect that knowing what we're dealing with they will make an attempt, but the security council is unified. our voices are unified in calling for the russians to explain themselves. we're going to go in the room prepared to listen to them, but we're not going to be distracted by their propaganda. we're going to be prepared to respond to any disinformation they attempt to spread during this meeting. >> what's your latest read on president putin's intentions? does the u.s. believe an invasion is imminent? >> look, we're all watching the press every single day. you've heard from several of us in the administration. the russians have amassed

linda thomas greenfield that russia was given an opportunity to provide explanations and answers, perhapsven an off-ramp and chose not to do so. in terms of qatar, he addressed the partnership not only when it comes to liquified natural gas, which plays into russia, but the help qatar continues to give when it comes to the evacuation of u.s. citizens, afghans and others from afghanistan. but also and i'll underscore the issue of natural gas, that is one of the major concerns, if there is conflict with russia, the u.s. is looking for where else and what other countries could provide natural gas to europe given qatar's natural gas supply, given the status as an exporter of natural gas. that will be one of the key topics of conversation in the event that russia chooses to cut off europe from natural gas. so all of this ties together. and underscoring that he said that qatar could be a non-nato ally. that is the relationship and also another underscore how important nato is and how powerful it is in terms of what happens when it stands united. which is also something that biden is trying to s

. >> next, linda thomas-greenfield , u.s. ambassador to the united nations, joins "washington post" opinion writer for a discussion on the biden administration's foreign policy of roach. -- approach. welcome to the podcast.

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

. >> next, linda thomas-greenfield, u.s.assador to the united nations, joins "washington post" opinion writer jonathan for discussion on the biden administration's foreign policy approach. >> good morning, and wo the podcast. president biden faces more than a few challenges on the world stage, china, north korea, russia, ukraine, and the increasing will invade ukraine. diplomacy is at the heart of his efforts to project american power around the world. where a lot of that plays out is at the united on

in washington today, ambassador to the u.n., linda thomas- greenfield, said the u.s.ctions against north korea in the past few weeks and continues to be open to diplomatic discussions. north korea has not agreed to any talks. in sudan today, thousands of protesters took to the streets again in several cities demanding an end to the military takeer of the government. security forces fired tear gas and rubber bullets in e capital city of khartoum, where demonstrations took place in multiple locations. in october, military leaders took control of the government which had both civilian and military members. the protesters want a fully civilian government to lead a now-stalled transition to democracy. the military generals say they will only hand over power to a new administration after elections scheduled for july 2023. spain's rafael nadal made tennis history down under today, winning a record 21st granslam at the australian open. nadal, who was down two sets against russia's daniil medvedev, rallied back to win the final three sets in a match that lasted five hours and

on monday to discuss rushes, military build up along the ukrainian border. un ambassador linda thomas greenfield, called russia's behavior, quote, a clear threat to international peace and security. germany has also warned that the nor stream to gas pipeline could be part of a sanctions package should russia and bade ukraine. in recent weeks, russia has masked some 100000 troops near its border with you crave russian military drills on the border with ukraine. these are the scenes keeping the west on its toes. yet russia has repeatedly said it has no intention of invading ukraine. and that even the thought of war between the 2 nations was unacceptable. a position also echoed by residence in the streets of moscow. but we were young a little, i am not ready to go to war with a fraternal people like we are slavic. it's not acceptable. there are no threats from the territory of the ukrainian state. therefore, i believe it doesn't make sense to it is almost the up when you want. i understand that there is a risk of a full scale war. but i believe that the parties will manage to negotiate all their di

linda thomas-greenfield demanded the know why then are there more than 100,000 russian troops surroundingthree sides? >> imagine how uncomfortable you would be if you had 100,000 troops sitting on your border in the way that these troops are sitting on the border with ukraine? >> reporter: u.s. officials says there is new he have had russia intends to expand its presence to nearly 30,000 troops near the belarus border. navy secretary general warned russia may use joint training exercises with belarus set to begin in ten days as a disguise to attack. >> that was what happened in 2014 when they annexed crimea. >> reporter: ukraine's defense minister today celebrated the latest american ammunition shipment, which comes as civilian volunteers across the country, some with no military experience, are training to fight the russians armed only with these stand-in ply wood rifles. cbs news has learned that the pentagon is close to announcing the deployment of u.s. troops based in europe moving them close to the front lines with russia, and tomorrow secretary of state antony blinken is set to spea

today the american ambassador to the united nations , linda thomas, greenfield, told abc is this weekat the west will not be fooled by russia ahead of u. n security council meetings tomorrow. we're not going to be distracted by their propaganda and we're going to be prepared to respond to any disinformation that they attempt to spread during this meeting. the head of russia's security council says there are no plans to invade ukraine and russia is calling tomorrow. security council meetings. a pr stunt as one of the five permanent members. moscow enjoys veto power, making it all but certain the body will take no action. alright tough loss today. hope you had a nice weekend other than that nine years loss, but it was beautiful and wonderful weekend out there with temperatures into the sixties. plenty of sunshine. we did have the morning fog. we are dry, though, and it's starting to get a little worrisome were 23 days into this dry pattern, and we're going to be a few more days. this whole five day period looks to be dry again, almost certainly dry again, and maybe a little beyond that,

ambassador to the u.n., linda thomas-greenfield, describing the situation as urgent and dangerous. >> this is the largest, hear me clearly, mobilization of troops in europe in decades. and as we speak, russia is sending even more forces and arms to join them. >> reporter: the russian delegation trying to block the meeting from the get-go. the ambassador accusing the u.s. of "whipping up tensions." >> translator: you are almost calling for this. you want it to happen. you're waiting for it to happen. >> reporter: today, president biden insisting ongoing diplomatic efforts are nonstop, but adding -- >> we are ready no matter what happens. >> reporter: although some russian forces have pulled back after completing exercises, yet more equipment and troops appear to be moving towards ukraine's borders, even though the kremlin says they have no plans to invade. many ukrainians are taking no chances and are getting ready for the worst. if putin's forces really do move on kyiv, the city may well rely on these volunteer forces to defend them. these are ordinary men and wome not even with real

and to refute what we heard earlier on from the us, ambassador linda thomas greenfield. this is what she said to the security council. the situation we're facing in europe, it's urgent and dangerous. and the stakes for. busy ukraine and for every un member state could not be higher rushes action strike at the very. busy heart of the un charter. in addition to military activity, we've also seen a dramatic spike in cyber attacks on ukraine in recent weeks. russian military and intelligence services are spreading disinformation through state on media and proxy sites. and they are attempting without any factual basis to paint ukraine and western countries as the aggressors to fabricate a pretext for attack. and james, you know, listening some of the speeches from others, china, india, gabon. is it fair to say that there seems to be a considerable degree of concern about people sliding into war? people whipping up too much concern that actually does produce an escalation so i mean you have 15 members on the un security council and it's pretty clear what some of them think on

president zelensky is under and the risk of invasion should not be downplayed ambassador linda thomas greenfield said this the members of the security council must squarely the facts what is safer ukraine and russia and europe and the obligations and principles of the international border should russia further invade ukraine, russia has called the meeting. jon: alexandria hoff, live at the white house, u.s. officials warning a russian invasion would result en masse casualty and ukrainian forces might not be enough to keep more than 100,000 russian troops massed at the border from taking the entire country. steve harrigan is live at the capital of kiev. >> despite russian officials claim there is no plans to invade ukraine they continue to build up their forces all along the border with ukraine and now to the north and belarus as well. that buildup is public russian state-controlled releasing video as new weapon systems continue to arrive and russians have field hospitals in the blood supply in case of wounded soldiers in the event of an invasion those elements some of the last to arrive before p

ambassador, linda thomas greenfield calling this a dangerous and urgent situation that russia has createdit would be horrific, the consequences, if russia were to go forward with that invasion. and then russia pointing the finger back at the united states saying they are drumming up hysteria, saying there is no proof that they plan to invade ukraine. and here is what the u.n. ambassador to the u.s. said when russia tried to point the finger back to the united states. >> you've heard from our russian colleagues that we're calling for this meeting to make you all feel uncomfortable. imagine how uncomfortable you would be if you had 100,000 troops sitting on your border in the way that these troops are sit go on the border with ukraine. this is not about antics. this is not about rhetoric. it is not about u.s. and russia. what this is about is the peace and security of one of our member states. >> reporter: now, she also said that the united states has information that russia intends to increase the number of russian troops in belarus to 30,000 by early february. that is in the next few week

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ambassador to the un linda thomas greenfield saying sunday that the councils of one mind on russia, we're going to go in the room, prepared to listen to them. but we're we're not going to be distracted by it, their propaganda and we're going to be prepared to respond to any dis-information that they attempt to >> spread during this meeting as the russian buildup remains in the threat of invasion, imminent canada announcing that they are removing all non-essential personnel from their embassy in the ukrainian capital to see canada taking the steps to withdraw its diplomatic. a person out there obviously indicates that the intelligence that is being given to our senior leaders. >> is one of almost an imminent threat. rob hubert is associate professor of political science at the university of calgary. he says that un involvement is also about impressing the different kind of pressure on russia. the fact that it is coming to the united nations that there will be focused is brought. these are all means in which pressure can be brought on russia. >> from a moral sway. jen prospectus, all this i

ambassador linda thomas-greenfield. them e they'll talk about the latest on tensions between russia and ukraine. eva? >>> north korea launched what is thought to be its longest range ballistic missile since 2017. this marks north korea's seventh missile test this month. the escalation of the country's weapons program is thought to be a move to pressure the biden administration into nuclear negotiations that have been at a standstill. south korea's president saying it could be a sign of possible larger tests to come. >>> back home to that chilling case of reported mass carbon monoxide poisoning. multiple people sickened at a hotel pool in ohio. elwyn lopez is in pittsburgh with the latest. elwyn, good morning. >> reporter: hey, janai, good morning. a terrifying scene there. it all started around 5:30 p.m. when a mother tells us she saw her daughter go in and out of consciousness. she raced to the front desk and a wave of others followed. this morning a nightmare in ohio, a marysville hotel evacuated saturday after multip

of you who joined last week's discussion, i thought it fascinating one within bassett or linda thomas-greenfieldshe touched on several key themes related to america's engagement on the global stage. talked about a number of topics we will get to today with our very distinguished and special guest. i would simply say to all of you when we talk about russia and china, this is something he knows how to talk about these topics and scarce about what the future might bring if we don't take action and demonstrate u.s. leadership around the world. demonstrate -- u.s. leadership around the world. rising to the rank of four-star admiral. first navy officer to serve as the nato team commander. he earned more than 50 and international metals. he did not ask me to say that. it is simply to say that he is somebody who has served our country as a great distinction. he now serves as vice chairman of global affairs. full disclosure, the president ceo and chairman of carlisle is the chair of our u.s. china center. i am sure the admiral will have much to say about to u.s. china relation. he has published 10 books

ambassador linda thomas greenfield says that's just not true.g out russia has thousands of troops on the ukraine border. this is as clear and consequential a threat to peace and security as anyone can imagine. state department spokesman ned price says the meeting put a global spotlight on russia and shows world leaders are united against a possible invasion diplomacy and dialogue. >> re means preferred course. but there was a resounding call from the security council this morning that russia should avail itself of that course. and the biden administration continues to threaten sanctions against russia if they do invade ukraine, you can just stand by and accept one country trying to invade and take land from another country. >> and this is also about protecting the sovereignty of the country. the un did not vote to take any actions. but today president biden said, quote, we are ready no matter what happens in washington. i'm hannah brandt. the san jose fire department is warning people against a setting off illegal fireworks for the lunar new yea

that's why i'm glad to see that linda thomas-greenfield, the united states ambassador to the u.n., hasmitted to the u.n. a sanctions committee, a series of names and entities to get the u.n. involved. these are a violation of u.n. security council resolutions, and russia and china have to see north korea's actions not only as a threat to the west, but as a threat to their own security, and so it is my hope that we can press at the u.n. for a coordinated effort that sends a real message to kim jong-un that these provocations are not the way to get what he may ultimately want. >> not a great time on the foreign policy front. thank you very much, a lot of work for you and the committee, senator menendez. and joining us now is peter baker, "the new york times" chief white house correspondent who was formerly a moscow bureau chief for the times and former u.s. ambassador to russia, michael mcfaul. welcome both of you, peter this crisis with russia and ukraine has only gotten worse. the talks last week are at a dead end according to russia and according to u.s. officials in response to that.

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ambassador to the u.n., linda thomas greenfield talked with abc news about the u.s. expectations for this session. >> we're going to go in the room prepared to listen to them, but we're not going to be distracted by their propaganda. and we're going to be prepared to respond to any disinformation that they attempt to spread during this meeting. >> this comes as a russian news agency reports russian foreign minister sergey lavrov and secretary of state tony blinken will speak by phone tomorrow. days after the u.s. and nato delivered written responses to russia's security demands. on thursday, the house and senate will receive classified briefings on the situation. as democrats and republicans on the senate foreign relations committee say they're close to a deal on what is being called the mother of all sanctions against russia. committee chair bob menendez described what would be in the package. >> it's too include a variety of elements. massive sanctions against the most significant russian banks, crippling to their economy, meaningful in terms of consequences to the

washington's ambassador to the un linda thomas—greenfield, had some new figures to share. this meeting to make you all feel uncomfortable. imagine how uncomfortable. imagine how uncomfortable he would be if you had 100,000 troops sitting on your border so this is not about antics, it's not about rhetoric, it's not about us and pressure. what this is about us and pressure. what this is about is the peace and security of one of our member states. borisjohnson was due to speak with russian president vladimir putin today, but there are reports that conversation was cancelled. when the gray report landed the russians were asked to shift the time of the meeting — and they couldn't. so it was left to foreign secretary liz truss to set out in the commons a bill that will give the uk new powers to hit russian banks, energy companies and "oligarchs close to the kremlin". the legislation she said will be the toughest ever introduced and in place by february tenth. we will be able to target any company that is linked to the russian state, engages in business of economic significance t

the associated press reporting that linda thomas-greenfield said the russian actions pose a clear threato international peace and security in the u.n. charter and councilmembers must clearly examine the facts and examine what is at stake for russia, ukraine, europe, the core obligations and principles should russia further invade, she said thursday, announcing the meeting. you can see that at 8:00 tonight on our c-span two channel and you can also watch for it at c-span.org and view it on the c-span now radio app. it was friday where the defense secretary held a press conference talking about the actions of ukraine, particularly the concerns over russia and what has been going on as far as the border. from the event last friday he talked about that possible russian buildup. here's a portion of that from friday. [video clip] >> as we look at matt -- look at that amount of troops and hardware in the region, it far exceeds what we typically see them do for, for exercises. so, it's very concerning. where this could lead us in terms of a type of conflict or where it could put the region in te