ned: may have similar answer. reporter: in which case it woul- ned: it would prove the process true. reporter: andrea mentioned sanctions and you know, as diplomacy seems to be going nowhere now, isn't it high time to start strengthening the eastern flank of nato and you mentioned polish foreign minister a moment ago, he's coming here tomorrow. he will be talking about that. he's also meeting with secretary blinken late they are week. could you preview those talks with the secretary between the minister and the secretary? ned: to your first question, isn't it time to strengthen the eastern flank of nato, the answer is unambiguously yes. we have been talking about that for weeks now. we have taken concrete steps, some of which have been announced by the department of defense, place thousands of troops, u.s. service members, at a heightened state of readiness, should they be called into service by the north atlantic council. we have worked concertedly with our nato allies including our althriens eastern flank to wor

ned siegel, so great to see you.up, sonos shares jumping in aftermarket trading, beating estimates and apparently the supply chain crunch. patrick spence will be with us, next. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: speaker maker sonos made managn pain thanks to the rise of remote work with consumers increasingly building out new audio experiences at home. joining us now to talk about latest results, the sonos ceo. i want to talk about the supply issue, we have seen weakness in so many companies because of the chip crisis and lack of supplies. how did you navigate this so well? >> it's an incredible amount of work by our team to reengineer our products so that we can use the components available into our products, and spot buys, shaking the trees to find those components, and nag of a gating as navigating container shortages, the congestion at the ports, covid, omicron kind of coming in. our team just did a tremendous job and as you saw we were able to deliver more for our customers and exceed expectations. i'm super proud of t

ned price ran out of b.s. the b.s. barrel was empty. so why do that? what did ned price do then?ce did what they all do when they are cornered. he went right to the lowest personal attack. he didn't call matt lee racist, he's probably saving up for next week. he said he's more sympathetic to russia than he has to the united states. he may be a shill for vladimir putin. watch. >> if you doubt the credibility of the u.s. government, the british government, of other governments and want to find solace and information that the russians are putting out, that is for you to do. >> what is it supposed to be? >> tucker: if you are on russia's side. at an earlier age, this is the point when matt lee would've gone to the podium and punched him right in the face beer there was a time in this country when calling a man disloyal was a grave and serious charge. you cannot let that stand. on wednesday, two days ago, during a closed-door briefing in congress on russia, jim cooper of tennessee democrat asked to find out if this show is tied to russia. we are not tied to russia, of course. it's a c

nu cia veteran ned price assurese us it's true .ow normally that would have i been the end of it.they w reporters would have screwedoule back to their cubicles to write their breathless little stories about vladimir putin's latest false flag operation and by and large just exactly what did happen. the stenographer'swh wrote ned price's story, but one of them didn't. that man's name is matt lee. he's a state department a reporter for the associated press. wewe knowno nothing about matt e other than he appears to be a middle aged man who's been around long enough to ask a skeptical follow up question or two. and into washington that makes him virtually unique. price we noticed that ned priceal hadn't actually said anything that couldld be checked or even described in meaningful detail. so we asked, hey, ned price, what exactly are you talking about? lkhere's the exchange that followed. >> okay, well that's for my folder. so you said actions such as these suggest otherwise suggest meaning that they suggest they're not interested in tal

ned: well, a couple points, judy.hink, today, the fact that we worked in tandem with the 27 members of the european union, with australia, with japan, with canada, with the united kingdom, with other countries around the world, to impose these measures shows that, a, we're not divided. and, certainly, we are united on this. the united states alone is some 25% of gdp acting in the way we did today on more than half of the world's gdp. the fact that we are acting collectively will take a large chunk out of russia's economy and russia's financial system. i know there have been some who've called for other measures. the measures we instituted today will have a more significant and sustained impact than some of those calls that we have heard. that includes swift. that includes sanctions on any single individual. we have gone after russia's banking sector. we have gone after russia's strategic sectors. we have gone after russia's oligarchs and its elites. all of these things have had a immediate cost. and those costs will g

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ned, you've served in moscow and washington.presidents who you could argue are kind of cold war warriors in terms of their long careers and experience. joe biden has been knocking around foreign affairs circles in washington for half a century. putin has been in office for more than 20 years and was a kgb agent when the soviet union was in its pomp. are they fighting an old battle here or are they genuinely trying to find new rules of engagement to coexist in the years ahead? i think it's a mix of the two. one way to begin is to add to what nabila said. that is that one issue, and that is the potential of ukrainian membership in nato, putin knows it will not happen anytime soon. it was not even on the agenda. the ukrainians would like it and nato is not going to rule it out. but it's not imminent. what this is about for putin, the part which is kind of old cold war era, is he has been quite explicit. he wants to re—establish a kind of soviet era sphere of influence in eastern europe. you're right, biden is both instinctively atl

it's been quite sloppy. ned price, priceless ned price with his conference about some video that the russians are for disinformation or whatever. i mean with such an embarrassing press conference. but the russians have seen how they're going to react and the different variations, the lack of unity and it's actually, of nato. is my police about this and they would never say it publicly, but it didn't. the nato countries are far from unified and how to move forward. they've actually shown a lot of their cards. okay. and, and joe biden, with his usual gap, actually showed you no minor incursion tells you a lot of things about what was going on behind closed doors. so the, the russian see their hands and, and at the same times, the rest of the russians have been very transparent. the 2 treaties one didn't want to be united states. what do you say guys? ok. and the even that has been a sloppily re replied to. so this is a very interesting time. that's why we're doing this program. go ahead. george. it is very interesting because the russians of now, then what are the issues with nature at

state department ned price will be here live later in the show. and we're also watching what is scheduled to happen any minute in virginia. you're looking at a live shot of the state capitol here and the state's new governor glenn youngkin about to sign a bill into law to ban mask mandates in schools. with federal officials today promising a new update soon on masking guidance all across the country. what else the cdc director is now saying about the pandemic coming up. >>> plus, could another lawsuit be on the way for donald trump. we'll tell you where the former president might be getting into another legal fight with the january 6 committee and what happens if he sits this one out? i'm hallie jackson in washington, joining you this morn, along with the rest of our nbc news team. kristen welker and erin is live in kyiv. kristen, let me start with you and the news that has begun to bubble this afternoon. this discussion of a russian media report about donbas, allegedly mass graves there and the growing concern that that is potentially one of the

joining us right now to talk more about it is governor ned lamont of connecticut.nks for being with us today. we have seen just in the last week or so i believe it's eight blue states that have said that they are going to be ending mask mandates now or very soon after. and there's been a lot of discussion about this, just what prompted this at this point when the cdc is still saying people should be wearing masks even if they're vaccinated >> hey, good morning, becky. yeah, we worked on this together as governors throughout the region we thought this was a good time. we think it's a good time because our infection rates are back low hospitalizations are way down. most importantly people have the ability to keep themselves safe now. they have the ability to get the booster, wear the mask we've got n95 masks to everybody. you're going back to school we want you to get tested to prove you're safe. i think we can do this safely. >> is there frustration that the cdc didn't kind of move sooner to find an off-rampor to describe when they thought things should be changing?

joining us is state department spokesperson, ned price. we heard him say nato is unified, ready for everything and prepared to meet with sergey lavrov if there's no incursion or invasion. what is the reality now? because we're hearing so far they don't see any evidence that vladimir putin is drawing down to the contrary, he's building up. >> reporter: we are going to pursue the diplomatic path as long as it's avail lk to us. precisely why we sent the russian federation a proposal for areas we think are ripe for discussion, that could enhance our security, and that could address some of russia's stated concerns. precisely why the secretary conveyed an offer to meet this coming week in europe and we stand ready to do that if there is no russian invasion before then. look, the russians have now had months to signal their willingness to deescalate. at almost every step of this, woe have not seen deescalation. in fact, we have seen escalation. whether it's false claims of removing troops from the border when they were adding troops, whether it'

ned, thank you so much for joining us on this historic and very ominous day. russia, as you know, is attacking ukraine from three sides. what is the latest that you could tell us, just how extensive is this russian military assault? >> well, this is what we've been warning about. not for days, not for weeks, but really for months now. you may recall that we first started issuing these warnings late last year. late 2021. speaking of unusual military movements, 50,000 troops turned into 100,000 troops turned into more than 150,000 troops that by the time this week rolled around, russia has amassed forces along ukraine's borders, inside what should be the sovereign independent country of belarus, those forces, those strategically positioned assets have begun moving on ukraine. apparently in an effort to moumount a full-scale invasion. but this is really a russian war against three elements. that's a war against the ukrainian states or territory going after the territorial integrity, and the ukrainian government, and vladimir putin has sought to destabilize and th

ned characterized it as diplomatic kabouki theatre. talks off for now, but what we heard from president yesterday, he said i am hoping diplomacy is still available. >> reporter: absolutely. you heard the secretary of state blinken said diplomacy is not working but we will do whatever we can to prevent an all-out assault. the back and forth ned was having with the reporter and the reporter was really pushing on whether they should have done sanctions earlier. obviously nobody knows, but it is worth emphasizing they now have a huge decision to make. if they really believe invasion is this imminent, and by the way, there are warnings of that are taking a psychological toll in this country and that's hugely significant. there are big things they can do. they point out, the banks they sanctioned yesterday, there are banks in russia that are ten times bigger than the banks the u.s. sanctioned. a bank like spur bank, pretty much every single russian comes into contact with. sanctioning those banks could have a humge impact. they have a decisi

>> joining me now to discuss, spokesman ned price. thank you for joining me this morning. >> thanks for having me, jim. >> last week we heard urgent concern from u.s. officials, yourself included, that military action by russia in ukraine could happen as soon as this week. here we are on wednesday. is it still the u.s. view that an invasion is imminent, or is ukraine less at risk today than it was a number of days ago? >> well, jim, put very simply, our concern has not abated a single bit. in fact, we've seen, as you heard from the secretary this morning, as you heard from the nato secretary general, no meaningful sign of de-escalation, no meaningful russian troop withdrawals from the borders. in fact, to the contrary. we've continued to see russian forces flow to the border, we've continued to see russians on the border move to fighting positions. number two, look, jim, we know the russian playbook. we know the russians engage in misinformation and disinformation. we have good reason to believe the russians are saying one thing and d

i bet ned price would like to have a do over on his comments if he could. back to what they have done is inoculated ukraine in one of the tools in the russian playbook so now we have to look at what else might russia do. yeah, your taking it on faith. they're saying trust us and we know there's been lot of situations where u.s. intelligence has gotten it wrong or it's been based on fearly flimsy second hand or third hand intelligence. in this case, it's a good illustration of this information war that's playing out in public. >> yeah, we know they have to protect sources and methods but there's also from the white house where they say they will take these difficult questions. they welcome them as well. i want to put that into the conversation as well sdpl. >> it's also reporters jobs to ask questions and be skeptical. >> he does that well. >> luabsolutely. great to see you. thank you. >>> breaking news out of new york and the michael avenatti trial. the jury has reached a verdict. >> what's happened? >> reporter: they found him guilty of one count of wire f

thanks, ned. i have a couple but i'll be brief. promise. the first one has to do with logistics. when you say on the human rights council, did you -- you guys were on the council to vote in favor of having this meeting on ukraine? or was it -- is that correct? mr. price: that's my understanding. reporter: ok. all right. but it's being called an urgent meeting but it's -- urgency is in the eye of the beholder here. anyway on the embassies. they were shutting up shop in kyiv and moving to lviv, i wanted to check on the check on the lviv operations, is it still the case that nobody is there for the u.s., they're all operating out of poland? mr. price: as of last week, matt, the small team that transferred to lviv, had transferred to poland for the course of several days. they were making regular trips from lviv into ukraine. from the onset of -- from poland into ukraine. from the onset of this phase of russia's unjustified, unprovoked attack on ukraine, they have not been commuting back into ukraine.

listen to how psaki and then after that ned price from the state department responded. >> i know thes put out a statement that the -- you know, they detonated the bomb themselves. but will the u.s. provide any evidence, because there may be people that are skeptical of the events that took place and what happened to the civilians? >> skeptical of the u.s. military's assessment when they went and took out the leader of isis? >> yes. >> that they are not providing accurate information and isis is providing accurate information? >> so that's jen psaki scaring off with npr who's often at this table suggesting that if you are skeptical of what the u.s. pentagon claims, then you are on the side of isis. isis is providing accurate information. separately at the state department earlier today, ned price was being pressed by the associated press' matthew lee about russia. take a listen. >> if you doubt -- if you doubt the credibility of the u.s. government, of the british government, of other governments and want to, you know, find solace and information that the russians are putting out, tha

this is ned price, us state department spokesperson. what is the evidence that you have that suggested that the russians are even planning with matt? i'm not saying that they're not, but you just come out and say this and expect those just to believe it. without you showing a shred of evidence that it's actually true other than when i ask, or what anyone else asked what the information you said, well, i just gave it to you, which was just you making a statement. you said yourself, you've been in this business for quite a long time. you know that when we make information, intelligence information public, we do so in a way that protects sensitive sources and methods. you also know that we do so we do classify information only when we're confident in that information. if you doubt, if you doubt the credibility of the u. s. government of the british government, of other governments and want to you know, find solace and information that the russians are putting out. that is, that is for you to do. now, as with similar headlines and allegatio

we also heard the president himself say today ned price when he spoke to the press that the europeans are not behind, for example, the idea of imposing restrictions on russia through the so called swift system. this is a global banking system that would clearly have some effect on the russian leadership. to twha extent is european opposition holding back president biden? >> well, a couple of pointsk judy. i think today the fact that we worked in tandem with the 27 members of the european union, with australia, with japan, with canada, with the united kingdom, with other countries around the world to impose these measures shows that a, we're not divided and certainly we are united on this, the united states alone is some 25 percent of gdp, acting the way we did today, more than half of the world's grk dp. the fact that we are acting collectively will take a large chunk out of russia's economy and financial system, i know there have been some who called for other measures. the measures we instituted today will have a more significant and sustained impact then some of those calls that we

thanks, ned. speaking of a crisis, homelessness crisis in the san francisco bay area is now a so bad. residents are being asked to take in homeless people off the streets and how's them in their own homes? now politicians and charities claim locals want to be a part of the solution. but what incentives do they have based on past experiences? well for more, here's our 2 correspond paxton boyd. homelessness in the bay area is now such a problem that people are being urged to hand over their spare rooms to the homeless . local nonprofits such a safe time in east bay, a place more than 60 people in home since 2017. the mayor of richmond, located about 20 miles from downtown san francisco, set up a program to match homeless people with landlords who have empty apartment funded by private donations. that will pay up to a years rent upfront, to encourage them to forego credit employment and background checks. washington d. c is home to one of the largest homeless populations in the entire country. you se

. >> at today's state department briefing, spokesman ned price discussed the decision to sanction the nord stream 2 pipeline after germany shut down its side of the process -- project in retaliation for russian aggression toward ukraine. he also discussed other sanctions the u.s. and international partners have levied against russian interests. this runs about an hour and 15 minutes. >> good afternoon. -- president putin authorized russian troops to enter those regions. he has taken other steps that amount to a direct assault on ukraine sovereignty. we responded and turned quickly and decisively. the first-round of sanctions with our allies and partners, including those of the european union, united kingdom, canada, japan and australia. we took resolute action to ensure that the nord stream 2 pipeline, what had been an $11 billion investment on the part of the russians, is suspended indefinitely and as you have just seen, president biden today authorized sanctions on nord stream 2. we have now taken couple entry action using our own authorities to ensure that nord stream 2 is off the

they concur with what you heard ned price say. the russians are continuing to build up. they are making the point they don't believe that the russians have enough forces for both an invasion and full scale op occupation. there's reporting that they count 148,000 troops the along the border. 126,000 of them are ground troops and also that there are 87 battalion tactical groups. you've seen that build up. it's interesting the words they using to describe it. the implication it's less and less of an independent state. >> we're learning more about just how destructive this massive cyber attack was and still is . one thing i'll say, it's important, today we went to a recruitment center and we were talking to people who were signing up to defend their homes, fight in the streets if it's necessary. if all of the ukrainian forces are at the front. you would need to have sort of local sort of guerilla type forces on the ground here. we talked the people sieng up. this word hybrid. i heard it from every one here. every one is acutely aware of hybrid warfare. it's not just military

. >> earlier today, state department spokesman ned price briefed reporters on the biden administration's response to russia's invasion of ukraine.

ned price not giving those details, and here the russian media playing that up, this is just anotherpty claim by the united states. nic robertson, cnn, moskow. >>> recent polling by the independent center gives us a sense how russians view what's going on. so when asked who's to blame for tensions centered on eastern ukraine half of those surveyed responded with the united states and other nato countries. 16% point the finger at ukraine, and only 4% accuse russia. the rest pointed mostly to the self-styled break away regions or had no opinion. now, despite that russians are showing a degree of optimism about the outcome. only 3% expect there to be a war with the country of ukraine. but the majority say war is either unlikely or rule it out all together. for more on this let's bring in the journalist the investigative editor at the medusa project and joins us moskow. thanks so much for being with us. i want to start with the perception that seems to be the dominant view in russia the u.s. and nato is to blame. does that reflect what they're seeing on state and social media because the

. >> reporter: connecticut government, ned lamont, once the mask mandate to end on february 28. >> 90% plus have had some level of immunity. >> reporter: on the west coast, -- >> i am over it. >> reporter: vaccinated californians won't have to wear a mask indoors unless a local government has its own ordinance. >> i am 69 years old. i may be one of the holdouts. i let the general public come into my store, elect whether they wear masks are not. >> reporter: oregon is also ending its indoor mask requirement next month. laura podesta, cbs news. >>> for more covid testing of vaccines as well as the resections across the bay area, had to kpix.com. >>> san francisco is on hiring spree in response to the emergency declaration in the tenderloin. the city announced it hired 100 public health workers to address the drug overdose crisis . the physicians include doctors, pharmacists, and health workers meant to address mental health and substance abuse. it is all part of the emergency declaration order. you are still 100 positions lefty phil. the city hopes to have those field by march 1st. >>> h

this is associated press diplomatic writer matt lee questioning ned price. >> crisis actors? this is like valid showed's territory you're getting into now. -- this is like alex jones territory you're getting into now. >> this is derived from information known the this government intelligent information we have declassified. >> where is it? where is this information? >> it is intelligence information we have declassified. >> where is the declassified information? >> i just delivered it. amy: russia's foreign minister dismissed the claims as total disinformation and once again denied russia is planning to invade ukraine. global coronavirus cases have begun to decline from record highs set in late january as new infections from the omicron variant continue to fall in the united states and much of europe. countries worldwide are still reporting more than 3 million infections and over 10,000 deaths per day. in south africa, workers at a technology transfer hub launched by the world health organization have produced the continent's first-ever domestically produced doses of mrna vac

ned price said i told you what it is.s unclassified you have to show it to us. i was in the cia for 19 years. i've seen intelligence this poorly sourced by questionable sources. i've seen intelligence where the sources told the cia what it wanted to hear. the administration will not show this intelligence, at least -- i think to the american people, i'm not prepared to admit that this is valid. >> shannon: what more would you need to know? do you think russia is capable of this? what would be the motivation for the u.s. to rule it out if they don't feel like i actually have intel? >> certainly the russians are capable of it. i don't doubt there's some report that alleges this. but there's always reports alleging lots of things from sources that are not credible. if this is unclassified. they said they declassified it. that means the administration can show it to you. you can look at it and see if the report is credible. for some reason the administration doesn't want the media to see the sourcing. they don't want you to s

ned price is exactly right, you can take whatever you want to a conclusion at this point.t of vladimir putin's game right now. every time this comes up, i just see he's leaving himself extraordinary room to do anything. you know, they're obviously not going to like this deployment to eastern europe. let's say vladimir putin wants to back down. now, if he does it right now, all he's accomplished essentially doubling the size of nato in europe. but he can also turn that right around and start negotiating removal of those troops. then he'd pull the wind out of it, it's a criminologist's game at this point. >> that sets up my next guest, general hodges. in fact, general, is this sort of, in an odd way, an aggressive exit ramp? we're ramping up, we're sending putin a message, nope, this isn't working the way you thought it was going to work. and you're really going to hate this now. and thisis suddenly leverage, new leverage we had that perhaps we didn't before. is that too -- are we overthinking this? am sigh overthinking this, general? >> well, you're about two laps ahead of

joining us now, state department spokesperson ned price. ned, it's good to see you again.ning us. talk to us about today's meeting. by all assessments, a united front. the german chancellor, not necessarily going as far as president biden with saying that nordstream 2 would be dead but he did say that there is a united front and there would be severe sanctions if russia does invade. >> well, that's right, ayman, and you heard this today from the german chancellor, both in german and english, by the way, that there would be a strong and unified response if moscow chooses the path of escalation, if moscow chooses the path of conflict. we have been engaged with our partners and our allies around the world, certainly including our nato allies, certainly including our german allies. over the course of more than two months now, there have been about 200 engagements, whether in-person, whether over the phone, whether over video conference, and what you see today was no accident. what you have seen today, what you have seen in any number of fora, has been the product of intense am

ned, i have been doing this for a long time. >> that was my point. you have been doing this for quite a while. you know which we declassify information we do so in a means -- we do so -- we do so with an eye to protecting sources and methods. >> i remember a lot of things. where is the declassified information other than you coming out here and saying it? . >> matt, i'm sorry you don't like the format. >> it's not the format. it's the content. >> i'm sorry you don't like the content. i'm sorry you are doubting the information that is in the hands of the u.s. government. >> but you don't have any evidence to back it up other than what you're saying. it's like you're saying we think -- we have information that the russians may do this. but you won't tell us what the information is. and then which -- >> that is the idea behind deterrence, matt. that is the idea behind deterrence. it is our hope that the russians don't go forward with this. >> there you say i just gave it to you. >> you seem not to understand -- you seem not to understand the idea of det

state department spokesperson ned price says intelligence shows moscow has been plotting to create a fake video of an attack by ukrainian troops. >> the united states has information that russia is planning to stage fabricated attacks by ukrainian military or intelligence forces as a pretext for a further invasion of ukraine. >> price said the plan involves a video with graphic scenes of false explosions, corps and actors pretending to grieve. he said it would be entirely fabricated by russian intelligence. defense department press secretary john kirby said they've seen similar activity by russia in the past. he suggested such actions are usually approved at the highest levels of the russian government. russia has amassed an estimated 100,000 troops along its border with ukraine. the administration of u.s. president joe biden earlier revealed intelligence showing russia had sent operatives into ukraine to create a pretext for invasion. it also warned russia is spreading disinformation through state and social media. >>> shifting now to more diplomatic pressure against myanmar's milit

connecticut governor ned lamont is recommending the legislature to allow the mask mandate to end on february 28th >> 90%-plus of our folks have some sort of immunity. >> i'm over it. i think a lot of people are. >> reporter: over in california, vaccinated won't have to wear a mask indoors unless the local government has an ordinance. >> i'm 69 years old. may be one of the holdouts. i let the general public come into my store, elect to wear a mask or not. >> reporter: oregon is also ending its indoor mask requirement next month. many other republican-led states like texas and florida ended their mask mandates early last year, anne-marie. >> all right. laura podesta in new york. laura, thank you. >>> breaking overnight, president biden's top science adviser has resigned. eric lander, the author of science technology and policy, turned in his resignation yesterday. this comes hours after the white house confirmed an intern investigation found credible evidence that he bullied and mistreated his staff. before the resignation, the white house said it had reprimanded lander but indicated he would

ned price, state department spokesman, told "axios" the state department takes it extremely seriouslyverything against that -- that their building is working against. >> repugnant is the word for it. mike, let's turn to the fact the day after super bowl is called super bowl monday. it is one of the year's least productive workdays and could cost employers billions. i want you to know i stayed up a little bit last night but i'm still bringing my a game. what can you tell us about the rest of the country? >> i was noticing you weren't slacking off. you are bright eyed and bushy tailed. for a lot of people the combination of super monday and valentine's day day will be a double distraction in the workplace. cincinnati schools, which were anticipating a celebration which they ain't going to get, are out today both in the city and in a number of suburbs. that's a little window into the fact there's been a push over the years to make super bowl monday a holiday. now, why does this matter? so much lost productivity, also even when you don't have valentine's day to race out to, a lot of peopl

ned is a good friend and i stood at that podium across from matt lee, they are gentlemen and dogged inir jobs and great respect for both of them. i said earlier when we were talking, deciding to talk about intelligence matters is tricky business. some cases, we think it is valuable for people to know and russians to know we know what they are up to. you don't want to reveal how we know it. if there is way to get more context, we will try to do that, can't promise it, it is a tricky balance we are trying to strike. we felt there was more value in making it clear to the russians and the world we knew what they were up to, dirty tricks they were capable of rather than declassifying highly sensitive intelligence. >> bill: quick question, important question. marco rubio says this is most serious threat since 1945 and talks about invasion as near srnlt. the ukrainians are not talking that way, neither are european leaders, why the disconnect? >> john: i can't speak for ukrainian leaders, bill. >> bill: senators were briefed on ukraine yesterday, what were they told? >> john: it was classifie

. >> state department spokesman ned price updated diplomatic efforts on russia's invasion of ukraine. this is just under an hour.

the state department spokesman ned price is here. tell us the latest.und that zelenskyy is in an undisclosed location. do we know where he is? are we sure he is safe? >> we have a good idea. president biden was in contact with president zelenskyy last night. in both of the conversations we under scored and emphasized our enduring partnership with the ukrainian government and ukrainian people and more than the red rick. we have made it clear we would demonstrate it to the ukrainian government in the concrete ways providing more than $6 507d million of assistance the past year. we will double down to make sure the finish. >> helene is on with us right now and we talked about her reporting on the administration's strategy as soon as intelligence was collected and confirmed, disseminating it. is the intelligence as good in terms of what putin's end game is and what is your sense about what happens tomorrow on the ground in ukraine. >> nicole, this is a rare circumstance where the american people are now in a position to judge just how good, how precise skpr

we could see metal prices -- when we look at iron ore, palladium used in chips that we ned in cars. >> reporter: the war could also complicate decisionmaking at the federal reserve which had been planning to raise interest rates to fight inflation. the fed's next meeting is in a few weeks. >> thankougs,"pu senat ben s who called the first round of u.s. sanctions against russia too little, too late. >>> and coming up, supreme court selection. president biden picks his nominee to the high court. when we're expected to find out who it is. >>> and winter weather warning. the powerful storm that's making its way across the country, where it's headed. this is the "cbs morning news." ♪ dry eye symptoms keep driving you crazy? inflammation in your eye might be to blame. let's kick ken's ache and burn into gear! over the counter eye drops typically work by lubricating your eyes and may provide temporary relief. those drops will probably pass right by me. xiidra works differently, targeting inflammation that can cause dry eye disease. what's that? xiidra? no! it can provide lasting relief. xiid

state department spokesperson ned price saying the documents confirm much of what the u.s.as already said publicly. >> if the source of these documents, whoever that source may be, thought that by leaking them, that they would embarrass the united states, that they would drive a wedge between the united states and nato, i think they will find that they were sorely mistaken. >> reporter: this morning the negotiations continue over a diplomatic way forward as president biden orders 3,000 u.s. troops to deploy into eastern europe to support nato allies if needed. 2,000 of the american soldiers were deployed from ft. bragg, north carolina, to poland and germany. another 1,000 based in germany will move to romania. >> we're going to make sure we reassure our nato allies in eastern europe that we're there. >> reporter: in response russia says the u.s. troop deployment is a, quote, destructive step that fuels military tension. the white house blasting republicans also critical of the deployment order. >> if you are digesting russian misinformation and parroting russian talking poi

. >> reporter: state department spokesman ned price says russia may use false claims as a pretext for an invasion which officials believe could come as soon as this weekend. >> russia relies on confusion. russia relies on obfuscation. russia relies on misinformation and disinformation to cover its tracks. >> reporter: on the streets of ukraine, thousands gathered to demonstrate their unity. ♪ despite reports that russia was planning to invade yesterday. >> many people was waiting for a while, but it didn't start. the ukrainian people demonstrated that we want to resist. >> reporter: still, ukrainians are preparing for the worst. these students practiced evacuation drills at their school. >> time to show the children that this may happen and not to be panicked. >> reporter: today vice president harris leaves washington for europe where she'll take part in the munich security conference and show support for nato allies and ukraine. on saturday, harris will meet with the ukrainian president and separately with german chancellor shultz. this will be the first meeting between harris and ze