kyiv is under siege now, so what is the plan, orrin? >> reporter: well, the pentagon isn't about to put out in great detail what it's going to do to make sure ukraine has help. i don't think you'll find anyone in the u.s. government is willing to do that right now for security reasons. u.s. secretary john kirby said the leth and nonlethal aid that's not in the past tense, strongly suggesting efforts are ongoing. of course that raises the question how exactly did you get it in? before russia invaded ukraine it was flown in on usa aircraft, u.s. military planes. that's not happening now. what other options are there? through the border perhaps. we know poland has said it sent a convoy through the border andatize reached its neighbor ukraine. could the u.s. do that? certainly it's possible, but the u.s. is being very careful with the info it's putting out about the sort of aid it's working to get into ukraine. >> kaitlan collins at the white house. imposing sanctions on russia and the foreign minister sergei lavrov. what impact will this h

let's bring in cnn pentagon correspondent orrin leiberman. orrin, the u.s.russia's military buildup. what's the latest? >> if president vladimir putin has made the decision to invade ukraine as president joe biden suggested or believes, then the forces are there in place. a u.s. defense official says that 40% to 50% of russian troops near ukraine are now in attack positions, and you get a sense on the map thereof where those troops are arranged basically not far from many of ukraine's population centers. and a raid against the country on three different sides, in the north in belarus where they're conducting joint exercises between russia and belarus, a side from eastern ukraine and russia there and in occupied crimea. biden said sural yr this week russia has 150,000 troops in place or more than that number. so more than half of those according to the defense official in attack positions, just some kilometers from the border there. that's a toment or rather includes 125 battalion tactical troops ready to go at essentially a moments notice if and when putin g

kaitlan, i want you to say with us and jill dougherty, our pentagon correspondent and orrin lieberman. it's expected russian forces could move into the donbas region as soon as tomorrow night. are we beginning to see the start what have could be the biggest war in europe potentially since world war ii? >> it's certainly possible, the fear at the pentagon and the u.s. government and many european officials are that exact same fear. i spoke with one official who said that this was the play they expected from vladimir putin, and it's when they expected it and now the question is where does this go from here. it's clear that this is the justification she's used to go create the reasoning for an invasion. it's close to remembering that they don't need 190,000 troops to declare you've recognized two parts of eastern ukraine as independent. you need that level of troops if not only you're going to destroy ukraine's military or also beyond that for a full-scale invasion. it was defense secretary lloyd austin who said over the weekend that it was the possibility of russian tanks rolling into k

where donald trump is-- orrin's begging trump to come, along with i'm sure tucker carlson will broadcast and vladimir putin is helping joe biden in that sense because he's putting a very pine point on what the stakes are. >> stephen: at the end of the last season-- season seven starts march 6-- and i would say the majority of seasons of the show happened during the previous administration. and the lead-up to that administration as well. you've had one year outside, with a new administration. "a," how does it feel to be doing the show under these new conditions? and, "b," you ended last season hopefully. how do you start-- >> one of us did. >> stephen: well, mark did. >> and one of us didn't. >> stephen: mark felt like the world was-- the country was in a better place. >> i'm a prisoner of hope. >> stephen: what's your hope leading forward? ( applause ) let's end with some hope, mark. no pressure. >> listen, you know, my hope is that that biden was elected-- i think a lot of people say we thought he was going to be f.d.r. he didn't get elected to be f.d.r. he got elected to not be donald

orrin, explaining the latest moves. >> reporter: deploying troops from the u.s. to europe and troops within europe up to nato's eastern flank with a two-pronged goal. the first is to reassure nato allies to bolster their own defense capabilities. the u.s. will help defend every inch of nato terd. it's obvious the u.s. has been unable to deter putin. the goal is to make sure he doesn't look, plan or act one inch past ukraine into nato territory and that's why these troops are headed there. the latest announcement of 7,000 troops, an armor brigade combat teams, to germany and poland the last few weeks, so that's 12,000 total troops from the u.s. to europe as well as troops within europe moving to the baltic states looking to the u.s. for help and the states on the southeastern flank, poland, romania, they will get apache attack helicopter support as well. this is the u.s. standing by nato allies. a senior defense official says this is just the beginning of what they expect to see from russians and putin in terms of this invasion and they believe they see a possibil

." >> orrin, say a few words, please. >> mr.i have to say that you're living up to every-- everything i thought you would. you're one heck of a leader, and we're all benefiting from it. and we're going to make this the greatest presidency that we've seen not only in generations, but maybe ever. god bless all of you. (cheers and applause) >> this was a fight for the soul of the republican party, and trump won. there's no question about it. and it's not so much that trump took over the republican party, it's that the republican party completely capitulated to him. they're all united in believing that in order to survive politically, and not lose in a primary, they have to stick as close to him as possible. even when he puts out racist tweets, you cannot criticize him in public. even when he engages in the most reckless behavior, you cannot break with him in public. >> narrator: with his party behind him, trump was emboldened. he seized an issue that would continue appealing to the extreme elements of his base: immigration. >> we w