u. s. allen, fisher reports the main bridge. lincoln, canada to the u. s. is open again, police enforcing a court order ended the 60 blockade by protest. there's demanding an end to quoted restrictions. they made several arrests and set up barricades to stop it happening again. the protest hit supply chains on both sides of the border. but outside canada's parliament in ottawa, protesters are refusing to leave, even as the local government eases covered restrictions. prime minister just intruder has had enough invoking special emergency measures to confront the protectors. this is not a peaceful protest at the borders in different parts of the country. the blockades are harming our economy and endangering public safety. $988.00 emergencies act allows the federal government to insure security during national emergencies. this has never been used. a similar move was last employed in 1970, the prime minister then to those father pierre. the scope of these measures will be time limited, geographically targeted as well as reasonable and proportioned. the so call

allen, president by the insist the u. s. troops will not engage on the ground with russian forces. but he's announced this swinging set of sanctions. what are they designed to do? well, they want to make sure that they can put as much economic pressure on vladimir putin as quickly as possible. and they think they're already seeing the impact of it because of the markets reporting from more score in the last few hours. the stock market is don't buy more than 50 percent. the rebel against the dollar is down to his lowest level in years. but the see these sanctions will have to be sustained over a lengthy period, perhaps 3 or 4 weeks. that bhillips saying who is the deputy national security advisor had just been briefing at the white house. he said that they have to make sure that the sanctions are coordinated, that they're sustainable and that everyone knows exactly what they're doing at the same time. that way they'll be able to calibrate them and have maximum impact on russia. now they haven't gone maximum it sanctioned straight away. there's still a few things that they could do.

ah, i'm given allen dough half the tops toys on al jazeera. the u. s. is reinforcing military bases in eastern europe. senior u. s. defense officials are accusing russia, planning and invasion of ukraine and allegation moscow denies. the white house is an attack could be imminent. we believe that there is a very distinct possibility that vladimir putin will order an attack on ukraine. it could take a number of different forms. it could happen as soon as tomorrow, or it could take some weeks yet. i'm not going to make a prediction about what is going.

allen, thank you very much. alan fisher, our white house correspondent with the latest they're out of the u. s. capital washington, dc life now to london. and i correspondence tracking the european aspect of this, not in barbara nadeem since you got into the studio there. i see mister putin is saying, and i court, we're not talking about adding to break away regions of ukraine to our territory. so it someplace between recognition and someplace at the other end of that spectrum of these 2 areas or regions becoming part of an annex greater russia. i guess that's not what's going to happen. but as far as people like this trust, the u. k. 4 on secretaries concerns. she's been having conversations with the russians about what's going on in ukraine. this can't be good news, surely or no me, it's clear 30. there's a, a propaganda war with all of the different accusations flying around and talk a false flag, operations of offensives and the like. and what we saw from that security council in moscow. but in the last few hours, the foreign secretary list trust as tweeter is the term a russian invasion o

ah, i'm given allen dough half the tops toys on al jazeera. the u. s. is reinforcing military bases in eastern europe. senior u. s. defense officials are accusing russia of planning and invasion of ukraine and allegation moscow denies. the white house is an attack could be imminent. we believe that there is a very to sing possibility that vladimir putin will order an attack on ukraine. it could take a number of different forms. it could happen as soon as tomorrow, or it could take some weeks yet. i'm not going to make a prediction about what is going to unfold in the coming days. all i'm going to say is that we, the united states under the direction of president biden, are ready either way. we are ready if president putin chooses to continue to engage in diplomacy and we are serious about that other than jordan has more now from washington dc. on the sunday public affair shows here in the united states, it was the white house national security advisor, jake sullivan, who was arguing why people should be worried about a potential russian invasion of ukra

allen, can you wrap up for us this latest u. s. troop deployment? how many it is? how many it fits into the the big picture of u. s. troops joining this nato force. well, what we've gone over the last few days as a much clearer assessment of what the americans think might happen and that came on capital hill on thursday. the details just coming out in the last few hours. a force very senior figures in the administration. you're talking about lloyd austin, the defense secretary, antony blank, and the secretary of state jack sullivan, who's the national security advisor. and mark, milly, who's the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, gave a briefing to lawmakers on capitol hill. it lasted about 6 hours. so this is the american assessment. the thing that vladimir putin has on the borders of ukraine, 70 percent of the forces that he needs, if he wants to launch an invasion, that they think that nothing is going to happen at least the next couple of weeks. there's a couple of reasons for that. one is the beijing olympics, vladimir putin doesn't want to take the spotli

u. s. joint chiefs of staff told members of congress that if russian troops did cross the border they would take here within 70 to alice. allen. fisher has the latest from washington. these talking about massive numbers of refugees moving probably towards poland. anita country in the forced hours of any offense of taking place is talking about quite significant numbers of death. he's saying that there could be 50000 ukrainians, killed somewhere in the region of 25000 ukranian troops. 10000 russians killed. and of course, the americans immediately if there was anything to go across the border from the russian side, put sanctions in place that would hit the russian economy. thousands of demonstrators in the netherlands have been venting their anger the government's coven, 19 restrictions, and vaccine mandates. but he's also demonstrated in the same part of ra sedan, demanding more money for dealing with unrest. during the pandemic. 2 days of national morning have begun for the legendary singer known as the nightingale of india and the queen of melody. latham mc. jessica died in hospital aged 92 after testing prov, positive for

spoke for award winning sportswriter allen abramson, whose governing, who's covering the beijing game. he says as an alarming degree of hypocrisy, and how the u. s. is reacting to the valley of a saga, we any united states managed to have an amazing amount of oxy. sometimes righteous sanctimony, soccer see when it comes to doping. if it was an american 15 year old in a dock, she would and across that was for america to be screaming to the heavens, to have all the process that that was afforded under the rules of this american teenager. this just happened to your washington nature. so people are just screaming like crazy. we in the united states manage somehow to have a willful blindness, a willful ignorance when it comes to. ready american athletes whose sheet we, she, capitalistic way, we find very, very clever, very super amazing corporate ways to shape. i guarantee that if we had a statement history, a sport would be the best, most financed, and most amazing way to cheat ever. i guarantee those guidelines for this our se soon, for nice views, huge coming away. just a few moments time the team and i rode back at a non p a musket time with the

allen fisher al jazeera at the white house and ketter's foreign minister says his country is speaking to both the u. s. and iran on reaching a new agreement on the 2015 nuclear deal. on monday, washington said, progress has been made during indirect talks to revive the deal. will law her lona to viet talking with board the us and iran under the shoe? not getting messages from one body to the other. this is an issue of interest in order to cut the robot or to the hold legion. we are interested in seeing an agreement in place at the earliest. there are many factors. we instead bullet d within the legion, we believe that that's an agreement. arlene state and nuclear b would be a key factor for stability. he ran to the ne book country and part of the legion they're willing to engage in dialogue. the french ambassador to molly is being expelled from the country. this comes after france as foreign minister, described the african countries transitional government as illegitimate and out of control. on monday, molly's government announced the ambassador has 72 hours to leave. relations with france have steadi

allen. abraham son is also in beijing covering the games. he says that her concerning degree of hypocrisy in how the u. s. is reacting to believe his case. we in the united states manage somehow to have a willful blindness, a willful ignorance, when it comes to american athletes who cheat part of the problem. of course, you can use the connotative, the neutral word like challenge set or problem. is that of course, a words like russia, doping scandal, or red meat for the, for the western press. and you know, all of this is run into all the events for happening for g world. but in, in apple world, in our world, every single person just verbs to be have to have there is treated on the mirror. and i said this, not everybody. if it was an american 15 year old in a dock, she would and across that was her america could be streaming to the heavens to have all the process that would, that was afforded under the rules of an american teenager. this just happened to your washington asia, so people are just screaming like crazy. there is a 0 to be gain screaming for punishment before all the facts are. and that's just, you know, just trying to, to ad

allen live from doha. coming up in the next 60 minutes. i see our meeting today, please, and submitted that in the you'd atlantic iraq is on the 3rd the u. s. and nato say there are still no signs of russian troops pulling back from ukraine's borders despite moscow's claims.

u. s. defense officials have been sounding alarm bells about a possible russian invasion as well. adam fisher joint, as like now from washington, what have they been saying? allen? or 1700 troops on their way to poland. national security advisor jake sullivan, who has been doing the rounds of the sunday talk shows here in the united states saying this is not an offensive measure. it is simply showing up the defenses for nato allies. he's also talked about the information and the intelligence that has been gathered by the us. and he says that they are planning for several contingencies. we believe that there is a very distinct possibility that vladimir putin will order an attack on ukraine. it could take a number of different forms. it could happen as soon as tomorrow, or it could take some weeks yet. i'm not going to make a prediction about what is going to unfold in the coming days. all i'm going to say is that we, the united states under the direction of president biden, are ready either way. we are ready, if president putin chooses to continue to engage in diplomacy and we are serious about that. or you just heard from jake sullivan saying they're not exactl

allen, thank you very much. that's alan fisher talking to us from washington d. c. okay, you heard what the international reaction is and what the u. s. is doing. let's take you back to ukraine itself. now, it's being attacked on all sides by russia to the north, the south, the east and the west. all eyes are on kia. it's being pounded by missiles. russian forces of entered a northern suburb and live surrounded the city. no fierce fighting is taking place in the regions of so me. carson and ukraine's 2nd largest city. cock heave the mayor. there has told all residents to hide in bomb shelters and in the port city of maria pole that's close to rebel held areas in the east. at least $35.00 residents have been injured after fighters backing pro russians separatists fired at civilian buildings. our correspondent charles stratford began his day in mario paul before heading to nipple in central ukraine, and he describes what he saw while he was crossing through multiple conflict psalms . we started in mario pool that very important strategic coastal city naval port on the as of see in the south east, those heavy shilling there to the east

u. s. has designated cattle as a major non nato ally. it follows a meeting between president joe biden and castles. amir shake to me in bahamas, l. tawny, in washington, d. c. allen fisher reports from the american capital a warm welcome and bitterly cold washington day for the 1st gulf leader to visit the white house since joe biden took over. cotton has become a key partner on several issues impacting the us this past year. a partnership with cut our was, has been central to many of our most vital interests. i thought it was a key player during the us withdrawal from us. ghana stand still has communications with the taliban and has thousands of refugees who still have to be processed before they move to america. with additional assistance on iran, yemen, the palestinians. the president has decided to give special spaces. and i'm notifying congress that i will designate got, are as a major non nato ally to reflect the importance importance of our relationship. cattle becomes the 18th country to be given the allies status. it provides imported benefits in areas of trade, defense, and security cooperation. the insist guitar was and is happy to help a country that

u. s. secretary of state anthony blinkin has called futons views disturbing, and says that he's canceled this week's meeting with his washing counterpart. so gala prop allen official reports from the white house for weeks he's warned of sanctions. no feast with what he sees is russian aggression in ukraine. joe, biting his act, it were implementing full blocking sanctions on 2 large russian financial institutions. v e b and our military back were implementing comparative sanks is on russia's sovereign debt. that means we've cut off russia's government from western finance. it will also impose sanctions on russia. the leads and their family members, they share in the corrupt gaze of the kremlin policies and should share in the pain as well. the president has spent a lot of time with his national security team over the last 48 hours. they insist they've covered all possible moves for more school. and the next step by vladimir putin will dictate further us reaction, bitin, still hopes for a diplomatic solution. but there was a wanting to the american public. an extended crisis might hit them in the pocket, defending freedom will have cost for us as well. and