u. s. general and leader of the u. s. troops in europe. been hodges pointing out also that the situation in bella ross is alarming that they might enter the russian federation at least in the midterm. we also heard a former director of the national intelligence speaking that there might even be a tax on nato countries, of course, were very far away from such a terrible scenario. but washington is definitely alarmed. all right, thank you for that oliver. sanity washington. well, our president putin has nav side friendship tree says where the low hands can to netscape regents of their easton ukraine. day after recognizable as independent states. he plans to build military bases and established a joint defense mechanism. russian law makers voted to allow their troops to be stationed in the break republics. if one said, the military presence would maintain stability and independence. the criminal also says its recognition of the 2 regions extensive territory currently held by ukrainian forces. mister potent said, the move is justified. no musi

the un general assembly is pretty critical of u. s. policy as well, and we know that the u. s. doesn't like referring things from the security council to the general assembly cuz it could lead to a precedent that might bite van back. given the u. s. is own foreign policy and it's alleged violations of the un charter and so on. but it is a serious enough telly for, for the us to refer to the general assembly. so we'll see when that meeting takes place. she had thank you very much indeed that she had the chance to bring this up to date from the united nations in new york. well, let's take you back to you train itself now in the sounds of explosions in air read signs of been tackling across here. as russian suits and sanks crawled closer towards the city center, the grains president says he expects russian forces to storm the capital over night and in a fresh plea as called in the public to defend it. and who simmons brings us the latest from here? ah, the sound of sporadic gun battles echo across the ukrainian capital give russian invasion forces are closing in on the city. the pr

u. s. general motors of council. she sat in michigan factory. my food is running, it's canadian factories at reduced capacity. john henry has more from one of the other main crossings. a port huron that brings, we're talking about, it's close that the basset, or bridge in detroit. i am at the nearest crossing to that. it connects port huron with sarnia on the canadian side, and that bridge you see behind me is the blue water bridge. and on that bridge you can see that the trucks are moving, but at a snail's pace. and they've been waiting anywhere between an hour and a half to 3 hours over the course of the day to get across that bridge because it really wasn't made to handle that kind of traffic. and there could be more problems like this because earlier on thursday, protesters also closed the bridge connecting manitoba in canada with north dakota. so the there are now 3 crossings that have been effected. the one in manitoba and the ambassador bridge almost entirely closed this one open, but going at a snail's pace. so that affected the economy

u. s. general motors has canceled shifts at michigan factory while ford is running and canadian factories at a reduced capacity. and hundreds of people have been protesting in ghana against to propose new fee on electronic payments. the government is planning to introduce a 2 percent tax known as the e levy on digital transactions of more than $16.00. politician, supporting the lowest site will help raise money for development projects. those are the headlines. i'm emily anglin. the news continues here on al jazeera, after inside story. britain's beloved carrie houses are in crisis to indian don is shut down every week due to breakfast, financial thrive, and the one i want you to investigate on just 0 muslim and hindu students in india face off on the right to where head scarves in class. so is this a religious issue or a broader debate on minority rights and identity in india? this is inside story. ah. hello and welcome to the program. i'm hammered. jim jerome, in the constitution guarantees a sec

t refers something to the general assembly because usually the u. s. is in a big fan of the general assembly is a serious enough telly for, for the us to refer to the general assembly. so we'll see when that meeting takes place. well, the u. s. is among a growing number of countries planning, financial sanctions, including asset freezes on russia's leadership at the co ordinates restrictions aim to force russia to the negotiating table officer has it's another step to put pressure on the russian leader in alignment with the decision by our european allies, united states will join them in sanctioning president putin and foreign minister leverage and members of the russian national security team. foot 4 hours after president fight and said he still had further options with sanctions. vladimir putin with a came one of only a handful of world leaders in the me personally sanctioned by the u. s. this step sends a clear message about the, the strength of the opposition to the actions or by president putin and the direction in his leadership of the russian mil

u. s. army general and former director of the cia in our exclusive interview. he spoke earlier with a d w's, washington bureau chief in as poll about the consequences of escalation in eastern ukraine to transfer shoals way too long to announce the sanctions, or to put to an author and 2 on hold. no, i don't think so. i thought that, you know, he is the 1st in the wake of this latest provocation or to make an announcement, i thought it was very prompt and very swift. the u. k. prime minister followed in then of course the u. s. followed now even with us, debt is still a prelude of what more could come there is a lot of, as they say, runway out there for further sanctions. the most significant of which would be the cut off of russia from the swift financial transaction system. the real big one would be if the you have said that intellectual property that we created in that is used by countries like korea, a also by taiwan semiconductor manufacturing corporation and so forth to make micro chips that, that could not be exported to russia. so it's not just the chips

u. s equity general set at the un security council that if russia does invade, there will be serious sanctions. however, he is happy to be proved wrong. it doesn't really seem that way when the whole biden administration, as a just mentioned in western media, it seems, have been caught up in this is theory and still as a say trying to predict when this invasion will be. let's listen to what anthony blink can set it that un george counsel or information indicates clearly that these forces are preparing to launch an attack against ukraine. in the coming days, even a real attack using chemical weapons, you get attempts to place the blame and russia are futile and baseless. their goal is to shift the blame away from ukraine. i must say that we are very disappointed by the ostrich like position of our western colleagues. try not to see obvious things. so in this frenetic diplomacy that we've had over the past couple of weeks, i didn't think i've seen so many leaders and foreign ministers pluck of the miles coming to moscow. i have in the past 8 days or so still those talks about sanctions being flo

u. s. is the general consensus that was, that said moscow wasn't very happy with the u. s. a nato responses to security demands or from moscow laughter of said that there is room for negotiation, but he doesn't want enlist talks, lou. we warn against endless conversations about issues that need to be addressed today. i received unsatisfactory answers. none of my fellow ministers responded to my direct message. we received 2 small pieces of paper, one from nato secretary general sultan burg, another from just a barrel. they say, don't worry, we need to continue the dialogue. the main thing is to ensure de escalation around ukraine. i just think that this is a neglect of the norm, which was enshrined at the highest level and according to which no organisation can consider itself the main ones. therefore, we will continue to seek a concrete response from each country as was expected in the west, a russian aggression or a threat of invasion. it has actually come that the russian side has made a step toward said diplomacy. as it always said, he was pushing the line for diplomacy

general. in our report there of course wellbeing, welcoming a u. s. troops to romania nato is ratcheting up its military posture in allied countries that border ukraine. how much concern is there that any russian military action could spread beyond ukraine's borders? well, there's a lot of concern because nato is ratcheting up his forces in response to what russia is doing. russia has now sent more forces, not just into ukraine, but into beller roost. nato says it's the highest level of military assets deployed and beller is since the end of the cold war. and that again, borders, nato countries. so there is concern, not just that the kremlin may decide to come into nato territory. that's a really big step. and one that no one is suggesting that russia really is considering at this point. but even the instability and the uncertainty is a security problem for nato allies and, and for europe as a whole. so nato is, is for, is putting these forces. they're putting more troops, more military assets to deter it, not just a russian invasion into nato territ

u. s. e. seek to bolster their own capabilities that general nominated to had the u. s. military central command says al qaeda and i so a gaining strength once again. lieutenant general michael korea warns on goofs are using humanitarian crises, including a lack of food and water. as a recruiting tool, radical haine has a details from washington. an american convoy with a helicopter an armored vehicles made its way tuesday to assyrian prison. this was the scene of a massive fight between the islamic state and se a fighters in january. it was an attempt to free. i still fighters imprisoned inside, even with u. s. military air strikes, it took days to repel the attack. a concern for senators tasked with vetting the general nominated to take over us central command at his hearing tuesday press reports indicate that up to 200 fighters may have escaped, and hundreds of people heal. if you are confirmed, your response were helping ensure the s t f and the iraqi government have the capacity and support needed to address the threat from ices and properly detain these prisoners

u. s. s. r has to be eliminated immediately. general george s. patton, commander of the u. s. 3rd. army demands that the troops do not stop at the elbow, but move on toward stalingrad. on june 29th 1945 stolen, who already knows about the operation orders marshal shook off to move troops to combat positions in the west. mm. it is now clear to the allies that a surprise attack is no longer possible then charger beckon. clifton. he died from creek scuff hammond and started our mobility. tut. dean di chanda annoyed to buffalo chatham. jean chavez, toyota missouri in north iceland. one sure there too. but some of my veterans conte starting in for october east and se so astound and bus mafia dot on georgia. you had not been anything for me. a tom was in the informed yet. he says, wi fi light can dish. divest mister, that's enough. we're no longer interested in a union with the russians, so we don't have to abide by the agreements with them. we need to make the alter records non existent, mary truman, her that the eyes need, the red army in the far east, where the one and a half

u. s. defense and a state secretary's already spoke with nato's secretary general after this invasion began. bow of the u. s. has an ironclad commitment to article 5 of nato, which is of course, should have said any ne joe territory word to come under attack. all right, for the moment. hi, jo. castro live 1st there in washington. we're going to show you some live pictures now from key as i understand or now we're going to go live now to this is the european commission president speaking right now, and then we've got our european union and it's people stand by ukraine and it's people we are facing an unprecedented act of aggression by the russian leadership against the sovereign independent country russians. target is not only done bus. the target is not only ukraine, the target is the stability in europe and the whole of the international peace order. and we will hold president putin accountable for that. later today, we will present a package of massive and targeted sanctions to european leaders for approval. with this package, we will target strategic sectors of the russian economy. by bl

the nato letter is just 2 pages long and quite general, while the u. s. response is 4 pages because the u. s. has more details with which to respond. it has missiles, which nato doesn't, and russia asked more of the united states. so the u. s. letter talks about what the u. s. is willing to do if russia reciprocates, including going back to arms control agreements that have fallen by the wayside. limiting and, and be more transparent about about troop movements, which russia does not do. i was also struck by sort of this scolding nature in the u. s. letter. in particular. it reminded russia that it invaded crimea and, and illegally annexed it, that it has troops in ukraine, in the eastern ukraine, which russia denies. and also that it has troops still in georgia and in will delva, which were not there at the invitation of those governments. and terry, tell us again how the russian side has responded to these letters. well, besides, what you heard from president putin that was reiterated again in a letter from foreign minister, sergey lever off, which was

u. s. army general barry mccarthy, and former battlefield commander in the christian -- and former member of the security council. what's fantastic line we have to talk about. a very serious business that is going on. let me start with you, general. here is how the former ambassador reacted to biden's comments this afternoon. >> he said they have reason to believe it will be on the capital of kyiv. that to me was very scary. he would not be seeing it if they did not have definitive intelligence to backup that claim. that is a very serious military intervention. it is not the smaller skirmishes, or minor interventions that we have been discussing for weeks up until this point. you do not come out and do something like the president just did, and report on sensitive intelligence, and lets you think it is going to happen, and that suggests to me, yes they are trying for diplomacy, but they are preparing for war. >> general mccaffrey, do you agree with his assessment of what he heard from the president today? and how significant do you see it that biden says that he is convinced that putin has d

t refers something to the general assembly because usually the u. s. is in a big fan of the general assembly is a serious enough telly for, for the us to refer to the general assembly. so we'll see when that meeting takes place with the u. s. is among a growing number of countries planning, financial sanctions, including asset phases, on russia's leadership. the coordinated restrictions ain't to force russia to the negotiation table. alan fisher has this report. it's another step to put pressure on the russian leader up the united states will join them in sanctioning president putin and foreign minister, elaborate and members of the russian national security team. 44 hours after president fight and said he still had further options with sanctions. vladimir putin with a came one of only a handful of world leaders in the we personally sanctioned by the u. s. this step sends a clear message about the, the strength of the opposition to the actions by president putin and the direction in his leadership of the russian military. we as president, talk with pres

u. s. a secretary general said that the un security council, i should say, on thursday that he promised sanctions against russia should they follow through. with this imminent invasion, of course, is imminent invasion. it has been imminent for some months. now. it is a question whether it will be imminent for the next few months. we are glad of course, that february is a short month because they have moved move the goal posts again and said that instead of being on february 16th it could be at the end of the olympics, this invasion, it could be at the end of the month, blinkin said he would like to be proved wrong, but it doesn't really seem that way. when you listen to what he says. our information indicates clearly that these forces are preparing to launch an attack against ukraine. in the coming days. we don't know exactly the formal it could be a fabricated so called terrorist bombing inside russia, or a fake even a real attack using chemical weapons. not listening to that, danny, some are saying it does seem like attached to playbook k by the u. s. and something that they have deployed befor

u. s surgeon general announced that masks will be optional for members of congress attending the president's state of the union address tomorrow. and on friday, the cdc relaxed some of its requirements for mask mandates among people who are vaccinated, including children. specifically put in their guidance that k through 12 should be subject to the same rules. as for adults, so i think it will be hard for districts. and counties to sort of go above and beyond cdc guidance, which was just released on friday and keep the masks on if they're not going to keep them on for adults , giving the parents mask optional, i think would be the s point, given all the d, califore of the last states in the country to make indoor masking for kids, optional the only other state that still hasn't announced an end date is hawaii on sunday afternoon, new york governor kathy huckle announced the state's school mask mandates will be lifted there. but that local health departments will still have flexibility to keep some rules in place. now, that's very similar to what governor newsom announced, according to his st

u. s. bass and germany. nato secretary general was there when they arrived. he spoke of the importance of boots on the ground as a deterrent to russia's military buildup. 2 which he called unjustified so the combination of military buildup, threatening rhetoric on a track record of using force against neighbors. of course, that's the reason for being seniors are concerned and being vigilant are ready also to react if they once again use force against ukraine. told us hasn't sent ground forces to ukraine. it continues to supply weapons to the beleaguered country. part of a $200000000.00 security package meant to keep this crisis from escalating into an outright conflict. and join now from brussels by our native course on terry schultz . terry, germany also now withdrawing embassy staff and advising citizens to lead ukraine following, you know, as we just heard, similar action by the united states, the binding ministration seems to think we're at a point of outright conflict. are they sharing the intelligence about this with our nato allies? they do seem to thi

the general nominated to head the u. s. military central command says al qaeda and isis are strengthening once more. lieutenant general michael korea, ones armed groups are using humanitarian crisis, including a lack of food and water as a recruiting tool. iran has unveiled a new missile with a range of almost 1500 kilometers. that's according to the semi official test them news agency. it adds to the countries arsenal of long range missiles, an aide to the president democratic republic of congo, says those serious evidence of a national security threat. it follows reports of a field co attempt. the weekend, the president spokesman's appeared on national television warning that efforts to destabilize democratic institutions will not be tolerated. schools in india, southern karnataka state have been ordered to close because of growing anger against a ban on religious head. scarves, police have fired tear gas to disperse, the crow. coming up next is risking it all. good bye. to how do you define successful 1st here in charge

u. s. equity general on many occasions, but i don't think i'd ever seen him lay out a crisis on the table in such stark terms. this is a, he has some genuine concerns that he's reiterating from a global perspective and he's very worried he's very white indeed. and he still says that if you look at it logically, he does not think that will be an invasion of ukraine, but also he's hearing the rhetoric from both sides and he says that needs to be serious de escalation. he's made it quite clear that if there is any sort of russian incursion into ukraine, let he quoted in his speech here, the un charter article 2 of the un charter says that would be a breach of what is the fundamental document of international law since world war 2, and i know the audience for those comments clearly was russia. he said, if there was to be an invasion, us intelligence is certainly talking about a full scale all out invasion. which would mean that the russians would go and take the capital kiev, and the rest of the country. that would be a catastrophe. and i know that the u. n is already doing contingency plans

u. s. army officer, who served as commanding general united states army, europe, and co author to book future war and the defense of europe in 2021 general is good to have you with us. germany has pledged to spend more than 2 percent of its budget on defense, something the u. s. has been pushing for years. your reaction? well, obviously i'm proud to see germany. our most important. our extent this responsibility is always had to be a decision by germany, not something imposed on germany. it had to be a decision by german. and so now the owners and the german government accepting his responsibility on it's welcome. i'm not sure whether you know this, but just very recently, putin just just put out rushes nuclear deterrence forces on higher lurch. what do you make of this? well, nobody should be surprised that he would do this. of course it cost him nothing. nothing to threaten the use of nuclear weapons. they've been doing this for years and all of their exercises, but it will cost him everything if they should make the terrible calculation to employ a nuclear weapon, no matter how large or sm

u. s. base and germany. nato secretary general was there when they arrived. he spoke of the importance of boots on the ground as a deterrent to russia's military build up, which he called unjustified. so the combination old military buildup, fit the rhetoric ah, a track record of using force against neighbors. of course, that's the reason for her being a cedars are concerned and are being vigilant and ready also to ah, react if they're once again use force against the ukraine. although the u. s. hasn't sent ground forces to ukraine. it continues to supply weapons to the beleaguered country. part of a $200000000.00 security package meant to keep this crisis from escalating into an outright conflict. and for more in several going across to vladimir. yes, the ppo from dw russian, who joins us from london. larry, we just heard about all his western countries, getting their nationals out of the country, suggesting they leave closing embassies and so on. russia has confirmed that it is reducing it's diplomatic staff in ukraine. what's the justification there rather

u. s. bass and germany. nato secretary general was there when they arrived. he spoke of the importance of boots on the ground as a deterrent to russia's military build up, which he called unjustified. so the combination old military buildup frequently rhetoric ah, a track record of using force against neighbors, of course, thought to reason for her being a cedars are concerned and her being vigilant and ready also to ah, react if her there once again, the used force against a ukraine, although the u. s. hasn't sent ground forces to ukraine, it continues to supply weapons to the beleaguered country. part of a $200000000.00 security package meant to keep this crisis from escalating into an outright conflict. i'm joined now from brussels by our nato, corresponded terry shult. terri, though, bitin whitehouse seems to believe at this point that outright conflict is where this crisis is likely heading. or they sharing the intelligence behind their thinking with the nato alex, they are michael. the vitamin ministration has been very careful throughout this crisis to

international visitors back to a stride you. prior to the pandemic, the tourism industry generated around $85000000.00 u. s. dollars in annual revenue and employed about 5 percent of the australian workforce, or least some of those jobs have come back. many restaurants and bars remain closed even though australia started well coming. visitors from singapore last november. and then japan and south korea a month later. it was high time for the rest of the world to come back. almost all the thought of the country is open, therefore it is like not us radio, but it. so it was really difficult and you know, so many people went to depression because they had got a lot of plans. and i, so now i'm really happy that it's got my son has made that announcement yet. menus trillions. now hope that their streets will see some crowds again, after all, many businesses count unhappy travellers and at deep pockets barely 25 years ago, china had just 9 ski resorts, according to official data, but fast forward to today, they are now close to $800.00 of them spread mainly across the country's northern regions and with the beiji

u. s. bass and germany. nato secretary general was there when they arrived. he spoke of the importance of boots on the ground as a deterrent to russia's military build up, which he called unjustified. so the combination old military buildup, threatening rhetoric, ah, a track record of using force against neighbors. of course, that's the reason for her being a cedars to concerned and are being vigilant and ready also to ah, react if they're once again used force against the ukraine. although the u. s. hasn't sent ground forces to ukraine. it continues to supply weapons to the beleaguered country. part of a $200000000.00 security package meant to keep this crisis from escalating into an outright conflict. or let's take a look now, some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world. 30 nations have committed to protect the world's oceans from harmful human activity. the initiative drawn up at a summit on france's atlantic coast targets plastic pollution in particular, business and political leaders, promising more action to clean up the seas an

the general take the u. s. a ambassador to the united nations today linda thomas greenfield, talked of unprovoked violations of the international law. and so oliver's salad in washington dc. many thanks, oliver. let's take a closer look now at the fighting in eastern ukraine which has intensified over recent days. d. w correspondent mathias bellinger filed this report from the village close to the line between ukrainian and separatist held territory. it is quiet at the moment a good time to leave for days now the people in the village of rubica have been under fire. the villages in ukrainian government control territory and is being shared by separatists from the other side, much cl additional deliberately and then up the whole night. some people are still in a cellar too scared to come out. dicky, the kids spent the whole day yesterday downstairs, but at night we went upstairs, is pregnant because it was just too cold. downstairs a seller is the seller, put lowest half of the village has already left. the othe

u. s. bass and germany. nato secretary general was there when they arrived. he spoke of the importance of boots on the ground as a deterrent to russia's military buildup, which he called unjustified. so the combination of military buildup, threatening rhetoric are attract record of using force against neighbors. of course, that's the reason for being. cedars are concerned, and being vigilant, aren't ready also to react if they once again use force against ukraine. although the u. s. has been sent ground forces to ukraine. it continues to supply weapons to the beleaguered country. part of a $200000000.00 security package meant to keep this crisis from escalating into an outright conflict. let's get more now for that. i'm joined by michael cambridge. he was a state department, russian ukraine analyst during the obama administration, and is now a history professor at the catholic university of america damage. welcome back to do you ever you get to see you even in he's very pressing times, the rhetoric coming out of the white house from blink and bite in jake sul

u. s. bass and germany. nato secretary general was there when they arrived. he spoke of the importance of boots on the ground as a deterrent to russia's military buildup, which he called unjustified. so the combination of military buildup, threatening rhetoric are attract. rick are using force against neighbors. of course, that's the reason for being. cedars are concerned and being vigilant and ready also to react, if they won't, again, use force against ukraine. although the u. s. has been sent ground forces to ukraine. it continues to supply weapons to the beleaguered country. part of a $200000000.00 security package meant to keep this crisis from escalating into an outright conflict. for more washington d. c. bureau chief in his pole spoke to fiona hill. hill is a former russia analyst for us intelligence, and she explained the dangers posed even if russia doesn't invade ukraine, it's not just the invasion that said this, you know, the invasion doesn't happen, but we keep in this tension on a more permanent basis. and that the whole idea of security predic

u. s. bass and germany. nato secretary general was there when they arrived. he spoke of the importance of boots on the ground as a deterrent to russia's military buildup, which he called unjustified. so the combination old military buildup, threatening rhetoric, ah, a track record of using force against neighbors. of course, that's the reason for being a cedars are concerned and are being vigilant and ready also to ah, react if they're once again use force against the ukraine. although the u. s. hasn't sent ground forces to ukraine. it continues to supply weapons to the beleaguered country. part of a $200000000.00 security package meant to keep this crisis from escalating into an outright conflict. and for more on this, we are going to go straight to ukraine to be joined by the w, correspond mathias billing or in the capital give mathias germany as we just heard . joining the list of country, telling us citizens to leave ukraine as soon as possible, or the germans, they're likely to evacuate. well, the foreign minister has said, who is going to evacuate from

u. s. former deputy sucker general says countries and the security council can't seem to come together with this the position has to be expressed in a certain solution. so the security council, whenever this situation looks like that she's been so long as you know, the then completely different positions in the security council of russia and china and some other dentist on one side. they go on there. so i don't expect any positions of the united nation so far, maybe in the future, maybe in the future, if they would be some kind of address. so the you, ukraine is only part of the whole big issue of the security in the europe in europe. so for 8 years they years, they graham actually sir, but that means a grievance that was adopted by the way, when the security council should i mean, just keeping across all the wires around the world today. some media reporting now we're not reporting this, but we certainly see can confirmation. some media reporting that troops are entering kia, but even residents, they reportedly being told to make petrol bombs to neutralize the occupy address to the various

the general mobilization mother u. s. and its european allies are imposing new sanctions on russia. that is, after president putin recognized the independence of 2 separate hist held areas of eastern ukraine. just a quick look at some other headlines talks on reviving the 2015 nuclear deal between iran and world powers have reach what's being called a sensitive and important point. iran's foreign minister also says western leaders need to take a realistic approach to settle remaining issues. oh yes ma'am. and we have not received any assurances from the u. s. officials. we have been receiving only empty woods. they have not taken any tangible measures in order to prove the good will. the total sum of our talks in vienna, we are still very positive and constructive as well. many points are still pending . some countries in asia are reporting a record rise in covey cases. infections of nearly doubled in south korea to a 170000. but the health ministry says the number of seriously ill patients and deaths on low rom, 7000 south koreans have died of covert related illness. since the star

s is on the rise again? well, we heard from bite in, during the chaotic withdrawal from afghanistan that they spent with regards to afghan us in. but also generally the region, the u. s. wasn't going anywhere just because it's physical presence was gone by them. what he likes to call over the horizon attacks over the horizon operations, where you can use drones or you can put in special forces in a targeted way to go after certain, you know, targets of interest for us forces. isis has been, at least in some 4 way shape and form defeated in syria. been very quiet. certainly even the last few years where there was very heavy, heavy combat operations involving turkey involving kurdish forces. some us forces. russia was also there where it's a very different picture today, but there is concern that isis does have a presence there. the 8 they are able to make trouble. just the last few weeks, we saw this, this rebel held rebel controlled prison in that area. basically be take over taken over by ins fighters or alleged i as fighters being held prisoner in that prison. as many as 3000 i asked, fibers me held net, that prison. they took rebel rebel prison guards hostage,

u. s. line, but instead he spoke him generalities. now we would be united, we will act together and we will take all the necessary steps and all the necessary steps will be done by all of us to get help somehow won't bring himself to say the words nord stream to. and this vagueness has brought him a lot of criticism of the us and from other allies, with all this pressure and with europe seemingly on the brink of wall. what's holding him back? the answer lies in his party. the social democrats, it's long prided itself as a bridge builder with russia and aud stream to makes landfall in a state governed by the party. it is not. it's susie asking about the speaking publicly about, you know, losing not stream. it would be, it would create a major role within his own political family. much depends on what happens next. any military action by russia would force schultz to make a decision. but for critics of north train to this is all too late. we have said from the very beginning that such a, an under c, a gas pipeline to germany will or cou

general. again, the u. s. secretary of state saying that he's very worried about the imminent prospect of war. let's talk more about this with seth moulton. he is a u. s. congressman who joins us now. you just a short time ago. we're with the u. s. secretary of state and the u. s, vice president. how do you say they feel the situation is developing? i think the situation is dire. i think we're standing on the precipice of the largest military action in europe since world war 2, a full scale russian invasion of a sovereign country in it. and if that happens, that consequences for the rest, the west, the consequences for the future of nato. the immediate refugee consequences and the massive loss of life will be something that we haven't seen in a very long time. said melton us, congressman, thank you very much for joining us here on alger 0. this event, i think completely dominated it's fair to say, and they do discuss lots of things here by the crisis in ukraine. perhaps give you an example. so the iran nuclea

public function to be scrutinized analyzed, evaluated, and if possible, privatized general shinseki, the head of the u. s. army at the time, testified to congress and said, if we're gonna do a rock, it's gonna take several $100000.00 us troops and very quickly the rest of the bush administration react negatively. and he's absurd, that's crazy. it's not going to require those amount of troops, and they actually essentially drummed him out of the military. it turned out he was right. we did deploy several 100000 forces. it was just through private military. ah, so in the early days of iraq, it wasn't gold rush. you had companies coming out of nowhere, including black water. it was really like a cowboy while long last when nobody at any control. anybody doing anything with firearms in this country could say their private military company was an atm from these companies? well, the basic idea of a contractor versus recruiting training and supporting military bets is that there was room hiring a prostate or getting married. so instead of a soldier who has an ex cost of a, you're now paying a contractor in a ti