u. s. in europe and says, these governments had an over run by big tact and we're not going to get to this point. and they've made some very swear or grass of actions against big taxing when big tech overruns government, as it has an u. s. in europe leads to very bad places, or meanwhile, in nevada, our company is working towards doing business completely independent of local laws . here in the desert, near reno, tech companies are hoping to found their own city. ah, the model comes courtesy of crypto currency from block chines. l. c. chief executive jeffrey burns wants to create so called innovation zones. acting like completely independent local governments, boons donated money to nevada governors, diesel act, and hired influential lobbyists. a few months after back room talks, in early 2021, the governor announced to bill journalist sam met has been covering the story. so under the innovation zones, as it was, propose, any tech company with a certain amount of land that promised a certain a

because i think in the 990 s, the u. s. in europe tried to create a new euro, atlantic security, or the after the collapse of the soviet union in which russia would have a stake, which russia would believe in. but we were unable to do this in the really what had to happen was what did happen was that the u. s. in europe really favor if you like the security concerns off central and eastern europe, which after all, had been over the centuries, invaded and occupied by russia. that was one favorite over the interest of russia, which would have been to kind of recreate a system where russia had a sphere of influence over the, let's say post soviet states which the west recognized. we weren't willing to do this. and this is where we are now. in 1994, the partnership for peace initiative launched under which new allies would gain contingent membership in nato, but only in phases. and so this was the phased enlargement of nato. that was taking into consideration the, the border sensibility and sensitivities of russia. now, this ide

u. s. union reps watching this vote carefully. it's obvious why in particular the u . s. once is negotiated for it in the u. s. m. c, a trade deal. we curl, co opted unions mean less pay and benefits for employees, which in turn means cheaper mexican labor costs. the u. s. wants to stop. what it says is unfair competition. there's no guarantees that seller will be repeated in the many mexican companies that don't affect u. s. or canadian businesses. nozik doin is he lost, embrace the sectors where there's interest from the u. s. government and unions who promoted this reform are going to be observed in. we'll now see the closest we've had to free and fair elections. but we're talking about a very restricted number of companies. there are thousands of others in mexico that have protectionist unions and will never have those elections. it will be up to the mexican government itself to choose if it wants to change that, or simply lead its own reform. langrish john holman alger cedar met her city. ah, he watching out there with me, said robin doha, reminder of all top news sto

u. s. troops being sent to eastern europe. is that just a drop in the bucket? well, it's certainly not a huge the significant military factor. the key point, of course, is that these are u. s. troops that are not being sent to ukraine. u. s. has committed not to fight directly in ukraine. they're being sent to an ada. nato allies are assigned as the board, and i think they're supposed to provide reassurance, but they're not anything that truly changes the military dynamic, if the situation on the ground and they're not going to fight in ukraine, they're going to be sent to ukraine. but today's announcement is really all about ukraine, isn't it mean that there is this fear. and we just heard from a member of the polish parliament this evening, that if there were to be an invasion of ukraine by russia, that, that conflict within spill over into one of the native neighbors. how concerned are you that that could actually happen? well, that certainly have a significant concern if you think of the size of ukraine as a country possession. you also think about russian m

u. s. in china is playing out in nepal. protestors marching against an american funded project. ah, a diplomatic path out of the crisis in ukraine appears to remain open despite an increase in fighting in the east and further reports of russian troop movements along the border. the ukrainian president is appealing for a sci fi in the east and calling on russian president vladimir putin, to choose a place where the 2 leaders could meet. the french president emanuel microns spoke to the leaders of russia, ukraine, and the u. s. on sunday. it's been agreed senior officials from those countries will meet on monday us president joe biden has met his national security council. after warning of an invasion sector, stay anthony blink. and said the u. s. was doing everything it could to deter russia or the top. com as around 30000 russian troops had their mission in bella roost extended indefinitely. and russian naval ships have been seen entering the sea of as of between russia and ukraine. zane bus r

u. s. is paying this amount to those who lost their lives in the 911 attacks than the u. s. should pay compensation for the 20 year war, and the people who died in afghanistan to thou, or kabul is a city under pressure. many can barely afford to eat much, but all the more. and as though i was good, most of us sleep with empty stomachs because we don't have jobs to find money and feed our families like before in shot. and now some one was distributing bread to the poor. and there were hundreds of poor and starving people, fighting over one piece of bread. and i was thinking, it's better to die than being disrespected this much. extreme hunger is nationwide. it's estimated more than half the $39000000.00 afghans are suffering . the human fat, the afghan economy is in free fall. and so or it's people in the u. s. says it will use the release funds to buy i much needed aids, but not by the taliban, which it doesn't recognize as the legitimate governments. taliban leaders say it's not america's money to give away that when it's tom. hello. hello, whoa. the people of afghanistan wa

u. s. ambassador to russia, john sullivan is still on duty. he had been back in the u. s. in a, in the past year for several weeks while there was another, a back and forth about the staffing levels at both embassies, rose george mera in washington dc. thanks very much for the latest. let's cross over to moscow now. where dorsey jibari is standing by dole, so let's just expand very quickly on this diplomatic expulsion what the russians are saying about it. well, we have yet to hear officially. the reason that the russians have decided to expel this senior career, the career diplomat really barts foreman, is somebody who was responsible for managing she aspects of the relationship between us and russia. here in the u. s embassy in moscow, and i think it's telling where things are heading. it's certainly was very unexpected news here, and we're still waiting for the russian foreign ministry to explain as to why he has been expelled. of course, the americans have said that his visa is so valid that he hasn't exceeded his stay of over 3 years. and the russians have not provided

in brazil. ah, senior members of the u. s. military have arrived in poland as nato bolsters its eastern flank and response to russia's military build up on the crating border. members of the u. s. chain of command of landed just 100 kilometers from poland border with ukraine. nearly 3000 extra american troops being deployed to poland and romania ukrainian troops have also been training with military hardware delivered by the u. s. as part of a $200000000.00 security package. thousands of ukrainians have marched through the north east in city of khaki. if as the stand of continues, concave is just 45 kilometers from the border with russia, ukrainian president laudermill zelinski as warned, it could be the 1st city to be invaded. if moscow attacks, charles traffic was at the rally, thousands of people turned up today in car caves, ukraine's 2nd city in a show what they say is unity against russian aggression and russian expansionism. bear in mind that car cave is only around an hour's drive from the russian border and beyond th

that isn't ship level american when i'm in the u. s. and i am chinese lamb in china, and i have been very outspoken about my gratitude to both the u, as in china, for making me the person who i am. internet senses have deleted tens of thousands, of course, related to the winter olympics. and over hundreds of others, the causing trouble. tony's media had since been flooded with comments supporting judy, say more tolerance, a failure, and had background on me. thus, as china continues to push its team to succeed, it's unlikely that any of its olympians will be free from politics. all the pressure to perform anytime soon. katrina, you al jazeera aging. ah . topic which are the top stories here. the white house, as a phone call between the u. s. and russian leaders on ukraine did not result in any fundamental change the kremlin said the call was business like, but criticize what it sees as war hysteria in the west. yes, sector of state anthony blinkin says a diplomatic part remains open with moscow and that it must deescalate if moscow choos

u. s. in that assessment and is relocating staff from the capital keith in anticipation of an invasion. and while russia continues to claim that it's not seeking conflict, it's military conducted drills involving nuclear capable missiles. president vladimir putin oversold those drills joined in his situation room by about a routine president, alexander lucas shank through. while for more on the crisis, dw correspondent funding for shar, joins us now from keith. i find it good to see you. now. we saw ukraine's president vladimir to lansky in munich, asking for more at western support and the meeting with vladimir putin. what are the chances he'll get either? first of all, let me tell you that speech by president zalinski echoed very well here, both among his to put us in ukraine, but even some of his opponents, as he pointed out, that is global infrastructure to help a guarantee securities to countries. for example, ukraine is broken or almost broken and very, very weak. so really i could well

in the u. s, it's already hit its highest level in 40 years. consumer prices rose by 7.5 percent over the past year. energy costs saw the biggest jump up 27 percent present. joe biden says he expects inflation to east by the end of the year. protests against the corona virus pandemic restrictions in new zealand during to their 4th day demonstrated blocked streets in the capital. wellington others camping outside the parliament building number of protesters is increasing as police, scaled back efforts to clear the area. hong kong is reporting another record number of corona, virus infections with more than 1300 new cases. the surge is happening despite the region being under strict restrictions, rich kind of reports another day. another record number of daily cases here at hong kong with authorities worried about the number of silence trains of transmission in the city. now, beijing is stepping in say it will ramp up assistance in the city, offering more tasks, offering more medical equipment, mor

u. s. in europe, misunderstand rushes position that it's, that it's the u. s. and nato that are destabilize him, european security environment. it goes back to, to documents at the organization for security and cooperation in europe. saying that yes, while all countries have the right to choose their alliances, those choices may not be made at the expense of other countries security and russia is simply saying that it's being made so insecure by these decisions by eastern european countries. d. w. terry shows reporting for us there in brussels. thanks so much. you're watching the w, so the come on our show columbia, the base. what to do with a dozens of hip bones 1st brought there by notorious drug lord pablo escobar. we'll have that story for you coming up a little bit later, but 1st we have some more headlines for you. at least 25 people are reported dead in the democratic republic of congo after a high voltage power cable snapped and found. the incident happened on the outskirts of the capitol kinshasa authority say the cable had several homes and a market ki

u. s. troops in ukraine, and there will be no u. s. troops in ukraine aid ukraine will continue. and also of course, there are u. s. troops on nato's eastern flank. they'd been sent there to buttress the nato forces in recent weeks, along with the number of other nato allies. but very much, a 2 tone spread statement from the u. s. president. it would appear that he decided to make the statement after reports in the course of the morning that russia had begun a withdrawal of its troops. having said that, it had continued the training programs, which they were taking part in a very clearly precedent, biden, attempting to make very clear that the u. s. does not accept this at face value insisting that intelligence sources maintain that there's still a massive russian presence on the ukrainian and belarus borders some 150000 said the u. s. president. i can, i thank you very much. well, as i might just mentioned, the sight of some russian troops appearing to pull away from the border with ukraine has been met with some skepticism as diplomatic efforts to avoid war continue. ukraine and

i think in january the u. s. at 90 tons of military aid, something like $650000000.00 in military equipment in the last year of lead. i mean, they're also flying up and you know that government, i think people, i mean ukraine is listed as one of the most corrupt governments in the world. and zalinski came in as a reformer, but i don't think they've actually seen much great reform since he's come in. so, i mean, there are political reasons, the ukrainian government may be playing this up as well and milking, do us roles work for me. and that's, i think you've got guys, vantages and, and different sizes. i mean, these are not things. this is just like i almost a registry of items that every country should have in their stockpiles. and yet, here the united states was given this list and said he had to fort nato, fill up our list, and make sure that you mark off which country buys what. but i will say that the united states does not have this and try a good track record in regards to protecting the embassies. you know

u. s. in the west. i mean the, the impacts could be quite large. obviously, cutting off gas supplies or to the european union in the winter is going to cause increased in costs, which has already been the case. so the u. s. in europe are already thinking about stabilizing mechanisms, means of building resilience in terms of l. n. g exports, in terms of getting gas on line from the united arab emirates, from katara, from the united states itself. and of course, russia is also a major source of raw materials including where earth's, or lithium a lot of materials used in, in new technology, including green technology or electric vehicle batteries, for example, chips, et cetera. so they have a lot of, you know, russia is in many ways the raw materials, chests of the world and they have that at their disposal to, to leverage now, it should be said that russia also wants to create a sustainable economy based on technology and said himself, those who control artificial intelligence are going to contr

u. s. media they've been brought on the tele click go now in the u. s. media doing the rounds, the mayor of kiev, and they're saying vitality, are you going to physically stand up and fight those russians when they come to sac? yeah, i mean, the idea that russia is going to march in sac, he is just fantasy, but this is what passes for like legitimate political discourse. right now in the united states. i mean, is really in a crazy situation. it's, it's come to right now. you know, mess it was about to think about that week 10 days ago that the russians maybe planning some kind of who in change of government. yeah. but you know, if you really think about it, i mean, maybe that's exactly what the u. s. department in the, in the brits are thinking themselves because they get it in 2014. they might do it again and then blame someone else. i mean, i wouldn't let it pass. these people go ahead man. well obviously it's hard to to think rationally. when you have this irrational argument on the other side, i think what's 140, perhaps east of the likely next rou

u. s. in the u. k. have warned that russia may invade ukraine, and yet there has been no invasion for their part. the russians have made it abundantly clear. europe's current security arrangement is untenable. the anglo saxon powers talk of war. russia talks about security. ah, discuss these issues and more. i'm joined by my guess, ivan ellen in washington. he's a senior fellow at the independent institute in kingston. we have nichol, i petro, he is a professor of political science at the university of rhode island. and here in moscow, we have maxine scoff. he is director of the center for advanced american studies at moscow state institute of international relations. are a gentleman, cross that rules and effect, that means you can jump anytime you want. and i always appreciated, sir, i would look like it. it's really interesting to me watching this on a month long, eminent invasion, a messaging from the u. k and the u. s. everybody is talking about a russian invasion of ukraine, except for ukraine and

either in the u. s. has a very flexible job market. it's very different from here in germany or in europe. for example, so people have always left and come back to jobs very easily. yeah. we're seeing something that is very different than normal. you know, what we saw was a lot of people who left, they had work at home, they maybe left precarious jobs jobs. they didn't like coven shook things up and now they're not coming back. we have to remember there is still a virus in the u. s. so there are some people who don't want to come back, maybe afraid of coming back. but they're obviously has been re evaluation by others . there are plenty who maybe on the margins they found that they could afford to not have to work. maybe they were close to retirement. maybe they weren't the breadwinner in their family and they found that they didn't actually have to be at work or, or maybe there are others who want to try something different. they found that cove, it gave them a chance to reset and they weren't scared to maybe go in a different path. so

the saudi led coalition in yemen, and by the u. s. u. k and france bombed a civilian ministry for the very 1st time when millions face starvation in displacement. this is the financial winners and losers from the grown of ours when demick and becoming clearer will join me now from leudemann. england is ox firm, intellectuals, global programs director, lydia goma. thank you so much. lydia, for coming on the i thought the worst humanitarian crisis is the ukraine. if you watch the news, and apparently it isn't as global programs director. and as the rich nations arguably recover from the pandemic. why do you think, lee, you and claims yemen is the worst humanitarian crisis, not ukraine, which is dominating the media. because the, the humanitarian crisis are in fact the conflict in yemen has been going on since 2015. so we're talking about a 7 year conflict, which hasn't had an immense impact on the people of him and has to some extent been forgotten with the many crisis that have come up in the last few years. yet this is one where we see mi

that isn't ship though american when i'm in the u. s. and i am chinese lamb in china, and i have been very outspoken about my gratitude to both the u. s. in china for making me the person who i am. internet senses have deleted tens of thousands, of course, related to the winter olympics. and over hundreds of others, the causing trouble. tony's media had since been flooded with comment supporting g saying more tolerant a failure and her background on that as china continues to push its team to succeed . it's unlikely that any of its olympians will be free from politics, all the pressure to perform anytime soon. katrina, you al jazeera aging and it's still one all in the club wild cup final between chelsea and palmetto. us map palmer so much is heading for a penalty sheet outs will have more action from that much later. that is all your spot for like gemma. thank you very much for that. that's it. for this news, our on al jazeera from me fully back to bonham. doha, thanks for watching. i am, the mother is live, my london center ah dictates

in the planning, the u. s. targeted the ice, a leader for threats he allegedly posed to us interests and crimes committed in iraq in 2014, including the enslavement of his edi women. the raid comes a week after the defense secretary ordered the u. s. military to do more to protect civilians in combat operations often largely forgotten in the west posterior and maybe the only is sort of a lining of this is it has brought back media's attention to the conflict and syria seems from their perspective that no one really cares so a one advantage in a sense is that this is now go to your back into, into the news. despite efforts to limit casualties. some members of congress are now calling for an investigation into the civilian deaths to ensure that every reasonable step was taken to protect innocent lives. kimberly help get al jazeera, the white house ah. all right, listening and our guests from washington, d. c, y l a z at ceo of m gauge foundation. he was a senior policy advisor on syria for the former us ambassad

u. s. in his adventure in trying to reoccupied sell to sac . yeah. well, the bush administration got cold feet of the, the george and forces were obliterated. and so this actually is gone forever from you credit from georgia. now bring it up to speed to the present. it seems to me, considering all of the rhetoric, because we didn't have that with your we didn't have this media frenzy with george in 2008. remember, it was the of the olympic games, but now head mo, since the end of october, high intensity propaganda comm, claiming imminent invasion. i don't know anything that is imminent for months on em, but anyway, but this time, you know, they nudged the ukrainian to say, try it again. we have to remember the care forces were, were completely utterly defeated when they tried to take control of don bass. now this may be the 2nd attempt, the difference between georgia, 2008 and ukraine in 20. 22 is that nato will give them the green light to continue, even though they will not send their own forces their own. they will not put any kind of flesh in the

ah, the leader of i sal is killed in a u. s. operation in syria. president joe biden called it a major blow to global terrorism. but how much of a threat does iso pose now, this is inside story. ah hello and welcome to the program. i'm how much of jerome the us says it has eliminated one of the biggest terrorist threats to the world. the leader of ice will blew himself up as us special forces surrounded his compound in it. live province in syria. not much is known about a boy, but are he mahash me? look what a she, but he's believe to have directed a 10 day prison siege in ne syria. last month. that was one of the biggest ice will attack, since the group was declared defeated in 2019. our white house correspondent kimberly hallett has more. this horrible terrorist leader is no more in an address to the nation from the roosevelt room of the white house. u. s. president joe biden spoke about the operation. he ordered that killed the ice. a leader abu ibrahim al, has she, me, al, karachi, and i directed the department of defense t

in that regard. although overall the u. s . claiming success in the taking out of this ice a leader and kimberly, just on that last point that you mentioned biden, as you said, focused on how the u. s. trying to minimize civilian casualties. how do you think that will be received going forward, given that there were some children and women killed in that attack? certainly human rights activists are not going to be happy about this. and you have to remember there's an incredible amount of war fatigue in the united states, particularly following the messy withdrawl of u. s. troops from afghanistan. some of the drones strikes that are still ongoing, that have caught up innocent victims, that stretches back a multiple administrations. the united states has been accused continually for murdering with impunity and oh, with no accountability. and this is yet another example. and as the american voting public becomes younger, better educated, more diverse, increasingly this is becoming less and less acceptable. okay, well we apprecia

that doesn't ship title american when i'm in the u. s. and i am chinese, and i'm in china, and i have been very outspoken about my gratitude to both the u. s. in china for making me the person who i am. internet senses have deleted tens of thousands, of course, related to the winter olympics and over hundreds of others for causing trouble. tony's media had since been flooded with common supporting g saying more tolerance, a failure and her background on that as china continues to push its team to succeed . it's unlikely that any of its olympians will be free from politics. all the pressure to perform anytime soon. katrina, you al jazeera aging and that soil sports. now it's back to mariam in london. lovely. thank you so much jim. i will just enough time to bring in use of venice as well. famous carnival has returned though on a smaller scale. and before the pandemic festival is now a huge terrace straw, but last year out to be held on line this year. revellers are welcome, though with local media reporting around 50000 visitors. many of do

we also saw data indicating that the trade deficit in the u. s. rose to a record high, very politically sensitive issue in the u. s. is there risk to the economy? there is chelsea and it is pretty mind blowing. number again, if you look at the full year of 2021, we actually saw the trade budget blow up or, or expand by about to 27 percent. i mean, that is a huge increase from one year to another. and if you import more and more and you don't export much more, usually that is all can be a direct on economic growth in the united states. i mean, clearly the good message is obviously the american or the u. s. economy is doing better than other call me around the globe. so that's why imports are increasing and exports not so much, but in the longer run, if you run a huge decade said, usually that is a direct on economic growth of a country like the united states. and i just want to ask you briefly, there is a big story breaking out of the u. s. a record seizure of crypto currencies that were sold in and a hack. what more can you tell us about this? ye

there was a military presence in afghanistan, but i was the compared to the u. s. u k, much smaller, smaller economically. so exactly, yes. not. yes, exactly. no, basically what my so said to me and i've heard it in other examples too. is it often the embassies of u. s. and u. k. particularly strong arming the afghan government on a range of mining contracts because they wanted companies from their countries to benefit from mining extracts. and this colleague of mine, all sorts of mine, was saying that he was in a room where he saw us and british officials pressuring afghan officials, senior afghan officials to sign a contract. now ultimately, as i said, all these contracts failed, no mining in any kind of decent, reasonable way actually happened because of mass corruption and the fact that there was a was on. and what's so disappointing here is this may no real accountability at all . there's no real discussion about the role that nations like the u. s. and e k had and their embassies in cobble. i should also say alongside the question of mining. i also heard fro

u. s. in germany are not speaking with one voice when they threatened severe consequences for russia if it invades ukraine. by next guess tonight is a former european energy security analyst for the us state department. benjamin schmidt is now a research fellow at harvard university. he joins me from cambridge, massachusetts. ben, it's good to see you again. we've talked about this many times and we've got biden saying there if there is a russian invasion of ukraine nord stream 2 will be killed. schoultz refusing to even let the words nord stream to cross his lips. how do you understand this? hi brand, thanks for having me on. hello, friends. i just want to say i am. i am baffled that chancellor sholpes would not even mention north spring to let alone, making very easy and explicit a vow to stop north trying to if russia further invades ukraine. this is especially troubling, given that he got many questions while the white house standing right next to president biden. and then another chance j

u. s. in its western allies have announced a host of sanctions on russia in response to moscow's growing aggression against you. crime. on tuesday, russia formerly recognized 2 self proclaimed regions in easton, ukraine. as independent republics there on the front line fighting has intensified, and locals are bearing the brunt of russian force. and now the shell falls nearby. here in the front line town of chest chia and ukrainian control new hans, the war is already a reality. an attack targets of power station ukraine says pro russian forces were responsible there is also been artillery shelling on residential areas and people hosted but yet unless we have no coverage, no light, but we are in the basement with flashlight stick with him. we went and then it stopped for a while. but when you go out the black start again. it's scary, of course, although we have already experienced this before. he was far away from the frontline, the upper house of the russian parliament voted to approve bloody

in the u. k. and in the u. s. so many is tells us that the american people, and i would say the europeans also are not interested in more. so who is marcus? why are we here? oh, let me said the st. peter, i say that nato is a criminal, an expansionist military block, which exists today in the world to preserve and enhance american global hedging money. and this is achieved by nato through impart targeting and attempting to, we can russia with the knowledge that russia is truly the only country in the world that can limit american aggression in all 4 corners of the world. and when nato is leadership, in particular, the enact yen sort of burke says that nato has no intent intention of admitting ukraine into its routes. that is a lie because at the nato summit in 2008 in bucharest, the nato declaration stemming from that summit, explicitly stated that whilst ukraine will not be given a membership action plan none the less one day ukraine will become a nato member. and despite what's washington says, despite his pronou

in the u. k. and in the u. s. so medea tells us that the american people and i would say the europeans also are not interested in more. so who is marcus? why are we here? oh, let me set the st. peter. i said that nato is a criminal, an expansionist military block, which exists today in the world to preserve and enhance american global hedge money . and this is achieved by nato fruit in part targets in an attempt into we can russia with the knowledge back to russia is truly the only country in the world that can limit american aggression in the 4 corners of the world. when nato is leadership, in particular, the next gen sonton book says that nato has no intent intention of a mix in ukraine into each rhymes that is a lie. because at the nato summit in 2008 in bucharest, the nato, that collaboration semen from that summit explicitly stated that was ukraine will not be given a membership action plan. nonetheless, one day ukraine will become a nato member. and despite what washington says, despite his pronouncements abo

in this crisis. you've got members of the u. s. congress. you've got people in london saying germany should walk the walk with us. but that's not what is happening isn't. no, that's something that germany is categorically ruling out. although it did in the past on the pest maga. so there are exceptions to the delivery of weapons into a conflict region, but it is now sticking by this principle. and it almost feels like there's a different currency germany has, in terms of approaching this diplomatically to the united states. that simply doesn't seem to convert because what germany has announced today is that it will strengthen its battle group in lithuania and send an extra $350.00 soldiers. it leads that nato battle group. it actually has a very large engagement within nato. the largest one currently active at the same time, it's getting the bad press and not simply because the numbers are also so different . the united states us and 2000 extra soldiers at to europe over the stand off, essentially with russia in ukraine. germany is the larges

u. s. in the u. k. for example, when it comes to dealing with the separatist in eastern ukraine, you crate on forces have learned then demonstrated over the years that they are capable of defending the line that they are now holding for quite a while. looking at this very long front line, stretching from the ass of see up north, then east words, 2 words, the board of if the russian federation is held and defended by the defense forces of ukraine, additional viper and it will help them to keep on that. the fence line and the credit on forces have proven over the past years that they are capable of holding that line. i'm sure you're aware that germany is not sending weapons to ukraine in one reason that has been offered here in berlin is that weapons would be a drop in the bucket. they would make no difference in the ability of ukraine to fight rushes mighty military. i mean, in terms of numbers and strength, is that a valid argument would more weapons actually do more harm than good in ukraine? i would ar

u. k. in the u. s. everybody is talking about arrested invasion of ukraine except for ukraine in russia or not. i mean, how do you explain yeah, clearly president zelinski and his cabinet are not singing to the same hymn book. and that has been a source as we read in the press of frustration in the united states. because the rest of the nato allies are predictably following along, like that's about. so, you know, like you say, the bottom line is that there is not going to be an invasion. and that leaves me for me, at least the most important question is, what do we do afterwards? what if worse comes to worst and there's no rush an invasion? i'm going to look, i'm going to look for, for american ford, both. i really don't know how we're going to get out of this situation. i mean, you know, why is it the u. s. in the u. k. spearheading this is because we have had on 2 occasions that we know of publicly that, you know, zalinski is not on board as nichol i just said here. and he's actually pushing back sayin

u. s. in canada. now having cuts off most truck traffic at the largest land frontier in north america on thursday. they shut down completely another bridge. now canadian prime minister just intruder will hold a virtual meeting with opposition looted, leaders to discuss ways out the crisis. john hendrick has more on the story from port huron michigan. ah, along the us canadian border, the truckers blockade is slowly taking its toll. this paddle border is moving faster than traffic and is rebels in 18 wheelers demanding an end to cove at 19 restrictions continue using their freedom convoy to block the border on the canadian side, the pain is being felt on both sides. ford has stopped its auto assembly line in windsor, toyota. his close 3 plants across ontario and general motors is cutting shifts in michigan, and those closures threatened to reverberate throughout the auto supply chain. despite the added time and traffic. this drucker says the demonstrators have a point, everybody. ah, right, yeah, whatev

and one big difference is that in 1962, the u. s. had a tend to one to 20 to one advantage in the number of nuclear weapons, the number of bombers that could hit the other side. and the number of missiles, i see the ems that's going away, russia is now in a position of relative strength. certainly in something in their near abroad, they would have no trouble defeating the u. s. and nato and economically, they're in a much stronger position now. so potent is acting out of the relative strength right now. and so he's making more aggressive assertions and demanding a certain kind of respect and treatment. and i think the world is going to listen and maybe come from this. something good can possibly come on the opposite, sir. i just have no faith in the jake sullivans because he's a lo octane banker and i personally think he's a liar and victoria new and well, she has a record of her own here. i mean, i worry about the people on the don bass because all of this weaponry has come in. there's been a lot of training in the u. s. and the u. k