well, the us national security council says this kind of plotting is deeply concerning and that washington stands with its democratically elected partners in ukraine. well, david garage is a professor at the national defense university. he served as nato operations director in the office of the us, secretary of defense. you join us 1st guy from bethesda in maryland. david. good to have you with us. so how significant then is this not position by the british, that moscow planning to install the pro criminal puppet government in ukraine? why london saying this, now? do you think that's a good question. well, tensions are high and i think they probably, you know, this, this is extraordinary. presumably they got this from either a signal intelligence or from a very highly placed source, both of whom could potentially be compromised by the so i think it's so shows just how seriously the u. k. takes this problem, that they're willing to go public with it. right now, you know, i think it's a reaction to the russian bill, but yeah, that's an important point you make because we've seen a number of

us. but both sides say they will indeed keep talking. it's more tonight, i'm joined by thomas graham. he's from the council on foreign relations. he was the senior director for russia on the national security council for former us president george w bush. he joins me tonight from new york. it's good to have you on the program, mr. graham. what would you say today in geneva represents? is it a victory for diplomacy? well certainly, i think it's a step forward. my, it's clear that the 2 countries want to remain on the diplomatic track, at least for some time going forward and a good frank exchange of use today. the united states has promised written responses to russia's demands in the next week, the russians will reassess and then it will be at least another round of talk. so yes, i sent over to you today. you have suggested that this situation could actually pose a big opportunity to create a new european security order that includes russia. you say that this could help avoid crises like the one we're in, in the future. talk us through that. i mean, what would that look like? well, there are a number of elements to it. first, there is the 1st element is agreement to restrain military activ

>> he's an advise or to the united states, secretary of defense the national security council and what used to be called the homeland security council. it's strictly an advisory role the chain of command is the president to the combatant commanders and the secretary to the military department. is job is strictly advisory. but at the same time, you are in the communication so routine communications between the president and secretary of defense typically goes through the chairman of the joint chiefs. so you're very much involved. but you have no decision authority. you don't make decisions per se. you advise the president, this, that and the others on their decisions they will make. terror be realistic about it, when the president of the united states wants to do something militarily, he relies on the chairman of the joint chief of staff. i assume you tell other military officials. so while you're not technically in the chain of command, it doesn't sound as if people are going around you, is that right? >> no, typically i don't. i would say that i am one of the advisers. the chairman's job i

been across one of the countries stuff to say the security council then take us through it. shore of the 15 member body. that leads the united nations convened for a security council meeting in the headquarters in manhattan. the meeting took place and opened with the representative of the united states, who made a number of serious allegations against russia, alleging that they are planning an invasion of ukraine. that a large number of russian troops or a mass on the border that rushes on the brink of invading ukraine, violating their sovereignty, etc. now a number of other countries spoke, and while there were strong words from the united kingdom, a number of other us aligned countries did not speak with the same level of fire that we generally heard from the united states. in the u. k. the, there was concern, calls for de escalation, etc. now, when russia spoke, they met these accusations from the united states with some pretty clear opposition . we heard the russian representative say that they have no intention of the invading ukraine, that no threat of invading ukraine has ever been leveled. furthermore, they argued that the u

an advisor to the president of the united states, the secretary of defense, the national security council, and what usedo be homeland security council. it is strictly an advisory role. you are not in chain of command. the chain of command is the president to the secretary of defense, the commanders, and/or the secretaries of the military departments. the job is strictly advisory. but at the same time, you are not in the chain of command but you are in the chain of communication. so routine communications between the president and secretary of defense in the commanders typically goes through the chairman of the joint chiefs. so you are very much involved, but you have no decision authority. you don't make decisions per se. you advise the president and secretary of defense and others on their decisions that they will make. david: to be realistic about it, when the president of the united states wants to do something militarily, he relies on the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. you are his advisor. when he says i want to sound as if other people are going around you? is that right? gen. milley: no, t

joining us now, former european affairs director for the national security council, alexander vindmanr being with us this morning. we really appreciate it. i think what we're wondering here this morning is simply is, is there anything left for the united states to do here that will actually deter this potential russian invasion? i know you tweeted that should be the goal. or are we at the point where it is essentially inevitable? >> i think we're at the tipping point. it is probably, in my view, inevitable, that the russians will conduct their offensive. this will be the largest offensive in europe since world war ii. cruise missiles, air power, all sorts of weapons to destroy ukraine's will to resist, the ukrainian armed forces, more importantly, to destroy their will to exist as a sovereign independent state. there are still things that can be done. this bout of diplomatic engagement is going to include germany. probably the linchpin in the european alliance. he's now in ukraine talking to the ukrainians i'm sure with a keen eye to providing maybe additional support including weapon

. >> joining us his former director for european affairs at the u.s. national security council.ing the first impeachment trial, he gave evidence about the pressure mr. trump put on the ukraine to do his bidding. despite all of this diplomacy, there are reports about russia moving military helicopters into place. how likely do you think a russian invasion of the ukraine really is? >> this vision is very high. this will be the largest offensive in europe since world war ii. the massive aerial bombardment campaign, artillery fires and all sorts of things that russia will bring to be. these conversations are secondary to the primary goal of defeating vladimir putin, to incorporate ukraine back to a russian sphere of influence. the a diplomacy we are having right now is on arms control issues and on european security. i think it would be a mistake to really bend to an autocrats desire to use military force to reestablish his views on the russian empire. laura: given what you say, should the biden administration be doing more to show it has ukraine's back, maybe by sending foes? >> th

us. we have great partnerships with the national security council, the white house cybersecurity directors, many others. we recognize each has its purpose and they are quite well coordinated permit in the private sector, we coordinate with ourselves. we think it works quite well. i would not say everything is perfect, but things are continuing to get better. that partnership is key. emily: the concern is millions of devices could be addressed right now. if these kinds of collaborations don't happen, what is the threat? phil: well, all of our digitized society is highly dependent on software. a large part of that is open-source software. the good news is a lot of the software is already quite well-maintained. a lot of highly curated projects managed by the large tech companies in partnership with the maintainers. but there is a long tail of the issues. as we have seen recently, so we need to keep improving and doing the commitments we have made, the commitments we are partnering with government on. we will keep working on issues to help make sure we are managing the risks. i don't think an

it's good to have you with us on this monday we're gonna, at the united nations. the security council has met for the 1st time to address tensions over russia's latest military build up along its border with ukraine. russia accusing the u. s. of theatrics and fear mongering over what washington sees as the threat of an eminent invasion. the us calling the situation urgent and dangerous. and it's accused russia of destabilizing europe by massing more than a 100000 troops near its border with ukraine. here are the u. s. and russia ambassadors, speaking today at the you, when the threats of aggression on the border of ukraine. yes, on it's bordered is provocative. our recognition at the facts on the ground is not provocative. the threats of action, if rushes, security de vans art net is provocative or encouraging diplomacy is not provocative that provocations from russia not from us or other members of this council. william, the opposite of you assure us that russia's military action against ukraine is coming in just a few weeks time. if not a few days time. there is no proof whatsoever

state department and national security council, and karen greenberg, director of the center on national security at fordham university school of law. thanks so much for joining us. today, thank you. so what's the bottom line groups like the islamic state appropriated, the iconic orange jumpsuits warned by guantanamo prisoners as part of their story that they were murdering and killing because of the unjust ways that their comrades detain in cuba were being treated with guantanamo where america abandoned the rule of law and treated prisoners, inhumanely tortured them. america gave its enemies a gift that is help them recruit tens of thousands of young men and women to join their ranks. i would like to say that what we've seen in these last decades at guantanamo is not the real america. but the truth is that it is in part who and what america is. there is a dark side just there is also a system of justice for most and wrestling candidly and honestly with this dark episode is the only way america can once again prove to a new generation around the world. that the rule of law and democracy are worth aspiring to guantanamo whether it remains open longer or it closes

this is taking up a lot of space in the national security council focus using on this. when biden came into office, he said china was a priority. he wanted to focus that when it comes to foreign policy. now russia is taking up a lot of oxygen in the room. and i think officials recognize that they believe the ukrainian leader has to balance multiple audiences. that's how an official described it to us yesterday. saying of course he is trying not to cause a panic in his country. they have been in a standoff to a degree with russia for several years now. and so they are trying to measure that with also telling u.s. officials they believe they need more security assistance, they want the reassurances of the united states and other european allies given they do have russia on their doorstep right now with over 100,000 troops. so i do think there is frustration inside the administration with how ukrainian officials present a call with president biden yesterday, for example, or how they present the situation. ukrainian officials are not always happy with u.s. officials when pr

understanding is that there have been very regular senior discussions between the national security council staff here in the usas enough information provided to the fsb, the russian domestic security service and they took action upon that request. what i find curious is took action upon that request. what ifind curious is the took action upon that request. what i find curious is the timing took action upon that request. what ifind curious is the timing of took action upon that request. what i find curious is the timing of it. yeah. talking about timing, how independent are revil? because many people said it's actually the russian government that are behind a lot of these hacking organisations. well, i don't know if that's necessarily the case. there's not a whole lot of evidence to suggest that the intelligence services themselves are conducting operations or even directing operations. but i think it's important to note that given the length of time that these criminal activities has taken place out of russia, the security services are certainly aware of it. and what today demonstrates, this take—down demonstr

colonel alexander vindman, if former director for european affairs for the european national security council. also with usnis roeds. lieutenant colonel vindman, i want to remind our viewers, you were on that infamous phone call when president trump told ukraine's president, i would like you to do us a favor. so how is vladimir putin likely to react to what president biden said last night? does it give him a green light to do a so-called minor incursion? >> i don't think it gives him a green light to do a minor incursion. i frankly don't put too much stock into it. there's wiggle room for military offensive. i think president biden clarified the point by saying he meant there's a whole range of different hybrid warfare tactics the russians could deploy that would have a centrifugal/symmetrical response and the white house clarified this point saying a military incursion would have a significant potent response. i think also couching this idea that there was a larger gaffe in describing the lines, i don't think that's a helpful or accurate assessment. the fact is the president is forthright and he laid out

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national security council. andrew, security council. thanks forjoining us. i'm andrew, thanks forjoining us. as to what you think the position is regarding the west, because we have a fairly bold approach coming from the us and the uk and clearly a far more, perhaps you'd say, measured, but more of a dialogue approach coming from the key players within the eu, the french and the germans. inaudible. well, i'm sorry, andrew, will call you to a halt there, we're not hearing you.— call you to a halt there, we're not hearing you. i'm so sorry. that's fine. _ not hearing you. i'm so sorry. that's fine. we _ not hearing you. i'm so sorry. that's fine. we have - not hearing you. i'm so sorry. that's fine. we have you - not hearing you. i'm so sorry. | that's fine. we have you now. so same question. i that's fine. we have you now. so same question.— that's fine. we have you now. so same question. i was going to say i'm _ so same question. i was going to say i'm not _ so same question. i was going to say i'm not sure _ so same question. i was going to say i'm not sure that - so same question. i was go

and so what the national security council is telling us in a statement is, quote, we are prepared todeliver severe costs to the russian economy, including its financial system and sectors deemed critical to the kremlin and president putin's ambitions while minimizing unwanted sillover. but that last part is going to be tricky. a senior administration official told me the administration is taking contingency planning very seriously, including, key, holding talks with energy companies and other countries. so jim and bianna, the biden administration has this very unenviable task of trying to hold putin accountable without causing inflation to get even worse. >> right. >> it's a battle, man. it's chess board and a big one. matt egan, thanks so much. >> thanks. >>> coming up, i'm going to speak more about this, including inflation worries, with commerce secretary gina ramundo. >>> first, president biden is optimistic that parts of his build back better plan can still pass. does that mean more negotiations with senators manchin and sinema? how about republicans? we're live at the capitol.

security council meeting now? well, i think the us and its allies feel that they've done a lot of work around the united nations around all the $193.00 members of the united nations and around the security council. and they believe they have support now for their view, what russia is doing is a threat to international peace and security. also. ringback we're telling you that 24 hours time the presidency of the security council currently help. i know why will be taken over by russia. and i think they wanted to have a meeting where at least the present presidency of the security council was in the hands of russia. russia only has some limited sway. and what it can do is president could make this favorable to them. but i think they still felt that would be cleaner to do it. no, doing no ways. presidency. russia does have things that can do even now before it's president. we just seen in the last few minutes, all the ambassadors go into the security council chamber. we thought we were listening just moments ago to the president of the security council for this month, january in the last day. no way looks likely is that th

south korea national security council call the action regrettable and us cold for talks with kelly is a professor of political science diplomacy at bruce at national university in south . great. he says north quiz renewed miss r launches a park, a test of the biden administration's tolerance. why hasn't been aggressive nor through live is donald trump was in 2017, but it's pretty far down his list. and so the north koreans are probably figuring, you know, whatever came along with trump for president, that's all over the, by the people haven't really done much for us or they're not talking to us or whatever. and to we can go back to the, the testing, right. and they are developing pre, clearly and missile for so for somebody want to test it. and there's really no reason not to anymore because there's really not much going on negotiation. the regime in north korea is always what regime security is sort of its own protection against outsiders and its own people ahead of the, the interest and welfare of its own population. i mean, the great tragedies of north korea is a country the countr

joining to us discuss, the former european affairs director for the national security council during the trump administration. i want to start, lieutenant colonel, with the report we just heard from matthew chance that the ukrainians are not happy with the comments that an invasion seems imminent. what is your reaction? what goes through your head when you hear that? >> i can understand from the ukrainian perspective why they might want to down play it. part of it is the idea that if they do in fact start to build up forces too early, that could pre sim t, pre sim tate it. it is not the words and tret rick coming from the russian side. but the deeds. they've built up a massive forceful they've basically closed off all the possibilities of reaching a diplomatic settlement on this by staking out such a hard position on what they want. they want an iron clad guarantee that ukraine would not end up in nato. they want to redesign it. and between leaving no door for diplomacy and this massive military build-up unprecedented, it seems to me clear that the russians are on the cusp of taking

i wonder, the head of the ukrainian national security council is saying that some of us in the west are overstating the threat of war. should we take that seriously? shouldn't we take that seriously? if they are calmer than we are? >> well, you would expect them to project an air of calm but you had better believe it that they are on the highest alert. and the fact is that russia has all of its forces arrayed on that border with belarus. and there is a very imminent threat. and i think we are now in the window where russian forces can move across the border. of course, in private conversations they have no doubt been beseeching nato allies and the united states to send more additional javelin anti-tank weapons, to send more assistance. that's where the biden administration has done. we can see that move by russian troops at any moment. >> we will have to leave it there and we will be following that story. jeremy bash, eugene daniels and jacquieline alemany, thank you for your time. coming up, another day, another chance to see exactly what today's republican party is all about. two seas

carley: that doesn't for us the "fox report with jon scott" is next. >> the united nations security council said to me tomorrow as russian troops unmask along the ukraine border but tension for invasion, good evening i am jon scott and this is the "fox report". jon: the meeting will give the u.s. the opportunity to directly confront russia over the military buildup the meantime president biden says he will remove as many as 8500 troops to eastern europe in the near future, we have team coverage with steve here again in four-star general jack keane with his analysis, we begin with alexandria hoff live at the white house, she is the latest there. >> no official action out of tomorrow's un security council meeting but it'll draw attention to russia's offensive stance and by doing so the hope is to preempt the kremlin from playing enter praying victim against ukraine the tactic that the pentagon said is part of the russian playbook and one the u.s. will not fall for, the administration is prepared to give russia an opportunity to explain here is defense secretary boo austin. it is not inevitabl

carley: that doesn't for us the "fox report with jon scott" is next. >> the united nations security councilg the ukraine border but tension for invasion, good evening i am jon scott and this is the "fox report". jon: the meeting will give the u.s. the opportunity to directly confront russia over the military buildup the meantime president biden says he will remove as many as 8500 troops to eastern europe in the near future, we have team coverage with steve here again

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national security council meeting following that launch. same, the north is threatening a self imposed moratorium on missile tests. does the top story stay with us? the news continues after talk to al jazeera. ah ah, i'm james bay's at un headquarters in new york. no way in the united states have long been close allies, but with other nato partners. they are now facing a new challenge. as the alliance puts its forces on alert, with thousands of russian troops of mass that ukraine's borders always heading into a full scale war. meanwhile, as the way ends its presidency of un security council, it's now facilitated closed door discussions between taliban leaders, afghan, civil society and international diplomat. so how will all low tackle these and other pressing global issues moving forward? the norwegian prime minister, jonas gus dora talks to al jazeera, the owner scott story prime minister of norway. thank you for talking to out to sara. and i'm going to start with a question that for you calls for pure speculation, because already it's been answered by others. u. s. president joe biden thinks the answer is a likely yes. the un secretary genera

use military force. >> it will be horrific. it will be terrible. it's not necessary. >> with the u.n. security council meeting tomorrow, the u.s. ambassador to the united nations linda thomas-greenfield joins us in a "this week" exclusive. >> this election is crucial. >> house speaker nancy pelosi announces she'll run again. that and all the weeks politics on our powerhouse round table. >> announcer: from abc news, it's "this week." here now george stephanopoulos. >>> good morning. welcome to "this week." we have a lot to cover this morning. we begin with our brand new poll with ipsos. it shows big challenges for president biden heading into this year's midterm elections. three out of four americans are pessimistic about the state of the economy. only 29% support deploying troops to counter the russian threat to ukraine. three quarters of americans question the president's pledge to consider only black women to replace tiring supreme court justice stephen breyer, saying he should consider all qualified nominees. jon karl starts us off. >> reporter: it was an untriggered flash of frustration strtriggering by a shouted question. >> do you think inflation is a li

us territories. in the pacific ocean, washington calls for direct talks with young and the u. s. calls and emergency meeting on the ukraine crisis. united nations security council is to meet within hours to deliberate on the threat of a russian invasion. meanwhile, washington prepares but it copes the mother of all sanctions on moscow. also on the program, afghans find refuge in the eastern european country of albania, as they wait for the us to take them in as promised. but any fear that dream may never come, troop ah, i'm glad others welcome to the program and more about all those stories in a moment. but we want to start with some a breaking news. a manhunt is underway in southwest germany after 2 police officers were killed during a traffic stop. the 2 officers had stopped a car near the city of kaiser's lawton. when shots were fired. when back up arrived, the 24 year old female officer and a male colleague, aged $29.00, were found dead. the suspects have fled this scene a correspond belinda crane is following this story of for us, melinda. what more can you tell us? well, not a whole lot so far, the police are still hunting for the shooters and trying to d

security council. i master boldenall, stop you that more from the 27th national security advisor of the united states after this break. welcome back. i'm still here with the former us ambassador of u. n. and the 27th us national security advisor, john bolton, quite a lot of us subsidy to the you and i know that under trump you got out of unesco. biding took you back in. did you advise of national security adviser that some of that us subsidy to the u. n. g we reduced, i've long felt based on my tenure in new york is un ambassador and other positions . i've held that the u. s. money is, is wasted in many respects. misspent in many respects and my, my overall reform proposal for the un is to abolish what are called assess contributions, which are essentially mandatory. the u. s. pays around 2022 percent of the budgets and most agencies i'd make all kinds you sions from national members of the you and i'd make all. busy contributions, cibola, i mean there must be people all over the world. you believe that would agree with all this. why did you get nowhere with all of this, the notion to make contributions, voluntary, unfortunately didn't have agreement all around the

national security council. this also appears to be the most powerful miss all 5 since us president joe biden took office a little over a year ago. this january has seemed the highest number of miss are launched by killing young in a single month, highlighting the nuclear states expanding also not the government claims to have launched hypersonic and long range cruise missiles, from rail cars and from airports. that crucially, north korea hasn't tested it's intercontinental ballistic missiles or nuclear weapons in 2017. however, leader kim jong and has indicated he may end the more than 4 year fries on those tests. analysis from robert kelly now professor of political science and diplomacy and national university. he says if young will continue to shelf its military off, nor unless discussions resume with south korea and the us i'm part of it is attention, i think, always right. i mean, and, you know, north korea is sort of the, has fallen behind south korea by, you know, by several decades now. right. in terms of development, when people think about korean, the world today about south korea grants don't like tha

i asked the national security council to give us an answer on that. space remaining for negotiation. more detail than we heard before including potentially on placement of missiles, risk reduction and strategic placement of nukes. dana. >> dana: jackie heinrich keeping an eye on things. >> bill: national security community bracing for a cyberattack by russia on american companies and perhaps government agencies. the target critical infrastructure like water supply and power grids. it happened before. will it happen again? gillian turner has more on that in d.c. >> each day it is looking more likely. the department of homeland security is issuing a stark warning to everyone in the u.s. companies in the private sector and government departments and agencies. they need to be prepared for a massive cyberattack from the kremlin. dhs sent out an alert to make sure senior leaders at every organization in the u.s. are aware of critical cyber risks and take urgent near term steps to reduce the likelihood and impact of a potentially damaging compromise. nationa

the united nations security council is meeting to discuss the tensions in ukraine. the us raised concerns about the build—up of russian forces. moscow says it has nothing to do with ukraine's domestic crisis. the streaming service spotify says it will direct listeners to verified facts about coronavirus. some artists have removed their music from the platform after the us broadcasterjoe rogan included vaccine sceptics on his podcast. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are ali miraj, who is a columnist at the article, and aletha adu, who is a political correspondent at the daily mirror. welcome back to you both. a few more have come in since we last spoke. the guardian, which leads with sue gray's report, blamed a "failure of leadership" for allowing parties to take place in downing street when the country was under strict lockdown. the same story makes the front page of the times, which reports that borisjohnson is facing a police investigation over at least four lockdown parties. the financial times says the prime

us territory in the pacific ocean. washington calls for direct talks with pyongyang, also call and coming up the u. s. calls and emergency meeting of ukraine crisis. united nations security council is to meet within hours to deliberate on the threat of a russian invasion. meanwhile, washington prepares what it calls that the mother of all sanctions on moscow. and digging out after a massive blizzard on the west, east coast major disruptions after some places get up to 80 centimeters of cell. ah, i'm see me so much going to it's good to have you with us. we will get to our top stories in a moment, but we want to start with some breaking news. a manhunt is underway in southwest germany. after 2 police officers were killed during a traffic stop. the 2 officers had star the vehicle near the city of kaiser's law turn when shots were fired. when back up arrive, the 24 year old female officer and a male colleague, age 29, were found dead. the suspects fled the scene and we are monitoring the latest details on that story. we'll bring you an update in the next show. now to our top story, it's being called north korea's most significant weapons test. in years, the reclusive regime has con

us. a diplomatic showdown. today the united states and russia meet at the united nations security council.his as no one is quite sure whether russia's vladimir putin plans to invade ukraine. >>> plus, boris johnson asks for trust and asks for time. the british prime minister says she g he gets it and will fix the problem inside his government. it puts the topic of parties during the covid lockdown. >>> the united states now at another covid crossroads. a key question that will shape the next few months. how should states, cities and towns decide when to back off pandemic restrictions? >> we are at an inflection point. america is one of those nations, i think the only nation, that's come out of every crisis stronger than it went into the crisis. we got a way to go on that, in my view, but we're moving. >> we begin this hour with the former president. his weekend of lies and reckless promises and the debate between republicans who adore him and republicans who abhor him. at a texas rally, donald trump talked of a comeback. his list included talk of pardoning those convicted of attacking the

us. a diplomatic showdown. today the united states and russia meet at the united nations security council.e sure whether russia's vladimir putin plans to invade ukraine. >>> plus, boris johnson asks for trust and asks for time. the british prime minister says she g he gets it and will fix the problem inside his

us, seven things to know this morning. number one, this morning the united nations security council is set to meet to talk about the situationu.s. and nato allies are putting pressure on russia to scale down its troop buildup at the border. reggie: number two, you have seen this woman? 24-year-old alexis gabe has been missing from the oakley area since wednesday. if you have any information contact the oakley police. kumasi: number three, today is the last day for state lawmakers to advance a bill that would create universal health care in california. the latest estimate says it would cost taxpayers $350 billion a year. reggie: number four, the 49ers' dream of a super bowl has come to an end this time. they lost to their rival the l.a. rams in the n.f.c. championship game, blowing a 10-point lead. drew: number five, fog out there this morning in the north bay and in the south bay so reduced visibility but later on today, dry finish to january. sun and clouds and temperatures in the upper 50's to lower 60's. jobina: number six, the c.h.p. is investigating a deadly crash in contra kosta county. a car went off the freeway on no

able to use the situation to remove the former president of because extend -- kazakhstan who still had an important position as head of the security council and as so-called father of the nationas been able to remove him from kazakhstan's political sphere. host: was in a lot of the anger from the protesters directed at the former president? >> exactly, and it is interesting that that anger has been channeled by the current president to both remove nazarbayev from the political landscape of kazakhstan and colleagues, those were his loyalist from the government. on the third day of protests the president announced the resignation of nuzzo by f -- nazarbayev's close ally and put is satellite in his place. talk i have -- tarkayev removed another official. this was a transformation in a political way also. talk i have -- tokayev use these in his favor. he needs assistance from abroad. host: i want to go back down the line to asya, whom i believe we still have on the phone. i just want to ask you, some of the reasons why people have been so angry and terms of the cost of living, it is interesting that these protests started in an area that was experiencing a boom, and energy boom a

us readies itself are the worst ukraine's president has called for calm and unity among western nations. touch growth. everything is under control, but there is no reason to panic. ukraine, secretary of the national security and defense council, downplayed the likelihood of russian invasion yet, but a swine. is there a movements of russian federation armed forces in its territory? it takes place we detected. but there's nothing that can surprise us. almost perhaps it surprised our foreign colleagues. they finally saw russian armed forces move across their territory. ross is only but as the wise, but in his voice. russia continues to demand a promise that nato will never allow ukraine to join the alliance. a negotiation nonstarter for nato. yes, as long as the diplomatic deadlock remains. so to do fears of an invasion. let's bring in raphael laws. he's with the european council on foreign relations. welcome to the program. rafa out. now the us is putting troops on alert for possible deployment to eastern europe. they've also sent military hardware to ukraine, to beef up to fans. what about germany? berlin says it will provide key f, a field hospital next month, but will not provide military gear to its ally. can you talk to o

us do not accept such a constructive proposal or diplomatic habits. a james base been watching all the action at the united nations security council in new york and james, those statements. just underline how deep the diplomatic divide is. 2 very different narratives. you heard that from the us ambassador from the russian ambassador, the russian master saying there is really no cause for concern russian troops or in russian territory. they are not threatening anyone, and this is not a subject for the security council for us ambassador saying this is why the security council was set up at the end of world war 2 to deal with issues like this to deal with threats to international peace and security before they become actual was and you have the other members of the security council, some clearly on the side of the us, china, as you heard, they're pretty much reflecting russian talking points. but the others, i think of the interesting ones. how does the rest of international opinion line up on this and most other countries saying that they wanted more diplomacy more talks more diplomacy? this was an issue that could they felt be sorted by diplomacy. and i