we begin with the 1st hopes for dialogue over the war in ukraine. president vladimir lindsey's office, isabel hold negotiations with russian officials at the border with beller. bruce, russia says talks had not yet begun, but the 2 sides are arriving at the location. in other developments president vladimir putin has put russia's nuclear forces on alert, in an escalation of tensions with the west, the u. s. has accused him of manufacturing threats. fighting continues on the ground in hue crime. russian forces have attacked fuel depots and there are reports a big asians outside the capital kings. the mayor says there are no russian troops in the city. battles are still going on around other population centers. for more, let's bring in date of the correspond. nick connelly, who's in vanessia in western g, cried nick the ukranian side as announced that the negotiations have already begun, but the russian foreign ministry has denied that. do we know for sure what is happening? and bushy as a ways, right? you know, over the last few days, we don't have any conclusive information either way

vladimir putin can do in the meantime. so we have seen resistance from some republican lawmakers, lindsey graham, south carolina senator, haseting vladimir putin's personal fortune, sanctions targeting vladimir putin's personalfortune, while putin's personal fortune, while the putin's personalfortune, while the senate minority leader, mitch mcconnell, has criticised the biden administration, saying it should have imposed sanctions earlier as a means of deterring vladimir putin from taking the course that he has embarked upon. considerable concern over what might come next. this evening, the us secretary of state anthony lincoln said that he was "convinced president putin was going to try to overthrow the ukrainian government". thank ou so ukrainian government". thank you so much. _ ukrainian government". thank you so much, david. _ ukrainian government". thank you so much, david. a- ukrainian government". thank you so much, david. a very i you so much, david. a very worrying indeed, those words, coming in from the us secretary of state. i want to bring in george ilopes, an expert on international sanctions at the university

then during his latest speech, as i understand the ukrainian president, lindsey is actually now believe it or not invited vladimir putin to sit down the negotiation table to end the bloodshed, pet. you sure? i would like to address the president of the russian federation once again. there are battles going on all over ukraine. let's sit down at the negotiating table to stop the killing. last i went from clear, came just moments off. the rushes for minister held talks with the leaders of the don bass republics. recently recognized, of course, independently by moscow, they discussed the ongoing military operation on the opening of embassies askew. taylor has more well just a short while ago, a historic event wrapped up here in moscow in the building, just right behind me. the frost at that meeting between russian foreign minister sir gala broth. and of course, his newly established counterparts from the done yet announced republics was held. the majority of the press conference that followed was dedicated to a question posed by west and john less and perhaps on surprise me. they really press mister love roth on the

i also been another aspect here is senator lindsey graham says that congress may actually take actions on its own to institute sanctions on russia and vladimir putin individually . that really hasn't happened before. so do you see that a reality here is that just him trying to put his name into the new cycle? well, lindsey graham's always trying to put his name into the new cycle. so i think both things are not necessarily mutually exclusive of each other, but yes, so i think what the, what lindsey graham is saying is that congress can do this and that they will try to work with the treasury department and they're going to try to work with the d o j to, to basically sanction on their own, unilaterally the individual of latimer. and what's interesting about this is there were a lot of questions in the news conference today for the president about why vladimir putin was not included on this list of thank him. he has not been included on them . and vitamin would not give an answer to that. he indicated once again that other countries don't want that, but listen, that's a slippery slope. it's a very slippery slope because when you start talking

republican senator lindsey graham says the president's response is inadequate and will not deter vladimirthe biden administration has misjudged prudent about as badly is. anyone says. the world misjudged ukraine's foreign minister is calling on everyone to help the world must respond with all its economic might. and european leaders are taking action. >> germany is stopping the nord stream 2 pipeline project which would bring russian natural gas to germany and britain is sanctioning multiple russian banks back here at home. the conflict could mean even higher prices for gas and foods like corn and wheat defending freedom will have cost. >> for us as well. and here at home. we need to be honest about that. >> we've also learned tonight that u.s. secretary of state antony blinken canceled a planned meeting with russia's foreign minister, though american leaders are continuing to say that they hope to see putin turn towards diplomacy and turn away for a full-blown invasion live in washington. i'm hannah brandt. >> hanna, thank you. of course, one question many are wondering is how this confl

republican senator lindsey graham says the president's response is inadequate and will not deter vladimir putin. the biden administration has misjudged who about as badly is anyone sense? the world misjudged hitler. ukraine's foreign minister is calling on everyone to help the world must. the response was all its economic might and european leaders are taking action. >> germany is stopping the nord stream 2 pipeline project which would bring russian natural gas to germany and britain is sanctioning multiple russian banks back here at home. the conflict could mean even higher prices for gas and foods like corn and wheat defending freedom will have cost. >> for us as well. and here at home. we need to be honest about that. >> secretary of state antony blinken canceled a planned meeting with russia's foreign minister. the american leaders are adamant they'd still like to see turn towards diplomacy and avoid a full-blown war in washington. i'm hannah brandt. >> our coverage of the latest developments in this crisis will continue in this newscast and online. you can always find the newest info

vladimir putin in his sin pack speech last night. president biden is reacting. good morning, everybody. it is sunday, february 27th. i am lindsey reiser, we have a team of reporters and analysts following the very latest for us this morning. from moscow, to brussels, to poland. moments ago, in a televised address, russian president vladimir putin praised russian special forces we said quote, heroically fulfill their duty in ukraine. this news comes, just hours after we are learning russian forces have reportedly entered kharkiv in northeastern ukraine, according to a ukrainian official. russia has also unleashed a new wave of attacks on ukrainian air fields, and the fuel facilities as the fighting continues for a fourth day. ukrainian forces appear to be holding on to the capital city of kyiv, despite the overwhelming might of the russian army. massive explosions lighting up the skies south of kyiv this morning as the fighting continues unabated. i want to show you some video here, a homemade molotov cocktail being thrown at a russian truck, rolling through a city in northeastern ukraine. an american defense official says the u

there is a moral hazard if they're not real consequences for vladimir putin, people like president xi. tom: i will pick on lindseyraham. the response from capitol hill we have been remiss in not following this through this morning. it has been very global. with balance of power you go local as well and local is washington and that means politics. what is the political mix in washington as the president speaks? david: a terribly important point. you and i are of an age where politics stopped at the water's edge. tom: watch what you say. david: the politics do not stop at the water's edge any longer. at the same time, republicans have been supportive of president biden. some say he should have moved earlier, but they support him. you have somebody who is not in washington, but down in mar-a-lago, who came out and said what vladimir putin was doing was genius. lisa: the focus at this point might be gas prices for president biden, how much pain is he willing to sustain. going forward what will he do to increase the energy independence of the united states? how much of a pipit would he have to do to make this kind of

vladimir putin. tuesday morning. he was in kiev for a, for talks with me as a lindsey now he has come in for a bit of criticism back at home in front us and elsewhere around europe with some saying that this johnny on the spot for the custom cell files in terms of being a europe go to a new member state leader is all for, for show back home that he's cast himself not only as a president and friends, but also as an international statesman of broad with one eye on that presidential election. it's upcoming in france, but one thing you can not accuse him of is having not put in the leg work i mentioned, he's been all over the place while he was in kiev. he spoke about the meeting that he had in moscow with flashing me of food, and he said that he received guarantees from the russian president. he also said that there were areas in which the dialogue in which the talks could get well real progress. that real steps forward could be made on other russia has decided to put pressure on the international community. i've spoken to president putin about that we need to collectively reinstate order and our continent have concrete,

senator lindsey graham says the u.s. cannot give in to vladimir putin and russia. european leaders also taking action. germany is stopping the nord stream 2 pipeline project which would bring russian natural gas to germany. >> and britain is sanctioning multiple russian banks back here at home. the conflict could mean even higher prices for gas and foods like corn and wheat defending freedom will have cost. >> for us as well. and here at home. we need to be honest about that. >> we just learned that our secretary of state antony blinken has canceled a planned meeting with russia's foreign minister. but american leaders continue to say that they want to see putin turned towards diplomacy and avoid a full warren blown war. live in washington, i'm hannah brandt. >> hannah, what is the latest on what the president is saying about american troops? >> well, the president has emphasized that american forces will not be fighting russia, but he does say he plans to mobilize troops to defend our nato ally, territories. and he's also said will continue to support ukraine fina

republicans like lindsey graham are slamming president biden for not imposing sanctions on vladimir putin right now. take a listen. >> he has 100,000 troops amassed on the ukrainian border and he is paying no price at all. i would like to hit him for the provocation and have sanctions spelled out very clearly what happens to the roopele and his oil and gallons economy. i think that's missing. we are talking way too much and doing too little. >> what do you think? does that undermine the president at a critical moment? >> well, it is sort of ironic to hear republicans calling for a harder line on russia after the four years of the trump presidency. but, look, i mean, it's a legitimate debate. when is the right moment? certainly biden has had success in uniting the european allies around a very clear message that if putin crosses the line and actually invades, there will be enormous and crippling sanctions, particularly targeting, as lindsey graham noted, they are dependent on oil and gas revenue. europe is, as i understand it, their most important cuomo for oil and gas. that would be enorm

>> well, lindsey, clearly this is the moment where the threat of war is the highest it has been in months. and vladimir putin is demonstrating that he has content to continue to raise the pressure, potentially invade ukraine and by using these exercises, sending a warning shot to the west that he has other capabilities if you want to put those on the table. so it is a very muscular signal being sent by putin. clearly, it is in response to the pressure from the white house, pressure from europe. isolating from them, diplomatically, telling him that he can't just invade illegally a democratic ally like ukraine. i should note, he does have one friend, and that is china, this is true. he is now there in china, looking for support and help. because he understands that if he does invade, they will be punishing sanctions on russia which will hurt him an economy directly. >> on that note, a bipartisan group of senators is reportedly close to a deal on sanctions. let's listen to what congresswoman susan wild said yesterday on msnbc. >> i do think that the sanctions that the u.s. has threatened against russia ca

vladimir putin. in 2014, the sanctions came after he had acted, so all these messages we're hearing — whether it's from the foreign secretary, the prime minister, lindsey there needs to be absolutely no question that should he cross the line, then these sanctions will be massive. so lindsey graham and kamala harris speaking in very broad strokes in some ways. could you break it down for our viewers on how it might actually affect somebody like mr putin, for example? and i suppose it may affect regular russians, too. yeah, so helpfully, the uk has published what the sanctions regime would look like. so not the names, but the sectors and the types of people they would go after. so first they've said they will go after people who are connected or are supporting the kremlin, so i think that's pretty clear. the foreign secretary has talked about the oligarchs in london or who have their money in london. the second is there's a long list of strategically important industries that have been named, so energy, extractives, banking, defence technology, all these sorts of things, so i think if you look at the regime that the uk government has published and is rea

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lindsey had had a phone conversation with both defense president manuel mccall and the german chancellor. all of scholes. i can imagine that that meeting stopped and everybody was watching and listening to what vladimir putin had to say, and they would probably be discussing that. and so now all eyes and all ears will be on kim and see if anything comes out of that meeting. and what would be the 1st statements that would come out from president landscape and honda? what about these davy reports of clashes and eastern ukraine that we keep getting? and at times of direct clashes between russian and ukrainian forces you've been hearing much about well that there has been an intensification over the past few days with moments of love and then it picks up again. but certainly people are worried, one person we spoke to that lived in one of those downs border along to contact line, told us that she didn't hear such intensity of shelling since back in 2014 in her area. now this, this is actually worrying people from her vantage when she didn't know in which direction it was going. both sides are denying that they are shooting at each other but it is happening. so this can only spiral. busy further out of con

people like tom cotton, lindsey graham, ben sasse, critical of the biden administration's response, saying it's not strong enough. then you hear the former president praise vladimirin in different words, and tucker carlson, much the same thing. there really does seem to be a split now in the republican party. what are the implications of that? >> john, i think that to be clear, i do think that what the current president is doing is more important than the former president. but there absolutely, at least in this regard, there absolutely is a divide within the party about how to handle putin, and you see it in the commentary you just described. one thing to have a television host like tucker carlson saying what he's been saying and it's entirely something different to have the recent former president who is an old show leading if he wants to be the republican nominee again, so i put that in a different category, but it is striking that i think republicans -- and this has been going on predating trump, where there has been an effort among some republicans to suggest putin is not that bad, and it's not as if there has been complete consistency among democrats on this

suppressing our own oil and gas production we buy russian older emboldening vladimir putin to do what he wantss on the world stage. senator lindsey gas sector. it will hurt us in the short term. we can replace, i would like a lower carbon economy. i believe climate change is real but what is most real in front of us is russia get away with destroying ukraine, china going into taiwan and iran will sprint to a nuclear weapon was what we do today and in the coming days will determine, if i thought there was a way to deal with vladimir putin without creating problems at home i would do it but pay now or pay later. rachel: i don't think the media and other networks are holding the left to account for what has happened in europe. you look at germany, they got rid their call industry, got rid of their last nuclear plant this past year and they are dependent on russia for gas and oil and we are listening to the same extremists whether is john kerry or aoc these people are responsible for this war and you hear president biden say i want to lower oil and gas prices and he wants to we can vladimir putin's power but to me it sounds like i ca

vladimir putin back home. so it is the right thing to do, but i do not have any illusions that it is going to change putin's calculus. >> and jackie, senator lindsey graham tweeted this after biden sanctions announcements, i am quoting. president biden is not seizing the moment, the sanctions outlined are woefully inadequate. we also know congress struggled to come out with any -- even before the invasion of ukraine. one of the chances they will be able to come together on a response that not only penalizes russia, offers assistance to the ukrainian government? what are you hearing on the ground? >> lawmakers are at home this week. as you noted, despite some of the criticism that biden has received today, they ultimately failed to pass any sort of sanctions package. that being said, lawmakers like lindsey graham, and senators bob menendez, james risch, have vowed to cast something in a bipartisan fashion. but i think that with this case crisis is serving to do is assure the divisions that still exist. in the democratic party, but more so in the gop between the america first republicans, and some more of the quote unquote globalist republicans that

vladimir putin calling him smart. although he tempered his praise with a sharp condemnation of the russian invasion. nbc's ron hillier was at the event in orlando, and filed this report. >> lindseyrs opened tonight at cpac is the former president addressed the thousands of conservatives here in florida. he repeatedly used the word weakness to describe the biden administration, nato and its response to the russian invasion into ukraine. and of, course we have to look earlier into this week, on the former president himself referred to those first russians that moved into ukraine as quote, peacekeepers and called vladimir putin savvy. this is a former president, during his own administration, attempted to have a warmer relationship with the russian dictator. of course, we find ourselves here in february, 2022, in which russia has now moved in. i want you to hear from the former president. because he did call you canyon president slinky quote, brave and at the same time, this is what he said about nato and the u.s.. >> they are not so smart. they are looking the opposite of smart. if you take over ukraine, we are going to sanction you, they say. well, that is a pretty weak statement

lindsey, diplomacy is on the table. it will continue to be on the table and it must be on the table, about you what we're seeing with vladimir putin's moves with this saber rattling of nuclear exercises, which is, in my view, an act of desperation, trying to find a way to break up western resolve. it's clear that vladimir putin doesn't seem to want to take these diplomatic off-ramps, so secretary blinken, when he meets next week with the foreign minister, president biden as well in the way he's been laying it out, they have provided opportunities for vladimir putin to step back. putin has to be watching what's happening in munich. he has to be seeing the kind of unified resolve on sanctions thats alluded to. this is high cost. what is his plan, take a capital city in the heart of europe, what then? there are off-ramps available. the united states is putting them out on the table and should and is and will continue to do that. putin does need to look at what's happening today and over the last couple of days, and understand that this really is not going to be an easy pass for him. >> colonel, we know what ukrainian vlodymyr z

of the republican party in lindsey graham's party who have become cheerleaders for russia and cheerleaders for russia and cheerleaders for russia and cheerleaders for vladimirul in the united states effort at all and i would argue is dangerous for the world. it would argue is dangerous for the world. . ., , ., ., would argue is dangerous for the world. . ., ., ., world. if sanctions are going to work, it world. if sanctions are going to work. it is _ world. if sanctions are going to work, it is crucially _ world. if sanctions are going to work, it is crucially important l world. if sanctions are going to i work, it is crucially important that everybody stance together and that the russians cannot finance their debt and the way the the alliance strong. orfora debt and the way the the alliance strong. orfor a country debt and the way the the alliance strong. or for a country like israel, they have a country like israel, they have a country like israel, they have a country like israel, the ever strong relationships with the united states and good relations with russia. so, are you appealing to the israelis to take aside? taste are you appealing to the israelis

want to go further after russian oligarks, the folks in vladimir putin's inner circle, whether it's nor traditional sanctions or an idea like lindseyukraine's militaries that weapons and the material it needs to keep up the fight in whatever form that takes in the weeks ahead. then finally, probably the most controversial part, the unsettled part. of what congress is talking about and the president might have to impose, is what can you do if terms of sanctions that might have more bite and effect on the world economy and u.s. economy, things like secondary sanctions, not going over those banks, going after any entity, including in friendly nations, there is going after what's called the swift system. you can think of the international finances venmo and slack rolled into one, a system that allows international banks to communicate, send transfers back and forth, kicking russia out of that system would have enormous effects on their economy. that's one of the things advocated by folks like bob menendez, they are unknown, so there is still i think significant debate whether that's a step that needs to be taken or not. >> all right. n

authorities have told residence to prepare petrol bombs to defend the city cranium. president vladimir lindsey released video, showing him and other political leaders in key of government district. it's aimed at countering russian propaganda. he claiming he'd fled the capital ash, both keys in washington believe russia aims to overthrow ukraine's democratically elected government. what's to us? russia has vetoed a un security council resolution condemning its invasion of ukraine, brazil, india, united arab emirates, and china abstained from the vote. remaining 11 council members back the u. s. drafted text and criticized russia for blocking it. with nato secretary general yen stoughton berg says, the military alliance will send more weapons to ukraine, including air defenses. it will also deploy parts of its combat ready response force to strengthen its defenses in eastern europe today in response to any threats, nato. some alliance says it will not send troops into ukraine ala announced, this is dw news from berlin. you can get more on our website. that's d, w dot com. ah, it is day 2 of the