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Growing threat. they could launch at any point, nothing i heard today dissuaded me from that. secretary of state blinken told a small number of personnel to relocate in the secretarys words due to the dramatic acceleration of the build up of russian forces. we learned meantime that defense secretary austin will be headed to brussels to shore up the allies and in kyiv, ukrainian president ze lensky said we are together, we are home, and we are in ukraine. this followed an earlier posting that his...

After another in sequence. talk about it. >> well, thank you, vladimir putin. in your worst nightmare, vlad the invader, is happening right in front of you. in addition to the military setbacks, we can come on to that at some point, but the political pushback here really is extraordinary. you are correct to categorize it as a sudden acceleration on things that i, frankly, never thought would move. i put at the top of the list germany saying theyre going to spend 2% of their gross domestic produc...

Across borders, including putins own, perhaps? >> theres the means and the opportunity to do so. i am certain its on the self has a plan. i think belarus might be the first victim of this because they are right on the border with poland and lithuania and they have been a direct ally and accomplice in exacting the military tact on ukraine, and it might start there. clearly theres a lot of ukrainians in russia, and a lot of american allies across eastern european npartners, andi think theres a pos...

Thats still a few bridges to go, but, boy, that would be, again, part of putins worst nightmare. joe, you are right to categorize this as a bit of a shift in the tectonic plates. >> and shifting, as you said, through a sudden acceleration of history. give us your take on the first four, five days of military combat in ukraine. we understand the fog of war stops us from getting a clear picture, but from what you have seen in media reports, from what you have heard talking to your military contact...

Ground. you have what is said over negotiating tables and you have what the ukrainian people and what reporters here are witnessing on the ground. >> i was speaking to the mayor of kharkiv, up wone of the hard hit cities in ukraine. the mayor kharkiv made it sound like there are still supplies getting to the ukrainian forces defending that city. what are the concerns youre hearing from u.s. military officials about how much longer this supply of weapons and material can get in. >> we know the su...

This kind of status quo. if he does nothing but stay in this area, not much of a change. thats where the white house has had this problem with what crodo you call this? is this an invasion or is this an incursion or nothing new? i think it is something new because its recognizing the status of these states as being russian satellites. what im looking for from a military standpoint is for the russians to come in down here or over this way. and what they would do, if they attack this territory tha...

Everything, objecting to what i had for breakfast this morning. so i think the, the move of the patriot battery systems to poland look, they purchased patriot systems back in 2018. it was about a five billion dollar deal with raytheon. so i suspect this is an acceleration of the delivery of those which were intended to be delivered in twenty twenty two . obviously 2018. they had no idea this was going to happen. but again its very you know, it was clear at the time that poland is purchasing thes...

Poland and lithuania and latvia, and theyve been a direct ally and accomplice in exacting the military attack on ukraine. so they might make themselves vulnerable and it might start there. clearly, there is a lot of ukrainians in russia there is a lot of american allies across eastern european nato members who have people there. and there are also other allies who have folks who can travel there and perhaps resident there with russian nationality and credentials. i think there is certainly a pos...

Theres no strategic interest in reducing the global supply of energy. the immediate effect would be to raise prices at the pump for americans and also to pad russian profits with rising prices. so weve been carving out pavements for energy trade and transport from the sanctions, but we have a strong interest, we and our allies, in integrating russias strategy as a leading energy supplier over time. thats why nord stream 2 was shut down. thats why were surging lngt in europe right now to help its...

Better life for their children, but also risk of political oppression domestically in russia. so this is the entrepreneurial, highly educated class that is afraid and fleeing the country. >> so, how long do you think it will take for russia to recover from both the departure of these educated citizens and, of course, the economic sanctions? >> well, i -- i think it will take a very long time. its almost hard to forecast because it didnt happen overnight. the pickup happened -- already with retur...