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White house to send a message to the president about gun violence and ended up in handcuffs. new warnings, new intelligence and a persistent struggle to read vladimir putins mind. president biden convenes a call with the british prime minister and today the biden national security team briefs lawmakers on capitol hill. that briefing includes an assessment of how russia would invade ukraine. u.s. intelligence indicates moscow would first target airfields and early warning systems with missiles....

This is where we should be. >> now fate is really his hand. >> xi transformed chinas military into a force that now rivals america in the region. hes not afraid to use it. >> two nuclear powers facing off. in 2020, china seized about 100 square miles along its disputed border with india. at least two dozen died in vicious hand-to-hand combat. >> they built airfields, built weapons there. >> xi tried to influence the south china sea, amassing dozens of vessels. >> china is not fit to fight a war ...

Ukraines border. we know that ukrainian officials believe that the point of this is to rattle nato, is to test it, is to divide it, is to challenge it. and that certainly seems to have been accomplished. nato is definitely paying attention to whats happening here. there has been this different assessment between the united states and ukraine in terms of just how serious the threat is, but weve been seeing these satellite images coming through these last 24 hours, kim, from maxar, the independent...

And missile campaign on key ukrainian military infrastructure including airfields, air defense, and warning systems. joining me now to discuss the threat, evelyn parker, former u.s. department assistant secretary of defense for russia, ukraine, and eurasia. evelyn, its good to have you on this morning. >> thanks, jim. >> when you look at that build-up and the u.s. intelligence, not just on the number of forces there but on the plan, which includes, among other things, to encircle the capital kyi...

Begin, a major military action could begin by russia in ukraine any day now. that includes this coming week before the end of the olympics. >> reporter: later today, kate, there will be a classified briefing for top senators, top members of the key committees to provide specific intelligence about what the administration sees. so well see, kate, if that leads to any resolution between the differences among the parties about how the united states should respond if that invasion were to occur. >> ...

Brigadier general and the deputy director for mission integration. beth, i want to start with you. you have the united states again releasing what it says is putins war plan. we have seen this over the past several weeks. declassified information, then released by the white house and other intelligence agencies to reporters talking about what putin is up to. at this point saying that he has a plan. it would start with missile attacks. take out airfields and other key systems. is there value in t...

Best. and after all, a military buildup and threat from russia are something they have learned to live with over the course of the last years. on the other hand, what youve heard over the course of the last few days from american officials briefing both european partners and american lawmakers, has really been the most dire assessment of the threat posed by russia so far. particularly, when you look at those satellite images of whats happening over the border in belarus, rosemary, where those mi...

Fight. u.s. and nato leaders are keeping a close eye on developments as they immediate in munich to present a united front against russian with the vladimir putin. vice president kamala harris delivering a stern message. >> and we will not stop with economic measures. we will further reinforce our nato allies on the eastern flank. in fact, together, we have already taken steps to strengthen our deterrence and collective defense. we have deployed an additional 6,000 american service members to ro...

Its not just the troops. theres 150, 000, we heard of 110 but talented tickle groups. thats not what they are concerned with. they are really worried with some of the capabilities that hes amassed there. one of the things we hear a lot about his muscles. we heard recently hes brought in some additional naval power. they have land attack cruise missiles on them. the russian military has amassed a large number of missiles that could potentially be fired into ukraine and, in literally a matter of l...

Much more kinetic, catastrophic and horrific than weve seen in modern warfare with this amount of force going in. its a combination of ground maneuver forces like tanks mixed with the preliminary rounds of artillery and ballistic missile barrages but we will add to that this time much like russia did in chechnya and georgia they will use cyber activities. theres anticipated parachute drops into kyiv facilities like airfields and major cities. so you will see the potential for the use of the whol...