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$73 million settlement against a gun manufacturer. the victims now have access to thousands of internal company documents they hope could help other families in the future. we begin in ukraine. the secretary of state tony blinken speaking with foreign minister sergey lavrov. president biden conferencing with the french president emanuel macron and russias putin holding a meeting with germanys olaf scholz. how the world reads the russian leaders intent is key to whether you view the 24 hours as...

District forces, not the central or eastern military district forces that traveled thousands of miles to get to their locations. the forces that are much easier to kind of deploy back to bases and recall if need be. so, im really looking to see central and military district, eastern military district forces withdraw back to their bases as kind of a substantial indicator that we are, you know, over the hump for a major military confrontation. >> colonel vindman, in your prior government post, it ...

Paul adams reporting. moscow maintains there are no plans to invade ukraine — but as youve just seen, large—scale military drills are still taking place. the us claims that at least 150 thousand russian troops are now postioned close to ukraines borders, and they say more have been arriving even as moscow claims its completed military exercises and that units are returning to their permanent bases. in belarus, 30,000 men, equipped with tanks and artillery, have been on manoeuvres. our specia...

Theres a palpable feel the united states is supporting ukraine. i will say it is very clear, every one here understands that does not mean u.s. troops will be on the ground here in ukraine. doesnt appear to be any confusion about that. of course, the defense secretary on his trip today and tomorrow in europe will be about 500 miles here at a base where u.s. has been sending more troops to support nato and a few hundred miles from here you have the 82nd airborne where more troops have been coming...

Certain point there is a moment of reckoning coming sooner or later. and the intelligence assessment suggests that the putin buildup on the border is reaching maximum capacity, more than 130,000 troops. theres reporting to suggest that many of those have actually left their bases and moved to forward attack positions. along the border of ukraine, there are three sides on which its vulnerable to russian attack. that would be only a few hours away from kyiv and the capital. so, i think the militar...

Wasnt clear that geographical location, the russian side these whether western military districts they were finishing with their drills and returning to the bases. today weve had more footage which looks like it is found overnight, of tens of tanks leaving what russia has said, leaving crimea, going back to its bases in russia. in terms of what this tells us, weve had a lot of scepticism about these troop movements from the west. weve heard from borisjohnson, weve heard from the defence secretar...

Here. >> yeah. this is putins i think limited objective. if he cant take all of ukraine, hes going to continue to expand in the donbas, the two provinces of donetsk and luhansk. this area here is the conflict. the naval bases and military bases in crimea where putin took in 2014. ukraine is the two of them. putin would like nothing better to have a land bridge between the two so it connects to russia. . >> this is what he wants when it is all said and done. when he steps foot over the region, th...

But the smart military person is going to always tell you lets see if the video matches the audio. then well know theyre serious. the point that jim sciutto brought up about 105 battalion tactical groups, thats equivalent of about four or five u.s. army divisions. now, thats half of the entire active force in the united states army. you just dont move those in a nano-second. it will take literally weeks to get those back to their bases. and as you just said, you know, this could meantime for new...

Hysteria and releasing more defense ministry images of russian troops returning to their bases after completing drills near ukraine. our military has camped on its own territory, says the russian foreign minister, held drills, took down their tents, boarded the trains, then loaded their hardware and started leaving, he says, but the hysterics are still going on. this is where the real escalation is, he adds. but there is dangerous escalation on the ground as well. this is what ukrainian official...

Would be the second step in how to handle the crisis. and from now on, it seems and also as jim sciutto said, well see it when we -- we believe it when we see it. from what it seems is now that window continues. but i dont think we should really say that before it was closing on the 16th and now suddenly its getting open. i think it is that part of a process. >> general hertling, these troops said to be returning to their bases we understand are the ones closest to ukraine any way. theyre not go...