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For evacuation if there was some type of military incursion by the russians. i just want to be clear if americans are still in ukraine and things start happening with russia, are they pretty much on their own? >> well, we are conveying very clearly now that now is the time to leave and that there are means to do that. of course theres commercial airlines. you can -- >> reporter: so there you have it. a clear message from the white house as we head into this critical week. laura? >> jasmine, than...

U.s. troops have been placed on heightened alert for possible deployment to eastern europe. pentagon spokesperson john kirby says despite calls for russian president vladimir putin to step back from ukraine, hes actually sending new troops to the border. >> they continue to add tactical groups to their western border, to the border with ukraine. and in belarus as well. theyve shown no signs of de-escalating but they are adding more force capability. >> president biden held a conference call on t...

Crucrush i cutting russia off or germany has the power not to certify the pipeline. in terms of the ripple effects, in terms of financial markets, all of the western allies are invested in russia. businesses have a history. there is a huge potential for russian retaliation. that is particularly important when you rely on 40% oil. and they are withholding gas exports. energy security is at stake. that video call between president biden and european leaders certainly gave the impression of unity. ...

>> reporter: all right. looks like we dont have jasmine there. well get back to her. invasion of ukraine could trigger a new wave of economic sanctions from moscow. the u.s. and europe has a problem. cnns anna stewart joins us from london. i dont think it can be overstated how important this russia story is to global energy prices and potential disruptions to, you know, the stuff that the world still works on. >> reporter: president biden thaeld video call with european leaders that you were j...

>> right. >> so while they can make an impact on the economy, the fed can build up hot money from the housing market and stock market but a lot of this is driven by the virus. weve never seen anything like this. >> youre right that the inflation issue is global. the right -- the far right will give president biden a lot of grief about biden inflation and empty biden store shelves, but it is a global inflation problem. thats a good point to meet. story stock, theyre sweating it out over at peloto...

Virus. a lot of the issues that were seeing with inflation are due to supply chain disruption. truckers coming over the border of canada who have to move more slowly. people who cant drive the trucks. you know, shutting down ports in china because they have a zero covid policy and they dont want anyone to be sick at all. these things are really important. also the shift in our consumer economy is going to be important when we get rid of the virus. now people are at home buying goods online. hope...