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Members of congress, understand this guy is going to do whatever it takes to stabilize any democracy, not only in eastern europe but across the world. >> anne writes in the piece that this time the alarm bells are louder in washington than they are in kiev and more in the past. jonathan lemire, president biden is going to talk face-to-face with putin next week about this. is putin going to call this a bluff or is he going to confront him? >> kremlins are advocate forget another summit in geneva ...

>> im not sure this isnt a bluff to see what he can squeeze out of manchin and sinema between now and whenever he holds these votes. embarrassing them on the floor and putting them on the side of republicans and on the side with george wallace or jefferson davis does not do anything to help move democrats towards any of their other policy goals this year. >> garrett haake, marianne levine and kelly odonnell. thank you. senator tim kaine, good afternoon. its good to have you back on the show. >...

Stalling, if hes trying to get ahead of the diplomatic activities thats supposed to take place in mid-january anyway or if he wants to de-escalate. richard, what are you hearing about the realistic possibility of russia invaing ukraine? does he want to call the international community bluff or the american bluff that it may step into defend ukraine in some way or if it does so, do you think putin will cross that border again? >> this is the subtlety of the story. i have been spoken to diplomats ...

Joe manchin is joe manchin. he proposed a $1.8 trillion package to the white house. it didnt have the child tax credit because he apparently really does not -- he affirmatively doesnt like that. at this point my feeling is like, okay, fine, the way to call the bluff is literally give him the pen, you write the bill. if thats what it takes to get 50, thats what it takes, right? or because saying its over essentially gets everyone off the hook, including joe manchin and sinema. if you say, okay, f...

Manchin and senator sinemas -- i wont call it a bluff because i dont think theyre bluffing on where they stand. >> right. >> reporter: but put pressure on them, devote separately from the rest of the party on this issue. senator schumer has two weeks to get these two on board or have a very potentially very embarrassing vote on the senate floor. and then manchins gaggle, one thing that i did hear from him or i did not hear from him is completely closing the door on changing the senate rules. now...

Of ukraine or some sort of military incursion. and option b is there is a school of thought this is -- this is still a bluff. that the russians are saying all the hard things, and making hard points on the ground by moving troops around and snipers and so forth but really, what they are doing is they are trying to push the west which they have judged to be weak at this particular point. not perhaps weaker than they, but weaker than weve been recently thanks in large part to a lot of things russi...

>> well, among staff and among the people in the caucus, remember in the democratic caucus, your colleagues are voting for you to become the leader of them. he inspired a unique trust and loyalty that is very uncommon. people around him always felt they were attached to him and that he reciprocated in turn. he was very kind and generous in a lot of quiet ways that he didnt go around talking about openly, but people just knew and trusted. and when that trust he gains the power to be their leader....

The united states watching everything the russians do including this account in the "new york times" that the russians have been drawing down staff, mostly family members, but significantly drawing down staff at its embassies within ukraine. could it be a bluff or a sign to get the women and children snout. >> with russia you always have the possibility of a faint as opposed to something thats genuine action base psy-ops, branda are always part of its shadow war and hybrid warfare tactics, but i...

Afternoon. alert tonight. i spoke to a man who recorded some truly incredible videos of nantucket as the cyclone bomb rolled through. heres what he had to say in the videos that captured the storms ferocity. >> what have you seen as you ventured out? >> yeah. its been a whiled day on the yi island. 30 miles out. a lot of flooding. a big storm surge came in in the morning. weve had about six to eight inches of snow. really -- wind gusts of 70, 80 miles per hour. its been knocking down trees, kn...

There are some areas that we can create common security arrangements that benefit both of us. its a delicate balance. and this goes beyond politics and cheap name calling. its tough to get it exactly right. i think the biden people are doing a good job -- >> but fareed -- >> -- but at the end of the day its a question of how risky -- how lucky does vladimir putin think he is today? >> okay, but why put them and those assets in place if youre not prepared to use them? because vladimir putin respo...