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Else. >> you have his buildup of troops. you have a tweet from the russian state-owned news agency saying russia will destroy ukraine within ten minutes. and then just this minute the russian defense ministry released video of fighting jets loading up and taking off. why does russia keep saying it wont invade? >> i mean, you know, what they say and what they do are often very different. of course it is much more important what they do. i mean, there is a school of thought, and it is quite preval...

Border. we know hes willing to sabotage to force the pretext so he can go over the line and go over the border and invade and this thinning out of the embassy personnel looks to me like a concoction. i was looking at the post telegram which the public board and the russian foreign ministry there is saying we are under threat of ukraine and thats why we are leaving. that sounds like a propaganda and a pretext to quote on quote "protect your personnel." >> putin is going to call the bluff of the w...

With me is 0lga tokariuk, a journalist in ukraine. also im joined byjames sherr, whos a senior fellow at the estonian foreign policy institute in tallinn. did i get your name right? and if not, could you correct me, please. its ok. ., y , not, could you correct me, please. itsok. . a , ,., .,. not, could you correct me, please. itsok. . a , ,., ., .., its ok. thats very diplomatic of ou. its ok. thats very diplomatic of yom plenty _ its ok. thats very diplomatic of yon plenty of— its ok. thats...

Any money. your family had no money when you were going awayy. and i thought, well, i guess i guess it cant be that corrupt if hes out of money.. right. so what was that like for your family whenn my my wife patty, who was on your show and i want to thank you for that but oh was a wonderful interview. no, im a total sucker for loyal spouses. you werey. terrific. i thought the best line that night was when you said, you know, i really feel bad for you though. i have to tell you i wasnt a fan of y...

Too many swear words and too much nudity, you might be thinking about it the wrong way. >> reporter: i think thats fair to say. "maus" is seminal work, cats and mice. what better way is there to reach children? how do you want to teach children about the holocaust or dont you at all? >> reporter: well, and the author said so many kids told me it changed my life. it changed my view how to look at the holocaust. >> think about what youre doing. thats all i ask. just think about what youre doing he...

Germany, which is not the direct route, as well as the germans said theyre sending 5,000 protective helmets. how is that viewed in kyiv and whats going on with the new government replacing angela merkel? >> she is a wonderful person and she did many great things. one very bad mistake she made was to shut down germanys nuclear power plants and thats made germany unusually reliant on russian gas and everybody knows that. the americans know it. theres [ inaudible ] cut or help the supply russian ga...

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 responds to strength, not weakness. am i wrong? >> no, youre right. but so putin has put those assets in place precisely -- >> no, i meant why biden -- why would biden -- why would the u.s. put those assets in place if they werent prepared to use them? because you know, if you call putins bluff, chances are hes going to, you know -- hes go...

Capabilities along the russia ukrainian border to launch a full—scale invasion of ukraine, it doesnt mean they are about to do it. i do think the risk is increasing dramatically. you dont think they are _ increasing dramatically. you dont think they are necessarily - increasing dramatically. you dont think they are necessarily about i increasing dramatically. you dont| think they are necessarily about to do it but does that suggest this cute troop build—up could be some sort of bluff? cute t...

Of troops from russia that have gathered near the border. they do believe rubba does not intend to attack. they see it as a bluff in order to extract concessions from the west, from the united states. so they are trying to play down the possibility of an invasion. foreign investment has been -- the bond market is crashing for them. thats making the economic situation here much more difficult. they want to play that situation down, but of course youre seeing washington and others say the threat o...

Allies. the iranians said, sorry, no mas. theres lots of problems like that. adversaries, of course, look at this and love it. they say, wow, this is going to be an opportunity for us to shake more fruit from the trees and see if anything falls. certainly the russians looking at ukraine today, precisely a response to can we divide the united states from europe farther? can we get the europeans to recognize the americans arent really there, that biden when has bluff is called is not going to actu...