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Joined by peter zalmyia, a group promoting democracy and the rule of law in former soviet states. hes speaks to us from kyiv. thank you so much for being with us. for warnings from the u.s. becoming more urgent, telling their citizens to get out. as youve said before, for putin, all options are on the table. but whats your sense? do you get the impression that an invasion could indeed be imminent? >> well, obviously, vladimir putin wants to continue making a credible threat. so everything that i...

A few things i point to point out. vladimir putin, this is a translation, of course, quote, we need to find a way to ensure the security and interests of all participants in the process. ukraine, european countries and russia, but this can only be done with serious, thoughtful attitude to the documents we have proposed. those documents what the russians would call security guarantees. what weve been calling demands, specifically the demands that amount to the dismantling of nato in eastern europ...

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And ship movements all pointing in one direction, and on the diplomatic front, that theres no diplomatic talks right now... the us and europe have engaged with russia to try and open up diplomatic talks and theyve been rejected by the russians, so i think theres a difference of perspective. i think zelensky has to try to keep calm, wants investors to stay in. hes hoping that russias deterred and this is all a bluff. and so i think both leaders are just coming at this from a different perspective...

Officials that i have been speaking to think thats the least likely scenario, but they think its still possible or that he could try to take a piece of this country, most like a piece of the country in the east or the southeast where i am right now, and if you move blood, it means youre expecting casualties, it means youre expecting to have to treat some of your own soldiers. but it could be a bluff. it certainly could be. ive spoken to many putinologists, criminologists they used to be called w...

The midst of that this country is not in any place where they want any sort of military conflict. so the president is trying to be transparent. i think the president duptd want a conflict with russia in this and so what are all the steps to do? he is laying them out openly and that is great as i said. heres the steps i am taking and i think the president is fully aware that the country he is governing america today is exhausted by war. >> michael, a quick last word. >> yeah. i agree with matt on...

I think if theres any question that putin has not made up his mind, diplomats and others need to keep working hard to prevent the conflict. >> general, russia amassing 70% of the troops it needs for an invasion, what does that tell you? >> intelligence officers, dont talk to me about enemy intentions. talk to me about capabilities. the russians have put together a force, ground, air, and sea, they have substantial 08-plus combat battalions ready to go in. this is not a bluff. i think putin was c...

Gigantic change. >> reporter: president biden says the current situation is unacceptable >> weve got to move the next time, we dont need headlines saying that someone was killed when the next bridge collapses. >> reporter: tonight, the ntsb has launched a go team to investigate the pittsburgh collapse. state officials say if it happened any later, the outcome there would have been much worse. lester >> peter alexander at the white house, thank you. just breaking this evening, president biden s...

Know putin never limited ambitions in this part of the world. instrumental in out al assad in syria and never -- >> gary, do you think that is why the u.s. is taking vladimir putin so seriously to some extent? because if they were just to come out and do what youre doing right now and call putins bluff, wouldnt putin were tempted to puff out his chest and say, no, i am serious and then do something? can you talk about how very delicate that proposition is for the u.s. administration? >> yeah. it...

Threatening to russia. and he can go back to the russian people and say, look at what ive extracted, with nato, you know, have x, x, x, defensive weaponry in ukraine and now theyve gone to -- its a tough line hes walking, though. because hes got a lot to, you know, in encircling ukraine, you showed that map just a second ago. the way he has, this is general mark milley, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff said last friday that he has not seen anything of this level, militarily, since the c...