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Use these troops where he has placed them. its difficult to know which of -- there are two possibilities. one, he is building a very credible threat because he is trying to pressure ukraine and the west to make the kinds of concessions hes asking for. or this is all just a prelude to war. you know, in a sense its like poker. if youre bluffing, you have to be willing to have the bluff called and carry through with what you were claiming to do. so you know, at some level one man is making this dec...

We are the good buys. whistling in the wind. the more important conversations are happening in beijing right now. >> john: great analysis as always, k.t. appreciate it. one thing they might do to say look, if they come out with the video we have called your bluff, we know what you are doing. see if that could potentially garner worldwide opinion against the russians. >> sandra: president biden seems to be taking a victory lap over the latest jobs report but there could be trouble on the way and ...

>> reporter: and many people here say they share his skepticism. according to u.s. officials, hundreds of americans have registered with the state department their intention to stay in country. the state department calling those americans personally, telling them that they need to leave the country. in fact, u.s. officials saying, any american in ukraine right now needs to have left yesterday. the situation is that dire. in the event of a russian invasion, the military will not be deployed into ...

Mr. putin. hes built-up this force. hes had this option all along. hes going to play it for all its worth. we dont know if hes made the decision, but lets dont blame ourselves. this all in his hands. >> so as the military tensions grow, questions about when a possible invasion could come. i spoke about that with the director of the eurasia democracy initiative. >> obviously vladimir putin wants to continue making a credible threat, so everything that is happening could be interpreted as either s...

Irans capital. in less than seven hours, thieves break through two doors and melt the locks of dozens of giant safes, escaping with half a ton of irans clandestine nuclear archive. iranian officials kept quiet. three months later, the stolen documents are showcased in israel. these files clearly show that iran planned to design, build and test nuclear weapons, and heres what we got. 55,000 pages. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu claimed the mossad agents have stolen the archived iranian...

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 and 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, but for the unit...

Vice president that authority. joining us now, josh lederman in wilmington, delaware, sahil kapur on capitol hill and erin in ukraine. josh, ill start with you. with a russian invasion looming, what are the chances of a diplomatic resolution? how confident is this white house? >> well, they have certainly not closed the door to a diplomatic off-ramp but there is not a lot of optimism. over the course of the last few weeks weve heard the tone from u.s. national security officials really startin...

Netanyahu claimed the mossad agents have stolen the archived iranian military and nuclear programme documents from a warehouse in tehran and brought it here to israel. at the time, the iranian officials called it a bluff, a fairy tale. but now we know it was a true story. but during irans presidential election campaign in 2020, former iranian officials finally confirmed irans secret nuclear documents were stolen.

The us and uk invaded iraq with. justjump in there, max, we are also hearing from president zelensky of ukraine, who has criticised the panic he says has been caused by these statements from the us, saying that he has got no proof that russia is going to invade in the coming days. what you make of that descendents? i days. what you make of that descendents?— days. what you make of that descendents? ithink, lets be clear, descendents? ithink, lets be clear. the _ descendents? ithink, lets be cl...

Including in kyiv. i was there awe if weeks ago and the views are about 50/50. there are people who believe that putin wants a war and theres a separate view that says this was a kind of bluff, an organized form of pressure from the very beginning that russia wants to flex its muscles, it wants to get some concessions out of the west, maybe it wants the americans to put pressure on ukraine to do various things that the russians want them to do. you know, i think the trouble is that the americans...