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Weapons, i believe every option should be on the table for the united states government. he has a thug, murder and should be held accountable with being reckless like that. >> todd: max, to be clear you do not interpret this as simply empty bluster. you interpret this as a legitimate concern, correct? >> absolutely. we were talking as i said a vicious dog and vladimir putin. if you think that says, we need to take seriously and look, lets go back several weeks right now and president biden calle...

Really in his head but my sense is what he has said is ukraine. he wants ukraine. he wants to be the great russian leader who brings back ukraine into the russian world, into the russian empire, into the former soviet union space and nothing will do until he has full control over ukraine one way or the other. he tried, ali, as we know for a long time, the mince process through donetsk would give him this control. it didnt. it failed. the ukrainians pushed back hard. the germans and french were n...

Through the bluster? >> well, for one, the united states, ukraine, nato, these countries, entities, they dont want war. russia will try to establish legitimacy if they want to move forward with an invasion of ukraine by making it seem like its a response to aggressive action from the west or from ukraine itself. russia is amassing the forces on the border of ukraine right now, and theres some russian-state media reporting this evening where theyre alleging that ukraine is taking offensive action...

Every inch of nato territory. >> western countries engaging with the actions towards our country and the economy. im ordering a defense minister and the chief of general staff to switch armies deterrence forces and high alert mode of combat stand by duty. jon: that is the most ominous headline, vladimir putin say nuclear forces are being placed on high alert. is he bluffing or bluster. the world continues to watch his unsuccessful invasion of ukraine and wonder. four days of work as ukrainians f...

Worry but i hope he is. you dont want somebody randomly dangling nuclear power as if it was a bluster tool. he has not raised our defcon level. you would see escalatory steps that might take us into territory we dont want to be. hes being calm about it saying lets not get overly concerned about it because its russian bluster. you never know when it might not be. >> are they hard and fast americans will not get involved? i heard jen psaki say were not planning on getting involved. and planning is...

Good assessment president putin will push and tell he finds some firm. he has found something firm and we talked about how the ukrainian military has really stood firm, they have been pushing back and bloodied this attack they have stopped many of these attacks in your reporter is right. then the overwhelming force but so far the ukrainian military has stopped them. not all and they are around kyiv. ive been in touch with my good friend as several good friends in the same bunkers that you showed...

Hear and i dont know if you have footage, i know earlier about an 18 month old killed in the shelling as well, incredibly tragic to see what these people are going through and we need to do what we can to help them keep their supply of weapons and equipment in stock. jon: vladimir putin hasnt turned nuclear war outright but always that the nuclear button is a possibility. as a member of congress, is that bluster, how should we respond to that? >> i think we need to show strength in our president...

Brandishing nuclear weapons. how long is the world going to tolerate this individual? >> brian: if we do, steve. ukraine is just the start. all these baltic nations will be next. thats why when people at home are saying you know, why should i care about a country 6,000 miles away which i might not know any ukrainians northerly ever travel there the question is with r. we going to let one nation gradually take over europe when they really dont have the economy to back up their bluster and they mi...

Therefore all the risks are yours. are you ready for them? so a very strongly worded statement, but hes known for this kind of bluster, if you will. he said very similar things back in 2014 when russia invaded crimea, and he was actually personally sanctioned during that time. so it remains very unclear if this is just words or if there is something more to these threats. but everybody at nasa, certainly nasas leadership they are hoping for the best. and they say this cooperation continues, they...

It could be moldova next from his point of view, and is the west and nato just going to keep on piling on the economic sanctions if that happens? no, as i say, i think this is notjust a matter of increasing economic costs, i think the economic costs are very significant and i think that will be an effective and telling pressure. it will be on the minds of the russian administration, the putin administrations decision—makers, however much they might like to bluster about it. we should continue ...