Page 137 - Bluster News Today

The international space station. the iss is currently home to four americans, two russians, and one germ an. but russia control the engines on board and russia is now threatening the possibility that the station could just happen to fall out of orbit. cnn space and defense correspondent kristin fisher joins us. it is like nice space station you have there. shame if anything happens to it. is this a real threat? >> thats a great way of putting it. it is a relevant threat in that it is coming from...

Overreact. obviously. theres something called mutual assured destruction. mr. putin knows that. but i do think it is incumbent upon the u.s. administration, using back channels, general milley should be calling his counterpart, secretary austin should be calling his counterpart. and just to be reassured that this is just bluster and that they do affirm, theyresolution, weeks ago that we all agree nuclear war is completely forbidden. even if its a .2% probability, .02% probability, we want it to ...

What he means by that-- by those kinds of words, that kind of bluster. but, again, weve been prepared for whatever course that he chooses to take. were were preparedded to engage diplomatically, if we could. we were also equally prepared now that he committed that aggression. >> odonnell: russias economy is consumed by gas. would the u.s. consider cutting off oil and gas purchases from russia? >> well, what were doing, norah, across the board is making sure that we inflict maximum pain on russia...

Any of those scenarios you mentioned are possible. we have to bear in mind that none of this can be gone into with a quick and easy assumption that putins effort will collapse in a heap any time soon. personally, i very much hope it does but we must also go into it aware of the possibility that this could be a very long haul. right, and it might notjust be ukraine. 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 ...

In the face of russian bluster is critical to ensure our nuke deterrent stays effective. this means projecting strength and resolve not sacrifice readiness for hollow gestures. a senior defense official says from what theyre seeing, theres been little progress made by the russian military inside ukraine in the past 24 hours. the convoy remains stalled and theres reports that soldiers were september in to ukraine from belarus with just three days worth of food. its now day seven. evidence of supp...

That none of this can be gone into with a quick and easy assumption that putins effort will collapse in a heap any time soon. personally, i very much hope it does but we must also go into it aware of the possibility that this could be a very long haul. it possibility that this could be a very long haul-— possibility that this could be a very long haul. possibility that this could be a ve loni haul. ., , , very long haul. it might not ust be ukraine, it — very long haul. it might not ust be u...

Space, they would look at that as entering the conflict. he would declare war on nato if it were to take a step like a no-fly zone. >> thats what i heard him say. again, seeing is believing with putin. i think theres a heck of a lot of bluster. but clearly the ground and the space that goes above ukraine belongs to ukraine and right now russia is trying to exert itself over that. and so i cant get into the mind of either putin and i can tell you that the war gaming thats taking place in our admi...

>> lieutenant colonel, thank you so much. so theres growing concern that putin would issue some type of, could use, i should say, some type of nuclear weapon. against ukraine, against a nato country. u.s. officials are trying to determine if this is bluster or a serious threat. we have that next. i also love cooking with heart-healthy, idaho potatoes. always look for the grown in idaho seal. people with moderate to severe psoriasis, are rethinking the choices they make like the splash they cre...

Coa coales, but will they face consequences if they back russia that the president will be able to bring europe along, bring as many countries along in creating consequences for china? >> i think so. i mean, look, the congress is backing the president, in fact -- some are criticizing for not doing more. but more importantly, as i see it, is that president biden developed a good healthy relationship with president xi. lets remember, china is not going anywhere. china is always going to be around....

He called the ukraine little russians. he wants to re-create the russian empire, he wants to split nato. >> given your recent comments about sanctions being a declaration of war, his repeated invoking of the fact that russia has the largest nuclear arsenal in the ward. to what level of escalation do you believe him capable? do you think its bluster when he touts the nuclear arsenal? >> its a danks time. unfortunately hes extremely isolated. we see him in his scene listening through his gilded pa...