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I just i cant even, i cant even begin to wrap my head around this. Tell me i was there this weekend. We had the most wonderful, wonderful weekend with our granddaughter scarlet. It was wonderful. And how from one second to the next second, a dramatic change in life. Its unbelievable. Tell me about your wife. Judy was a philanthropist. She raised money for the childrens hospital, new york westchester medical college, childrens hospital. Then the Ehrlanger Hospital in tennessee. She was a wife, sh...

Its an uneven tale of the tape. on one side are u.s. allied ukrainian troops, theyre motivated and battle tested from years of fighting against russian-backed separatists. the ukrainian troops are armed with american tank killing javelin missiles, including dozens recently supplied by washington. but when we visited the front a few weeks ago, ukrainian soldiers told us they couldnt withstand a full russian onslaught for long. >> hope for the best and get ready for the worst. >> reporter: on the ...

The united states nervous and makes ukrainians nervous, particularly in that border region, that this is not real diplomacy but some sort of show diplomacy to give putin the cover to say that he tried to have a negotiated settlement but was unable to reach one. >> our chief foreign correspondent richard engel for us on the ground own on the move as always. richard, thank you. richard mentioned real and show diplomacy. lets talk about it. weve brought in two experts, former deputy national securi...

Any troops that we deploy, if we deploy troops to the region are troops already in the region, have multiple capabilities. we always look at a range of options that we may have to pursue, but, again, to the point that you made earlier, david, the president has been clear about not employing troops and ukraine for combat purposes. >> reporter: does that rule out using u.s. troops for evacuation purposes? >> i wont speculate, david, but i would say that we prepare for a range of activities and opt...

Helene, as we look at that number of troops and that amount of hardware thats in the border region. it far and away exceeds what we typically see them do for exercises. and so its very concerning. where this could lead us in terms of a type of conflict or could put the region in terms of future being tifts. i wont bother to speculate on that. i would just say that were focused on making sure that we do our part to provide the president options, to support and reinforce nato if, in fact, he does ...

Types of things we do with them routinely is train with them and enable them. and really increase their level of readiness and so thats been very helpful to them. and it has strengthened our bonds with our allies and partners in the region. these are temporary deployments, and so, again, we will continue to sort this out as we go forward but, again, we are focused on nato, were focused on reassuring our allies and thats what this is all about. in terms of trusting putin, i dont think this is abo...

Milley, both of you have been military officers for four decades. you served in the gulf war and iraq and afghanistan after 9/11. youve seen north korea and iran pursue their own nuclear ambitions. i am wondering, does this feel different to you? how would you characterize this crisis with ukraine and russia in terms of its potential to spark a great power conflict? >> well, in terms of whether or not he has enough forces to conduct a full-scale invasion, you heard the chairman say earlier that ...

Ukraine. at least 130,000 troops and that number has gone up and they continue to conduct live fire exercises. according to the white house, president biden reaffirmed his support. zelensky said theres no need to panic and he knows the situation better than president biden. according to the kremlin, putin told his french counterpart that the u.s. and nato had not addressed his fundamental concerns about security in the region. joining me from kyiv is my partner matt bradley, courtney

Milley, both of you have been military officers for four decades, you served in the gulf war and iraq and youve seen north korea and iran pursue their own nuclear ambitions. im wondering does this feel different to you? how would you characterize this crisis with ukraine and russia in terms of its potential to spark a great power conflict? >> well, in terms of whether or not he has enough forces to conduct a full-scale invasion, helene, you heard the chairman say earlier hes got north of 100,000...

Doing this. mr. secretary, first, can you say whether any u.s. troops have begun moving either into or in and around europe and, if not, can you give us an idea when that might happen? and then second i recall, how much risk is it to send additional u.s. troops to the eastern flank? russia even today has said they see little room for compromise right now. does sending additional u.s. forces to that region hand putin an excuse to make an incursion into ukraine? >> well, thanks, leta. i think can ...