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Michigan to florida, to buckingham palace, to ukraine. we are going to begin with striking new details about russias military capabilities, amid this tense standoff at the ukraine border. we are learning that russia has assembled 70% of the forces it would need to mount a full invasion, according to a u.s. intelligence report. officials also warned that a large scale invasion of ukraine could result in 50,000 civilians killed or wounded, and up to 5 million refugees. as for the timing of a poten...

And undermine our space capabilities clearly show russia is putting itself and a footprint to challenge the heunited states. that means the war is much more dangerous for us. >> so, i know the ignored stream into sanctions have been talked about this is supposed to be one of our points of leverage to put sanctions on. but why arent sanctions on already to deter putin from invading? >> or should have been some strong stance taken by the biden administration for them tto communicate to russia ther...

In one fell swoop. thats something that he used to do back in the 70s and 80s. they had various echelons of forces. they had a huge army. the resources were strong, but the capabilities were not that good. but russia has changed their way of war. they have learned a lot from us in desert storm and in the early days of iraqi freedom and afghanistan. they know they have to prep the battlefield in a very different way. and i think what you will see is certainly a use of cyber, if it hasnt already o...

>> all right, senator anthony brown, thank you, but before i let you go, rams or bengals? >> ill stay with the odds, ill go with the rams, but what im looking for is the halftime show with dr. dre, snoop dogg, and kendrick lamar that will really have my attention tonight. >> you know what im looking for after the game, getting down to business on some real fairness in the nfl but well look at that at a later time. joining me now, crystal knight, democratic strategist and joe walsh of illinois. j...

President putin has assembled a series— president putin has assembled a series of— president putin has assembled a series of tools, a force that is not only arrayed _ series of tools, a force that is not only arrayed around the borders by all those _ only arrayed around the borders by all those enabling capabilities that you actually need to move a force across _ you actually need to move a force across the — you actually need to move a force across the border, so they have a force _ acros...

The white house lately for obvious reasons. >> number one, he continues to increase his capabilities militarily along the border with ukraine and belarus. and that means he increases to -- he continues to increase his options. his options for military use. so what we have said here at the pentagon is he could move any day and that is the way we are looking at it. >> to that point, there is russian troop buildup along the border of ukraine. russian -- including, a large deployment in belarus. nat...

Wont do. as i said in my opening statement we still dont believe hes made a decision to further invade ukraine. and if he does further invade ukraine, there will be consequences for that. he has many options and capabilities available to how he might do that. and we simply dont know. >> reporter: so whats perhaps most disconcerting the u.s. doesnt know what putin is going to do, doesnt know how far he will go, if he will make that move into ukraine. these u.s. troops and troops from the other al...

"we have all the capabilities on our tow trucks to do it, but i dont think anyone would want to." another tow truck operator said even if tow truck operators wanted to help, it would be very hard. "in the end, the truckers get a say on whether you are taking that truck away or not." there are technical reasons for this, it turns out trucks are heavy. they have air brakes and steel belted tires. some of the truckers removed their tires completely. so what now? now is when you start to panic. and ...

Understand quite the scale and complexity of the met. it is an organisation of 50,000 people, with huge capabilities, a huge span of activity and simply understanding the organisation is a challenge in itself, let alone managing it. so it needs somebody with a background in the met. and above all i think a proven record of excellent leadership. we shouldnt forget cressida, despite being a woman, despite her background, retained the affection and the loyalty of the ranks from top to bottom in the...

Suggest action. but ultimately its not the capabilities alone. its the intentions. what are putins intentions? we know he can invade ukraine. russia has the largest land army in europe. the question is, does he really want to? >> russia is not only the powerful country having issues with its neighbors. there is also the u.s. dealing with the canadian trucking protest at our border. weve been watching this happen all week. of course china hoping to take back taiwan, the reason they support russia...