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Unacceptable, but that was their opening round. and we are continuing to negotiate. the disturbing thing is well we continue to negotiate mr putin continues to bring capabilities to the border. and i think that is to keep the pressure on the west to capitulate, to give up to his demands, and we are now beginning to move from a very passive deterrence phase before, where we kept saying if he invades them we do this or if he invades we do that, we are now moving to a more active deterrence phase w...

Strengthen our capabilities in germany. putins core objective was to weaken nato and in fact, hes unifying nato. president biden has been effectively engaged in pulling together our most important military, economic, strategic alliance and hes efforts oo strengthen that alliance are critical means in deterring russian aggression. >> and when the russians say that the presidents troop deployment is a step complicating the situation. whats your reaction? >> my reaction is they continue to pursue d...

We talked about -- even know we dont have boots on the ground in afghanistan, that will make the job harder. we do have over the horizon capabilities available in the central command region. we showed that last night and well keep an eye on afghanistan. the senator is right. isis-k is trying to grow. they have suggested intent to attack the west and attack our homeland. were mindful of that threat and watching it closely. well continue to look for all kinds of different ranging of capabilities a...

This point. ive served with their five times and know many of my german partners there, and i believe that germany is firm and its support to nato and what nato stands for. so general, where do you see things going from here was back now with troops on the ground in those nato countries and with russia saying that this is a destructive deployment?— that this is a destructive deployment? that this is a destructive delo ment? ~ ., deployment? so, i think that the aood deployment? so, i think tha...

Capab capabilities, air forces. so there is a mismatch in certain aspects. but on the ground, i think that were not going to see this big, giant red arrow going across ukraine towards kyiv. because the russians dont have the capability, at least not yet, to do this. there would be a lot of casualties. >> and there was talk of the ukrainian population, and their willingness perhaps for a more p protracted conflict of a different variety. is that realistic? >> sure. if theres a new russian offensi...

Pentagon press secretary john ki kirby. thank you for being with me. putin says we are not moving towards nato. nato is moving towards us. hes not approaching a border, nape toe nato is broaching a border. hes got well over 100 tro,000 troops on the border. whats your response? >> it was russia who decided to well north of 100,000 troops over the several weeks around the border with ukraine. that wasnt nato. that was mr. putin. nato is a defensive alliance. were doing what we believe we need to ...

Nuclear test going back to george w. bush, and im concerned that they will try to do the same thing with president biden. >> and during that period, of course, theyve been making tremendous advances as best we can tell on relaunch missiles, long-range missiles as well as hypersonic missiles. >> thats right. everybody says that north koreans are really opaque, but when it comes to their weapons program, theyre pretty clear in signaling what they want to do, which is develop through the capabiliti...

Capabilities to mount a significant military operation into ukraine. and we have been working hard to prepare a response. >> in a moment im going to talk to bill taylor, former u.s. ambassador to ukraine. few people know as much about this region than he does. also, a republican party attempt to dismiss what happened on january 6th as, quote, legitimate political discourse, is being met with a growing chorus of critics from both sides of the aisle. >> from my front row seat, i did not see a lot ...

Diplomatic path forward that should and can be pursued and mr. putin can easily de-escalate the tensions by just taking some of that force presence away, which is certainly within his power to do that. does that answer your question? sorry i didnt recognize you with your mask on. >> john, are you seeing any evidence that -- [ inaudible ] >> i dont see any indication of that at this time but were watching this very closely. >> can you rule it out? >> i cant rule anything in or out with mr. putin....

Where we are by that time. it could be that if theres a military option putin wants to take, maybe this is when hell take it. >> mike, let me go to you. jim, stand by a second. one of the things, and we alluded to this just before we listened to john kirby here, the different press segt, one for the white house, jen psaki, saying ukraine, being less dark than does the view from the united states, and the assessment the u.s. made about putins capabilities and assessment of the threat level here. ...