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Time. and to be clear, that includes during the olympics. >> richard haas, thank you so much for joining us on a very busy and critical day for the administration and the world as they watch this crisis unfold. what do you make of this new rhetoric that were hearing from the white house, what you just heard from the secretary of state? >> what it is is a reflection of capabilities that russia is putting on the border. we cant read intention. all we can read and monitor what russia are doing. its...

The u.s. has said that russia has positioned the capabilities to launch such an invasion if president putin decides to ultimately do so. now, the u.s. has been preparing measures, working with allies for sanctions against russia should they move forward with an invasion. the u.s. also boostering some of the military presence in eastern european nato ally country, not specifically in ukraine, but still trying to reaffirm to those eastern nato ally countries that the u.s. can help protect them mil...

Which is intended to of course make it difficult to make decisions, to understand what is happening, to cause disruption to transportation, to weaken air and missile defense capabilities. this is part of how they would attack. >> martha: i know you think we need to be sharper about the new capable tips that russia has militarily and to step up to meet that challenge. in terms of a cyber attack on the united states, obviously we rely on our gps for military and for civilian purposes as well. does...

Read what russia is doing, but one might assume that its claims that it is withdrawing troops was a signal that diplomacy was working, and yet the secretary general of nato does not think so, the us does not think so and the ukrainian president does not think so. what do you think going on? not think so. what do you think auoin on? ., ~ i. not think so. what do you think going on?— not think so. what do you think uaoinon? ., , . not think so. what do you think ttoin on? ., ~ , . �*, going on...

Long table and discuss this. and theres a reason he asked him that question. is there still time for diplomacy? and the answer was yes. that was a scripted moment. it was meant to be public and its sending a signal. its not clear, one, if its the truth, right, because russia can surprise. also how long it might hold. perhaps theyre offering a window of opportunity for the next couple of days but no longer. the u.s. view remains that russia continues to add military resources to the border so its...

>> were hearing that individuals at the state department are calling u.s. citizens in ukraine telling them to leave immediately, not an automated message, fareed, a real person. does this show the concern level here how worried they are this could turn into a mess like happened in afghanistan? >> i think it shows that they are aware that there is a significant possibility that this goes to war. and they wanted to do two things. be sure that nobody says you were caught flat footed. by the way i t...

Military action could happen any day, and you heard from the national security adviser making it clear that it certainly could happen before the end of the olympics, maybe even this week. we have shared with our allies and partners and that includes ukraine, our assessment of the information that we have been receiving, and certainly have reflected in those conversations our deep concern about the continued capabilities that mr. putin has at his becken call. i wont get into a specific date, i do...

The administration has to do -- we all have to work together to get our financial house in order. >> the administration is also keeping a close eye on russians moves across to clean. according to nbc news, our u. s. military and intelligence assessments shows militia military to take nine different routes into ukraine in a full scale invasion. russia is also conducting military exercises with its close ally, belarus. its the latest stage in the military buildup in ukraines borders adding to fear...

The can has. putin has all the capabilities he needs to carry out a broad invasion, perhaps crippling invasion of this country. do you believe based on your interactions with him and russia in the past that he would build such a force purely to pressure ukraine as opposed to taking military action? >> yes, i think its entirely possible. lets begin with the dollars and cents of this. putin is making money off this crisis. if you look at the price of oil, it continues above $90 a barrel. hes very ...

Spoken to every aspect of it, he has read out his calls on it with world leaders, meetings, etc., but he will continue to speak directly to the american people as we watch the situation unfold. >> plans for address to the nation from the oval office, no kind of speech specifically about the issue with prepared remarks? >> i dont have anything to announce in terms of speech or prepared remarks. >> thank you so much. so you and other administration officials describe the strategy against ukraine, ...