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Capability to blind our intelligence satellites and prevent us from sending any images, locations of russian troops to the ukrainians. also russia has tested anti-satellite weapons and yes, has the capability to destroy satellites. here at home that is more than just disrupting our gps for navigation. experts tell me it would also impact farming, automation, even oil exploration and have a quote crushing effect on our economy. now while industry experts do not think russia would risk drawing the...

Here. the president -- president joe biden -- will speak with the trans-atlantic leaders on a call tomorrow about russias military buildup along ukraines border. he has warned today, a russian invasion could happen in the next serl several days. defense secretary, lloyd austin, says the russians are flying in more combat and supported aircraft. what are -- what are top-u.s. and nato military leaders doing right now to prepare, given russias very aggressive posture now? >> well, they are prepared...

Sense is that they still have the capability and might very well may act on that capability within the next several days. >> also notable the president said we have reason to believe they are engaging in false flag operations now. we have seen the developments overnight in the donbas region there, the shelling, ukrainians there blaming the russian separatists for that, and, of course, we know this is a history of false flag operations. lets bring in jeremy diamond at the white house. you asked t...

Encircling that nation. >> well, abby, its true that what the russians have deployed puts ukraine, as we know, in an incredibly perilous and immensely compromised position. they are surrounded on three sides. up to almost 200,000 forces now are deployed. and all of those forces are combined arms capability. the tanks, artillery, infantrymen. clearly the logistics is in place to support an incursion into ukraine. of course its going to -- any type of an incursion is going to include an immense am...

That. we accept that time, we spent effort and we are deceived by that operation. >> new satellite images also show more russian troops amassing north of ukraine near this air field in belarus. earlier this month, the area was completely vacant. so does that suggest that putin is fogging on an area well beyond the donbas region? >> in military terms, this could be a deception effort as well. you can see if february, nothing there. and heres the air field with a lot of activity that exists right ...

President _ happen at any moment. i think president biden _ happen at any moment. i think president biden reflects - happen at any moment. i think president biden reflects an - president biden reflects an american assessment that there still is a significant risk of a russian military attack on ukraine, bear in mind, they help 150,000 trips around ukraine, they can withdraw some and still have a substantial capability for military operations against ukraine but having said that, i think there is...

Their cell phones urging them to defect, et cetera, et cetera. russia has more than two dozen warships in the black sea tonight with cruise missile capability, long range targeting capability. half of those amphibious landing ships with marine on board. military hardware, the ballistic missiles and significant armer and special forces units that have assembled and appear to have their sights on all of ukraine that has led u.s.s. officials to say this invasion, once it starts and it could start a...

Force do? >> well, provides -- obviously if its not -- deterrence gives you two things. one is the force that you are trying to put in place will deter your opponent because of its capabilities, its size, its strength and your willingness to use it. the second thing of deterrence is if that incredible step doesnt work youve got a capability to start killing a bunch of bad guys. you can crush some people. so increasing that presence bolsters nato. it makes nato feel like we are going to be unifie...

Me that 2012 was a critical election, really a hinge point in american history and the world would look very different had that election gone the other way. for starters we would be in the second year of paul ryans first term as president. >> this soundbite of barack obama dealing with medvedev. >> after my election i have more flexibility. >> bret: there was a lot of talk about that, at least on this channel. but not on a lot of others. i want to play one more soundbite we talk about the former...

Whether or not any over act by us in the cyber realm would constitute an act of warfare. the rules, here amen, are not clearly written. in many cases, they are not written at all. so this would be the case of first impression. we have never had a president that has had to be presented with this new battlefield that we are facing. so the good news is, extremely strong capability of what the president might be considering is some sort of limited attack just aimed at the defense sector in russia de...