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Putin at all in this effort. the president told me that he thinks when its all about for putin trying to re-create the soviet union. if there is a health problem, mental or physical which is what rubio and warner are suggesting could be the case. that could explain why now for innovation in ukraine. >> that is so interesting i been doing reporting and tried to get back to the context back in the uk government. people who had been in the european side in a diplomatic effort with putin, there say ...

Russia pretty darn vulnerable at this time. the fact that they are having to ask for that support and you have officials like that coming out and feeling confident in doing so tells me theres a lot of weakness on the russian front. and i hope to hear that it continues. >> shannon: will continue to try to confirm those nuggets in the last few minutes. i want to go back to the tweet from congressman dan crenshaw talking about something thats part of the conversation. we import 595,000 barrels of o...

Didnt have in 2008 and we went down by almost three8 million barrels in one year, then were vulnerable and that that raises and putin gets you know, he gets an appetite. second thing is whenpp nato remember, tucker , its got a billion people its got an economy, a gdp eight times larger than russia when it meets its defenseti commitments and most people payay the twopl percente and turkey and germanye ,which are the two largest countries in nato like the united states better thanha they do russia...

The agreements until and void. the complete abdication of russias commitments under the minsk agreements is the latest demonstration of hypocrisy of the agreement of the claims to seek and uphold. since the beginning of the russian manufactured crisis, moscow has insisted that only legally-binding agreements could satisfy their security concerns. the minsk agreements go on a long line of agreements, many legally binding that president putin has broken. these include the helsinki act in which all...

A piecemealfashion, which is what we thought we needed to do, and the result is unfortunately where we are now. there is not enough impact to cause mr putin to not try krimea part two with respect to the two new republics. we krimea part two with respect to the two new republics.- the two new republics. we are left to see _ the two new republics. we are left to see what _ the two new republics. we are left to see what impact - the two new republics. we are left to see what impact this i left to ...

Separatists areas -- it wont stop there. >> sean: you think they want the whole country? are the baltic states in play? >> in our first year in office russia was amassing trips along eastern europe with the largest military exercise. our administration sent me there to flag the flag with nato lies and make sure russia knew we would continue to keep our commitments. russian agents attempted to assassinate a head of state. the reality is we ought to be arming ukraine. making sure they can defend t...

You wonder who is calling if it so important he has a disrupt a life press conference explaining his countrys invasion of an another countrys invasion of an another country but he has taken the call and the ambassador is continuing. it and the ambassador is continuing. it grossly violates the commitments on the host— grossly violates the commitments on the host country agreement that they undertook— the host country agreement that they undertook telling us that theyre announcing 12 people fr...

Ukraine -- steven pifiver is noa william perry fellow at stanford university. mr. ambassador, thanks so much for your time. what is your read on put upons move? peacekeepers? or essentially, potentially, partitioning part of a sovereign nation? >> well, he definitely hasnt violated international law and numerous commitments that russias made both to ukraine but also international documents by this move, which basically ignores ukrainian territorial integrity and ukrainian sovereignty. but i worr...

Country off from money coming in from the west. the sanctions also focused on five wealthy russian elites and their family members. they dont go after putin directly. heres the second bucket that the president is doing, hes moving troops to the ukrainian border. not in ukraine. he said there are no u.s. troops fighting in ukraine. but there will be u.s. military there to bolster nato allies. thats whats happening. >> let me be clear, these are totally defensive moves on our part. we have no inte...

Behind me and the airport, the warehouse is empty. a lot of commitments, but nothing has been arriving so we need to move quickly and we need as much as we can to get it done. >> thank you for all that you and the other members of project hope are doing, and please stay safe out there. thank you so much. >> thanks for having me. thank you. coming up, not everyone is being welcomed with open arms at the border, as they try to flee ukraine. well explain next.