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>> is there a possibility at all, and i bring this up also because of barry mccaffrey, someone i spoke to a few weeks ago, of something like this happening, that putin is essentially wanting their soldiers to believe they want to invade, he wants the united states to believe that moscow is going to invade, to raise the stakes here, but he actually still has no intention of doing so. >> that looks less and less likely with each passing day. if you look at whats been taking place, its exactly what...

There is still this possibility of secretary blinken meeting with lavrov if the invasion doesnt happen between now and then. is there still, in your estimation, been any opening here for diplomatic efforts to be successful here with putin? >> as of now, theres not really a substantive opening. lines of communication are open, thats good. you always want to hold open the door to a diplomatic off-ramp when youre in thisesque laer to cycle were in. again, the two positions, the two sides, the u.s.,...

The tea leaves in president bidens schedule, which is something we do a whole lot here in washington, biden had been scheduled to stay here in washington throughout the weekend, not going back to his wilmington home, as he often does. we just learned the white house has put out an update. president biden now planning in just a couple hours to head to his home in wilmington, where hes expected to remain tomorrow for presidents day, yasmin. >> all right. lets dig further into this. colonel, that i...