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Ukraine and withdraw troops. listen to what the deposit secretary of state wendy sherman said when asked about the assurance from the russians today that they dont plan to invade ukraine? >> i dont think youd be surprised to hear that russia indeed said to us, as they said publicly, they do not intend to invade. these are just maneuvers and exercises and they can prove that, in fact, they have no intention by de escalating and returning troops to barracks. >> reporter: so essentially where we st...

Decision, whether it was escalating or de-escalating. they made the move at the right moment, so very, very professional job by all the law enforcement. very good job. i think well hear the details. of course, its going to be important to us nationally is who is this guy, where did they come from? did he come from overseas? did he come from another state? he asked the rabbi in texas to call a rabbi in new york. seemed to know something about new york. who is he and whats he about? did he have an...

Provoking ukraine and secretary blinken offering russia a diplomatic off-ramp and severe consequences the russia invaded. >> i suggested to mr. lavrov as we have repeatedly that if russia wants to begin to convince the world that it has no aggressive intent toward ukraine a very good place to start would be by de-escalating. by bringing back and removing its forces from ukraines borders as well as engaging in diplomacy and dialogue. >> what is becoming clear as the administration continues to ta...

I know people are sick and tired about hearing about covid, but if getting the booster dose allows everybody to move on with their lives, i think those who are vaccinated are ready to hear that message. >> new concrete data out today show hough important it is. a lot of people should be poring through this. great to see you, dr. wen. thank you very much. another major story. the united states and russia meeting face-to-face in hopes of de-escalating the rising threat over ukraine. the high sta...

Discussions as well as conversations about military exercises and better communication over those and more transparency. and so nato is hoping that the combination of progress in those areas as well as the threats that europe and the u.s. are making over economic sanctions, trade restrictions, more military aid for ukraine and eastern europe should russia invade, that that can pressure russia into de-escalating and pulling back the forces from the ukrainian border. but the u.s. and europe repeat...

>> they intended it only for the nato rapid response force, or could they perform other reinforcement functions. >> the bulk of them are intended for the nato response force. that vast majority, but as i said in my opening statement, the secretary wants us postured to be ready for any other contingencies as well but the bulk are aligned for the nato response. and the further question was on timing. i think weve been watching this very, very closely. ip also said that right at top. it is very cle...

Near the ukrainian border. nato is bolstering its forces sending fighter jets and ships in the region and placing troops on stand by. >> we are considering to further enhance our presence in the eastern part, this could include employment of additional nato battle groups. these deployments are proportionate and in line with our international commitments and they reinforce european security for all of us. >> now the pentagon says russia is showing no signs of de-escalating and is actually sending...

U.s. troops have been placed on heightened alert for possible deployment to eastern europe. pentagon spokesperson john kirby says despite calls for russian president vladimir putin to step back from ukraine, hes actually sending new troops to the border. >> they continue to add tactical groups to their western border, to the border with ukraine. and in belarus as well. theyve shown no signs of de-escalating but they are adding more force capability. >> president biden held a conference call on t...

Bob, your second question? >> are they intended only fortunate tow rapid response force or could they perform other reinforcement functions? >> the bulk of them are intended fortunate tow response force. the vast majority of. but as i also said in my opening statement, the secretary wants us postured to be ready for any other contingencies as well but the bulk of them are aligned fortunate tow response force. the third question was on timing. i think, you know, weve been watching this very, very...

Personally apologized to him for maybing that remark. which teachable moment, commonly known as the right and decent and mature and adult thing to do in such a circumstance. that does it for us tonight. see you again tomorrow. "way too early" with jonathan le mire is next. i dont think anybody wants to see another war on the european continent and there is no reason why that has to occur. this could be solved very easily by the russians de-escalating, by moving some of these forces away. which...