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And right now president biden is on his way to europe for a high-stakes diplomatic summit. he will land to a new announcement that natos chief that more troops are heading to the alliances eastern flank. >> i expect leapeders will agree to strengthen natos posture in all dough mains with major increases to our forces in the eastern part of the alliance. the first step is the deployment of four new nato battle groups. in bulgaria, hungary, romania and slovakia. >> and here to share the reporting ...

Troops and other nato troops to eastern europe. tell our viewers what youve learned. >> yeah, wolf. president biden will be here in brussels in about an hour from now, but before he left, the pentagon did provide him with a range of options for sending u.s. troops to nato countries here in europe that are understandably concerned about russian aggression given this invasion of ukraine that has now stretched into one month. so while it remains to be seen what exactly president biden and other all...

Reluctant to commit any u.s. troops on the ground there. that is a line he has said he would not cross. in the conversations that will be taking place today, they will be discussing a number of contingencies should vladimir putin take that next step, including what should happen if some of these radiological or chemical clouds drift over into neighboring countries that are a part of nato, if vladimir putin takes that step. those are questions that these leaders will have to decide upon and discu...

And third, the nato troop presence on russias border in allied countries. that is about reassuring allies in the face of russian aggression and about demonstrating to russia what president biden has that, that russia should not test even one inch of nato territory in the course of prosecuting this horrific and unnecessary war. >> as you know, john, president biden said the prospect of russias using chemical weapons in the presidents words, a real threat. putins spokesman didnt rule out using nuc...

Resume leadership of a high wew west. so far high pressure sanctions havent stopped vladimir putin, and more sanctions are expected. >> kaitlan collins and cnn reporter natasha join us. kaitlan, lets start with you. beyond these new sanctions, what else is the u.s. expected to say, the president and the white house expected to say about the possibility of sending more u.s. troops to nato posts? >> we are expecting some kind of announcement on that, poppy. its not clear yet what thats going to lo...

>> well, now to brussels for the latest on the trio of emergency summits. kevin liptak and natasha bertrand are both there covering the meetings. let me start with you, kevin. what is joe biden coming with in terms of new ideas, new sanctions to put more pressure on russia? because theyve really almost played every card they have in that regard. >> yeah, and you really do see the west kind of butting up against the limits of what theyre willing to do in order to punish vladimir putin and also pr...

Longer-term force posture, more permanent ramping up of the force posture on natos eastern flank. so these are extraordinary meetings. they were put together just in the last couple of weeks. president biden certainly recognizes the very high stakes. hes come all the way here to brussels to meet with these leaders face to face, hala. >> all right. kevin liptak live in brussels, thanks so much. the first parts of the new $800 million military aid package from the u.s. have now arrived in ukrain...

Is and the nato leaders will be gathering here really in a matter of hours, and when you think about it, hala, usually officials have months and months to prepare for these kinds of summits. this one really came together in the last several weeks. and so, officials from the united states and from european governments have really been scrambling behind the scenes to put together this package of announcements that the leaders are hoping to unveil today. president biden made it known that he wanted...

Eastern flank of nato that is not just the kind of temporary movement of u.s. forces, but really a new force posture for nato along the eastern border there. and so a lot of work has gone into preparing those packages so that youll see a series of announcements leading to this summit. i think importantly though, its also a time for them to review what the current state of the political dynamic is. in negotiations between president zelenskyy and russia include the question of whether or not ukrai...

Deliver the same request that hes been making to all of these governments, including the american congress, which is to help enforce a no-fly zone over ukraine. thats something that nato members, president biden have stopped short of supporting, saying they dont want to put their troops in direct conflict with russian troops. president biden saying that that would amount to world war iii. but leaders gathering here do have a number of other items that they are prepared to unveil. they have been ...