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Theyre now working with oil and gas suppliers around the globe to ensure there is adequate supply. some republicans fear mr. biden is still moving too slowly against putin. >> even when theyre taking those right steps now those right steps tend to be half-measures and theyre certainly much too late. >> reporter: but senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, has a different view. >> it appears to me the administration is moving in the right direction. >> odonnell: ed joins us now from the white hou...

When we have to consider the other measures that hes threatening us with, the cyber messages, targeting his people directly with the truth just as he targets our people with disinformation. this is a whole new world. were not going to meet it with half measures. think about it, back when we were confronting the soviets during the cold war and we embarked on the berlin airlift, we didnt say well get half the food they need, well save a little in reserve so we have leverage to give them more food ...

We should take him at his word he wants to continue to expand. president biden showed up on day 97 with continued half measures. we have been behind and weak. i dont understand why we begin to unleash massive sanctions. this administration hasnt demonstrated the resolve it is willing to do. >> martha: you said he wont care about sanctions? is it the "swift" bank transactions? any sanctions that would change putins actions at this point? >> you can do enough that you can begin to make this hard f...

Planes fly from a u.s. air base to a contested part of the country where there is a war is not in our interest and not in nato interest. >> john: she said i dont understand how its in our interest or nato interest to send from an american air base to ukraine, but fine to send them from the polish air base into ukraine. >> i dont understand what the administration is here, its more dithering, half measures. we have seen it time and again, whether it was on central bank sanctions or international ...

Night. leadership had already got an briefing from president biden. but the big question remains this morning, what kind of power does congress have here? i want to bring in democratic congressman seth moulton. always good to see you. youre unique so i want a dual assessment for you based on your current job in congress and your military background including leading front line infantry into baghdad. what do you make of these latest russian military movements? and how concerned are you we could s...

Of lithuania has said? yes, i think the one headline i will give is dont underestimate weakness. the vice foreign ministerjust explained that indeed putin has shown his weakness in not being able to basically so far conduct successfully a military campaign over ukraine and this is a good thing in a way, that hes failing, but failure can also be dangerous because that means hes going to fall back on what russia still has going for itself, which is nuclear weapons, cruise missiles and cyber. so, w...

Emboldened leaders to help them in this fight. we have to do more. what i hope president biden will do tonight is announce well have no more half measures on sanctioned. they say theyve sanctioned 80% of the bank. vladimir putin controls 100%. he can move money around and use the other non-sanctioned bank. we have sent tens of millions of dollars to vladimir putins war machine in the six days of this hour buying oil and europe has sent more. we can impose more punishing sanctions on him if we wi...

Increasingly provocative behavior. coming to power on the impression that he was going to sustain the fledgling russiian democracy. in fact very quickly he cracked down on opposition. he cracked up on oligarch that is had influence in the system. and proceeded to consolidate control. in 2004 he got a candidate to usher him in to office. the rhetoric increased in 2005 and 2007 as a result of reversals and the slipping grip on the former russian periphery and by 2007, in response to nato half meas...

About this later on in the show that we knew they were going invade they told chyna told them to do it after olympics so why not do this before? >> because we have continued this administration has continued to pursue a series of half measures hoping that if we dont irritate russians too much maybe they wont go further now that strategy hasnt proven out again i also think it is far more sinister i think they want to be back in the iran deal more than they actually tpght to counter russia in ukra...

Basically russia still has going for itself, which is nuclear weapons, cruise missiles and cyber. so, weakness can also hide some strengths, and we should not underestimate this. right, ok, so there is reason for concern and worry here in the baltics. yes. ambassador, whats your response to that question? i think that russia must be stopped in ukraine and if it is stopped in ukraine, it will not go further, and that is only possible if europe will not stick to half measures. europe was going wel...