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Official is telling us now president biden plans to talk about the ways he has rallied the world against the russian invasion but some who plan to attend tonight hope that he has a little bit more bite than that. >> i think commander-in-chief standpoint he needs to speak directly to putin. we have nukes aswell. that said, they are never to be used. >> we know there will be pressure on congress tonight. the president is going to use the bully pulpit to tell them to send him a bill that lowers pre...

We do not intend to be russians and we just want to end this as soon as possible and stand up to the -- >> bill: if zelenskyy is no longer your leader and your new leader is installed by the kremlin and vladimir putin, would you stay there? would you live under that government leadership? putin says so much of ukraine is actually russian as you go back through history. what is your view of that? >> well, he is strong. the ukrainian people have been vocal to the soldiers occupying their land that...

Looks at, bill. he looks at what steps -- he has been looking at what steps we can take to maximize the impact on president putin ton cronies and oligarchs benefiting from so much corruption in russia for decades. he is looking at that. how we can squeeze the financial system there. weve seen over the past couple of days even just the plummeting of the ruble. the skyrocketing of inflation. serious financial problems on the ground in russia impacting putin and his circle. when he also looks at an...

Target for putin and his army thus far today in kharkiv. this is down to the south. mariupol. i want to talk about this but before we go further, lets bring in the general to give us an assessment about what putin is up to at the moment, general. how do you see it? >> whats happening here certainly there is four axis that russian forces are moving on. kharkiv today. they are laying siege to it. as we thought, they are bringing in their area attack weapons. in other words, something that is not p...

Story". nice to see you. i want to share a number with you. abc poll approve or disapprove of the way the president is handling his job. the room he walks into tonight metaphorically speaking. >> this president is under a lot of pressure. look at a couple of other numbers from the most recent fox news polls. is he a strong leader? 61% say no. thats what he is up against tonight. you are walking into this at a time when you see zelenskyy and witnessing what strong leadership looks like. deceaseiv...

State of the union address and well see what the president has to say. your assessment of vladimir putin and his intentions now are what as you wake up? >> vladimir putin for 20 years wanted to reassemble the russian empire. he has had that ambition since he took office. what he saw in the last six months is a perception of weakness and opportunity. he saw our withdrawal from afghanistan and built up the troops on the border of ukraine a few weeks later and one-sided concessions that president b...

Last time it happened, putin was emboldened and occupied crimea and invaded -- [inaudible] and why we have to stop him. >> dana: stay safe there. you are a very brave woman and appreciate our poised, dignified and gracious you have been with your time and well be praying for you. >> bill: you wonder how much support she has around her. >> dana: she is so put together in a situation like that. very inspiring indeed. more for you here. russian forces bombard freedom square and other civilian targe...

Seeking from donbas to crimea, one of putins military is complete following the amphibious landing of 2,000 russian marines. they deny the takeover is complete and they call it contested. shelling in kharkiv the special forces unite was aneu lateed. it is revenge. fresh warnings from russia but ukrainians evacuating the capital and theyll launch missiles at military targets. this woman described the hell it took to flee to poland. >> i took a train to get here. it was hard, there were many peopl...

Coverage with bret and martha tonight at :55 eastern. >> bill: the u.s. and allies slapping new sanctions on russia and central bank. the critics say they still have giant loopholes. one of the critics senator tom cotton is on deck next. >> we need to pound the russian oil and gas sector. its 40% of the income for putins war machine. every barrel of oil we buy from russia is feeding is war effort. we need to produce more here at home.

Returned to ukraine pending legal procedures. well keep an eye on that. good to know they are alive. >> mr. president, should americans be worried about nuclear war? >> president biden: no. >> bill: that is a one word answer to a question about vladimir putin putting russias nuclear forces on high alert. this as the president gets ready for his first state of the union address later tonight and russias invasion of ukraine far from the only crisis on his plate. peter doocy kicks it off right now ...