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>> sam kiley in eastern ukraine, not far from the russian border. you told us earlier this morning that you are seeing them reopening bomb shelters and rebuilding tanks where you are. what does that tell you about what the intentions are in that region? >> i think the rebuilding of tanks just shows how theyve had to scrape the bottom of the barrel. these are 1960s t-64 tanks that theyre upgrading into something approaching a modern weapon. but unlikely to be a match for the much more sophisticat...

To dance to a different tune, so change his mind a little bit. , ., ., ., , bit. yes, a lot of people hearing _ bit. yes, a lot of people hearing that _ bit. yes, a lot of people hearing that decision i bit. yes, a lot of people hearing that decision to | hearing that decision to release the intelligence in real time, as they got it, in order to make the world aware of what intelligence sources were learning about russias intentions in this regard, and those intelligence intercepts have been rel...

Is preparing for war. american forces arrived in the region yesterday in a show of support to western allies. its feared military action could come any day, and for the uk, the crisis has reached a criticaljuncture. downing street say the prime minister will continue to receive daily intelligence briefings, speak to more world leaders about the crisis in the coming days, and travel to europe again towards the end of the week. in what number 10 calls a window of opportunity for diplomacy, the ger...

She is the bureau chief for the economist and richard haass is the president for the council on foreign relations. nic, let me start with you, a crucial question many have been asking is what is the mood inside russia? is russia, is the government, preparing the public for what are? remember, all russian media is essentially state controlled, so it would give us some indication of the russian governments intentions. >> reporter: we watch it carefully for that reason. at the moment you do see tho...

A potential invasion. although caveated that they still dont know whether russian president vladimir putin made the decision to invade. theyre taking all of the steps necessary to do so, if that decision does come down. and theyre saying that it could happen within the next few days. of course, president biden did say as much, earlier this week, telling reporters that he expects something to happen in the coming days. were also told that the u.s. has intelligence, suggesting that that russian an...

In which the president of the country has left the country ahead of an invasion. and what the ukrainian officials i spoke to that, look, diplomacy is he moment is just as important as the front line in eastern ukraine. and it is inconceivable, im slightly paraphrasing here, that government representatives and the president of the country wouldnt engage in that kind of diplomacy at the highest level and thats what they see. particularly because there is a meeting scheduled with u.s. president and...

Good morning. and welcome to "way too early." the show that never mastered the triple axel. im jonathan lemire on this wednesday, february 16th. president biden is promising to give diplomacy every chance but is warning hes skeptical about moscows intentions and an invasion remain, quote, distinctly possible. in a speech yesterday, biden also said it was too early to assess moscows claim that it was pulling troops from ukraines border and that the u.s. hasnt verified it. >> yesterday, the russia...

Robinson joins us, sophie pedderson and richard haass is the president for the council on foreign relations. nic, let me start with you, a crucial question many have been asking is what is the mood inside russia? is russia, is the government, preparing the public for what are? remember, all russian media is essentially state controlled, so it would give us some indication of the russian governments intentions. >> reporter: we watch it carefully for that reason. at the moment you do see those pro...

Reconn reconnaissance, radio intercepts, all kinds of social media reporting. so then this leaves the problem for these russian mihm tear planners how do they get any element of surprise? the way they do it is disguising the direction of the attack, the exact time of the attack, the nature of the attack, and sending a false message out so you have ambassadors speaking one place or another, oh, no, we wouldnt do anything like this. no, the troops are pulling back. and so this is all to be expecte...

From the white house came into that room asking susan rice to go to another meeting. so i grabbed her hand. i said, wait a minute, no, youre not going anywhere. you just told me you are taking care of this. that is exactly -- she made my point. she looked at me like that. i love her, by the way. shes a very cool person. she looked at me deep in my eyes, she knew i was right. now lets do it. you dont need votes from any members of congress or senate to just name a director and put this office in ...