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Teenager who is on track for another gold medal at the olympics. a lot to cover this morning. with us for all of it, we have former aide to the george w. bush white house and state departments, elise jordan with us. the host of "way too early" and white house bureau chief at "politico," jonathan lemire. and msnbc legal analyst charles coleman. along with willie, joe, and me. of course, willie, you have the top story this morning. >> yeah. it is an incredibly busy morning, and well start with p...

Russia out of these swift payment system for the simple reason that european banks have sizeable exposure to russia, and there are also, it is pointed out, alternatives now to swift. china has its own such system, and of course there are cryptocurrencies as well. so it is felt that this could commit such a policy, could commit such a policy, could create more problems, if you like, for the west, than it solves. 0ne one other thing they have not touched, from my understanding, is the oil and gas ...

Unconfirmed reporting on expanding it, ill take the former. we just have to wait and see. >> based on what you know of u.s. intelligence resources and capabilities, how much of a detailed knowledge does the u.s. have about whats happening behind closed doors in the kremlin? >> well, i thought you were going to ask how well can we track the presence of the military units, and we are pretty good at that. we can count -- see and count things, and well be doing that. im sure. now the question you di...

Are? >> reporter: well, its still deeply tense inside ukraine. the defense ministry there reporting 20 ceasefire violations in just the first 11 it hours today fitting into a pattern of that supposed line of control falling apart, inn telling shemg being reported over the last hours. add to that, too, a warning from munich from the british prime minister boris johnson that the plan he has said he said for russias invasion would be a war not seen in europe since 1945. other suggestions, too, poss...

Is the vibe and it is certainly a tense situation. >> thank you for you and your team who have been there giving us a very unique perspective on what is going on. and stay with cnn for the latest from ukraine. the news continues and lets hand it over to wolf blitzer and cnn tonight. >> thank you very much. >> closer and closer to ukraines border along with the construction of the new field hospital. dozens of tents have appeared recently according to images taking over belarus 25 miles from the ...

And british officials who believe its imminent. there is no certainty about the intentions of russia. but a high probability that there could be something tomorrow, given what you have seen in the intelligence? i think it is very important to just describe the facts. the facts are that we have russian armed forces amassed at the border of ukraine, that are ready to invade without any warning time. and that is a very dangerous situation. a great danger lies here, eastern ukraine, now a wasteland ...

Pause to potentially allow talks to happen on friday. did you see any evidence of a pause or is this just russia trying to give cover to the fact that its troops were getting bogged down by the ukraine resistance? >> this is russian propaganda. the russians from the beginning of this conflict have lied about where their forces are, what their intentions are, and their ability to negotiate a cease-fire. we have seen no pows in the -- weve seen no pause surrounding the capital city of kyiv. russia...

>> neil: i am not criticizing zelinski, im just wondering what the best of intentions, he goes to minsk, he never comes back ferments. hes replaced. thats what i meant. >> yeah. right. right you are. the russians have already said that they want a change of government. if i was president zelensky i would not go to minsk. i dont think he will. i see what youre saying, you are absolutely right. president zelensky has shown real courage. there was a false rumor the russians were putting out that he...

Have been warning us of the mad man that is vladimir putin his intentions. now here we are, you told us the winter is coming and we are in it. your fears are realized, how do you feel? >> i dont want to repeat i told you so because it doesnt help. we are in this terrible situation, its tragic. and were paying with blood, mainly ukrainian blood, for the mistakes that have been made, for unwillingness of world powers to -- not just to hear my warnings but to see the signs of putins ongoing aggress...