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There will be more. that may be something they discuss behind closed doors. but ive not heard it publicly before expressed in this way. and the ukrainian officials ive spoken to tonight have not heard it publicly either. this is an interesting quote from that same official, saying that this remark potentially gives the green light to putin to enter ukraine at his pleasure. the idea that if putin senses some weakness, if he senses he can get away with a small incursion with limited sanctions, he ...

Saying they had no interest and no willingness to engage, the majority leader said in that situation, when its impossible to consider amendments, we are going to go to the question of final passage of this bill, because thats the only option open to us. so that was the point. and once youre on final passage, then you can invoke a conversation that can take weeks or months. if every senator can speak twice and they speak an average of five hours each and there is 100 of us, thats 1,000 hours. the...

Pistol to the head of ukraine, and hes making all kinds of threats, and the u.s. doesnt have all that much leverage. i mean, what putin always bargains on is that ukraine means more to me, vladimir putin, than it does to joe biden. ukraine means more to russia than it does to the u.s. ukraine means more to russia than it even does to the european union. so, thats why hes constantly threatening ukraine. he wants to exact something for it. i think coming out of those talks last week, i think there...

You. >> sorry about that. can you hear me now? >> a little bit. youre cutting in and out. lets give it a shot. >> i really apologize for that. >> youre sounding good. stay in that position. stay in that position. >> okay. never had that happen before. [ inaudible ] and he likes it that way because that creates leverage for him. we begin to negotiate amongst ourselves, so -- president macron -- his own -- [ distorted ] [ inaudible ]

Been in certainly in my entire life. >> sean: if you havent had a chance to read it, thank you both. stephen miller, miranda devine. now to afghanistan, biden has turned the page. he has no apologies, we will not turn the page. >> americans held hostage, abandoned kind enemy lines, day 160. >> sean: 173 days since biden said he never abandon americans in afghanistan, the islamic emirates of afghanistan. no end insight, the same president who botched this withdrawal, does anyone trust biden to ke...

Look, if chinese ministry for state security is trying to engage in elite capture as they call it with the bidens and $31 million has been provided, they would review it as a catastrophic intelligence failure if they did not achieve leverage on the biden family. that is what makes this so troubling and requires investigation because if we dont, the president is going to be basing decisions on his family financial interests and the fact that beijing has leverage over his family. >> sean: it is pr...

Always going to get -- i am not going to be critical of any of you is always going front page, always going to be the top of the news. lets put it in perspective. 95, as high as 98% of the schools in america are open, functioning, and capable of doing the job. how about jan epstein, bloomberg. >> mr. president, thank you. your top foreign policy advisers warned russia is now ready to attack ukraine but there is still little unit what a sanctions package would look like. if american allies cant a...

So i dont know how, i dont know how putin can find any face-saving techniques. he needs to withdraw troops. hes the aggressor here. arthel: but hes not going to do that. >> -- this aggressive is something that he has done, and hes always gotten away with it. arthel: so why would he withdraw troops now? what are the real consequences for him in i mean, does the u.s. and the u.s. allies, do they have any real leverage that would be consequential over vladimir putin? >> well, the number one foreign...

Thats happening tomorrow. and then on to germany to meet with the european allies in search of a way to avoid war. >> world leaders are on edge amid increased russian military drills near the ukraine border. cnns natasha is in washington for us. you have information on the options the u.s. is considering. >> reporter: as the u.s. has gotten more and more pessimistic about what russias plans actually are, the possibility of an invasion becoming more and more likely, they have begun to kind of shi...

States of russia have -- is russia entering these talks in good faith? >> i dont know. nobody knows. the only guy that really knows vladimir putin. [inaudible] >> i think were having trouble with your audio, ambassador mcfaul. i know you said nobody really knows, maybe vladimir putin knows. try again, maybe we can hear you. >> sorry about that, can you hear? now >> a little bit. youre cutting it out. lets give it a shot. >> i really apologize for that. >> youre sounding. good >> testing, testing...