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President is not afraid to stand up to them. he has worked with our allies in europe to make clear that there will be swift, severe and united repercussions should even a single russian force cross the ukrainian border. mike: some have suggested now is the time to slap more sanctions on russia, not waiting until something happens. how do you assess that idea? >> thats backwards. the intent to foreign policy right now is to raise the cost for president putin for aggressive action. if we wage sanc...

>> well, that is another big question here, andrea. putin has quite a lot of leverage. hes got everybody off balance. hes got everybody guessing. he really has the authoritarian leader of russia can call the shots on his approach, whereas the u.s. is trying to wrangle you know many allies in europe to trent in united front. our european allies, in particular, are more vulnerable than the united states economically. so they are understandably more wary of imposing major sanctions on russia among ...

Recently. and putin would do whatever he could get away with. and if the cost is too high, he wouldnt cross the ukrainian border. now the cost is getting gradually higher and higher for him, but he still believes he can get away, but this recent crisis reveals the depths of the crisis in europe. this is 20 years of policy, special lasting 16 years, of building this. germany kept dependence. but even today, europe buys about one third of its gas supply from russia. russia sells more than 80% of i...

But i think your president, nato is absolutely right in saying were not to prevent any sovereign country, deciding their own future. >> germany has said it will not send lethal aid to ukraine. they sent helmets. obviously a key member of the nato alliance. do you feel germany is pulling its weight? >> the problem that germany has is their immensely dependent on russian supplies of gas. and this is a problem. one of the things i -- for a long, long time is that europes got to create an alternativ...

Look, if if chinese ministry for state security is trying to engage in elite capture, as they call itur with a bidens and 31 million dollars has been provided, they would view itou as a catastrophic intelligence failure if they did not achieve leverage and compromiseded on the biden family. thats what makes this so a troubling and requires investigation becausein if we dont, the president is going to be basing decisionsns a on family financial interests and the fact that beijing has leverage ove...

Riding rough shod over vulnerable populations. think about police dogs ripping at the flesh of black people. think about jelly bean tests, think about poll tests, think about literacy tests. all of these were deployed to try to prevent black people from exercising their vote and leverage at the polls. and so, i -- theres a striking similarity and a dangerous one, between what went on in the 50s and 60s in this country and whats going on today in the name of expanded democracy and attacks against...

The first instance, russia is obviously denying that the troop build—up is a prelude to invasion. so these comments coming out of the us, are they ratcheting up the rhetoric or a serious consideration on their part?— on their part? they certainly are messaging _ on their part? they certainly are messaging increased _ on their part? they certainly are messaging increased alarm - on their part? they certainly are messaging increased alarm at i on their part? they certainly are l messaging incr...

Ahead of ourselves? well, it is important _ ahead of ourselves? well, it is important that _ ahead of ourselves? well, it is important that we _ ahead of ourselves? well, it is important that we take - ahead of ourselves? well, it is i important that we take necessary precautions here for the safety of individuals. i think the fact that the russians continue to reinforce their position in belarus, that they now have 127,000 forces located along the border, and the intelligence reports that indic...

Then wee. need to be doing more. youre right. vladimir putin has over 100,000 troops massed on the border of ukraine. hes not leaving. have the leverage to induce him to leave and ukraine wants more from us . and the fact that were not able to do enough is risking really driving a wedge between not just the united states but natoto and ukraine. alln: right. so theres eighty five hundred troops being brought up to a higher state of readiness is meaningless. >> is that is that correct? ess well, w...

Floor, great to have you, phil. we are trying to understand what it means, implications for energy prices here at home, globally, we know these are very global markets and the standpoint of how much leverage does the dependency on russian oil and natural gas on russia, what that does for this fight. so, phil, start off with the $90 a barrel oil. we are already paying more at the pump, we know that. this has major implications as far as economic implications. if the price of oil goes up, the gas ...