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Joins us. hello, one and all. m.j., president biden is making it clear that russia is the aggressor. are sanctions just the first step in punishing moscow? . that is at least what the white house is saying right i know, that this is just the beginning. when president biden announced the the sanctions today, he called them really the first tranche of sanctions. they included sanctioning and targeting the two russian financial institutions. they also target u.s. investment and russian foreign debt...

Those -- who are these elites in putins inner circle. thethe coming days. i have not seen that list. who those are is hugely significant. what oligarchs on that list, who in the inner circle. how much does it reach putin himself. when he says and family members. they are people who have the most power to put pressure on putin in russia itself. obviously, hes giving himself room to go and room to ramp up if putin accelerates. he is doing something much more serious than has been done before and t...

Ideological choice, he would like to get republican support for this eventual nominee. as much as this is at the top of his domestic agenda, its telling, the events of today and over the weekend, everything that is going on over in russia and ukraine, that has really consumed president bidens days. but for now, the white house officials are telling us that he is still on track to make this announcement by the end of this month. victor? >> one week until the self-imposed deadline. m.j. lee, thank...

Joe biden says he has no intention of going to war with russia. but the united states and its allies will defend every inch of nato territory. that is the second of state tony blinken canceled a summit with russians foreign minister warning democracy is under attack and calling this "the greatest threat to security in europe since world war ii." >> this plan all along has been to invade ukraine, to control ukraine and its people, to destroy ukraines democracy which offers a contrast to what he l...

The president saying that putin is creating a rational to take more territory by force. joe biden says he has no intention of going to war with russia. but the united states and its allies will defend every inch of nato territory. that is the second of state tony blinken cancels a summit with russians foreign minister warning democracy is under attack and calling this "the greatest threat to security in europe since world war ii." >> his plan all along has been to invade ukraine, to control ukra...

This as well tonight, that there would be a tremendous refugee crisis created, that there could be up to 5 million refugees that pour over ukraines borders and into europe. so, this wont only impact ukraine, but itll also impact the rest of europe. >> yeah, millions of refugees that would spill over first into poland and then other european countries. kylie, i want you to stand by as we await this emergency meeting of the u.n. security council. right now i want to turn over to the white house....

Reminder in the u.s. view, that will be a humanitarian disaster. the likes of which europe and the world has never seen in some decades. barbara, mj, clarissa, jim and nic. please stay close. were waiting, any moment now, president biden will speak and make what we are told will be a significant announcement. and while we wait for the president, i want to get to former defense secretary under president clinton, william cohen. mr. secretary, thank you so much for joining me. what do you want to h...

Final moments of her sons life. take a listen. >> ahmaud had been chased down for five minutes. when he turned to travis, when ahmaud turned to travis, travis had already had the shotgun pulled towards him. very emotional. this has been very draining. and im thankful this is almost over. >> reporter: almost over for sure. we have the instructions to the jury, then theyll deliberate. we could have a verdict any day now. arberys mother was asked about the timing because wednesday marks two years s...

Clarissa ward is in ukraine. jill is in moscow. lets start with mj at the white house. what can you tell us about the white house reaction to this move by vladimir putin? >> reporter: yeah. this is the first formal reaction that weve gotten from the white house in response to putin saying that it would recognize, russia would recognize the independence of these two separatist regions in eastern ukraine. the white house press secretary just released a statement saying president biden is preparing...

Thanks to m.j. lee as well. i want to bring in democratic congressman gregory meeks. he was actually in ukraine days before the invasion. he is the chairman of the foreign affairs committee. congressman, thanks so much for being here. first, we just heard from president biden and this additional military assistance that will be headed to ukraine. is it enough? >> it is giving ukraine the ammunition that they need. its never going to be enough until putin is stopped, but were working collectively...