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-- it made in 1994 to convince ukraine to give back 1400 nuclear weapons that were left on its territory when the soviet union fell apart. and all of the agreements instance including one made several weeks ago with united states and other nuclear states, promising that a nuclear war cannot be won and therefore must never be fought. and here we are a month later with president putin saying, i am prepared to ease these nuclear weapons or do not get involved in my backyard. >> in terms of what he ...

>> right. well, i think president putins statement was really reckless, reprehensible. and also ironic, because just last month, he signed along with the leaders of the united states, china, france, and great britain, the so-called p-5, he signed a statement reaffirming that nuclear war cannot be won, and should not be fought. so this step of going to high alert when one already has situations of really inadequate times to make decisions with regard to nuclear weapons use is very, very dangerous...

>> white house officials do not even want to go there when it comes to serious discussions about nuclear war. the president had a asked about nuclear war simply said, no, when he was asked if americans should be considered about such nuclear war. this comes as russian president vladimir putin announced that his nuclear arsenal would be put on standby due to what he calls "more aggressive language from nato and the united states." but again, this is putins spin and the united states has no plan t...

And unnecessary step. the united states and russia have long agreed that nuclear deployment could have devastating consequences and we both agreed most recently this year in the context of the p-5 statement that a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought. such provocative rhetoric and changes to nuclear talk is unacceptable. the united states has not taken any similar steps. so in an effort to demonstrate that we have no intention of engaging in any actions that could be misunderstood ...

Of a fight. >> bret: all right, jen. keep up the good work. thank you. >> thank you. >> bret: president biden seems to be taking putins nuclear threat in stride. jacqui heinrich has that part of the story from the north lawn. good evening, jacqui. >> good evening, bret. the nuclear war cannot be won and should not be fought. so they are not going to engage in any talk about it. so much so that the president at a black history month event with his defense secretary and u.n. ambassador didnt engag...

President biden has been speaking with his national security team regularly today to receive updates on russia and ukraine. we know his team has been monitoring those reports that russia put their nuclear readiness -- russia elevated their nuclear readiness. >> first of all, george, this is really a pattern we have seen from president putin through the course of this conflict. which is manufacturing threats that do not exist in order to justify further aggression. in the global community and ame...

Will talk more about ukraine and expect ukraine to be a big chunk of that speech. the biden administration them up if this is genetic want to go out there when it comes to serious talk about nuclear war. the present yesterday simply step know as the american should be concerned about nuclear war. this comes as the russian president announced that his nuclear arsenal would be put on standby due to what he calls more aggressive talks from nato and the united states. again can you have to remember ...

Center of kyiv alongside the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelenskyy, and what they say will be an unequivocal show support and we should point out that poland, czech republic, and slovenia all of them members of nato. as i say, hard to overestimate the significance of three new leaders being here in the capital of ukraine to show their support for the ukrainian people. >> bill: thank you. nice to see you today in western ukraine. >> julie: as russia continues its assault on ukraine, the united...

To the application of nicholas the second. ultimately, the bolsheviks revolution. lets not forget also that the ouster of khrushchev occurred two years after he retreated from cuba, after he remove the missiles from cuba. then, of course, the quagmire of afghanistan lead makeup gorbachev led to gorbachevs reforms that ultimately destroyed the soviet union. putin knows this is straight. thats another reason why i and a lot of others, and by the, way lots of ukraine, its almost all of, them includ...

0 tending to them. >> john: babies are being born in the shelters as well. and moldova doesnt like whats going on because of the russian forces there and on to the baltics, which are also under threat. >> sandra: good to be with you, john. im sandra smith. >> john: im john roberts. "the story" with martha starts right now. >> martha: thanks very much, john and sandra. good afternoon. im martha maccallum. heres whats breaking right now on this huge story. were about to get a live update from the ...