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Zelensky today. his government has added more troops to the ukrainian border. after the u.s. offered a diplomatic path forward in a standoff on wednesday, the kremlin spokesman said this morning there are, quote, few reasons for optimism. nbcs matt bradley is in ukraine for us. the ukrainians and their government seem to have a pretty relaxed attitude over all of this. tell us what youre seeing and hearing on the ground. >> theyre so cavalier and relaxed. when you walk around in kiev, it does fe...

Nuclear weapons and forces out of those countries? >> and, david, we know thats just not going to happen, which is why it raises the question whether putin wants an off ramp at this point in terms of what goes on and ukraine, and as we heard from the deputy foreign minister of russia yesterday say that russia has no plansen separating ukraine, but things look quite different on the ground. i want to read from your own reporting from "the new york times" that in addition to the 100,000 military p...

And tell you lied to your face and if so why humor with a response? >> no, when it comes to the conversations we have: i think the charitable interpretation would be that sometimes we and russia have different interpretations of history. >> todays meeting went as expected. secretary blinken offered russia a diplomatic off ramp while reiterating there would be consequences if russia invaded. he said he hoped they would reverse course. >> if russia wants to begin to convince the world that it has ...

Are europe wide or mr. putin may simply take matters into his own hands. he may decide an off-ramp is increasing the access of russian bombers. and some countries in this hemisphere. and then he can say you can move forces close to my border, i can move forces closest to yours, and were even. in a sense he could create his own off-ramp. so this could play out in lots of ways, and so i know theres a lot of pressure, to say exactly whats going to happen, but i dont think we know. and one other fac...

Diplomatic off ramp. the u.s. will provide a written response next week to russias security concerns. an official says ukraine may use the promise of diplomacy to buy time. clarissa ward explains. >> reporter: one ukrainian official told cnn its possible the diplomatic efforts are really just a delaying tactic to allow president vladimir putin to preparation this military invasion, give him a little bit more time, although its difficult to say. were hearing a different reaction from the ukrainia...

>> with the exception of the press conference this past week, fareed, i would say yes, what theyve done is essentially said if you go in there will be an economic price to pay. second of all, we will give ukraine the means not to stop your invasion, but to raise the costs of it and certainly to raise the costs of any subsequent occupation. third, we will then, the united states and nato, reinforce other countries in nato, including poland. so what youre worried about, vladimir putin, is natos re...

Were to happen and most part try to precook it as much as possible and hard to imagine president biden going into it without a clear sense of where he can and wants to go with vladimir putin. it seems to me they try to keep as many diplomatic nonmilitary channels open as possible up to the highest levels. >> at this point, clarissa, does vladimir putin have an off ramp as they say? is there a way to save face in the mid st of this? >> reporter: thats a good question. its one i scratch my head to...

Im going to create some threats to you in venezuela or cuba, nicaragua or something like that. thats the real question f. he wants to climb down, if he wants to off ramp, its there. the real question is whether he wants it or whether for reasons of his legacy and psychology he is using diplomacy as a pretext rather than purposefully, and thats what we will find out. >> richard, thats really the question. theres a split and it seems like a good number of people believe this is ideologically drive...

For optimism. thats the line from the kremlin this morning after the u.s. offers a diplomatic off ramp to the standoff off ramp. >> and the u.s. blows past 73 million covid cases suns the start of the pandemic. but we start with what happens now that justice breyer is retiring. peter alexander is standing by. leann caldwell is with us and also joining us aaron haynes, an msnbc political contributor. peter, do we have any word yet about when we might see the

Now it is vladimir putins time for choosing. invade ukraine or back down. plus, a cnn exclusive. senator mitch mcconnell prefers he and donald trump just ignore each other, but a new interview highlights a likely mcconnell/trump midterm crash. the republican leader says its critical gop candidates avoid trumps big lie. and spiking crime is an every city challenge. the new york mayor vows to lead the fight and his plan relies on reviving a controversial police unit. we begin with the ukrain...