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Organization, so this is clearly the --ness putin saying, well, mr. president, when you made a demand we made good on it. its very clear that the russian president is sending a message to the americans that he would at least like to consider an off-ramp to the escalation that were seeing and that should make us at the very least recognize that there is no inevitability about an invasion of ukraine. >> and so we know that the u.s. secretary of state will be meeting with his russian counterpart th...

Rele eurasian affairs. id like to pull up a picture that i think really speaks volumes as to the situation right now and putin solo today commemorating the siege on leni leningrad. there he is by himself. and it does lead to the question of, what is he thinking and why havent we heard from him in the past month on this issue in particular? >> i dont think we know what hes thinking, and i think thats why even president biden said, its like reading the tea leaves and this is just very different th...

Ukraine and elsewhere who are not convinced that these diplomatic efforts, a, will lead area. and, b, that the russians are actually entering into them in good faith. so its necessary to continue to prepare for all eventualitys. >> clarissa ward, we so appreciate the insight. thank you so much. cnn global affairs analyst kimberly dozier with us now. kimberly, its good to see you. there have been a lot of questions as well about whether president biden has an exit or an off-ramp in this situati...

Yes hes move troops to the eastern crane, hes taken crimea, but hes basically try to use subterfuge to try to get the ukrainian government to reorient itself towards moscow. he doesnt want to have to invade if he doesnt have to. so, his first play here is to put all these troops on the border, create enough panic inside kyiv, so that the government falls apart and ukrainians decide to rush in a government that will make a deal with a crimea. i dont think thats gonna happen. but thats why you see...

Eastern european states is at a request of nato partners. and would include troops and equipment either already in europe or from the united states. but that afghanistan hangover, if you will, and how that shapes his response now is also, of course, shaping president putins thinking, that this is a moment of weakness among nato partners after what happened last summer. >> yeah. and, nic, more weapons arrived for ukraine as the u.s. warns of a swift and united response if russia invades ukraine. ...

Weak. but think about this. the most recent reports were getting that finland and sweden are now thinking about whether they should join nato. countries around ukraine, you know, poland, hungary and such, which have had other differences are now even more staunchly pro western, pro nato. france and italy are coming on board. germany, as i say, is the weak link. but it is also moving. putin has actually unified nato in a way that hasnt happened for a while. hes bringing countries like finland and...

The document is confidential, but blinken today calling it "a serious diplomatic path forward should russia choose it." and tonight sources telling cnn the u.s. and some allies are discussing putting thousands of troops in eastern europe nato countries. joining me now to discuss cnn global affairs analyst aaron david miller, the former middle east negotiator for the state department. aaron, good to see you. thanks for appearing. the u.s. now waiting to see putins next move. you say that you dont...

Cyberattacks in the u.s. i think cyberattacks in the u.s. would be at the very far end of what russians are likely to do. >> ukraine is now praising the u.s. response at least today and im quoting now, its the right strategy. there are also some positive signs from talks today between russia, ukraine, germany and france. do you see an off-ramp right now for putin at least potentially? >> well, the ukrainian government is right, and im glad they have come to this after a little bit of tweeting ba...

Board. germany, as i say, is the weak link. but it is also moving. putin has actually unified nato in a way that hasnt happened for a while. hes bringing countries like finland and sweden -- theres a joke in finland where they say theyre one sauna away from joining nato. you know, because they make all their decisions in saunas. but its always easy to make it out like the dictator is somehow some kind of a mastermind. look, hes calculated the odds. hes pushing. were pushing back. its not so clea...

We will see from raleigh to wilmington, temperatures ranging from 46 to 48 degrees. thats what we want to see. we want to see that mercury thermometer climb above 32 today. we need a bit of relief from the freezing rain that fell yesterday. a weak clipper system moving through chicago. that could create some delays this morning. we have winter weather advisories for that region, through the great lakes. and thats going to help kick in the snow machine, right, across downwind from lake erie, lake...