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States, they were much slower to reopen schools and much slower to develop an off-ramp for masking our kids, whereas republican-led cities are not. >> griff: bethany, do you think there is a message in that for democrats running for office or re-election in november? >> i do. i think moderate democrats need to step up and be more vocal and push back against the far left narrative. i dont understand how the democratic party works how narratives work, how speaking points work, what they are allowe...

Russians and the u.s. and nato, that this -- this will potentially expand well beyond ukraine, and that may include offensive cyber operations as well. so i think this is where john is right. i think it would be great if we could de-escalate and find an off-ramp but i do worry if thats not the case, this may spill well beyond ukraine. >> ambassador, to this point that it could spill well beyond and that you do have each side preparing for if this, then this, the step effect here goes, we do know...

Chief, wrote a column in the f.t. last week. he made the point when you unsheathe the sword like this, you can do anything but sit on it. and so hes either going to have to invade or hes going to have to pull them back. i think the second interesting possibility, rosemary, is that he may just settle for some kind of agreement that ukraine would not enter nato any time soon, any time in the next decade or two. president bidens already sort of said that. but my guess is if hes going to settle for ...

Ramp? >> i hope so. i hope so. i do wonder sometimes whether or not the russian diplomats are even empowered to make and to provide for a diplomatic off ramp when theres really one person who will decide what happens here and thats vladimir putin. and as i said earlier, this is in many ways an emotional action from him. so it may be that minister lavrov will meet with us and will try and find a way forward. weve seen some small cracks they put forward to make it seem like there may be a diplomat...

The right time. and frankly, right now, january 27, six seven, i dont see any of that in place. and that raises a serious question. i think the united states wants the diplomatic off-ramp. the real question is what does vladimir putin want? and frankly, nobody on planet earth knows that. >> he does want russia to be viewed as a great superpower. but ukraine and other former soviet bloc countries are drifting further west. do you think hes going to try anything to stop that from happening? >> you...

History that he published last summer under his own name, hes said many times that he doesnt recognize ukrainian sovereignty. understanding that thats really at the base of this and not an argument about nato or geopolitics is whats really important. >> david miliband, you have negotiated with lavrov, the russian foreign minister. do you think there is a diplomatic off-ramp here? >> yes, i do, but i think its very important that the revisionist history being presented by dmitri trenin which you ...

Than he has of persuading them that the economy is booming. the prime minister is now a dangerous distraction at home and a running joke on the international stage. at the despatch box, as in his party, he tried to keep control. we are getting on with... we are getting on with the job. yet pondering in parliament, one by one, more tory mps think his time is up. this former minister was never a huge fan, but believes mrjohnson has to go. cut to the chase. call a vote of confidence in himself so w...

Floor. >> but from a society-wide perspective, after two years, on a hellish highway, it appears our country is finally arriving at the off-ramp. the virus appears to be heading endemic. 70% of americans agree with the statement, it is time we accept that covid is here to stay and we just need to get on with our lives. its time for the state of emergency to wind down. >> earlier this week, the world health organization advised some countries to carefully consider relaxing rules if they have high...

Weve also heard from the foreign minister saying that he was pleased that talks continued because, of course, as long as diplomacy is still an option, that does at least somewhat mitigate the threat of an invasion. he also said that he had spoken to secretary blinken after those talks. ukraine clearly trying to convey the impression that they are in lockstep once again with the americans. their strongest supporters and allies. but the real question becomes, jake, do these talks mean that a crisi...

I do think that the first rule of diplomacy is to put yourself in others shoes, as you say, but the second rule is to focus on what you control and the west does control its own unity, it does control its own words and it does control the tools it has at its disposal and i think the cost that anne has rightly referenced, soft power and economic costs rather than the hard power costs are vital to the deterrents that needs to go on and to the off-ramp which you rightly reference which i think is s...