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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 see a clear diplomatic off-ramp. so where do you see this going? >> you know, ive been reading tea leaves and coffee grinds, don, all night trying to get -- come up with a coherent answer to the question of where this is going. and truthfully, i dont think anyone, our analysts at the agency, secretary of state,...

There is a accepts in europe, were putin to invade ukraine, this is the biggest conflict in europe since the second world war. do you think this show of force and all the assets being moved into the area might give putin an off-ramp? might it give him the chance to say, or even to think, this is going to be too big. i thought i could take a bit of ukraine, the eastern corridor, but im not up for the full-scale conflict the west now seems united in supporting or prosecuting? >> i think it is impo...

Believing this notion that the 2020 election was stolen from them, and that mike pence had the ability to unilaterally overturn it. pence pushing back creates an off-ramp for those people to go from the radical side hopefully to the rational side, but i will still say this, lindsey. when i joined the republican party many, many years ago, our ambition was to be a big tent party. instead we are a big lie party at this point and its still an access of insurrectionists that are running the gop. >> ...

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 reach, but we can increase that, but -- and its an important but, as you say, fareed -- there is an off ramp here. essentially the united states and the west are saying were not trying to humiliate you here. we cant give you what youre asking for. were not going to say never about ukraine or anyone else in nato, that would be inconsistent wit...

And lived in russia and barely s escaped with his life. great to see you. youve seen vladimir putins tactics and you believe that this time he is bluffing. what tells you that? >> well, so right now he is basically -- if this were a game of poker, he has a pair of 2s and the west has a full house. but he is trying to -- he is basically huffing and puffing and doing all this stuff to see whether we fold before he -- he wants concessions from us, he wants capitulation from us. and all of this nois...

Done it by now. >> yeah. so do you see any off-ramp at all here so that putin can save face during this diplomatic process as they try to thrash out some possibilities here? >> i do. so first of all, the ukrainians, who are upset with the united states and britain for coming out and making public all of this data and creating in their minds a sense of crisis, might negotiate something on their own with the russians. and theyve certainly had some back channels going. the second possibility is tha...

Sanctions on now. well, i would say that biden took the off—ramp away when he did the new start treaty for five years injanuary, and then, in may, waived congressionally—mandated sanctions on nord stream ii. this is all about energy for putin. he wants the ports of mariupol and 0dessa, he wants control of the black sea, and he wants to divide and weaken nato, which, to some extent, i think hes done a decent job at that. so i think... you know, i go back to chamberlain and hitler, and i think...

With this. please, god, there is not another significant wave. every time you think you have this thing figured out it humbles you. >> now as i say, numbers are coming down. new daily case average is just under half a million cases a day. so still very high. how do you balance that? coming off maybe 800,000 down to half a million, should we see some changes in restrictions now? >> look, victor, we cannot be living in a perpetual state of emergency. we have to recognize that were going to be livi...

Giving president trump sort of an off-ramp, a way to explain how everything evolved on january 6th, to basically say it wasnt me, it was the advice i was getting? >> yeah, look, marc short is trying to normalize what was unconstitutional behavior and frankly an authoritarian coup that failed. the voice of mike pence and marc short now are welcome because they are stating truth. but few people in this country had greater access to stopping what occurred between the election in november and the in...

He clearly now has that capability. conflict is not inevitable. there is still time and space for dipdiplomacy. >> there is still an off ramp for putin. up next, blizzards and hurricane force winds heading to the northeast tonight. overnight, i should say, a new forecast is coming in new and well bring it to you right after this. so when she moved in with us, a new kitchen became part of our financial plan. ♪ ♪ find a northwestern mutual advisor at nm.com