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But a big part of this also, and the reason that weve been invited to film all of this, is because this is about sending a public message. is russia really about to launch a full—scale invasion of ukraine? the view in london and washington, at the moment, seems to be — yes, its likely, but in kyiv, theyre playing it down. translation: you get the impression from the media that were at war, - that there are soldiers - on the streets, that theres mobilisation going on, - that people are runnin...

Does, because frankly, biden and putin do not get along. and potential solutions. putins biggest problem is security and talks about ukraine coming into nato. and macron can say its not going to happen in the near term. all 30 members of nato have to vote to be admitted, and its not going to happen on my watch. hes always wanted, he meaning macron, has wanted this to be a european issue to solve. that would help us, because if the europeans can solve this issue, allows us to move and pivot to wh...

Joe biden touches his supreme court selection process is in shambles. candidatessham biden, he thought he was being really whoa can sog cool by pledging to nominate an african-american woman to the high court. but ofn-oman course he was also effectively discriminating against the vast majorityy of the adult population and now even liberal websitesen. slate thinks he has himself in a bind, claiming that bidensin pledge has backfired and needlessly tokenized future nominees. ttint likewise, politi...

Passing of their beloved cheslie. her great light inspired others around the world. she cared, she loved, she laughed and she shined. and jim and biana, the medical k examiner has the jurisdiction and authority to go the farther in this with toxicology. >> we are thinking of her family and obviously, such an inspiration to so many out there. jean casarez, thank you. good morning to you, im jim sciutto. >> im bianna golodryga. two major stories this morning. first, an emergency meeting at the u...

Leave kids in mask to protect adults who have had a year to get that vaccine. thats an argument for forever masking for kids if you think about it because theres no off ramp here. i do think a key point was just made though and ive been making this, too, that the power of one-way masking is really important. even if they say no masks in schools and someone is still concerned, get vaccinated, boosted if youre an adult and wear a good mask. its about as low risk as anything in life regardless of w...

Bit moot by the time we come back and vote on this. >> why do you think thats a wrong approach? >> well, in a time like this, what we want is for vladimir putin to calculate that it is not in his interests to do the invasion. if we do preemptive sanctions, he will likely conclude that he has nothing left to lose. sanctions take a long time to impose, and they also take a long time to unwind. so he might feel like hes already burying the costs, and therefore for his own calculations and his domes...

Tens of thousands of ukrainians and russians. russian soldiers will also die. this could destabilize his own regime. this could be a major problem for him. yes, he is looking for a way out. he may not get it. we know he has invaded before. he invaded ukraine in 2014. we have to be ready. the ukrainians have to be ready. but we also have to continue to deter him and push him towards these negotiations. >> so what is the vehicle for getting out of this? he is going to be meeting with the french pr...

The uk in sending military hardware to ukraine. amid worries about germanys reliance on russian natural gas, and that controversial nord stream 2 pipeline from russia into germany. president biden stunned the room with a blunt threat against the pipeline, if russia invades. >> there will no longer be a nord stream 2. we will bring an end to it. i promise you well be able to do that. >> reporter: chancellor scholz did not specifically respond. and biden repeated his warning for all americans exce...

Putin or russia. plus, hes paying a price for this, which is the strengthening of nato and transatlantic relations, at least so far. so he may have pushed off even further the idea of ukraine entering nato or nato entering ukraine, but hes paid a considerable price for it. >> do you think that the administration has so far handled this well? they have put -- they have consolidated the west, the deterrents angle seems to be fairly strongly in place. now do you think there is also a clear diplomat...

Pleasure to see you. you felt he was looking as a way out of this, looking for an off-ramp. that was four or five days ago. a lot has happened, including increased russian military buildup. do you still feel putin is looking for a way out? >> john, i do. this would be a disaster for russia. it would be a disaster for president putin if he were to pull the trigger and invade ukraine. it would be disastrous for the russian economy. he knows the sanctions would hammer his already fragile economy. h...