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Was given an opportunity to provide explanations and answers, perhaps even an off-ramp and chose not to do so. in terms of qatar, he addressed the partnership not only when it comes to liquified natural gas, which plays into russia, but the help qatar continues to give when it comes to the evacuation of u.s. citizens, afghans and others from afghanistan. but also and ill underscore the issue of natural gas, that is one of the major concerns, if there is conflict with russia, the u.s. is looking ...

Sanctions were imposed now that they would lose their deterrent effect. if putin were punished now, there would be no reason to stop him. thats an argument the administration is making. other voices see it differently. in terms of saying there is still an off-ramp to putin, that is part of what we saw. and to have the secretary of defense and joint chiefs chairman speak about where plans are and to demonstrate the kind of advice and counsel they have given the president and to do that on such a ...

As the crisis along ukraines border with russia has escalated, the white house has held briefings with congress members. sarah jacob sits on both the house foreign affair and armed services committee and earlier, she spoke with cnn about u.s. diplomatic efforts and the possibility of sanctions on russia. here she is. >> that i think president biden is taking exactly the right approach. making sure that vladimir putin understands the severe consequences if he decides to invade, while also offerin...

Im sure that parents and kids alike will rejoice after the lift of the mask mandate starting march 7th but that is a month away an the virus is so unpredictable. he laid out the data for why hes confident, is there anything that could derail this in a month? >> well, i think that this is the right time for governors and local officials all around the country to lay out their pathway to removing indoor mask mandates. this is a very different time compared to last year. last year it wouldnt have b...

Border but linda thomas greenfield said those questions didnt get any answers and there was no explanation offered by the russian side as what they intended to do with this many forces. the u.s. and nato concern and international concern is that russia plans to use these to potentially invade ukraine and that is what the u.s. is trying to head off, to give russia an opportunity to show on off-ramp. instead they accused them of hysteria, which thomas greenfield rejected. >> i cannot let the false...

Clear what the consequences of their actions. its important we work with allies to present a united front with both nato and the transatlantic alliance to what putin is doing. what were seeing is a replay of what vladimir putin did in georgia in 2008. a replay of what he did in crimea in seizing crimea and going in 2014 and its the same playbook. so, we know whats coming and we need to work together to deter and let him know that hes going to be held accountable. >> on this issue of making him f...

Might look like on dense areas and roads. it would be horrific. terrible. >> this is serious. tens of thousands of troops massing on the russian border in recent months. in a rare briefing today defense secretary lloyd austin appeared alongside general milley. he had this to say what is next. >> we dont believe president putin made a final decision to use the forces against ukraine. he clearly now has that capability. conflict is not inevitable. there is still time and space for diplomacy. >> ma...

Strengthen our capabilities in germany. putins core objective was to weaken nato and in fact, hes unifying nato. president biden has been effectively engaged in pulling together our most important military, economic, strategic alliance and hes efforts oo strengthen that alliance are critical means in deterring russian aggression. >> and when the russians say that the presidents troop deployment is a step complicating the situation. whats your reaction? >> my reaction is they continue to pursue d...

Will still have the power to require masks if they choose. joining us now, the president of the american federation of teachers, randy weingarten. practicing internist dr. lucy mcbride joins us. state attorney for palm beach county david aronberg. it is good to have you on. willie. >> randi, let me begin with you, the cover on the "new york post", "free the smiles" because we had the domino effect in the last couple of days. you had delaware, new jersey, connecticut yesterday saying theyre endin...

York. the new york governor says well get away with indoor masking but i will wait until after the february break to take a look at what is going on in the schools. they know they have all that data now. but they will take the pulse of the teachers union. speaking of which the chief of the largest teachers union said this about getting rid of masks in schools. this is interesting, watch. >> i am in favor of an off ramp on masks. the real issue becomes is the spread low enough so that there is no...