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Thing to do be weak in the face of aggression. >> there will no longer be nord stream 2. >> any american in ukraine should leave as soon as possible and in any event in the next 24 to 48 hours. >> i think we have to be talking about the off ramp for masks. >> off ramp as soon as possible. >> i do hope this can be a teachable moment. >> bret: well, its been a busy week. thats one week in washington and around the world. we are watching the world very closely. we will have full coverage of the sit...

They both vowed that nato countries would respond harshly and swiftly if russia chooses to invade ukraine. so, whats in it for russia to move forward with this? and is there and a viable off ramp for russia if it decides not to. the other major diplomatic meeting today was between president putin himself and french president emmanuel macron. in moscow. we are chunk of yesterday on the phone with president biden to talk about putin today in person and tomorrow he heads to kyiv. so the situation i...

President volodymyr zelensky, he comes in for an extreme amount of criticism both on the television here and from the leadership. >> richard haass, would it be fair to say that at some level putin has achieved his main goal, which is that he has rattled the west so much about the prospect of ukraine becoming a member of nato, in any case that was a long shot, it now seems very difficult to imagine the europeans, for example, germany, going along with that, and if thats true, does that oddly prov...

Vice president that authority. joining us now, josh lederman in wilmington, delaware, sahil kapur on capitol hill and erin in ukraine. josh, ill start with you. with a russian invasion looming, what are the chances of a diplomatic resolution? how confident is this white house? >> well, they have certainly not closed the door to a diplomatic off-ramp but there is not a lot of optimism. over the course of the last few weeks weve heard the tone from u.s. national security officials really startin...

Elements, we could see a new variant that could arise. we need to prepare for that. but having a plan to remove indoor mask mandates and let our children have some semblance of normalcy is also very important, too. >> so lets broaden this beyond new jersey and i see the numbers on the side of the screen there. fewer than 300,000 new cases, the daily average for the first time this year, down 42% from a week ago. hospitalizations trending downward as well. the white house is now considering what ...

Us? you mentioned this meeting tomorrow with the new german chancellor and then, of course, you have the, as we talked about, the meeting with the french counterpart today, macron. what else is being done behind the scenes as the administration gears up for potential invasion from russia into ukraine even though theyre not using the word imminent anymore? >> reporter: thats right. well, what we see visibly, of course, is the military buildup by the russians, and now the response of the united st...

Macron earlier on sunday. >> so, lets talk about that because that surge for diplomatic solution is continuing, of course, as you mentioned with frances president macron spearheading the effort, talking with president putin again in the coming hours. how likely is it that an off-ramp can be found when the u.s. and nato are refusing to bend to russias top demand, preventing ukraine from ever being a part of nato? >> you know, youd think there would be some space, rosemary. and the fact that as pr...

Years. president zelensky and president biden are staring him down and you asked about the off-ramp. president putin can blink and may well blink and doesnt want to pay the price. its a very high cost of imv invasion. it will cost him economically, we know about the sanctions, a lot of russians will die and a lot of towns and villages in russia will be burying russian soldiers and this will not be popular in russia and so president putin has a lot to worry about and he could take that off-ramp b...

Benefits is what he wants, what hes trying to get from this is control of ukraine. president putin has indicated in things hes written, said, and done, that he wants to regain control. he wants to get ukraine back under russian authority, dominance, and he will do it in any way he can. if he makes that, if he does that and decides to invade in order to get ukraine, he can get in. he can get to kyiv, as you and general clark just talked about. he cant get out. we remember when russians went into ...

And the pentagon press secretary john kirby when he was asked about it this morning, he didnt deny the details on that. he just said he wasnt necessarily goinged to adjust it. but that report in fact showing the u.s. was willing to negotiate, willing to put some things on the table. so far, we havent heard anything really new about what the u.s. is willing to do to work with russia. >> yeah. >> on some sort of off-ramp here, exercise, military exercise is something we hear a lot about. more tran...