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Has done the right thing. it has worked with europe, the uk, rallies the transatlantic community to respond to vladimir putins threats at the same time offer a diplomatic off ramp to putin. i dont know if hell take it. the best case may an ugly continuation of threats and pressure. but the biden administration has handled this pretty well, i think. they didnt want this crisis, they couldve had a better relationship with russia, but the prudent did the task and working with the key allies. and we...

President biden met with the chancellor of germany where the russian pipeline ends as a show of unity and force, and they both vowed that nato companies would respond harshly and stwiftly if russia chooses to invade ukraine. so whats in it for russia to moov forward with this? is there a viable off-ramp for russia if it decides not to? the other major diplomatic meeting today was between vladimir putin today and french president emanuel macron in moscow. spending part of the day yesterday on the...

We in the congress would like to see more of that. and we also want to see sanctions not always after the invasion, but some before the invasion to deter... you know, right now, deterrence is the key. if we cant deter, he will absolutely invade. yeah, this is the nub of it, isnt it? when it comes to sanctions, youre saying that biden�*s tough talk about sanctions that would be imposed should putin make a move, youre saying that strategy�*s all wrong, that the us has to impose these crippling...

50,000 civilians in weeks. and making up to 5 million people refugees. and today president biden vowed that if russia invades ukraine they could say goodbye to their new massive natural gas pipeline from russia to europe. which is a huge potential blow to the russian economy. which gets most of its foreign currency from oil and gas sales. -- levied on russia by western nations if russia invades ukraine. president biden met with the chancellor of germany where the russian pipeline ends as a show ...

The damage has been done, but there is reason for hope in some of the poll numbers weve been seeing very recently. so just the other week, john bolton released a new poll that showed big, big damage in terms of trumps brand in the republican party. last year, one in three republicans in the united states called themselves "trump republican." that number is now getting close to one in ten, so donald trumps support is actually slipping among his base, more and more republican primary voters say th...

Future. we dont know exactly what is going to happen but the risk is now high enough and the threat is now immediate enough. we are in the window when an invasion could begin at any time should vladimir putin decide to order it. theres a credible prospect that a russian military action would take place even before the end of the olympics. >> national security adviser jake sullivan warning of a major assault of president vladimir putin into ukraine at any moment. the pentagon in the last hour ann...

Strategy. they want to show strength at the same time they are trying to get putin to he is deescalate. grasping at straws. >> russian politics here. comments from putin today that he said that he was being, quote: screwed over by nato, that the united states is trying to draw russia into a war. how do you read that? is that a pretext to invasion or is that him looking for a possible off ramp by saying hey, its not my fault, its them and maybe trying to find a way out? >> right. well, john, i th...

This week. but as the white house navigates next steps, jose, the white house just said moments ago that president biden is expected to speak with uk prime minister, boris johnson, as this situation overall grows more dire and more tense. but to your point, the state of play is such that the u.s., european allies have been pressing putin for weeks to pull back his 130-plus thousand troops there at ukraines border, but this frenzy of diplomatic activity, to include a number of world leaders, who ...

Swift and severe costs on russia. president biden reiterated that a further russia invasion of ukraine would produce widespread human suffering and diminish russias standing. the president also offered president putin an off ramp, urging him to take the diplomatic path and de-escalate. another senior official trying to talk about the diplomatic offered, summed it up like this. they said it remains unclear whether russia is interested in pursuing its goals diplomatically. so from that we can dete...

To children in the larger population, that it doesnt spread easily in schools, that so many teachers have been vaccinated or at least had the opportunity to be vaccinated, now kids have the chance to be vaccinated. so at what point do we just say, okay, it is time to get rid of the masks? isnt there enough science available already? >> thats why im saying if we -- you know, we believe in no off ramp. i asked dr. cardona and dr. wilensky to start planning for an off ramp in november pre-omicron. ...