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So their point underneath all of this, we always wanted to talk about it. youve been misreading with us the troops. but were still ready to engage. >> anda ris, a one of the things on that russian list of demands included a guarantee that ukraine never be allowed to join nato. a commitment about that. today we heard the chairman of the house armed services committee suggest that as a possible off-ramp. not that nato would make the pledge but he wanted the ukrainian government to announce that th...

Delaware and colorado are looking at the polls and saying people are accepting the fact that we need to find out how to live with this disease and not just simply keep our people locked down. i thought it was particularly interesting they got an assist from an unlikely corner. stacey abrams when she was caught taking her mask off visiting a group of students all masked said the reason she took it off was so the students watching her on zoom could read her lips and hear her better. isnt that one ...

And it took a churchill to come in, talking about appeasement invites aggression. thats an axiom of history that always plays out. and we had a president reagan who talked about peace through strength. i think biden gave him the off—ramp, unfortunately, prior to this, but i think... but hang on, just one more question on this specific, then well move on. but on this specific of sanctions, are you seriously saying to me that if the united states were to pre—empt any new move from putin and im...

Other states like new york and nnch new jersey are approaching 95%. its important to pay attention to pay attention to vaccinated around your kids, asking kids to mask if theyre indoors in classrooms, and be aware of whats happening with infection rates around you, and put in place all of those protective measures if the infection rates are high. if its lower, its not unreasonable to move toward loosening some of these restrictions because we have to start living in a world where we ramp up prot...

In the sort of antony blinken/lavrov call and the putin/macron call, russia trying to put pressure on the united states, on france, jeremy germany and others to put pressure on ukraine to comply in their view with the minsk agreement, to get talk with the russian-backed pro separatists, and they dont want to get into those conversations. so there was that pressure coming from russia on that. the other pressure from blinken to lavrov and macron to putin, was if you are really serious about having...

>> let me jump in because you keep saying and everyones saying hes got a diplomatic off-ramp. weve been saying that for weeks now if not months, and so far, you know, his gps seems to be saying, keep straight ahead. do not exit. it doesnt look like hes looking for an off-ramp? how long can you say that? i guess until there is conflict, until something happens. when does he miss the turn and is unable to do it? >> don, he misses the turn when he goes across the border, when he sends tanks and tro...

Weve not seen combine with a russian war games around not only around ukraine, but frankly across the world at a level that weve not seen in many, many decades. >> i want to get your reaction to what we heard from the house armed services committee chairman who suggested that ukraine could decide that they will not join nato for some certain period of time in the short-term, do you that i would be a viable off-ramp for russia if ukraine were to make such an announcement. >> it is nato policy for...

Press conference yesterday. president biden said definitively that if russia were to move in even one troop that they would cut off the nord stream pipeline, when chancellor schultz was given the same opportunity, he stopped short of being that definitive, steph. and that raised some eyebrows. i was told he was very clear there wont be any daylight if that happens. in terms of the developments overnight, steph, i asked the white house, what is the direction? do they hope there is room for an off...

About these sanctions. he said as much -- he said explicitly that to president biden in a phone call in december. he said, if you put those sanctions on me, you know, youll disrupt our relations for generations. well, yes. if he invades, he will disrupt for generations. but theres one other thing, don, in answer to your question about why it would be so painful for him and so risky for him, and that is the russian people are not particularly angry at the ukrainians. the russian people by and lar...

Strongly that theres good reason for them to deliver that message right now. >> angela, what is -- we heard from vladimir putin already today. again, this tone shift that may or may not be real. may or may not be a head fake. what will he be listening for when we hear from president biden coming up in a couple of minutes? >> well, i think hes going to listen to what the messages are. he has to -- he has to come out with the german chancellor saying the diplomatic off-ramp is there, we want to di...