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Gillian turner and then they have seed bret baier. for the states set to end their mask mandates in school with connecticut, new jersey command even the presidents home state of delaware among them. amy weingarten, the president of the american federation of teachers, seems to be on board. >> i think we have to be talking about the off-ramp for masks. we asked for that conversation based on science instead of politics back in november before them a crown. nobody wants masks in the schools. not t...

1942 without all of the sacrifices and lets work together as a nation. rhetorically we can help him get out of the corner. the insults -- you know what? when you call the leader of another world a killer, you know, were not calling xi a killer, are we? has anybody heard joe biden or any president call xi a killer? >> no. >> no, we havent. im just saying, you know, we need to figure out how to get to an off ramp here. right now we dont seem to be doing a good job of it. >> and speaking of rhetori...

Their god and not thinking about why they need to be focussed on security and on energy. look at what is happening with inflation. i hear it every single day from tennesseans. >> sandra: americans are noticing, a huge issue for the midterm elections. inflation has not gone away, as many had predicted, including the federal reserve and seems its here to stay as long as the spending continues to go up. senator, we are out of time. thank you very much for being here. >> thank you. >> sandra: john, ...

Do you see an off ramp for either side, or both? >> so ive been predicting that there is a better than even chance that president putin will take the off ramp. im getting a little worried, a little worried the better than even chance is adjusting. he can do it, bill, he can still take the off ramp. cost if i were to invade are very, very high, all kinds of currency, the costs are very high for him and i think he will look for a way to back down and go to negotiations. go to negotiations because ...

>> john: feels warm enough and wants to turn it down. trey, thank you. sandra. >> sandra: despite putin claiming his troops are leaving the ukrainian border, the white house is doubling down on intelligence warning russia could invade at any moment. peter, is there any indication that things are moving one direction or another here? >> there is, it appears things are moving. well find out shortly exactly whether its closer to an invasion or further away, but the white house is telling us and the...

Taylor, former ambassador to the ukraine thinks putin is going to go for the off ramp, he believes the russian president will sit down at a negotiating table and try to get concessions from the u.s. and nato partners. right or wrong? >> i hope hes right. but our senior government officials have far more intelligence than what we have, they are not there. they believe there is no off ramp now and certainly that hes heading towards an invasion. but i believe -- i want taylor to be right for the sa...

Hasnt man happened. were always ready for diplomacy and ready to impose swift consequences should russia instead choose war and russia continues to be doing preparations for a full scale assault on ukraine soon. were waiting to hear back from russia in response to all of this but well get back to arlet signs from the white house. this is certainly seeming to be a big development tonight. >> reporter: yeah, pamela, the white house has long said that they are pursuing that diplomatic off ramp to t...

We need to do which is making sure that vladimir putin understands the severe consequences if he decides to invade, while also offering a diplomatic off ramp in trying to deescalate the situation so that it doesnt come to that. >> do you think that your colleagues will reach a compromise in time to deter a potential invasion? because we keep hearing about the severe costs, but right now the senate is at an impasse. >> well, first of all, i think its important to note that almost all of the sanct...

Sent over to the u.s. today. where do you think putins head is at, in terms of what he might except diplomatically at this stage in the game? >> it really is difficult in the head of president putin. certainly, number one, his playbook has been, in many ways, to keep people guessing. and that way, he creates the sense of insecurity, of uncertainty. the one diplomatic off-ramp, which might be possible for moscow, is implementation of the so-called minsk agreements. these agreements, which first c...

Get out of ukraine? >> reporter: well, theyre underscoring what you heard in that interview between lester holt and president biden, that american forces are not going to be sent in to help evacuate americans. now, of course there was an order approved to send several thousand troops to the region to poland, in particular, to try to help u.s. citizens exit the region. but that is why they are stressing that now is the time to leave. and i think this just underscores the urgency of this entire si...