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Putin? >> it is not. and frankly i dont necessarily agree with the premise that these are deterrent sanctions. theyre punitive sanctions. theyre sanctions taken in response to russian actions. theyre not -- deterrent sanctions might be something, you know that you do like a graduated response where you signal that war is coming ahead of time. it is proactive. this is punitive. this is in response. and i think a lot of this stuff now is -- i hate to say as lightly as window dressing, it is not. i...

Obvious that president putin had no excuse, no rationale. he looked to try to provoke a rationale. he was trying to tell a story of why he invaded and he couldnt find one. ukrainians were disciplined and didnt take the bait. >> bill: were told there was another videoconference among nato members earlier today starting at 9:30 eastern time. maybe it is still underway or wrapped. i hope you are right. about a week ago, we were talking on air with dana and you said that you thought putin was lookin...

Speaks to the spirit of the ukrainian people there, but im more so looking at the power of the russian military forces. kimberly, do you think the spirit of the ukrainian people is enough to, i mean, will putin allow himself humility and an off ramp and say im going to go home because the people of ukraine fought us back. so if thats not the case, its hard to imagine that ukraine survives on their own without help from the global community? >> i think its important to recognize, like, one, ukrai...

Of recess with putin. we decided that we would try to work russia and develop a relationship with russia. we decided we would prioritize that over expanding can military and economic ties with ukraine and we would pay the price for doing that. weve always tried to give russian off-ramp, diplomatic off-ramp. weve just not realized, this administration has failed to realize that vladimir putin has shown the kind of kgb thug that he is. hes invaded ukraine. were not responding effectively at all. i...

But the more that he doubles down and the more that he is present, at some point you become a caged animal. and that is very dangerous for the ukrainian people. and for europe as a whole, even more dangerous. so as sanctions pressure goes up on him -- and obviously, this is going to help. some people think this could be the beginning of the end for him. some people think he is going to lose the support of the russian people. but you also have to think, the u.s. and the europeans are saying, they...

Listened to. >> what is the disconnect here, ann? they want it to be on the table that nato is dissolved? i mean, what is the credible and realistic thing they would like america to negotiate on? >> well, for the russians, theyve made clear that the red line is that they want written security guarantees. they want something thats binding, because the kremlin has said that for the last several years, russia has been trying to convince nato and the u.s. that basically, you know, they are concerned...

Still not too late for off ramp and diplomacy. senior u.s. defense official tells fox evidence points to a strong possibility of a significant invasion with 40% to 50% of russias forces now positioned along the ukrainian border. national security correspondent jennifer griffin leads us off tonight live from the pentagon. good evening, jennifer. >> good evening, bret. the move here at the pentagon deadly serious as europe tonight appears on the brink of war. a senior u.s. defense official tells m...

Course but i wish him luck. i tell you this, emily. we need an off ramp for this mask mandate world. >> now you sound like us. >> thank you. i enjoy the hypocrisy outing gavin newsom and who else? magic johnson and all the rest. they cheated and were telling two stories out of the side of their mouth. im sick of it. if you want your kid to wear a mask, let them wear a mask. under the youngkin rule. >> we wore him down, everybody. >> now we know the cdc has been keeping all of this information fo...

Despite a new state law making masks in school optional. once the law goes into effect on march 1 schools could be compelled by court order to follow it. randi weingarten who heads the american federation of teachers, the second largest teachers union responding to the states mask battle saying we all want to get back to a sense of normalcy and why the aft asked the administration months ago for a science-based off ramp for masks. liberal tv host bill maher fills mandates are turning children in...

Enough to do that along with sanctions that turn russia into north korea, a pariah state. that might be the only way to defeat and deter someone who is hell bent on taking over a country. look, the world watches as we see these awful images of the civilian carnage. so at times we have to confront someone who is kind of going to go down this path where there is no off ramp, and thats going to be the challenge right now. >> mark, thank you. i hope you come back. i have about ten or 12 or 20 more q...