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About, what are you prepared to do if this feels like its moving towards a bigger escalating war? where is part of you that has to ask if theres a way for putin to save face if he overestimated what he could do and underestimated ukraine in, and the worlds reaction. how do you allow status seeking culture? its about their place in the world. the world of persuasion -- mockery is great. calling the more criminal, all these things, i dont think thats going to persuade anybody. however, finding a w...

>> sir, what do you think that he will do if he doesnt -- i mean if he is not -- if he decides that he is not turning around or not given an off-ramp to leave, do you worry hell try to make an aleppo out of kyiv? how far do you think hell go? >> were keeping them on the same place for already fourth day. altogether we have a fifth day of the war, and with that situation, i think that, if you said what putin do further, my answer nobody knows. putin dont know what to do because putin go as far as...

Set that, you know, ukrainians are not going to stand up and fight. they dont deserve to be a sovereign country. theres a lot of miscalculation, and i really do believe hes feeling the heat of it. >> so you just heard, jason, nola says she does believe that putin does care, but clearly he does not care enough because he has not stopped, so what is the off ramp for him if one such off ramp exists? >> i dont think there is one, and heres the thing, i always think this is important, we people like ...

A topic of conversation at a discussion group i went to yesterday. whats the off ramp here, is there an off ramp? >> i dont know, john. this administration has shown us many different scenarios, briefed us a handful of times since russia invaded ukraine. theres no scenario that ends necessarily with a positive outcome. the only thing we can hope for is continue to give the people of ukraine a fighting chance. give them the lethal weapon, the military equipment zelenskyy has been begging us for. ...

Cyber disruptions, but it is not at all in the region. he doesnt go to kyiv. perhaps the fighting stops, and is limited. still terrible, of course, but not the all out onslaught that would be the greatest conflict in europe since world war ii. the u.s. knows that his primary objectives say that ukraine should not go into nato. ukraine is not going into nato, not anytime soon. despite what president zelensky hopes for. maybe there is some sort of off ramp, some sort of face saving measure. the ot...

>> no, people need to know that. were seeing pictures of artillery here and there, that only scratched the surface of what is available to the people making these decisions now and maybe theyre beginning to at least hint at whats in there. spider, do you think theres still an off-ramp to deescalate at this point for vladimir putin? >> theres always an off-ramp, right. its just what is the cost of that off-ramp. im not saying i know what that is, and i dont know, i would hope that our state depar...

Today, nothing substantive came of it, but what do you think his efforts entail? is he trying to be something of a peacemaker, something of a broker, and is there any shot that that kind of brokering from macron or otherwise will do anything to deter putin? >> we ought to welcome french intervention. the israeli prime minister has been in there, the brits have engaged. all this is good, to keep open the lines of communication. however, i cannot see how putin can possibly back out. i dont see an ...

And eventually we might see an opportunity to have a negotiated settlement. but to engage russia now over ukraine is not going to be in either americas interest nor natos interest. i can tell you its unlikely to have the support of the american public, there probably is no political will to do that, grace. >> lets talk about a negotiated settlement, igor. this was a washington post op ad from michael mcfaul that says the u.s. and nato have to offer putin an off-ramp. specifically, he writes, quo...

Russian commanders have received their orders to attack and they are getting ready for battle. today, russian military exercises in belarus near ukraines northern border were scheduled to end. but now, they have been extended. and late today, president biden held an emergency meeting with his national security council at the white house. at the nearby lincoln memorial, ukrainian americans rallied in solidarity with families and friends back home. many of them demanding vladimir putin face punish...

Giving people some tiny, teeny measure of hope that putin doesnt go in is the fact that theres going to be this meeting between the secretary of state and his russian counter part. thats this wednesday. its not going to happen if russia invades. does russia wait to move in until that meeting takes place. could they find some common ground to prevent putin from invading at that wednesday meeting. well have to see what happens. >> there could be an out, if you provide putin a way to save face and ...