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20 years and that is reintegrate former soviet republics or former soviet states into an alliance including by military means. >> martha: very interesting. rebecca koffler, thanks. hope you join us again. >> thank you. >> martha: joining us now, senator lindsey graham. rebecca says these sanctions are not really hurting him and they hurt to his benefit because theyre driving oil prices higher and theres supply chain issues. >> i respectfully disagree. shes a smart lady. for 20 years, putin has m...

His worldview which i think credibly many of— his worldview which i think credibly many of us — his worldview which i think credibly many of us think is increasingly paranoid — many of us think is increasingly paranoid and unhinged. and that diplomatic off ramp you mentioned -ets diplomatic off ramp you mentioned gets narrower and narrower and murkier— gets narrower and narrower and murkier and murkier. gets narrower and narrower and murkierand murkier. ithink gets narrower and narrower ...

Still have 6,000 nuclear weapons at 30 years after the end of the cold war? why didnt we move faster to eliminate these weapons when we had the chance, or reduce them to low levels and put in place a norm for no first use that no one should ever use nuclear weapons. why didnt we do that if we had the chance? if we get a second chance, we better not blow it again. >> i appreciate that analysis. it is a question when i spoke up this morning and i saw the headlines out of moscow, i started to ask m...

These agreements, which first came into force in 2014, the following year, 2015, call for cease-fire. but they also called for the disputed, breakaway regions of eastern ukraine in the donbass, the republic of, self proclaimed republics, to have some kind of special status. if they were to get that special status, this with me that they could also, still influence, politics in kyiv. as an extension, that might give russia a chance to give some sway over ukrainian politics, as well. that, for rus...

It also comes amid a escalation on the force at donbass where the ukrainian military and russian bass secretary are accusing each other of breaking a cease fire. this morning, just after 9 am local time, this kinder garden at donbass was hit by mortar shells. there were no fatalities, but about 20 children were in the building at the time. ukrainian president zelensky called a mortar attack a big provocation by pro-russian forces. the kremlin spokesman, dimitri peskov, told russian state media s...

About 20 children were in the building at the time. ukrainian president zelensky called it a frontline separatists. the highest level of u.s. diplomats are fanned out across the world attempting to push this towards a diplomatic off-ramp, but where do things stand in moscow, and what is the sense on the ground there as to whether or not russia is really ready to go to war? joining us now is anne simmons, moscow bureau chief for the "wall street journal." thank you for getting up so egregiously e...

Ramp that could be taken. now, top officials, u.s. officials spent part of the weekend in europe and they have a show of unity addressing russia in ukraine. we know president biden today held a meeting, a rare send meeting with the national security advisor where he received the latest updates when it comes to russias military buildup with ukraine. biden also spoke we were told for 15 minutes with the french president this afternoon where they talked about diplomatic and detourerrence efforts, a...

But there are some things president putin can go for and negotiate, and theres his off-ramp. >> so, peter, i mean, we know from the president that he has said these things to vladimir putin outside of preparing sanctions and messaging that hes given to putin himself. what is the biden administration doing to get ready for whatever inevitability there is here? >> for weeks youve seen the biden administration provide additional weaponry to ukraine. theyve tried to expose russian plots to create a ...

He has seized crimea, invaded the eastern part of the country already. maybe he is determined to carry out an operation that looks to me like a strategic disaster. >> jonathan, you have had, i dont know if i called it -- with vladimir putin, i -- you certainly challenged him at a press conference a few years ago. there you are. it joint press conference that he had with then president trump. when the white house is talking about their strategy that you just so clearly laid out, do they believe t...

You on the details. i hope we can have a better relationship in the future. but im convinced he could say that russia is now more secure because weve gone through these exercises. thats all he has to say. hes in total control. we dont have to provide him any concessions to give him an off-ramp. he provokes the crisis, its on him, and he is totally in charge in russia. so we dont -- shouldnt feel sorry for him. shouldnt feel like theres a need to give him an excuse. he has the excuse, he knows he...