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Discuss security and strategic ability in europe according to the french government. this meeting essentially the substance of it would be determined in the upcoming meeting between secretary of state antony blinken and russian foreign minister sergei lavrov that is set to be held on thursday. there is an important note from this, a readout from the french government that said it can only be held to the condition russia does not invade ukraine. were waiting for confirmation from the white house ...

Last night was wrong in many ways. he would get a really bad grade in my class at stanford for the history that he portrayed. but that is the narrative, and that is why the idea that there is some off-ramp if we just shut the nato door, or we increased sanctions, i think that we are not understanding the magnitude of about what is about to happen. and he now has made it pretty clear what he wants to do. >> there was a sense of uncertainty in the white house about the use of invasion last night. ...

From president zelensky who was asking why wait to put these sanctions in place when the bombs start falling on ukraine, why not do it now? does his argument carry any water with you? >> sure. i understand where president zelensky is coming from. i was in the room at the conference when he addressed it, the munich security conference. in his voice its both a sense of desperation but also a resolve that they do not want russia to overtake ukraine. and they want to leave nothing undone to prevent ...

For diplomacy, no hope for an off ramp, you know, putin wants pretty much to do to ukraine whether a he did to chechnya. and/or syria. and there is going to be a lot more loss of life and i dont think he is ever going to be talking to zelenskyy. >> bret: chilling discussion. stand by if you would. up next the china-russia they new world order or thats what they want. cut. liberty mu... line? cut. liberty mutual customizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need. cut. liberty m... am...

Kremlin control of the media producing an inverted reality of russias war in ukraine. not everyone here accepts the official kremlin line. russians who find alternative sources of information — on their smartphone, on their computer — they tend to reach different conclusions about whats happening in ukraine. as well they might if they are given full access to all the information expected things to say about this. if he has total control over state media then it figures that if you can find a...

>> no and no. theres no room for negotiations. vladimir putin keeps upping his ante, and he keeps threatening the west even more. he hasnt offered anything. he shows no ability to negotiate whatsoever. so, yes, they need to continue to try. but even with the humanitarian corridor, russia is famous for promising humanitarian corridors and then using it for its own means. you cant trust russia with these things. the ukrainians need to try to sit down and try to find a way to peace. i think its rea...

Live with? what are those options were going to be looking at? >> some sort of declarations of, i guess, ukraines neutrality. i think putin would need to see that his forces are simply unable to take large urban centers. i mean kyiv is going to be the critical thing. hes going to continue to push to take the capital. and if hes stuck, i mean, again, this large column, russian column north of kyiv has been stuck. so its some face-saving way out. its good that, you know, that different foreign off...

Allies. during that meeting president biden called in and he gave us an update on the extensive work that he is doing, working around the clock consulting with our nato allies and getting everyone on the same page. vladimir putin is not dividing our european partners now, if anything, its making us grow stronger and hes going to make nato stronger as a result at the end of the day. so i hope that were giving putin every diplomatic avenue as an off ramp not to go into ukraine, but we are ready to...

With. >> that is right. and i think what is interesting is that we need to get to a place here in those negotiations, we putin feels he as an off-ramp, were not giving him things, i think only reason he is coming to table is that ukrainians are fighting harder than he thought they would, we heard him today threaten nuclear action, negotiators have to keep an eye on the goal that is restoring ukraine sovereignty, getting a ceasefire, then pushing russians out of ukraine, we have to be smart about...

Organized and the way it works? >> vladimir putin is probably the most paranoid man in the world. and he has been for 20 years. hes a very little man, hes very scared of everybody and very vindictive. hes constantly looking around for betrayal, and any type of -- any type of nastiness going on around him and will act preemptively. so -- just look at it, he sits at this 30-foot table, a long way away from everybody, because hes scared of them. some say because of covid. i think hes scared because...