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Macron talking to president putin, diplomats putting feelers out their russian counterparts, the talks taking place between russia and ukraine. the problem is that all that is a long way from the holy grail, what officials call the diplomatic off ramp, an american phrase for the exit off a motorway. is it possible some kind of negotiated settlement could take place? what if president putin were to face domestic pressure that threatens his leadership? what if ukraine faces so much bloodshed that ...

About eastern ukraine, crimea, promises not to join nato. hes trapped right now, and i think you asked the right question. what is his off ramp, and i dont think he knows. >> well, if it is crimea, if it is eastern ukraine, he will obviously put in the requirement that ukraine is neutral, that ukraine de militarizes. i see no way they could agree to that. even if they agreed to give him land in eastern ukraine, they would never agree to demilitarize. >> he taught them not to. >> right. >> one of...

And to allow this bloodshed to stop. it is no no ones interest, lead of all joe biden for this to continue. all he seems to be interested in the momah domestic pursuits the moment is domestic pursuits. >> captain. to that thought of the off-ramp for vladimir putin, how do we build a golden bridge for a man whom a lot of people think deserves any sort of bridge. >> he does not deserve any type of bridge, i would echo mirandas points with regard to presidential leadership . back to president harry

Like macron to pick up the phone and call putin and maybe president xi and say we want you both to abstain. putin is not winning this fight, he is losing this fight and look at ways to say well, where is my off ramp, and my off ramp with the economic problems, if the united nations comes in as a world body and says its a u.n. no fly zone, keep nato out of the flight, high risk, of courses t, perfect plan, no, no plan is perfect but there is a way to do and at least explore it. >> john: interesti...

That the american people understand that this russian oil thing, i mean, were the number one producer of oil in the world. it is a small amount. you guys have gone over it. >> 70%, right. >> youve gone over it over the last segment. so i think joe did -- i think president biden did the right thing with the oil decision he a announced yesterday. we need to understand, no fly zone over ukraine means were going to war with russia. >> a nuclear war, world war iii. >> exactly. so you cant say no fly ...

Make secure phone calls to the kremlin. part of why the west knows so much about what has been going on. putin is grasping at straws, hoping to use the diplomatic off-ramp. a stunt essentially to solve for time. >> one fascinating aspect to this conflict has been obviously we are seeing the heartbreaking horrific scenes out of ukraine. but also what we are seeing in russia. in terms of anti-war protesters being one round, of detained, in their thousands. obviously this is a country of many many ...

Into a more lethal phase and weve already seen they are indiscriminately hitting targets. weve seen schools hit, apartment buildings hit, is there any off ramp at this point? any face-saving measure for putin this doesnt have to happen? >> you know, alisyn, i think gary ckasparov put it well, we should be looking for off ramps for the russian people. that implies it would be nice if they could get rid of putin. you mentioned the sanctions against the oligarchs, putins money launderers. the secur...

This invasion to isolate russia. we have taken actions in the security council of the united nations and to help the people in ukraine, and france just decided to introduce a new resolution in the security council for the humanitarian access. the time, again, when we talk to the russian leadership was useful because it has shown that we were ready to discuss substantially and while we were discussing we were preparing the sanctions. if we had adopted the sanctions so quickly it is because also b...

Climate change. it is not a nonimportant issue, but you have to have an off ramp for people. you cant imagine how focused the american people are on energy policy, and what thats doing to inflation. she will also want to talk he will also want to talk about the american rescue plan. what americans have done, the majority of them have connected the extra money going into the system that helped raise -- on everything else. a lot of things he would want to talk about is accomplishments are vulnerab...

Ammunition. we need to get ammunition, missiles, stingers, all of this needs to be at their disposal so they can defend their country and as they say, defend democracy. >> do you think there is any sort of off-ramp for putin or is he going to do this ultimately until ukraine falls, killing who knows how many innocent ukrainians while doing it and then installs a puppet government while capturing or killing zelenskyy? >> i dont think there is an off-ramp. there is a retreat. he has an invasion fo...