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He can get more money. if he asks for more defensive weapons. more antitank weapons. more anti-tank weapons. he can get those things. maybe he can get a humanitarian airlift. but, i dont think he can get a no-fly zone because the united states and european leaders feel that thats the same thing as going to war with russia. but i think he can get more. because the u.s. congress is in a mood to give him more. we havent really seen this before. there is bipartisan support for giving whatever we can...

Convince europe and germany to cut off all their oil from russia. that is a steep hill to climb. germany and europe are incredibly reliant on russia for their energy needs, and of course, any sort of disruption in the global emergency market would lead to higher gas prices back here at home. something that this administration has said that they are very sensitive to. the goal here over the past few weeks, as this invasion unravelled, and as we saw the white house along with its european allies u...

The actions speak louder than his words, although his words have been pretty harsh as well, according to macron. >> i dont think its had an effect yet. as ridiculous at putins offers are, and i would certainly not accept his current offer, theyre not as ridiculous as they started out three weeks ago. i think that shows that putin understands that he isnt winning the war. he understands that these economic sanctions have been much tougher than he anticipated. he understands that ordinary russians...

We have those really disturbing comments earlier this week about cleansing russian society, about those who oppose him being scum and traitors. as you sit on something like the national security council of people looking at him thinking this is a guy who has lost the plot and this seems to be moving in the wrong direction, comment about self cleansing, society of traitors and other crazy comments he made. you know, this looks like someone who may be thinking about a major escalation because i th...

Putin has successfully distracted us multiple times over the last couple decades. >> david, i want to hear your thoughts as well on what an off-ramp could look like and i want to set that against this reality, which is we have possible war crimes against russia piling up. we learned today that a journalist has been killed. civilians arent being allowed to leave. health facilities are being bombed. u.s. officials warning of a potential chemical attack. even as we have this conversation about off-...

But i think thats a reality that hes going to have to confront. these are unprecedented sanctions. weve never seen anything like that. another pivotal issue will be whether china supports the central bank of russia when it asks for reserves back held by china. as you know, over half of those reserves are held in u.s. and western countries and a substantial portion that china has as well. its very, very awkward for china. again, doesnt want to be seen as propping up what is clearly becoming the e...

Allow people to escape safely. it remains unclear if vladimir putin actually will heed their calls, of course, the russian invasion has only gotten more and more brutal over the last several weeks, as russia has faced challenges trying to achieve its military objectives in ukraine, including taking key cities there, including the city of kyiv. and, of course, the sanctions that have imposed over the last several weeks have not deterred putin, either. the u.s. is now warning, in fact, that putin ...

Hes been criticised by some at home and abroad as being naive or arrogant or being played by moscow, and i actually put that to him a couple of days ago and he said, you know, these calls are not a whim of his — they are coordinated with all of the western allies. so, i mean, he and france, like 0laf scholz in germany, they are imposing sanctions on russia, they are supporting the military in ukraine but, they say, in case vladimir putin looks for that off ramp, if he is ready for a ceasefire,...

Broker some kind of peace or get putin to negotiate with them, are they for naught? are those efforts a waste of time? >> theyre clearly not going to produce an agreement any time soon because putin has to be convinced that he is not going to win this war for him to seek a true diplomatic off-ramp and i dont think hes convinced of that yet. at the same time, i dont think that reaching out to putin on the part of western leaders is a waste of time. i think it makes sense to judge his mind-set, to...

That, you know, theres still ongoing talks, may be another set of talks on thursday, but should we think at some point theres going to be any off-ramp for vladimir putin? >> so, one of the things ive become convinced of is no one know what iss in the mind of vladimir putin and no one can anticipate what hes planning next, nor do i believe he necessarily believes there are any off-ramps. i really believe we have to take him at his word, this is not just about ukraine but about the entire eastern ...