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And amenities around putin to press and to press hard. while at the same time, supplying the ukrainian fighters who have shown the world that they know how to fight. >> is the incremental approach deliberate? and if not, why isnt the full kitchen sink already in? >> i think the incremental approach is deliberate. because were trying to get president putin to do a diplomatic off-ramp from this crisis. and were ratcheting them up severely as this crisis getting more severe. now, of course, kramato...

Another. incredibly, chuck, as well as all other atrocities committed here, the russians are denying they had anything to do with this one either. >> ali arouzi, thanks very much. jeremy, i keep coming back to a quote that the health official of ohio at the beginning of the pandemic, she said when you look back on pandemics, never regret what you did, regret what you dont. are we going to look at back and regret what we did or regret what we didnt do? >> we have to make sure russia cannot exact ...

Donbas. >> that is an off ramp that i think a lot of europeans thought was -- its totally closed, right? >> totally closed. i dont think zelenskyy will permit it, i dont think any country in the west will allow him to be strong armed into it. one of the points of discussion in istanbul was that the russians said we dont want to have any prosecutions on war crimes. you take a look at an attack on a train station like this, targeting civilians, potentially, a missile was written for the children. ...

The scorched earth campaign and the results. >> i think we can do more. we a allowing vladimir putin putin from deterring the right thing in ukraine and this administration needs to get a handle on nato. the baltic states have been more up front about not negotiating with putin and been in agreement with president biden that putin committed war crimes and negotiation is not a possibility. putin is fighting to win this war and he is ready for scorched earth. france and germany have continuously b...

Top of the priority list in the new year. i think something can be worked out, but will be right back talk about how that is. all remain hopeful that something is not gonna be destroyed for something so good. thank you very much senator. >> "the rachel maddow show" starts right now. good evening, rachel. >> good evening chris. thank you, my friend. appreciate you being here. thanks at home for joining us. appreciate you being here. it is a very excite lead-up to the christmas holidays at the e...

Happens. there are helicopters which could be a sign pointing toward invasion. if its going to happen, it would happen in the next couple of months before the march muddy troops. we opened this segment saying russians are not going to invade. how credible is that? >> reporter: i think we can sympathize with the u.s. delegation now. sympathetic to hear. is it an escalatory game where you need to keep one-upping your brinksmanship or are they sincere about this? the helicopters moving in kind of b...

Just the reality of geopolitics today. the fact of nato being in former soviet republics like the baltic states, the fact of there being a nato troop presence on the ground. russia knows these are not things that the u.s. can negotiate without changing the fundamental nature of nato. at the same time, when he puts out things like not wanting nuclear weapons on his borders, you know, you have the opening to have a negotiation around something that youre not doing as something of an off-ramp for p...

Dont faint, im an up-and-coming republican tomorrow. but even the judge who you said rightly had to hand it down, this is what district judge bruce jones said. he had to impose a mandatory minimum and he suggested a lesser sentence was warranted and he said "i will state that if i had the discretion it would not be my sentence. to laurens point, all of the family members, the victims family members except one who said i dont think the sentence should be commuted but i do think it should be more ...

That exists before a potential invasion. i think when you look at what ultimately halted russias advance in 2014 after they moved into a couple of eastern provinces of ukraine, it was a combination of truly multilateral sanctions on russia, but not just the u.s. acting alone, but the u.s. aligned with europe and other countries which increases both the diplomatic and economic costs to russia, but also a face-saving off-ramp for putin. this is not someone who is ever going to admit defeat. his wh...

Of deterrence. of the u.s. and its allies imposing severe economic costs on russia. and also moving potentially additional nato personnel into some of the member states that border ukraine and russia. the two sides did agree and have a constructive conversation about the diplomatic talks that are going to be starting in ten days in geneva. theres a hope it might provide diplomatic off ramp for both sides. >> about that, first, any indication of why putin wanted to talk to president biden earlier...