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Assessment made clear over the weekend theres a sense for a traditional invasion that could very swiftly take down the ukrainian capital and take down the government there but theres also significant concern on the u.s. part for something that would be short of a traditional military invasion. were talking about all of the efforts to undermine the government without traditional military action. were talking about affecting their electricity grid, false flag operations that can be the pretext for...

Closest allies, macron of france, he also went to the kremlin to speak with him so i think it shows anything other than there is that united nato alliance between the u.s. and the other partners in europe and canada. eric: it seems hes getting the message but will he adhere to it? it doesnt seem likely as of now. david at the white house, thank you. molly: ukrainians preparing for potential unrest, their holding drills less than 20 miles from russia. the white house says russia will likely carry...

This might involve attacks on pro—russian groups in ukraine to create a pretext for an invasion. he has shown that russia will not be ignored. dont forget that only six months ago everyone was talking about china, particularly the biden administration. so putin has succeeded in getting his demands discussed publicly, being again the centre of attention and trying to demonstrate that russia is still a great power. despite the fact it is actually a declining power. if russia does invade, preside...

U.s. forces are gearing up. president biden says that some could be shipping out soon. where is it all heading? lieutenant general keith kellogg, house arm ad services republican mike turner, they are both coming up. but first, lets get to alexandria of at the -- hoff at the white house. >> reporter: good morning, jackie. defense secretary austin said he does not believe vladimir putin has made up his mind as of yet, but that the scenario he has created is straight out of the russian playbook pl...

About, general warrants and accusations against groups? they have due process, equal protection. individuals are to be treated at individuals, yet they have lumped everyone together, trump supporters and they everyone is guilty. >> a great point. remember, that is the left today, that control the democrat party. this is how they view things. go 3 weeks ago, when joe biden gave a speak in georgia, he said, that half of the nation was terrible and racist that same day, that very day we learn justi...

Minutes today on the phone with emmanuel macron. if he could keep this kind of attention, this probably all he would need. the real problem, i think, is that we dont know how he could escalate at this point. theres really only a one way to move forward, and what is the payoff for him, do not invade ukraine at this point. >> were all watching this unfold in realtime. im curious from you, masha, what is it you are watching next. whats going to be the next indicator of how this unfolds? >> i think ...

That the united states is going to be able to do for the ukrainians on the ground. >> and then you just heard, you know, that this is straight out of the russian playbook. and using this as, you know, pretext to start a military operation. if the u.s. feels like it is aware of that, then why would the u.s. allow itself to walk right into that trap and promise to engage militarily, even if it means supplying military, you know, forces or resources if they know that russia is using this to kind of...

Is launched by nhs england. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are kate maltby, columnist for the i and chair of the theatre critics circle, and jonathan walker, political editor at the birmingham mail. ill be speaking to them in just a moment. tomorrows front pages, starting with... the sunday express says brexit�*s big wins are coming soon. thats according to new brexit opportunities ministerjacob rees—mogg, whos been speaking to t...

Line off-line. that would be a blow. >> yeah, he already factored in what the wests response would be. he knew this is what the united states and europe would threaten, they would be cut off from the banking, he already knew that going in and he decided to do this anyway. he decided thats not enough to detour him. i dont think the west has come up with anything that surprised him so far except perhaps for the technique that my colleagues wrote about the other day, exposing in advance the fake pr...

When you consider there are at least another 130,000 russian troops that have already been positioned in other areas, mainly in russia, near to the ukrainian border, potentially poised to come in. so, very disturbing new developments in terms of that ongoing russian deployment in the region of forces and threatening ukraine, anderson. >> whats the response been to the u.s. claims about russia plotting some sort of video, fake video attack, to -- as a pretext for invasion? >> yeah, pretext, provo...