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In 2014. >> reporter: biden telling me friday that his team is actively working on plans to try to deter russia. >> i have been in constant contact with our allies in europe, with the ukrainians. my secretary of state and national security adviser have been engaged extensively. >> reporter: russia disputing it is planning an offensive but is demanding guarantees that ukraine will not be admitted into the nato alliance. >> hes worried that ukraine is turning into a nato aircraft carrier parked of...

Firsthand look at the implications. plus -- >> president biden wins that reaction to russias provocation on the worlds state. well go live to london for the latest when "morning joe" comes back in two-minutes. ning joe" c back in two-minutes.

Athletes home, too, not just officials. is a diplomatic boycott enough given the human rights abuses? >> we will be rooting for the athletes from home. that does not mean that is the end of the concerns we will raise about human rights abuses in xinjiang. but this is just sending a message that given these human rights abuses, we cannot proceed with business as usual. >> and cecilia, we know china responding tonight, calling the u.s. move a serious offense? >> reporter: yeah, they are calling th...

A victim of "racial harassment and bullying" at the county. gough says hes aware of the "wider responsibilities" of taking on the position. gough spent 15 years at the county over two spells and will be the managing director until the end of the 2022 season. the united states has announced a diplomatic boycott of next years winter olympics and paralympics in beijing. the move wont affect athletes whove qualified to compete with the white house saying no official delegation would be sent to the g...

Factors. >> bill: president biden expected to announce a possible diplomatic boycott of the upcoming winter games in beijing. under such boycott no u.s. government official would attend the games though american athletes would be allowed to compete. chief washington correspondent mike emanuel. whats the expectation? >> sounds like an announcement could come any time now. china is not reacting well threatening to take firm counter measures if the united states proceeds with a dloip mat i can boyc...

Promise of a phone call and he backed down or he pulled at least some of his troops off of the border. so there are a couple of short term things and probably some longer term things. >> let me ask you this. is he looking for a reason to do it, though, this time? i say this because he seemed to -- the equivalent of, here he is, amassing these troops, and its like, and if anybody -- and if you, ukraine, even close your fist, youve crossed my red line. that sounds like a guy who wants to invade. >...

Always less than what allegedly credibly is being threatened behind closed doors. thats number one. number two, i think they have to take on this narrative. ukraine is not threatening russia. and the fact that hes asking for security guarantees and were reacting to that, i think just on the public relations piece, we need to be much more definitive and say this is completely concocted by putin. this crisis is invented by him. and we need to underscore that this narrative is not acceptable. so i ...

Destabilize a country from the inside. that was in response to a question about an allegation made by the ukrainian president vladimir zelensky about a coup plot against him. blinken said he did not know whether that was true or not, but he did say this. >> we have seen russias playbook many times over, and part of that playbook is to attempt to create and manufacture a so-called provocation as justification for something that russia is planning to do all along. and so whether whats been reporte...

Imagine what kind of provocation can happen from such things. this crisis started when high representatives and the celebration of war criminals celebrating genocide, and the denial of genocide. it is their responsibility on me or others? i dont think so.— dont think so. there were about 60,000 dont think so. there were about 60.000 nato — dont think so. there were about 60,000 nato peacekeepers - dont think so. there were about 60,000 nato peacekeepers that dont think so. there were about -...

>> well, he said that the commitment, kristen, to both ukraine, which is under threat from russia and to latvia, which also as a nato member feels this russian threat because of military exercises on its border, that the commitment is iron clad. but i also asked him about ukraines presidents allegation that russia has attempted a coup against his government. heres what he had to say. >> do you have an assessment about the claim of an attempted coup? >> so heres one thing i can tell you is that w...