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Daybe in and day out about the information flow there, what messaging is coming out of russia,g how the government the is handling all of this, and weve gotten some insight into the first round, if you will, of official death tolls, from the russian, government. how are the russians on the street, the people youre talkingpe to, hearing from, how are they handling the new reality ofg what is happening the war, plus these crippling sanctions? >> on the sanctions front, ordinary russians are findin...

Biggest private banks there that was sanctioned. and he, yesterday, publicly said that he would like the bloodshed to end. his family are ukrainian. he grew up in ukraine. incredible, to see comments like that coming from oligarchs. its not just that overseas assets are frozen, rosemary. you have got to think about their assets within russia, given the ruble has tanked. given equities if they ever open on the moscow stock exchange -- closed once again today -- will also see their prices tumble. ...

Estimate are going to become refugees in the coming weeks and months, requiring humanitarian assistance, there are going to be another 12 million people internally in ewe crepe who are going to need relief and protection. they say these are likely the people who just didnt have the resources to flee. david? >> matt gutman inside ukraine for us again tonight. matt, thank you. and the u.s. and nato united on these sanctions on russia and on vladimir putin himself. tonight, our team in russia lea...

You heard heard me talking to secretary antony blinken. he said we are adding to the sanctions every day. is that enough? what would you be doing if you were in charge? >> well, i do think the sanctions are having an impact, particularly the mastercard/visa issue, the central bank, the ruble dropped. but i would add the secondary sanctions as well that would impact any other entity or country that would assist, like, say, china. also this carved-out exception for energy, thats a lifeblood for pu...

Conservative fiscal policy. its trimmed its budget. its also been weaning the economy off the u.s. dollar as a cushion, and its also been trying to diversify its trade portfolio of oil and gas is the lifeblood of the russian economy. and it will remain to be seen, these are early days, but when the markets open in russia today, we are also going to see whether or not, you know, theres a rush on the banks, what happens to the ruble, will it go into freefall? so these are early days. >> i was goin...

Line. and this is really dire situation because its impossible to get healthcare there through normal means, so you just ask someone who is ready to potentially risk his or her life to take to grab a bag, so get into some kind of civilian car and to try to drive there as fast as possible before the curfew, and in the middle of air raid. so yes indeed, humanitarian aid is extremely important and remember the aid to restore the country. there are some things that might be treated as luxury, but ma...

The u.s. expanded sanctions on russias central bank today blocking americans from doing any business with it and freezing any assets in the united states. several rounds of crippling sanctions from across the globe were already being felt. the value of the ruble is in free fall, and interest rates in russia climbed 20%. all the while protests continue across that country where it can be illegal and frankly dangerous to speak out. international monitoring groups estimate nearly 6,000 demonstrator...

His military. >> you and the white house and allies across the rash have implemented a pummeling number of sanctions and you still have a card to play in terms of energy and gas. will there be moves to sanction that key industry in russia as well >> were very open. i think youve seen, jonathan. youve covered this and followed this very, very closely almost every single day. theres new steps that were taking and announcing with our western partners or countries in europe and were doing that in lo...

>> jesse: last night president biden stayed up way past his bled time to deliver the state of the union address it went as well as expected. >> putin may circle give tanks he will never gain the hearts and souls of the ukrainian people. the proud people. you cant build a wall high enough to keep out a -- a vaccine. more corporations incorporated in america than any other state in america combined. >> cutting off russias largest bank national fj system preventing russias central bank from defendi...

Enough. nato is more united than it has been in decades, exactly what vladimir putin is hoping to avoid, the ruble is tanking, what more should the u.s. be doing in terms of sanctions? >> well, first of all, youve got to speed the relief there whenever were putting armaments in support of ukraine, lets get them there, the logistics challenge. lets move very quickly. secondly, i do think that you have to look at more support for poland in terms of a humanitarian crisis and as refugees come out of...