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the pressure on moscow while also trying to soften, of course, the economic fallout. their unity is being tested. leaders are now facing political blowback at home as the prices for energy, food and other goods surge. on sunday u.s. president joe biden urged allies to stand strong and confront those challenges head on. have a listen. >> the entire world is feeling the impact of russias brutal war on ukraine and on our energy markets. we need worldwide effort to invest in transformative...

Strategy, including support. we want to make it clear were on ukraines side. we wont be sending our soldiers, but we want them to be able to defend themselves. we will take steps with our european allies in unity to make it clear there will be a heavy price that russia will pay if they do invade on the sanction side. >> look, we have some soldiers on high alert right now that could get deployed into the region. obviously i dont think theres the political will to send those folks to ukraine, but ...

Vladimir putin. trying to make clear both inside the alliances but also to the russians that its not just the united states having a position, its not just one or two countries having a position. the european allies and the u.s. are aligned together to make this point that yes, diplomacy should be the option. they are willing to have discussions about the future here but they are also willing to be aligned together and unified together in whatever course of action they would take on the sanction...

Election, hes going to get a primary and hell have a strong democrat running against him, the person who almost beat him last time. >> i was laughing at elise put is it so perfectly, hes just a weirdo. the fact that iowas fourth district has re-elected him as often as it has is sort of strange given, as you say, theres a long history of him saying this. there are certain things you never want to be heard to even be vaguely supporting. and i think everybody would agray that ra agree that rape and...

The sanction side. im glad the president is evaluating various options to have a college kid be imprisoned for 18 months and come back brutalized and hes in a coma and dies is not acceptable behavior in the civilized world. >> the frustration is weve tried to put pressure through china on north korea in the past, and it hasnt done anything. how do increased sanctions hurt a country that doesnt seem to care about itself own people without food or electricity. is there anything else to be done and...

>> what is the holdup? weve been hearing from government officials like yourself but tell us what the general sticking points are here. is it breakout sometime? sanctions? what is it? >> well theres not just one sticking point. when you get such a complicated technical agreement, every single piece has to come together. we always knew these would be the toughest issues. the toughest issues even come down to the very end. we have to be assured the steps are -- cuts off the pathways to a nuclear w...

To his viewpoint, which is, look, ive tried to break this steal mate, and these guys wont play ball even after i showed good faith. it could be even worse for the north koreans on the sanction side if the president plays it right. >> how have the sanctions worked at all? what donald trump is offering is something the north koreans have want the for years. so weve given a concession. weve not gotten anything back. with the iran deal, iran didnt have nuclear. north korea already has nuclear weapon...