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Join nato which makes sense. >> senator, thats one of the top republican issues in congress. what do you say to that? >> well, i think, first of all, when you have a country like ukraine which wants to move west and look towards western values that is a democracy, we side always with countries that are democracies. certainly there isnt going to be troops committed in that regard. i tell you, the people who are saying we shouldnt be engaged in this at all are going to be singing a very different ...

But i can describe where weve come together on that, and i think its a combination of both. bob, would you agree with that? >> i agree with senator risch. look, there are some sanctions that really could take place up front because of what russia has already done, cyberattacks on ukraine, false flag operations, the efforts to undermine the ukrainian government internally. those are just some examples of sanctions that could take place now. but then the devastating sanctions that ultimately would...

And incredibly strong bipartisan resolve to have severe consequences for russia if it invades ukraine, and in some cases for what it has already done. so what i would say is what we are devising, building upon the legislation that both senator risch wrote independently and i wrote, which i call the mother of all sanctions, is to include a variety of elements, massive sanctions against the most significant banks, crippling to their economy, meaningful in terms of consequences to their accounts an...

Working together trying to reach a compromise on a large sanctions bill to deter putin or punish him, a bill that would require bipartisan support. i want to begin with a special exclusive this morning, two top senators on the foreign relations committee together, democratic chairman bob menendez of new jersey and republican ranking member jim risch of idaho. gentlemen, thank you for joining us this morning. mr. chairman, ill start with you. we have heard stark warnings is about a possible inv...

>> its a little like reading tea leaves. >> -- a bipartisan group of senators is trying to prevent war. ill speak with two members of the foreign relations committee, democratic chairman bob menendez and republican ranking member jim risch next. are we done yet? omicron shows signs of retreating in the u.s. as some states rethink covid restrictions. but with millions still unvaccinated, is it too soon to figure out how to live with the virus? >> were still seeing pretty high levels all across ...

Devastating price. >> senator risch, some conservative personalities, even some sitting lawmakers, theyre questioning why the u.s. is helping ukraine at all. i want you to take a listen. >> why is it disloyal to side with russia but loyal to side with ukraine? ukraine is strategically irrelevant to the united states. he wants to keep his western border secure. thats why he wants ukraine to join nato which makes sense. >> senator, as one of the top republican issues in congress, what do you say t...

Now. but then the devastating sanctions that ultimately would crush russias economy, and the continuing lethal aid we are going to send which means putin has to decide how many body bags of russias sons are going to return to russia. the sanctions that were talking about would come later on the he invades. some sanctions would come up front for what has been done already, but the lethal aid will travel no matter what. >> quickly, senator risch, the issue of the nord stream 2 pipeline between rus...

>> well, i dont think that decision has been made yet. theres a lot of us that believe that if putin sees weakness, if he sees bumbling, if he sees ineptitude, if he sees indecision, he will take advantage of that. i dont think hes made a decision to do that yet. what bob and i and our coalition of bipartisan senators are attempting to do is to project the resolve that we have as americans to see that he doesnt do that, to provide the strength, project the strength and convince him that this wou...

The, quote, near term as his top military general warned an invasion by the russians would be, quote, horrific. harsh assessments the ukrainians are downplaying as that countrys president urges calm. in the latest sign of the growing threat, cnn is reporting that the u.s. sees indications russia is positioning new supplies of blood near ukraines border, that according to two senior defense officials. its a grim potential signal of russian plans for an invasion. on capitol hill republican and d...

Invasion. on capitol hill republican and democratic lawmakers are, woulding together trying to reach a compromise on a large sanctions bill to deter putin or punish him, a bill that would require bipartisan support i want to begin with a special exclusive this morning, two top senators on the foreign relations committee together, democratic chairman bob menendez of new jersey and republican ranking member jim risch of idaho. gentlemen, thank you for joining us this morning. mr. chairman, ill...