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The number and intensity of these discussions are clear indicator of just how high the stakes and the tensions are right now. meanwhile, the washington post reports that according to u.s. intelligence, russian government hackers have likely infiltrated ukrainian military, energy, and other critical in come pewter networks. it reports that russia could potentially disrupt those systems if a military assault is launched. nbc news has confirmed the white house has held tabletop exercises to game ou...

Are, it is about reducing the amount of time needed to respond effectively. thats what the tabletop exercises, two in december, are designed to do to help the u.s. respond more quickly should a russian invasion move forward. >> a new strategy perhaps even surprising russians as well. jeremy diamond, thank you. right now the u.s. is preparing to receive americans who are currently evacuating ukraine. the u.s. embassy in ukraine opened a welcome center near the poland/ukraine border. the state d...

Weeks. what exactly are we learning today? >> reporter: these efforts began in the fall after the united states noticed that russia was making these troop movements near eastern ukraine, deploying many of its forces there, forces that have now mounted to over 130,000. they conducted what are called tabletop exercises to game out potential scenarios for everything from a full scale russian invasion to a more limited series of russian military actions. these tabletop exercises were coordinated by ...

Former officials who have been in previous administrations have been doing these kinds of tabletop exercises in preparation for crises. here youve got a real crisis, so the biden white house was doing exactly that, at least twice that "the washington post" reported on and updating these with possible scenarios. so we were relying on a nonprofit think tank, silverado policy accelerator, and they came up with scenarios that were very similar to whats really happening now in the run-up to a possibl...

Give the diplomacy every chance to succeed. that sentiment evident today in moscow were german chancellor schultz met with vladimir putin, it comes a secretary of state anthony blinken spoke by phone with rush informant esther lavrov. blinken also spoke with the french, germany, and british foreign ministers about a response in the event of an attack on ukraine. the white house said french president macron and president biden also spoke by phone today. the number and intensity of these discussio...

Talk about it on the other side. take a listen. >> have you gathered specific intelligence that suggests that president putin is deploying these weapons, moving into position or considering their use? and would the u.s. or nato respond with military action if he did use chemical weapons? >> you know, on the first question, i cant answer that. im not going to give you intelligence data, number one. number two, we would respond. we would respond if he uses it. the nature of the response would depe...

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler made remarks on Jan. 24, 2022, at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law's Annual Securities Regulation Institute...

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler made remarks on Jan. 24, 2022, at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law's Annual Securities Regulation...

Confusion right now, fredricka. >> my goodness. chief ramsey back with us now. this really is a security nightmare, even though we are hearing from officials at the atlanta airport this was an accidental discharge and that no one has been injured. now you still have to coordinate all the people who are kind of stuck there, because even with nadias family members, nobody can really leave. so how do officials kind of prioritize the needs here so that you dont have item percent flaring and you dont...

Arthel: all of the tabletop exercises that the pentagon conducts china always takes taiwan there is a lot of reasons to believe that china will institute an invasion but nonetheless they have a predominant number of forces and the other thing, although china may fail under conventional invasion that is up in the air but the point is china to go nuclear very fast we could avoid this with clear words from the white house but no american president has said those words yet. arthel: what are those wo...