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Situation from me, not from the intermediaries. >> now the friction there is not really necessarily so much about whether an attack is imminent or further away, although that has played into it. it is really about the use of language, which is causing consternation in the markets here. its having an economic effect. and it, of course, an economic effect, a weakening of the ukrainian economy that would be part of any russian play in terms of the pressure that it wants to bring on ukraine, on the ...

Chiefs chairman there, discussing the growing crisis between ukraine and russia. and the u.s. role in all of this. still pushing for a diplomatic solution here. want to bring back our analysts and reporters. formernato supreme allied commander, general wesley clark. your biggest takeaway? >> i think the big push is allied unity, reassuring our allies. not being provocative. seeking a diplomatic solution. i thought the -- secretary austin and secretary milley said it well. and they reinforced it ...

Interested in them. interested in helping them. the types of things we do with them routinely is train with them and enable them and really increase their level of readiness and so thats been very helpful to them. and it has strengthened our bonds with our allies and partners in the region. these are temporary deployments. and so, again, we will continue to sort this out as we go forward. but again, we are focused on nato. were focused on reassuring our allies and thats what this is all about. i...

But that comes with refugees heading west into the e.u., that causes his own problems for europe and that could be a consideration as putin for a weapon. and one of the key questions an we heard both austin and milley address this quickly, that is a question of would there be a imminent deployment or a call up or an activation of either 8,500 troops in the u.s. or troop movement in europe in response to europe. that was answered fairly quickly. >> that hasnt happened yet. but both made it clear ...

Violated. the idea of trusting putin even though hes got a signature on a document is an absurdity. the only way we deal with that agreement is obviously we hold him accountable and holding up to that agreement. but trust him, never. the only thing that putin truly respects is strength and the will of his opponents, and he is questioning the will of the united states and also of the european allies in dealing and protecting ukraine, helping to defend ukraine in terms of arms, and also seeing thi...

Citizen and if youre in ukraine, you should consider leaving ukraine. and you can go to the state department website and see what theyve put out. >> similar advisories before afghanistan, too. and it didnt forestall an evacuation crisis. >> thats also correct. >> rest assured, david, that whatever task the united states military is called upon to accomplish, well be prepared to do it. lets go back to the phone and reach out to phil stewart. phil? >> yes, hi. i have a question for both of you. se...

Blown away because hostilities have been returned for years. they are going to meet again in berlin in two weeks. the fact that its taken two weeks to have that meeting again also lends itself to how serious is it. but those are two paths still open and i dont think to be any military invasion of ukraine while putins cohort, president xi is hosting the olympics, and while these two diplomatic efforts are going forward. i dont want to overplay it, i mean, clearly putin has the forces there, but h...

0 ukraine. at least 130,000 troops and that number has gone up and they continue to conduct live fire exercises. according to the white house, president biden reaffirmed his support. zelensky said theres no need to panic and he knows the situation better than president biden. according to the kremlin, putin told his french counterpart that the u.s. and nato had not addressed his fundamental concerns about security in the region. joining me from kyiv is my partner matt bradley, courtney kube is i...

0 thats also why it would be so difficult for these two stations, these two segment of the station to divorce. they share electricity, prop propulsion, food and the water supply. its very common for nasa astronauts to float oaf to the russian segment and ask can we borrow a tank of your urine, we need to use it to drink it, recycle and make more food. if that doesnt transcend politics, not sure what does. >> not as common as a cup of sugar, but i get your point. thank you so much. top of brand...

Paces away from the leaders of the two biggest nuclear powers in the world are meeting with their closest advisor we get a sense that biden officials dont want any news made until after things wrap up this evening. for example. earlier today during that chaotic free for all with the press, a reporter shouted out to president biden and asked him do you trust vladimir putin and he nodded his head as if to say yes, he does. but jen psaki gave us a statement with members of the press shouting questi...