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Wolf Blitzer looks at politics, Breaking News and international stories. I had an aide next to my ear nearly screaming within the last several minutes when the president was with the italian president in the oval office but its an example of just how hard they are trying to keep reporters from asking the president questions. Obviously they cant be do that in the News Conference coming p up. You may see the president with the investigation, the president may be tempted to call on somebody in the ...

Everything but backwards in heels. and so i am just sitting here saying, nobody is stealing, nobody is going to make me angry, especially not people called in a conservative magazine, demagogic for what theyre bringing up. it just doesnt hold water. >> quite a moment, senate judiciary chairman dick durbin said hes concerned about republicans with the vote but say the committee will not cave to gop demands. thank you so much for joining us for our special live coverage today. well see you back he...

Out a statement to say, in part, nato leaders met on the one year anniversary with unprovoked and unjustified with ukraine and determination to hold russia accountable for brutal war and our commitment to strengthening the nato alliance. those are all three of the top things theyve been talking about in that room behind closed doors but it came after president zelenskyy himself addressed the group via video conference. he was not physically here at the summit, of course, hes in kyiv and ukraine ...

Much. lets continue the conversation right now with ambassador, the acting director, the acting director of the europe program at the carnegie for international peace. thank you so much for joining us. given your big picture right now, what do you anticipate will emerge from this extraordinary summit? >> well, wolf, its great to be back with you and obviously, there are kind of three summits going on and president bidens trip last summer to europe was a dress rehearsal for whats happening today....

This war began. this new video youre looking at coming in from chernhiv, ukraine, an example of devastation russia inflicted. heartbreaking humanitarian crisis. unicef announcing one in two ukrainian children has been displaced since this conflict began, wolf. >> so heartbreaking indeed to see whats going on now entering the second month of this brutal war. our chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins with us. youre getting good information about whats been going on for these past several...

Billion dollars in humanitarian assistance. thats, of course, for all of these nations taking in new refugees saying theyre overwhelmed by the numbers coming into their countries. youre seeing that aspect of the response too. well see more of that when president biden goes to poland after he finishes his meetings here but these are intense meetings behind the scenes and very extraordinary youre seeing this, wolf. >> its interesting. i spoke with the pentagon press secretary retired general john ...

His very first trips as a senator in the 70s was going over to eastern europe and hes made many trips to moscow. i remember one in particular in 1997, he came away with a conclusion that resonates today. he said i think that russias concerns about nato reflect, as he call, a deeper psychological problem about the loss of empire. hard not to look at it today and say there was a message there that still rings true 25 years later. >> certainly does. evan, thank you very much. appreciate it. poppy, ...

One of those. i am still told the u.s. is opposed to providing them with those fighter jets. now, what other conversations theyve had behind closed doors? well likely hear from president biden later on when he speaks to reporters to basically debrief us on how this day has gone, what progress theyve made, what commitments theyve made to ukraine. we should note that the united states is prepared to announce in a little bit they are willing to accept up to 100,000 ukrainian refugees, given the ref...

House. the concerns they have. obviously, you see putin threaten nuclear weapons potentially. hes put nuclear forces on a high alert. youve not seen the mites united states match that. evidence to not be more concerned than normally would be but they do seem concerned about putin using chemical weapons on the ukrainian people. one big question that happens here for these world leaders that are gathered in this building behind us is whether or not that would warrant a military response. what woul...

What do you expect president bidens message will be as a result of this, these three summits? hes going to be holding a news conference fairly soon. >> part of what hes signaling, wolf, in europe and around the world is that the world has changed. i mean, as he said, that we are right now because of vladimir putins invasion of ukraine, because it has effectively undermined the architecture of peace that has prevailed since the end of world war ii, all members of nato, the eu have to prepare for ...