increasingly dire. >> translator: if this continues that means the sanctions are not enough. russia must pay daly. >> reporter: but biden continuing to draw this hard line. >> idea that we're going to send in offensive equipment have planes and tanks and trains going in with american pilots and american crews that's called world war iii. >> reporter: meanwhile american diplomats working through channels to boost oil production. officials eyeing oil-rich countries like the united arab emirates, saudi arabia, and venezuela. some republican lawmakers already rejecting those efforts. >> i cannot imagine the outrage that every single elected official here is going to hear if we then switch to buy it from venezuela or iran. this is a ridiculous policy. >> we shouldn't be looking to go