warplanes on high alert and 120 ships at sea. >> are partners around the world have joined us. we must stand ready to do more. even if it means we have to pay a price because we are in this for the long haul. >> at the united nations security council yesterday, the west failed to advance a draft resolution calling on russia to halt its invasion and withdraw. russia has veto power on the council and it vetoed this resolution. china is interesting here. it abstained from that vote. it has largely blamed the west for what they are calling "starting the fires in europe" and not doing much to address that, even though china has refused to outright criticize here, the country that invaded ukraine. >> griff: i want to come for a minute if i can where you started our report on the