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White house to send a message to the president about gun violence and ended up in handcuffs. new warnings, new intelligence and a persistent struggle to read vladimir putin's mind. president biden convenes a call with the british prime minister and today the biden national security team briefs lawmakers on capitol hill. that briefing includes an assessment of how russia would invade ukraine. u.s. intelligence indicates moscow would first target airfields and early warning systems with missiles. then a fast-growing ground assault. the biden white house says an invasion could come any day and ...

This is where we should be. >> now fate is really his hand. >> xi transformed china's military into a force that now rivals america in the region. he's not afraid to use it. >> two nuclear powers facing off. in 2020, china seized about 100 square miles along its disputed border with india. at least two dozen died in vicious hand-to-hand combat. >> they built airfields, built weapons there. >> xi tried to influence the south china sea, amassing dozens of vessels. >> china is not fit to fight a war in the region. >> and even sinking ships.

Ukraine's border. we know that ukrainian officials believe that the point of this is to rattle nato, is to test it, is to divide it, is to challenge it. and that certainly seems to have been accomplished. nato is definitely paying attention to what's happening here. there has been this different assessment between the united states and ukraine in terms of just how serious the threat is, but we've been seeing these satellite images coming through these last 24 hours, kim, from maxar, the independent satellite image provider, showing that just on that border between ukraine and belarus, forces h...

And missile campaign on key ukrainian military infrastructure including airfields, air defense, and warning systems. joining me now to discuss the threat, evelyn parker, former u.s. department assistant secretary of defense for russia, ukraine, and eurasia. evelyn, it's good to have you on this morning. >> thanks, jim. >> when you look at that build-up and the u.s. intelligence, not just on the number of forces there but on the plan, which includes, among other things, to encircle the capital kyiv within 48 hours, attack at multiple points across the border, when you look at that intelligence ...

Begin, a major military action could begin by russia in ukraine any day now. that includes this coming week before the end of the olympics. >> reporter: later today, kate, there will be a classified briefing for top senators, top members of the key committees to provide specific intelligence about what the administration sees. so we'll see, kate, if that leads to any resolution between the differences among the parties about how the united states should respond if that invasion were to occur. >> much more to come from there, manu, thank you. let's get over to the pentagon. press secretary john...