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This what it actually is, which is a war. with the russian economy crippled by sanctions, putin is now calling that a declaration of war. there are growing concerns that a cornered putin could lash out and widen the conflict beyond ukraine's borders. we will start with two reports from the region. kelly cobiella near the poland border, reporting on the 1.5 million ukrainians who have fled the country and first we will kick things off with richard engel who is in kyiv. a lot has happened overnight. what is the latest from your perspective? >> reporter: chuck, second attempt to evacuate citizens...

Basically just help me. i'll fight my own fight, just give me the tools to do it. and for us to hesitate or anyone to hesitate in the free world is wrong. and he said that. he says, if ukraine falls, europe may fall. where do you want to stop -- >> what does that mean for you? would you support a no fly zone? would you support doing this which could trigger a wider conflict? >> i understand that, but right now you don't signal to your nemesis. this is putin's war, this is not the russian people's war. this is putin's war and quests for anything it might be. but to take them off the table becau...

President putin was willing to engage diplomatically to bring this aggression to a close. right now we're not seeing him. he was on the phone, president putin, with president macron of france a couple days ago, and by all accounts, according to the french, he's digging in and doubling down. and i think we have to be ready that this could go on for some while. the sheer force that russia can bring to bear, the manpower, the expanse in its military, has the potential to keep grinding down these incredibly brave and resilient ukrainians. but here's the thing. winning a battle is not winning a war...

That ukraine is someone, that nobody is really serious about protecting ukraine. and that was ultimately a sign of weakness. it's our political divisions, and our party infighting that was on full display now. and putin is quite shocked now that we have some collective action together. >> we want you to listen to a member of the ukrainian parliament about the no-fly zone zone. >> we all know that also the next step that we see is a no-fly zone over ukraine. i know that everybody is saying, no, no, no, the third world war will start. i will be very blunt with you. it already started. >> we have...

Horrible poll numbers. winston churchill had a great quote. he said that "an appeaser is a person who feeds a crocodile hoping it will eat him last." that is what joe biden is doing. he appeased aoc at the beginning. he appeased her on the border, appeased her on keystone, appeased her on the trillions of dollars giving it away, now he is appeasing putin, appeasing china, he has appeased putin on the nord system, that is all this guy is about, is appeasement and weakness and all the things we have been talking about. it is sad for the country. that is the problem with all of this. >> sean: sad...