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>> courtney kube, talk to me from the pentagon. all that is happening this morning and everything that's changed over the last 24 hours and hearing from the secretary of state with the dire warnings and the ambassador as well, where is the pentagon this morning? >> reporter: there's still no indications here. we've been hearing this from multiple locations, multiple buildings in this town, there's no indication that russia is de-escalating. it is the opposite, they are continuing to escalate the situation. and what exactly does that look like? we heard from president biden about that today. th...

To be the case. if the aerial surveillance is so good, why wouldn't we be able to confirmed whether or not putin is moving the troops off of the border? >> sandra, based on my reporting this morning, we can confirm that some of those russian troops remain in attack positions on the border with ukraine. that does not suggest an order has been given to attack. some of them do remain in attack positions. we do have the ability to see whether any russian troops have been pulled back or are moving back to barracks. that has not happened based on my reporting speaking to u.s. officials today. you al...

Certain point there is a moment of reckoning coming sooner or later. and the intelligence assessment suggests that the putin buildup on the border is reaching maximum capacity, more than 130,000 troops. there's reporting to suggest that many of those have actually left their bases and moved to forward attack positions. along the border of ukraine, there are three sides on which it's vulnerable to russian attack. that would be only a few hours away from kyiv and the capital. so, i think the military threat is real. i think ukrainian officials do not dispute that. you know, senior administration...

Rquirement for health-care workers. and "america strong" tonight. how one man's retirement project provided hundreds of children in need with a better night's sleep. good evening, it's great to have you with us on a busy saturday night. i'm whit johnson. we begin with that breaking news in the ukraine crisis. tensions nearing a tipping point as the world waits for vladimir putin's next move. tonight, u.s. officials saying up to 50% of more than 150,000 russian troops surrounding ukraine are in attack positions. russia today flexing its military muscle and massive joint exercises in belarus...

We have not seen that preparatory movement into attack positions. we have seen sort of the deception efforts an the russians have a word for that, they call it -- and they incorporate that in their tactical and strategic plans. so we're still not certain what they're going to do. even though they may be moving forces around, there is no clear indicator that they are actually about to cross the border. but certainly there are concerns in all three areas around the boundaries of ukraine. >> let's not forget, during desert storm the u.s. deployed half a million troops to liberate kuwait at that t...