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For planes. the united states has raised the alert level of 8500 combat troops preparing to deploy them in europe at short notice. the british army leads the nato battle group in astoria and if russia invades ukraine we would look to contribute to any new nato deployments to protect our allies in europe. and every contact with russia, the uk and our allies stressed our unity and adherence to vital points of principle. we cannot bargain away the vision of a europe whole and free that emerged in those amazing years from 1989 to 1991, healing the division of our continent by the iron curtain. we ...

Position, nor do the russians, to go to war with russia. no one would win. the world would lose should that be the case. the minute you start talking about face to face with the russians, that can go up the escalatory ladder very quickly. so we take a move and put combat troops in. he then puts his combat troops facing and firing at us. and then all the sudden, it becomes a subconventional to conventional to possibly nuclear. so, we have to be careful as how we are calibrating our response and what he is doing. we have to give diplomacy a chance. i am really pessimistic about it because i thin...

Deliberately ratcheting up tensions in order to stretch concessions from the u.s. and its allies. the u.s. gave ukraine nearly half a billion dollars in military assistance last year and president biden has threatened sanctions if russia invades but has ruledded out sending american combat troops. jericka? >> duncan: a story we continue to follow, holly williams, thank you. straight ahead on the cbs weekend news, it's return season. we'll show you what happens to all those unwanted gifts and the impact on the environment and economy. plus documenting the deadly capitol riot for history and the...

Accountable if it invades and it depends on what it does. it's one thing if it's a minor incursion and we end up fighting about what to do and not do ect. maria: joining me right now is arkansas senator tom cotton who sits on the senate judiciary and armed services committee. good to see you. good morning to you. >> thank you, maria. good to be on with you. maria: are you expecting russia to invade ukraine? >> maria, vladimir putin is set to invade. this is the most dangerous time in eastern europe in years-- years, maybe decades to have a major war between two nationstates. i think we should ...

Ukraine, but here we are, what is the reason for our troops to be in these nato countries if that's the case? >> in one phrase, article five. we have a serious commitment to the nato alliance. attack on one is an attack on all. they are getting the attention of our european and nato allies and partners. it is of concern and we want to make sure that the alliance stays united and that the alliance is able to defend itself particularly on the eastern flank. so what this is, if we did send troops over, they would only be going into allied territory. the president made it clear we're not going to ...