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When putin says he's launching an operation in the donbas region, that's where you are. what is it like there? is there a sense of panic in mariupol, the second biggest city in the donesk region? >> that's absolutely right, jake. president biden recognized the independence of those two breakaway rep ublics but also te land around them. that is where we are. we are seeing russian troops push into those areas. the leaders of those areas calling on the kremlin to help them. the kremlin saying they're sending in peacekeepers. so the question is now when do those russian troops cross over into what...

Why won't they sanction the man responsible for this war? >> he didn't tell us why today, we asked. this is something that president biden himself has affirmed is on the list of considerations. he said today it is still something that remains on the table but didn't explain why they didn't feel the need to take that step today following this full-scale attack that you've seen russia conduct overnight, the attack that u.s. officials had been warning about. some people have called to go after putin, saying it would be one of the most aggressive forms of sanctions. you see president biden going a...

Between those two fronts. so the reality here is setting in, jake. we spent all day walking around town. you could hear those booms in the distance that clarissa was just referencing, sporadic artillery fire that sounded like it was coming from the eastern front. we saw long lines at atms, long lines at gas stations. we saw people streaming out of the city. and, jake, tonight i spoke with a ukrainian orthodox priest who we've gotten to know. he said that this is now all-out war. he said that we are acquainted with the fighting. we expect this fighting to be much worse because of the weapons in...

That the leaders of ukraine, president zelenskyy on town, trying not to have panic, tried to reassure the public that russia was not actually going to invade and attack, and ultimately they were wrong. scott mcclain reporting from the polish side of the ukrainian border. scott, thank you so much. president biden announcing what he calls significant sanctions on russia, but how much of a difference will they make when the russians are already bombing ukrainian cities? we'll go live on the ground to russia and to ukraine, that's next. stay with us. liz, you nerd, cough if you're in here! shh! ...

Saying we're going to support russia, that could create trouble for the u.s. it's really hard to tell right now. i just think that investors should not be thinking about selling or making any quick moves at the moment. >> obviously one of the big issues going on right now is that europe gets almost 40% of its fuel, its energy, from russia. does this mean that this war will further impact the price of oil here in the united states, therefore, making it more expensive to heat our homes, not to mention prices at the pump? >> 100%. and as i said, biden is trying to tamp down those worries by sayin...