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Former nato supreme allied command her a admiral stavridis. let me start with you. can you give your response to what we have seen? >> putin has gone big. we have been debating whether he would park and hold, try to take what he could off the table. he has really rolled the dice. what you are seeing unfold is kind of reminiscent of the united states's approach in iraq. this is shock and au. this is invasion 101, it is explosions all across the country. it is as big an event in international global security as i can remember, particularly given the fact that the ukrainian military is pretty wel...

Roll through ukraine, and he may or he may get bogged down in a very serious fight with the ukrainians, we'll see. i doubt seriously whether he would dare to cross a nato border in anger for a number of reasons, but i'll tell you a principle one. nato outspends vladimir putin on defense about 15 to 1. we have three to four million people under arms, almost all of them volunteers. that's four times the size of the russian army. we have 50,000 combat aircraft. we have 800 warships. he is not going to pick a fight with nato ultimately. that's why dan is correct. what the alliance will be doing in...

From world leaders as there's been an international response mounted, dan. i will go here to you as you have been talking to folks. i know over the last several hours about the national security counsel sim, from the u.s. and from our allies. >> that's right. in one sense the u.s. and the west are bystanders. they are watching it unfold. there are no u.s. or nato troops on the ground fighting this invasion. but you are right, nato will be conferring and the next step could be activating the nato response force, a very capable multi-national force of several thousand that could be deployed and ...

Autocracy and unprovoked aggression. there's a lot on the line for the president to deliver a speech that meets that moment and one that captures the time and the desperation of the ukrainian people as well as their resolve. we heard today the president talking about their bravery and trying to harness that to inspire others including the u.s. troops that he has placed closer to harm's way defending the eastern flank of nato. hallie? >> kelly o'donnell, thank you. dan and gabe, i so appreciate your reporting too. thank you very much. general, let me turn to you. and then ambassador, i'll get t...

NATO has agreed to strengthen its defenses in Europe in the face of Russia’s continuing aggression toward Ukraine.