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The United States on Tuesday announced $308 million in additional humanitarian assistance for Afghanistan, offering new aid to the country as it edges toward a humanitarian crisis since the Taliban takeover nearly five months ago.
Kristen. so he's still on the stand now. >> i know you will continue to track that closely. great to see you, thank you. overseas now with russia amassing forces on the border with ukraine. secretary of state blinken warned russia today that any further aggression can trigger serious consequences. blinken issued that pledge at a nato meeting in latvia. a nato member that is also concerned about russian military movements on its border. here to discuss this is host of this show, andrea mitchell, who is traveling with the secretary and she joins us from that nato meeting in latvia and also wit...
Global power play. >> david, very quickly, are you expecting the u.s. to take action here? >> i think this is an area where the european union needs to lead. it has mobilized its sanctions regime. it's also taking action against private companies for supporting the transit of these people and so this is a european problem that needs to be solved by european unity. >> andrea, let me give you the final word here. you also asked secretary blinken about the issue we have been talking about frankly throughout this hour, the new variant of covid, omicron. what did he tell you? >> well, first of all,...
Skeptics and smaller allies like ukraine who look at what the u.s. did with the, as he put it, messy withdrawal from afghanistan. what do you say to those skeptics? secretary blinken said, well, watch what we do -- or don't watch what we say, rather, watch what we do. that is the ultimate test. kristen. >> andrea, it underscores the facts that what happened in afghanistan continues to follow this administration. david, let me turn to you -- >> exactly. >> -- and the news of the migrants that you have been tracking. hundreds of people have been trying to crosses from belarus. some people are po...
This continent or else there will be further mutations. ironically only an hour later, gayle smith, the coordinator of this global vaccination effort of the state department, announced that she's leaving now. she's going back to the nonprofit with bono, a long-time activist, and so now that job is vacant. so it remains to be seen how effective -- the u.s. has provided more than any other country, but how effective this u.s. operation and the rest of the world is going to be. kristen. >> obviously one of the main messages is that this needs to be a global effort in fighting this virus, particul...