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Telling the truth about having covid, irrespective of whether he should be exempt from the rules? >> there's also a french magazine saying they did a photo shoot with him two days after he says he tested positive. djokovic was all over the place when he says he tested positive. that may just be that novak djokovic doesn't feel that he tests positive and needs to quarantine. i'm now in my eighth day of quarantine. most of us who tested positive are quarantining. he may feel that rule doesn't apply to him. but he was certainly out and about. you said it's about entitlement. it's not just djokovi...

What's the way out here? what are the concessions that you can imagine if you play out the diplomatic end game? what are the concessions that russia could give, and what are the concessions the united states could give to make sure this thing doesn't escalate into a very ugly place? >> well, first, i think the way russia could de-escalate is to remove their troops from the border, take the gun away that's pointed at the head of ukraine. and i think that's the -- that's vladimir putin's way out. he doesn't need to invade ukraine to guarantee his own security and in fact, it's going to undermine...

Russia doesn't escalate further from where it is now? >> the question you ask is what we would like to see. let me start answering that question by letting you know what we no longer will engage in, and that's the pretense of diplomacy. you heard the secretary use that phrase yesterday and that is what we have seen. this is and has been in some ways diplomatic theater on the part of the russians, making statements that they are committed to a diplomatic path while their actions suggest exactly the opposite. that's not an environment in which diplomacy can achieve the results that it needs to a...

Taken if russia you know, doesn't escalate further from where it is now? >> the question you ask is what we would like to see. let me start by answering that question by letting you know what we no longer will engage in. that is the pretense of diplomacy. you heard the secretary use that phrase yesterday and that is what we have seen. this is and has been in some ways, diplomatic kabouki theatre on the part of the russians. making statement that is they are committed to a diplomatic path while their actions suggest exactly the opposite. that is not an environment in which diplomacy can achieve...

Lives, mostly women and children. the challenge is we have to do everything we can to support the ukrainian people in their fight without directly engaging in a way that will escalate this and encourage vladimir putin to use tactical nuclear weapons in a third world war. so we've provided over $1 billion in assistance today. we'll vote to send almost $14 billion in both security assistance and humanitarian assistance. we're working very closely with our nato allies, our european partners. everyone is providing the ukrainians with all that they can to support their fight. and i think we have to...