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Increases tensions am. >> well, no, absolutely not. this is a continuation of the deterrence policy. nato is an alliance, defensive alliance. there's plans to do absolutely nothing else but defend and deter russia. and russia's raek was quite predictable. they deployed 150,000 troops to the region, i mean next to ukrainian borders. we as alliance reacted by deployment of 5,000, 6,000 deployment of american troops. this is completely incomparable, of course. it's rather russia behaving aggressively. let's remind crimea and donbas, in 2008 the attack on georgia. it is, unfortunately, russia whic...

And america will continue to keep the peace and protect our democratic way of life as we have done for more than 70 years. nato is a defense alliance. we're not threatening russia or anyone else, but we will take all necessary measures to protect and defend all allies. this is why in response to russia's pattern of aggressive actions we have been strengthening our deterrence on the fence across the alliance to avoid any mi miscal calculation misunderstanding. so if kremlin's aim is to have less nato on its borders, it will only get more nato. and if it wants to divide nato, it will only get an...

Normally in recent years it's been things like afghanistan and iraq. this time, of course, ukraine and the threatened russian invasion is top of the agenda. there will be other issues also discussed, but that obviously is the focus and the main point on everyone's mind. we'll keep an ear out for what's going on in munich and bring you any updates. meanwhile on friday u.s. president joe biden said he's convinced the russian president, vladimir putin, has made a final decision to invade ukraine. mr. biden saying on friday that the attack will likely come in a matter of days and is expected to ta...

Is coming in today that could bring a major storm later in the week. all right, joining me now is meteorologist derek van dam. so we've been tracking that storm system throughout the week. just tell us what's been happening and what we can expect in the coming days. >> yeah, it's been a difficult day or two days i should say of winter across the eastern u.s. and i want to take you just outside -- just outside of chicago. this is an area that is notoriously bad for road conditions especially when we get these types of weather systems that pass through. unfortunately, on interstate 55 southwest ...

Oh, he's down. fair play, mate. >> we can hear the dramatic commentary on friday coming from jerry dyer on his youtube channel. planes struggling to land at heath row airport brought on by stormy winds on friday. parts of the u.k. in northwest europe trying to recover from what's being called one of the worst storms in decades. uprooted trees and ripped off rooftops. millions in the u.s. are still under wind alerts today in the wake of thursday's winter storm. kansas city saw record breaking snowfall. road crews worked overnight into friday to clear enough snow to make the city passable. in wi...