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State of the union address and we'll see what the president has to say. your assessment of vladimir putin and his intentions now are what as you wake up? >> vladimir putin for 20 years wanted to reassemble the russian empire. he has had that ambition since he took office. what he saw in the last six months is a perception of weakness and opportunity. he saw our withdrawal from afghanistan and built up the troops on the border of ukraine a few weeks later and one-sided concessions that president biden gave to him and why he calculated he could go for the jooug lar now in ukraine which is what h...

Last time it happened, putin was emboldened and occupied crimea and invaded -- [inaudible] and why we have to stop him. >> dana: stay safe there. you are a very brave woman and appreciate our poised, dignified and gracious you have been with your time and we'll be praying for you. >> bill: you wonder how much support she has around her. >> dana: she is so put together in a situation like that. very inspiring indeed. more for you here. russian forces bombard freedom square and other civilian target in kharkiv. welcome to a new hour of "america's newsroom." i'm dana perino. >> bill: i'm bill hem...

Seeking from donbas to crimea, one of putin's military is complete following the amphibious landing of 2,000 russian marines. they deny the takeover is complete and they call it contested. shelling in kharkiv the special forces unite was aneu lateed. it is revenge. fresh warnings from russia but ukrainians evacuating the capital and they'll launch missiles at military targets. this woman described the hell it took to flee to poland. >> i took a train to get here. it was hard, there were many people. it was very scary, dangerous, physically and mentally. >> here in the city a curfew wrapped up ...

Coverage with bret and martha tonight at :55 eastern. >> bill: the u.s. and allies slapping new sanctions on russia and central bank. the critics say they still have giant loopholes. one of the critics senator tom cotton is on deck next. >> we need to pound the russian oil and gas sector. it's 40% of the income for putin's war machine. every barrel of oil we buy from russia is feeding is war effort. we need to produce more here at home.

Returned to ukraine pending legal procedures. we'll keep an eye on that. good to know they are alive. >> mr. president, should americans be worried about nuclear war? >> president biden: no. >> bill: that is a one word answer to a question about vladimir putin putting russia's nuclear forces on high alert. this as the president gets ready for his first state of the union address later tonight and russia's invasion of ukraine far from the only crisis on his plate. peter doocy kicks it off right now from the white house. >> good morning. bill. before president biden can talk about putin's nuclea...