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Prepared to follow through on the sanctions if russia does attack. so ukraine's a docemocracy. you have to listen to the politics of the democracy as well as doing what's smart. so there are often divergences in leader's opinions. it doesn't mean we're not solidly behind ukraine. >> of course. and putin agreed to speak to both biden and the french president macron today. do you think that is a positive sign? i mean, should we be, you know, holding out hope that maybe diplomacy does still have a chance here or is this just putin dragging things out? >> well, i think that this is the period of m...

Crisis ending, and now we see macron today in kyiv. >> yeah, jose, i think we're seeing increasingly central to this drama is high-level context between putin and european intermediaries. interestingly, president biden that we are aware of has not spoken to putin since december. it is possible that the german chancellor has been going to moscow. other military leaders have been in touch with mr. putin. this is where a lot of the key action is happening right now. and vladimir putin did make some, you know, offer some encouraging response to his meeting with the french president, but that would...

The krem:cracking down on independent russian media. big warning from the state department. and joining me is cofounder of the think tank, silverado policy accelerator. thank you very much. we're seeing macron talk aing at length this morning with putin and putin saying to macron, we're going to take kyiv, change the government. you've been anticipating this. tell us how you think the russian operation that was going on the ground. >> well, putin is fully chited. he cannot pull back. now having suffered really harsh sanctions that have been put in place in russia, he knows he needs to complete...

Neighborhoods reduced to rubble and in kharkiv, the it's driven many to shelter in metd row stations, including children and the elderly. >>m i in the subway and it's terrible how many kids are there. we won't leave as independent normal country. >> every day more people arrive. this baptist seminary is housing dozens of families. >> our thanks to tom for that report. josh letterman joins us from brussels where secretary blinken is heading right now, for emergency meetings on the refugee crisis. we've learned more from french president macron today and president putin himself about how putin s...

We've been prepared for whatever course he chooses to take. >> this comes as the kremlin held a quote, serious phone call with president macron today. now, john and andrea kendall taylor, the former deputy national intelligence officer for russia and eurasia at the national intelligence counsel. john, i want to start with you. the kremlin says macron initiated this call. a call initiated by a french president, but it said putin gave an exhaustive explanation for his decision to carry out this, he calls it military operation. so it's extensive. he defends himself. you get that information from ...