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roadways and the country. big portions of the country at least. this is in utah where stranded cars line the interstate, crews working to clear the snow this morning, and in the air severe weather has forced airlines to cancel nearly 1500 flights so far today. let's bring in cnn's adrienne broaddus live outside minneapolis. the last time we saw you, the wind was at your back. it looks like it's hitting the side of your face and snow still coming down. what are you seeing and feeling? >> reporter: you know what, i feel great, thank you for asking. it's snowing. the snow is starting to...

Are a little bit unsettled, if we can use that word, at the speed and the depth of which western sanctions took hold once their full-scale invasion happened and just quickly, when it comes to the eu, their unity on ukraine is very impressive. what they're saying is very impressive, but i don't know how strong that will blast as we go further into the invasion, for example, during the covid pandemic, the eu couldn't even agree on trade and travel restriction, things like that, so it shows that there are cracks in that unity and this is something mr. putin, i think, realizes. >> michael, let me ...

The on day-to-day implication is actually fairly minor. >> michael, president biden reaffirmed the u.s.' commitment to article 5 of the nato charter, the collective defense attack on one is an attack on all. do you think that a potential intentional attack on a nato country from putin is off the table? we talk about the accidental, what could happen unintentionally but do you think this expansion beyond ukraine considering the challenges he's having that's off the table? >> yeah, good to be with you. well, i think with mr. putin painted in a corner as he is right now, he will reach for his -- ...

Now, not so boastful, the u.s. says it is a major clue that president putin did not actually mention this test, but we should note that he did or the russian government did reach out to the united states beforehand to notify them that this test was going to take place in order to deconflict. this is interesting because it suggests that the u.s. and russian governments were communicating through multiple different channels last week, of course, we learned from the national security adviser that the u.s. government also notified the russians that president biden was going to be in kyiv beforehan...

I'm curious with the new element of china potentially now contemplating helping russia with lethal aid, how closely are they watching the fallout from this sanction and saying maybe it won't be so bad if we have to endure them as well? >> i think that the -- >> i'm sorry. >> sorry. let's have beth answer that and then, michael, you can join in. >> yeah, sorry about that. the rejection is probably temporary. i mean this, is something that happens regularly that, you know, you might have hungary or one of the countries disagree so it doesn't mean these won't go through. types it takes multiple r...