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Pipeline. bob menendez says he's against the bill because more likely for putin to pull the military trigger if it were to happen. >> putin wants to see nord stream 2, if it's killed before potential invasion is one less reason not to invade ukraine. but, if we have the mother of all sanctions levied against him personally and russia, then ultimately that is a real deterrent. >> john: so menendez has a competing bill, sanction putin and russia if he were to invade. what works better, sanctions after he goes in or take away the piggy bank to fund the military operations by sanctioning nord stre...

Have yet to hear from other tax writers but this reflects a growing appetite on capitol hill to impose crippling sanctions on russian's economy, as well as a $10 billion aid package expected to pass later this week for humanitarian and security assistance for ukraine. the one thing that lawmakers overwhelmingly oppose is a no-fly zone, a military trigger that could spark a full-scale war between the united states and russia. hallie? >> courtney, let me turn to you. in about seven or eight minutes we'll hear from the pentagon press secretary. a big question, what's going to happen with the u.s....

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Yet republican candidates saying things like take military action against iran. >> that's the thing all of us should worry about. in the war in iraq and afghanistan, the largest per capita loss of troops was to vermont. these are consequential decisions. it becomes one upsmanship deal. who can have the strongest sanctions. and who is willing to pull the military trigger sooner rather than later. that's for domestic debate here, but it's a dangerous debate. this is a very volatile situation. there's danger in inaction. it's not good if iran gets a nuclear weapon. it's not good. but it's not a s...