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Evacuate americans if russia invades ukraine. joining me now, fareed zakaria. he is the host of "fareed zakaria gps." thanks for joining, fareed. good evening to you. in just the last 24 hours we're told russia added another 2,000 combat forces near ukraine's border. that's on top of the 100,000 troops already there. all this movement in the direction of conflict, can it be stopped at this point? >> it's a great question, don, because what russia has now done is it has really surrounded ukraine on three sides. most significant is not just the fact that they're moving troops but they've moved t...

Putin is getting everything he does not want, a unified nato, more troops closer to the border. you got ukrainian people united against moscow, against putin. talk us through where we are this moment. >> secretary austin should be meeting with his german counterpart in brussels. what they're hoping to accomplish at this nato defense minister meeting this week is a show of unity and to show vladimir putin what you described. number one, the u.s. troops have moved closer to the u.s. border. they sent some to poland and have moved several thousand troops in there as a show of unity and as a way t...

Felt there has been a bit of a deescalation. it seems like moscow is now open once again to diplomacy. they're not showing it, though. there's no sign they're actually drawing down their troops. all of this on a day of, quote unquote, unity happening inside. talk to me. >> reporter: we don't know in there's a deescalation or not or if the tone has changed. according to the secretary of state, there's been no fullback of russian forces and some are moving closer to the board. and u.s. military officials i've been speaking to are quite convinced that putin has not and is not going to back down. ...

I think also what has without question happened is nato has come together in a manner not seen in the last decade, that trump knocked that alliance on its knees, it's now vibrant, they're worried about the russians, they're worried about their own preparedness. secretary austin's meetings today in brussels with other defense minister from the 30 nato nations are vital. so i must admit i think we're in better circumstances today on deterrence and with president biden's very powerful presentation yesterday, maybe putin's starting to realize he's on the edge of a disastrous strategic mistake. >> ...

Brussels to show no matter what putin decides to do in ukraine, they will remain united. secretary austin is meeting with his german counterpart. that's one of the bilateral alliances that has shown strain. president biden only recently standing with his partner also, you mentioned there's some more troops heading in. we are seeing those images today. that is a powerful image, as we all wait to see what putin decides to do in ukraine. >> courtney, thank you for now. richard, let's get into it. over the last 24 hours or so, we