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There's disagreement if they should wait until after an invasion or ahead of time. this is what he said. >> we don't believe that sanctions are intended to deter. in order for them to work, they have to be set up in a way if putin moves, then the costs are imposed. >> so the president has left the white house now for camp david. he will remain there over the weekend. he did not take an opportunity to speak to reporters or relay a message to president putin. we're told that we can expect a conversation by phone between the two leaders sometime soon, sandra. >> sandra: we'll be watching for that...

States is stepped up alongside other nato allies to deter and reassure and reinforce our presence along the eastern flank. >> what about the preinvasion sanctions. you didn't answer that part of my question. is the president looking at sanctions ahead of an invasion any differently than he has up until this point given the escalation we're seeing from russia. >> the president believe that's sanctions are intended to deter and in order for them to work to deter, they have to be set up in a way where if putin moves, then the costs are imposed. we believe that is the right logic, both on its own ...

Me. >> did the u.s. wait too long to arm ukraine especially with respect to weapons that could defend against an air strike? did they'd wait too long to move u.s. forces to nato countries? does the president still view the idea of preinvasion sanctions as a stupid question? >> as to the question of waiting too long on arming the ukrainians, over the course of the past year, the united states has provided more than half a billion dollars, $650 million in assistance for defense of the ukraine. >> he didn't answer my questions about the sanctions. so i went back. >> the president believes that sa...

>> the president believes the sanctions are intended to deter, and in order for them to work to deter, they have to be set up in a way where, if putin moves, then they're imposed. >> the purpose of the sanctions has always been and continues to be deterrence. maria: coming up, gop leader and member of the gang of eight who is briefed on classified intelligence, gop if leader kevin mccarthy just back from a trip to israel. plus, congressman michael mccaul also on that trip, ranking member of the house foreign affairs committee, along with green beret and house armed services committee member fl...

The same space. i can't imagine what putin is thinking and what he thinks is going to get out of it. >> dana: john ratcliffe was on earlier with martha and he said something very interesting. he said we are all bns's questions, what will putin deal, rather than what should a putin do because we are in a position of basically waiting to see what he does rather than telling him what he should do. speak of the white house continues to be -- if putin moves, we will also move. they are following from behind, leaving behind what putin's actions are going to be. they also keep trying to make this arg...