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We just learned the president has since canceled his trip is going to be spending the rest of his weekend here at the white house for the holiday. that is item number one. number two, just moments ago with him right now president biden is on the phone with the french president emmanuelle defoe in the discussions the french have been having with the russians as well as other nato allies. where things can go from here in terms of de-escalation of tension print this call also comes just moments after president biden wrapped up a meeting with his national security council it was a long meeting the...

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Not optimistic that they will be taken up. and therefore, they have a lot more resilience in this economy. so don't get me wrong, i supported 100%, but way, way, way more important is military assistance to the ukrainians fighting right now. >> what are your thoughts on today's developments? >> first, i was extremely surprised to see such a strong move so quickly. it is unprecedented, by the way, to move through such strong actions, and such sanction options at this page. at the same time they're responding to an aggression that is also so fast, and so unprecedented and the ability to be that ...

The president said we can shutdown turkey's economy tomorrow. should make? we had someone from the turkish government on, advisor to the turkish president who said we are not stopping despite the defense secretary saying stop. those are clear sides and lines drawn. is it time for sanctions? >> we will look at what the sanction options are. we talk about as they relate to military trade and military sales. leland: our allies are dying at the hands of a nato ally and you say we need to look at options, nothing we can do right now? >> i have been embedded with the kurdish people before in the kur...

Russia did was wrong. station executives told reporters martin had been misled by american media. all right, as both sides dig in in crimea and diplomatic efforts to end the crisis intensify, russian president vladimir putin is staying silent letting his foreign minister do the talking, and that's making a lot of western leaders a little leery. phil black is in moscow for us this morning. good morning, phil. >> reporter: yeah good morning, christine. here in moscow something of a pause. no public statements on ukraine, but also a sense that there is active diplomacy under way as well. presid...