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Great to see you again. thanks so much for joining us. what's the latest on the timeline for the sanctions package that might come out of the senate? >> well, we had a very important and positive meeting. last night, chairman mendez of the foreign relations committee, ranking member as well as schumer and mcconnell, a large group of us, met with the german chancellor following his meeting with president biden. i think the timeline for us to come to final agreement on a sanctions package against russia to further deter russia has gotten closer and shorter. i'm hopeful it will be introduced befo...

Linda thomas greenfield. the differences here have not really changed. they are still very obvious. you could hear them basically in this diplomatic brawl happening at the u.n. today. showing just how far apart these two sides still are on who is responsible for what is happening, and where this could poe t potentially be going. >> nerms of sanctions in the russians invade, is it clear what the biden administration is preparing to do? >> one thing we have not really heard them confirm publicly though we had heard behind the scenes something they were discussing was preparing a sanctions packag...

But it is going to be a long path to actually get there. and so, we are not expecting any big breakthrough on this and of course as you saw today with the russian representative there at the united nations security council meeting, you heard from linda thomas-greenfield. the differences here have not really changed. they are still very obvious. you could hear them basically in this diplomatic brawl happening at the u.n. today, showing just how far apart these two sides still are are on who is responsible for what is happening, and where this could potentially be going. >> in terms of sanctions...

Send military and supplies to great britain when the us was still a neutral country in the conflict. so this in addition to republican leader mcconnell saying that he wants to see sanctions before putin invades russia, this all together would be the most substantiative sanctions package that would be passed into live to date, even more than what the biden administration hoped for. this is, again, this is bipartisan deal and we have seen a lack of, you know, polarising politics here. just a couple of weeks ago, a republican lead sanctions bill on the nard stream two pipeline was struck down by ...

Talks over this latest sanctions package are at a stalemate. how big of a set back is that? is that how you view the current state of the talks right now? >> well, i can tell you from the senate perspective, bob menendes i thought came up with an excellent bill that really made it clear that the price be paid by russia if they invade ukraine. we couldn't reach a bipartisan agreement on that. i don't think it is an indication of real divide in the senate in terms of our opposition to putin, but we couldn't come up with the language in short order. i don't want to give up on that undertaking. i ...