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Not by his choice, but in the background of everything with russia and ukraine, will not be on the menu for that address to the nation. >> jake, have there been discussions in recent days about a bipartisan deal on the new sanctions? remember, we were talking just last week, two weeks ago, about the mother of all sanctions. where are those negotiations now? >> the senate left town last week, with a strongly worded statement and very little more. but in the last 24 or so who, we've seen a huge uptick in rhetoric from senate democrats, robert menendez, the chairman of the foreign affairs committ...

The dinner table. the lives of everyday russians will be impacted. now, how much will that factor into putin's calculation? how much does that really matter to him? i have no idea, but it definitely will have a significant impact on everyday russians. >> nola, it's not just germany. the uk this morning also announced its first slate of sanctions targeting banks and wealthy russians. british prime minister johnson appeared to signal there will be more to come. the eu sanctions package also expected today. how significant, nola, is this unified and pretty fast response in the wake what have puti...

>> well, don, the administration is doing a lot. they -- they have sent in defensive weapons systems and equipment. we are providing assistance on cybersecurity. we have been training and advising the ukrainian military for a while. we are leading the nato coalition in its response. we are bolstering the eastern flank of nato and we are doing a bunch of other things, as well. so certainly, a robust response. what congress needs to do is actually pass a sanctions package, and send it to the president for signing and i continue to push my colleagues to expedite that sanctions package. that's som...

Sanctions package, this bill? >> we were pretty far along. i think there's a lot of agreement between both sides of the aisle on this. this is one thing we affirm is we must maintain our commitment to nato. we must maintain to helping ukraine. poland has a significant relationship with the ongoing national guard. wii in stat we're in state partnership for peace program. the illinois national guard will be the first to remove a note of that happening. i do think the way forward is through negotiations is diplomatically. we're prepared to defend nato if we need to. >> we heard from the ukrainian...

Deterrent. we know the bipartisan package has stalled in the senate. you said monday it's not looking good to get a sanctions package out this week. if everybody agrees war can't happen why can't the senate come together on this? >> i find that disappointing. i've been part of the negotiations that have taken place. there is not a difference between the democrats and republicans in the senate in regards to our resolve to oppose the most severe sanctions against russia if they further incur into ukraine. unfort unfortunately, if he needs additional authority, i am very confident congress will a...