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Decision as a violation of international law. and attack on ukraines territorial integrity as well. the question now is will the strong words match the strong actions. some countries like ireland have called for sanctions point-blank. france has called for limited sanctions. and spain and germany said they would consult with their allies in other words they need to stay tuned. the european counsel president you mentioned he said that they would react with unity and firmness. and remember the sanctions package has been prepared already. and so it's just a matter of when that will go out. that w...

Then sending ukraine more weapons and giving the green light for an unprecedented public information campaign against putin, what we've about talking about here. what advantage do you think these steps gave the u.s. and its allies? do you think they made a difference? >> oh, absolutely made a difference t.bought us a lot of time because once we called out russian activity, rush i think he is today, and as a result that have time lapse, we've talking from december of 2021 all the way now until february 22nd, 2022 what did we do doing that time? number up, we closed our embassy and got our peopl...

Swift banking system. so that gives you a sense of how serious the feud is here. i will tell you among ordinary people, among businesses, there is real fear about with this is gonna mean for the economy. i will give you an illustration. i was at a hotel in downtown moscow earlier, and the phone rang in my room, and it was the front desk asking me to settle my bill early, because they don't know if credit cards are gonna work, once these sanctions come into force. the other part of a sanctions package goes after russia's central bank, and it paralyzes some of their assets. and that may prove to...

Invasion? >> well, the sanctions package is continuing to be worked on, as you know, alex, last week the senate voted in a bipartisan way to send a very clear message that economic sanctions will be imposed on russia, but as the administration has asked for, they also want to be able to use the economic sanctions as leverage in this process to the very last minute to prevent war. that is what we need to be focused on and ultimately if russia, if president putin, chooses to invade ukraine and to cause war in europe, then economic sanctions will be implemented and they will be crushing on russia...

They weren't willing to do it. but the biden administration, secretary blinken and others, got germany to agree. look, if russia invades ukraine, even if we think this will help germany, we have to shut it off. this is a big, big deal shutting off the pipeline. i think when we return to congress next week, we are all in our states this week, you will see a congressional resolve on sanctions. we are resolved on the sanctions package, but it should contain. there was disagreement about what should trigger it. democrats said, don't initiate sanctions unless you can tell there's certain invasion. ...