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Agreement on a severe sanctions package for the past several weeks. they've been unable to do so. republicans think the reason that agreement has not been reached yet is because they think the administration does not want congress to move forward on these sanctions just yet so it's been pushing democrats to hold back. so what republicans decided to do, breaking just now, is introduce their own sanctions package. this likely isn't going to go anywhere. democrats control the senate, but this is a big signal to democrats, to the administration, that republicans are ready to move and they say that...

I don't think vladimir putin was expecting that, and now he is having to reshuffle the order in the sequence of his strategy here. >> there is still not much clarity coming from congress in terms of a response or a bipartisan package of sanctions. is our congress right now no longer able to put together, to pull together to defend the country's best interests in this crisis? if putin were to invade? >> i'm not sure that's true. i think congress has been very united in a lot of respects. we pushed back in a very united way on russia's aggression on our support for ukraine, on a need for a sanct...

On nato's response to this? has it been united? has it been strong? are you surprised that nato has come together as much as it has? >> given how badly nato morale was damaged by the trump administration, and given how angry so many american allies were at the united states and the u.s. president, i think biden has done very well to bring people together, to get an agreed on sanctions package. it hasn't been said yet this morning on your program, but one of the most important sanctions is the germans will now not open a pipeline that was built for billions of dollars from germany to russia ove...

Western powers unite against russia with more on how the u.s. and european union are coming together. we are joined by correspondent rich edson. >> this weekend the united states and european union announced more than $800 million in additional security assistance to ukraine. this is on top of a massive sanctions package, one that has targeted russian banks and oligarchs. senior administration officials say american sanctions have targeted russian's ten largest banks accounting for 80% of the financial sector. the u.s. and europe are excluding some russian banks by cutting them off from the fi...

The eastern boundaries of europe. now i'm authorizing additional u.s. force capabilities to deploy to germany as part of nato's response, including some of the u.s.-base forces that the department of defense placed on standby weeks ago. i've also spoke with defense secretary austin and chairman of joint chief general milly about preparations for additional moves, should they become necessary to protect our nato allies and support the greatest military alliance in the history of the world, nato. as we respond, my administration is using the tools -- every tool at the disposal to protect america...