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Concerns with us and our allies, because we've been in close communication on this, may share our concerns that russia has taken and make sure we can address these concerns on a reciprocal basis. that's what diplomacy is about, what dialogue is about. even as we engage in diplomacy and dialogue, something i do for a living, it doesn't take the word no out of your vocabulary. as we're doing it, we're building up our defense and deterrence to make sure if russia renews its aggression, there will be significant consequences. >> ukrainian president zelensky is calling for the u.s. and others, euro...

Minister sergey lavrov made another attempt at diplomacy. president biden spent saturday at camp david meeting with his national security team on this issue as the white house warns again in a statement of, quote, swift and severe consequences if russia further innovates ukraine. joining me to talk about this is secretary of state anthony blinker. thank you so much for joining me. let's start with that new british intelligence that the russian government is planning to install a pro-russian leader in ukraine. does the u.s. agree with that view? >> dana, i can't comment on specific pieces of in...

Deterrence to make sure rush if russia renews its aggression, there will be significant consequences. >> ukrainian president zelensky is calling for the u.s. and others, europeans, to put sanctions in place now, to do it proactively, not reactively. he said, quote, today our partners are saying that war may start tomorrow if there was a powerful escalation on the russian side and then there will be powerful sanctions applied. the question is why are you not introducing sanctions now rather than waiting until after the escalation. what's your answer to that? >> first of all, dana, as i said, we...

As russia considers whether to invade its neighbors. sources say the u.s. has the same information. the news comes as russia has more than 100,000 troops stationed on the ukrainian border and is poised to invade at any moment. friday, the first u.s. shipment of lethal aid arrived in ukraine as secretary of state antony blinken and russian foreign minister sergey lavrov made another attempt at diplomacy. president biden spent saturday at camp david meeting with his national security team on this issue as the white house warns again in a statement of, quote, swift and severe consequences if russ...

In fair and true said he would not have use that word, butcher, to describe president putin. everybody should be very careful with, awards he says. but ambassador to ukraine bill taylor, he commented on msnbc and when he thought president biden was really trying to say. take a listen. >> this was clearly something that joe biden, not even president, but joe biden, feels. he said what he believes. i do not believe it is a statement of u.s. policy. i believe it is more a moral statement. it was a statement of -- that gets us to this point, michael, of right and wrong. >> and this is not the firs...