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State department. so you have a growing number of these incidents that is really causing worry that president trump might seize on them that evidence that ethnic russians or russian speakers in the eastern part of ukraine have been target and they can come in. >> so many signs he's ready to attack. thank you. the heightened tensions surrounding ukraine follow a grim assessment from president biden. he says he is convinced by u.s. intelligence that vladimir putin has basically made up his mind and has decided to invade ukraine. >> let's take you to the white house and reporter jasmine write w...

President. >> ronald reagan said in berlin tear down this wall. i tell you now, tear down this wall. give germany the leadership that you deserve and it will make future generations proud. help us help the peace. help each ukrainian stop the war. glory to ukraine. >> harris: senator marco rubio from florida is on "focus." we have mike at the white house. >> a remarkable update. the theatre used as a bomb shelter in mariupol. it took a direct hit from a russian bomb. rescues made it there today. they are getting people out. remarkably we are not getting any word of major injuries or

I do feel for biden in that it kind of feels helpless. inflation is at a three-decade high, an intractable supply chain issue, we're 18 months removed from the onset, 19 months, of this pandemic. and you're wondering why you can't enjoy the fruits of a full economic comeback. it's really vexing. >> it's optics, but it's also resetting the narrative. look at the ceos he's got there today, mattel, etsy. walmart was able to hire 200,000 people in the last few months. they haven't had to price prices so much because a store the size and scale of walmart can provide those services, can provide thos...

>> all right, words making progress. let's get right to rachel scott live on the hill. president biden had been hoping for a deal before heading off to europe, but give us a reality check, as you so often do. what are the chances at this point? >> reporter: well, david, democrats are making some tough decisions on what comes out of this bill. it is a sign they are getting closer to a deal. president biden knows he cannot afford to lose a single vote in the senate. he's invited key lawmakers to the white house. senators joe manchin and kyrsten snema there last night. senator bernie sanders ther...

Contest the soviet union. he opposed the first gulf war. that list goes on. >> you think he made a mistake in afghanistan in the way he handled the withdrawal? >> yes. it probably did not need to have turned out that way. >> president biden said any withdrawal is messy. >> certainly, military considers withdrawal the most dangerous part of an operation, but they really had a lot of time to plan, beginning with the deal that president trump cut with the taliban. carley: those comments seemingly doubled down on gates' 2019 rebuke when he said biden has, quote, been wrong on nearly every major fo...