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Washington’s turn to Latin America for both arms and resources has laid bare the ever more encompassing global character of the US-NATO proxy war in Ukraine.

China's activity near the Panama Canal and the Strait of Magellan are the "two greatest concerns, strategically," for the head of US Southern Command.

It really is grinding them down. you talked to regular people here in lviv, and you just see their expression of sorrow on their face when they hear things like this happening to their brothers and sisters in the east. they wonder how much further this was spread in the country, and it will start affecting these save zones like lviv. how much longer will libya be a sanctuary for people to escape the war torn eastern parts of this country? >> well luckily, it is safe tonight where you are, ali. thank you for joining us. with that, let's bring in our experts, michael mcfaul, former ambassador to...

Contributor and political reporter for the washington post, -- admiral james stavridis a 30 year navy veteran who retired with four stars on his shoulders, he is the former head of the u.s. southern command, and former supreme allied commander of nato. and michael mcfaul, former u.s. ambassador to russia and he and bc -- thank you all for being here. let's start on the ground. i want to know how you assess of the situation has changed on the ground in the past 24 hours, both in the threat to ukraine, and its neighbors given the president's decision to move more u.s. troops to protect the count...

That says, you know, i'm going to declare a big portion of ukraine independent. and we're gonna go in and we're gonna help keep peace. you gotta say that's pretty soggy. >> pretty savvy. we will have more on that development later in the hour. with that, let's bring off our lead off guests, philip rucker coauthor with -- jacqueline alemany, msnbc contributor and political reporter for the washington post, -- admiral james stavridis a 30 year navy veteran who retired with four stars on his shoulders, he is the former head of the u. s. southern command, and former supreme allied commander of nat...