but it is going to meet with the national security council tomorrow. talk to us more about this message coming from zelensky and how are the allies supposed to respond to that messaging? >> thank you for having me on. i think it is a difficult situation. i think zelensky is in a tough spot right now. he is feeling very threatened. they're showing both sides of the uncertain boarding for him. i think he wants these sanctions but i think we keep talking about that will be swift and severe, made public. whereas i think the biden administration has been sort of waging what we call a hybrid warfare. against russia. a warfare of intelligence. kind of showing all of our cards, showing russia this is what we have. this is what we know. this is what we are able to obtain about you. i think zelensky is sort of ready for action. you know, we saw him meeting with macron today. i'm wondering if there is a factual situation since macron seems to be in regular contact with putin and others are. >> josh, is there any sense that the white house tonight ... that they ar

he formerly served as the director for russia on the us national security council. he's now at the center for naval analysis, where he's an expert on russia and you asia welcome to d w. sure. we realize this is a guessing game, but hopefully an educated one with you on board tonight. what's your assessment of russia's intentions as things stand now? will russia launch a full scale invasion of ukraine? in your opinion? i think that they will. i think that you don't need that. the size, you don't need over 70 percent of your military on ukraine's work to just recognize 2 areas that you already controlled. i think that it packed up went home. now he will have achieved none of his, his goals, and you would still have us nato security support ukraine. you wouldn't to factor close nato's open door policy. and so i think he's probably going to launch a major operation that goes all the way to the capital. so you think that his intention is not to take those 2 thirds additional areas in the east that those separatist areas claim to be entitled to. but you're talking about a

he formerly served as the director for russia on the us national security council. he's now at the center for naval analyses where he's an expert on russia and you asia welcome to d w. sure. we realize this is a guessing game, but hopefully an educated one with you on board tonight. what's your assessment of russia's intentions as things stand now? will russia launch a full scale invasion of ukraine? in your opinion? i think that they will. i think that you don't need that. the size, you don't need over 70 percent of your military on ukraine's work to just recognize 2 areas that you already controlled. i think that he packed up went home. now he will achieve none of his, his goals, and you would still have us no security support to ukraine. you wouldn't to factor close nato's open door policy. and so i think he's probably going on to a major operation that goes all the way to the capital. so you think that he's an intention is not to take those 2 thirds additional areas in the east that those separatist areas claim to be entitled to. but you're talking about a full

security council. he's now at the center for naval analyses where he's an expert on russia and you asia welcome to d w. sure. we realize this is a guessing game, but hopefully an educated one with you on board tonight. what's your assessment of russia's intentions as things stand now? will russia launch a full scale invasion of ukraine? in your opinion? i think that they will. i think that you don't need that. the size, you don't need over 70 percent of your military on ukraine's work to just recognize 2 areas that you already controlled. i think that he packed up went home. now he will achieve none of his, his goals, and he would still have us no security support to ukraine. you wouldn't to factor close nato's open door policy. and so i think he's probably going on to major operation that goes all the way to a capital. so you think that his intention is not to take those 2 thirds additional areas in the east that those separatist areas claim to be entitled to. but you're talking about a full take over

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security council. he's now at the center for naval analyses where he's an expert on russia and you asia welcome to d w. sure. we realize this is a guessing game, but hopefully an educated one with you on board tonight. what's your assessment of russia's intentions as things stand now? will russia launch a full scale invasion of ukraine? in your opinion? i think that they will. i think that you don't need that. the size, you don't need over 70 percent of your military on ukraine's work to just recognize 2 areas that you already controlled. i think that he packed up went home. now he will have achieved none of his, his goals, and you would still have us no security support to ukraine. you wouldn't to factor close nato's open door policy. and so i think he's probably going on to major operation that goes all the way to the capital. so you think that is the intention is not to take those 2 thirds additional areas in the east that those separatist areas claim to be entitled to. but you're talking about a fu

of course, the usual condemnation that is clear, the national security council saying that there will be more to come, that is just a beginning of a larger military action that russia will undertake. and really the concern concern phil is that this is just a watershed moment that russia wants to redefine the post world war order. the, the, per, the post cold water i should say. and therefore from the washington perspective, a russia is about and has already crossed a red line last night there was an urgency meeting at. 3 the national security council ambassador linda thomas greenfield, called this all a pretext for a further invasion. and we had heard more alarming voices like the former u. s. general and leader of the u. s. troops in europe. been hodges pointing out also that the situation in bella ross is alarming that they might enter the russian federation at least in the midterm. we also heard a former director of the national intelligence speaking that there might even be a tax on nato countries, of course, were very far away from such a terrible scenario. but washington is defi

years that we have been covering meetings at the united nations security council. this has to rank as one of the most intense and in many ways, belligerent that we have seen between several of the main countries who are taking part there. right, no shoes or slapped on any tables. but yes, i've included these were rather and passions impassioned speeches and the ukranian ambassador clearly hazard as of deerbrook, the turn of phrase that he likes to employ, which, which can be very, very affecting. having said that, though, no, the question is always, well, so what we, where does this go from here, sir? having failed to get the resolution it was seeking at the security council. the u. s. ambassador suggested that she would, would be that asking for an emergency session of the un general assembly. there is a mechanism specifically for when the a, the, the security counsellors deadlock because a permanent member at is, is vetoing a resolution so that we expect to be asked for something a few hours ago that had been no official to of if a request from anyone on the secu

with the national security council today. the president has repeatedly warned the russian president of economic sanctions against russia if it invades ukraine. we have the latest. it >> as the situation over ukraine grows more intense, joe biden is convening the national security council today. the vice president met with the ukrainian president. the national security team and nato allies discussed a diplomatic solution. she issued this morning. >> we are prepared to move forward with consequences. we are prepared to gather economic measures that will be swift, severe, and united. we will impose far-reaching financial sanctions and export controls. >> the ukrainian president called for sanctions for an invasion and asked for a direct meeting with vladimir putin. more than 150 thousand russian troops are estimated to be near the order. images show military activity growing up in belarus and western russia. >> this is the massive display of military might that moscow is keen for the world to see. this is happening very close to

what can you tell us about president biden's meeting with his national security council? >> reporter: pamela, president biden met with his national security council in the situation room for a little over two hours today. a white house readout of that meeting was very brief saying the president and his team discussed russia's ongoing military buildup on the border of ukraine. but if you take a look at that photo released by the white house, you get a glimpse of who exactly was in the room. the top officials spanning defense, diplomacy, financial sectors as well as the intelligence world were all huddled with president biden as they chart the next steps as this evolving situation between russia and ukraine unfold. in addition to that national security council meeting, the president spoke with french president emmanuel macron. that followed phone calls macron had with president putin of russia and president zelensky of ukraine. the white house released a very brief readout showing they discuss diplomacy and deterrence measures as russia is contemplating this invasion of ukr

security council. can anything come of that realistically at this late point? >> it's a good question. i think it's a significant point for the international community to come once again together and condemn what russia is doing here, as they maintain this aggressive force posture and could potentially carry out this invasion. but this is more symbolic than it is anything else. it is more political than it is anything else because what we could see from the united nations tonight are a tremendous number of countries coming out against russia. but there is no indication that as they have done that over the last few days in these u.n. meetings that it has changed anything about what russia is planning here. >> what is the u.s., kylie, bracing for in terms of humanitarian assistance, the humanitarian impact, if russia were to launch a full-scale invasion? >> wolf, rest assured, it is going to be an incredible humanitarian crisis. you heard that earlier this afternoon when you spoke with the deputy secreta

and former chief of staff or national security council also with us brigadier general will the money serve its purpose or is it too little too late? >> i think it's too little too late at opening sanctions at this point we get putin out the ukraine but we have to make hard for russia to send the children a bride we have to block russia from taking part of any national sporting events every nation honors to : the russian ambassador and to make this as uncomfortable as possible and then deal with the reality russia has a lot of military force we have to stop that and the ukrainian people are not going for vladimir putin and russian forces is there something the united states can be doing right now to help them in this fight? >> what i would like to see here at home is energy policy. we import 600,000 barrels per day on russian oil. we need to go back to being an energy producer because when oil is this high using our lawn —- better national we have situations like this others have other chinese interactions last year and then the disaster in afghanistan certainly leaders like vladimi

ambassador to the united nations is speaking right now to the united nations security council. let's listen to some of that for the outcomes of the decision to invade. recognition of the occupied parts of the dumbas region of ukraine may be considered as unilateral -- by russia by the minsk agreement. disregard of the decisions taken in the framework of normandy 4. this snap undermines peaceful efforts and ruins the existing negotiating frameworks. by the decisions adopted today, and those that may be adopted tomorrow, russia legalizes the presence of its troops, which have actually been in the occupied areas of donbass since 2014. a country that has fueled the war for eight years is not able to maintain peace as it claims. what will happen next? . we want peace, and we are insistent in our actions. today the ministry of foreign affairs of ukraine has sent a request on the basis of the budapest memorandum to the guarantors of ukraine demanding immediate consultations. the meeting of the un security counter and the special meeting of the oh ac -- >> joining us now is timothy san

. >>> president biden was in the briefing room sunday meeting with his national security council and we learned overnight of a summit in the works with vladimir putin brie, what more do we know about this possible meeting with russia >> good morning, frances this was spearheaded by french president emmanuel macron who spoke with both biden and putin on sunday. the white house has agreed to the meeting only if russia does not move forward with an ichb vags in a statement overnight the white house press secretary said, quote, we are always ready for diplomacy, but she also added russia is ready for a full-scale assault very susan. she is convinced he is ready for an invasion on ukraine and antony blinken said the same thing on "meet the press." >> it seems like everything is happening. we're seeing false flag operations taking place in eastern ukraine. the provocations and justifications for russia to go in, all of this seems to be following the script that i laid out at the united nations security council and president biden talked to the nation about just the other day. >> three sour

security council meeting? >> reporter: a lot of whiplash when it comes to president biden's schedule. 2:38 this afternoon the white house said he would be traveling up to wilmington, delaware, abrupt change. the later a little over an hour, the white house said that that plan was because of president was going to travel for a family-related matter but now decided to stay here in washington. now, this all follows that very rare sunday meeting that president biden held with his national security council in the situation room as they discussed the next steps regarding russia and ukraine. a short while ago the white house release add photo of that meeting and you can see top cabinet officials like defense secretary lloyd austin, secretary of state antony blinken also national securitied a visor jace ke sullivan and slightly pictured treasury secretary janet yellen. playing an important role if the united states moved forward with sanctions after an ainvasion. the white house working on for days and weeking craftin

. >> reporter: alex, we are here at the white house where the national security council is being convened by president biden for an unusual sunday session. the white house saying it was important for the president to hear from his advisers on the ukraine crisis directly after vice president kamala harris and secretary of state antony blinken returned from europe where they were able to meet with the european allies playing a critical role in u.s. and nato efforts to push back on president putin. we heard from secretary of state antony blinken this morning on "meet the press" where he was discussing first of all his agreement with president biden's biden that president putin has made a decision to invade, but also saying that the fact that putin has made that decision does not mean there is no place nor diplomacy, arguing that because putin has not actually gone ahead and sent troops and tanks rolling over the border, there is still a chance to pull back from the brink. >> while the die may be cast, until it settles, until the tanks are rolling and the planes are in the air, we're going to

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president biden will meet with the national security council on the ukrainian crisis as u.s. officials try to broker some kind of solution with russia. our question to you this morning, what should the biden administration's next steps be? we open regular lines this morning. that means republicans, you can call (202)-748-8001. democrats, your number is going to be (202)-748-8000. independents, you can call (202)-748-8002. you can always text us at (202)-748-8003 and we are always reading on social media on facebook at facebook.com/c-span, on twitter @c-spanwj and instagram @c-spanwj. the biden administration has been meeting with its european allies and ukrainian officials this last couple of days to come to some type of solution with the russia-ukraine border crisis. earlier today in munich, germany vice president kamala harris spoke to reporters. she discussed the ongoing situation regarding the russia-ukraine border crisis and the nato alliance. here is what vice president kamala harris had to say. [video clip] vp harris: this was an important trip to be here today. we are

that is our response ability of united nations security council. there has not been a vote on that at the security council. it is about time the usa and the u.k. and others stepped up and put this into a vote at the united nations security council. let's work out where the political will inspiration and where it is in. the problem here is that china would threaten to veto or would veto, this becomes china's political problem. china will not want that. china has a very long land border with myanmar. it does not want to catastrophe in a store. philosophically is against intervention of a can avoid it. it will be signaling to others that in my veto, but i don't know if it will enter the garden -- certain curtain -- circumstances. that was on christmas eve. it was a peaceful protest during december. the military drove a truck after protesters at full speed. other instances throughout the country where we have seen collective punishment of civilians. if there was militia accident -- action against the military, and a military losing often, they punished

but i imagine they are burning the midnight oil in the national security council. mike: as someone who worked with nato previously, what more can the alliance do to them ukraine. >> they need to activate the logistics river they are in command of. turn it into combat and lethal weapons. and they have an easy border to get that stuff through nearly viv. it should have happened yesterday. the ukraines valiantly fought off a determined enemy for four days. look at the spirit and look how they are led. we need to invest in our nato partner and that's where may sow to should start. there should be serious discussions about what president zelensky wants. he wants nato and the west to close the deal. i would say if they don't, there fist great peril in nato turning their backs on ukraine. like * what about the idea of a no-fly zone over ukraine? >> the window is closed on getting weapons into ukraine. we can't be talking about a no-fly zone. we don't want to send u.s. forces into ukraine. we don't want to get into a war with russia. that is frankly off the table. joe bide

security council. that's all i can say about it. >> there are reports that there are videos coming from that part of the world that are fake, doctored. does the justice department have a responsibility to legally investigate something that could change the outcome? you are briefed on some of this stuff. attorney general garland: we have for many expressed concern about maligned influence and without referring to them in specifics, the justice apartment does have a role but that is all i can say for now. >> you mentioned at a press conference after the verdict that essentially justice was served because of the family pushing in court to have a judge reject the plea deal. that is the only reason it was served. what is your response? attorney general garland: on your first question, i cannot imagine the pain a mother feels, to have her son run down and gunned down while taking a jog down a public street. my heart goes out to her and her family. that is really all i can say about this. >> if i can ask an u

president biden has called an emergency meeting of his national security council later today. we begin in ukraine, with cbs news foreign correspondent charlie d'agata. >> reporter: good morning. the ukrainian commanders we spoke to, this war is already under way. they took us to the front lines in the east, where there has been a dramatic spike in shelling, in the extended russian military exercises in belarus only adds to the anxiety. the russian military on full flex in the most elaborate show of force since this crisis began. testing hypersonic and ballistic missiles as part of nuclear exercises under the watchful eye of president putin put himself. to submarine launches in the black sea and by land, to belarus, where troops are edging ever closer to the ukrainian border, described by the u.s. defense secretary as uncoiling and poised to strike. in eastern ukraine itself, an artillery bombardment sent soldiers and journalists scrambling for cover. including further back, us. okay, so there have just been a couple of explosions. the kids are running, and we've been told to g

thomas graham was senior director for russia on the national security council. as an special assistant 2 former president george w bush. he is now with the council on foreign relations mister graham, it's good to have you on the program. you write that a moratorium on nato's eastward expansion for 20 to 25 years. could be the answer to ending the impasse that we are in right now. why is it that idea gaining any traction? i think it has become a part of the public debate. a certainly in your life to some extent in the united states and even in russia. i know that the german reporter asked questions that be a press conference between the chancellor and president opened it as to whether a moratorium was a possibility. none either, man, answer the question, i think that's evidence, that is part of the public debate. today the german chancellor said that ukraine's membership in nato is not on the agenda. and he said it will not be on the agenda while he invited me approved in our in office. now schultz is speaking to what many diplomats say that former soviet republi

amy: the national security council fits in because the national security council serves at the pleasure of the president. it's a policy oriented body. i think one of the things my students and many people don't realize is intelligence is not designed to make policy, intelligence is an input to policy. intelligence is not supposed to have a dog in the fight. the nse is where policy and intelligence come together, but officials should not be in the position of making policy, and if they are, the intelligence they provide becomes suspect because it could be seen as biased. susan: how much information and how makes it to the president? amy: it depends on the issue and president, and it depends on the day. there is the daily brief, whether presidents actually read it depends on the president. presidents also get information through oral briefings and increasingly today, through their phones, through all sorts of other social media accounts. there is a lot of competition for attention and information that the president receives. in the world of twitter, for example, the president can get real

nations security council meeting. after a series of meetings late last night that she said occurred between the state department, the national security council and the white house. she said that his visit is occurring because it portrays the gravity of the situation. it portrays the fact that the united states wants to be committed to diplomacy, the secretary will say that. but it is also a recognition of just how dangerous this moment is. she said the facts on the ground are that russia is moving toward an invasion. and so the secretary wants to be clear that the meeting today at the u.n. security council shouldn't distract from what is happening on the ground right in our now. it should highlight what is happening. he'll be very clear about what the united states is saying russia do. now, the other news that we are learning this morning, jim, is that russia responded to the u.s. with these written responses. the united states you'll remember gave russia a written response a few weeks ago. russia has now responded. t

the united nations security council met again last night. president biden will meet with g7 leaders today. russia, as you know, can veto any move by the security council, so last night saw no action. russia in fact attacked during the security council meeting. >> unfortunately, while we've been meeting in the security council tonight it appears that president putin has ordered that last step. at the exact time as we are gathered in the council seeking peace, putin delivered a message of war in total disdain for the responsibility of this council. >> reporter: putin also spoke to his nation talking about peacekeeping mission. russia is conducting. we're used to russia speaking untruths that are mixed with truths and an appeal to history. >> reporter: russian president vladimir putin speaking to russians about the sacrifice their grandfathers and great grandfathers made during the second world war. 20 million russians died in that war. it's deeply embedded in the russian culture. putin called the ukranian government nazis and claimed they were

biden will meet with g7 counterparts today the united nations security council holding an emergency meeting this morning on the attacks calling for putin to pull back his troops russia says it is only targeting military installations to demilitarize ukraine the pentagon says there is little evidence to support the claim and warning russia would try to manufacture an excuse to start some conflict with ukraine. global equity markets are responding to the developments u.s. stock heequities are lower this morning right now, the dow jones industrial average futures imply a move of 675 points to the down side s&p would open lower by 84 points nasdaq lower by 337. again, a lot of bloodshed happening right now with regard to markets overall we will see what happens with the ukraine-russia situation as it develops. that is leading to a bid for treasury bonds prices are rising for the safety of the u.s. government debt. ten-year treasury is 1.87% people are bidding up the prices for the safety of the u.s. government debt. two-year treasury yield 1.576% oil prices on the upside brent crude futures abo

. >>> president biden met with his national security council this morning. the president was expected to possibly speak with reporters before leaving for delaware this afternoon, but the trip was canceled. you might remember on friday he accused putin of already ordering an invasion, based on u.s. intelligence. tonight nbc news confirming that, saying that u.s. intel shows russian military officials were given an order to proceed. the u.s. believes the capital of kyiv could be targeted. get the latest news on the situation from our website. we have a link on our trending bar that takes you to our coverage. go to nbcbayarea.com. >> all of the developments in russia are happening as the world watches the olympics closing ceremony. the flame is out until the summer gyms in 2024. hello, liz. >> reporter: terry, audrey, what a wild ride this has been. it's just unprecedented times, with athletes performing at their highest level, despite politics and the pandemic, other challenges. but team usa ended its olympic run on a high note. the beijing winter olympics end

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president biden has called an emergency meeting of his national security council later today. we begin in ukraine, with cbs news foreign coesndent arlie d'agat eporter: good mog. ukrainian commanders we spoke to, this war is already under way. they took us to the front lines in the east, where there has been a dramatic spike in shelling, in the extended russian military exercises in belarus only adds to the anxiety. the russian military on full flex in the most elaborate show of force since this crisis began. testing hypersonic and ballistic missiles as part of nuclear exercises under the watchful eye of president putin put himself. to submarine launches in the black sea and by land, to belarus, where troops are edging ever closer to the ukrainian border, described by the u.s. defense secretary as uncoiling and poised to strike. in eastern ukraine itself, an artillery bombardment sent soldiers and journalists scrambling for cover. including further back, us. okay, so there have just been a couple of explosions. the kids are running, and we've been told to get into our buses no

we just learned the president will meet with the national security council tomorrow, with hope to dwindle that diplomacy will keep eastern europe from war. and from standing up to the soviets to placating to jim, what is going on with republicans? so long to the days of ronald reagan. also tonight, could california's shift to an endemic, provide

the united nations security council holds an emergency meeting on the crisis with the secretary general making a direct plea to the russian leader. in the name of humanity, do not allow to start in europe what could be the worst war since the beginning of the century. ukraine's ambassador to the united nations implores the security council to do everything possible to stop a war. it is too late, my dear colleagues, to speak about the escalation. too late. the russian president declared the war. the escalation comes as ukraine's president, volodymyr zelenskyy, makes a desperate appeal to the people of russia to prevent a full—scale war. translation: it must be stepped- _ translation: it must be stepped- it _ translation: it must be stopped. it is _ translation: it must be stopped. it is not - translation: it must be stopped. it is not too - translation: it must be| stopped. it is not too late, and if the leadership of russia doesn't want to sit at a table with us for the sake of peace, maybe it will sit at the table with you. maybe it will sit at the table with ou. maybe it will sit at

so call now for free information. >>> as a response, the united nations security council is conducting a meeting now at the request of zelenskyy. the council is shared by russia and has been the scene of tense arguments. we'll keep a close eye on what comes out of the meeting that is under way in new york at the united nations right now. we continue to cover the breaking news that putin has declared russian troops will enter eastern ukraine as part of what he calls a recognition of that region's independence. russian-backed accept tiffs have been fighting that force for years. in response, the u.s. secretary of state tweeted, quote, kremlin recognition of the so-called donetsk and luhansk people's republic as independent. as russia takes more steps towards the invasion, many wonder what a swift and firm response would look like. in just the past decade and a half, the world has witnessed those. in 20008, russia recognized as what it referred to as independent republics with the neighboring nation of georgia followed by a conflict that forced nearly 200,000 people to flee their homes. s

security council. all a great to the resolution, a 5 residues and 2011, which began with the condemning that it actually i get off his actions. and i, his statement about what he was going to do to calculations and coffee. 72, obviously more controversial, arguably as seen by some powers. and i'm sure you know that they're both moscow and beijing now appear to regret their votes on the security council. as regards libby and you thing on the ground when you a, with your british soldiers, they understood that there was a possibility that anything they did in their support of rebels in effect makes any global south leader around the world think we need nuclear weapons. otherwise they'll be british troops coming along to fight against the government. i think the whole nuclear weapon debates and i, i want to go to remember that it doesn't necessarily have to be a state. there's a great mari international circles about a non state actors gaining it nuclear weapons. and i know that moscow and china would be v

the russian invasion began despite last ditch appeals from members of the united nations security council to ease tension ukraine's ambassador to the un demanded. his russian counterpart stepped down as chairman, co putting cola rove to stop aggression. there is no purgatory for war criminals. they go straight to hell ambassador. as news of the invasion spread in ukraine's capital, kiev main highways out of the city quickly became good lot with traffic. there's a mood of desperation developing now, many people just jumping into their cars, getting their families together, and heading on the road, trying to get to poland. but the main auto roots are all jammed. there are so many people trying to do the same thing. others are going on the ground taking shelter. others have been flocking to the supermarkets and frantically stalking up on essential items. this was the scene in cremmit, also in the east of ukraine as shoppers grab what they could to fill their cupboards. the ukrainian army and air force are putting up a fight and resisting the russian attack. this video from the defense minist

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security council. i appreciate you all being there. matt, you're on the ground. what are you seeing and hearing? >> we're not really seeing much. we have been hearing quite a bit as this low rumble of explosions from pretty far away. but the city streets here are empty. my colleague, erin mclaughlin, in kyiv was reporting that there's been this exodus of people leaving the city here. it's not really the case. everybody seems to be hunkered down. most of the stores appear to be closed. we're hearing that the military, the russian military, is mustering just outside of the city, in fact, that they're engaging with the ukrainian military. we've heard from the ukrainians that they've managed to destroy about four armored vehicles just outside the kharkiv city limits. so there has been some fighting, and the russians are closing in on this russian-speaking majority city. now, why aren't people here fleeing? i can't explain the difference between here and kyiv, but i imagine here a lot of these people believ

and i, which is as it, which is why the united nations security council, all a great to the resolution, a 5 residues and 2011, which began with the condemning that it actually, i get off his actions. and i, his statement about what he was going to do to calculations and coffee, 72, obviously more controversial, arguably as seen by some powers. and i'm sure you know that they're both moscow and beijing now appear to regret their votes on the security council. as regards libby and you thing on the ground when you a, with your british soldiers, they understood that there was a possibility that anything they did in their support of rebels in effect makes any global south leader around the world think we need nuclear weapons. otherwise they'll be british troops coming along to fight against the government. i think the whole nuclear weapon debates and i, i want to go to remember that it doesn't necessarily have to be a state. there's a great mari international circles about a non state actors, gainey. it nuclear weapons and i know that moscow and china would be very worried about that sort o

last week, at the united nations security council, a major increase in military provocations and false flag events along the line of contact in the don bus. dramatically staged, conveniently on camera for the security counsel to grandstand for the russian public. and now, political provocation recognizing sovereign ukrainian territory of so-called independent republics. a clear violation of international law. president putin signed -- sought authorization from the russian parliament to force military force outside of russian territory. this sets the stage further for further provocation by russia to try to justify further military action. none of us should be fooled. none of us will be fooled. there is no justification. further russian assault remains a severe threat in ukraine in the days ahead. if russia proceeds, it is russia and russia alone that bears responsibility. as we respond, my administration is using every tool to protect -- every tool at our disposal to protect american businesses and consumers from rising prices at the pump. as i said last week, defending freedom will ha

you heard that from national security council. social this morning i bet you are going to hear from that from the president. now republican would like to see whole bunch other things happened. this should spark more direct sanctions against putin and against oil and gas out of russia. europeans don't want that. but he also said that there is unity on the republican side that this is trigger for u.s. production of oil and gas. keystone pipeline should be back open. there should be efforts really increase our natural gas exports to europe to make up for whatever is lost because of russia. but as lindsay gram said this morning you will listen to them as well. it is likely biden allies or subtext foes on the left would not allow any of that to happen. let me go back to what you mentioned about that faithful day in that news conference some weeks ago where biden said if it is small incures we might have to think about how we would respond. after he heard those words putin stopped listening. yes i mean listen, you look at the, as and ac

during a rare emergency meeting of the united nations security council, the u.s. ambassador warns russia's deployment is a pretext to war. >> he calls them peacekeepers. this is nonsense. we know what they really are. >> in response, president biden signed an executive order imposing sanctions on the two russian separatist regions of ukraine. the order prohibits new investment, trade and financing in those areas. other key allies will begin imposing sanctions immediately. >> we are cracking down on russian banks, russian individuals. >> russia continues to deny plans to attack, criticizing the west instead. >> whipping up unfounded panic. >> reporter: on the ground in ukraine, commanders say they've been under fire from russia's newly recognized separatists and have fired back saying -- this is an historic moment and maybe a breaking point. ukraine's president says his one goal is peace in ukraine. but russia's actions violate ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity. secretary of state blinken will meet with ukraine's foreign minister later today here in w

how could reports after consulting with his national security council in the white house situation room, and a virtual meeting with g 7 leaders? us president joe biden made good on his promise to inflict massive costs on russian president vladimir putin for invading ukraine. prudence is the aggressor prudent jose this war, and now he, in this country, will bear the consequences. the new sanction target major russian bags and russian lee and in coordination with allies representing more than half the global economy, are designed to cut off russia from the world financial system. russia, assets and the u. s. are also now frozen. we will limit russia's ability to do business in dollars. euro's pounds and yen export controls took her tail rushing high tech imports are also being opposed to cripple russia's military and high tech capabilities. the moves are backed by top, congressional democrats like senate leader, chuck sure, who condemned russia invasion and pledge support for ukraine. ukrainians are tough and resilient. i know they will not give up their country. they will fight fiercely

all of this seems to be following the script that i laid out at the united nations security council. >> as tensions escalate, president biden held a rare weekend meeting of the national security council conferring with top advisers including blinken and lloyd austin. meanwhile, at the munich conference vladimir zelensky urged the u.s. and its allies to reveal the sanctions plans against russia to serve as a deterrent. the latest developments also come as russia continues to keep 30,000 troops in neighboring belarus despite promises to withdraw them by sunday. satellite images suggest smaller russian deployments but also show that they are continuing to move closer to the border with ukraine. joining us now live from ukraine, nbc news foreign correspondent matt bradley. live from us from moscow, keir simmons. gentlemen, welcome to you both. keir, go to you first here. are you hearing anything more from the kremlin regarding this proposed summit with president biden? >> well, president putin is preparing to meet with his security advisers just today. the kremlin is making clear that th

president biden convened a meeting of the national security council today. days after he said he was convinced putin has decided to invade. how do you think he's handling this crisis so far? >> well, it's not good news, reverend. thank you for having me on. i disagree, he is projecting weakness. i think tony blinken, secretary of state was on this morning, did nothing except project weakness. let me give you an example. he was asked directly whether biden should implement sanctions immediately which i think should be an option. it is definitely on the table. he said by removing them, it would remove the deterrence from invading, essentially signaling that that is all the leadership the united states will provide is sanctions. if in fact putin will invade immediately, then biden should put sanctions on russia and begin to cripple their economy. he should do the same with belarus. nobody is talking about belarus who is allowing russian troops to gather on the ukraine border, a sovereign border, and they ought to be paying a price right now for allowing russian

thomas graham was senior director for russia on the national security council. as an special assistant 2 former president george w bush. he is now with the council on foreign relations mister graham. it's good to have you on the program. you write that a moratorium on nato's eastward expansion for 20 to 25 years. could be the answer to ending the impasse that we are in right now. why is it that idea gaining any traction? well i, i think it has become a part of the public debate, certainly in europe, but to some extent in the united states and even in russia. i know that the german re order ass question that the press conference between the chancellor and president opened it as to whether a moratorium was a possibility. neither man answer the question, i think as evidence that is part of the public debate. today the german chancellor said that ukraine's membership in nato is not on the agenda, and he said it will not be on the agenda while he invited me approved in our in office. now schultz is speaking to what many diplomats say that former soviet republics, inc