getting back to the state department being ideal -- i think the state department is a lot less idealistic than people think on the outside and is much more driven by inertia and what we have done in the past. so to be able to question our assumptions and go and time back what we are deciding based on what our national security interests are. and we need to be doing that on the intelligence side as well. but i think there is a different nature with the state apartment, intelligent and the military and of the tug-of-war you get between the different perspectives is a healthy thing. we just need to make sure that the balance is invested for our interests. right now, i feel like we are still in a stage where the military kind of outweighs a lot of the other tools that we have. i think that that is changing a little bit under this administration, the. it is hard -- though. it is hard. it is bringing those decisions back to how is this surveying the american people. host: we have been speaking with former diplomat elizabeth shackelford, now with the chicago council on global affairs. >> c-span'

getting back to the state department being ideal -- i think the state department is a lot less idealistic than people think on the outside and is much more driven by inertia and what we have done in the past. so to be able to question our assumptions and go and time back what we are deciding based on what our national security interests are. and we need to be doing that on the intelligence side as well. but i think there is a different nature with the state apartment, intelligent and the military and of the tug-of-war you get between the different perspectives is a healthy thing. we just need to make sure that the balance is invested for our interests. right now, i feel like we are still in a stage where the military kind of outweighs a lot of the other tools that we have. i think that that is changing a little bit under this administration, the. it is hard -- though. it is hard. it is bringing those decisions back to how is this surveying the american people. host: we have been speaking with former diplomat elizabeth shackelford, now with the chicago council on global affairs. >> the sta

department of state. she was recently confirmed by the senate to lead this critical bureau and previously served as the u.s. ambassador to haiti, sri lanka, the maldives, lebanon, and the uae. welcome. michele: good afternoon and thank you, chairman castro, ranking member malia talk us -- malliotakis. president biden has made clear that we will put our core u.s. values at the center of our foreign policy. this means we must actively outcompete efforts by nations who stand in opposition to u.s. values on human rights, democracy, labor rights, and transparent economic practices. to achieve this, we must work in partnership with other nations. in my short time as the new assistant secretary for international affairs, i can state that the multilateral becomes more complex and more important with each passing year. i have seen across my state department career the reality that the u.n. and other international organizations are increasingly engaged in all corners of the globe with growing irrelevance to the urg

state department. we got it. the border crisis, border agents shot at yet again from the border mexico. gop lawmakers are pushing mix of stopping federal funding of non-profits that that aid and abet human trafficking and human smuggling. i'm elizabeth macdonald. "the evening edit," it starts right now. ♪. elizabeth: thanks for joining us. you're watching the fox business network. start with your money. u.s. markets down again today led by a tech selloff as wall street watches for tomorrow big january jobs report. estimates just 150,000 jobs added. expected to be the worst report since december of 2020, when the economy lost jobs. now look at this. oil did top $90 a barrel today for the first time in more than seven years. let's get to this. president biden in new york city today, demanding congress approve half a billion dollars in more government spending to stop rising crime. he had other ideas as well. critics are saying he said nothing about stopping d.a.s downgrading felonies into misdemeanors in the midd

state department has done that kindd of assessment? >>no i do not have disability on the current state of discussion of title 42, mr. chairman. and will definitely find your questions today with leadership. >> we all appreciate and understand the cdc rule but that policy directly impacts yourth work and the work of the state department and the ability of the united states to live up to the un obligations as a partner with other nations around the world with respecting human rights and the right to be persecuted and the rights to refugees and migrants. given those legal concerns and information on —- implications, i hope that if one has not been made you will seek out a determination to share it with the committee. >> thank youou mr. chairman. i want to underscore that the bureau is committed to supporting orderly and humane migration. >> thank you. >> with that. >> i am back. >> i just want to follow up briefly i know immigration will continue to be a global issue and in your opening remarks you talk about the migration problems on a

my amendment was focused on lng and it asked the state department and passed yesterday. it asked the state department to provide a report about how we can use energy back to the question from ohio, how can we use energy to strengthen our partners and our allies but right now we see an $8 billion slush fund green energy . i can promise you the residents and citizens of re ukraine don't care about that . what they want is for their electricity to remainon . >> the act itself it was representative steny hoyer saying in part to compete act will strengthen national security issues by storing up supply chains and ensuring we can build america with semi conductors and microchips our industry needs . >> we see several companies that have relocated semi conductors. in texas specifically and that's something we need to be focused on but there's so much to unpack when it comes to supply chain issues. we have to compete with china question about where those rare earth minerals are coming from, if we care about the environment, if we care about our supply chains, if we are paying att

the statesman for the spokes, the state department went even further saying that far from there being any form of withdrawal, it appears that russia is enforcing and reinforcing its troops along that particular border. this is what state department spokesman met price at to say we are doing everything we possibly can to seek to find a peaceful resolution to the crisis. moscow has needlessly precipitated but those efforts, as we said, will be effective only if the russian federation is willing to de escalate. to be very, very clear, we have not seen that. in fact, we have seen the opposite in recent weeks. and even in recent days, more russian forces not fewer are at the border, and they are moving concerning li into fighting positions. this is cause for profound concern. president biden has spoken to allah shalt the day after the german chances talks with president poosey. and what do we know about these conversations? well, the talks have concluded, we haven't heard anything formerly from the white house as yet, but we have had a read out of the conversation from the german president

the state department, i don't want to speak for my state department colleagues, they have been clear about that guidance and advice. obviously, we can't make them do it. they have to make those decisions for themselves. and i think you've been sitting on these briefings as well as anybody else. with been nothing but clear about the continued military buildup along that border with ukraine and belarus. and the continued military options that mr. putin has available to him. we have been, i think, extraordinarily transparent about the possibilities of military conflict inside ukraine. and so, we made no bones about that. and in our best judgment, as a government, our advice is that this is not the time to be going to ukraine. it's not the time to be staying in ukraine. each of these families, you're right. we're not saying they're easy decisions, we understand that. and they're going to have to make these decisions for themselves, and as appropriate. all we can do -- all we must do as a government is give them the best advice and guidance, we can based on the information that we are see

the state department is not releasing the response. saying that public negotiation will be unproductive. the u. s. as designated cats. awesome, major non nato ally. it follows a meeting between president joe biden and counsels mia shake to me about the u. k. inquiry into government events during lockdown has found serious failures in leadership. judgment, said some of the gatherings should not have been allowed to happen. but it has left questions on onset, including where the prime minister boris johnson misled parliament. the bank has moved from wanton a failure of leadership behind the famous black door suit, grey's crunch findings more biting than expected. the report talks of high standards not being met by those setting, the rules of excessive alcohol consumption in the workplace and gatherings without clear, authorization or oversight. some behavior, she said, was difficult to justify, against the backdrop of the pandemic. ah, were nothing of early critical of johnson himself. it's perhaps not the big take down. his rivals hopef

s. department of state and the u. s. department of defense on february, the 3rd about russia's alleged preparation of an operation under a false flag against ukraine. this is typical of united states. the international community remembers the forgeries, the u. s. used for their military interventions around the world, including the well known vial of colin powell. well that via that was just refer to there was used as a prop when the u. s. made his case to attack iraq, which the white house claimed at the time was creating chemical weapons claims that later turned out to be completely unsubstantiated. meanwhile, the latest allegations are left, not just the russian side concerned. journalists that the media conference were also an impressed my lack of evidence. what is the evidence that you had that suggested that the russians are even planning with matt? and i mean, i'm not saying that they're not, but you just come out and say this, and they expect us just to believe it without you showing a shred of evidence that i

i just wanted to also say, because the state department put out a statement on this, the state department has no higher priority than the safety and security of americans around the world. that of course includes our colleagues serving at post overseas. these precautions in no way undermine our support for our commitment to ukraine, our commitment to ukraine sovereignty is unwavering. we continue our sincere efforts to reach a diplomatic solution, and remain engaged with the russian government, and the secretary's discussion with the foreign minister. the path for diplomacy remains available if russia chooses to engage in good faith. we look forward to returning our staff to the embassy as soon conditions permit. in the meantime, we have made this very clear, these measures, the safety of our staff -- we strongly urge any remaining u.s. citizens in ukraine to leave the country immediately. that has been our message for the past several days and several weeks. reporter: does the white house have any comment on the russian figure skater in the doping investigation? ms. jean-pierre: that is

s. department state and the u. s. department of defense on february, the 3rd about russia's alleged preparation of an operation under a false flag against ukraine. this is typical of united states. the international community remembers the forgeries, the u. s. use for their military interventions around the world, including the well known vial of calling poll. oh, yes, we, when man, by the u. s. is backed up by solid evidence pretext to invade to rock and the subsequent loss of almost 200000 civilian lives. but do we also remember how and why the white house paid a p. r firm over $500000000.00? back in 2016. the work consists of the 3 types of products. the 1st was television commercials portraying al qaeda in a negative light. the 2nd was news items which were made to look as if they had been created by a big tv. the 3rd in most sensitive program was the production of fake al qaeda propaganda films. us marines would take the cd on patrol and drop them in the chaos when they rated targets. yes, net price at the sta

the first, the united states military says that the white house and the state department dropped the ball in the exit from afghanistan. this is bomb shell new testimony from military leaders that were on the ground there. we'll talk about that. also, virginia's new governor gets blasted for lifting mask mandates, he got heckled in a grocery store and three democrat governors doing the same thing and escape unscathed. a look at the latest covid double standard coming up. and the kremlin announcing just moments ago that despite the french president's appeal for diplomacy in russia, you saw he and vladimir putin at the enormous team. so now the kremlin put this out. moscow and paris could not make a deal to avoid war at least at this moment. let's go to kiev where we find lucas tomlinson reporting on the ground there today. good afternoon, lucas. >> good evening, martha. at a press conference in kiev earlier today, ukraine's president made the following stark admission. >> i don't know any ten tiny europe today that will put strong pressure on russia. deoccupation of our country is stil

kylie, at the state department, what are people saying inside the state department, particularly just to underscore nic's message there, that russia is showing no signs of de-escalation? >> reporter: they're preparing for the worst. we learned that they're drawing down most of the diplomats, pulling them out of ukraine and a senior state department official, very bluntly said that's because they have to prepare for the worst-case scenario, which would be, of course, a russian invasion into ukraine and, of course, the possibility of russian attacks on the capital city, on kyiv, where that embassy is located. there are a small number of diplomats that are staying at the embassy. a small number are going to a city on the western side of ukraine. but the state department is being very clear here. they are saying that russian military is very capable and they don't want to be in a position where those diplomats are in harm's way. now, they're also reiterating today that it is past time for americans in ukraine to leave the country and saying that they have been in touch with thousands of a

has the state department made a determination on this? ned: we are evaluating of the impact of what we've seen transpire in burkina faso on our engagement with the country. it's too soon for us to get into specifics in great detail but we have called for restraint by all actors as we carefully review the events on the ground for potential impact on our systems. what i san kay now is we have -- we can't to monitor the situation. reporter: can you be more specific about that? ned: i can't. reporter: when you say most what does that mean? ned: it means most, the majority. i can come up with other synonyms. reporter: i'm looking for a number what exactly is it? less than half? ned: i'm not in a position to say that today. reporter: do you have less high standards or stringent standards than the millenial corporation does? ned: we have our own standards. reporter: your standard is set by law, it's not really your standard, it is congress' standards. ned: you are not incorrect, it is a standard we hue too. reporter: that standard has not been m

kirby: well, i refer you to the state department. reporter: what role would you guys have in that, if any? mr. kirby: so let me get at it here. the decision -- the decision to make afghanistan a major non-nato ally was back in i think 2012. and that was an rainingment -- an arrangement made of the islamic republic of afghanistan -- with the islamic republic of afghanistan. there is no such commitment or agreement in place now that that government is no longer in kabul. i would refer more detail on where that's going, i would point you to the state department. the question you didn't ask. my answer yesterday was inartful at best and inaccurate at worse. the president did can he claire i -- declare his intention was to declare qatar as a non-nato ally. he obviously has the authority to do that. i think it has to be a nato decision. the president can designate that and he's obviously made clear and he intends to do that. it's designed for countries that are not treaty allies of nato but have strategic working relationships with u.s. for

embassy in kyiv relaying state department orders for nonemergency u.s. employees to evacuate the country ahead of a possible russian invasion. that u.s. and global leaders will continue, quote, relentless diplomatic and assistance efforts in support of ukraine's security, democracy and prosperity. >>> the white house also confirmed president biden will talk with russian leader vladimir putin this morning. it will be the first time they've spoken since december 30th. yesterday the president held a call with the nato secretary general, along with eight european leaders, and also met in the situation room with his national security team. >> the russians are in a position to be able to mount a major military action in ukraine any day now, and for that reason we believe that it is important for us to communicate to our allies and partners, to the ukrainians and to the american citizens who are still there. >> just this morning, pentagon press secretary john kirby said the u.s. is temporarily repositioning 160 members of the florida national guard who have bee

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>> a state department official explained why the state department made this decision to withdraw most of the u.s. diplomat from ukraine saying they have to prepare for the worst-case scenario here which is in the realm of possibility. that would be russian aggressions into ukraine and on the capital city which is where the u.s. embassy is located. they explained that russia has a very capable military and there are a number of ways that things could go wrong. hence they want to pull most of those diplomats out of the country while they can still get them out safely and quickly. now, some diplomats will stay at the embassy, some will move to a location -- a city on the western side of ukraine, obviously, much further from any possible russian aggressions on the eastern side of the country. and the state department making it very clear to americans, once again this morning, that it is past time for them to leave the country. saying that they are in touch with about -- a couple thousand americans in recent days, encouraging them to leave the country. but also noting that there are a numb

s. department state and the u. s. department of defense on february, the 3rd about russia's alleged preparation of an operation under a false flag against ukraine. this is typical of united states. the international community remembers the forgeries, the u. s. use for their military interventions around the world, including the well known vial of calling poll. oh, yes, we, when man, by the u. s. is backed up by solid evidence pretext to invade to rock and the subsequent north of almost 200000 civilian lives. but do we also remember how and why the why house paid a p. r firm over $500000000.00? back in 2016. the work consist of the 3 types of products. the 1st was television commercials portraying al qaeda in a negative light. the 2nd was news items which were made to look as if they had been created by a big tv. the 3rd and most sensitive program was the production of fake al qaeda propaganda. films u. s. marines would take the cd on patrol and drop them in the chaos when they rated targets. yes, net price at the s

., the state department has issued a statement. what does it say? >> they have not very many details as you would expect in a situation like this. let me tell you what the state's department spokesperson told al jazeera. we received a written follow-up from russia, it would be unproductive to negotiate in public, so we will leave it up to russia if they want to discuss their response. we remain fully committed to dialogue to address the issues and will continue to address closely with our allies and partners, including ukraine. this confirming that they have the receipts, they have the written statement. so far it hasn't leak out exactly what's in it. chances are it will over the next couple of hours, that's usually how these things go. but it is just a sign of the next step in this ongoing process. >> what exactly happens next, do you think? >> i think we could have expected the written reply would come this evening. tomorrow, on tuesday, u.s. secretary of state antony blinken and his counterpart, russian foreign secretary is scheduled to have a ph

the new york times this week suing the state department for failing to hand over e-mails between the president son and romanian officials from of my people -- awake, i'm not supposed to say that. digging into possible corruption outlines in the e-mails since june on stuff back from we are now learning in 2019 the justice department subpoenaed jp morgan chase for hundreds financial transaction records with the bank of china. how deep does the biden family corruption go? anyway he held accountable for a tonight party panel, washington examiner, senior political columnist and resident american enterprise, tim carney is here. former aide to chuck schumer, how severe aggressive progressive podcast and when he's saying something that he, i would tell you to drink but you might be hammered in less than five minutes. todd is back in the ready activist with the foundation for economic education olivia rondeau. welcome one and all. i will start with you, tim carney. are there troubling aspects to the story that may be american voters want privy to when they could have been in 2019? >> yes, obv

s. department of state and the u. s. department of defense on february, the 3rd about russia's alleged preparation of an operation under a false flag against ukraine. this is typical of united states. the international community remembers the forgeries, the u. s. use for their military interventions around the world, including the well known vial of calling poll. oh, yes, we, when man, by the u. s. is backed up by solid evidence pretext to invade to rock and the subsequent north of almost 200000 civilian lives. but do we also remember how and why the white house paid a p. r firm over $500000000.00? back in 2016. the work consist to the 3 types of products. the 1st was television commercials portraying al qaeda in a negative light. the 2nd was news items which were made to look as if they had been created by a big tv. the 3rd and most sensitive program was the production of fake al qaeda propaganda. films u. s. marines would take the cd on patrol and drop them in the chaos when they rated targets. yes, net price at the

getting back to the state department being ideal -- i think the state department is a lot less idealistic than people think on the outside and is much more driven by inertia and what we have done in the past. so to be able to question our assumptions and go and time back what we are deciding based on what our national security interests are. and we need to be doing that on the intelligence side as well. but i think there is a different nature with the state apartment, intelligent and the military and of the tug-of-war you get between the different perspectives is a healthy thing. we just need to make sure that the balance is invested for our interests. right now, i feel like we are still in a stage where the military kind of outweighs a lot of the other tools that we have. i think that that is changing a little bit under this administration, the. it is hard -- though. it is hard. it is bringing those decisions back to how is this surveying the american people. host: we have been speaking with former diplomat elizabeth shackelford, now with the chicago council on global affairs. thanks for

s. department of state on the u. s. department of defense on february, the 3rd about russia's alleged preparation of an operation under false flag against ukraine. this is typical of united states. the international community remembers the forgeries, the u. s. use for their military interventions around the world, including the well known file of colin powell. we now have us intelligence officials who are coming forward and saying that russia is planning to develop a propaganda video. now the state department spokesperson was pressed on this specific evidence supporting the video claims on ned price said that once the white house is sure this information is accurate, then they will disclose what evidence they have. now, there has been a barrage of headlines and accusations from western leaders against russia over the last several weeks. and russia has responded with com to many of these allegations . now, at this point, we've got kremlin spokesperson dmitri past gob who has pointed out that there had been so many cla

so that's the word from the state department. actually. it was just a couple of weeks ago, just at the end of january when the state department recommended us citizens in ukraine, depart the country immediately because of the build up of russian troops on the border. they also ordered the family members of personnel, its embassy in kiev, leave the country. this is due to the deteriorating security situation as fears grow of a possible invasion due to build up of russian troops on the board with ukraine. but also now we are seeing symbol tenuously, the joint military drills taking place between russia and that roost. the russians have denied that they have any plans to invade and have said that their troops will return to their permanent basis in russia when those military drills in battle. reuss, conclude we are following all the stories as well. this our award winning also coenzyme kara, a se ger who fled you. gander on wednesday, says he was taught should, while in custody, but plans to return to his country at some point. crime of miss

. ♪ >> state department spokesman talked to reporters on russia's tensions with ukraine and the united states. i realize in thes preconference they speck about russia. i wonder why there was no mention of russia at all in the joint statement from the e.u.-u.s. energy council. the word wasn't even in there. >> the word ukraine certainly was. there was a robust discussion of ukraine there was robust discussion of the contingency planning we're doing in the event that russia does not choose the path of diplomacy, does not choose the path of dialogue. as the joint statement noted, the council reiterated that it is unacceptable to use energy supplies as a weapon or geopolitical leverage. this is what we have been saying all along and much of the discussion today between the secretary and between the representative was part and par shovel the contingency planning we have been doing for some time now. reporter: was there a reason russia wasn't mentioned there? presumably it's obvious the threat to european energy security is coming from russia. they're the main supplier. but i'm wound erlg wh

as you join is, we'rejust hearing the us state department that it hearing the us state department thatitis hearing the us state department that it is now urging american citizens in belarus to leave immediately, due to the build—up of russian troops along the border there with ukraine. can i ask you that question, what do you think putin was my ultimate aim is here? is it invasion or is this all part of a carefully constructed coercive diplomacy to get the west to back off? putin wants more than ukraine. he is using ukraine as a level. you want to end the drive and you crave is that we want to divide he wants to humiliate the vest and rewrite the rules of the architecture. he wants to be the boss in europe. it is all of the above.— all of the above. given that, what you — all of the above. given that, what you expect _ all of the above. given that, what you expect to - all of the above. given that, what you expect to happen l all of the above. given that, - what you expect to happen next? we've got wednesday been held up we've got wednesday been held up as the day of imminent strike.

who is the history who is the archivist at the state department? because i went looking for this department of state and i was going around the internet looking looking on the national archives website couldn't quite find it emailed the national archives. he emailed back within hours with a link to all department of state bulletins, which are fascinating study in and of themselves and then a record group that he had found and deed there are files on all the companies who in the early 50s cooperated with the united states government in these projects and there it is a box to be seen in washington when or in mara in college park, maryland where the national archives sit that once a covid ends, but there a box titled bowman. cards in the us governm

but i am saying this was -- the state department's job be to get this thing moving. i wish they just turned it over to the pentagon and let them do it. they know how to manage crisis. they got resources. let them do the planning as well as the execution. >> martha: general, the thing i hear the most, people get so frustrated that nobody is held accountable. why doesn't the state department say, you know what? we did a really good job on this and that. i know that they feel good about how many people they got out at the end there. we failed on this front and that front. for that reason, we have reassigned this person or this person is no longer played because it's their job to receive the siv program. there were failures in prior administrations. why is there no one held accountable for what happened, which is clear as you say to anybody that has eyes and watched this thing unfold? >> no, i totally agree with that. i mean, when you have mistakes at this level and obviously cost people's lives and we walked away from a country a ban donned -- we left american citizens

s. department of state and the u. s. department of defense on february, the 3rd about russia's alleged preparation of an operation under a false flag against ukraine. this is typical of united states. the international community remembers the forgeries, the u. s. use for their military interventions around the world, including the well known vial of colin powell. that vases refer to that was used as a prop for when american made this case to attack iraq, which the white house at the time claimed had chemical weapons. a claim that later turned out to be unsubstantiated me, while the latest allegations of left, some journalists unimpressed. what is the evidence that you had that suggested that the russians are even planning with matt? i'm not saying that they're not, but you just come out and say this and expect those just to believe it without you showing a shred of evidence that it's actually true other than when i ask, or what anyone else asked what the information you said, well i just gave it to you, which was just

s. department of state and the u. s. department of defense on february, the 3rd about russia's alleged preparation of an operation under a false flag against ukraine. this is typical of united states. the international community remembers the forgeries, the u. s. use for their military interventions around the world, including the well known vial of colin powell. oh, yes, we remember the u. s. is backed up by solid evidence pretext to invade iraq and the subsequent north of almost 200000 civilian lives. but do we also remember how and why the white house paid a p. r firm over $500000000.00? back in 2016, the work consist to the 3 types of products. the 1st was television commercials portraying al qaeda in a negative light. the 2nd was news items which were made to look as if they had been created by dick tv. the 3rd and most sensitive program was the production of fake al qaeda propaganda. films u. s. marines would take the cd on patrol and drop them in the chaos when they rated targets. yes, net price at the state de

>> so where is our state department? this is our closest ally and th world, canada is one of our guest trading partners. we share a border of 5500 miles of canada. our state department exist to wag his finger and the face of foreign governments. which i said not a word, becaus today to see if any reaction at all to this pensions of civil liberties in canada. they refused to condemn any of it or even comments. >> so the wall is cracked on yo just saw going on in canada right now will have consequence for all of us because trudeau has not just ended freedom of assembly and speech, as part of his emergency authority, he gav himself the power to control al money in canada. sees the bank accounts of private citizens, on what basis we don't know. the deputy prime minister has announced that the seizures our in process now. acutely individuals and attendees as well as crypto wallets have been shared by the rcmp with financial institutions . and accounts have been frozen very and more accounts will be frozen. >> when you imagine

state department saying that they view that action as escalatory. they are reviewing it, they are coming up with how they will respond and of course, it comes as the united states says they want to continue diplomatically engaging with russia but they've also been very clear about the facts on the ground. just last night, a senior administration official saying this russian military build-up has continued, adding about 7,000 russian forces along the border of ukraine in just the last few days which is contradictory to what russia has said, that they're pulling back some of those forces. >> kylie will stick close because we wait from the secretary of state. from all the headlines and developments, it's clear something shifted here. we'll get back in a bit but over to eastern ukraine. officials say pro-russian forces are responsible for a shelling that hit a preschool in the disputed donbas region. the shelling raising fears that this could be used as pretext for russia to invade, something that officials have been warning about now for weeks. cnn's s

state department spokesperson ned price says the u.s. embassy and any remaining diplomats are being moved to western ukraine. we're in the process of relocating our diplomatic staff from steve to let the price says he is still hopeful free peaceful outcome but says it's up to russia. we will rain remain committed to doing that for as long as we can. but russia must de-escalate and engage in genuine dialogue. >> and diplomacy. >> was a very dangerous situation following a briefing with national security adviser jake sullivan on monday, senators from both parties expressed concern. concern is very high and i think shared by it. >> their new everyone who's taking a close look at the russians are prepared to invade. that could happen in a matter of days that certain chat. >> and senators who have been considering sanctions also expressed concern today about it. the legislative response would be able to even come together before an invasion happens. for now in washington, i'm anna wiernicki. back to you. >> coming up this time of year, usuall

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a senior state department official just describing the situation right now as the most perilous moment for peace and security since the end of the cold war. in just one hour, secretary of state antony blinken is set to address the u.n. security council. the u.s. ambassador says blinken will express the gravity of the moment and the fact that the u.s. is doing everything it can to prevent a war even as russia seems to be moving in that direction. it comes as the u.s. has received russia's latest communication regarding putin's demands for security guarantees. that news breaking literally minutes ago. as we wait for details, we want to show you these pictures from ukraine, damage from new shelling in the pro-russian part of the country, both sides accusing the other of firing the first shot. mortar attacks overnight that included an attack on a kindergarten. ukrainian president zelensky is causing that incident a major provocation. the british foreign secretary said it looked like a blatant attempt by the russian government to fabbri kate a pretext for an invasion. lloyd austin echoed th

the state department says the u. s. also wants to talk, but russia must make more concessions and we have not seen any tangible, any real sign of the escalation. we have been consistent that we want to pursue the path of diplomacy. we want to resolve this through dialogue, through diplomacy, through communication. we hope the russians have a similar willingness, but we haven't, we've also said that in order for diplomacy and dialogue to succeed, it has to take place in the context of the escalation of marliss, enjoying by jonathan cats. he is a senior fellow at the german marshall fund of the united states. it's good to have you with us. so we just had that sound bites, not the same time. rushes foreign minister has said that there is a chance to reach an agreement with the west of ukraine. is there still room for diplomacy? yeah, i think there's, i'm sure this is going to be the message for chairs their shots. yes. tomorrow when he's in moscow, is there is a path for de escalation. and i think what you heard from the s

s. department of state on the u. s. department of defense on february, the 3rd about russia's alleged preparation of an operation under false flag against ukraine. this is typical of united states. the international community remembers the forgeries, the u. s. use for their military interventions around the world, including the well known file of calling poll. we now have us intelligence officials who are coming forward and saying that russia is planning to develop a propaganda video. now the state department spokesperson was pressed on this specific evidence supporting the video claims on ned price said that once the white house is sure this information is accurate, then they will disclose what evidence they have. now, there has been a barrage of headlines and accusations from western leaders against russia over the last several weeks. and russia has responded with com to many of these allegations . now at this point, we've got kremlin spokesperson dmitri past gob who has pointed out that there had just been so many

the state department as well. make sure they understand the so-called russian playbook, what the russians could get up to, and hope that that would be enough to persuade putin, it will be too hard to carry something out. but as we sit here tonight, i think everyone agrees there's just simply no indication that putin is about to change his mind and we have this bottom line situation where the world is holding its breath based on what may be going on in the mind of just one man. yamiche: and dan, certainly as barbara just said, the world is holding its breath. i wonder when you talk about -- when we think about this infoation warfare that's going on between two nuclear powers we have to remind folks that it's information warfare but between two countries that have nuclear capabilities here, talk a bit about how president biden sees this and in particular, why he doesn't see it as in u.s. interests to send in troops to defend the sovereignty of ukraine at this time. dan: well, yamiche, there's no -- there's no appeti

s. department of state on the u. s. department of defense on february, the 3rd about russia's alleged preparation of an operation under false flog against ukraine. this is typical if united states, the international community, remembers the forgeries, the u. s. use for their military interventions around the world, including the well known file of colin powell. we now have us intelligence officials who are coming forward and saying that russia is planning to develop a propaganda video. now the state department spokesperson was pressed on this specific evidence supporting the video claims on ned price said that once the white house is sure this information is accurate, then they will disclose what evidence they have. now, there has been a barrage of headlines and accusations from western leaders against russia over the last several weeks. and russia has responded with com to many of these allegations . now at this point, we've got kremlin spokesperson dmitri past gob who has pointed out that there had just been so man