that means vladimir putin has a low threshold of risk. which means he can do something to surprise us, including use his nuclear weapons. their doctrine is to deescalate to escalate. we should be object a much higher level of alert right now. jon: gordon, thank you. the white house official tells fox news that president biden is getting regularup dates from his national security team after russian president vladimir putin ordered his country's nuclear forces on high alert. peter doocy joins us from the white house. >> ahid these reports that russia is elevating their nuclear readiness level. i spoke to a national security official, part of it says we affirm that a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be thought. jen psaki says today's news follows a trend line. >> this is a pattern we have seen from vladimir putin throughout this conflict. manufacturing threats that don't exist in order to justify further aggression. >> there is a new concern putin could launch chemical weapons. >> certainly nothing is off the table with this guy. he'

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— vladimir putin? vladimir putin ossible vladimir putin? vladimir putin possible future _ vladimir putin? vladimir putin possible future game - vladimir putin? vladimir putin possible future game plans . vladimir putin? vladimir putin possible future game plans to| possible future game plans to take back the ukraine, he may do it in small steps but he has made it clear that is going to go beyond luhansk and donetsk, he has basically moved russian troops into these areas and to go beyond luhansk and donetsk, he has basically moved russian troops into these areas and declare them independent. and basically annexed them. and our sanctions have not been adequate. if you would back it over recent years, vladimir putin has never paid a big price for the sanctions, for the relentless attacks on western democracy, he has never paid a big price. the question of the sanction is, with the actually threatens vladimir putin's power of? in the united states the western alliance limit themselves to financial sanctions on particular oligarchs and limiting

any ability to put pressure on vladimir putin? >> that's a complicated question. the short answer is, no, he owns them, they're afraid of him, he can break them, put them in jail, and take their money. but there is another kind of an answer. putin's war against ukraine is not popular in russia. the first member of parliament in russia has come out publicly against the war. people in russia are demonstrating against him. putin is leading russia into a very dark corner of isolation, and economic backward in this. so at that point, a lot of people in russia, a lot of people even in his inner circle, might wonder why it's in their interest to let him lead them, into some filthy swamp. so, short term, putin owns the oligarchs. in the long term, this is a big role of the dice, this war in ukraine. if it doesn't turn out well for him, it can turn very badly. >> ambassador daniel freed, we're gonna continue to need your expertise on sanctions, we appreciate your expertise tonight. >> my pleasure, wish we were better circumstances. >> we n

well, vladimir putin does - believe that to be? well, vladimir putin does not l believe that to be? well, i vladimir putin does not hide the fact that russia has modern weapons. he is constantly talking about russia's dilatory arsenal, the new hypersonic missiles that the russians have developed. —— military. claiming that the russian army is one of the strongest armies in the world, constantly sending out the message that if anyone should get in his way, if anyone should attack his country, then russia would respond in a necessary way so he added in that speech today, i hope my message, my words have been heard. we know that president biden has said he does not want to go to war with russia. america, nato have no intentions of putting boots on the ground in ukraine because they do not want this situation to spend even more out of control and become a world war. russia has now lodged effectively a full—scale invasion of ukraine. vladimir putin demanding that care have laid down their arms and warning that foreign powers should not intervene. —— kyiv should not intervene. �

>> reporter: this is a serious, angry vladimir putin. it was one of the emotional retellings, list of grievances at this point, and it was quite aggressive and painted a dark picture of where he might take everything. it came after he held this very clearly choreographed national security meeting in which he essentially polled one by one his 2 dozen or so national security advisers basically asking them to sound off on whether or not they would support the recognition of luhansk and donetsk as independent states, and they all said yes. there were two to three that seemed to hesitate and vladimir putin pushed them away from that. and that was, frankly, an incredible thing to watch and then today he's out again after receiving permission from the russian parliament to do what he wants with the russian military. again, making even more direct comments about the status of donetsk, about the status of luhansk, and what now is required in his explanation of kyiv and basically, if i'm going to sum it all up, we've seen vladimir putin in the las

my message to vladimir putin is clear. he needs to leave ukraine unless he wants to face moms with molotov cocktails and grandmothers and grandfathers with ak-47s. i'm speaking on behalf of arkansas. >> if donald trump runs again, can you support him? >> george, i'm not worried about this fall's elections, much less an election two years from now. i'm focussed on the war of aggression that vladimir putin launched in ukraine. there's not a moment to lose. we can worry about electoral politics down the road. >> president trump was out there talking about it last night. i don't understand why you can't condemn his praise of vladimir putin. >> george, i don't speak on behalf of other politicians. they can speck speak for themselves. i'm delivering my message to you which has been clear whether president obama was president or donald trump was president or joe biden is president. vladimir putin has been a ruthless dictator for years. too many people have not taken the threat seriously. that's why you see the images we see in uk

vladimir putin knows that. and he has a black belt in judo, so he is going to use our strength against us, freedom of the press and democracy. essentially some additional throwaways to his propaganda. we do not have an option. that's what we do. i would not be the least bit surprised if he is going to follow the same playbook that he did in georgia and recognize them as independent of ukraine. that is exactly what he did with georgia. he believes that gives him veto power over georgia and now their ability to join nato. that is where the discussion started, not end, with any potential follow. or discussions at lower levels. >> sandra: very interesting analysis. if you could hang out with us, we could be hearing from vladimir putin any moment now. appreciate if you can stand by with their coverage. >> john: let's bring in general jack keane who joined us on the phone. we are told of vladimir couldn't told president macron and chancellor scholz that his intention is to announce tonight. does not necessarily mean

putin, of course, he is _ russia, vladimir putin, of course, he is new — russia, vladimir putin, of course, he is new. he's onlyjust taken over in the _ he is new. he's onlyjust taken over in the west— he is new. he's onlyjust taken over in the west seems to be quite fragmented. emanuel macron has elections — fragmented. emanuel macron has elections coming up in france and had a _ elections coming up in france and had a gigantic distant meeting in moscow— had a gigantic distant meeting in moscow last week with vladimir putin and analysts will tell you that at the moment that putin is winning. and some — the moment that putin is winning. and some experts don't think he wants— and some experts don't think he wants to — and some experts don't think he wants to go to war and wants to sow chaos _ wants to go to war and wants to sow chaos and — wants to go to war and wants to sow chaos and wreak havoc and destabilise ukraine and that shows splinters _ destabilise ukraine and that shows splinters within the western aiiiance _ splinters within the western alliance and he is do

he when you think of the future game plan for vladimir putin?— plan for vladimir putin? he wants to take back the _ plan for vladimir putin? he wants to take back the ukraine _ plan for vladimir putin? he wants to take back the ukraine he _ plan for vladimir putin? he wants to take back the ukraine he might - plan for vladimir putin? he wants to take back the ukraine he might do i plan for vladimir putin? he wants to take back the ukraine he might do itj take back the ukraine he might do it in small steps but he's made that clear that he's going go beyond luhansk and donetsk. and so far are sanctions have not been adequate. if you look at the history, vladimir putin has never played a great price for even interfering in a presidential election. or text western democracy. he has never paid a big press. in terms of sanctions, where they actually threaten vladimir putin's power? we have never really done that before. if the united states the western alliance limit themselves to financial sanctions to oligarchs, limiting their access to credit, they will be grossly inadequat

it is almost unthinkable what vladimir putin has done. we hope this will have been a huge strategic error for him. eric: what will happen if the people in the military complex turn against him? >> i don't want to speculate. one doesn't wish fighting and trouble and disturbance on any country but i think the russian people, this is not a quarrel with the russian people. the russian people will wonder what is being done in their name. we know there are petitions which if you look at what is happening on the ground in ukraine vladimir putin has the narrative the russian army will be welcomed with open arms and that is so far from the case. resistance from the ukrainians. the russian advance was not able to complete its objectives. who knows whether this will drive them to more brutality but the ukrainians are fighting back for their country, fighting for their families. nato and western countries are supporting them. i saw a picture of the bridge in latin america lit up in yellow and blue in support of ukraine. there is huge support for ukra

the us— anything to pressure vladimir putin. the us has— anything to pressure vladimir putin. the us has also— anything to pressure vladimir putin. the us has also announced - anything to pressure vladimir putin. the us has also announced today. anything to pressure vladimir putin. j the us has also announced today an extra _ the us has also announced today an extra 7000 — the us has also announced today an extra 7,000 troops _ the us has also announced today an extra 7,000 troops going _ the us has also announced today an extra 7,000 troops going to - the us has also announced today an extra 7,000 troops going to europel extra 7,000 troops going to europe and that— extra 7,000 troops going to europe and that is— extra 7,000 troops going to europe and that is in— extra 7,000 troops going to europe and that is in addition— extra 7,000 troops going to europe and that is in addition to _ extra 7,000 troops going to europe and that is in addition to thousands| and that is in addition to thousands they have _ and that is in addition to thousands they have already— and

he is secure _ vladimir putin? he is secure until he isn't. he is secure until- vladimir putin? he is secure until. he isn't. he is secure until someone inside russia decides he has gone too far. . ~ inside russia decides he has gone too far. ., ,, , ., ., inside russia decides he has gone too far. ., ,, i. ., , too far. thank you for being so brave and _ too far. thank you for being so brave and thanks _ too far. thank you for being so brave and thanks for _ too far. thank you for being so brave and thanks forjoining i too far. thank you for being so | brave and thanks forjoining us. you've been watching this bbc news special live from kyiv and london. here in ukraine, the parliament is meeting and they're expected to impose a state of emergency. this is at the same time that reservists have been called up. we heard reservists have been called up. , heard from the un secretary—general talking about this being a pivotal moment for the whole of the world, ukrainian foreign minister also are urging action now from the international community. do stay with us on bbc news for cont

hace unos minutos vladimir putin anunciÓ presentador: vladimir putin vio que por interferencia con acciones tendrÁ repercusiones nunca antes vista. comienza la ediciÓn nocturna. locutor: este es el noticiero univisiÓn ediciÓn nocturna. patricio: vamos a comenzar con la invasiÓn rusa a ucrania ordenada por vladimir putin que comenzÓ hace pocas horas, el presidente ucraniano dijo que rusa atacÓ parte de la estructura militar y puestos fronterizos en el paÍs. fÉlix: el ministerio del interior dijo que rusia realiza una invasiÓn a gran escala, pero vladimir putin se mantiene desafiante indicando que cualquier intento de injerencia en sus planes tendrÁ consecuencias nunca antes vistas. nulia: muy buenos dÍas, ahora mismo aquÍ con las 9:30 a.m. y continÚa el caos total. yo me encuentro a 5 km de la capital de kiev y hay una cola enorme de coches que estÁ tambiÉn saliendo de la ciudad, recordemos que se han producido varias explosiones, lo comento cerca de las 5:00 a.m. un momento donde nadie pensabas que ocurrirÍan estas explosiones, tambiÉn el gobierno ucraniano dice que casi l

ukrainian officials and providing justifications for what vladimir putin is doing and in vladimir putin's mind he sees a weakened quite and you have to ask whether or not he think that is the west will blink and whether or not if donald trump comes back to the white house that he will achieve a triumph beyond his wildest imaginings of a few years ago. >> clint, i'm a student of yours. i learn every time we talk about how this stuff works and you explained what vladimir putin was up to in 2016, trying to sow division and create the environment we now see and it seems as though what we are watching right now is not just that he did that in 2016 helping to elect donald trump and now a context in which the territorial ambitions in europe enhanced by the aftereffects of the things in this country in 2016. this is a tweet from vindman they will have blood on their hands. putin and the regime perceived opportunities because fools suggest the u.s. divided and it is i would say. and vladimir putin has a big part in doing that. place this in the context of the information war that you study so clos

what happens to vladimir putin? the question is how does this end? it only ends i think if the russian people become squeezed and put pressure on putin. he holds power over from like any dictator. there is no reason to think that the sanctions or anything else we do will push him out of power in russia. he controls a very significant military. the only deterrent we have at the moment is showing as we have in the last week that the west is unified. we can't let up. if we need to put on more sanctions we should. more military effort into eastern europe, we will have to do that. we have to push back to show that he cannot push beyond ukraine. >> martha: we will see. we will see in the russian people want to put up with this. they have a lot of family members as putin pointed out himself on the ukraine side. they may not delight in killing people they consider part of their russian family. that's the "story" for thursday problem 24th. continuing coverage tomorrow. the invasion is on. we are on top of that. the president outlining sanctions that some that

that was important to vladimir putin. the new administration gave a new extension without any concessions from the russians. i don't like criticizing the others. i was a lot smarter on these issues before i was national security advisor and i am smarter afterward but when you are in the thick of it, there are things that you know that the folks on the outside don't know. we felt it was very important to make sure the russians, there were concessions from the russians and not just paper agreements. that is something vladimir putin is concerned about and we need to make sure it is handled property. to be credible the negotiating table, we have to get back in the game with modernizing the triad and increasing our ability as necessary. >> one of the things that is purportedly and we don't have the full text on the table from the united states to the russians would be some arms control measures in your. -- europe. why not have deconfliction in and around the black seat? why not have more transparent ability to inspect -- that

vladimir putin wants to go for the _ is what vladimir putin wants to go for. the prevailing logic is that in advance — for. the prevailing logic is that in advance of— for. the prevailing logic is that in advance of launching this war he thought— advance of launching this war he thought that ukraine would give up, that they— thought that ukraine would give up, that they would effectively surrender and it would be a far shorter— surrender and it would be a far shorter and less painful process than _ shorter and less painful process than it— shorter and less painful process than it has— shorter and less painful process than it has been but it is looking like, _ than it has been but it is looking like. and — than it has been but it is looking like, and this is what they pick up on, like, and this is what they pick up on. the _ like, and this is what they pick up on, the international community as well as— on, the international community as well as ukraine itself is turning on russia _ well as ukraine itself is turning on russia. what you are see

together we defeated hitler and we will defeat vladimir putin too. i talked yesterday or we talked yesterday with a lebanese student in ukraine, he says he's willing to join the ukrainian fighting forces. >> any chance to join the enemy, now. >> reporter: the traffic jam to the border stretches 30 miles as people try to get into poland, hungary, moldova, families are split at the border, the men are staying back to fight. >> it is possible not to meet again. your mom, dad. your relatives. maybe your goodbye is the last one. >> reporter: so far today lviv is pretty quiet. usually we hear air raid sirens which haven't heard any so far today. carley: as ukraine stands firm president biden and the eu could decide to push the financial "nuclear option" removing russian banks from the swift network. todd: joining us to talk about the response, jeremy, great to have you. the financial aspect, mike tobin had a very interesting thing he referenced in the beginning of his peace, this request by the ukraine foreign minister, he was asking people from around the

i'm vladimir putin has to know that. it also not seen any demonstrations really in support of what putin is doing. a gun, and to crimea, where there was a support to what cohen was doing, it's because he was so clean liam-limited and focus on this piece of territory, and then a lot of russians felt like was part of russia. russians know ukraine, they know how it's a big country. they know the green people are going to resist. there are cross family ties between russia and ukraine. there are russians who are worried about their families in ukraine. the russians are actually worried about the ethnic russians that putin claims to be defending ukraine, but who are now engraved danger. in addition to just the popular opinion he has to worry about, you saw him convene a meeting of the top oligarchic's, basically convening the group of people who were going to have all of their assets targeted now by the sanctions. potentially, their children assets targeted. their property seized, the banks taking huge hits. gas from the russi

putin. it’s picture boris johnson about biden and vladimir putin.— and vladimir putin. it's a way of caettin and vladimir putin. it's a way of getting boris — and vladimir putin. it's a way of getting boris johnson _ and vladimir putin. it's a way of getting boris johnson front - and vladimir putin. it's a way of getting boris johnson front and | getting boris johnson front and centre and it's a uk paper into would expect that. but the news overnight and in some ways, more significant given the strength of the language being used and it did come from present biden at one turn, vladimir putin even when george w. bush and barack obama for reaching out and much more cautious figure about vladimir putin and pretty uncompromising in his language for the russian invasion. vladimir putin is setting up the rationale to go much further and the action so far and independence for the two states in eastern ukraine and what is been interesting. a change of tact from joe biden, but also in the way the us and the west in general has handled the run—up to this conflict and joe bide

will you still talk to vladimir putin after this invasion? and he did not say that he was revoking his invitation to talk to the russians any time i think that they're going to leave open the option, the only reasonable option for ending the conflict of dialogue. and you'll also note that the european union in the sanctions, it placed directly on president putin and on foreign minister lab rav. it did not impose a trouble ban on them because they want them to be able to come and talk. they want people to be able to go and talk to them. nobody thinks that there's a military solution to this crisis, and that's still the predominant line. but i think you have nato allies meeting now constantly in at 30 well 30 allies around the table talking about what more they can do to help ukraine. short of course of boots on the ground, but you see more equipment pouring in. you see more aid. you see humanitarian aid. poland has offered to be a hub for both nato and the european union because you can no longer fly supplies in. so poland is really stepped up

that could have deterred vladimir putin. right now putting all of our efforts into the sanction bucket europe sees that and they think it might not work. they don't think it's going to influence vladimir putin, it simply going to bring more economic pain to them. in the long run it's going to cause great harm. we should be aware that in the long term were talking about the european union with the gdp of $3.2 trillion. with all the unrest and chaos were facing right now on that continent it's going to have implications, negative implications for the global economy. again, it's time for president biden to step up and tell us what is real strategy is. we haven't heard that yet. >> dan, why didn't we do that sooner? you mention sanctions are not enough, aid to ukrainians we provided some but not more? why not? >> i can tell you from first-hand experience working the russian account back in 2008. right after russia invaded georgia, the obama administration pursued a policy of recess with putin. we decided that we would try to wor

he desperately wants to be vladimir putin. i think i was clear throughout the four years of his presidency that he was jealous of this guy who got rid of journalists and got rich off of being the leader of his country, not worrying about events. i think we have seen from the weird security council meeting a few days ago, where vindman putin basically humiliated all of his senior officials and his government, and his cabinet, forcing them to kowtow to him on national television. i'm sure trump would love to have a meeting like that broadcast on national tv. fortunately, when president trump was surrounded by officials, who are traditional republicans, who wanted to pursue a traditional american foreign policy towards russia. we managed to hold onto that, even when the former president was in the white house. his personal intentions were always clear, aligning with vladimir putin, getting the u.s. out of nato and blackmailing ukraine. that is the only thing that he ever consciously did for ukraine was blackmailed them. >> human

vladimir putin is not going in. but if he does going, it's the ukraine that is going to have to live like afghanistan, and let him in. host: let's go to terry, honolulu, hawaii, republican. good morning. caller: hey, look. there's absolutely no evidence that biden knows anything about what he is doing. we need to examine the conflict of interest about what his son was doing in the ukraine before he got to be president. there seems to be a serious conflict of interest here. so far, the biden administration has shown no proclivity to be anything but corrupt. incompetent, stupid. there is no reason we should be over there doing this until we know what the biden family and administration has been doing in the ukraine. host: let's go to written in new jersey on the democrat line. good morning. caller: i want to talk about vladimir putin's problem. this is due to much of the soviet union. he has been doing this using a two-pronged approach. he uses that military, but he also uses other means to cause this in the west. he

judy: russia, under vladimir putin, has launched what u.s. officials describe as the most significant military action in europe in 77 years. from the north, the east, and the south, russia has attacked ukraine with airstrikes, missiles, and troops. ukraine says that at least 57 people have been killed and 170 wounded. elements of the russian army, one of the largest in the world, are heading toward kyiv, the capital. and the u.s. fears the goal is to take over the country and evict the government. nick schifrin begins our coverage. nick: in a european capital, the full weight of the russian military, what the u.s. calls the initial phase of a full-scale invasion, with russian helicopters flying low over residential rooftops and at the outskirts of kyiv to seize a military airport, military vehicles pouring into southern ukraine, and russian troops taking over the chernobyl nuclear site on their way to sack the capital. ukraine and u.s. say the russian military is advancing on at least three axes, from belarus in a pincer movement toward kyiv,

in terms of putin, i have known and seen vladimir putin operate since 1999. when i was based in moscow for fox. that is where i started my career with fox, vladimir putin a former kgb agent, he has been laying ground work for this, whether invading georgia in 2008. and kind of appeasement talk to colonel mcgreger who should know better, when he was in government he advised president trump to pull all u.s. troops out of germany, that kind of projection of weakness made putin think he could move into a sovereign country like ukraine. trey: it takes a lot to surprise me at my age, i was surprised at colonel mcgregor, his view of life, is well, russia has been telling you, they were doing to do this, so they did it i found his take on it stunning and disappointing, marco rubio and others have wondered whether this is the same vladimir putin that we've been dealing with for 10 years, maybe there is, i'm not a cognitive expert, but they say he is different. >> i think what is interesting, if you look at what condi rice and president macron they have met with putin

who believed vladimir putin's legacy. this is also a very poor part of the country and people who do not have jobs, people who are underemployed, they think that will maybe a change of government is better. maybe putin is right. and that if he came in here, there would be more jobs, cheap gas, and people would be back to their remembered past of the soviet union. because some people here remember the great famine of the soviet union and remember the chernobyl and repression and others remember a time of a full albeit simple employment. >> richard we are going to stick close to you this morning as it starts. as we get any information, can always wait in front of the camera, we will go right back to kyiv now. we've heard a large explosion in kyiv, i want to go right back to air mclaughlin there, and what do you got? >> yet a now they're large boom. another indication that this capital is under attack. again, we heard from an advisor to the ministry of interior. cruz and ballistic missiles are being fired at kyiv. targeting

vladimir putin is not thrilled. do you worry that putin has become so unstable that now he throws whatever caution shown, which is very little, to the wind and he goes crazy in an all-out attack on civilians as well and that this gets desperate for him and unhinged for him? >> well, a couple of things. first of all, putin was always crazy. it's just that now the world sees him as crazy. >> we knew that he was crazy for the last eight years when there was a war on the east of ukraine. second, is he going to regroup and attack with all of his forces? yes, definitely. there has not been one hour since the peace negotiations when there was the most vicious and most aggressive attack on kyiv in terms of the firearms and in terms of the air strikes that we experienced in five days. but you know what we learned in eight years? that putin is lying all the time. when he says peace, it means war. when he says okay, i'm withdrawing my troops, it means i'm grouping my troops. he said my army is not there, it's here to kill you.

is that the case in regards to president biden's response to vladimir putin? guest: he has a lot of support in congress for tough action. that is an unusual bipartisan sentimen they have not been able to turn that into anything concrete because of divisions and the divisions are the republicans had wanted to authorize sanctions preemptively, before mr. putin might take any move and president biden in the administration and many democrats have been clear they are not wanting to take preemptive action. in the end, congress was not able to come through wit the tough sanctions bill even though there was a fair bit of bipartisan negotiation and optimism about finding some sort of compromise. so yes, he has support for strong action, but there are still differences, which means there has not been bipartisan agreement. ros: thank you very much, as ever. now look at what we actually know wh's happening in eastern ukraine a full minutes time. let's have a look at the response to russia's actions in the last four hours. u.s. is the latest country to announce fresh sanct

vladimir putin is very unpredictable. so it remains to be seen how he responds, but he should know when he responds, we will be prepared to respond as well. >> you've seen some remarkable resilience from the ukranian people, but they're also pleading for more weapons to fight back. the secretary of state blinken announced up to another $350 million to that end. is there anything more that the u.s. can do, like more military support, air support, intelligence, imposing a no fly zone in ukraine? >> we have provided not just $350 million, close to a billion dollars over the past couple days and billions since this situation started. and we're continuing to work with the ukranians on the requests that they had delivering support to them on the ground, and also bolstering our nato allies on the border with ukraine so that they are prepared to respond to russian aggression. >> what about the no fly zone? is that something that's on the table? >> the president has made clear that we're not going to put boots on the ground, we're

how is vladimir putin going to react? u.s. officials are worried that since he has experienced early setbacks that he could escalate by using heavier munitions, that he could fire artillery or unguided kinds of weapons against this city or other cities and increase the level of assault and make it a much more punishing assault against the civilian population. so the ukrainians have been putting up resistance, but it is still very early days and they do not think that russia is going to throw in the towel and still has the numerical and technological advantage. >> richard, many americans, many people that have been e-mailing, texting, calling me this weekend, again, just in the initial stages, you are exactly right. this could change very quickly. but in the early changes they're shocked by the character of the ukrainians, by the fierceness of the ukrainians, by the contempt that they have for vladimir putin and russia instead of being fearful. can you give us some background about where that comes from? this is a country that

anything vladimir putin says? europe has massive exposure. we know about nordstream 2 in germany putting a pause on that project but other lines used to transport gas into europe lie beneath the ground in ukraine. there is a threat to supplies. stuart: good stuff. this is all about oil and gas. let's bring in an expert, stephen sork. of president biden sanctions oil and gas companies, the price of oil will go to 110 or $115 a barrel? >> absolutely. we have a disruption like this and vladimir putin does play the game, we got $105 a barrel, a month ago going into this, 28% probability that oil would hold or break $100 barrier. at the end of this month. now, of course where we are now, there's probabilities of $110, 120 a barrel will certainly be on the table. god forbid if this escalates even further. what we do know is that in 2008 oil went to $147 a barrel. we've been there before. certainly, we cannot rule out that spike at that level. stuart: so are we looking at $4 a gallon regular gasoline in america? across t

this has all been the cause of vladimir putin. i think he personally should be sanctioned, but you'll have a massive outflow of millions of refugees bigger than the one from syria into these european countries. and they need to push back aggressively right now against vladimir putin. >> the scope of the potential humanitarian crisis boggles the mind. courtney, i want to talk about president biden making it clear the u.s. is not participating in military action in ukraine, but we also know thousands of u.s. troops were sent to eastern europe in recent weeks anticipating this attack. what are you hearing from the pentagon about next steps? >> reporter: that's right. thousands have been sent in. that's more of the unilateral mission of the military, making an agreement with host countries to send things forward like paratroopers. now we have some advanced aircraft, f-35s. there's attack helicopters, 32 apaches. they've moved into the baltic region. that is significant. what we can expect in the coming hours most likely is some sort o

actually for years praising vladimir putin. and now you have the republican party becoming basically comrades of vladimir putin's. and they are more aligned with mother russia than they are with democratic values here in the united states. that is disgraceful. fox news has become a vasal state of propaganda for russia. and the republican party, for the most part, has -- has decided that they're going to choose this protofascist authoritarianism ove defending western democracy. it's disgraceful and they should be called out for it. i don't know what else the american people need to see with the fall of the republican party this far down this authoritarian road. shame on them. >> when you just quickly talk to me about how this is going to affect the president right now inside an election year. of course we've talked about how this leads up to the midterms and how the pandemic would affect his midterms, his slipping approval rating, the economy which of course is doing well but of course inflation is higher than projected and expe

does the united states believe that vladimir putin has made a decision? pbs newshour reported that united states does believe that vladimir putin has made a decision and has communicated that decision to the russian military. is that accurate? mr. sullivan: the report that you just referenced which i have not seen, it does not accurately capture what the u.s. government's view is today. our view is that we do not believe he has made any kind of final decision or we don't know that he has made any final decision and we have not communicated that to anybody. reporter: my colleague is citing three officials that say they believe vladimir putin has made up his mind. are you saying that is not true? mr. sullivan: what we have communicated to our allies and partners, our latest intelligence information does not include a statement that vladimir putin has definitively event in order to proceed with the invasion. reporter: you haven't been briefed on intelligence that speaks to that? mr. sullivan: we have not seen anything that says a final decision has been take

>> well, we know it will have an effect on vladimir putin. these sanctions are unprecedented in terms of their scope and scale, far beyond what the united states didn 2014, but also significant in terms o the fact that we are acting with many of our closest allies and partners. in terms of the measures we announced today. we now have sanctions on russia's ten thrarnlgest banks, 80% of russia's banking sector assets, we now have export controls that limit russia's ability to import some 50% of the materials for the strategic sectors that they will need to operate, with any strength on the world stage. we have sanctioned oligarchs and others around vladimir putin and our allies and partners have done the same. we have already seen the toll that these measures have taken on the russian financial system. you need only look at the russian stock market, at the ruble, at investor sentiments around russia to know that these measures have been costly and they will be costly. the cost of these measures will gain momentum in the coming days and coming w

vladimir putin is saying he must decide whether to recognize separatist in the donbas. this would be a big departure from the minsk peace process. that could take us into an unpredictable direction. what do you take away from the headlines? >> first thing this morning it was good news there was going to be a potential summit between vladimir putin and joe biden. just like days past we are ebbing and flowing between the markets believing we are going down the diplomatic route and will get progress on that and then flipping to some form of russian invasion, whether it is isolated to the eastern part of ukraine or more broadly speaking. clearly we have deteriorated. i think what you just mentioned is significant. that formal recognition would be another big step away from the minsk agreement and would raise expectation in the markets that the next step is some potential incursion into the eastern ukraine. anna: that could trigger something pretty risk off? >> markets have been ebbing and flowing between the two. it is so difficult to predict because a big aspect for invest

vladimir putin. i guess a most glaring distinction is that's a country without a robust free press and without the right to protest. so how -- what are the limits i guess of these very high profile protests against putin? >> i think chiefly putin himself. and the sense i got from talking to people in moscow is that this is a man who has taken increasingly strict control obviously of the country and also been in pretty extreme isolation during the covid period. the circle of advisers around him is steadily closing over 20 years and accelerated dramatically. seeing that security council meeting he held with some members of that security council born in ukraine and knew they were launching a war against a country they came from. that was not an effort to gather information. this is not a man listening to anybody except the voices in his own head and in that dynamic where you have been in power for 20 years thinks he knows what's best, feels he is on a historical mission to restore the russian empire and

it is vladimir putin's own words. he is looking to demilitarized the country and change the leadership. lisa: they cannot do a tranche response with respect to sanctions. they will try to do that in a unified manner as vladimir putin moved a lot faster than they were expecting and a lot of people are kinda figure out how they can all get on the same page when oil and gas affects different regions in different ways. jonathan: we are putting these sanctions together in real-time. happening in real time right now. lisa: with boris johnson saying perhaps they should take russia out of the swift financial system. olaf scholz saying no. not the kind of does the unity they want to show at this point -- not the kind of disunity they want to show at this point. jonathan: a dark day for europe and ukraine. with the leadership response has been clear. there accusing russia of bringing war back to the comment. things we not seen for a long time. russia has invaded ukraine. russia would like to demilitarized the country and change

what does that tell you about vladimir putin's strategy? >> that tells us he's not happy with the pace of things and believes more violence, more artillery, more bombs will make a difference and what i know about combat, i mentioned the ukrainian spirit, they will find a way to win. think back to the yom kippur war. it was a lieutenant and four tanks that stopped the syrians in the golan heights and won that more, turned the tide of that war, it is not the size of the dog in the fight but the fight in the dog and there is a lot of fight in the ukrainians and we are feeling that rallying spirit. it is telling of the reports are true that we offered volodymyr zelenskyy a way out of ukraine and instead of offering him support two months ago when we knew this was happening, what is vladimir putin's number one strategy, why are we helping vladimir putin get rid of volodymyr zelenskyy. he said i don't need a ride, i need support. >> people say logistics trump strategy every day of the week. how are nations including the us getting money and weapo

. >> one never knows with vladimir putin. he says things that aren't true all the time. but he has showed a willingness to talk through envoys, of course. that's always a good thing, you always want to pursue diplomacy. but what we have to realize is this is a guy that was lying the entire time. >> joining me now is colorado congressman jason crow, a democratic member of the house intelligence, armed services, and small business committees. he is also a former army ranger who served three tours of duty in iraq and afghanistan. welcome back to the broadcast, sir, it's good to have you here. tell me what you think putin is doing, ordering nuclear de deterrent forces on high alert. is this a function of russia having a tougher time than it anticipated in ukraine? >> hi, alex. it's really hard to tell what's going on in putin's mind right now. there are actually some trouble indications that he's just not of sound mind. he's acting in very erratic ways. those who have known him and have studied him for a long time have said somet

host: is vladimir putin dependent on the oligarchs or are the oligarchs dependent on vladimir putin? guest: the oligarchs are more dependent on vladimir putin. they do not challenge him politically and their wealth is largely dependent on their loyalties to vladimir putin. as you recall, there have been various attempts to go after oligarchs who are deemed disloyal to putin. the trial and conviction of -- is the best example of that. host: does vladimir putin care if an oligarchs loses a yacht? guest: no. host: what would going after them mean? what is the point? guest: it would be going after their finances that are sequestered abroad. going after the banks and the bank accounts and their exclusive lives that hate they have led in the west. for making sure that the oligarchs who are still in russia can travel -- cannot travel and roam around the world and visit their various bank accounts in the cayman islands. host: independent, good morning. caller: my question is given the current administration, do you think if we were still under the former one we would be in this? guest: hones

you put vladimir putin in his place. the only one they said who went toe to show with vladimir putin. in june a world class idiot in the "washington post" said the biggest winner in the biden and putin summit. democracy. a few month later she said biden sent a redline to putin. this genius wrote: no, joe is playing checkers and it's already been checkmate. joe doesn't know it yet. 3 days ago one fake news cnn analyst tweeted. they must all be high on a chemical we don't have at fox. that's all garbage. and steve king tweeted: that's right he is not dealing with trump. he is dealing with the always weak and cognitive mess joe biden. biden vowed he would go toe to toe with vladimir putin but not willing to play footie as putin is going through a major european country. how far these ambitions go is anybody's guess. where does this end? >> did you under-estimate putin and do you still describe him as a worthy adversary? >> i didn't underestimate him. i read most of everything he's written. i am not being a wise guy. you hea