yes. >> reporter: what reason do you have to believe he's considering that option at all? >> we have significant intelligence capabilities. >> this is a decisive escalation in the rhetoric and conclusions from the united states. you could see that intense press room there, and the president given thehe opportunity, reconfirming this view based on his sources on u.s. intelligence, some of it shared, some of it private, u.s. intelligence does state half of the russian military currently near ukraine in what is described as an attack position. the president also stated they expect the attack itself could come on the ukraine capitol of kyiv. we want to get right to an expert in the region who knows the region and served at the highest levels of united states government, u.s. ambassador to russia, michael mcfall, spoken directly to putin, here is one such example involving then vice-president president biden, you see mcfall, ambassador on