got out some of the members of the vehicle and began pointing automatic rifles at dps helicopters up in the air. they are not afraid. why? because they are not going to pay a price for it. sean, i can tell you it is the most vulnerable. this year we are restricting 169,000 plus unaccompanied minors coming into the united states. sean: unbelievable. mr. attorney general. i know that you re in the middle of your senate campaign and you have a big primary coming up. you have talked to me often about how bad this is. how bad is it on the human trafficking side. how common are these rapes taking place? it s terrible. you and i have spoken about this. we are running out of words and adjectives to describe what joe biden is doing. everyone listening should make no mistake. murderers, rapists are being
out their olympians and stuff. turns out their backyard is a ski slopes and they have amazing genes and the socialization of all the skiing. that is amazing to talk to them. so amazing to be part of the moments. amazing genes, you re pressuring him to pass on quickly, apparently. he s got to spread the wealth. there you go. new day continues right now. good morning to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. it is friday, february 18th. i m john berman with brianna keilar. we have breaking news, a brand-new assessment of russia troop levels at the ukrainian border. even higher than they were before. u.s. officials now say somewhere between 169,000 and 190,000
nearly 200,000 troops on the b border with ukraine. thank you very much for being here. general clark, u.s. ambassador michael carpenter said today what i was getting at right there that russia probably amassed the range he put was 169,000 to 190,000 troops near ukraine. just thinking almost 200,000 troops in the region. what does this troop level mean to you? it means they re fully capable of executing a number of different options or several options simultaneously against ukraine. coming in from the north and attempt to seize, they can launch out of crimea to open up the land bridge and get the water resources. they can invade from the sea or come out of donbas. many options. you were nato supreme allied commander for europe when russia
the latest estimates by the us government suggests that between 169,000 and 190,000 russian troops and russian separatists are now stationed along ukraine s border, both in russia and neighbouring belarus. our correspondent steve rosenberg is in belarus and a warning this report contains flash photography. definition of muscle flexing this. explosion. 100 miles from ukraine s border, russia and belarus are holding joint exercises on an unprecedented scale. nato says it s the biggest deployment of russian troops in belarus since the cold war. at least 10,000 russian soldiers within easy reach of ukraine. but both moscow and minsk deny they re threatening anyone. translation: our country isn t. helping russia to capture ukraine
representative to that monitoring, the cease-fire monitoring for ukraine, that the russian forces are still increasing. we have to break down these numbers. he said the numbers of the russian forces are now 169,000 to 190,000. but when we look at it more closely, that includes the separatist groups, the militias, the russian-backed forces. we don t know if we re comparing apples and oranges, but they are saying there are more russian forces, he is still building up, not drawing down as he has claimed. and i want to read part of russia s response to the u.s., how it was reported in russian media in the absebs of the readiness of the american side to agree on official, legally binding guarantees to ensure our security from the united states and its allies, russia will be forced to respond, including through the implementation of military technical measures. how do you read that?