could expand here or there could be a trigger event here, and considering the fact that you have so much force in position all around the perimeter, that a trigger here could spark a much larger conflict. then as president biden has said, that would force him to bring in more nato troops to surround the area, to contain the conflict. so all wars have the potential of starting off with small incidents. that small incident could happen right here, chuck. absolutely. richard engle with that report and that warning. thank you. coming up, mutation mess. new troubling surges of the delta variant as health officials still try to decipher the real threat posed by omicron. you re watching meet the press daily. s small business owners prosper during their most important time of year. when you switch to t-mobile and bring your own device, we ll pay off your phone up to $1000. you can keep your phone. keep your number. and get your employees connected
amasses troops along the border with ukraine and as concerns continue to grow about a potential russian invasion. richard engel spent some time embedded with ukrainian froops on the front lines of the standoff with russia. he has the latest right here. chuck, we are in eastern ukraine, not far from the russian boarder, and this is a closed military zone created by the ukrainian military. for the last several days people around the world have been talk about the possibility that russia could invade ukraine, take some of its or all of its 100-plus thousand troops and tanks and artillery and send them over the border and invade this pro-u.s., pro-e.u. country. what many people don t realize is ukraine and russia are already in a state of war and that russia has a foothold in this country. about 50 yards from where i am is a pro-russian, russian-backed, russian-armed,
since the civil war. the confederates back then never breached the capitol as insurrectionists did on january 6th. i m not saying this to alarm you. i m saying this because you should be alarmed. macha, i don t know whether that sense of urgency should be involved with this summit that is being led by the united states, but it does strike me as sort of a tone that s that doesn t you know, what he said in july to me matched the urgency of the moment. what he s saying today doesn t. i couldn t agree more, chuck. i think that s that urgency is the key word and the word we cannot use to describe what s happening today.
if most or all of his candidates win, he ll go into the cycle with far more people willing to do his bidding who run the elections in key states. this is about the united states and the republican party. what would you be saying if we were tribing the conservative party in great britain? look, i think, chuck, if this were happening anywhere else in the world, we would be sending democracy assistance funds, election monitors to support the democracy building efforts and restoration efforts. but i think in some other countries. that quote also shows is that ultimately all this depends on individual voters who are making choices. and, you know, it s one thing to have a lot of words at a summit from presidential leaders that maybe assuage the fears of global leaders who are worried, as they should be, about the united states and our commitment to democracy. but it s another thing to actually commit to making the changes at the community level that really reinvest in renewal
about staying safe ahead of the holidays. as people are aware with the trends out of thanksgiving, they re likely to get worse as we see more people travel, more gatherings happen around christmas, and then new year s. the message right now is to get boosts do that you can go to those events or travel if you need to as the state really steels itself to fight two variants at once, chuck. antonio hilton on the ground in connecticut. thank you. up next, more mandates, more problems? how new york city mayor bill de blasio attempts to put in the most strict rules possible. wis are waking up to what s possible. .with rybelsus®. ( ) rybelsus® works differently than any other diabetes pill to lower blood sugar. in all 3 of these ways. increases insulin when you need it.