russia and the united states. this is about the un charter. it is about the values that we all have signed on to to be members of the security council. and that they couldn t sit on the sidelines on this. they can t take a middle road. i m curious to see what you think of her comments. clearly, we heard from the president. he talked in very straightforward terms about the real implications, the economic implications, the implications for world energy supplies. there are also a bigger picture that the u.s. wants to get out. both russia and the rest of the world. that s right. part of what struck me about those comments. i think it was a reminder, again, i mentioned this leverage and balance where vladimir putin has the military forces right there on ukraine s border. it is right next to his country. the united states is far away. what we have is soft power we have economic
a regular basis. i can tell you that this morning, i sent a message to all of them to let them know that secretary blinken was going to be speaking at the conference and gave them a bit of a hint of what to expect from the secretary. i shared with them that the secretary had written a letter to foreign minister lavrov, asking for diplomatic meeting, and basically saying to them that we re leaning in on diplomacy, and i also have made the point over and over again to our colleagues that this is not a cold war confrontation between russia and the united states. this is about the u.n. charter. it s about the values that we all have signed on to, to be members of the security council, and that they couldn t sit on the sidelines on this. they can t take a middle road.
them. they were on their phone as they went to the polish border. now the biggest issue is getting them to the united states. they have exhausted several options. for example, tourist visas. there is a hurdle with that. you have to prove you are going to go back to your origin country. right. it is a very unknown process right now. and it takes year wos to get toe u.s. if these issues aren t solved, another concern is they will go to the u.s.-mexico border. it is easier to fly to mexico and seek asylum at the border. we have seen it with ukrainians and russians. in fact, a family last week was turned away until they were eventually let in. they are looking at and discussing to see what they can do with these families who do want to come to the united states we know you will continue to follow this. sit certainly ongoing t. thank
i couldn t sit at home all day, i knew i had to be out there, and i knew i had to contribute in some way. and the other thing that just stayed with me as you heard in the story, she was like i don t have children yet so this is what i had to do. it s that kind of selflessness, honestly, that you encounter a lot in conflict zones. but here in ukraine it s been staggering to see so many people coming together to defend their country and values, anderson. and it s not as if they don t know the risks. they know all too well how tenuous their situation is there. clarissa ward, thank you for that. the white house has voiced support for investigations of war crime of russian strikes in civilian areas. is russia intentionally targeting civilians in ukraine? from a legal standpoint that s what will be looked at. we re going to put these in context from someone who s
program this morning. we don t have a ton of time together. i m fascinated by the logistics. america, ukrainians appreciate your inspiration but logistics of this idea how you decided you would get camo to fighters in ukraine. take us through the story very quickly. so watching the clips and news articles about the young ukrainians fighting for their home hand, freedom survival. i couldn t sit back and do nothing. i have a business that provides camo. i went online, do you have any connections? i got connection from ukraine embassy in belgium to reach out to them. within five minutes they responded to me. so from there on i went on social media again, asked for donations. started to, i needed to design my own camo for ukraine. i kept it basically, trying same