live on marianne rafferty, president biden will host the ruling emir of qatar at the next white house on monday . the visit comes as u.s. and european allies scramble to put together plans to meet europe s energy needs should russia invade ukraine. the pentagon has put eighty five hundred u.s. troops on heightened alert to deploy if requested by nato. russia is demanding a promise that ukraine will not be admitted into nato but denies planning an attack. and the second nypd officer has died from his injuries following last week s deadly shooting in harlem. twenty seven year old wilbert mora was shot after being called to an apartment by a woman who needed help with her adult son, maura s partner. twenty year old rookie officer jason rivera was also killed a third officer shot
he would pay a heavy price. i have been very, very straightforward and blunt with president putin both on the phone and in person. we will impose the most severe economic sanctions that have ever been imposed. there will be a lot to pay for that down the road. you can be absolutely sure germany will be with the allies. we will do the same. we say if you invade ukraine, this will happen, very high price for you, which will have high impacts on your economy and chances for your development and we are ready to take steps that will have costs for us. that was scholz talking exclusively to cnn. it will deliver natural gas from russia to germany which is crucial to meeting europe s energy needs.
him more and nothing will more we can speed ability to wage war in ukraine then taking away his revenue by stepping in and fulfilling europe s energy needs. sean: you know senator crimea was annexed when joe biden was vice president and obama was president. the caliphate grew out completely while joe was vice president and obama was president. nothing happened when donald trump was president. and here we go again now it seems putin has taken over the whole country. i m not even convinced, senator and this is not a joke, i am not convinced joe biden knows that today is tuesday.
will more weaken putin s ability to wage war in ukraine than taking away his revenue by stepping in and fulfilling europe s energy needs. you know, senator , crimea wasea annexed when when joe biden was vice president obamajo president the caliphate, it grew out a complete while joe was vice president and obama was president. nothing happened when donald trump was president. and here we go again. now it seems that putin s taken over the whole countryin. i m not even convinced, senator . and this is not a joke. i m is not i am not convinced joe biden knows that today s tuesday. obviously we have kamala harris when she explained the situation. what s going on in europe? well, ukraine is a country in europe and it s next to another country in europe and that country s called russia and russia is bad, you name it. i m like, okay. and it seems like she didn t know that ukraine was not part
an obligation with other allies to defend them. that is a step toward more confrontation. i don t know if that will work. i don t pretend to be an expert. i don t think that s a detail that s insignificant. on energy, europe imports a third of its energy, its natural gas, a third of its natural gas from russia. but natural gas is only about 20% of europe s overall energy needs. so it s about 7% of europe s energy needs comes from russia. not inconsequential. robert samuelson in the washington post yesterday had a terrific column, showed it s just about 7%. what s your point? and europe s storage capacity means they could actually cover a blip in terms of some sort of energy cutoff from russia. look, it s not a it s not without friction, but when