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siege in texas? the uk have condemned siege in texas? the uk have condemned the siege in texas? the uk have condemned the attack- siege in texas? the uk have condemned the attack and l siege in texas? the uk have i condemned the attack and the british foreign secretary, liz truss, described it as an act of terrorism and anti semitism. she goes on to say that we stand with the us and defending the rights and freedoms of our citizens against those who spread hate. while the british ambassador to the united states, karen pearce, said that uk authorities are providing full support to texas and us law enforcement agencies. greg, thank you- law enforcement agencies. greg, thank you. that law enforcement agencies. greg, thank you. that was law enforcement agencies. greg, thank you. that was greg - thank you. that was greg mckenzie with the latest on that story. now let s bring you some other news. north korea has fired a missile into the sea of japan its fourth launch this month.
against it. eric: that s the british ambassador to the united states, karen pearce, confronting russia at a meeting of the united nations security council a couple years ago when she was the u.n. ambassador. she has long held vladimir putin and russia to account, but can the u.s., britain and our nato allies really stop him? dame karen pierce, the british ambassador to the united states, joins us now from washington. ambassador, good to see you again. and you, eric. thanks for having me. eric: of course. do you think that putin can be pushed back to prevent a possible invasion of ukraine? i think the decision is president putin s. but there s no doubt that we are ready to talk. we want to use diplomacy to show this, to resolve the situation. but there s no doubt that if president putin keeps on with his aggression, with his campaign to subvert ukraine and the disinformation, that will be
menacing our allies or our bases in the western pacific. and like yesterday, the largest incursion of airspace that we ve seen in months. martha: pretty clear skies over the skies of taiwan right now. thanks, senator. that s the story for this tuesday. the story goes on. thanks for being here. see you here tomorrow. president biden says a russian invasion of ukraine would change the world. warning there will be enormous consequences for russia if that happens. all this as another u.s. cargo plane arrives carrying anti-tank missiles could be moved into the region near term. we re here with karen pearce on where things stands right now. senator jim rice on the gop push for russia sanctions right now.
moscow denying that, but, you know, putin s been moving more troops and arm as towards the border, surrounding ukraine by three sides. this as president biden met again with his national security team and secretary of state antony blinken warns that russia will face a swift and united response from the west if any russian forces, large or small, enter ukraine. this is very much part of the russian toolkit. it runs the gamut from a large conventional incursion or invasion of ukraine to the kind of destabilizing activities in an attempt to topple a government. and it s important people be on notice about that possibility. eric: senator roger wicker is just back from ukraine. he will tell us what he saw in just a moment. and we ll also be joined by the british ambassador to the united states, karen pearce is here, to outline how washington, london and our nato allies can confront putin. but first, greg palkot is in the ukrainian capital of kiev, amy