steve schmidt, maya, we appreciatehm it, that does it f deadline: white house thank you for being with us, the beat with ali melber begins now. hello, friend, welcome to the beat, i am ari melber and we begin with breaking news. president biden saying just within the past hour, vladimir putin, according to the united states has decided to invade ukraine and this could. within days. as of this moment i m convinced he s made the decision. we have reason to believe that. we have reason to believe the russian forcesre intend to atta ukraine in the coming week. in the coming days.om reporter: to be clear, you are convinced that, you are convinced that president putin is going to invade ukraine, is that what you just said a few moments ago? yes, i did.