as is evidence by the presidents call this afternoon, with our european partners as we work to ensure we re in lockstep as we approach the next stage and anticipate where president putin may or may not do. so, that s where we are right. now we re at the next stage where we re trying to anticipate what the president of russia, vladimir putin, might do. will he mountain invasion of ukraine? if that if he does that, what happens after that? today, the biden administration sought to show a unified against vladimir putin. the white house panic on state department held briefings as addressing the escalating situation ukraine. presidential biden held an 80 minute video call with allies this afternoon, briefly telling reporters a torrent time ago, there was unanimity on the call but not getting into details. there were over the weekend, there were weekends biden s considering sending troops to eastern your. those reports were confirmed today. the picketing pentagon announced as many ar
but not getting into details. there were over the weekend, there were weekends biden s considering sending troops to eastern your. those reports were confirmed today. the picketing pentagon announced as many are now on the high alert and ready to deploy within days. yesterday, the state department ordered family members of u.s. embassy personnel in ukraine s capital of kyiv to evacuate the country, and authorized who to leave as well. a blaring do not travel alert is now on the state department s website, warning americans russia would severely impact the u.s. embassies ability to provide consular services, including u.s. assistance to u.s. citizens in departing ukraine. senator chris murphy, who serves on the former relations committee recently went on a bipartisan trip to ukraine to assess the situation with u.s. embassy staff and ukrainian government officials. they briefed the president when they arrived home, and he joins me now. senator, what were your impressions from