russia to germany. this is what the president said at the news conference. if russia invades, that means tanks or troops crossing the border of ukraine again, then there will be there will be no longer a nord stream 2. we will bring an end to it. how will you how will you do that exactly? since the project and control of the project is within germany s control. we will i promise you we ll be able to do it. now the german chancellor was much less clear on his intentions, refusing to explicitly mention the pipeline by name. and later, in an interview with our colleague jake tapper, instead he reit tated that the u.s. and germany are on the same page and despite the gas pipeline insisting that nato s
germany s olaf scholz, president biden said the two countries were unified and that they were working in lockstep. the german leader at one point actually switched from speaking german to speaking english to em a fa size, quote, we will be united, we will act together. but the effort at chumminess could need hide the fact they do not appear to be totally in lockstep. and what happens to a multibillion dollar pipeline that travels between germany and russia, known as nord stream 2, if russia invades. the president was unequivocal. quoting him now, quote, we will bring an end to it. the german chancellor well, he won t even mention the pipeline by name. and he avoided a direct response both during the news couldn t conference and later in an interview with my colleague jake tapper. at the news conference, instead, quote, we are acting together, we are absolutely unified. and while there is a lot of hope for a diplomatic resolution, russia s vladimir putin, after meeting with the french
yesterday was not as clear in his commitment. he wouldn t even mention the pipeline by name. but this pipeline plays an important role in terms of the strategy for different sides here. what do you see as the u.s. role in helping germany navigate this so that this pipeline can t be leverage for putin? yeah, i think there s right now you have almost a disagreement more about tactics than strategy twhen comes to nord stream 2. the question of whether it s better to stay on the front end to putin, this is absolutely this project is going to die or to use it as the u.s. national security adviser jake sullivan said the other day, to use that as an example of sorry. that s my dog. or to use that as an example of leverage after any military incursion. and so i think it seems very clear that any further military action on the part of putin is going to lead to the cutting off of this pipeline. but that he s baked that into
connects russia to germany. here s what president biden said. if russia invades, that means tanks or troops crossing the border of ukraine again, then there will be there will be no longer a nord stream 2. we will bring an end to it. the german chancellor would not say that out loud, at all. he refused to explicitly mention the pipeline by name. instead, he reiterated the u.s. and germany are on the same page. president biden is also now advising u.s. citizens currently in ukraine to leave immediately. joining us now is jens stoltenberg, nato secretary-general. thank you so much for being with us at such a crucial time here. can you just give us overall a sense of how likely you think a russian invasion is at this moment? there is no certainty about what we see is a continued