week. you know who isn t having a difficult week? the 15 seeded, st. peters peacocks. the pride of the garden state. the jersey city school made history tonight, punching their ticket to the elite eight. still dancing after an incredible victory over purdue, a three seed. it s the first time ever a 15 seat has made their. the cinderella story of march continues. i want you to know, no matter who is in the anchor chair for the show, we always have time for jersey. on that note, i wish you a very good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late with us. see you next week. week. good evening again from warsaw, poland. earlier today in this this is last up at the end of a
poland. thank you for joining us from the next hour. let me sketch out a situation for you and ask you if it sounds familiar. russia begins amassing troops on another country s borders. the united states calls out russia s belligerent moves and warns it not to invade. everyone is on edge. wondering if russia is about to invade, and if so, how the united states will respond. i could, of course, be describing the situation leading up to the ukraine last month. but actually, i m describing what was happening right here in this country, in poland, in 1980. good evening. poland and the possibility of soviet military intervention was the subject of an unusual white house demon this afternoon. in that statement, president carter said, the united states is watching with growing concern the unprecedented buildup of soviet forces along the polish border and the
this. andrea said that it investigated journals and an expert on the intelligence apparatus. we re gonna take a quick break but still ahead we re gonna be checking in with a friend of ours named alexander pork rankle, alexandra stilling kyiv where life amidst the invasion but first we ll show you the the people are going into poland to welcome ukrainian refugees. you won t want to miss that. rainian refugees you won t want to miss that.
much more about whether or not you can alleviate the pain and suffering about the people in ukraine. we re in a new phase, your generation were in an exit point. president biden said at a military place and poland rolling up a little point in history. the russian invasion of ukraine revealing a crack in the foundation of the world order. that the u.s. is now trying. affects my next guest has decades of experience with you at diplomatic efforts around the world. and specifically in ukraine. where he served as ambassador twice, once under president obama, and once as the acting judge of affair under president trump ambassador bill taylor joins me now. ambassador, good to see you. thank you for joining. us i do you, would i speak a lot and i want to get your ongoing in valuation about how things are playing out. this has been a remarkable week in the history of the world. that combination of meetings of the import of which were not used to seeing. but the implication of which are gigant
carter said, the united states is watching with growing concern the unprecedented buildup of soviet forces along the polish border and the closing of certain frontier regions. the statement also said that military intervention in poland would have the most negative consequences. senior officials are operating on the assumption that the last thing the russians want to do is invade poland, recognizing an invasion will make everything much worse. but at the same time, the russians continue to increase their military pressure on poland. for example, on both sides of the east german polish border, a 40 mile ward strip has been closed to foreign observers. there are ten soviet divisions about 100,000 troops in this area. on poland s eastern front, from the baltic military district in the north to the carpathian in the south, forces are in wet officials here call and enhanced state of readiness. the consequences for the part of europe, the west have been made clear to the soviet leade