attempts to further drive a wedge between the united states and nato. the sad reality is it s working, the intel is clearly pointing to blame or put in not stopping there troop buildup, this new u.s. troop deployment wouldn t be necessary. these confusing responses from the white house and ukraine and president biden s inability to draw a line in the sand is only making matters worse. the russians are running circles around this administration outmaneuvering us on many different fronts, they are taking lessons learned from afghanistan an embarrassing bite and along the way and our leaders need to wake up. america is starting to lose his influence globally as a result. the president isn t being concrete with what we are going to do if russia invades, he only seems to be clear in what we are not going to do and that is practically nothing if tanks started rolling across the border. he signaling every single chance he gets that we aren t going to be doing anything substantial about it unl
be done with our n.a.t.o. allies, we have to protect ukraine. so, i am someone that does believe we re working very closely with our n.a.t.o. allies and that in the congress we have to work together to protect this country and the world s global order. we are a global rule of law, it s what keeps us going and we all should be worried about what we re seeing there and by the way, i m not someone not exactly feeling comfortable by putin being in china and those discussions either. jacqui: that s a good point. and we have, you know, just about 30 seconds left, but you mentioned sticking with our allies in our response here. how much is europe s reliance on russian gas limiting the response, this coordinated response to russia s troop buildup? you know, i ve talked to a number of the ambassadors. we ve had briefings. our allies are as concerned and united as we are. there are issues that we cannot
putin s advantage. one possibility. also, clear a difference of understanding again and again between the united states and, between washington and kyiv how to what to make of this 130,000 troop buildup on their border. no-no q yes about it. thanks to you both. appreciate it. vaccine mandate protests in canada blocked streets and even shut down border crossinging with the u.s., a big mess. why are some republicans and right-wing conservatives questioning it? that s coming up next. unlike oy supplements, neuriva plus fuels six keyey indicators of brain performance. more brain performance? yes, please! neuriva. think bigger. ever wonder what everyone s doing on their phones? they re banking, with bank of america. the groom s parents? they just found out they can redm rewards for a second honeymoon. romance is in the air. like these two.
he is threatening ukraine, and he s amassed a tremendous amount of forces. and they re all of the front-line units, the best units that he s got. those forces are actually facing the eastern part of ukraine, and that s what he s really looking at. what s interesting to me with putin, and, you know, you ve got to give him some credit for it, he continues to talk. he s talking about going back into the, with the ukrainians, back with macron this coming week, talking about the u.n., he s going to keep talking. but there s an old strategy that was actually pushed by the chinese communists years ago. it s talk, talk, fight, fight, talk, tabling, fight, fight talk. he s going to string this out diplomatically, and then i think he s postured himself to go in. he ll go into the eastern part of ukraine. jackie: i mean, look, he is a seasoned leader, right? so he is going to continue the conversation at least on the face that it appears that he s talking, as you mentioned. but that troop build
if there is a lightning offensive from the russian side put the ukrainians at distinct disadvantage. clarissa, i have to say it s fascinating to hear from the front lines. it is only by you going there that we get that perspective. so we are so thankful for that. we got a look at new satellite imagery from a private company that shows troop buildup even more than we realized in belarus, western russia and also crimea. reporter: that s right. they are new satellite images from a company called max-r. they appear to show a significant increase in military hardware in belarus, also in western russia, and in crimea. this is starkly at odds, john, with the rhetoric we hear from the kremlin. president putin saying yesterday there is no intention of invading ukraine. this is sort of a hysterical