braces for a bomb cyclone. we re monitoring the storm and we ll bring you all the developments. the u.s. military says russia s troop buildup near ukraine is at a level not seen since the cold war. the u.s. has been sending millions of dollars worth of aid to ukraine and 8,500 american forces are now on alert and getting ready to move. here s what was u.s. president joe biden said about it on friday. i ll be moving u.s. troops to eastern europe and the nato countries in the near term. russian troops have been amassing along ukraine s border for months. on friday the pentagon said the signs of the russian force is unprecedented in modern times and is capable of striking inside ukraine at any time with
price, told n np or r, and also sanctions on russia to insure that those sanctions would not have a global economic impact. jackie? jackie: alexandria, thank you so much for that. meantime, a top russian diplomat insisting that they do not want to start a war in ukraine, yet they continue to build up that troop presence along the border. general mark milley saying that the buildup is larger in scale and scope than anything since the cold war era. can we believe them? well, with me now, retired lieutenant general keith kellogg. wonderful to see you and good morning to you, sir. you know, actions often speak louder than words, and i think that s what the suggestion here is when you look at that troop buildup. what do you think that russia is planning right now? yes. thanks, jackie. thanks for having me. look, in a way, we re conflating two issues, and i think we kind of have to take a deep and see what s going on. putin s not arrayed against nato at all a. he s not threatening nato, bu
there and stay fishing there. even though that would put them right in the middle of russia s war games. one of the protesting irish fishermen told cnn, quote, everyone has mortgages, they have to be paid, follow the fish and make a living, that is all we want to do. well, now, they re going to get to do just that. after a week-long standoff that was going to end who knows where, with russia still insisting on menacing the nation of ukraine with a huge troop buildup on ukraine s borders, there is now one place in the world where russia has backed down militarily, russia has announced they will no longer hold their war games off the irish coast within the boundaries of where the irish fishermen make their living, they will still do their military exercises but way further out to sea, and out of the fishermen s way. they have caved to the irish fishermen, when prawn season starts tomorrow, it will be free of the threat of russian live fire naval drills, which is of course, all the fisher
discuss or address the idea that intelligence reports had suggested that russian troops had actually moved closer to the ukrainian border. he wouldn t get into that. he wouldn t confirm it. he wouldn t deny it. but he did say that the buildup continued. that ground units are moving. there are naval forces, substantial naval combat forces in the black sea. including forces that have the ability, that have amphibious vessels that can move troops ashore for a possible landing, on that front as well. so, a very worrying array of russian military power and absolutely no sign of that buildup being pulled back or scaled back in any way. and it is that troop buildup, mike, that has the u.s. government relocating essentially operations farther west? yeah, that s right, hallie, we heard that from secretary of state tony blinken this afternoon, in a statement
the committee had invited her to voluntarily appear tomorrow or thursday. this afternoon, chair benny thompson was asked about that. any plans for her to appear? we don t know. we make preparations but sometimes things slide another day or another week. [inaudible] as for the panels overall progress, since its creation in july, investigators have now interviewed more than 475 witnesses, received 60,000 pages of records, along with more than 700 pages from the national archives that donald trump tried to keep hidden. we are also following tonight the latest on the russian troop buildup on ukraine s border. biden has ordered about 3000 u.s. troops to eastern europe. late today biden spoke about his decision. i want to be totally consistent with what i told