that window for possibility of dialogue to be found is narrowing, as we watch these troop buildups that get more and more worrying by the day. christie and boris? yeah, i want to talk about what the french president, emanmanuel macron, can do in tes of his flinfluence. when we hear about this massive buildup, is there any question that we know what putin wants to do? reporter: it is being pushed back upon by russian officials, day after day. we ve been hearing from a tweet from russia s deputy ambassador to the united nations, laughing at these latest american assessments, but you re quite right. the point about this buildup is that at some point, it kind of makes no sense to have all of this ability, all of this capability on the borders when you don t intend to do anything about it. it must be said that the assessment from ukrainian officials, very senior one heres, is that the point of this buildup is to rattle nato, to divide it, to challenge it, and
david-and-goliath type relationship. extraordinarily asymmetrical. i think ukrainians came to the table the negotiating table strengthened and emboldened today. but while this was going on, there were massive build troop buildups throughout the country, especially outside the capital kyiv. the word nuclear was used. and there is tremendous concern as to how this is going to unfold, especially around the capital. so ultimately, at this juncture, those talks went nowhere and reassured nobody. yeah. yeah. i think you ever right about that. putin, you know, he he almost certainly well, he did factor in sanctions. he knew they were coming. aide bait them into his strategic calculus. but did he bake in this much of a western response do you think? i absolutely don t think he did. i think if you look at what happened or unfolded just over the past two weeks, the escort sort of succession of western leaders, think he was testing waters in some ways, attempting to divide and rule,
doctors included in that meeting, jim. this paints a very damning picture and notably cnn reached out to the people named in this committee report. we also have reached out to are corroboration of these allegations in this report. jim? sunlen serfaty, thanks so much. next hour, the former minnesota police officer charged with manslaughter for the fatal shooting of daunte wright will be back in court. kim potter expected to take the stand today. we ll bring that to you live when it happens. plus, a judge in new mexico issued a warrant for alec baldwin s cell phone in the investigation into the shooting on the set of his film rust . hear how baldwin s attorney is responding. and i have new reporting this morning about russian troop buildups on ukraine s border. congressman seth moten who just got back, will join me live. what he thinks the u.s. should do to deter russian action. hello, for the last few years, i ve been a little obsessed with chasing the big idaho potato truck. b
the content. what do we think putin s eventual goal is? how far is he willing to go? reporter: well, i think president putin is always tactical. he looks at any situation he faces at any particular time in deciding what to do. we re told by sources in moscow and european diplomatic sources that he hasn t decided to invade ukraine, although, we know that he has managed to worry u.s. intelligence very, very much with those troop buildups on the border. so i think for president putin and this is a challenge for president biden ukraine is absolutely central not to have it just viewed in russian but foreign policy. it s central to his ambition of putting a line in the sand if you d like, the red lines president putin talked about over nato. that s how he ll view it.
in some ways it s a win/win game. these troops are thousands of miles from their normal bases in the world. this is not a typical time to have troop buildups and military exercises a long way from home, a long way interest their bases, so what is the intent? this is abnormal but russia also points to the u.s. navy and the british navy operating in the black sea doing training maneuvers there as, again, the black sea around that crimea, important naval base for russia. based on that, a concern for them. so there is there is a military game if you will going off. it s that reading of putin s mind. where does he want this process to end, and that s a hard calculation. undoubtedly a hard calculation. thank you so much for walking us through that. thank you. staying overseas, israeli officials say a 35-year-old man was killed and four others wounded today in a shooting in