i m not sure he does. hinge s probably still doing a risk versus gain assessment. but also, i m pretty sure that nobody sitting at a table with putin talking about this actually knows. he keeps these things notoriously very close to the vest. so we re trying to figure out what s this sign mean and what s going to be the west s response, and he plays it so carefully that it s going to be extremely difficult, i think, for us to know, until things are really far down the track and they re ready to go, if they are going to do that invasion. we heard the president say he may move american troops into ukraine, quote, in the near term. also, he didn t commit to doing that just yet. how important is that distinction when it comes to how vladimir putin will interpret it? i think it s pretty important because, again, vladimir putin is sitting back and trying to read all the tea leaves that are hanning in the west, just as we re trying to figure out what s going on in moscow. you have a coupl
it? i think it s pretty important because, again, vladimir putin is sitting back and trying to read all the tea leaves that are hanning in the west, just as we re trying to figure out what s going on in moscow. you have a couple different sort of messages that putin is hearing. in december, and i think as recently as either today or just a few days ago, this administration, the biden administration, has said no, there won t be american boots on the ground in ukraine. you have nato partners saying, well, you know, maybe we shouldn t be militarizing and mobilizing as quickly. maybe we should keep going harder with the negotiations and diplomacy and sort of avoid a war. and you have others, the americans primarily and the uk, saying we need to be more aggressive and assertive, and the ukrainians are saying the same thing. putin is trying to figure out what s going on as carefully as we are. we have learned today the u.s. officials have still not sent a written response to russia s dem
the united states as we saw in the president s speech this evening. you ve got republicans and democrats all standing up and applauding with regard to ukraine. so he s isolated in that sense, and i think there s a chance it s hard to tell what s going on in moscow specifically, but he s becoming a bit more isolated even amongst russians. you ve got russians who are very soon going to be very upset about not being able to get money out of their atms and you ve got oligarchs who are going to be upset about not being able to access their money and travel abroad. michael, what are you hearing from the ukrainians who are still desperately trying to get out of the country? it is so dire right now. reporter: pam, this is the heartbreaking aspect of this. it really is. we re meeting people here in lviv because people coming from the east, passing through here, some staying, some moving on to the border. and it s getting worse and worse literally by the hour. this is a humanitarian crisis
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people, people of color, people of less money or transportation to get to the polls or anything, have they been able to rig it so it s harder for them? the id card trick. it s much harder now. dhs made a lot of strides despite the folks on capitol hill not always being supportive in terms of getting needed resources out there in terms of the conflicts they have to declare infrastructure and help them along. even at this point we have voting machines that don t have a verifiable paper trail back up. this has been three years. what are we going to do to make sure it s there?pushing hard. project what s going on in moscow. are people sitting over there trying to figure and they get to