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allies through the process. one thing that s interesting is the president s approach is if you cross my line, vladimir putin, then we ll punish you and punish you swiftly and severely. congress has been a huge debate. should we have some sanctions you. they haven t been able to reach consensus. that negotiation really broke down this week because democrats made an offer to republicans on monday. on wednesday you had republicans unveiling their own legislation that was republican-backed only. i think that is a tell-tale sign those talks have ended on capitol hill. and at this point if there is a russian invasion, that whole debate over whether or not sanctions should come before or after an invasion or which sanctions should come before or after an invasion, that debate ends. and at the end of the day, democrats and republicans have to come together, where the president will have to make an executive decision if lawmakers aren t in washington next week to swiftly enact sanctions and y
to watch. during the trump years when he was the president, he did not criticize trump very often, often defended the then president. then he views him as an asset as he runs for re-election in a state that s trended republican in recent years. and also in talking to him recently on multiple times, he would really not have offered any sort of criticism for some of the more controversial things that donald trump has done, whether it s its role on january 6th. he said the responsibility lies with people who broke into this building in the capitol, not with donald trump himself. whether donald trump s claims and lies that the election was stolen. i asked if he had any concerns about donald trump s claims. he said that he s focused on, quote, real stuff. focusing on issues like the russian potential invasion into ukraine, economic concerns of the country and, john, instead he focused heavily on his likely democratic opponent val demings, calling her a pelosi puppet as he makes clear what h
democrats say that the president has the full power he needs to make sure that that sanctions package is robust. another piece of a very complicated puzzle to watch as we go. appreciate everyone s reporting. new cnn reporting on senator marco rubio. he once called donald trump a con man. now he calls him an important constituent. before treating your chronic migraine, 15 or more headache days a month each lasting 4 hours or more, you re not the only one with questions about botox® botox® prevents headaches in adults with chronimigraine before they even start, with about 10 minutes of treatment once every 3 months. so, ask your doctor if botox® is right for you, and if a sample is available. effects of botox® may spread hours to weeks after injection causing serious symptoms. alert your doctor right away, as difficulty swallowing, speaking, breathing, eye problems, or muscle weakness
still with us. this has been part of their strategy all along but especially today. from the top down, every top member of the president s war counsel, national security team saying it s coming. secretary blinken going to the united nations to just essentially almost say vladimir putin, we re watching you. we know what you re thinking. this latest phase of the ukraine conflict going on for years. you could argue even decades. this latest phase has already begun. we were seeing fighting between the united states and russia and what is concommonly called the administration phase. we know what you re doing. we know what you re thinking. we have visibility into your strategy here in ukraine. there s an argument. the russians made fun of it for saying the invasion would come yesterday on the 16th. the argument is, right, but when you tell them that you know when they re coming, that shapes their decision-making. it s not that it wasn t ever going to happen. it s that we think we dissuaded