a volcano and the sooner me. struggling to stay war made groups war many syrians could freeze to death as powerful snow storms hit the camps or internally displaced people plus ideas worse than covert count record high numbers as one in 3 tests. positive ah, welcome to the breaker. we begin in washington where you as president joe biden has ward russia. it will pay a heavy price if it invades ukraine. it coincided with the release of satellite images showing the scale of the russian military build up along the border. ukraine says moscow has now deployed more than 127000 personnel. our white house correspondent, kimberly hallett reports not for washington, d. c. but there is no doubt, let me, no doubt all that approved makes this choice. russia will pay a heavy price. speaking from prepared notes on the anniversary of his 1st year in office, president joe biden sought to clarify the u. s. position on a russian invasion into ukraine. i've been absolutely clear with president putin. he has no misunderstanding. addie any assembled rushing units, move across ukrainian border. that is an invasion but, and only met with severe and coordinated economic response to quench it comes as the white house spent the day cleaning up his wednesday night remarks. stunning european allies by suggesting a lesser response to a smaller scale invasion. if it invades, it depends on what it does. it's one thing if richer, minored, corrosion, and then we end up having to fight about what to do and not to which cetera will not gonna brains president vladimir zalinski fired back on twitter, lasting biden's comment. we want to remind the great powers that there are no minor incursions and small nation soleski tweeted, just as there are no minor casualties and little grief from the loss of loved ones . i say this as the president of a great power, ah biden statements of a potential russian invasion of ukraine have exposed the divisions and doubt about the united states commitment among european allies. there is concern among allies that the u. s. if you don't have did not have the will to follow through on our own us lead activity in afghanistan, how much are they sure that we will falls room, protecting our eyes? and how much are we willing to protect non allies when your european security is in the balance? u. s. secretary of state antony blanket is engineer for a meeting with russian foreign minister survey. laugh rob russia is seeking to hold a nato expansion and membership for ukraine, moldova, the u. s. will not provide such assurances, but instead will encourage diplomacy to resolve security different. there is new urgency to the negotiation. president biden warned, with russian troops position close to ukraine's border. he believes russian president vladimir putin intends to attack, and a russian invasion of ukraine may be imminent. kimberly hell could al jazeera, the white house, the us secretary of state, and the blinking has been in berlin. had all friday's meeting with a lover of in geneva. the he met with foreign ministry officials from germany, france and the k. together with the us problem thing, a switched and severe response to any russian aggression against ukraine. germany's a foreign minister urge must go to take urgent step towards de escalation. now gotta get his own need. we need gum, nothing less is upstate than the preservation of peace in europe. this is existential for us, which is why we have no choice for to defend it firmly and protect us with a shield and the supplies explicitly, even if it could have economic consequences for auth. now the kremlin says the us is ready to talk, but not about critical issues. moscow faces such as the possibility of ukraine joining nato. docile jibari has mo, from moscow where she has been speaking to people about their views on the situation, crushes foreign ministry is very clear about what they're hoping to achieve from the meeting on friday in geneva. that is, they want to take the next steps on negotiations on security guarantees that they're asking the american government about the possibility of nato expanding further eastward, as well as not allowing ukraine to join the military alliance. that is something that is very much a red line for this country. so that's the official position here. but what the ordinary russians think about the ongoing tensions we asked them people here in the capital, and here's what they had to say. you don't wish to when you put, i think there will be no war. it seems to me that we have this situation from time to time because authorities need to keep people up with something apart from coated metal, put his rating is just going down near where i don't believe it's possible that property nations will ever start this war. i wouldn't one t because why, what for to prove war and to whom are stand for peace whenever, when you tell us, did you go in those nectar? why is it still needed? i wish we don't make war, especially with ukraine. we are brothers. indeed, that's all i can tell you as the world waits to find out what happens in geneva on friday, many here are hoping that diplomacy and dialogue can continue to be this path forward to try and de escalate the lumen crisis. kimbler martin joys been ally from new york in the united states. she's a professor of political science at barnard college, and a faculty member at columbia university's herman institute could help you with this is martin on the program. we just begin with how i could have you, how careful must the us be when using words like attack, invasion or incursion. it does seem that any diplomat, even the president has to choose their words wisely or bear the brunt of scrutiny and criticism at home, or inflame and already tense situation abroad. i think you're absolutely right, and we saw that yesterday, when provoked president biden sort of spoke very honestly about the possibilities that the alliance wouldn't stick together quite as well. if the attack that russia launched against ukraine were not a full scale attack. and then both he and the secretary of state equity blink and had to walk those statements back today saying that in fact there was unity and that of course there would be different options taken depending on the degree of what the russian attack on ukraine might be. if there were one, academics like yourself and journalists like us have been following the events of certainly the last 2 weeks, volva diplomatic, tutoring, and flowing in your opinion from what you've seen and heard so far away. we're up to in terms of the conversation in europe. what is the end game? well, i'm not sure that there really isn't any game. i think putin, if somebody who likes to keep all of his options open and by stationing so many troops around ukraine, both on russian territory and now in the yellow russian territory. he is giving himself an enormous number of opportunities to do all kinds of different things. and so we don't really know what his final intentions are. but i think with the negotiations, there has never been the belief that somehow the us and russia could come together on the demands that russia released a couple of weeks ago in writing. i think instead, the idea has been to give an off ramp. if he wishes to take it to allow him to say to his public, we really accomplish something in negotiations. and so now we can have a more peaceful future going forward. but i think that the, the expectations for them to go, she, asians have always been relatively bow. we keep hearing that lovely phrase, don't we? red line, the red lines crossed. i mean, for russia rates. if, in theory, if, if ukraine were ever admitted to nato, but how can, for example, us and nato help ukraine right now without pushing russia into a position that many might view as dangerous. well, one of the things that the us and european allies have made clear is that there are no plans to ship any kinds of authentic weapons. or for example, intermediate range missiles that could hit deep into russian territory into ukraine . that the supplies of weaponry have all been defensive and they have been intended merely to protect ukrainian territory from a russian attack and to respond on ukrainian territory to that attack. so i think that there are a lot of things that can be done that are well within the range of defensive actions. i think the truth is that russia knows that the united states doesn't have any intention of launching an attack on russia, and that ukraine is incapable of launching any kind of a serious attack on russia. so i think the statements coming from russia about feeling threatened are really part of the diplomatic bargaining. and more for show them they are a revelation of how russia really thinks about things. i think the meeting in geneva will be a very interesting one. and yet more for us to analyze. kimberly martin, thanks so much for joining us from new york. thank you. thank you. now the 1st shipments of international aid arrived in toller 5 days after it was shaken by a volcanic eruption and soon ami ash was cleared away from the runway to let the military plains will stray and new zealand land with essential supplies. a more aid is on the way and phone lines all being restored. authorities have confirmed 3 das and extensive damage across several islands. wayne, hey, was all corresponded, live for us in oakland, and new zealand monitoring the operations. as we said, the aid opperation has been on stand by since the incident nearly a week ago. so in terms of what you know way, where are we in terms of the fact that the runway is cleared and there is limited communication. it's all about getting the aide in now, isn't it? yes, and it really was because of that breakdown of communication that it is taken so long for the age to begin arriving in time because we just really didn't know how bad the damage was until now. because communication was so difficult, so those 2 planes arrived on thursday one each from the usual and, and australian forces. and now on friday, the 1st of the new zealand navy ships has arrived in tom and waters. now that ship is carrying the usual humanitarian supplies. but also has a high tech surveying equipment on board and specialist divers as well. the 1st job, which is underway right now is to assess any damage caused by the su nami. beneath the surface of the water to shipping lanes. getting into that port end to the port itself, and obviously that will be crucial if that to allow more ships in their, to deliver the aid. a 2nd new zealand ship will arrive later on friday. and the 3rd the shipment that is canterbury behind me which is tied up at the given port naval base in oakland is being loaded as we speak. and i hope that that will depart either later on friday or 1st thing on saturday morning with more equipment on board. the telecommunications is being improved slowly, as we know that under see fiber optic cable with 7 that's going to take at least 4 weeks to repair. in the meantime, another telecommunications company has managed to get some satellite links up and running to enable some international phone calls. and internet connections to be established. it's about 10 percent capacity. so slowly but surely, things are starting to improve. and it's allowing the very large tongue in community here in new zealand to get in contact with those relatives back and talk to make sure that they're okay for the update. thanks so much wayne. hey, there are corresponded in oakland. still had here on al jazeera perceptions of joe biden says geron office are underscoring deep, political divides in the us. the scientists behind the doomsday clothes have updated their assessment of how close we are to catastrophe. but will alarm bells stop bringing ah there when stays on the ground, the tempest get really low is when you get your extreme blows in his art to cares well. now in eastern causes a high temperature not to was minus 14 that our to care on thursday was here, so it's warmed up relatively minus 8 in de moines. however, let's just zooming quickly to the real bitter cold with wind show in easton canada, which stretches, answer the u. s. so new york minus for the sunshine, with windshield that goes down to d. c as well, but the sun is in the sky. if at some compensation as more snow on the way the reason attempts to come up in the plane states is largely the influx of cloud and yet more stylish develop into a significant storm. once again in the great lakes and brings rain well snow, most likely with minus 4 into toronto, been arraigned for the sas. maybe it's law, she draw a picture, but pretty cold. as far as a texan curse. in fact, as a winter storm warning act for texas, but the sunshine is in the sky for the most part of that, for the south standard, whether the trade winds blow, they're not particularly strong from big shower here and there. but mostly i think over the water in south america, pretty big storm, the developing again around the river plate. but for rio. yes. wanted to shout, but dryer than it has been the ah, [000:00:00;00] ah ah ah, ah ah ah, like you're watching out there with me. so ron, the reminder of our top stories, us president joe biden has was the prevalent it'll pay a heavy price if it forces invade ukraine. he said, any russian move across the ukranian border, it will be considered an invasion that will be met with a severe economic response. you satellite images show the scale of russia's military builder for longest border with ukraine. kev says moscow has now deployed more than $127000.00 per se now. 48 has arrived in 5 days after it was devastated by a volcanic eruption and soon army more essential supplies on the way and phone lines are partially restored. writes group, so families could freeze to death in some serene refugee camps. as temperatures dropped, the lowest and decades heavy snow storms of life, many struggling to stay warm. as a bag reports, these tents have collapsed under the weight of snow. people are scrambling to clear it before their homes here in san camp. also k van will be both alone in the beginning. we were able to control the situation since we're used to living in the tents. but in the end, the tense couldn't handle the snow any more. the snow fall increased and increased . it got so much that some tense caved in and it was a tragedy for the people living under them. the storm cold heber began on tuesday night and had countries across the middle east, but it's displaced syrians while feeding the brunt of it wasn't getting a sony or that level. i am angela. we've been here for 2 and a half years and last night was the most difficult night. the tents fell down on us and we suffered a lot. we helped each other and we woke up to clear the tents from snow. here. aid agencies have said families could freeze to death at temperatures i expected to drop to the lowest in 40 years. and wind speeds i predicted to reach 80 kilometer per hour. agencies are trying to clear the snow, but families will struggle to stay warm. and here in the syrian countryside, they're trying to do what they can just to survive this latest storm. i said, beg, i'll g 0. so dollars military chief, has appointed 15 government ministers following a visit by us officials to end the countries political crisis. general a bill for the albert han agreed to form a technocratic government and begin a national dialogue. saddam's ruling council promise to amend the document governing its transition to democracy. thousands protested against military rule demanding a civilian lead government, the $71.00 protest as have been killed since it was overthrown in october, including 7 this week now one year into his presidency. jo, by not only had to deal with problems abroad, but also issues at home. and a majority of americans disapprove of the way that he's handling the job. while 70 percent democrats approve 91 percent of republicans disapprove of his performance according to gallup polls, and that's a record high level of pairwise ation for a 1st year, president biden suffered a 15 point drop of democrats in recent weeks due to the article buried inflation at his failure to pass his signature legislative agenda on average, voters give by a c plus for his overall performance are slightly better than his predecessor. he received a c minus one year into the job. dean bacon is a senior economist at the center for economic and policy research. enjoys now from came up city. hope i pronounced that correctly in utah in the us. good to have you with us on the program. many in the us, but to the rest of the world breathed a sigh of relief after bite, and one and trump was shown the door of the white house was that sign of relief justified a year round in your opinion? well i think it was, i mean i can go into line discussion of what this means for democracy and preserving the democracy. but the immediate issue, i think most people are concerned about, of course, is the economy. and i think by any reasonable measure the by ministrations done very well. we created $6300000.00 jobs and a year the plan rates down to 3.9 percent, which is storage, a very low number. and on top of that, because of the strong labor market, we've seen an impressive number of workers in low in jobs, quitting their jobs, looking for better ones, which to my views are tastic thing. people stuck in a bad job, feel they could leave it and get a better one. that's great. so i give them high marks on the economy. i mean, all of us are upset about the corona virus. can you not be but little hard press, the blame biting for that? it's interesting that you start on the domestic issue because when he spoke what 24 hours ago it was russia and ukraine, he touched on the debacle of afghan stands withdrawal and then updated his own his opinion of the yemen crisis of the recent youth. the attack, so the united arab emirates, it was foreign policy, foreign policy, foreign policy. and you know, what might have wondered where the domestic agenda is? is he not selling his message properly or in a, in a way that really resonates with the us public. what does he have to do to win them over, say, in the 2nd year as we had into the 2nd year of his presidency? well, some of this is going to be things beyond his control or partially beyond his control . so getting the corona virus under control, i think that's likely to happen. and obviously they play a role in that, but you know, you can't determine how many mutations or yeah, i mean issue, but vaccinating the world, which i think they failed on. but you know, that's to some extent beyond just control, but they do need to do a better job of selling what they have done. i mean, 3.9 percent. unemployment is really impressive. the fact so many people quit their jobs that they don't like. that's really great thing that's widely known. also the here expanded subsidies in the health care system that president obama set up, which is allowed millions more people to get health care insurance. very few people recognize that the people are benefiting from it. recognize that, but i think very few other people, so i don't think they've done a good job of selling what they've been able to accomplish. and in that sense, quite a contrast from the trumpet ministration. we're down, trump was prepared to claim credit for everything in the world. i think president biden really hasn't done a good job with the boasting about what they've done on the paddock is very much a huge polarizing domestic issue as we had towards these midterm elections where the, the house and congress asia might say up for grabs and meet how do you see these sorts of domestic issues playing into that vote? well, they will be hugely important. i mean, if the pen demik is under control by next few months, i think is very likely. but again, i'm not just looking at what they say if we have been placed down, inflation is a worldwide phenomenon. they blame, present by and for the rise of our boy. well, that's a worldwide story. nothing present by and did one way or the other was going to affect that. but if those prices level law prices of other products start to come back down st autos where we know there's been a shortage because of a semi conductor shortage. then i think you'll be looking pretty good. so we have a lot of people who are writing their obituaries already saying that he's lost in 2020 to lose in 2024. if the economy turns around the virus is under control. i think the prospects for the democrats with very good sca your opinion and i look forward to coming, inviting you back on to out there again. d. baker, thanks so much for joining us from utah. thank sir. thank. thanks me. on low. well, austria has become the 1st european country to make have a 19 vaccines, compulsory for people over 18. the lower house of parliament passed the measure on thursday. from mid march, police will start random checks with $680.00 fines for those who aren't vaccinated . the measures are set to be in place for 2 years. tens of thousands have been protesting against the plans since they were announced in november. the number of new current virus infections in india is climbing also to levels not seen in a month. more than 317000 new cases were reported on thursday. many cities of re introduce restrictions, while infection rates had recently fallen in the countries urban areas, health experts believe they'll pick up again by the middle of next month. bobby metal has more from the capital, new delhi. it's been a yes and just thought it is vaccination drive. despite the slow thought, more than one and a half $1000000000.00 have been administered in the country, no authorities are recommending full market authorization for the 2 vaccines available here. that is the in didn't meet astrazeneca called covey shield, and the home grown vaccine called cool vaccine. what does basically means, is that the 2 vaccines could become even more widely available across all hospitals and clinics across the country. now this comes as corporate $900.00 cases, few old buddy on the chrome very and continue to rise across the country. and restrictions continue to be in place in the north eastern state of some cases have broken all previous vehicles. the state recorded its highest single bike since the pandemic began. the government that has now imposed a vaccine mandate for those wanting to enter public places in southern india, in carola every 3rd boston testing for the virus is positive and demand for oxygen and hospital beds has also gone up. on the other hand, in the city of mon, by cases have dropped significantly. so the government that is reopening school starting monday. though the u. k. the health resides such a job. it says that the country needs to learn to live with cove at 19 england, describing all cry virus measures, meant to combat the article buried vaccines, different mandatory math, squaring in shop, some guidance to it from home and next week, and some hopes of hospitals in england. continue to be overwhelmed with patients. hey, german inquiry has found that the full, the pope benedict knew about abusive priests, but fail to act when he was the archbishop of munich from 1977 to 1982 benedict was known as the cardinal jokes, advancing at the time and has repeatedly denied claim see covenant abuse, but investigators that he knew and allowed the police involved to continue working without sanction. serbia has abandoned plans to allow a controversial lithium mine to be built in the countries west. and from the prime minister for weeks of protest mining company, rio tinto was behind the $2400000000.00 project. davis argues, but lithium money would damage rivers and farmland boys. some of which has all about right after many protests against 3, a dental company which planned lead to your mind in the area of western serbia, the government has decided to revoke all license related to that project. prime minister on a bernabie said the decision is a full stop for that company in serbia. she said she understood the concern of citizen, and i, i environmental activists who have been blocking many roads in serbia from november last year. she also said the 3 a team to didn't give enough information about the project to citizen and the government. on the other hand, president alex on that, what you said earlier that he thinks that the project is good for people and for the country. also there was the press release from the inter company, which expressed concern that the cancellation of project is a political decision. experts have warrant earlier that the project of lead you mine would pollute waters and farmland. the world is just 100 seconds from doom, but that shouldn't worry you too much as we've been in this position for 2 years. now, scientists behind the so called doomsday talks, a tension between russia and the us of ukraine. the proliferation of nuclear weapons and climate change are all behind the clocks current position. the closer we get to midnight, the closer we are to the end of the world. how much while pulling grubman senior research associate with the center for the study of existential risk. at the university of cambridge, she says the clock is designed to drive an important message home on our the point is to draw attention to these challenges, not, not only individual challenges, but the way in which they interact. because they're pretty much all of them. almost all the volcanoes mother, things are natural, but almost all of them a human night. and the scientists believe quite fundamentally, given the human human derive, it is possible for human beings to address them. so we've got, we've got to wake up, who in the wake up call is a call to people to think much about global collaboration to better understand these issues, to add them in mind when, when biting or taking part in processes. but they have power over many of us have power in private institutions in universities and elsewhere to, to spend. but the key thing here is to develop the capacity to stop being in silos . to stop thinking about this simply from the point of us nation states, and to think about the global dimension, we need to be changing our economies so that they are more into with natural restraints. and we need to build there's indians. and i'm think about this in terms of collaboration across governments, across institutions, and nobody is completely powerless. nobody is completely powerful. we need to collaborate together to move, to move in constructive situation, and to bring that arm away from midnight's. ah, what's your holiday with me? so romney, reminder of all top stories you as president joe biden has, will do credit. it will pay a heavy prize if it falls is in its forces, invade ukraine. he said, any russian move across the border will be considered an invasion. will be 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