east as soon as possible. andrea. it s just remarkable, the way the population has responded and the way zelenskyy is leading them. keir simmons, we saw president putin briefly earlier today. he had a meeting. he called western nations an empire of lies, he said, because right now he has major domestic economic problems, though, with these western sanctions because there s been they were underestimating, i think the world was underestimating what sanctions on the central bank of russia as well as the sanctions on the oligarchs would actually do. yeah, andrea, we re seeing historic moments falling like dom dominos. we re seeing the tissues, the fabric of the connections of russia. keep in mind, the 11th biggest economy in the world by gdp being torn, the fabric being torn at in order to build, really, a new iron curtain between russia and the west.
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companies to keep their holdings, and the russian markets, we know, they re shut down. no trading on russian stocks to avoid a fire sale. just to give an idea of how bad it is now, there are funds and instruments in the u.s. that trade, they re trading in the u.s., some of those funds, andrea, have lost about a quarter of their value just today. it would be like the dow losing 8,000 points. the russian turmoil is having an effect on the economy and people. dominic chu thank you so much for your help on the economic front, on wall street and the global stock markets as well, and vladimir putin s nuclear threat raising alarms with his military confirming today they have been put on high alert following putin s order. president biden down playing putin s move, not responding with a higher status by u.s. forces. joining us the former director national security agency, and
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susan page, and nbc news washington correspondent yamiche alcindor. so excited to be here with you. we are all thrilled. the whole bureau is. thanks for starting out with us today. and coming up, from comedian and actor to putin s enemy number one, a look at the unlikely hero, ukraine s president zelenskyy. this is a special edition of andrea mitchell reports only on msnbc. andrea mitchell reports only andrea mitchell reports only on msnbcs reduces stroke risk better than warfarin and has less major bleeding than warfarin. eliquis has both. don t stop taking eliquis without talking to your doctor may increase your risk of stroke. eliquis can cause serious and in rare cases fatal bleeding. don t take eliquis if you have an artificial heart valve or abnormal bleeding. while taking, you may bruise more easily or take longer for bleeding to stop. get help right away for unexpected bleeding, or unusual bruising. it may increase your bleeding risk if you take certain medicines. t
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that needs to be confirmed and quickly, president biden is going to deliver his first state of the union address to congress tomorrow. the president hoping to fire up his base ahead of the midterms amid a divided nation and security concerns prompting fencing to go back up around the u.s. capitol for the first time in months. but ukraine is certainly now going to be a major part of the speech as white house press secretary jen psaki told kristen welker and peter alexander today at 11:00. certainly what we re seeing on the ground in ukraine, the fact that the president has built a coalition of countries around the world to stand up to russian aggression to stand up to president putin, to put in place crippling sanctions, that is part of what people will hear in the space. that wouldn t have been the case three months ago. joining us now, former obama white house press secretary robert gibbs. former republican national committee chairman, michael steele, usa today s washington bureau
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