doors. the millions of americans that we represent that want to see this congress working for them and not obsessed with an attacking a president who we believe has not done anything to deserve impeachment. it is a sham and time for it to end what is happening here is not fair. it s a total political hit job on the president of the united states. folks, it isn t over yet. those republicans are still in that secure room refusing to leave. one democratic congressman tells cnn that snacks were brought in, and they are now eating pizza. so let s go straight to our senior congressional correspondent manu raju. w you ve been watching this unfold. a total political stunt. how are you assessing it? reporter: yes, it is completely stalled the impeachment proceedings that are happening right now. this was supposed to be today where laura cooper, the top defense official, was testifying about questions why that military aid had been withheld and, of course, coming in the afterma
Likelihood that it would, the russians throwing cold water on it, but if it were, it s big deal. you don t want to have a summit at the barrel of a gun. president biden doesn t want to give anybody reason to think this is another unit where you re trading away something under threat of force. on the other hand, he would be showing he d go the last distance for peace and that he would do whatever he could to find diplomatic solution short of abandoning the principles that ambassador taylor just talked about. and the information we re getting again, evelyn, to your point about intelligence, nbc news confirming the u.s. is warning, russia wants this list of dissidents, journalists, to kill or kidnap. i want to play what national security adviser jake sullivan said act how this will make this conflict even worse than many people realize. take a listen. it will cost the lives of ukrainians and russians, civilians and military personnel alike, but we also have intelligence to suggest tha
Where missiles are placed or on future exercises in europe. that s the trick for american and european interlocutors at this point. it will come down to what putin himself decides he s willing to do in order to pursue this place in history he seems to be aiming for. ambassador taylor, let me ask you what may be an unanswerable question. what do you think the chances are that this meeting between biden and putin actually comes off? i, think it s pretty good. i think it s not a concession by either side. i wouldn t read too much into it. it s better to be talking while they re preparing for that meeting with secretary blinken and mr. lavrov getting together later this week. if they re preparing for this meeting between the two presidents, that s an indication that president putin has not decided to actually pull that trigger. so, i think it could be positive. ambassador bim taylor, keir simmons, evelyn farkas, peter