send lethal aid to ukraine. they rely heavily on russia for most of their energy supply. so how strong an ally is germany in all of this? that is the big question that needs to be answered. we expect some tough back and forth here at the white house. that will get started in minutes. president biden has been meeting with him the last hour or so. so we ll take you there live. my guest on fox news sunday, jake sullivan had this to say about the tensions on the russia ukraine border. what i can tell you, martha, we re in the window. any day now russia could take action or could be a couple weeks from now or they could choose the diplomatic path. martha: the white house was asked to explain that remark. we re looking at a two-track approach. we re ready either way president putin might make. we don t have a new assessment of his decision. martha: steve harrigan live with the latest state of play there. hi, steve. martha, if there is a russian invasion, keep in mind th
the new german chancellor today, who fills angela merkel s shoes for 14 years, the glue that held europe together on so many critical issues, military, economic and otherwise. so as we confront the new threat with russia and ukraine right now, obviously, it s important for the president to be sitting down with olaf scholz, especially when you consider germany has been seen over the last few weeks as really the weak link in efforts by the u.s., by the west, to deter russia from the invasion. that couldn t be more important given the assessment that we saw reported by our colleague courtney kube over the weekend. let s run through some of the numbers. 83 combat deployments ready on ukraine s border, another 14 on their way. that s 70% of what they re going to need for a full-scale invasion, potentially on pace to be ready for that on february 15th. this is also important when you consider the weather as a factor. that s one more sort of at the best space in terms of the ground
it ll affect the europeans. but it will have profound impact on his economy. and i but i don t know i know that he is in a position now to be able to invade almost assuming that the ground is frozen above kyiv, he has the capacity to do that. what he is going to do i don t know and i don t think anybody knows but him. to the americans currently in ukraine should they leave the country? i think it would be wise to leave the country. i don t mean our i don t mean i m not talking about our diplomatic corps. i m talking about americans who are there. i hate to see them get caught in the crossfire if in fact they did invade and there is no need for that and if i were they, if i had anyone there, i d say, leave. to chancellor scholz, can you outline specific steps germany is taking to reduce its energy dependence on russia? what do you say to those who suggest that german reliance on russian gas is limiting europe s options for how to respond to the crisis in ukraine?
in a dispute over legal aid funding despite warnings of misconduct disciplinary proceedings if they don t turn up to work. major us companies including disney and jp morgan tell staff they ll cover employee travel expenses for abortions after a landmark ruling by the supreme court banned them. one woman has died and a man is in hospital with life threatening injuries following a gas explosion that destroyed a house in central england and damaged at least three others. obviously that is really sad and tragic. notjust for the individuals involved, notjust for the local community but especially the family and friends of the individuals who have been affected by this. and we ll be live at wimbledon as the first day of the tournament gets under way. big names on courts today include novak djokovic, andy murray and emma raducanu. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. ukraine s president volodymyr zelensky is addressing g7 leaders in bavaria by video li
of grain from occupied areas of ukraine as some countries grapple with shortages. one woman has died and a man is in hospital with life threatening injuries following a gas explosion that destroyed a house in birmingham and damaged at least three others. former prime minister sirjohn major is giving evidence at a public inquiry looking into how thousands of people were infected with hiv or hepatitis c through contaminated blood in the 70s and 80s. suffered incredibly bad luck. and in sport we ll be live at wimbledon as the first day of the tournament is under way. novak djokovic is on centre court now and he ll be followed by emma raducanu. and then andy murray. welcome to the programme. good afternoon and welcome. the leaders of the g7 group of nations have promised they will stand with ukraine for as long as it takes as they announced they would step up sanctions on russia. president zelenskyjoined the summit remotely, and told the leaders he needed more weapons and air