brianna. cnn has spoken to a number of officials in various governments. and, look, here s what they re looking at. it could start as a cyber attack against ukraine s energy grid. it could be a major movement of russian troops, battalion tanks. they have more than 100,000 troops on ukraine s border. so how is everyone trying to figure out what may come next if, in fact, diplomacy doesn t work. there are aircraft overhead, spy planes, satellites, communications intercepts they re looking at. public statements by russian officials almost every day. and western intelligence officials, however, are offering at least one is, a fairly dire view had this all adds up. let me read to you what one official said to cnn. and i quote, if you look at the lower end options, all of which are executable immediately with little to no warning with the forces that are already deployed, those forces are already in position and in the
contrast to what happened with the afghan withdrawal. it important for this administration to get this right. it a big issue. it apples and oranges as far as the type of conflict and what you re dealing with. however, you re right. politically i think the lessons of afghanistan and what happened and how it happened, this administration is trying really hard not to do that. they have started the warnings two weeks ago about americans getting out of ukraine. i think you re going to see the president kind of lay it out for the american people that there could be threats to the u.s., specifically on the cyber security front that americans need to be aware of. charles: what happens if diplomacy doesn t work. many say it s too late for that and can t work. vladimir putin has his own agenda. so what would the messaging be from there? the messaging would be severe economic sanctions, sanctions that struck at russia.
diplomacy doesn t work. we don t know his reasons and we cannot con rinse him by talking. i don t know his reasons but he s against the whole world. jeff: the devastating attack russian forces continue. humanitarian corridors have been established throughout the country, scores of innocent civilians remain trapped without food and water just to live. and now there are concerns from the ukrainian government that thousands of residents who are being evacuated are instead being taken to russia. they act like humans but what they did is completely different and they are bombing cities. look how mariupol is now, what they did with the city. jeff: now, what was very loud and chaotic day yesterday, trace, today is totally the opposite. we heard air raid sirens today, so far haven t heard one. trace.
0 being with us for this hour today. look forward to seeing you back here monday at 3:00. have a good weekend. watch this story closely over the weekend. we ll see you back here monday. your world starts right now. charles: you re looking live at the white house. president joe biden expected to deliver an update any moment on the situation with russia and ukraine. an invasion could be imminent. the president holding crucial call with nato allies. is there any chance to stop an attack? welcome. i m charles payne in for neil cavuto, this is your world. the world is watching what happens next and what the president is about to say. bret baier, jack keane are here. we begin with bret baier anchor of special report. what do you expect the president to say? the president just got off a phone call with nato allies. we re going to likely hear the message that you heard from the president and also the secretary state in the defense conference in munich, standing in solidarity against
if you look at who is helping iran, it s china. china is importing iranian oil in violation of u.s. sanctions and the biden administration is just choosing not to enforce the sanctions. their reason is that they want to give diplomacy a chance. what does that mean? it means that they re helping the chinese by turning a blind eye and they re allowing the iranians to have this boost to keep the regime alive. it s a mistake. the biden administration, it s hard to overstate how badly they re assessing who our friends and enemies are. jackie: it s important to have conversations but when diplomacy doesn t work, sanctions send the direct message. you know iran is reacting on the choke hold that the trump administration put on them. great to see you. we ll talk soon.