diplomatic breakthrough, and as the threat of war looms, more countries are warning their citizens to leave ukraine immediately. new pictures show british observers from the organization of security and cooperation in europe pulling out. the u.s. is evacuating all but essential staff from kyiv. secretary of state antony blinken says a core team will remain in ukraine. our krcorrespondents are covering the fore. jas jas jasmine wright has more details and we have reaction from ukraine to the latest developments. it s probably one of the highest-stakes president biden has had since he s been in office. what transpired in the call and what happens next? reporter: the president wakes up ahead of a very critical week. we have seen both he and his administration officials really engage in this full-court press
in the ranks of the enemy is victory. but if you look more widely, there is deep concerns across the rest of europe if there is an invasion of this country, then the rest of europe is going to be catastrophically disabled, as will international legal order. no question about it. sam kiley on the ground in northeastern ukraine, jasmine wright at the white house. thank you for your great reporting. do not forget to watch state of the union today, cnn s jake tapper will speak with national security adviser jake sullivan. new this morning, canadian police say they are actively towing and ticketing parked vehicles near the busiest crossing between the u.s. and canada. the bridge has been closed for a week as demonstrators protest canada s covid-19 mandate. it s taking a major tool on the supply chain in america. reporter: good morning. you can see the ambassador bridge behind me, that critical
imposed or said that it would impose similar sanctions on president putin and russian foreign minister, sergey lavrov. and now, white house press secretary jen psaki, she told reporters today that it came about in the last 24 hours, really in concert with u.s. allies trying to make sure that they are un unanimous and really united on in terms of their punishment for president putin as the white house looks to ratchet up things. really, trying to, um, make russia pay a price even if it happens in the long-term here. michael. all right. jas jasmine wright at the white house. we going to take a quick break. when we come back, he played a president on television until he became one. coming up here on cnn newsroom, more on the leader now standing firm in the face of aggression from russia. stay with us. we ll be right back.