situation in ukraine. we are joined by retired four star general barry mccaffrey. thanks for being here. good to be with you, ari. as you understand it, what is the status on the ground and what is the status from the united states position? well, virtually you have to say that statement by president biden was extremely well thought out, balanced, a lot of deterrence, nato unity, more importantly spoke directly to the russian people. it was really an excellent statement. we look at what s going on in ukraine. last night i looked at video of sp military two millimeter road marching into position. astonishing. nothing has changed. 150,000 russian troops are poised, coming from the south, seize the ukrainian ports from the east, massive russian armor, from belarus in the north.