forward to pressure vice president pence anyway. the committee outlining how close to imminent mortal danger the vice president was on january 6th, 2021. our investigation found that immediately after the president s 2:24 p.m. tweet, the crowds both outside the capitol and inside the capitol surged. mike pence has betrayed the united states of america! mike pence has betrayed this president and he has betrayed the people of the united states and we will never, ever forget! i m telling you, if pence came, we re going to drag the [ bleep ] through the streets. real simple, pence betrayed us, which apparently everybody knew he was going to, and the president mentioned it, like five times when he talked, you can go back and watch the president s video. make no mistake about the fact that the vice president s life was in danger. a recent court filing by the department of justice explains that confidential informant from the proud boys told the fbi the proud boys would ha
ukraine. the two you saw in the photograph disappearing somewhere north of kharkiv, where fighting had been very heavy. the state department working with the international committee of the red cross talking to the ukrainian government, not clear yet if they re directly trying to talk to the russians, because there is no direct claim by russia that they have these men. this may be a very difficult situation, of course, for these families. of course. of course. barbara starr, thank you very much for bringing us all the latest on that from the pentagon. joining me now is the president of counsel on foreign relations and author of the world of brief introduction, ambassador richard haass. thank you for being here, especially on a morning like this with a significant development overnight from the european commission. it is notable that they said yes, ukraine should become a member. what will thait take for that t happen? this is a special case, ukraine, shall we say, is not a
given two chances to say russia would not invade ukraine, again demanding a promise nato would not extend eastward. i want to bring you president of the council of foreign relations and author of the world of brief introduction. richard, good to see you. what is your take away from the annual press conference? what is the threat level, as you see it? well, the threat level has gone up. one thing we can measure, as you know, are capabilities. what we can t do is measure retentions. with mr. putin, it s impossible to know whether it s a prelude to an invasion. he s put forward demands he knows will not be met, or whether it s a piece of bargaining and take half the loaf and still call it a victory. what is extraordinary is how he portrays himself and russia as the victim here. yes. a crisis generated by the ukraine and the west but it s obviously anything but. yeah. you know, is he setting things