about it invasion, us troops arrived, the first appointment of us troops in support of nato are in poland with more expected to arrive in romania in the coming days to beef up a wall against vladimir putin. president biden warning russia and its president will face heavy sanctions if putin invades ukraine and while the administration continues to look for a diplomatic offramp senior officials admit the country is prepared if putin pulls the trigger. we are in the window. any day now russia could take military action against ukraine or it could be a couple of weeks from now or russia could choose to take the diplomatic path. the key thing is that the united states needs to be and is prepared for any of those contingencies in lockstep with our allies. eric: we have coverage throughout the hour. steve is alive in ukraine s capital. first let s go to alexandra who is at the white house. reporter: eric, it s a grim grim prediction on top of civilian loss of life general millie
reporter: mike, that threat of potential invasion continues to grow as russia very publicly is bringing more weapons, more weapon systems and soldiers to three sides of ukraine s border in particular to the north in the country of belarus with more than 30000 troops in the north carrying out joint exercises, russia and belarus. were an attack to come from the north it would be a two hour drive to take the capital here. we spoke to some women along the highway there whose cell cheese, eggs and pickles to get their view being ride on the route that an invasion could come as to how they feel about the prospect of a potential war and here s what they had to say. i don t think putin will attack us because of the international help we are receiving from america and other countries. i think it s impossible. we were one giant nation and everything was working. factories were open and people had jobs. what we have now? how can i live? reporter: you heard that woman talk about the
george soros. he says europe still has a way to go. yes, i was asking him on whether the fed should think about the rest of the world while setting fiscal policy and he said because they are so far ahead, they cannot be dragged down by the concerns of the emerging markets the concerns of europe and china. he believes that fed tapering is what needs to be done. actuallys. economy is is the best functioning. the u.s. economy has its own momentum. it s not following optimum policies at all. the internal political struggles which have not been resolved. we had a very wide-ranging interview. we talked about the u.s. and china and europe and the ukraine. there was a common thread in everything he said he has but he sees a political vacuum. in europe and the ukraine and a little bit in the u.s. and he things president obama can do more with ukraine. he believes all the political wrangling and washington, d.c. is just holding back the economy in the u.s. because he thinks it could
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