they will depend on the unit. other is maintenance on vehicles and systems, whether it is getting some things pre-positioned and packaged up and ready to go. for forces involved, i am sure personal readiness that they need to do. that is another reason why i am not getting units today. the units are getting notified and we want to give them time to talk about this with their families so their families are ready for the potential. what is happening now is just getting them ready on a shorter tether. not all of the units are on such an advanced status and it will take them a little bit longer to get into a heightened alert posture. that is why we are doing it now so that they have ample time to prepare. today we are not talking about deployment orders. we have no deployment orders so far and i will >> on tuesday steny hoyer talks to politico about bidens legislative agenda and the 2022 midterm elections. watch live at 12:30 p.m. eastern on c-span, online at c-span.org, or watch full coverage on our new video app c-s

secretary austin has placed a range of units in the united states on a heightened preparedness to deploy. which increases our readiness to provide forces, if nato should activate the nrf, or if other situations develop. all told, the number of forces that the secretary has placed on heightened alert comes up to about 8500 personnel. we will continue to provide updates in the coming days about these decisions. but specifically, this will ensure that the united states and our commitment to the nrf is consistent with their readiness for rapid deployment, again, if activated. in the event of nato's activation of the nrf, or deteriorating security environment, the united states would be in a position to rapidly deploy additional combat teams, logistics, medical, aviation, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, transportation, and additional capabilities in europe. again, i want to reinforce, as of now, the decision has been made to put these units on higher alert, and higher alert only. no decisions have been made to deploy any forces from the united states at this time. and when i s

so for captains of the united kingdom and the united states at the moment, completely irrelevant. and it's really important for people to focus on the fact that it doesn't matter what else lakes is a late done or not. so that's completely irrelevant to this particular case. and that's what we've been assigned to people in australia. and i have to say a number of people who now support the san jose try to have actually made that point. i don't, we don't particularly like some of the things that you like. what he likes is done, but that's not the point. and that's what the focus has to be on. why it is that he finds himself intolerable conditions in a british person. it's much less publicized, but the see in $2900.00 try to go off to weaken leaks and challenge the legality. i'll find relations in their seat was actually dismissed that kind of there use george indicates that we did not participate in any wrong doing in obtaining the materials and therefore was within the law of publishing this information. and that makes me question whether it be use legal system is indeed so hopeles

it is a 124 unit building with 14 inclusionary units. and treasure island residents will have a preference for placement in that building in the lottery. it is between 70 and 130% ami to qualify for the units and the application period closes tuesday. the lottery is to be held on february 8th the day before the february board meeting. just a reminder the income levels look like or translate to for individuals seeking an 80%, 100% or 120% unit, people can earn up to 89% of ami. these are the income levels for various sized households at that income level. and this is the list of the actual units. the bedroom counts and the pricing for those units, and i am happy to report that we are advised that they have had 11 individuals, file applications indicating that they have a treasure island preference. we don't know for certain that they will be able to all purchase units within the building. for instance, there's only one three-bedroom unit here. and if all of those households are seeking a three-bedroom unit, then they would not be able to

or is this normally the purview of countries like the united states? it's funny when you reading the objections of the united states representatives are putting forward, they're demanding that russia deescalate, their aggressive behavior stops. inflammatory rhetoric is almost like a, a bullet point list of what the united states themselves are either doing or not doing. so to come to sal giving new meaning to swiping left or right. and you tend to stop election app has got france in a flap is supposed to match, made for photos and presidential hopefuls. but if accused of having an unfair crush on one particular candidate is on that story, when we come in with ah, is your media a reflection of reality? in the world transformed what will make you feel safer? isolation, community. are you going the right way or are you being with what is true? what is great? in the world corrupted, you need to descend. i join us in the depths or remain in the shallows. now and all you see is a sphere. is your fast you're fall off and on the other side already came on your

states, germany and our allies united. we know that germany has significant connections to russia and the germany, like the united states, seeks a stable, predictable relationship with russia. that's in all of our interests. finally, in our meeting earlier today with the, the quad with germany, the u. k. france and the united states and as well you, i represented joseph or l. we focused, as elena said, on the, on going talks with iran, about a mutual return to full indentation of the j. c. p. away the running for your deal . and we are indeed, at a decisive moment. we can bring these talks to a successful conclusion and address the core concerns of all sides. but time is running out. if a deal is not reached in the coming weeks or ons, ongoing nuclear basses which resumed after we withdrew from the agreement, will make it impossible for us to return to the j. c. feel way. so we discussed in detail how we can reach an understanding in vienna and what we'll do if around rejects a mutual return to compliance and full implemen

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not least because that signals to putin that he is facing a united front, with ukraine, the united states and all of our nato allies and partners. host: our guest, andrea kendall-taylor, is a former intelligence official with the central intelligence agency, an expert in russia and eurasia. she currently serves as the transatlantic security program director at the center for a new american security. what is your organization about? guest: we are a think tank in washington, d.c., that is dedicated to informing and generating new ideas for national security and foreign policy. it is a research institution, trying to improve and enhance u.s. foreign-policy policy and national security policy. host: we are focusing on the mounting conflict between russia and ukraine. we welcome your calls and comments for our guests -- for our guest at (202)-748-8000. that is the line for democrats. (202)-748-8001 for republicans. for independents and all others, (202)-748-8002. you can send a text as well, (202)-748-8003. tell us your name and where you are texting from. we talked about the 80 -- 8500 troops

two landmark bills sit before the united states senate. the john lewis voting rights advancement act, and the freedom to vote act. [applause] and these two bills represent the first real opportunity to secure the freedom to vote since the united states supreme court gutted the voting rights act nearly a decade ago. we do not know when we will have this opportunity again. senate republicans have exploited arcane rules to block these bills. and let us be clear. the constitution of the united states gives the congress the power to pass legislation, and nowhere, nowhere does the constitution give a minority the right to unilaterally block legislation. [applause] the american people have waited long enough. the senate must act. and the bottom line is this. years from now, our children and our grandchildren, they will ask us about this moment. they will look back on this time, and they will ask us not about how we felt they will ask us, what did we do? we cannot tell them that we let a senate rule stand in the way of our most fundamental freedom

and everyone who questions the hegemony of the united states was in the united states. and they to want to direct the resources of control to europe and latin america to attack those whom they consider their main threat. in this whole story. neither spaying nor the e u has any room us. our troops should now become cannon fodder for this most enormous machine of genocide in history for nato. yo and as a big foreign ministers meeting underway right now in brussels, that meeting of e u foreign ministers be keeping an eye to see what comes out of that. sure. to see ukraine, russia, and the relationship between the a, you and russia, dominating those, talk to soon as any news. of course, i'll bring it to you here and i'll see appreciated the latest there from a course from a p to oliver in berlin. run this course live now to can well, sybil is the form of foreign secretary of india a very good afternoon. see sir, thanks for your time. we've just brought our view is this news nato announcing it is. it's essentially moving great military forces to eastern europe. it's, it's, i

and it also didn't happen in the history of this is only an interest of 2 united states because the united states wants to sell their and g gas, which is produced by fracking. and this production is much more expensive if this really i will, and cheap gas from russia would be cut off for 1st we would have a demand which you wouldn't be covered, we would get problems you would get. and then she cries this in the previous sanctions, the european, especially german industry. they are hurting while europe and russia. in this case it would be the same truck. and next, the story that really kicked off across the weekend, canada's prime ministers tweeted now that he's got cove. it was today's tentative events just off reportedly being rushed the weekend to a secret secure evacuation spot. after more than $10000.00 truckers and their freedom, convo supporters descended on parliament hill against the no job. no job rules crowd who vehicles have been blocking key roads around the parliament building and ought to protest his brave warnings of extreme cold to, to none the less bent their opposition to

and the united kingdom. to provide camera with a nuclear submarine fleet. but it ignored one small detail. australia already has a submarine agreement with font. it's really a stop in the back relationship of trust have been built with australia and this trust has been betrayed side and made things worse by claiming that frank was aware of the alliance and the new deal. while emanuel cron was furious and accused australia of lying to him, i do see when, when we have respect, you have to be true and you have to behave in line and consistently with the value you think. i don't think, i know the conflict shows something many already new western countries are not united, not even against a common enemy. the beijing olympics is another saw in everyone's eyes as the u. s. u. k. and candidate seemingly support a diplomatic boycott. us diplomatic or official representation would treat these games as businesses usual in the face of the p. r c's agree just human rights abuses and atrocities. and john, and we simply ca

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s custody but aren't entitled to say in the united states? if so, what happens if, like at gitmo, they are ineligible for transfer, we can't get the right security assurances, and they remain in immigration detention for a long period? then we have the potential for the supreme court, the prior precedent, to suggest that they have to be released into the united states. the odds of that, to be sure, are quite low. that being said, they are not zero, given the supreme court precedent on the question of the tension in the united states rights for detainees and immigration detention, and so we have to consider those facts also as we think about what to do with these detainees and whether bringing them to the united states at this point makes good sense. >> thank you. >> thanks, senator grassley. senator feinstein. >> thank, you mister chairman. i have thought a lot about guantÁnamo from the time i visited. i've served in my past on boards that sentenced women convicted of felonies in the state of california, did that for more than five years. an

although they have been in agreement between the united states and germany. that not to, to will be, we considered in case of a question escalation towards you quain. so germany is dependent on russia, but on the other hand, can also use this dependence as a stick as a stick and as a tailored towards russia. so wash out one knob to to, to be in place and the algorithm should be that is what you want. then back away from you quaint otherwise not stream to my become part of the sanctions package. understood, thank you so much for explaining that to us. the on a fixed on the german marshal fund. okay, we'll take a look at some more stories that making news around the world. now. the european parliament has elected a new president, roberta mc solar is a conservative lawmaker for malta. she succeeds david saucily, who died last week. 43 year old is the youngest person ever in the job. i'm the only the 3rd woman to hold the position in the parliament's history from british by mister barnes. johnson has denied suggestions that he lied to parliament about a lockdown

and they do in the united states. and so when they're being turned on in the united states they're, that's what's causing this interference. a new report is claimed, former pope benedict, the 16 failed to take action in full cases of alleged sexual abuse. while he was serving as archbishop of the german cities of munich and pricing, the study on german law firm looked into cases of abuse between 19452019. and how church officials handle the, according to the report over 2 thirds of people investigated, turned out to be priests. and the report also said the former pope suggested or supported this latest inquiry, but denied to any wrong doing. we spoke with wilfred fossil man who says he was a victim of sex abuse by the clergy during that period. he told us what he went through. that's why someone it happened in the summer of 979. i was 11 years old back then pastor act served as st. andrews church and when he left us and groups of people started attacking me, they knew i was one of the reasons he left. we moved to anot

it followed on from the news that the, the embassies of the united states and the united kingdom in kiev would either be evacuating staff for the, at the families of staff from those embassies. heading into that meeting in brussels. the a, you foreign policy chief, yoseph burrell said no such action was going to be taken from the you side just yet . i don't thing. we had a time with eyes. as far as the negotiation going on on they are going on. i don't think that we had to let the plane and i leave. there are splits among the nato allies when it comes to what to do with nato when it comes to what to do with regards to russia and ukraine. we've seen a lot of pressure placed upon germany, where the chancellor all f sholtes has said that berlin won't be sending weaponry to ukraine. now, neighbors such as add those in the baltic states have been saying they should be stepping up and doing a lot more or less shots, remaining firm on this one, saying they won't be offensive weapon re sent from germany. what he has said though, is that should there be an invasion of ukraine that there would be

the united states has been clear. if this is truly about russia's security concerns in europe, we are offering them another opportunity to address these concerns at the negotiating table. the test of russia's good faith in the coming days and weeks is whether they will come to that table and stay at that table until we reach an understanding. if they refused to do so, the world will know why and who is responsible. members of the council and other member states, we urge you to assess not only russia's statements but their actions with clear eyes. to evaluate the risks this presents, not just to ukraine's border and its people, but to all of us. and to speak clearly and forcefully in favor of the path of diplomacy, rather than conflict. >> thank you to the representative of the united states. i give the floors to the representative of albania. >> thank you madam president and thank you to -- for your briefing. the primary function of the security council is to prevent conflict in the world. in terms of prevention, the

it is the united arab emirates. people have said here that any international counsel will put them under their feet. they do care about that because they know the security council is in the hands of the united states. they will do whatever it takes to help this to countries. the security general said they are blackmailing with pressure. that is why we have removed the name from the list. they assigned the coalition for avoiding killing children. >> i'm going to enter up to their because we are running out of time. i want to get the last question to elizabeth. we only have a few seconds left. in a couple of sentences, given it level of international pressure that we have here, we have seen talks between the houthi and saudi arabians, we have seen the military action now. please forgive me because we do not have a lot of time, how do you see this playing out over the next few weeks? >> i think there are three main implications of this. first of all, it changes the calculus of united arab emirates and saudi arabia towa

states, germany and our allies united. we know the germany has significant connections to russia and the germany light. the united states seeks a stable, predictable relationship with russia. that's in all of our interests. finally, in our meeting earlier today with the, the quad with germany, the u. k. france and the united states. ah, and as well you, i represented joseph burrell. we focused, as elena said, on the, on going talks with iran about a mutual return to full indentation of the j, c, p, away the rod nuclear deal. and we are indeed at a decisive moment. ah, we can bring these talks to a successful conclusion. and address the core concerns of all sides, but time is running out. if a deal is not reached in the coming weeks, ron's ongoing nuclear advances which resumed after we withdrew from the agreement, will make it impossible for us to return to the j. c. p. away so we discussed in detail how we can reach an understanding in vienna and what we'll do if around rejects a mutual return to compliance and full imple

allies are united. we have proven not only in words but also in deeds that we are united in responding to russia's aggressive actions against ukraine. since 2014, there have been serious sanctions. we have provided significant support to ukraine. the ukrainian armed forces are much better trained, equipped, and stronger now than in 2014 than the first time. and we are going to increase our presence in the eastern part of the alliance. since 2014, we have deployed groups for the first time and we are considering to do more of that to send a clear message to russia. >> sorry, secretary-general. i want to ask you about unity amongst nato alliances. but i need to drill down on this point because ukrainian officials, the foreign minister even told "the wall street journal" today that the comments that the president made, president biden made last night, could serve as an invitation for putin to attack. no matter what biden intended to say, do you think a green light is what has effectively been offered or pu

the united states just a moment completely irrelevant. and it's really important for people to focus on that fact that it doesn't matter. what else wookey lakes is alleged or not? that's completely irrelevant to this particular case and that's what way they signed the paper when i started. and i have to cite a number of people who now supported the sergeant strike. they have actually made that point. we don't particularly like some of the things that wiki likes what he likes has done, but that's not the point. and that's right, the focus has to be on why of each that he finds himself in intolerable conditions in a breach. first, it's much less publicized by dmc in $2900.00 tried to go off to a we can leaks and challenge the delay gallon relations. and there was actually dismissed with kind of their a use charge in the case that we did not participate in any role doing, obtaining the materials. and therefore, what within the law of publishing this information, and that makes me question whether it be your legal system is indeed so hopeless

the united states made home with this sort of t r approach to the world that in spite of the united states having dropped more than 300000 bombs and other countries in the last 20 years. and then the united states being the one that has routinely and systematically invaded and farmed out of the country during that time. the us prioritizes the information war, am which it always cost. so the force of the reason the democracy before since the jet him, i see, you know, by contrast, likes to frame its enemy as somehow illegitimate. well, the protesting kind of exam, 1st reps it on sunday after that been a spike in the price of liquefied gas that after price camp had been removed the campus since been reimpose by the president and his government is resigned over the crisis. but the rest keeps growing with the state of emergency impose nationwide is a recap of how things unfolded. ah, ah ah. with a group of unidentified people attack the mere tv and radio studios and l much. the attackers destroy the tv production complex and workplaces of journal well has some context for you because it's done

so why should manchester united supporters be optimistic? he was one of the main figures to to convince me to try coaching. so he had a huge influence on all of us at this time. biting and so brought both to being showered by beer. i'll take you through his career to date. who is ralph chronic? let's get to know the man with the help of our extensive archive school gun nick was born and raised in a small town called back. now, he played amateur football as a mid field for script got 2nd team and a few regional sides while studying to become an english and sports teacher. at age 22, he got his coaching a license, and then at $25.00 he became player coach at his home town club, victoria buckman, and also coast a few more amateur sides. he got his 1st full time job in football, in 92, as youth coordinator pushed got winning the youth league. but he left just 2 years later when he wasn't considered for the vacant assistant coaching job another year past until he got his 1st head coaching, gig it the 3rd division side as is how voiding it and alm

well, the united states has this hardy frontier culture. this idea you can always flee west and re make yourself even though that's a bootstrap's mythology. we have the ethnic and racial divides. the hyper capitalist class was always able to divide the working class against itself to racially or ethnically or regionally. and then there was a sustained effort by the government to suppress socialism here. so i think there's a lot of reasons why we didn't develop a sort of left wing like europe did. eugene debs low is one of those important forgotten figures because he, he's e 5 class warfare. but he does on a democratic ways of them are craddick socialist. he speaks a lot like a christian actually, even though he's not one, he respects religion and you know, when he sentenced to federal prison for opposing the draft and giving a speech on their sedition act during world war one, i have fooled more than one person who is a self proclaimed conservative person by quoting what he said to the judge to them and asking who said it. and many times i'

crush and everyone who questioned the hegemony of the united states and the united states. and later want to direct the resources of control europe and latin america to attack those whom they consider their main threat. in this whole story, neither spain or the e. u has any row our troops should not become cannon fodder for this most enormous mission of genocide in history for nato. on friday, russia, top diplomat found out clearly that the country does not want to war, but it cancel out its interests to be ignored. foreign minister gala rob said his thought steering a 90 minute into the, into russian media history of the so if it's up to russia, there will be no war. we don't want any wars, but ignoring our interest is not something we can allow either. americans are trying to create a hysteria of the escalation around ukraine, burrell and blink, and repeating it to some kind of a mantra. they say we hope that raja is going to choose the path of diplomacy. and i can tell you that is something we've always stuck to since soviet times. and the outcomes of this diplomacy incl

that is threats of punishment of united states citizens. understand what that is, then develop the algorithms and supporting technologies needed to defeat that. narrowly focus at, let's have it as a just break glass initiative. on a day-to-day basis these wouldn't be used, but when there is an intense crisis, over ukraine or whatever the crisis, then we would have something to fall back on. we would have some operational capabilities. above all, let's exercise those capabilities, because they are not real unless you exercise them first. mr. ferrari: one of the points made by the proponents of information operations in russia, and in china is that there is no time period between war and peace. we live in this constant gray zone, and both of you have made this point. first off, how would you exercise in case of emergency break glass, when really we are in this constant fight? second, to elisabeth's point on these c.e.o.'s of a lot of these large tech companies, i believe a lot of them view their role as global in nature. if you look at facebo

the announcement that the united states would put units on higher to deploy orders and would operate through the nato response force which is something that was bolstered lot during your time in the post crimea situation in nato. i wonder if you could comment on what are some of the options that nato the alliance can take beyond what the united states and some individual members have announced. after the russia attack in 2014 date of significant step was bolster the baltic states to the enhanced for presents. i met telling you something you already don't know but those forces are small, about 1500 each, maybe about 4000 in poland it also kept the other u.s. forces. these forces were not there before 2014. you're looking at the map that is europe. what would you as a sector now push for? you mentioned error policing to air defense. what would the equivalence look like? >> let's get her eyes off her feet and upon the rights of just the second of the never get to those. general clark hit the nail on had immediately right up front. the most important thing there needs to do right now is

the united states. and that's kind of a rock, and there's no debt that the united states is determined that the man and you can only explain what is otherwise a highly irrational conduct calia rational conduct on a government which purports to subscribe to the rule of law. i'm wondering if at this point it's more of the case of political retribution, you know, making those embarrassing or revelations, or is it still about damage control as far as you can tell, do you think julian assange can still be in possession of some information that could be damaging the american powers that be i think that there is a combination of motivations for firstly, there is a determination by the security state to get anyone to days to ensure there's greater transparency in the way the security side. all right. and whether it's an individual, whether it's an organization, do they want to stop that person from doing anything else? i think in the assange case, it's probably at this point that is to keep going with this case

you don't have to set foot in the united states. it's enough that you have revealed and published material which the united states to be barren embarrassing a country to its national security. a low strike australian journalist, as i say, written the same thing. i want to stand the consequences of this case. so that's why it's really important. i mean, it's ironic of course to the your recently criticize the chinese government, the new laws in hong kong. 11 aspect of which was that any journals to criticize china, even without being in china, could be subject to the laws ms trying to write the criticized. this is no different. this is, this is the 1st time that mr. financial discretion. i'm that someone who has no connection to the us jurisdiction. now mister sounds has been able to evade extradition for almost a decade. but it seems that the spectrum of it is now more concrete ties than ever . you mentioned the, the ruling by british forth by the, in fact the u. k. high court that allows for that extradition. do you think we will s

it will be met with swift, severe, and the united response from the united states, and our partners and allies. we also know from experience that russia has an extensive playbook aggression, short of military action, including cyber attacks, our military tactics and other means of advancing our interests aggressively without overly using military action. those types of russian aggression will also be met with the decisive, calibrated and again, united response. that's the clear message coming out of my meetings on wednesday in ukraine with presidents lensky for mr. cal labor. yesterday in germany with my counterparts from germany, the u. k. friends in the european union and with transfer sholtes were united in our commitment to finding way forward through diplomacy and dialogue. but equally in our resolve to impose massive consequences. should russia choose the path of confrontation and conflict? expressed again to minister lever off that on the security concerns that russia is raised in recent weeks. the united states and our european allies and partners are prepared to pursue a possib

would have to defend this territory against the united states. as they say the basic listen to this as things are complicated and if you are the leader of spain or the leader france you have to figure out how what this is all going. >> you mentioned canada. canada was in an interesting situation in this and i think the american revolution and the french and indian war before it although i should point out it wasn't the french against the indians. you have native americans on both sides but i had occasion to visit an exhibit in washington d.c. the game the war of 1812 from a canadian perspective. that's a little ahead of the game in this book but certainly the factors that the canadians had a very different respective and in canada it occupied a kind of ground that many of the american colonists would have liked to make apart of the newly independent colonies and from the book it makes it quite clear that americans even had a hard time understanding american patriots and had a hard time understanding why canadians would want to remain part of the

s in the united states into all of you around the world. welcome. we begin the day with biden blinking and staying on message about the real russian threat. last night. you, as president biden held a marathon to our press conference at the white house to mark his 1st year in office. he said, what was uncomfortable and obvious. nato was not always unified over what to do about russia, and he threw confusion on top of that by suggesting the u. s. at his allies might react differently to a minor incursion into ukraine by russia, as opposed to a full scale military invasion. his press secretary has spent the past 24 hours explaining what her boss meant to say. and on this side of the atlantic it was cleaned up duty as well. for you, a secretary of state anthony, blinking on a stop here in berlin today. he once again reassured, key of and u. s. allies in europe, that the u. s. stance remains unchanged. any russian move against ukraine will result in severe consequences period. the stakes are high. you a secretary of state antony, blinking, landing in ber

it will be met with swift, severe, and the united response from united states, and our partners and allies. u. s. intelligence says russia has already amassed at least a 100000 troops on its western border, and is moving weapons into allied belarus, north of ukraine. the u. s and russian positions are clearly far apart to blinkin and laugh off, making very little real progress. but the 2 men did agree to continue to pursue diplomacy, as waived, the escalating a crisis which could lead to war. it was on the shores of lake geneva, the talks between the u. s. and russia led to the end of the cold war, decades on how old rivalries have resurfaced, both sides accused each other regression and relations of dangerously deteriorated . the outlook for the coming weeks is turbulent. natasha butler al jazeera geneva to let's bring in our white house correspondent, kimberly how can now, it seems to be some hope still for diplomacy, but neither side, willing to, to compromise or to back down. what might the by the ministrations next, move be then well the bible ministration is preparing for all eventua

and so we want to be as united, both as the united states of america and united states congress and with our nato allies and it's not quite as simple as, you know, a unilateral group of sanctions. >> can i make one other point on the legislation? under the leadership of senator risch and senator menendez, we've already passed out of committee the ukraine security partnership act. that's in addition to what we're talking about now. senator portman: we would be able to fold that in to new legislation. that includes among other things additional capability to help ukraine with regard to cyberattacks, for example, something we saw occur last week. so that legislation has already been reported out of committee. it hasn't been voted on the floor yet. there is strong bipartisan support for helping ukraine. there's a lot of legislative activity that i think could be brought together. reporter: [inaudible] >> is your question is whether or not this is a provocative act to cause the russians move? listen, they need to set that aside. we don't need to be calculating what's going to provoke the russ

where a lot of that plays out is at the united nations page joining me is the united states ambassador to the united nations, linda thomas-greenfield. welcome back. >> delighted to be here with you. jonathan: thank you for coming back to the podcast and you are coming back now and there's so much breaking news to get to about ukraine. and that is secretary of state antony blinken is heading to that region. do you know what precipitated this travel to the country. >> president biden wants to put diplomacy first and the most important diplomat is secretary blinken. he is using his platform to engage with partners including the ukrainians. although you may not have known about this in the past, it has always been on his agenda to engage with ukrainians on a regular basis as i have engaged with them in new york and with our partners in new york. we are putting diplomacy at the forefront of all of our engagements to address this issue and we want to be engaged with the ukrainians on this jonathan: -- secretary blinken and president biden have both said they will not have it without you. thi

states and united states is in line with the united out of imitate. and so the, so they will do whatever it take to help this to country. and remember the beginning of the war when the night of the nation has removed. so you from an unite out of in, but i put on the list for killing children of the time the security did general said that they are, they blackmail us. they but i said as they will cut fund, that's why we have removed that name from that list. on the 2nd year. they have found the coalition for avoid in killing you have any children in the show you that evidence and they don't believe the international community and they will do what it takes to to attack. so got a bill out of him at one time because i want to get the last question to elizabeth elizabeth, forgive me because we only have a few seconds left in a couple of sentences, given the level of international pressure that we have here. we've seen talks between the who sees and saudi arabia and various other sites which have reached a stalemate. we've seen this military action and i am

and two, we will stay united with our nato allies. earlier this week, i spoke with my polish counterpart. yesterday, i spoke with my romanian counterpart. and this morning, i had two very good conversations with my counterparts in france and germany. as we've made clear, in addition to the significant economic and diplomatic costs that russia will incur, a move on ukraine will accomplish the very thing russia says it does not want, a nato alliance strengthened and resolved on its western flank. the united states will contribute to nato's response forces and we will coordinate with our nato allies, we will make sure that they have the capabilities that they need to defend themselves. article 5 is clear on this point, an attack against one nato member is an attack against us all. and as president biden has said, the united states holds this as a sacred obligation and we will do right by that commitment. and mr. putin can do the right thing, as well. there's no reason that this situation has to devolve into conflict. he can choose to dee

you don't have to set foot in the united states. it's enough that you have revealed and published material which the united states seems to be barest embarrassing war, a country to its national security was trying to strike in journalists as written, assign st. i want to stand the consequences of this guy. so that's why it's really, i mean, it's ironic, of course to strike to racially criticize the chinese government, the new laws in hong kong. one of one aspect of which was that any journals to criticize china, even without being in china, could be subject to the laws most trying to criticize that. this is no difference. this is the 1st time that domestic is been honest, legislation has been aimed at someone who has no connection to the u. s. years now mr. sanchez has been able to evade extradition for almost a decade. but it seems that the specter of it is now more con critize than ever. you mentioned be the ruling by a british sport by the in fact the u. k. hi port that allows for that extradition. do you think we receive? well,

india, asteria, united states, japan. if we pull those together, i think we can find a way to a situation where we can avoid the events of 2034. >> certainly hope we can find a constructive and pragmatic approach to how we address china and create less strategic framework that you're talking about. at the same time that we are trying to create that framework, we are sending very clear signals to the chinese that we will focus on multilateral cooperation and alignment in our own domestic competitiveness before we think about how we engage strategically the chinese. is that the right approach or should be doing it all at the same time? should we expect more from china in a bilateral framework than if we were relying on working with europeans and the administration for domestic competitors? i agree with you, but i think we have to have all three pieces of the pie. james: i think it is all six pieces of the pie that i laid out a moment ago. i agree, you cannot use one of them and except to be successful. we can't say we will