SUPPLIES.
>> LET'S LISTEN TO THE PRESIDENT
AS HE ADDRESSES THE CAMERA.
>> SPOKEN WITH SOME TIME WITH
PRESIDENT ZELENSKY OF UKRAINE.
THE UNITED STATES STANDS WITH
THE PEOPLE OF UKRAINE ANDS THEY
BRAVELY FIGHT DEFEND THEIR
COUNTRY.
AS PUTIN CONTINUES HIS MERCILESS
ASSAULT
ASSAULT, UNITED STATES AND
PARTNERS CONTINUE TO WORK IN
LOCK STEP TO RAMP UP ECONOMIC
PRESSURES ON PUTIN AND FURTHER
ISOLATE RUSSIA FROM THE GLOBAL
STAGE.
TODAY WITH OTHER NATO ALLIES OF
THE G7, CANADA, FRANCE, GERMANY,
ITALY, JAPAN, THE UNITED KINGDOM
AS WELL AS THE EUROPEAN UNION,
WE'LL JOINTLY ANNOUNCE SEVERAL
NEW STEPS TO SQUEEZE PUTIN AND
HOLD HIM EVEN MORE ACCOUNTABLE
FOR HIS AGGRESSION FOR UKRAINE.
I WANT TO SPEAK TO A FEW OF
THOSE POINTS TODAY.
FIRST, EACH NATION WILL TAKE
STEPS TO DENY MOST FAVORED
NATION STATUS TO RUSSIA.
THE MOST FAVORED NATION STATUS
DESIGNATION MEANS TWO COUNTRIES
HAVE AGREED TO TRADE WITH EACH
OTHER UNDER THE BEST POSSIBLE
TERMS, LOW TARIFF, FEW BARRIERS
AND THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE IMPORTS
ALLOWED.
THE UNITED STATES WE CALL THIS
PERMANENT NORMAL TRADE
RELATIONS.
PNTR, BUT IT'S THE SAME THING.
WE
REVOKING PNTR WILL MAKE IT
HARDER FOR RUSSIA TO DO BUSINESS
WITH THE UNITED STATES AND DOING
IT IN UNISON WITH OTHER NATIONS
TO MAKE UP HALF THE GLOBAL
ECONOMY WILL BE ANOTHER CRUSHING
BLOW TO THE RUSSIAN ECONOMY
THAT'S ALREADY SUFFERING BADLY
FROM OUR SANCTIONS.
I WANT TO THANK SPEAKER PELOSI,
LEADER McCARTHY, LEADER SCHUMER
AND McCONNELL, REPRESENTATIVE
NEIL AND BRADY FOR THAT
BIPARTISAN LEADERSHIP ON THIS IN
THE CONGRESS.
I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER A SPECIAL
THANKS TO SPEAKER PELOSI WHO HAS
BEEN A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR
REVOKEING PNTR AND AGREED TO HOL
OFF ON THAT IN THE HOUSE UNTIL I
CAN LINE UP ALL OF AUROUR KEY
ALLIES TO KEEP US IN UNITY.
MANY ISSUES DIVIDE US BUT
STANDING FOR DEMOCRACY IN
UKRAINE, PUSHING RUSSIA'S
AGGRESSION SHOULD NOT BE UP WITH
OF THOSE ISSUES.
THE FREE WORLD IS COMING
TOGETHER TO CONFRONT PUTIN.
OUR TWO PAERPTSRTIES HERE AT HOM
LEADING THE WAY.
WITH THAT BIPARTISAN
COOPERATION, I'M LOOKING FORWARD
TO SIGNING INTO LAW THE BILL
REVOKING PNTR WHICH MOST PEOPLE
THINK OF MOST FAVORED NATION
STATUS.
WE'RE ALSO TAKING A FURTHER STEP
OF BANNING IMPORTS OF GOODS FROM
SEVERAL SIGNATURE SECTOR OF THE
RUSSIAN ECONOMY INCLUDING
SEAFOOD, VODKA AND DIAMONDS.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO SQUEEZE PUTIN.
THE G7 WILL SEEK TO DENY RUSHSIA
THE ABILITY TO BORROW FROM
LEADING MULTINATIONAL
INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS THE WORLD
BANK.
PUTIN IS AN AGGRESSOR.
HE'S THE AGGRESSOR AND PUTIN
MUST PAY THE PRICE.
HE CANNOT PURSUE A WAR THAT
THREATENS THE VERY FOUNDATIONS
OF INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND
STABILITY AND THEN ASK FOR
FINANCIAL HELP FROM THE
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY.
THE G7, IS ALSO STEPPING UP
PRESSURE ON CORRUPT RUSSIAN
BILLIONAIRES.
WE'RE ADDING NEW NAMES TO THE
LIST OF OLIGARCHS AND THEY'RE
FAMILIES THAT WE ARE TARGETING.
THEY SUPPORT PUTIN.
THEY STEAL FROM THE RUSSIAN
PEOPLE AND THEY SEEK TO HIDE
THEIR MONEY IN OUR COUNTRIES.
THEY ARE PART OF THAT EXISTS IN
MOSCOW.
THEY MUST SHARE IN FEIGN OF THE
SANCTIONS AND WHILE WE'RE GOING
AFTER THESE YACHT AND VACATION
HOMES AND HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS
OF DOLLARS, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE
IT HARDER TO BUY HIGH END
PRODUCTS IN OUR COUNTRY.
WE'RE BANNING EXPORT OF LUXURY
GOODS TO RUSSIA.
ALSO THE LATEST STEPS WE'RE
TAKING BUT THEY'RE NOT THE LAST
STEPS WE'RE GOING TO TAKE.
AS I SAID, AT THE BEGINNING OF
ALL THESE STEPS, WE'RE GOING TO
HIT PUTIN HARD BECAUSE THE
UNITED STATES AND OUR CLOSEST
ALLIES AND PARTNERS ARE ACTING
IN UNISON.
TOTALITY OF OUR SANCTIONS IS
CRUSHING RUSSIAN ECONOMY.
THE RUBLE HAS LOST MORE THAN
HALF ITS VALUE.
THEY TELL ME IT TAKES ABOUT 200
RUBLE TO EQUAL $1.
MOSCOW STOCK EXCHANGE HAS BEEN
CLOSED FOR TWO WEEKS BECAUSE
THEY KNOW THE MOMENT IT OPENS,
IT WILL PROBABLY COLLAPSE.
CREDIT RATING AGENCY IS
DOWNGRADED RUSSIA'S GOVERNMENT
TO JUNK STATUS.
THE ECONOMY TO JUNK STATUS.
THE LIST OF BUSINESSES AND
INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONS
LEAVING RUSSIA IS GROWING BY THE
DAY.
WE'RE ALSO CONTINUING TO CLOSE
CORPORATIONS WITH ALLY AND
PARTNERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
CLOSE COOPERATION WE CONTINUE TO
HAVE, UKRAINIAN PEOPLE ARE ABLE
TO DEFEND THEIR OWN NATION.
THE UNITED STATES HAS SENT MORE
THAN $1 BILLION IN SECURITY
ASSISTANCE TO UKRAINE OVER THE
LAST YEAR, INCLUDING ANTI-ARMOR
AND ANTI-AIR CAPABILITIES TAKING
OUT TANKS AND PLAENSNES AND
HELICOPTERS.
WE THE UNITED STATES ARE ALSO
FACILITATING SIGNIFICANT
SHIPMENTS OF SECURITY ASSISTANCE
FROM OUR ALLIES AND PARTNERS TO
UKRAINE.
THE HUMANITARIAN FRONT WE'RE
WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE U.N.
AND HUMANITARIAN ORGANIZATIONS
TO SUPPORT THE PEOPLE OF UKRAINE
WHO HAVE BEEN DISPLACED BY THE
VIOLENCE IN UKRAINE.
WE'RE PROVIDING TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF TONS OF
HUMANITARIAN SUPPLIES COMING BY
TRUNK AND TRAIN EVERY SINGLE
DAY.
YESTERDAY, IN POLAND, VICE
PRESIDENT HARRIS ANNOUNCED AN
ADDITIONAL $53 MILLION IN
ADDITIONAL HUMANITARIAN SUPPORT
TO UKRAINE.
THAT BRINGS THE TOTAL ASSISTANCE
TO 107 MILLION IN JUST$107 MILLI
WEEKS.
WE JOINED THIS EFFORT WITH MORE
THAN 30 OTHER COUNTRIES TO
PROVIDE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS
MORE.
LAST NIGHT, THE GREAT CREDIT
CONGRESS PASSED A BIPARTISAN
SPENDING BILL THAT INCLUDED
ADDITIONAL $13.6 BILLION IN NEW
ASSISTANCE TO THE UKRAINEIAN
PEOPLE.
I LOOK FORWARD TO SIGNING THAT
IMMEDIATELY.
I ALSO WANT TO BE CLEAR.
WE WILL MAKE SURE UKRAINE HAS
WEAPONS TO DEFEND AGAINST INVADE
RUSSIAN FORCE.
WE WILL SEND MONEY AND FOOD AND
AID TO SAVE THE UKRAINIAN
PEOPLE.
I WILL WELCOME UKRAINIAN
REFUGEES, WE SHOULD WELCOME THEM
HERE WITH OPEN ARMS IF THEY NEED
ACCESS.
WE ARE GOING TO PROVIDE MORE
SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO STAND
TOGETHER WITH OUR ALLIES IN
EUROPE AND SEND UNMISTAKABLE
MESSAGE.
WE'LL DEFEND EVERY SINGLE INCH
OF NATO TERRITORY OF THE FULL
MITE OF THE UNITED AND
GALVANIZED NATO.
WE WILL NOT FIGHT A WAR AGAINST
RUSSIA IN UKRAINE.
DIRECT CONFRONTATION WILL BE
BETWEEN NATO AND RUSSIA IS WORLD
WAR III.
SOMETHING WE MUST STRIVE TO
PREVENT, BUT, WE ALREADY KNOW
PUTIN'S WAR AGAINST UKRAINE WILL
NEVER BE A VICTORY.
HE HOPED TO DOMINATE UKRAINE
WITHOUT A FIGHT.
HE FAILED.
HE HOPED TO FAKRACTURE EUROPEAN
RESOLVE, HE FAILED.
HE HOPED TO WEAKEN EUROPEAN
ALLIANCE.
HE FAILED.
HE HOPE TO SPLIT APART AMERICAN
DEMOCRACY.
HE FAILED.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE UNITED.
THE WORLD IS UNITED.
WE STAND WITH THE PEOPLE OF
UKRAINE.
WE WILL NOT LET AUTOCRAFTTS AND
WOULD BE EMPERORS DICTATE THE
WORLD.
RALLYING TO WORLD TO THE SIDE OF
PEACE AND SECURITY.
WE'RE SHOWING OUR STRENGTH AND
WE WILL NOT FALTER.
GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU.
GOD BLESS UKRAINE AND GOD BLESS
OUR TROOPS.
>> RUSSIA MAY USE CHEMICAL
WEAPONS OR CREATE A FALSE FLAG
OPERATION TO USE THEM.
WHAT EVIDENCE HAVE YOU SEEN
SHOWING THAT AND WOULD THE U.S.
HAVE A POLITICALMILITARY RESPONS
>> I'M NOT GOING TO SPEAK ABOUT
INTELLIGENCE BUT RUSSIA WOULD
PLAY A SEVERE PRICE IF THEY USED
CHEMICALS.
>> PRESIDENT BIDEN ADDRESSING
REPORTERS AND THE NATION AT THE
WHITE HOUSE.
ANNOUNCING THAT THE G7 NATIONS
AS WELL AS THE UNITED STATES
WILL TAKE STEPS TO REMOVE
FAVORED TRADING STATUS FROM THE
NATION OF RUSSIA AND THAT IS
ALREADY IN THE WORKS.
IT REQUIRES CONGRESSIONAL
APPROVAL BUT THE PRESIDENT
THANKED THE BIPARTISAN LEADERS
OF CONGRESS FOR USHERING THAT
THROUGH.
HE MENTIONED THE HOUSE SPEAKER
HELD OFF ON A BILL TO DO THAT
WHILE HE COULD GET THE ALLIES
AROUND THE WORLD ORGANIZED AND
WORK TOGETHER AND THE PRESIDENT
SAYS THE FREE WORLD IS COMING
TOGETHER.
HE ALSO SAID, AGAIN, VLADMIR
PUTIN IS THE AGGRESSOR AND MUST
PAY A PRICE.
HE EXPANDED STEPS TO LIST
ADDITIONAL OLIGARCHS WHO WILL BE
SANCTIONED BY THE UNITED STATES
AND IT TS ALLIES.
HE SAID VERY BLUNTLY THAT DIRECT
CONFRONTATION BETWEEN NATO AND
RUSSIA IS QUOTE, WORLD WAR III
ACCORDING TO PRESIDENT BIDEN AND
THAT MUST BE AVOIDED AT ALL
COSTS.
I WANT TO TURN TO STEPHANIE
RUHL.
RUSH HA IS NOT A TOP TRADING
PARTNER OF THE U.S. BUT IT SEEMS
CLEAR THE UNITED STATES IN
CONJUNCTION WITH ITS ALLIES IS
HOPING THIS WILL PACK A PUNCH.
>> THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
SLOWLY OVER THE LAST THREE WEEKS
OR GRADUALLY ONE COULD SAY,
YOU'RE SEEING THE UNITED STATES
AND OUR WEST ALLIES REALLY
TIGHTEN THIS VICE AROUND PUTIN
TO DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO BRING
HIM TO THE TABLE.
WHAT STANDS OUT THE MOST IS JUST
OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEK,
YOU HAVE SEEN ALL OF THE
PROGRESS THAT WAS MADE OVER THE
LAST FEW DECADES TO OPEN THINGS
UP BETWEEN RUSSIA AND THE WEST.
POST-USSR.
YOU'RE SEEING ALL OF THAT
DISAPPEAR RIGHT BEFORE OUR EYES
AND TAKE US TO A PLACE WE HAVE
NOT BEEN IN DECADES.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU.
WE HAVE THIS MOMENT TURN TO NBC
RICHARD ENGLE.
HE'S LIVE IN KYIV.
YOU HEARD THAT STATEMENT FROM
THE PRESIDENT IN RESPONSE TO A
QUESTION THAT PUTIN SHOULD NOT
USE CHEMICAL WEAPONS IN UKRAINE
OR WILL FACE THE SEVEREST OF
CONSEQUENCES.
>> Reporter: THE REASON THE
UNITED STATES AND UKRAINIAN
OFFICIALS ARE SO WORRIED ABOUT
CHEMICAL WEAPONS IS IT'S BECOME
PART OF RUSSIAN PROPAGANDA.
FOR THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS,
RUSSIA HAS BEEN SAYING THAT THE
UNITED STATES IS HELPING THE
UKRAINIANS TO DEVELOP BIOLOGICAL
WEAPONS LABORATORIES, CHEMICAL
WEAPONS.
PUTIN ALREADY SAID THAT UKRAINE
WAS DEVELOPING NUCLEAR WEAPONS.N
THE PENTAGON HAS DENIED THIS.
WITH ALL OF THIS FOCUS COMING
FROM THE KREMLIN, THERE'S A
CONCERN THAT VLADMIR PUTIN IS
TRYING TO READY THE PUBLIC FOR
SOME SORT OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS
USE POTENTIALLY BY RUSSIA AND
THEN BLAMING IT ON UKRAINE.
WE HAVE SEEN PROPAGANDA BEING
USED FROM THE VERY START OF THIS
CONFLICT.
DON'T FORGET IT WAS VLADMIR
PUTIN WHO LAUNCHED THIS
INVASION.
HE SAID IN SELF-DEFENSE BECAUSE
THIS COUNTRY IS SUPPOSEDLY A THREAT TO RUSSIA BECAUSE IT IS
THREAT TO RUSSIA BECAUSE IT IS
RUN BY A NAZA KABULI KABUL.
>> WE'RE STARTING THE SEE A
CLOSING IN AROUND THE CAPITAL
CITY WITH YOU STAND, KYIV.
CAN YOU GIVE US AN UPDATE ON
WHAT RUSSIAN FORCES ARE DOING
AND WHAT KIND OF RESIS STANCE
THEY ARE ENCOUNTER.
>> Reporter: THE RUSSIAN
MILITARY OFFENSIVE STARTED OUT
SLOW.
IT'S GAINING MOMENTUM.
IT'S TAKING TWO BASIC SHAPES.
ONE IS SIEGE.
THE OTHER IS ATTACK.
WE ARE SEEING CLASSIC SIEGE WAR
WARFARE THAT DATES BACK DECADES,
IF NOT CENTURIES WITH RUSSIAN
FORCES SURROUNDING AND KEEPING
THE PEOPLE INSIDE.
THE RED CROSS SAID THERE'S NO
MEDICINE LEFT IN CITY.
PEOPLE HAVE BEGUN TO FIGHT OVER
FOOD.
THE OTHER TACTIC, ATTACKING CITY, POPULATION CENTERS AND
CITY, POPULATION CENTERS AND
THIS CITY, THE CAPITALRUSSIA'S S
MASSIVE MILITARY CONVOY THAT'S
BEEN STALLED IS ONCE AGAIN ON
THE MOVE.
>> TWO AND A HALF MILLION
REFUGEE AND COUNTING, FLEEING
UKRAINE.
THANK YOU.
ONCE AGAIN THE PRESIDENT
ADDRESSING THE NATION TO A
ANNOUNCE THE U.S. WILL REVOKE FAVORED TRADE NATION STATUS FOR
FAVORED TRADE NATION STATUS FOR
RUSSIA AND WILL BAN IMPORT SUCH
AS SEAFOOD, VODKA AND CAVIAR.
WE'LL HAVE MORE ON MSNBC, NBC
NEWS NOW AND LATER ON NIGHTLY
NEWS.
MOST YOU HAVE WILL RETURN TO THE
TODAY SHOW.
THIS HAS OPINIONBEEN AN NBC NEWS SPECIAL REPORT.