IN US OF ALL PARTS THE MAP IS.
>> Bill: THANK YOU.
>> Dana: THANK YOU, JOSH.
PRESIDENT BIDEN SENDING MORE
TROOPS TO EASTERN EUROPE AS
RUSSIA’S MILITARY BUILDS UP
FORCE OF LONGVIEW CREAM BORDER.
WELCOME TO A BRAND-NEW HOUR OF
"AMERICA’S NEWSROOM"."
>> Bill: OUR TWO, HERE WE GO.
THOUSANDS OF U.S. MERCHANT
TROOPS ABOUT TO GET THEIR ORDERS
AS THE PENTAGON GETS READY TO
RESPOND TO POSSIBLE MILITARY
ACTION BY RUSSIA.
PETER DOOCY IS ON THE
WHITE HOUSE LAWN.
GOOD MORNING AS WE BEGIN A NEW
HEART.
>> GOOD MORNING.
FOR SEVERAL WEEKS, OFFICIALS
AROUND HERE HAVE BEEN SAYING
THAT THEY THINK A RUSSIAN
INVASION OF UKRAINE IS EMINENT,
BUT IT WAS JUST TALK UNTIL THIS
MORNING BECAUSE THE COMMANDER IN
CHIEF IS DOING SOMETHING ABOUT
THAT.
3,000 MORE U.S. TROOPS HEADING
TO EASTERN EUROPE.
WE ARE A TOLD MOSTLY LITA POLAND
AND ROMANIA.
THIS IS PART OF A NATO AGREEMENT
WHERE IF NATO DECIDES THEY NEED
TO GO IN AND SHOW MORE FORCE,
THEY WOULD BE PART OF THAT
GROUP.
MORE THAN 11,500 TROOPS NOW
COMMITTED TO THIS EFFORT.
I’VE BEEN SPEAKING WITH SENIOR
ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS AND
THIS IS WHAT I’M TOLD SO FAR.
AT THE PRESIDENT’S DIRECTION,
THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE WILL
REPOSITION CERTAIN EUROPE-BASED
UNITS FURTHER EAST AND FORWARD
DEPLOYED FURTHER U.S. BASED
UNITS TO EUROPE AND MAINTAINS A
HEIGHTENED STATE OF READINESS OF
RESPONSE FORCES TO MEET THESE
COMMITMENTS.
THE FORCES ARE NOT GOING TO
FIGHT IN UKRAINE AND THEY ARE
NOT PERMANENT REMOVE SPIRIT THEY
RESPOND TO CURRENT CONDITIONS.
I’M ALSO TOLD THAT THIS IS GOING
TO BE A MIX OF ADJUSTING THE
POSTURE OF TROOPS ALREADY IN
EUROPE AND NEW DEPLOYMENT FROM
THE U.S. TO SUPPLEMENT EXISTING
REASSURANCE RESIDENCES AIRED
THIS IS ALL TEMPORARY AND
NOTHING TO UKRAINE.
WE ARE ALSO TOLD THAT THE U.S.
TROOPS ARE GOING TO BE COMING
FROM FORT BRAGG.
THEY WILL BE DEPLOYING FROM FORT
BRAGG AND WE WILL BE GETTING
MORE DETAILS AT A PENTAGON
BRIEFING THAT SHOULD BEGIN ANY
MINUTE.
>> Dana: IT LOOKS LIKE THAT IS
STARTED.
THIS IS A WEEK WHEN GEORGE
PACKER, THE JOURNALIST, HAS
WRITTEN A VERY LONG PIECE
DETAILING THE WITHDRAWAL FROM
AFGHANISTAN.
IT’S QUITE FOR THE
ADMINISTRATION.
HOW MUCH IS THAT THINKING AND
CRITICISM GOING INTO HOW TO
HANDLE THE FOREIGN POLICY CRISIS
CRISIS?
>> WE WILL SEE.
WE KNOW THAT THEY’VE BEEN TRYING
TO GET AHEAD OF STORIES ABOUT
AMERICANS BEING LEFT BEHIND IN
UKRAINE WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT
WE KNOW THEY DID NOT DO WHEN IT
CAME TO AMERICANS BEING LEFT
BEHIND IN AFGHANISTAN.
THIS IS A BIG MOVE AND THE
PRESIDENT DOES NOT HAVE ANYTHING
ON HIS SCHEDULE RIGHT NOW.
WE HOPE TO GET MORE INSIGHT AND
WHAT WE LEARNED FROM THE
AFGHANISTAN DISASTER AND HOW HE
IS APPLYING IT TO THIS ORDER
WHICH IS THE BIGGEST ONE IN
TERMS OF MILITARY MOVES IN
SEVERAL MONTHS.
>> Bill: I WOULD ADD TO THAT
WHAT THEY LEARNED FROM SEVERAL
YEARS AGO AND 2014 WHEN PUTIN
WENT IN AND TOOK CRIMEA AND THE
RESPONSE THEN WITH THIS AND
5,000 TROOPS TO POLAND AFTER IT
HAPPENED.
THIS SEEMS TO BE A LITTLE MORE
THAN THAT.
>> YES.
FOR EVERYBODY THAT IS WATCHING
AND CONCERNED ABOUT THIS, THIS
IS A VERY SERIOUS SITUATION IN
EASTERN EUROPE RIGHT NOW, BUT
THEY ARE VERY CLEAR.
THESE TROOPS ARE NOT GOING TO BE
IN UKRAINE.
THEY ARE GOING TO BE ALL AROUND.
THEY ARE GOING TO BE RESPONDING
TO WHATEVER HAPPENS WHICH
OFFICIALS HEAR WHEN IT IS COLD
ENOUGH FOR TANKS TO ROLL OVER
FROZEN GROUND IS GOING TO BE A
RUSSIAN INVASION.
THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE ON THE
RUSSIANS UKRAINE BORDER ON THE
UKRAINE SIDE SHOOTING AT RUSSIAN
GUYS.
THEY ARE GOING TO BE AND
NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES IN EASTERN
EUROPE.
>> Dana: VLADIMIR PUTIN HAD
NOT SPOKEN ABOUT THIS ISSUE IN
MANY MONTHS.
ALL OF THE DIPLOMACY ACTION
HAPPENING BY THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION AND NATO.
I FEEL LIKE SOMETHING HAS
HAPPENED TO MAKE PUTIN START TO
SAY SOMETHING.
>> IF THIS MOVE DOES SIGNAL THAT
A RUSSIAN INVASION IS IMMINENT
AS OFFICIALS AT THE BIDEN
WHITE HOUSE SAY, THAT MEANS THE
PRESIDENT MISSED AN OPPORTUNITY
TO DO WHAT FOREIGN POLICY
EXPERTS WERE CALLING ON HIM TO
DO WHICH IS SANCTION PUTIN FIRST