At the White House and in an interview on CNN's "The Lead with Jake Tapper," German Chancellor Olaf Scholz revealed a distinct gap between himself and his American counterpart on the massive pipeline. During a news conference after an Oval Office meeting, Biden was explicit the project wouldn't go forward if Russia invades Ukraine. It's the stance he and US officials have taken for weeks, and has been a key point of discussion with the new Scholz government, according to senior administration officials. "All the steps we will take we will do together," Scholz told Tapper. "As the President said, we are preparing for that. You can understand and you can be absolutely sure that Germany will be together with all its allies and especially the United States, that we take the same steps. There will be no differences in that situation. I say to our American friends, we will be united. We will act together and we will take all the necessary steps and all the necessary steps will be done by all of us together. We are absolutely united and we will not be taking different steps. We will do the same steps and they will be very, very hard to Russia and they should understand." (upload: Simon Vaut )