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Give kyiv long distance missiles that could strike russia, biden answered that giving ukraine such potential attack weapons would have a prospect of breaking up nato. he said nato allies are not looking to go to war with russia. they are not looking for a third world war. if you can, unpack this moment for us. >> absolutely. when president biden said nato allies are not looking for a third world war, he includes the united states in that calculation. its not just the allies in europe. its also t...

Offensive weapons or heavy artillery -- which could cross farther then the smaller weapons that are good only for defensive operations. then the ukrainian army will be able to advance. which is important, which is courageous from their side, and america played tremendous importance, and a general role to provide them with defensive weapons. but this will be the first step, actually, in providing considerable amounts of not only defensive weapons. attack weapons, if you will.

It sounds like president biden put putin on notice here. >> it was a standoff. and the perceptions on both sides are a bit different. now, it does look like biden stood his ground. putin apparently really did hit hard and repeatedly about, you know, how hed huff and puff and blow the house down if we imposed more sanctions on him. of course the sanctions would be in response to russian attack. what was interesting to me was that the russian media is now reporting that the -- one of putins press ...

Analyst and author and u.s. army lieutenant colonel ralph peters. great to talk to you. from the details we have learned about so far from the call, what do you make of what transpired? it sounds like president biden put putin on notice here. >> it was a stand-off, and the perceptions on both sides are a bit different. now, it does look like biden stood his ground. putin apparently really did hit hard and repeatedly about, you know, how he would huff and puff and blow the house down if we impose...

May, i dont know if you know this, but how hardened is, are the reactors themselves? the, you know, the structures that contain nuclear material, how hardened are they to something like a rocket strike or to, you know, incoming potential, you know, collisions with anything coming into them? >> well thats a question i did look at when i was writing a book on nuclear terrorism, nuclear reactors not only here in the u.s. but the one at chernobyl, are not designed for advanced attack weapons so if a...

And there is long been talk of some european army. if that was in place, do you think he would be have like this? putin? >> theres not really an answer to this exchange. its really tanks, and banks, that were seeing on the move now. were seeing nato countries reinforcing their posture. and we need to make it more clear that they wont sell troops in for these russian attackers. but there is certainly measures that are being taken and we have seen significant numbers of attack weapons and missiles...

They said the attack weapons team positively identified the threat, established hostile intent, conducted a collateral damage assessment and received clearance to fire. they also say after only extensive review did they realize that two of the individuals killed may have been reporters. nearly three years later, the wikileaks video surfaced on the same day as the "new york times" had another article, this time in afghanistan, this february during a nighttime raid. special forces looking for ta...

U.s. military helicopter shooting at what the pilots appe appear -- believe armed people on the ground. according to the context provided by wikileaks, two of them were not only not armed insurgents, but journalists. the response has been to defend the choices made by its troops in the war zone. heres what the military said after an internal investigation in 2007. the attack weapons team positively identified the threat, established hostile intent. collected a collateral damage assessment, and r...