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-- sharpens his message against the ultra maga agenda. well get to the new messaging. were also following the latest developments from ukraine. new reporting that intelligence given to ukraine by the united states has led to the deaths of many of the russian generals killed in action. senior officias told "the new york times" the assistance is part of a classified effort by the biden administration to give ukraine real-time battlefield intelligence. that includes anticipated russian troop move...

Himself on this later today. >> yeah. theres no question, as you pointed out earlier, that this is the kind of thing that put putin can seize on to say, the americans are involved in this proxy war. what he does with the information remains to be seen. you know, the defense department has tried to point out behind the scenes a bit that theyve not provided the intelligence that has gone after the leadership of russia. but the fact remains, as jeremy bash points out, this is to be expected as a pa...

Information. the united states prohibits itself from providing information about the senior most leaders. after the "times" article was published, the national security council said the battlefield intelligence was not provided to the ukrainians, quote, with the intent to kill russian generals. lets bring in executive editor for news at new yorker.com, david road. and mike barnicle joins the conversation, as well. david, ill start with you and your reaction to this. the nsc tried to not walk bac...

Intelligence sharing sort of a part of that aid? maybe not as public, maybe not advertised as openly, but isnt that part of what the united states would be doing for ukraine? >> yes, willie. three dimensions. one is the equipment. the second is the training. increasingly, the united states and western allies are training ukrainians outside of ukraine. thats enormously significant. and the third pillar of this indirect warfare you referenced and ambassador taylor referenced is the intelligence sh...

Its certainly something weve taken note of. we have to point out were seeing a lot of gear on this side of the russian border. the russians appear to have the capacity to escalate. certainly it does seem as though some of the gear they have here seems to be broken down and needs to be towed away. at the same time they seem to be moving rocket launchers, something closer to the battlefront in kharkiv which is a troubling sign for the folks who are up there and defending that city, jim. >> broken ...

Your response to the u.s. intelligence today that putin officials are lying to him about the progress of the war. i want to understand from you, given that he is an autocrat and he is powerful and russia, this is some plausible that he does not have the latest or most accurate battlefield intelligence? >> in some ways, yes, because you never want to tell an autocrat bad news. the golden rule of autocrats is to blame others for your own mistakes. and that tells him that his war is miscalculated w...

Or uninformed about what is going on inside ukraine, it is his military, it is his war, he chose it. the fact that he may not have all the contacts, that he may not fully understand the degree to which his forces are failing in ukraine, that is discomforting. >> one of these achilles heels of these autocracies is that you dont have people in the systems that speak truth to power or have the ability to speak truth to power. i think that is something we are seeing in russia. >> joining me now is a...

Interview with the u.s. commander at guantanamo bay, rear admiral john ring, says he has orders from the pentagon to prepare for the camp to be open for another 25 years.ha the joint task force guantanamo mission is now 16 years old and according to reign, the structure of the military prison is failing fast. t its falling to thee ground and deteriorating rapidly he told nbc news. 40 detainees that are left at guantanamo, the last transfer there at 2008, so they can no longer provide any useful ...

>> good evening again jason. the nbc report is based on an interview with the u.s. commander at guantanamo bay, rear admiral john ring, says he has orders from the pentagon to prepare for the camp to be open for another 25 years. the joint task force guantanamo mission is now 16 years old and according to reign, the structure of the military prison is failing fast. its falling to the ground and deteriorating rapidly he told nbc news. 40 detainees that are left at guantanamo, the last transfer th...

Sitting in his mothers basement. >> this is one of the reasons we wanted to release this report to produce more evidence that it wasnt just the russian government but a unit of the russian military called the gru, the russian intelligence service, that collects this type of battlefield intelligence, tactical intelligence in the ukraine but also performs strategic things that interfere in our election. the evidence has come out. i encourage the u.s. government to release what they know and try to...