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Officials who spoke yesterday at the pentagon said they do believe this drone broke up when it hit the water. butt u.s. is also tell ing us that they did take steps to wipe the drone of anything sensitive. in addition to the russian den denials, we are also told this order to harass the drone did come from senior russian officials within russias defense ministry. this was not pilots going rogue here. this was a direct tasking from the russian ministry of defense. >> remarkable moment, appreciate...

Things you cant miss is the amount of security that you encounter when you try to go places like the seafood market that was deemed the epicenter of the outbreak or if you try to go to the wuhan institute of neurology, it is more heavily secured than most buildings in washington, d.c. its heavily fortified. we also went to the wuhan cdc. i mention that because that has gotten an increasing amount of attention, john, in recent months and perhaps that is where a lot of the focus will be going forw...

Conflict militarily for obvious reasons. are you willing to get involved militarily to defend taiwan if it comes to that? >> yes. >> you are? >> thats a commitment we made. we agree with one china policy. >> thats the older sound. let me read you the other comment. he said it would dislocate the entire region. so its a burden thats even stronger. >> yeah. >> in the sense that that would be a war. >> it would be a war. and what you just said, beth, is so fascinating. talk about the quiet part out...

Civilians were killed in the bombardment, and they expect to find more. overwhelmed, more director is expecting to store the boards of those yet to be identified. the relatives likely fled the fighting or were killed in it. he tells us hundreds more died because they simply couldnt reach the hospital. there was a constant flow of dead people like this in our morgue. the main reason was heart attacks, pneumonia, diabetes, he says. and i believe all of this was because they didnt get medical treat...

Existential threat to our nation. so we need to step up. we need to spend more money. we need to get the ukrainians what they need, which is heavy equipment, artillery, tanks, helicopters and the like to prepare for the oncoming battles in the donbas area which is going to be, as i said, the heavy maneuver war. >> and that is what theyre asking for. general and beth, thank you so much to both of you and kate, back to you in new york. it seems that its not necessarily that the russians bombed thi...

Railroad to resupply forces and many reporting from these train stations and actual moving trains. theyve got river transport. the river that comes down from kyiv to dnipro is going to be hugely significant in the upcoming fight because its a great way to move a lot of equipment very quickly, a lot of heavy equipment. so the russians know that supply chain is working, theyll do everything they want to do to stop it because they know whats coming up is another race for logistics, between the russ...

Course. it does make it more difficult for him, i think, to stage that false flag operation. if they do begin with a cyberattack, something that turns off the power or something that hits ukrainian communications, it will be harder, i think, for him to deny that this was the russians in the beginning. of course if this turns into kinetic action, what we fear the most, a physical invasion, theres no denning that, but beth had it right when she said hes going to need something to explain the narra...

>> yeah, i think smart people on both sides of this debate make some sense, and this is one of those times when im really glad im not a policy maker having to make these decisions. i tend to personally fall down on the weight because i think if you go and take it totally out of the possibility, it shows putin, like, why not just go ahead and do it since im not going to get that anyway? i have a lot of smart friends that feel passionately on the other side, and i like arguing about these things o...

And national security correspondent for "the new york times," and beth sander, the former director. thank you for staying up late. beth, i think you make such a good point, and that is its critical to note that a russian invasion of ukraine is likely not going to begin with kinetic action, right? what would you expect before a movement further of ground forces? >> well, a lot of people have talked about a big cyberattack being one of the things, but it could really evolve in a much more low kind...

Hear what the chinese have to say as much as the american side, just to see if the tone changes. kylie atwood, grateful for the reporting from the state department. now, our cnn national security analyst, former director of national intelligence, beth sander. lets start there. jake sullivan sittin ting acrose table from his chinese counterpart. what does it tell you that vladimir putin would go to xi jinping to ask for drones to help his military campaign? is it likely or highly unlikely china...