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The murders in bucha, i think, show another aspect of this war. these were random, brutal murders, rape, torture of russian tactical units completely out of control. its a horrendous thing. we better focus on whats happening. this wars going to grind ukraine into the dust if we dont accelerate and improve the delivery of defense technology to the ukrainians. and by the way, in notion of defensive versus offensive is nonsense. ive seen a lot of people killed where it was not apparent whether the ...

He gave a powerful speech at the grammys. >> the war doesnt let us choose who lives and who stays in eternal sadness. our musicians wear body armor instead of tuxedos. we defend our freedom to live, to love. >> joining me now is barry mccaffrey, and bruce rydell. bruce is getting hooked up. i hope you can hear me. bruce rydell, a senior fellow in a 30 year cia officer, and long time white house official as well at the nfc. general mccaffrey, the pentagon just announced about 2/3 of the russian t...

They also -- there were media reports saying the crown princes brother talked to khashoggi and said youre safe to go to the consulate in istanbul. this was not told to me in a briefing, it was told to me in a newspaper. i dont think thats how we should run the government. i was elected to somehow represent kentucky, i ought to be able to hear this intelligence information and try to make a decision on whether we should be sending arms to the regime. >> it would appear within the title this would...

He pour trays himself as a whistle blower who exposed waterboarding, but prosecutors say he betrayed his former colleagues. bruce rydell is a former cia officer now with the brookings institution and a former colleague as well. you have written to the president, bruce, asking him to commute this sentence. its a 30-month sentence. why? given what i read and what i heard the judge say, the judge said she thought 30 months was not long enough. what the prosecutor neil mcbride said is that he was or...

Elected in 2008 and i continue to support him today but i dont think that its a good fit for this administration to send to jail an american hero who has worked against torture when those who carried out torture arent going to go to jail in the future. it just doesnt add up right, andrea. >> thank you very much, bruce. good to see you. thank you for joining us. well be right back. tt=eá7bhppm5

He would agree to that himself. its a tough spot hes in because he does not want to be said to not agree to talks and be perceived as moving towards another war in the middle east. >> its very striking that all of his surrogates from marco rubio to the other foreign policy advisors, dan senor, were not attacking the notion of talking with iran. they did say and have said before that the president was not supportive enough of the students in the green revolution, but they did not really come out ...

Being asked today. what question would they ask? im posing that to our foreign policy experts who are joining me now. "new york times" correspondent elizabeth bumiller. nbcs chief foreign correspondent, richard engel and bruce rydell, former long-time cia officer now with the brookings institution. welcome, all. first to you, bruce. what questions would you want asked? i suspect from what youve been writing about that it might be pakistan. >> absolutely. pakistans the most dangerous country in t...

So they are under intense pressure and the more clear communication that you can stand with our ally in the region, israel, the better off both of us are. i think that miscommunication is causing problems and may, in fact, make israel make a decision based on their own security interests and not mutual security interests. >> congressman mike rogers, thank you very much. >> thanks, andrea. coming up, our foreign policy gurus, bruce rydell, and nbcs chief foreign correspondent, richard engel. se...

It might be willing to do which is come to the table, negotiate, potentially give up part or all of its enrichment program. that is certainly the u.s. preferred option. it can try and take the opposite approach, the extreme opposite approach, and rush towards some sort of weaponization and a nuclear capability. that would be a far more risky approach, could even inspire an israeli military strike. theres a lot of negative consequences for that scenario. or something a little bit in the middle, w...

I was covering that in geneva. first of all, isnt the issue whether the ayatollah who has sole control over nuclear decisions, really signs off on this, and speak for a moment about the fact that ahmadinejad is so much losing his power that today, he tried apparently to visit one of his former aides in prison and was denied access. >> ahmadinejad right now doesnt have very much authority at all. as you said, the revolutionary guard and its the office of the supreme leader that call the shots. th...