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Well stay in touch. with us to share important insights retired major general, the author of "hunting the caliphate." grateful for your time today. i want to start with the idea russia puts out one defense ministry showing some troops pulling back, perhaps -- perhaps -- nato has plenty of assets in the region to keep an eye on this. what is happening from u.s. military command post to essentially put vladimir putins words to the test? >> good afternoon, john. its slightly encouraging that russ...

Biggest raid in syria since 2019, to kill the leader of isis. his background is a mystery. his birthplace and birth date unclear. he was in u.s. detention in 2008 before he was turned over to the iraqis and at some point released. in march 2020, the state department labeled him as specially designated global terrorist, with a $10 million reward. >> he was responsible for the recent brutal attack in a prison in northeast syria holding isis fighters. he was the driving force of the genocide of the...

March 2020 the state department labeled him he was designated a global terrorist with a $10 million award. >> he was responsible for a recent brutal attack on a prison in northeast syria. holding isis fighters. the driving force behind the genocide of the people. in north western iraq. in 2014. >> he never left the floor except to bathe on the roof. early december, intelligence officials believe they had pinpointed his location and biden authorized the operation. the white house called his death...

Hunting the caliphate. so important to have your expertise here. help us understand what a military invasion might look like. you heard freds report. the troops are there. the military vehicles are there, but you say they still dont have enough for a full takeover, at least at this point. >> good morning, laura and christine. they have capability and president putin has several options. the force which ranges somewhere between 150 and 190,000 troops surrounds ukraine on three sides. again, the r...

Russian signature as 400 missile defenses. tim again, thats the reason, some of these exercises, including one thats going on in the black sea, that the ukrainian government has fiercely protested, saying its tied to a naval blockade of marion pole and odessa. thats one of the reasons why these u.s. personnel and citizens are being told to leave the country. lindsey. >> thank you both for starting us off with the latest developments. and for some more insight and analysis, we are now joined by m...

Usual here at the white house so far this morning. and ill note that weve reached out to the vice presidents team to see how involved she is with this, who she has been talking to. but we havent heard back. harris. >> harris: such a valid question to ask. that was the person they sent in place of secretary blinken when he had the scurry to the u.n. when the russian federation president was speaking. he sent kamala harris to munich. what calls can she be making today? peter doocy, thank you. well...

Former cia chief of operations and retired army major general and author of hunting the caliphate. let me start with you. you heard fred pleitgen over the border from the two break-away republics. i can see the images he had, the massive tanks along those dirt, muddy roads, he saw the massive military presence along that border. what do you think when you see his report? >> good evening, erin. its very concerning. its great that the russians are going to reenforce the two break away provinces of...

♪ o canada ♪ we stand. >> jesse: scary stuff. thankfully trudeau fought back. first, he froze their money. then, he targeted those who funded their terrorist activities and froze their assets. then, he rooted out terrorist sympathizers in their secret fox holes and their coffee shops. >> time for you to leave. >> i cant even go down there for coffee. >> go. >> if you dont leave right now you will be arrested. do you understand me? >> come here again, it will be different. >> take your camera...

Author of "the caliphate." general, help me with what you see vladimir putin doing. i caught this shop with his top two generals. they didnt look thrilled to be there. he didnt look thrilled for them to be there either. i wonder what you think is going on inside russia. >> good afternoon, neil. obviously the russian forces have lost operational momentum. what i believe vladimir putin and his generals are going to try to do is regain that operational momentum and initiative. what they didnt expec...

General picard, the author of "hunting the caliphate." general petard, first of all, if we could get your assessment of how putins forces are performing and how does this bode for ukraine, specifically odesa and kyiv? >> good afternoon, arthel. so far, as has been reported, the russian forces started off slow, certainly awkward and undisciplined. and hay did not reach their, the objectives that they initially intended to reach in a timely manner. so now many theyre resorting to brute force, to s...