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They are there if necessary at the same time not expecting any change in the biden administrations posture about not sending u.s. troops into ukraine. defense officials i speak with say no matter what, even as weve heard about this accelerated deployment of russian troops and particularly russian capabilities in the past few days, there still is no plan for u.s. military to move in. instead, they are continuing to focus on urging any americans who are still in ukraine to get out. we saw the u.s....

Have gone up to assessing, there are approximately or more than 148,000 troops in total ground air and sea from the russian armed forces, poised near that border region. that brings it more in line. we have president biden said, yesterday, it was 150,000 there. so it seems they have got the same intel on that issue. >> the question, perhaps not yet if theyre on the same page, 150,000, were aware, we saw the pictures of the various capabilities, do ukrainian officials say at some point in the nea...

Attention. >> you know what im looking for? after the game, getting down to business on some real fairness in the nfl. we will talk about that another time. >> thats right. work to do that. joining me is christel knight, former republican representative joe walshe of illinois. joe, lets start with the conflict between ukraine and russia. this morning, defense department press secretary john kirby had this to say about an imminent attack. >> what we are seeing in plain sight, continued accumula...

It. now we know that hes going in and hes going in on such and such a date. but again, i would go back to what we continue to see him build there. its not just the combined arms capabilities, its the ability to sustain these troops in the field for a period of time. so even as he has added combat capability, hes also added logistics and sustainment capability. in other words, the ability to keep them in the field for longer and longer periods of time. so its -- its a whole list of things were lo...

Russian messaging has been that they have somehow pulled troops back. they may have moved some force around, but the u.s. assessment is they each added to their capabilities. so the president is still quite concerned about the delicate position that the u.s. is in right now and the of course western allies in nato. and so there are a lot of worries about what could trip this off. of course weve seen reports today of shelling at a kindergarten in ukraine. is that the kind of activity that could t...

Around all this. but clearly, the request for additional military, which includes a whole host of capabilities, primarily stuff that they dont have in suffi sufficient numbers, anti-tank capabilities and mobility and counter mobility and barrier type materials, they dont have that in sufficient detail and it is a little bit late also, when you look at that laundry list, to ask for chemical, biological, nuclear redirection and remediation. they certainly need this capability. but, again, what the...

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Risk of becoming a target of russian cyber attack. infrastructure would be the area of greatest concern, power plant and water treatment facilities here in the united states. by the companies have been called on to make sure. >> would exercise maximum government authorities to mandate this. we know will work closely with the private sector to rapidly respond and recover. >> officials advised theres no credible threats to the u.s. home and at this time but intelligence agents have identified russ...

Message that his attempts to break up n.a.t.o. and the eu, back fired because n.a.t.o. is pulling closer together in their response to this and in their approach and their method-- or the message back to russia. i think were going to see more and more readiness. youve seen multiple n.a.t.o. send aircraft to the forward area and were sending aircraft to the forward area and what he said in the two letters, its happening and i expect to see more in terms of that. griff: what we see, even a lesser ...

Without getting into specific numbers, hes well north over 100,000 and it continues to grow. whats important is not just the numbers, its the capabilities and what we see is that he is really putting in place robust -- what we would call combined arms capabilities in belarus and along that border with ukraine and russia. that means not just infantry or tracked vehicles but artillery and long-range fires and air and missile defense as well as special operations. he has a full suite available to h...