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Hes worked on counter-terrorism and intelligence for 35 years. and he was gathering intelligence just until today. he just returned from ukraine. where you are getting a sense from talking to people, and looking at military capabilities, what was going to happen. what is your sense of having this coming back from there now? >> its a terrible fact, that literally everything that we saw, over the last month, has played out precisely as we thought it was going to play out. we saw precisely the rout...

Have all the capabilities required for a truly effective battalion, so, all the deficits that we have in terms of both equipment and troops, were inviting our partners from nato to join so we can have a really effective battle group on the ground — but this is the first time that bulgaria has decided not to be just a consumer of security, but to be a constructive member and actually putting its own troops as part of the whole nato force. right, but... so, i think this is as clear... right. sor...

Peng. brianna. >> thank you for that report. >> as long as she is doing these interviews with people watching over her shoulder, its hard to know what to make of it. much more coming up. new this morning, a crucial day of diplomacy. tprepbs president macron is to meet with putin. he is optimistic it will happen. russia has 70% of military capabilities in place for a full-scale invasion. k kyiv could see up to 50,000 deaths. president biden will meet with the new german chancellor olaf schultz....

Turning now to overseas, the white house is warning that russia could launch an attack on ukraine any day now. national security adviser jake sullivan said yesterday any conflict would come at a quote enormous human cost but adds that the u.s. and its allies are ready to response to any contingency. >> were in a window where something could happen, that is a military escalation, an invasion of ukraine could happen at any time. we believe that the russians have put in place the capabilities to mo...

Russian announcement with some skepticism. in effect saying, we want to see it to believe it. i will tell you this as well, that the most recent u.s. intelligence assessment as of last night was that russian forces were moving forward, not back into combat positions and they now have 105 known as baal yan tactical groups, a russian combat unit with all the capabilities necessary to wage war from armor to infinity to intelligence units. so, it is still a highly-capable force along that border and...

That announcement to his people. satellite shows a huge russian presence around ukraine, and tank regiments along the north and west. pentagon press secretary will hold a briefing at the pentagon this hour, and says american intelligence suggested the buildup of russian troops is only growing. >> just over the course of the weekend he added more force and capability to the border of ukraine and belarus and the maritime readiness he established in the black sea and elsewhere and in the med as wel...

Down a military path here. should he choose to invade again, he is doing all the things you would expect him to do to make sure hes ready for that option or options. >> theres no indication, for example, that what they have called exercises have ended in any way or are changing in any way? >> i want to be careful to characterize another nations characterizes. we have seen them conduct the exercises in recent days, and exercises are designed to get you ready. thats my point. he continues to do th...

Providing intelligence for the same purpose. and make no mistake, the united states will defend every inch of nato territory with the full force of american power. an attack against one nato country is an attack against all of us. the united states commitment to article five is sacrosanct. already ive sent additional us forces to bolster natos eastern flank. several allies have also announced capabilities to ensure deterrence a along natos eastern flank. we also conduct military exercise with ou...

So those forces can go take some very significant objectives. whether in donbas or elsewhere in ukraine. if putin wants to occupy, if he wants to control all of ukraine, he doesnt have sufficient forces. that would take upwards of 800,000 forces. that is based on the population, size and what type of force you would need to occupy that country with those people. he has 150,000. they can do a lot of damage. they can break a lot of things. but hes not going to have a completely controlled ukraine....

Equipment within miles of ukraines border. u.s. officials tell cnn about 50% of russian forces are now in attack position. what does this tell you about how soon they can invade? >> they could invade any time now. look at your watch. they can invade in five minutes. the forces there. the capabilities are there. the long-range strike capabilities were this to be a full fledged invasion are in position to start an operation right now. those forces in the donbas region, russians have been in the do...