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News. lets talk first about the news we heard just before we came on air. the announcement from the white house that president biden has agreed to meet putin by a deal brokered by the french if he agrees not to invade. >> my initial reaction i went back to look at some of the appearances by this administration. and john kirby who is the spokesperson for the pentagon mentioned that they are willing to look at missile capabilities in europe. i read that is being very troubling. we should not be ne...

Senator, obviously a lot of moving parts a lot of opaqueness here, too, for the american public. i hope you can give us a better glimpse what is happening here. >> mr. putin is in charge of his own schedule. we are not. this has been going on since last march. hes continued to make this build-up. its sad to see that were offering diplomacy but not butting in as strong a position as we should be with regard to providing defensive capabilities to the ukrainians. >> senator, you mentioned last marc...

Speak. what else can we do now? we can continue the active support of ukraine and its defence capabilities, providing the european perspective, presiding the support is provided to the candidate countries, and providing specific timelines for ukraine possible membership in their alliance. we need support for the transformation of our country to create the stability and restoration funds, the land stability and restoration funds, the [and lease programme, supplying new armaments and equipment to ...

The possible fall of tf? how long in your estimation can the government of ukraine last. —— the possible fall of diaz max? and if we move to an insurgency type situation, what support can nato it then give? —— the possible fall of kyiv. lloathed support can nato it then give? -- the possible fall of kyiv.— the possible fall of kyiv. what we are seeinu the possible fall of kyiv. what we are seeing now _ the possible fall of kyiv. what we are seeing now is _ the possible fall of kyiv. wh...

Know there is fighting. in your experience over the years, an armed citizenry, how much of a problem can that realistically create for an invading force? >> well, look, the citizens are going to be overmatched in every dimension by the russian military. the firepower, the mobility, armor, artillery and so forth. the citizenry have none of those military capabilities. but what they do have is a fierce desire to defend their own country. and in -- at the end of the day, over a long period of time,...

The judge and his conversations with the attorneys, we are expected to get through all of it in about six hours or so, and then, of course, it will be sent to the jury to make a final decision in this federal trial. bianna? >> omar jimenez, thank you. we appreciate it. well, vladimir putin has ordered russian troops into eastern ukraine. now the world is wondering what is his next move? well discuss and take a look at his military capabilities. stuff. we love stuff. and theres some really grea...

More army tanks than i ever have seen. they are go to keep peace. i know him very well. very, very well. >> the former presidents comments come as the house republican leadership call putins actions reprehensible and taking a dig at the same time at the current commander in chief. sadly president biden consistently chose appeasement and his tough talk on russia was never followed by strong action. lethal aid was slow-walked, anti-air and anti-ship capabilities were never directly provided, pre-i...

Force do? >> well, provides -- obviously if its not -- deterrence gives you two things. one is the force that you are trying to put in place will deter your opponent because of its capabilities, its size, its strength and your willingness to use it. the second thing of deterrence is if that incredible step doesnt work youve got a capability to start killing a bunch of bad guys. you can crush some people. so increasing that presence bolsters nato. it makes nato feel like we are going to be unifie...

Russia might have access to our critical systems. and we know that they have the capabilities to disrupt and destroy their systems because weve seen the series of attacks they pulled out on ukraine over the previous few years. the attack that keeps me up at night was an attack by russian hackers that dismantled the safety locks at a petrochemical plant in saudi arabia. its clear that they have the capabilities, in some cases, they might have the access, what we have not had so far is the geopoli...

Donbas region in eastern ukraine. thats going for car kyiv, the major city you just talked about in northeast ukraine and perhaps going for kyiv and large swaths of territory throughout the country. that defense official saying some 80% of russian troops are in forward positions, some just five kilometers or three miles from the border, some a little farther away depending on the capability. russia has basically all the options, all the capabilities it needs on the edge of ukraine, thats land, a...