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That are coming in to ukraine and so theyre using these longer range missiles and cruise missiles to take it out. but i think we have got to talk about, for a moment, the capabilities of the russians. yes, theyre doing a lousy job, but theres no indication at this point that theyre going to stop. >> thats for sure. general, thank you. ambassador, great to see you. really appreciate it. cnns breaking news coverage continues with "inside politics" right now. hello, and welcome to "inside polit...

Country. this is legitimate self-defense under u.n. international law. so why not give them whatever capabilities they need to be able to stop this massive shelling by artillery, by missiles, and by aircraft. its just seems to me to be a little more can be done to really help try to turn the tide. because i think a putin win is not just bad for ukraine, it is very bad for the united states and nato if he takes over ukraine fully. >> i want to ask you, congresswoman liz cheney today calling russi...

Firepower. insurance question, rather than firepower-— firepower. that is quite a bleak ruestion firepower. that is quite a bleak question to _ firepower. that is quite a bleak question to consider. _ firepower. that is quite a bleak question to consider. mariupol| firepower. that is quite a bleak- question to consider. mariupol has a secret that strategic significance, but kyiv, the capital has got symbolic importance to putin. do you think that russia will be able to take that? t think that ...

Ukraine, on the nato borders. >> absolutely. in some, ways it is surprise like that this hasnt happened earlier. because, obviously, as we are now entering daily 18 of a conflict that russia thought they could season two days, they are getting bogged down. they are trying to end the supply lines. this is a major, major move to say, look, we are not going to stand for humanitarian and, certainly, lethal military equipment, to continue to flow from the west into for your cranium forces. this is wh...

Fast-moving situation. our assessment we feel is that they really need anti-tank capabilities and assets. they need ethings like stingers, javelins. those type of whipens are what wood be most useful in this moment. so, thats the focus. the u.s. has provided a tremendous amount of assistance. in fact, this year weve provided about a billion dollars in assistance, lethal support for ukraine. at this point were in constant contact and will continue assessing. where weve landed as of now is focusin...

Russias unprovoked, unwarranted, pre-meditated invasion. and nato, and the european union, the chair in office this year, poland is doing vital work to respond to this crisis. its hosted an increased nato presence. its supported the robust eu sanctions against russia. and it has done a great deal to facilitate security assistance to ukraine. as nato allies, defense cooperation between poland and the united states, i think its safe to say is closer than its ever been. since january 30th, the unit...

>> but thats exactly why we have implemented the biggest portion of collective defense since the cold war. we now have hundreds of thousands of nato troops on heightened alert across the alliance. we have 100,000 u.s. troops in europe and it has increased several thousand just in the last few weeks. we have more than 40,000 troops on the direct nato command supported by significant air and naval capabilities. so this is what to do to make sure theres no attack on any nato ally countries. of cour...

American people. and, frankly, the majority of the group, globe. the question is how. >> to add what "outnumbered" was saying, the wall street editorial page wrote a piece on what the u.s. can do in terms of covert capabilities. we can unleash those with a presidential finding. and our covert operations could help special forces with expertise in sabotage, they can use unmanned drones to attack these vehicle convoys. they are ripe for the use of unmanned drones. vladimir putin is not going to st...

5 to 11 should anticipate their child may need a booster dose and get their kids vaccinated. >> reporter: if you were a betting person, dr. walensky, would you think that we are likely to have more variants or is it just impossible to say? >> it is impossible to say. we can decrease our chances by getting more and more people vaccinated. >> reporter: just a year ago the cdc had insufficient data and sequencing capabilities now it says its ramped up genetic sequencing to help detect new variants....

Stronger than chernobyl, it will cover all europe and we have to prevent that. and thats why nato with no—fly zones and additional air defence capabilities must go into ukraine and provide ukraine with them. let me come to you, because i think youve got a comment on this? we can now see that i the russian army is not as strong as we believed. the morale is not good, i they have poor equipment, so that i do not think _ they would have the capacity to come and fight our countries. so, do you agr...