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Nuclear weapons could be a question on the table. so you have to take all of those factors into consideration. but it is very clear that u.s. officials are watching this space incredibly closely. >> and you make a good point there. that they have not -- the u.s. has not yet in public comments detected preparations or movements of nuclear forces. it is the capability that theyre watching. thanks to both of you. still ahead, as floridians face the enormous task of recovering and rebuilding from ...

Area to provide spot generation. that is just one example of what were doing and get ready the last few days. >> a lot of folks in the area do not have access to clean drinking water. what kind of safety challenges does this pose to communities? >> i think right after a storm, its not uncommon that you have the power out. thats a safety issue. but wastewater treatment facilities tend to go down. you may have trouble with potable water systems. spaoert tease to provide advice from what we have se...

To a russian basic training outfit. what i saw there was a lack of qualification on weapons, no first aid training, treatment of new recruits in a horrible way, poor food, terrible leadership. this is just reminiscent of all this. and these are mobilized individuals. these are guys who havent been serving for a while. so they not only got those kind of -- that kind of training when they first came in, but its been probably years since they actually served in a unit. so those skills deteriorate. ...

Countries to do it covertly, it has demonstrated intent that i described in my book on page 14, and finally nord stream pipeline was no longer revenue producing capability for them because nord stream 2 never became operational because german engineer refused to certify it as punishment for putin for waging war on ukraine. nord stream 1, the russians shut down in august baz arkansas because they claim sanctions prevented them from repairing the pipeline and they had no use of it in the short ter...

And its a thin one is that in 38 days, the midterms will bring in majorities. but republicans havent shown in the past the capability of providing that check or holding people accountable, maybe theyll change. its a scary place. rachel: pete, it wont reverse the fact that because weve enticed ukraine with nato membership and basically have this war now in front of us, we have an alliance between china -- weve pushed china and russia together. that influence is elmore up and downing into our hemi...

Countries to do that. im not a fan of the chinese communist party. its clear someone did this. the only people in the region who had the motive and the capability to do it are russian or russian forces. to me its not an intelligence matter at this point, its a common sense matter. >> senator, were pretty much out of time. i have to ask you about venezuela, seven americans wrong le detained there are coming home in a prisoner swap. the u.s. released two prisoners in exchange for those seven. your...

Things like logistical stores and command and control, thats taking away -- taken away significant capability from the russians. thats also changed the dynamics and created an opportunity for the ukrainians to maneuver. so what were seeing now is a change in the battlefield dynamics. theyve done very well in the kharkiv area, and moved to take advantage of opportunities. the fight in the kherson region is going a it will slower, but theyre making progress. so theyre getting the right things and ...

Capability to do it. i doubt seriously the chinese are not involved in it. im not a fan of the chinese communist party. its clear someone did this. the only people in the region who had the motive and the capability to do it are russian or ruks forces. to me its not an intelligence matter at this point, its a common sense matter. >> senator, were pretty much out of time. i have to ask you about venezuela, seven americans coming home in a prisoner swap. the u.s. released two prisoners in exchange...

Everything to help the affected regions to recover. >> so we prepositioned the largest amount of search and rescue assets that we have ever put in place before, putting together federal family, fema, coast guard, department of interior and department of defense to complement the already robust capability that florida already had in place. >> the responsibility for the recovery just doesnt fall on the federal government. >> we havent had a whole lot of request but we stand ready to help. we do ha...

To helping taiwan develop the capability to defend itself. and that work has gone on over time and will continue into the future. >> but as you said, mr. secretary, in a very diplomatic answer, the taiwan relations act commits the united states to help taiwan defend itself. president biden said the united states will defend taiwan. these are two different things with enormous implications. the president has clearly said he wants the second. is the american military prepared to do that? >> the am...