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Folks to stay indoors tonight into thursday morning because they just dont know, jose. >> and general, im just wondering your thoughts as we go into month six of the invasion. you know, the russian armed forces have been shown to be completely disastrous. how do you see this war going on and going forward, general? >> well, one hopes over time the russian militarys capability is going to continue to crumble. their tremendous manpower shortage is no question. maybe 30,000 killed in action on part...

Election in great part because of the fatigue around donald trump. the desire just to have something fresh and something new is, perhaps, the democrats greatest asset that donald trump was running. >> a lot of these folks have to ride along with whatever he is doing at this point. there are some folks in the party, liz cheney most prominently, you have chris christie and various other figures who say they want to cut into his political coalition to stop him from running, to block him from becomi...

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Africa. they are believed to be the strongest militant group allied to the al-qaeda group. they control much of central and southern somalia. they have carried out attacks even recentlyjust along the border with somalia and ethiopia. this government initiative, the new president, i would say this was one of his top priorities dealing with this militant group, but this shows this militant group, but this shows this attack shows the strength, the capabilities of the al—shabab group that it will ...

About a large counteroffensive or a large-scale counteroffensive by ukrainian forces. i dont see that happening any time soon, because i dont think the ukrainian army, from what i used to see over there, dated for sure, but i still dont think they have the capability to conduct a large-scale counteroffensive. but they will continue to strike, continue to atrit, and do a lot of smaller scale counterattacks, which will drive the russians crazy. in kherson province and other places in the south. it...

>> sure. >> in using precise military doctrinal language, a lot of people talk about a large counteroffensive or large scale counteroffensive by ukrainian forces. i dont see that happening anytime soon because i dont think that the ukrainian army from what i used to see over there dated for sure, but i still dont think that they have the capability to conduct a large scale counteroffensive. but they will continue to strike, continue to attrit as they have done and potentially do a lot of smaller...

Known as himars. ive spoken to you and other, and they describe it as a potential game changer for the fight in the east. the accuracy, the mobility, the ability to strike behind russian lines, ammo depots, et cetera. i wonder in your view how big of a game changer, and could it be a parallel to the effect we saw for instance of those javelin anti-tank missiles that they had in the early stages of the invasion? >> yeah, himars were to phase two as the javelins were to phase one. but id say if we...

Shelling around europes largest nuclear plant around zaporizhzhia. we saw similar circumstances around chernobyl earlier in the war. are you concerned that this is deliberate by russia, that it is in their interest to cause something as severe as a nuclear accident here? >> absolutely. theres a lot of experts who say the zaporizhzhia power plant is certainly dissimilar to what we saw at chernobyl. but its still a nuclear power plant. it still has six reyak fors with nuclear rods. it still has th...

To see this open warfare shelling in and around what is europes nuclear power plant at zaporizhzhia. we saw similar circumstances around chernobyl earlier in the war. are you concerned that this is deliberate by russia, right, that they might calculate it is in their interests to cause something as severe as a nuclear accident here? >> yeah, absolutely. i mean, there is a lot of experts who say the zaporizhzhia power plant is certainly dissimilar to what we saw at chernobyl, but it is still a nu...

Against russian forces. ukraine using it very well to hit command posts, logistic ce center and posts. the defense official says they have use what had thaef very effectively and this has been one of the key weapons. in materials of what else is going in, there are a number of smaller 105 millimeter howitzers going in, more anti-tank weapons such as javelins. for the first time, toe missiles slightly a longer range anti-tank missiles. theres also an emphasis here on a new capability and that is ...