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Assessments it could be escalatory? i guess people want to know what does that mean? what would that mean? >> percival i believe putin is in your for the long haul. i dont think he has ever given up on what is now a likely aspirational goal. the reality he is facing that forces are not doing as well as they should be doing and certainly it is going to lead lot more engagements with this and russian forces outside of us are going to drive the casualties up. they dont have that additional capabili...

With you, the afghan intel had an effect, right? they overestimated the afghan forces capability that left the u.s. flat footed as it fell and made the withdraw that much more chaotic. did overestimating the russian military impact the u.s. and wests response to this? would they have gotten more weapons in earlier to help the ukrainians as a result? >> well, you know, the best intelligence about forces comes from u.s. service members who are there working with the forces. in the case of afghanis...

Information that it has. how do we assess it? and i think that there is certainly more that could be done. policymakers definitely made decisions on the basis of the idea that russia was going to launch this lightning strike, that it had the capability to carry out, and obviously that didnt prove to be the case. im sure that the u.s. would have approached it differently had it had different assessments. >> yeah, and by the way, you make the point, in terms of russian intent and the size of russi...

Should note on the nato discussion, turkey said they oppose the expansion to include finland and sweden. turkey also a nato member. so weigh in on that if you like. but also want to talk about earlier this week, we heard from u.s. officials in high ranking ones including at the pentagon who expressed the fear that if putin was successful in the donbas and to capture much of that territory, woe use it as a launching pad to have renewed attack across ukraine and maybe even kyiv. are you seeing tha...

Assurances to sweden and finland. that seemed like a precursor for what were now hearing from finland. so we had asked the producers to pull that reel just to give people a bit of history about how big this is. >> yeah. >> barnicle and i can remember, you can remember, im serious, the cold war, the finlandization of this country or that country. meaning they stay completely neutral, lest they have the soviets invading them. talk about how big of a deal this is. >> it is historic, no question abo...

A hypersonic missile, but it is not clear why they feel they needed them. ukrainian air defenses werent going to be much of a defense against them anyway. we think that some of this is he is sending a signal to the west that he has this capability. you need to be mindful of that, that i have this. i can use it. it could be that he is also sending a signal to the ukrainians, as well, about their prospects for further resistance. it is just not a game-change ere. it hasnt changed the face of the w...

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Expensive systemsystems. >> theyre prioritize. >> right. look, we know hes expended a lot of precision-guided missiles the last 75 days of this war. no question about that. we do see signs that he is running up against defense industrial-based problems of his own. some of the components that go into pgms, precision guided missiles, he cant get because of the sanctions and the export controls the united states and west put on him. so he has gone through a lot. hes trying to replenish. we think he...

That. so hes still couching the war in these very broad, almost strategic tones, even though from a realistic perspective, its really just a tactical fight there in the donbas. and you heard the director of national intelligence testify to this earlier this week. what we dont know is does he just focus on the donbas in the east and south and call it a day, or does he want to move elsewhere, farther, bigger goals inside ukraine? when he talks about neo-nazis and nazis in ukraine -- >> i mean, do ...

Pushing lawmakers for for a while now and really trying to show a sense of urgency and saying, if we dont get that extra money, it really hinders our ability and capability to do everything we need to do to fight this pandemic now and going into the future as well. >> m.j., the white houses new covid coordinator projected the u.s. could see 100 million new covid infections this fall and winter if congress does nothing to approve more funding. but the projection has puzzled some inside and outsid...