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Old and many were hand me downs when the poles received them. fighters, especially older ones, require considerable maintenancer as well as an insured pipeline of spare partsr and munitionse . ukraines capability to sustain those extra aircraftseuk is unclear. so asking how soviet era migs will hold up against newer russian jets with advanced avionics and defensive capabilities is an entirely rational question. why is the establish so afraid to answer it? why are they afraid even to allow the qu...

The mental health of course there but also here at home so what can we do about it? let me bring in doctor at nyu, medical center and aboard certified psychiatrist and someone who has worked and led the program impacted by 9/11. it is good to see you. explain how traumas split life in this distinct before and after and the long-term impact that can have. >> kris, great to see you, it is so difficult, we know trauma chips away and erodes our moral, our sense of safety and competent and capability...

Establish a no-fly zone over ukraine. the chair of the foreign affairs committee has been on the hill testifying about russian aggression and baltic security. i want to start on the issue of a no-fly zone. you have parliaments in all throw of those countries who come out in favor of it. whats the politics behind that and whats your belief in whether or not this should or could be put in place? >> first of all, we are parliamentary democracies. and this is actually a call from our people. not jus...

Attacks around kyiv, stepping up attacks in other city. the city of mariupol sitting a brutal assault. where do things stand right now where you are? >> well, alicia, earlier the russians hit ukrainian airfield south of kyiv, and now, the russian troops have amassed emma around 10 to 15 miles outside of kyiv. and by all accounts, the bulk of the russian troops that are in this country are now on the outskirts of the capital. and of course, the fear, the concern, is that theyre going to try to la...

Supreme court nomination that i think you will be talk about later tonight. it appears that ketanji brown-jackson could be headed for confirmation soon. >> rob, i saw three that caught my eye. lieutenant general russell honoré, irregular on our air, send this tweet out. where he rice, ive observed over the last few days experts contributors, basically giving opinions on why the russian attacks are successful. please stop it. youre telling russian high command we need to be fixed. okay, to my si...

>> i refer you to the pentagon for precise casualty figures. we believe it numbers in the thousands but it is a necessarily imprecise analysis from our part to be able to get that number down to the precise figure, so i would refer you over to the pentagon for that. >> the president said yesterday cyber warfare capability has been [inaudible] administration sources have told us multi-phased plan to target infrastructure -- two weeks prior to 21 u.s. energy companies targeted by hackers, also l.n...

Alliance led my america needs to deter any russian attack into nato, air defense, missile systems to protect nato territory from russia missile attack and also conventional troops suitably equipped for 21st century warfare. but with a combined arms capability to make it clear to putin that the risk of any incursion is not worth taking. >> martha: you think that those elements are a deterrent to him using these other forms of warfare that are so scary? >> they would be if theyre in place. you hav...

Attack on a water plant, there is that story for months or years ago with an attempted manipulation of a chemical -- they could have poisoned the water supply, exactly. what are the chances of russians unleashing something like that in a water facility or energy plant here now? >> are not sure the chances are, they absolutely have the capability, vladimir has to way that. i equate russia like in eminent, hard and crunchy on the outside but soft and chewy on the inside. great technically, dan, we...

Of missiles in combat. james bosbotinis is an independent specialist in defence and international affairs. he told us more about these types of missiles. the kinzhal is an air launched ballistic missile. it can travel at speeds up to ten times the speed of sound and has a range of about 2,000 kilometres. its designed to provide precision strike capability against both targets on land and at sea. it entered service in late 2017 and this is its combat debut. the speed of the kinzhal puts it beyond...

You sat on the foreign relations committee. it was said that a key city is being reduced to ashes. what more can the west do to help ukraine hold on? >> well, there are ongoing efforts right now, pretty considerable, to see nato joining together to make sure ukraine has more of the capability thats they need to defend against this horrific effort by putin amounts to me to war crimes, it amounts to me to im sure, the ugliest time of invasion of which we saw during world war ii. so im grateful. i ...