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Mentioned. the russell assault on ukraine. were getting a clear picture of putins strategy. i want to bring into people who can help us understand whats going on. retired u.s. army jack jacobs. recipient of the medal of honor. treacy war door, also joining us. former cia officer and fbi special agent. thank you both. ill start with you, colonel jack. we are on the four here, colonel jack. day three, at least by the reports that we have watched, not necessarily what vladimir putin wanted, colonel...

Much for joining us. please stay safe. joining us now is retired army crew on msnbc military analyst, jack jacobs and joel -- served as deputy secretary of state in the obama administration, gentlemen, thank you so much. colonel jack, i will start with you, your assessment at where this invasion stands militarily today and your assessment of the calls for a no fly zone, no military expert, but i feel that any idea of a no fly zone would require a direct military confrontation with russia aircraf...

Russians against nato and the united states and especially not nuclear forces. >> our colonel, we are out of time but i greatly appreciate your insights on this. we will be talking to you again i am sure in the coming days. thank you for all of you at home for joining us, for this hour, msnbcs breaking news coverage of the russian invasion of ukraine continues after the short break, dont go anywhere. anywhere mething epic! so were giving every business, our best deals on every iphone - including...

Something that i cant imagine, you know, as jack will say, theres no rational reason for him to do that, but putting aside that for a moment, can the intelligence community assess what his goals are? if we can understand what his goals are theres a way potential as president biden has done a fabulous job of deescalating situation. i would say that there is a blind spot perhaps but i think that that doesnt mean that there is not assessments and we dont have good intelligence about what his specif...

I do not think that he thought assistants would come as quickly as it did. tracy walder, former cia officer and fbi special agent. colonel jack jacobs, thank you so much for starting us off. now well go to moscow where embassies ross sanchez is standing by. rolf, one of the questions -- were discussing some of the dynamics are in the conference itself. but theres also the issue of how russians are reacting to now before and where it is arcing in terms of protests. and now in terms of discomfort....

Shouldnt be trying to understand what hes doing because if we understand what hes doing we can meet it and essentially deescalate and move back. youre right, what is his goal? it doesnt make any sense. from our standpoint there is no rational reason for him to have done this. he gains absolutely nothing and in the long run this may be the end of putin. look at the soviets in afghanistan. there is a long history, the sino russia war, leading to the end of its leadership. >> play that out for me, ...

Americans be worried about nuclear war? >> now. >> that was a no from president biden. answering when asked if americans should be worried about nuclear war. joining us now is retired united states marine corps to colonel. colonel, thank you so much for joining us this evening. it is great to see you again. we are short on time unfortunately. but are you worried, should we be worried and what should we do next about the threat of nuclear war? >> the true answer is no, as the president said. the ...

Are growing over vladimir putins mental state. according to the hill experts analysis, lawmakers and even administration officials have speculated that putins isolation during covid has raised his paranoia, while u.s. officials tell nbc news there is no intelligence to indicate that hes mentally unstable, they acknowledge that putin has displayed a different pattern of behavior from the past. colonel jack jacobs and in a yeed jamali are back with me. you know vladimir putin is one of the most st...

The russians were supposed to conduct a shock and awe campaign, destroy a command control, air bases, defense, air force. that did not happen. >> with me now is nbc military analyst jack jacobs, a retired colonel and recipient of a metal. colonel jack, always good to see you. give me reassessment out the gate if you well, how you see these first 20 for the 36 hours. of the military operation playing out. from what you understand, in terms of the russian strategy, russias capabilities, and how th...

Ukrainians soldiers to work towards this. i think in terms of intelligence on the ground, in terms of what putins movements next might be, were really relying mostly on our easternmost flank of our nato allies. which are pullen, estonia, to really give us as much realtime information as possible. in terms of intelligence. >> colonel jack, we just got the news in the last 24 hours first, of all, germany now offering mid-terry help. this in addition to other eu countries. the united states offerin...