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Security. they say they have taken steps to prevent this balloon from carrying out its mission of surveillance of gathering intelligence. the president was briefed on military options. he asked for military options were told and was told by his top commanders it would not be a good idea to shoot this down, simply because of the damage it could do to people and property on the ground. remember, this thing is the size of three school busses. it is not just a balloon. it has surveillance equipment ...

Way that ukrainians are dealing with this continued real here. we mentioned before the break, the child-sized bullet proof vests that theyre scrambling to make. >> yeah, hallie, child-sized bullet proof vests, it is a gut punch even to say ukraine is a country on high alert right now. we have been talking for weeks about the possibility of the new russian offensive and the feeling in kyiv is it could begin any day now. president zelenskyy last night meeting with his top military commanders for w...

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Reconnaissance so we can learn more about their capabilities. when you put all that together, i think you have to listen to the military commanders on the ground or in this case in the air. >> if you say that the goal is to preserve the tech that theyre using, i assume your conclusion is at some point this balloon will be in u.s. custody? >> i hope so, but i cant say what the -- what the military is going to do exactly at this point. i think that, you know, lets just say its not a weather balloo...

When we learned 13 americans had died in afghanistan, and learn that in realtime. and when we first got the word that there had been a bombing outside of -- gate, at the airport in kabul. and first it seemed like maybe there wont be casualties, then there were a few casualty reports coming in, getting worse and worse and worse. it was just a horrible morning. >> are you the one who had to tell the president? >> no, i mean, we were all together in the situation room watching this tragic scene unf...

Every day, at night, sometimes twice a day. the interrogations became increasingly violent, claims konstantin. translation: during another interrogation | the colonel shot the prisoner in the arm and in the right leg, under the knee, and hit the bone. i went to the commanders and said, "the ukrainian needs to go to hospital. "hell be dead by morning from blood loss." we dressed him up in a russian uniform and took him to hospital. we told him, "dont say youre a ukrainian prisoner of war, because...

Supreme court has basically ruled against him. i mean, he will not be elected president of the united states. i asked you if that was the worst moment of your career? lets take a look at that. >> was that single most difficult moment in your public service? >> no, it was a very difficult moment. but i think the single hardest moment for me was august of last year, the situation room when we learned 13 americans had died in afghanistan, and learn that in realtime. and when we first got the word t...

Translation: during another interrogation | the colonel shot the prisoner in the arm and in the right leg, under the knee, and hit the bone. i went to the commanders and said, "the ukrainian needs to go to hospital. "hell be dead by morning from blood loss." we dressed him up in a russian uniform and took him to hospital. we told him, "dont say youre a ukrainian prisoner of war, "because either the doctors will refuse to treat you, "or the injured russian soldiers will hear you and shoot you." t...

We are in a trench with ukrainian paratroopers using aks and a u.s. supplied browning heavy machine gun. they are searching for weak spots, says the commanders. call sign ghost. they want to see if we fight back. if we show strong resistance, they dont advance. and this is what strong resistance looks like. the russians are only about 400 yards away. hidden in the snow and fog, but constantly firing at the entrenched ukrainians. the enemy uses all kinds of weapons, he says. small arms, heavy mac...

Of war being tortured. the ukrainian had a blindfold on. the colonel put a pistol to the prisoners forehead and said, "im going to count to three and then shoot you in the head." he counted and then fired just to the side of his head, on both sides. the colonel started shouting at him. isaid, "comrade, colonel, he cant hear you. youve deafened him." the interrogations became increasingly violent, claims konstantin. during another interrogation, the colonel shot the prisoner in the arm and in the...