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One of the main thing we have to look at here, if you are the operational commanders or commanders deal with this. you cant pigeon hole your mind. everybody thinks the subway car is the actual and final target. im not sure of that. im not sure its the final target. maybe it is. maybe its not. this may be a busted event. in other words, this guy may have been going somewhere else. he may have been going to manhattan to arrive in the early morning 9:00, which have a plethora of targets. and as we ...

They are looking for a u-haul connected to the shooting. they have not said how its connected. but a u-haul van. they have an arizona license plate al 31408 that they say is connected. emails were detectives. they should take extreme precaution in attempting to stop it. again, they say if the van is unoccupied to notify commanders. if its occupied, officers should take extreme care. if it is unoccupied, go to another officer and call it in. andrew mccabe still with us. your reaction to now this ...

>> at least 16 russian commanders, four lieutenant colonels, five commanders, seven generals have been killed in this war, according to ukrainian sources. is that an unusually high number? and what does it say? >> well, for a western military, it would be an unusually high number. i also think its high for the russian military. now the russian military has a bit of a different philosophy when it comes to putting their troops and their officers out front, especially their commanding officers. the...

Field commander, alexander alexander dvornikov, his track record in particular, dropping barrels filled with chlorine, specializing in a scorched earth policy. it seems clear that putin has appointed a war criminal to take command of this war now here in ukraine and an already brutal conflict is about to get a lot worse. how does that play into a nay 9 deadline for russia to claim some sort of victory? >> well, john, good to be with you again. this is a clear -- going for broke at this point. to...

February 24. all the fighting will take place in his area of operation so the russians overplay it and probably we are as well in terms of the significance of what this is. hes been in this fight from the very beginning and he is better than the other military district commanders based on the assessments for the best guy thats available that has been involved for some time and behaving according to russian doctrine and will continue to pummel the civilian population. steve: do you think we are a...

Hes certainly doing his job as a wartime leader. >> no doubt. and lieutenant general of moscow just reportedly appointed a new war leader to take over operations in ukraine. a general with a history of targeting civilians. what does this apparently say about russias strategy? >> well, of course, general dvornikov does come with a reputation from his time in syria, jose. the thing that it says most of all is that the russians, theyre brutal, theyre medieval, but theyre not stupid. and fixing thei...

February 24. all the fighting will take place in his area of operation so the russians overplay it and probably we are as well in terms of the significance of what this is. hes been in this fight from the very beginning and he is better than the other military district commanders based on the assessments for the best guy thats available that has been involved for some time and behaving according to russian doctrine and will continue to pummel the civilian population. steve: do you think we are a...

February 24. all the fighting will take place in his area of operation so the russians overplay it and probably we are as well in terms of the significance of what this is. hes been in this fight from the very beginning and he is better than the other military district commanders based on the assessments for the best guy thats available that has been involved for some time and behaving according to russian doctrine and will continue to pummel the civilian population. steve: do you think we are a...

Ranks. and that very fact shows that the russian military believes that it needs these kinds of officers to lead their troops at the tactical level. it shows a lack of planning on their part, and it also shows an inability to use and trust their subordinate commanders. and that very fact makes it i think very difficult for them to continue these kinds of assaults. theyll do it. theyll continue to move forward, but at extremely high cost to their major -- to the main officers that they have, espe...

He going to be able to do what other commanders have not done? >> just take a look at him. this is an old cold warrior who fought in syria 2015 on. but hes in for a big surprise. going up against ukraine with their combat experience and intelligence and fierce determination is not like fighting isis in syria from russia bases on the mediterranean. he will apply air power very hard but i think hes in for a big shock at how hard ukraine will fight back. >> john: the entire world is in for a shock ...