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Good morning to you, benjamin. >> good morning, shannon. if you were to sum up the day, you would have to say here in ukraine, its been a mixed bag. on the one hand, speaking to commanders on the ground, ukrainian forces are doing a remarkable job of keeping back the russian juggernaut here in the capital city. theyre knocking out the tanks and keeping the soldiers back. at the same time, vladimir putins forces are shelling indiscriminately, not able to get in close, theyre using long-range arti...

War criminals including those commanders in the field. i hope they have to pay for their actions. congressman, thanks so much. >> thanks, brian. >> brian: senator tim scott on the first day of ketanji brown jackson confirmation hearings but first we are closing in on hunter biden. could that be in fact the case and if you are closing in on hunter. what about joe? that story straight ahead. ♪ im mark and i live in vero beach, florida. my wife and i have three children. ruthann and i like to hik...

The partisans and other resistance. this is equivalent of the french in world war ii who are finding every diabolically creative way to make life difficult for the russians. jam go their frequencies, changing road signs, or actually picking off the fuel trucks. in 40-mile convoy to exacerbate the logistical challenges that russia is already experiencing. so this is going to be a tremendous showdown in kyiv. and again, i dont know how long the russian soldiers can keep at this. if you think of th...

Psychological _ they will not believe that? it is psychological state _ they will not believe that? it 3 psychological state where people block the information, theyjust dont want to believe it, it is too painful. i think that is happening to a lot of the russian audience. what is going to get them to change their mind, it is the reality of the war coming back, stories of the russian soldiers which are by no means in a position by russian commanders to survive in this war, and their stories, san...

Them with no guarantee theyre going to increase their rate doesnt seem like the right decision. >> are you concerned they wont maximize the use of the planes if they get them? are you confident they can fly these polish migs? >> i havebeen told they know how to fly them. theyve been trained by the united states. with respect to any other reservations, we didnt hear those from president zelenskyy, so we ought to be resourcing him and his commanders to what they feel like they need in order to get...

The worlds powers, by institutions, the international atomic energy agency is watching very closely from vienna. watching what is happening at chernobyl, where there is concern that staff were not being allowed to rotate. there was concern the plant would shut down, concern about leaks. the same thing with another plant, the biggest in europe. all of these are being watched closely. but in this kind of a fast—moving war with many indiscriminate attacks, there is always the worry about some kin...

Peter: thats a great point in you mentioned escalation but it is desperation from vladimir putin he did not perform the way they were supposed to you asked about troops on the ground there is interesting reporting the last couple of days about troops saying we are not told that the targets are we are told it is a column of tanks and then our job is to drop the bombs. they are not smart bombs we dont know where they are landing so we blame it on the commanders. russian reconnaissance and pilots h...

Stop these horrific attacks on ukrainian civilians and not have to pay the price for doing it. mike: so the russian people are not the enemy, its vladimir putin. are you struck by the struggles of the russian military cracks most would have thought they wouldve had an easier time. >> so, after russias invasion of georgia in 2008, they drew a lot of lessons about hybrid warfare and embarked on at least what they thought was a modernization program, but it hasnt really gone that well and reminds m...

>> we know quite a bit, being very careful at all stages of this about overstating the russian problems. thats because were quite surprised to find ourselves in the position where they seem so great. i think theres two big consequences. first, you can see the russian commanders are very nervous about trying to take ukrainian cities. what we were expecting was forms of urban welfare before this time, and it just hasnt happened. i dont think theyve got the troops that can go into these well-defend...

♪ >> martha: as vladimir putin wages war in ukraine, hes also facing fierce resistance at home. military mothers accusing him of using their children as cannon fodder. now ukrainian president zelensky sending a message to russian troops invading his country. >> you can still save yourselves if you just go home. dont believe your commanders that say that you have a chance in ukraine. nothing but prison and death awaits you here. youre taking our lives and youll pay with yours. >> martha: presid...