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Members in the military, really dont have a strong sense of how many young russians are being lost on the fronts, here. this is a conscript army, there are professional soldiers leading the charge, but there are also a lot of young men who have been conscripted, and a lot of where it russian families at home, thinking about what is happening to them. yasmin? >> raf, just thinking, youre always find it fascinating, and you are always watching the local television there, because we tend to learn s...

One of the things in terms of researching my book was covering the military reform thats taken place in russia between 2008 and 2020. russia has professionalised its military, its battle hardened, it is no longer a conscript army. it is modernised with modern weapons and theyre ready also financially. i want to bring you up—to—date with other news from around the world now. an international investigation by reporters into the banking giant, credit suisse, appears to show that its accounts he...

Pace. its interestingly here, at the moscow bureau, we have been watching russian state television, theres a lot on there trying to link the ukrainian government to the cia, to neo-nazis. weather is not as any detailed information that, as an ordinary russian citizen you would want to know. and one gaping hole is that there are no official numbers on how many russians servicemen have been killed in this war so far. the russian army is partly a conscript army, there are a lot of young men who hav...

This. >> john: quick, we are running out of time. we have satellite pictures up of the convoy, the 40-mile long convoy, these look like transport vehicles, not combat vehicles. this satellite image they look more like they are probably fuel tanker trucks. why are they bottled up and how soon do you think they could get moving? >> they could get moving at any time. they are going very slowly. they have run out of fuel and in fact, we have reports that some russian soldiers are puncturing their ta...

That is russia is planning to deploy up to 1,000 more mercenaries into the country and is planning to bombard cities into submission. joining us is john mclaughlin, a former acting director of the cia and now a distinguished practitioner at merrill center of johns hopkins school of advanced international studies. good to see you. so lets start with that influx of mercenaries first. what does it mean for this conflict? who are they? >> well, these are private contractors, although they do have a ...

Anyway. jon: the ukrainians got some in training from the united states and others. here is what retired army lieutenant lirks am collins has to say. >> ukraines military in 2014 was decrepit. they learned from 8 years of fighting in donbas that the speed of warfare in the 21st century is too fast. it requires a trained military to do that. if you have a conscript army like the russians do you wont be able to initiate at that tactical level. jon: do you agree? the russian army is to heavy and no...

A much much more than anything else was that their own army was packed with dissidents the huge demonstration outside the pentagon in one nine hundred seventy two when marines u.s. marines and their ex marines retired and some serving ones in their uniforms on their crutches discomforting in trowing them medals over the fence at the pentagon and chanting a slogan which must have brought fear into the hearts of the hierarchy there ho ho ho cim in the end the left is going to win. that was the las...

Questions about myeshia, the widow of la david johnson. i want to pick up where we left off. we were talking about john mccain who did not name the president by name but talked about this divide among americans some who were able to get out of being drafted in vietnam, others like him who went. >> well, he didnt do it by name but identified him by his bone spurs as it were. as weve recently been reminded by the ken burns series, it was a perfect storm hit during vietnam. the baby boom generation...

Talksks about the israeli secury system coming out i have been there a number of times, they do a great job there, but do you give up significant liberties in israel.be you get your car checked, youo have just stepped outside. certain things that im not sure americans and people in the u.k. will want to give up. >> i agree, definitely a changey or a comfort zone that needs to be reached in order to be able to adapt to the types of liberties, if you will that you are giving up to be able to assim...

Everybody talks about the israeli security system. and it is great. they do a great job there, but you give up significant liberties in israel. you go to the mall, you get your trunk checked, car checked, you have to step outside. certain things that im not sure americans and the people in the u.k. will want to give up. >> i agree, definitely a change or a comfort zone that needs to be reached in order to be able to adapt to the types of liberties, if you will that you are giving up to be able t...