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>> jesse: we have to get chinese assistance on that side and we havent seen that so far. all right, thank you so much senator lindsey graham. >> thank you. >> jesse: lets turn to lieutenant colonel daniel davis defense priority senior fellow. you just heard the senator. he thinks with the weapons we sent fight to a stalemate we might not see a hostage situation at the capital of kyiv with zelenskyy being forced to either, i dont know, either be killed or negotiate. do you see that happening with...

Intellect. and thats the angle. joining me now is daniel davis, a senior fellow at defense priority. lieutenant colonel davis, there are only a few people and the media actually raising any questions about the practical reality here. political defense reporter aske on twitter who are the ukrainia pilots that will fly them. do we know their capabilities? i ask you, do we know that answer tonight? >> we dont, there is so many questions we dont know. man, i agreed with everything you just said. you...

Fight for their freedom. >> jesse: we will see how it plays out. senator lindsey graham, thanks for joining us. >> thank you. >> jesse: for 15 years putin has proved that he was willing to do whatever was necessary to stop nato from coming anywhere near his border. he has made slow advances towards ukraine over the years to try to prevent nato from advancing there. so, what could have been done to avoid getting to this point? you heard the last interview. lets ask lieutenant colonel daniel davis...

>> that night the kremlins blunt force hits another target around mykolaiv. moskow may be losing ground here but does all it can to crush and stifle what it cannot have. nick paten walsh, cnn, ukraine. >> for analysis im now joined by lieutenant colonel daniel l. davis. hes a retired u.s. army officer and senior fellow and military expert at the defense prioritys think tank. so difficult to really look at military strategy when we see the devastation there among civilians. i mean, lets deal firs...

The ukraine military hit back against russian navy near the port. they destroyed a russian landing ship able to carry up to 20 tanks for 40 armored personnel carriers damaged and forced two similar ships out of the port entirely. a huge blow to the russian naval effort. the russians have total dominant over the sea has evolved, cracks are starting to show. ukrainian forces starting to take back towns in the north and now this are the tides turning against the russians? lieutenant colonel daniel ...

In asia at risk. this puts our nuclear deterrent at risk. its a major development and we have to address it and do it fast. >> martha: what was the trump administration doing to address this threat? >> as national security adviser, chinese and russian hypersonics. the russians have a similar system. that was my number 1 defense priority, getting us in the game. the u.s. used to lead in hypersonics. the obama administration shut down the program. the russians and chinese raced ahead of us. so the...

Resetting access codes for an additional 40 million users, meaning 90 million people will have to log back on if they want to access their accounts. mike? mike: my guess is mr. zuckerberg will be getting called back to cam toll hill -- capitol hill soon. jeff paul, thank you very much. molly: a firmer u.s. military commitment in syria could be in the works. president trump is backing military plans to keep a military presence there until iran leaves the war-torn country. earlier this month, the ...

Not only a leader, he was a warm person that would support his friends, that would comfort them in difficult moments that he could feel as a true friend and this is something i will never forget. >> kofi annan is survived by his wife and three children. funeral arrangements have not yet been announced. tehran is not backing down in the face of are you newed u.s. sanctions. countrys defense minister says its already ready to reveal a new fighter jet. this video from last year shows some of the ...

But lets get to the top story. ebony. ebony: and retired lieutenant general davis a senior fellow military expert for defense priority. thank you. theres a lot of questions certainly at this point.very early in the investigation. let me start with something that you pointed out. which is a silver lining here, despite the uncertainty around what we know so far, something that we do know is that we had immediate response from the us, north american defense command within minutes they were able to ...

Army lieutenant colonel danielle davis. he is also senior fellow and military expert at defense priority. thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having to request thing of the mission here was a complete success by all of their measures. also had recent budgets for ministration and congress that will report many more dollars, billions more into the united states military and armed forces. do you think that those dollars are paying off what we are seeing in this situation? >> in anything righ...