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Democratic, western minded and modern ukraine, that is like a skeleton hanging that might grab you by the ankles if you let your foot drift too far off the edge of the bed at night. and yes, it is true, russia -- russian president vladimir putin has delusions about being a new czar and remaking the russian empire and reconstituting the ussr. fine. but also, outside of the fairytale books, he also just cannot let any country near him work. work in a way that may indicate to the russian people tha...

Would not be surprised to see people in russia start to question his delusions. >> do you think this is what might be called cornered rat problem? actually, if you corner the wrath, he or she will just become more savage and do things that, in other circumstances, would be unimaginable? >> yes. thats true. and were seeing it already. so, multiple rocket launches are firing on civilian populations, apartment buildings as cities. and missile strikes on civilian targets and cities. aircraft. there ...

Russians could travel freely and the west, could do business. the economy was relatively free. it was not like a communist type of situation, and yet right now, were going back to that with the russian economy in tatters, in collapse, and why? this is all the fault of vladimir putin. this is all these mad dreams of glory that this dictator has to reassemble the russian empire. this is madness, and of course the people of ukraine are paying the highest price for putins delusions, but the people o...

0liver statement so far seem to indicate that is the case. speaking about ukraine, denying its nationhood, denying its sovereign status, denying that the ukrainian people even exist. all of this has echoes of hit their speeches and actions in world war ii so it is really quite extraordinary. now the sanctions, the various levels of sanctions, the various levels of sanctions are no longer about deterrence, they are about crippling the russian military machine and the russian economy, about reduci...

Same black space, the cornered space that he may be feeling. >> its interesting. thats the real question. ive heard reports indicating that, theres only about maybe two or three people that are fully, knew the plans and all this stuff. do you think there are people who can get to him? >> well, well see. apparently some are getting to him. he is hearing things he doesnt want to hear which is why he made that speech. but look. lets have no delusions about this. thats not a democracy. putin came in...

That the ukrainians would welcome them with open arms. those are delusions. and putin clearly holds some of them personally. when you have nuclear weapons, its particularly dangerous to have them in the hands of a leader like that. we can only hope that if he doubles down and makes a decision that he might use nuclear weapons that those around him finally will say sir, that is enough. that is extremely dangerous, or that if he actually orders one, that the russian military will refuse, to say th...

Term confrontation with russia. >> what is the message that vladimir putin absorbs watching a hastily called nato meeting? >> that everybody is ganging up against him, which is the exact thing he was trying to avoid, right? going into this war, all he kept talking about was the indivisibility, he gets a say alongside nato. now the absolute opposite is happening. nato is unified against him, shutting him out, punishing him. >> does it change anything to him, though? does he change anything about ...

That he has seen. as time wears on and supplies become more limited, how are people holding up? >> first, it was a clear defiance, clear desire of our nation to remain free and independent and democratic and committed to our own future that we decided upon. now all of the thousands killed in mariupol, at least 20,000 dead, theres a desire for justice and vengeance on those that have destroyed my generations chance at a peaceful ukraine and a peaceful future that well decide upon in our own way. ...

We cannot take it seriously. weve gotta dismiss that and do the business that the united states had set out to do. >> all right. we will leave it there, gentlemen. jason beers, lead peter baker and jeremy bash, thank you. coming up, democrats are calling on clarence thomas to resign, or at least recuse himself over his wifes delusions and pressure to campaign to overturn the 2020 election. republicans? they say not so fast. later, the brutal fight for the surrounded city of mariupol. more on the...

No to nato, i would be the most happiest person in the world, unfortunately i think putin wants more. and we shouldnt have elusions about that. because that number of killed people that he already committed and that crimes and ruined infrastructure of ukraine, i think hes just enjoying to see that someone is so suffering and that the cities are simply -- almost dont exist anymore. so i think it goes beyond the nato question. but, of course, nato is one of the key elements that really can help to...