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Officials are now reporting that russian soldiers short on weapons and morale have been refusing to carry out orders sabotaging their own equipment and reportedly accidentally shot down one of their own planes. all of that part of why it appears there is little hope that these peace talks which will resume on friday will produce any significant progress trace griff jenkins, again, back to you in moments. my friend. with the ukrainian war now in its fifth week. questions are being asked on capito...

Regrouping, takes a step, back in and lashes back out from a position of weakness to regain strength. >> let me ask you about that crippled russian economy, because we, and our european allies, have been passing more and more, what we think, are crippling economic sanctions. when you look at the russian ruble, its bouncing back. what does that tell you, one? >> i think its dangerous to look at the ruble day-to-day, and uses a measuring stick for effectiveness of sanctions. for a couple of reason...

The scenes coming out of mariupol and elsewhere are horrible and the coming weeks will continue to be very difficult but in many ways putin has already lost. farfrom being the far—sighted manipulator of events that he would have us believe, putin has damaged himself through a series of catastrophic misjudgments. he has failed to recognise how deeply the notions of sovereignty, democracy and national identity have taken root in ukraine. like all authoritarians, he allowed himself to be misled a...

On russia. and many people want them to. more banks being cut off from swift. more sanctions on russian oil and gas. so well see if we are in an escalatory spiral on that. >> of the many surprises vladimir putin has experienced the last six-plus weeks, it has to be the rise of president zelenskyy as a global icon of freedom. a global icon of defiance. we want to put up a calendar here. just in the last month, in march, president zelenskyy has spoken to parliaments and legislatures around the wor...

Airport workers subsequently tested positive. two days later, thousands of tourists visiting the central chinese city crowded together to watch live shows. its believed some of those attending had been infected traveling through nanjing and cases surfaced in major cities and have since spread to others. as of tuesday, the virus has been detected in 16 provinces across china. this is the biggest test and puts into question the effectiveness of chinese made vaccines against variants like delta. th...

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1913. or resign. or possibly, he promises not run for re-election, and has an orchestrated time out the door. but his own lieutenant governor today denounced his behavior. >> youre making a very good point. but its not like what we see with the presidential impeachment. you dont stay in office and when they decide. he has to temp rorarily step ase until they figure out what to do, and if they decide to conflict him, he mains governor. but if they do, he is already gone. >> this is not looking go...

Expect from him on a motor these days you because of your mill long military expertise. tell me about that distinction in more row where were seeing these ukrainian troops who, going into this thing doesnt look like they were equipped to take on one of the largest armies in the world, but the morale of these trips seem to be different from the morale of the ukrainian troops. tell me how that plays out monochrome rounding troops. >> morale is not to be underestimated in the military unit. it can ...

Dr. fauci says we should be prepared for annual covid boosters and back in the fall you wrote wed likely be good after the third shot. how are you feeling today? do you think an annual booster could be in our future? >> well, heres the problem, erica. the mrna technology may not be holding up as well in terms of boosters as we originally hoped. you know, i remember saying to you, you know, its not going to be one and done and two and done but could be three and done and i believed at the time bu...

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