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today. joining us now is nbc news gabe gutierrez at the white house. raf sanchez in tel aviv. also with us is retired general barry mccaffrey, former gulf war division commander and nbc news military analyst. gabe what do we know about the pauses? >> reporter: hi there, jose, good morning. news on several fronts here. a short time ago, we heard from the national security council spokesperson admiral john kirby an he said four-hour humanitarian pauses each day, three-hour warning would ...

So theyre in a very tough spot. they have extended the tours of their conscripts that would have ended in april, the one year service conscripts, to longer. obviously, a terrible effect on morale, and then bringing in the new conscripts on early so they have an awful lot of challenges but also have an awful lot of fighter power so the ukrainians have extraordinary determination, motivation, actual skill, resourcefulness and so forth, and heart. and the russians have a great deal of artillery, ro...

But not enough to allow us to demand, necessarily, a complete replacement of the assad regime. maybe we can get him to go into exile and the family stay in place and share power down the road. that would take some goodie employee macy. >>jonathan: the bottom line, michael, the genie was out of the bottle but the crackdown has worked. assad is winning? >>guest: im afraid so. i agree with your military analysis. it doesnt mean this is the final stage of the battle. and there are ways to imagine if...