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Failed from the outset because he was trying to win everywhere and you cant do that. he didnt establish a center of gravity so now, based on this incredible failure, hes rewriting his narrative. >> general marks, thank you, sir. appreciate it. see you soon. >> thank you, don, for having me. mariupol is a city under siege suffering the worst attacks of vladimir putins war. next, a man that tells the story of why he went out and went back. >> people have a lot of backbone and guts in ukraine and...

>> jim -- >> a people that just will not give up. they just wont give up. >> you know, the juxtaposition of these images. here you see these citizens. thank you for letting me have a chance to see these at the same time as you are, but the juxtaposition of this with the image that we see of long-range artillery and rocket and now hypersonic fires indiscriminately going after stationary targets, hospitals, schools, apartment buildings, grocery stores. what used to be malls. simply to achieve some...

Of course people dont know how many civilians have been killed in this war, except given the wholesale slaughter, its going to be very, very high. erin. >> it certainly is. thank you very much, sam, with such an important reminder that we really dont know about the death. outfront now, spider marks and let me start with you, general marks. officials tell cnn that kherson is not as solidly in russian control. in kyiv theyre in defensive positions, not advancing and theyre moving troops into ukrai...

They need, i think that will have an impact on our leaders. in addition to that, you reported, the ukrainians havent been successful in blocking the ground effects pushing back a little bit. and now the russians using these kind of statements as we heard to provide a political cover if you will, for not focusing on the major cities anymore, and only focusing on the east, this is tremendous progress. and it is the reason while we should be pouring on the gas now and helping the ukrainians push ba...

Tore solis, who was also in afghanistan when he and his men went to attack an enemy position. they came under heavy fire when one of the soldiers he was serving with was injured. the medevac helicopter came in, solis put himself in the way to defend the helicopter himself and the men on it. when he had the chance to get on the helicopter, it would put it in danger. he signalled them to fly away. he suck come to the wounds he suffered that day. i had a chance to speak with his wife. she always to...

>> right. >> the problem is that, you know, putin enjoys tremendous support internally but if the oligarchs who he relies on for support are starting to feel the pain, then there may be some success in terms of putin choosing not to invade ukraine. but fundamentally, the united states right now should be increasing its foreign military sales. they should be doing that with anti-tank and defensive-type counter-mobility type weapon systems that send a very clear signal that the united states is in...

Hope to get from the secretary when he speaks in what should be just a few minutes time, jake. >> alex, barbara, kaitlan, stay with me. i want to bring back a retired major general. general marks, first, this moment in history, the war in afghanistan is over. 2,461 u.s. service members, thousands more american contractors, more than 20,000 american service members injured, including of course in the casualty toll the 13 u.s. service members killed last week and the 20 wounded. whats going throug...

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Thought given how we saw him sort of try to guide the country just a couple of days ago. >> and the taliban has taken control of the entire country. the military fell apart. political leadership escaped in only 11 days. that sounds like a total failure to me. general marks, the president is now admitting the u.s. withdrawal deadline could slide if they cant evacuate all americans by august 31st. so this deadline is apparently no longer a real deadline, is it? >> i think its fair to say when the ...

>> general marks, you were general flynns commanding officer at one point. you told "the new yorker" when he was under your command he was smart, humble and funny. do you recognize the michael flynn of today? i mean, everybody i talked to who knew him in iraq and elsewhere said he was a remarkable officer. >> he was a remarkable officer. this form of mike flynn i do not recognize. its more than just embarrassing. i would say mike enjoyed this incredible reputation in uniform. i was an incredible...