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Which is the side of the fiercest fighting of the war so far. what kind of a risk is he taking by getting on a plane, traveling halfway around the world, to the united states, the personal risk for him, and also the risk being gone from his country for any period of time? >> i think its going to be a quick trip for president zelenskyy. i think the risk is minimal. hes got a battle-tested chain of command over there. hes got hard fighting troops. theyre doing their best. this is a window of oppor...

But if you want to make history, you gotta call your own shots. we going to the league! ukrainian civilians fleeing the country to try to find a chance at safety from russian bombings. poland says it has already received 1 million refugees as the crisis is only just beginning. cnn reporters covering the latest. >> im scott mclean on the polish border in ukraine where yet another round of bombing and shelling in the country is sending people fleeing to get out. poland says now more than 1 milli...

Theyre also going to be used to shoot at civilians if necessary. >> do the russians have what it takes to occupy kyiv if they want to? >> thats a good question. theyve got a long history of occupying after bitter, hard fighting. stalingrad in 1942, grozny, they helped out in aleppo. that is a war -- that is an urban combat fight that takes a lot of troops and you have to have a lot of spine because youre going to take a lot of casualties. the ukrainians, if they fight the city combat well, can t...

Sam. >> thats absolutely right. they said two things had combined together to precipitate this exodus from zap reyes yeah, about an hours drive from where im standing, a similar level of anxiety is beginning to grip dnipro. there are sirens going on at the moment. thats an almost all-day daily occurrence. it was, first of all, the attack on this nuclear power station, the biggest in europe. six reactors plus a storage area for used rods. a highly dangerous thing to do. never in the history of hu...

He also wants the south, which would mean that he would have to fight for mariupol all the way to kirsten through odesa. so pretty ambitious. when you take a look at the ukrainians, they have done a fabulous job defeating the russians. however, hard fighting, in my view, has not happened yet. the russians are used to fighting in the donbas. they have russian separatists there, groups down there, other separatists are down there. i think they will experience a hard fight. it will be critical for ...

President trump has made a major mistake to change it so ive properly. i hope however he will at least keep the remainder of the forces where they are even if we are not allowing these this limited operation by turkey in the very north of the country. >> theres been a lot of discussion about how allies would receive this move on part of the united states and i like to hear your thoughts on that. >> i agree with the criticism, this is a group of kurdish fighters that helped us defeat isis. theres...

>> yeah, i remember that really well. >> with sexual assault, when you have that level of a fighter that youre going up against that really will do everything and anything, this primary should be tough. because they need to -- this is the minor leagues before the world series. >> so, had i read to you what was in the "national review" okay, about what it takes, a fear of direct confrontation with trudge and his base leads his opponents to hope that trump can be defeated without hard fighting. th...

The gym and buying wine during work hours. >> i saw that. has this guy done anything as a ag? they are totally helping insurance companies but not us. >> i dont necessarily always agree with claire mccaskill but she works hard fighting against terrorists and those town halls. >> and shes not one of those crazy democrats, she works right in the middle and finds compromise. >> especially when it comes to protecting things here in missouri. >> sean: at the people of missouri know this. she is no mo...

America from foreign entanglements. as you saw in afghanistan some places we just have to be present. unfortunately if were not there they would devolve into another safe haven for terror. you mention pakistan. the incoming prime minister is a taliban apologist and thats a problem for the united states. i think afghanistan is a theater that the white house is going to have to focus a lot more attention on in the coming weeks and months. >> bill: a violent week in afghanistan by the taliban in so...

In kansas. we need it. the state to have it get new blood and new ideas. >> lisa: you are a national security expert. whats the biggest challenge we face as a country? >> ari: the rise of china and threat to the global order that russia and china pose. i am less concerned what small regional powers like iran and saudi arabia. i am concerned about big powers like russia and china or india. go back to start with -- what happened in 1914 and 1939. small powers misbehaving is a problem. you have to ...