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That these exercises - are purely defensive in nature and do not threaten anyone. a much different message here in munich. us and nato allies shoulder to shoulder, condemning what they call russian aggression. no wonder russias foreign minister stayed away this year. i think president putin has been a little bit surprised. at the way that nato has come together, the european union has come together. we have come together individually, as partners, institutionally. either way, whichever path pres...

Ensure alliance unity. so i think that this face, what we call phase zero before the shooting starts, which is really the most consequential phase sometimes in a war. this phase zero of information, and misinformation, and counter misinformation, i think the united states is exactly right. i think we have done two things with respect to intelligence. number one, we have been very quick to classify intelligence, and call out the regime intentions of the kremlin. and second, as we have seen, they ...

That play into. this the big take away from russia gate is what i have been saying for five years. i have been covering that story since we first started it to understand what was happening. as i said from the beginning this is not simply a political scandal. no matter what you think about donald trump, we are watching a national security disaster unfold and thats what we have right now. look at what has happened. we have the national security adviser to the president of the united states who wa...

Important. and i would like to say that i had breakfast in the morning in ukraine and i will have my dinner in ukraine as well. i never leave home for long. >> all right. leapts talk about all of this. joining me right now, retired army major general, james marks, and aaron david miller, a cnn global affairs analyst and former middle east negotiator for the u.s. state department. good to see both of you. >> thanks, fred. >> general marks, whats your reaction to what were hearing from president z...

Definitive characterization to date of russias intentions, what makes the president so sure in what sort of diplomat, efforts remain on going? >> reporter: i think what makes them so sure, john is the intelligence, and the president citing the capability they have earlier there when he was speaking with reporters just briefly on this but what were hearing from source as really what the president says today matches and lines up with what they have been seeing and reading in the intelligence theyv...

Demonstrate the sense of the mag any tooulday of the moment hes. is nato going to fracture or hold together under this incredible stress? and by the way, what does it look like going forward? they may respond in the moment. they, nato, might respond in the moment. what does it look like going forward, though? and also the fact hes in munich, my view is he should be back home in kyiv and should be standing firm. he could have a platform from kyiv that allows him to have the same voice that he has...

President here is to find a way to describe to the american people what is at stake, to put more american resources into this in terms of military equipment, personnel and so forth, bolstering the eastern flank. again, not u.s. personnel inside ukraine but trying to support our partners and allies who are in nato who could become vulnerable depending on what spill-over there could be. always in war there are the unintended consequences and it is not clear exactly how far vladimir putin wants to ...

That language might be sliced but it might be significant and softer too. is it? >> we have been saying for weeks now that mr. putin continued to add to his capabilities and give himself options. we said it could happen any day now. we have been consistent about that. some of this is in plain sight. you can see it through commissioner satellite imagery. he continues to uncoil his forces and make them ready to strike at any moment. i dont think we are hammering over individual pieces of rhetoric ...

Biden. biden not going toe to toe with putin they. he getting run over by putin. this president has showed weakness for last year thats why we are in the mess we are in right now. im afraid the damage has already been done. >> sandra: complete coverage this hour. we begin team coverage here in starting trey he live for us in achieve. which is nighttime now. trey whats latest from where you are? >> john good afternoon today russian law makers approved request by president putin to use military fo...

Government not always intention of get us. leftover of those intentions i worked on capitol hill. the majority of the jobs on capitol hill is r. to fix the mess created by good intentions. we need to be able to get ahead of that. maybe even like russia all these things that effect our lives. >> steve: sounds like the truckers are headed to washington march 1st for the state of the union. >> i watched over the top and if any of them are like civilityster stallone those are big dudes. >> steve: ri...