It Doesnt Take Verification News Today

>> perspective from cnn military analyst and retired army lieutenant general mark hertling. who joins us now. general hertling, you heard the president say the u.s. has, quote, not yet verified that russia has begun the withdrawal of some troops. so what did you make of that remark? wouldnt the united states know if the russian troops were really moving? we would be able to tell, yes? >> absolutely, john. and its been a roller coaster of a day since we last talked at 6:00 a.m. this morning. what...

Verify but to just see. it doesnt take verification. both satellite imagery and high flying aircraft would be able to pinpoint the movement and where these forces are going. and certainly, that intelligence feed has made its way to the president after the various members of putins cabinet said this morning that they were going to start pulling back. theyre not pulling back based on intelligence. they may be repositioning, but are they repositioning from their motor pools to attack positions? are...