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Presumably focus on. but the strategic aim of the kremlin has not changed, according to the u.s. officials that i speak to. they just dont have the ability to seize kyiv. its basically an admission that they have failed at one of their primary objectives, their initial objectives, to seize kyiv, to overthrow the government, to create some kind of run state. theyre doing the only thing they can do, which is focus on the east and the south. but in this war of attrition, and theres a lot of people ...

Kabul and say they are in talks with the government there for a peaceful surrender. house members just wrapped up an unclassified briefing from the secretary of defense lloyd austin, secretary of state anthony blinken, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general milley who told them that the situation in afghanistan is fluid and that they are prioritizing the safety of several groups. joining me now evelyn farkas former secretary of defense for russia, ukraine and eurasia. greg whitlock for th...

Evelyn, craig and michael, thank you all very much. coming up at the top of the hour, we continue to bring the latest breaking b news out of kabul, afghanistan. keep it right here. hanistan keep it right here i may not be able to tell time, but i know what time it is. [whispering] its grilled cheese oclock. ♪ born to be wild ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ born to be wild ♪ see disneys jungle cruise. applebees and a movie, now thats eatin good in the neighborhood. dont settle for products that give you a so...

Jonathan, and it echoes something i think others have commented on looking at the macro situation saying the afghan government and the afghan people, its hard for them to have political will when they turn around and they see that the united states and the international community, but largely led by the united states, suddenly lacks political will. and that certainly was the case under the trump administration. we know that donald trump campaigned, you know, to remove the united states military ...

Air defenses on route home. the israeli pilot made it back to israel. the first time in decades an israeli jet was shot down. >> shepard: coming up, what our next guest calls the complicated politics that president trump now faces. how this weekends suspected chemical weapons attack -- and i say suspected because we cant verify it, but this suspected attack could throw a wrench in the presidents plan to bring u.s. troops home. michael ohanlan from the brookings institute is with us. cold... warm...

Daughter is doing so. thats according to the hospital and that shes no longer in critical condition. the british government says they were poisoned with the nerve agent. now shes doing better, the russian government wants to talk with her, meet with her, perhaps to figure out -- the russian government has been denying this whole time it was a nerve agent and theyre responsible for this and they demand evidence as to what the british have on this. this is simply just part of what the retaliation ...

Korean newspaper. this comes days after president trump accepted kims offer to meet. no sitting american president has ever met with a leader of north korean. lets bring in michael ohanlan. good to see you. >> thanks for having me. >> shepard: as the story goes, the president of the two presidents are talking about stuff. and saying if were going to do something, well meet. ill do it. the president said lets have a meeting. this is norm normal, is it? >> its not normal. as you pointed out, its n...

Government, the u.s. is suspending military exercises during the olympics. thats something, a suspension of those exercises that north korea has been pushing for a long time as have china and russia. the u.s. and south korea have agreed to disband them for one time and not gotten anything out of it, shep. >> shepard: thanks, rich. lets turn to michael ohanlan from the brookings instituted. he specialized in the u.s. strategy and the military forces. good to see you. >> good to see you. happy 201...

Regard to russian election meddling has not changed, end quote. that from pompeo. but the president is calling former u.s. intelligence chiefs political hacks. the stunning statements from the president coming just after trump and putin spoke briefly in vietnam. these comments coming from trump while on air force one to reporters. join meg right now, senior fellow in foreign policy at the brookings institution, michael ohanlan. michael, it was the president who said he asked again to putin and p...

To essentially ignore that issue and not have to come back to it himself. it would have been surprising if the russians wanted to raise that issue. as you point out, weve sort of now seen another contradiction that makes people very wary of this putin/trump relationship which is not nearly as above board as lets say the trump/xi relationship, which is much more diplomatically acceptable because the private conversations seem to match up with the public explanations. not so with putin and trump. ...