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But it could be one possible example of that. >> the ukrainians say they have got tens of thousands of foreigners offering to come help them. russia look together chechens for support? a lot much chechen fighters have come in. and they are staging troops in belarus. they have come in from the northern border, from the belarus border. how do you think the belarus government behaving? >> its kind of a hallmark, if you will of president lukashenko of belarus. he has been president of belarus since ...

It all threatened to blow up in their faces. listen carefully. [inaudible] >> what? >> who was the middleman? >> middleman? the undercover had no idea. magdi had just asked a question that none of the investigators could answer. when magdi says, tell me who the middleman is, so i know i can trust you, that was something the undercover officers i think werent ready for. >> no. i think we all stopped breathing for about ten seconds. >> investigators had considered the possibility that magdi might ...

Trusted, somebody he knew well. >> he would have had to trust this person, yes. >> somebody who would stick up for him. >> yes. >> any thoughts on who that might be? >> i do. i do. >> there was no way to tell the undercover that, so d-money just stayed in character. >> i dont -- you know, everybody knows who the middleman was. i aint worried about that. people talking -- >> how can i trust you? >> people -- because the information that i got, player, i can go to the police, but im not. im just -...

Involvement of a middleman, they still couldnt prove it. and, as youll see, even that undercover tape could be seen through a different lens. >> who was the middleman? >> on the eve of the trial, richard and ryan got ready for the big day. their suits were pressed. they reviewed their prior statements. and they weighed the consequences of what this moment meant. >> im happy that we will get closure, but then its just sad, because its like, we lost our mom, and then in the same light, its like, w...

To work out. >> reporter: yeah, i mean, i think it clear theyre looking for a middleman to give them to instead of transferring here. there is an obvious reason for that. we heard nato saying this could be one of the things that starts a world war. this is why nato doesnt want to put a no fly zone in here. we heard from the secretary general saying he believes more lives will be saved by limiting the war here in ukraine as difficult as that is to imagine, weve been talking about these for three ...

Anthony bridget. tell me about this scheme. >> you call it a scheme. i call it a plan. >> by any name, it was an attempt to trap magdi. >> the only way anthony bridget or somebody like him commits a crime like this is some kind of gain, financial, primarily. so you develop that kind of individual and you come up with a way in which they were able to contact magdi and demand more money. >> let me holler at you for a few ticks. >> in other words, these two undercover officers posing as gang member...

>> hes playing along with them in order to be able to apprehend them. >> and so, when he says to them, just tell me the name of the middleman so i know i can trust you, hes bluffing. he doesnt really know the name of the middleman. hes just trying to get that information out of them. >> absolutely. >> lowenstein said the only thing magdi was guilty of was trying to play detective. >> remember, hes been a suspect for ten years. the police have never left their vision of him as being the suspect. ...

>> now, one month ago as this war was starting, vladimir putin said any nato nation that lends support directly to ukraine will face the possibility of russian into retaliation. so you have this game going, on, stephanie. this shell game where there is countries, a lithuania, for example, using, middleman using these groups to get the supplies to the front. again, this is how ukraine at the beginning was able to slow and stop the russian advancement. today, it seems like they are actually pushin...

If the u.s. would not have to serve as a middleman? >> other countries can make their own sovereign decisions. >> one more on the asian hate crimes. you mentioned at the top. has it been concluded if theres enough evidence to charge the shooter in atlanta with a federal hate crime? >> i couldnt speak to that from here. you have to ask doj that question. >> since the administration adopted new policies that are meant to make it easier to identify these kinds of hate crimes, can you report to any ...

Those meigs, dozens of meigs to a u.s. air base in germany and then having the u.s. deliver those to ukraine. that would draw the u.s. into a direct conflict with russia and thats what the pentagon and the u.s. government has said does not sound like a good idea tonight. >> bret: understand but poland is a member of nato, so is the u.s. how does poland drawing the jets in draw nato and the u.s. into the same war. >> again, the u.s. is not going to stand in the way of poland if it wants to allow ...