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But for right now, republicans see they have the upper hand on this. its reflected in the polling among a lot of voters, and the democrats are now playing a little bit of catch-up to that. >> ariana, before you were covering congress, you covered the biden campaign, you know covid was, like, the turning point issue for him, the issue on which his political fortunes have risen and fallen in the last more than a year, feels longer. >> yeah. >> is getting past this omicron surge the key now for the...

France and germany said they would not use it for older adults, but both reversed that decision weeks later when it was shown to be highly protective. many eu countries briefly suspended its use completely over the risk of rare blood clots. a few never used it again. sirjohn bell, of oxford university, who helped bring astrazeneca on board, is scathing about what he sees as missteps by decision—makers in the eu. bad behaviourfrom both scientists and from politicians will have killed probably h...

The astrazeneca jab as quasi—ineffective in the elderly. france and germany said they would not use it for older adults, but both reversed that decision weeks later when it was shown to be highly protective. many eu countries briefly suspended its use completely over the risk of rare blood clots. a few never used it again. sirjohn bell, of oxford university, who helped bring astrazeneca on board, is scathing about what he sees as missteps by decision—makers in the eu. bad behaviourfrom both ...

We went to last week ukrainian military has shocked the world with defense of its nation but e russian army continues slow march to kyiv, time could be running out for the brave defenders. with us now military u.s. colonel daniel. i was talking to greg palkot earlier and maybe we can put up a map. he made a good point, we talked very little about small towns in the outskirts, especially in the east and the south and in the north that the russians have taken over. are these dominoes that could le...

Setbacks that you are seeing, for example, among russian troops? >> well again, we dont have perfect visibility into mr. putins planning but our assessment is that the russians have been flummoxed. they have been frustrated. they have been set back. they have been slowed by a stiff and determined ukrainian resistance. we also believe they have stumbled themselves. that they have conducted missteps. they are having sustainment problems running out of fuel, running out of food for some of their so...

Capabilities, that they are not being necessarily fully integrated. and so they -- they have made some missteps. and they are working their way through that. i want to -- i want to be clear as weve been before, that we have to be as we look at this, we have to be pragmatic. the ukrainians are fighting bravely and creatively. the russians have a significant amount of combat power applied in ukraine, and they still have some significant combat power that they have not engaged in the fight. and we ...

They have made some missteps. we have to be, as we look at this, we have to be pragmatic. the ukrainians are fighting bravely and creatively. the russians have a significant amount of combat power applied in ukraine. they still have significant combat power they have not engaged in the fight .

Russia-friendly proxy government, i think the big question then for officials here is does russia seek to maintain military forces in ukraine? does it seek to sort of occupy the country over the long-term? so that is one of the big, i think, unanswered questions going forward, michael. >> indeed. one of them. yeah. katie, at the pentagon, appreciate it. thanks so much. now, alexander is a senior fellow at the carnegie moscow center. he is with us from the russian capital, and thanks so much fo...

Problems. logistics and planning. you talked about a potential failure of intelligence to understand what they were up against in ukraine. we think thats true too, but theyre also making missteps and stumbles when it comes to just sustaining themselves and their forces. theyre running out of fuel, running out of food, so theyre having problems of their own in that regard as well. >> yet the sheer numbers, i mean, a bulldozer without an effective steering wheel can still do a lot of damage and it...

Sophisticated combined arms capabilities, theyre not being necessarily fully integrated. so they have made some missteps. and theyre working their way through that. i want to -- i want to be clear as we have been before that we have to be -- as we look at this, we have to be progmatic. the ukrainians are fighting bravely and creatively. the russians have a significant amount of combat power applied in ukraine and they still have some significant combat power that they have not engaged in the fig...