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Because the ukrainian forces have stood up to his forces well, and he has no choice but to either fight or give up. and so, therefore, we dont think hes gonna give up, hes gonna fight this thing and break this thing out until he gets to somewhere where he could either have some kind of off ramp. right now, i dont see that off from, but on predicting we wont see that off ramp. so we are where we are. but hes in it for the long term, to try and make something good out of something bad here. >> so,...

We thought it could take kyiv in four days, and it didnt happen. he thought it could take the donbas by a day, that did not happen. so now, hes gonna look at this thing, and there is no easy answers for him. his troops are underperforming, and he has no easy way out here. and so, he is preparing for the long term in this fight, simply because the ukrainian forces have stood up to his forces well, and he has no choice but to either fight or give up. and so, therefore, we dont think hes gonna give...

And so, hes preparing for the long-term in this fight, simply because the ukrainian forces have stood up to his forces well and he has no choice but either to fight or give up. and so therefore we dont think hes going to give up that hes going to fight this thing and grind this thing out until he gets to somewhere where he can either have some type of off ramp. right now i dont see that off ramp. i dont think anyone sees that off ramp. and so we are or we are but hes in it for the long term to t...

Congress, the white house is preparing for a shortage of vaccines for the fall. that could happen around the same time. it warns up to 100 million americans could get infected. right now the white house wants to make sure theres no shortage of military equipment for ukraine. president biden just signed a bill that will help ukraine get the weapons it needs to fight russia. in ukraine, russia is stepping up its assault on the strategic port of odessa and that steel plant in mariupol. without an...

But theres something else here that white house is starting to slowly talk about behind closed doors for a few days. now, we had the president say out loud yesterday, what happens next? president biden at a fundraiser outside of d.c. last night talked about the state of the war. ill quote this now. he said that putin is a very calculating man, and the problem the president now worries about is that the russian leader, quote, doesnt have a way out right now. and im trying to figure out what we do...

Information space they live in. thejob is to be information space they live in. the job is to be less secure, their ability to and to enjoy their ability to and to enjoy their lives as they had been able to until the past few months will be significantly reduced and i think that will add to significant pressure for president putin.— president putin. very briefly because i— president putin. very briefly because i do _ president putin. very briefly because i do want _ president putin. very bri...

Getting from those fighters is that they need more heavy artillery. you know, the javelin missiles are important, but if youre going to break the siege of mariupol, you need serious cannons and more serious firepower, which is starting to arrive in ukraine, but not enough to break that siege. >> im just wondering if, indeed, mariupol does fall to russian hands, russian control in its entirety, what do you think this would mean for -- and what weight would it have on zelenskyy? >> i think he woul...

Perhaps, where there is a two state solution. i know that the u.s. is not interested in anything like. that we are trying to do whatever the ukrainians are wanting to do. at the end of the day, this is their war. we are just supporting them. between war crimes, the rapes, the devastation, the calls and saber rattling, in terms of scaring the world of nuclear threat, in my mind, the only off ran for him should be at the international criminal court. but he may think should be the off ramp is a so...

About that. wars everywhere are heartbreaking. as we look at the continued shelling in the donbas region, this war has clearly not gone the way that vladimir putin likely anticipated that it would. it is dragged out for months now. whats does an off ramp for vladimir putin look like at this point? is he looking at this like he does not need an off ramp? at his mind, he is winning and it is just gonna take a longer time. >> i hate to try to be a psychologist or a therapist and look into putins mi...

Certainly can. ukrainians can win, they do need what the foreign minister said, they need the heavy weapons now. the lighter weapons that they used successfully north of kyiv, great in the forest. but we are now on step, we are now on planes, we are now in kansas. they need heavy weapons, long distance weapons and they need it now. they are anticipating the big thrust and the big push from the russians across donbas. so the foreign minister is exactly right. and they cant win if they get those w...