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moved. immediate test for the new king as the uk starts a week-long bid g g goodbye to quen elizabeth ii. >> plus, russia is already striking back. >> and now the campaign stretch. primary season ends tuesday, opening an eight-week sprint to election day. well break down the midterm fight for control of congress. we begin, though, in scotland. as the united kingdom opens a week long farewell to queen elizabeth and as her son takes over the monarch. members of scotland paying their fina...

>> lets go to barbara starr live at the pentagon. one of the reasons for success, the ukrainians say, this is ministry of defense video, these new higher tech u.s. weapons. hot is the state of play in terms of pentagon perspective in terms of how well the ukrainians are doing and what is next? >> the real question is what does happen next. there is a lot of caution here at the pentagon. about $14 billion in u.s. military assistance has already gone to ukraine, just on friday, more than $600 mill...

Vivid picture of the tragedy of whats happening in ukraine right now. >> its true. i cant even name them all. bombs were falling around the area. its just extraordinary and lester holt, of course. president zelenskyy is still calling on the west to close the skies. slamming the west as well. you know this so well. from a pentagon perspective. that is a suicide mission to fly fighter jets into russian s-400s that are going to be shooting them down and there are better ways to do it with stingers ...

Extensive and will haunt them both. >> i do, however, think that president xi is unsettled by what he has seen transpired in the last 15 days in ukraine. i dont think they had anticipated that the russian military was going to prove largely ineffective so far. i think they are worried about reputational damage and i think they are worried about the wider economic consequences. >> for now beijing has sided with putin. bret? >> bret: jennifer, where do things stand regarding the polish mig 29 ukra...

With vladimir putin next move? >> we watch as closely as we can. there are limits to how much we can know about his daily decision making and how hes organized people around him. as the president said, there is a limit to what we can know about that, but we are watching as closely as we can. i can tell you from the pentagon perspective, we have tried on numerous occasions in recent days and weeks to reach out to our counterparts, the minister of defense, chairman of the joint chief equivalent in...

Owner has said the crew of the ship dont believe that the ship was hit by a mine but instead hit by a projectile. youre right. as far as the video is concerned. the iranians have not made any sort of statement as to whether or not its valid or as to whether or not what connection can be seen on that video. however, what were seeing is from irans foreign ministry. they are throwing the ball back from the u.s. they say its the americans fanning the flames here in the region. youre right. specifica...

Held a phone conversation with president xi jinping of china underscoring his hope that china will do more to help de-escalate tensions as the united nations prepares to hold an emergency security council meeting later this afternoon. our diplomatic analyst retired rear admiral john kirby joins me now, keep occur pentagon hat on for me first. whats different today now that they have seen this latest test, now that their greatest fears are realized, the escalation, improvement in the north korean...