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Manpower, supported by huge quantities of artillery, but im not sure russia can continue to do that. and i think all the indications are that the winter offensives which, as you say, have been extraordinarily attritional, the sort of battles around bakhmut and the like, are casualties on a scale which would be recognisable by any veteran who had thought through the somme or passchendaele or verdun in the first world war, they appear to be culminating. and the more russia fires its expendable man...

Are casualties on a scale which would be recognisable by any veteran who had thought through the somme or passchendaele or verdun in the first world war, they appear to be culminating. and the more russia fires its expendable manpower against the ukrainians, yes, the ukrainians are suffering and, yes, theyre taking heavy casualties, but i dont think the russians can continue indefinitely. to the lay observer, russian tactics dont seem to have evolved very much since the second world war — i me...

Extraordinarily attritional, the sort of battles around bakhmut and the like, casualties on a scale which would be recognisable by any veteran who had thought through passchendaele or verdun in the first world war, they appear to be culminating, and the more russia fires its expendable manpower against the ukrainians, yes, the ukrainians are suffering and yes, they are taking heavy casualties, but i dont think the russians can continue indefinitely. to the lay observer, russian tactics dont seem...

Extraordinarily attritional, the sort of battle is around bakhmut, and the like, casualties on a scale which would be recognisable by any veteran who had thought through walls, they appear to be culminating, and the more russia fires its expendable manpower against the ukrainians, yes, the ukrainians are suffering and yes, they are taking heavy count, but i dont think the russians can continue indefinitely. to the lay observer, russian tactics dont seem to have evolved much since the second worl...

Can continue to do that and i think all the _ can continue to do that and i think all the indications are that the winter— all the indications are that the winter offensives, which as you say have ireen— winter offensives, which as you say have been extraordinarily attritional, the sort of battle is around — attritional, the sort of battle is around bakhmut, and the like, casualties— around bakhmut, and the like, casualties on a scale which would be recognisable by any veteran who had th...

It was that they were starting to get murdered, he himself was allegedly being paid by foreign governments in secret. i only know what i read in the spy books and what i read in the indictments. but from a national security perspective, this seems very bad. it also seems very, very unusual. joining us now is someone who really does know these things, and not just from spy novels. mary mccord served as the national top official at the department of justice. she is an executive director for the in...

Dealing, somebody who is not an expert and a lay observer, the dictionary definition of somebody using their public position, their access to government resources, potentially even their actions as government officials, to set themselves up for private gain. is that fair? in terms. laymans understanding of that. and as an extension of that, is this potentially illegal behavior? >> well, that was obviously one of the top questions we were asking ourselves, rachel, as david kirk dlpatrick and i re...

January 6th are not subject to executive privilege. thats basically everything that they ask ivanka trump for. and the other thing that jumps out to me is theyre putting ivanka trump in a really difficult position by laying out all of this evidence. we know what evidence they have and we know how relevant and important her testimony is. so, if she is going to refuse to testify, based on some fictional reason, she looks a lot worse because its very clear that shes an important witness. strategica...

Control of the national security council in the past, thank you for being with us. >> thank you rachel. >> i realize it was a provocative comparison in talking about iran, talking about north korea. and global fears about nations like that getting access to nuclear nations, comparing a nuclear armed nations to those rogue states. but its a provocative claim to make. that said, russia is in effect acting as a rogue state now while referencing its access to nuclear weapons in a way that makes it s...

Like melissa slotkin representing honestly red districts that are very suburban, hard to hold onto, and you would have trouble finding a person from nadlers district who would see the same way as just about anyone for melissa slotkins district. >> you know, ramesh, there was a time when the republican base would get frustrated, you havent done enough for obama. what is play observer on the other side. you have seen a republican base revolt on its own party. >> so we have already reached this sit...