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Todays attack here in kyiv, obviously yesterday, five people, the death toll actually went up, when that residential building nearby a power plant was hit. and so this is sort of a two-pronged approach for russia. on the one hand really trying to just hit civilian infrastructure as much as possible, to maximize the pain particularly heading into the winter months, but also a real attempt, i think, to deal a decimating blow to morale here in ukraine. i will say, bianna, from talking to people on ...

Ultimately dictate the way other nations can anticipate or not anticipate russian aggression in the future but mrs. natos ability to defend. whats interesting in all of this, if president putins calculation was to weaken nato or expose the weakness that exists, the lack of unity, the germans not sure how they would like to respond as opposed to other nations, that its actually had the reverse effect, its had a unifying consolidating effect. were seeing stronger more unified nato coming out with ...

Maybe _ they were going to bomb or invade, maybe draw tanks up to the border where _ maybe draw tanks up to the border where i_ maybe draw tanks up to the border where i am — maybe draw tanks up to the border where i am now but it really worried people _ where i am now but it really worried peorrte and — where i am now but it really worried people and had the precise reverse effect _ people and had the precise reverse effect and — people and had the precise reverse effect and so presumably...

Residents to russia. theyre claiming a ukrainian offensive is imminent. ukraine denies that. theres no evidence of it either. pro-russian separatest leaders meanwhile have also reportedly called for military mobilizations in ukraines break away regions. cnn diplomatic editor nic robertson joins me now from moskow. lets talk about what we heard from jens stoltenberg as well. it seems they are pushing and enforcing unity in the case of whats going on with russia and ukraine. your thoughts? >> yeah...

Then suddenly, there starts to be talk that finland, like sweden, might feel happier being in nato. and immediately, russia threatens them with possible military consequences. ok, maybe they didnt mean they were going to bomb or invade, maybe they would just draw tanks up to the border, where i am now. but the fact is, it really worried people. and it had the precise reverse effect of what presumably president putin wanted. i mean, it has encouraged the finns to think about joining nato, and a m...

For all the grumbling and noises and the growls from moscow on occasions, that they could be reassured that certain rules would not be broken? absolutely. here in finland, for instance, people thought they had a really good relationship going with russia, a good trading relationships, a good political relationship, no real upsets or problems. then suddenly there starts to be talk that finland, like sweden, might feel happier being in nato. and immediately, russia threatens them with possible mil...

Future. the last two times the president has done this, theres been an increase in the price of oil about 18%. it has had the reverse effect. this will only work if the president says, okay, im going to release a million barrels a day and aggressively retool how we conduct our onshore and offshore oil and gas programs on the federal side, and im going to make sure that that has an incredibly robust production going forward as well. its going to be difficult for this administration to do it becau...

When it comes to the bright spots in the economy, but that wont -- that frustration wont necessarily change the fact that americans are struggling right now, so what would you advise if you were inside the white house? in your earlier life, you were in a who is. >> i was, wolf. and when i was in the white house, in my earlier life, it was in a previous economic crisis and one of the things that we learned very quickly was, you cant persuade people what they dont believe. we get back good jobs re...

I think its having the reverse effect. the country realizes they have a lot to hide and that they dont want us to get to the truth. well get to the truth and we have a very strong bipartisan committee right now and were going to kick it off with law enforcement, which to me is like the moral center of gravity of the whole thing because these were hundreds of our officers on the capitol force and d.c. police force who were being beaten with baseball bats and trump flags and confederate battle fla...

For much longer than it ultimately is proven to be the case. now its the reverse effect. now its preventing people from doing their jobs. theyre not dumb. they realize that until these go away, theyre better, just sticking with what they have and venturing out and losing money. what do you think? >> this is about the dignity of work. people in ohio are eager to get back to work and to better paying jobs. this is about child care breakdowns. summer camp hasnt started for most children. so forcing...