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Provided this assessment to nbc news, quote, we have information that indicates that some russian government senior officials likely disagreed with putins decision to invade ukraine. their disillusionment is probably amplified by the russian militaries underperformance. joining us now is todd nichols, a contributing writer at the atlantic and retired professor the u.s. naval war college. tom, what did putin know, when did you know, it and when is he going to know it question becomes fascinating....

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Staffer. thats something thats going to be tied up in court and we know it is going there in regards to the national archives records and another point in the letter gets to the main central point and the attorney said it would ill serve the country to rush to judgment. theyre up against the clock. the more its mired in the courts the slower it goes. they need to get the answers. >> harry, good faith invocation of executive privilege. what are they trying to say here? does meadows have standing?...

Privilege. which certainly does not pertain in a subsequent administration, which has actually said it wont invoke executive privilege to protect people like jeffrey clark. so he -- i think hes in a very dubious position legally, now to fall back on the fifth amendment. the chairman of the commission has said were going to ask question by question, so he cant just broadly invoke the fifth amendment against self-incrimination. he will have to invoke it question by question. and that makes it very...

A leader-to-leader dialogue and engagement, and thats what youre seeing here, and a big part of that is to make sure that we continue advancing u.s. interests so that it clearly is going to be a big component. >> for more on the putin meeting, im joined by peter baker, chief white house correspondent for "the new york times." the president will be meeting virtually with putin in a quite tense moment with the reported build-up of troops along the ukraine border. president biden has said hes expec...

We have to get to the bottom of what happened. we have to identify those who were responsible, who incited violence of the capitol of the united states to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power in america. thats pretty fundamental. so their work is critical. and we have to, as a body in the house, support every part of their effort. >> congressman. lets talk more about jeffrey clark. as you mentioned his deposition has been postponed. it will now be december 16th. comes after the committee voted...

Additional sanctions. all of these things are things putin has already weighed into his calculation. he knows what is in the toolbox for the american president, and hes decided at the moment that they dont scare him. so the question is what can biden do that would go beyond what the russians already expect in any trade-offs theyre willing to make in order to apply this pressure to ukraine. >> lets switch gears and talk about the pandemic. nearly every health adviser was out on the sunday talk sh...

The things that are occurring in the information space, as we look at whats going on in the cyber domain, it really raises our concern. we remain focused on this. we are certainly committed to helping ukraine defend its sovereign territory. >> they say theyre focused on this. i mean, how far do you expect the white house to go in helping ukraine defend that territory? what are the options they have on the table right now? >> well, thats a great question. obviously, the united states does not pla...

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