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Ukrainian forces have been battling kremlin backed rebels since 2014 and this area is a battleground. more shelling in the last few seconds. troops here are aware of president putins decision to recognise the separatist republics. they say, for them, it changes nothing. they have not received any new orders. they will carry on as normal. they they will carry on as normal. they they will state their positions defending their motherland whether or not russian troops come. they insist that they hav...

Levine, whose specialties are China and Russia, provided some historical background on the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Vladimir putin, who, whatever his many faults, has no intention of invading western europe. vladimir putin does not want belgium. he just wants to keep his western border secure. thats why he doesnt want ukraine to join nato. and that makes sense. >> so, in response, chess champion, pro-democracy activist and putin crit, gary kasparov argues that tucker carlsons embrace of kremlin talking points speaks volumes. he writes, quote, why would a flal-wrapped nationalist like tucker carlson take putin...

State and of course been rejecting fundamental conclusions of the intelligence community by in large the community has got its nose down is doing its job and is serving its purpose and done coats is leading them i think a loss of dan coats would be a problem unless they replace him with a non-political career person like his current deputy sue gordon. if they bring in someone who is highly political and partisan, its a huge problem. >> general, this is a dni lets not forget listen to the preside...

Sides about the quote unquote deep state by and large the community has its nose down and serving its purpose and dan coats has been ably leading them. a loss of dan coats would be ea problem unless they replace him with a career person like his current deputy, sue gordon. but it they bring in somebody highly partisan, i think its a huge problem. >> lets not forget listened to the president take putins word over his and lets not forget a dni who learned in public for andrea mitchell who we both ...

Its also consistent. weve seen on several occasions whether its poland, trumps take on why the soviet union went into afghanistan, many other occasions weve seen him essentially take kremlin propaganda lines. if you add this to the list, we saw him in helsinki take putins word over the intelligence community. we see him here essentially behind closed doors taking putins word over the intelligence community. this is a consistent pattern. the president does not believe the intelligence community. ...

Suspicions. at the very least he would want somebody else there to be able to record for posterity what actually was discussed. thats not been the case. >> thats exactly right. and particularly if he was going to confront putin on their intervention or election. you would want others to be able to say, oh, i watched the president take putin to task but, of course, he didnt want any of that. and begs the imagination why this private, secret conversation with putin. >> do you think the fbi was rig...

Intervention in our election. you would want others to be able to say, oh, i watched the president take putin to task but, of course, he didnt want any of that. and it beggars the imagination why this private, secret conversation with putin. >> do you think the fbi was right to, "the new york times" reporting that after the firing of comey they opened up -- they started looking into whether the president could be compromised? >> i cant confirm that report. i cant speak to that. >> if that, in fa...

Seriously, and we know who our enemies are and by saying that, we know who our friends are. >> he was so exacerbated by helsinki, watching the president take putins side over dan coats by name. and you know, we saw, juan, he felt he had to fix the record and defend the hard work of the professionals. >> i think youre right. andrea, i watched it live, it was a great interview and he was clearly very comfortable with you. you had a great hour-long session with him on lots of topics. but i think to...

It has been a whirlwind for ukraine since its government fell apart on february 22. ukraine has formed a new government, of course. its planned elections for may and faced incursion by russia. and today the eventu may accept t accepted the country $15 billion. either president obama is a weak leader or it demonstrates hypocrisy? the players are jockeying for control. so what they say publicly is a weak indicator of what they mean. take putin. hes using one of robert greens class ib laws of you p...