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Intelligence, good to have you on. youre aware of something of a public debate now as to whether to define this as an invasion. the white house says it is an invasion, as you know better than me, putin is very good at trying to operate just below the threshold of war here. i wonder, do you see this move in the donbas by putin as his final step here or just the first of many steps to slice away territory from ukraine? >> well, jim, i think its the latter case. i think this is just the first in a ...

Capacity. and also, russian president vladimir putin warned about a -- he calls it a non-excla tore or deescalatory nuclear strike in what capacity would vladimir putin use a nuclear weapon against ukraine or any of the nato allies? >> jesse, i will tell you right now, a lot of people like to throw around the term tactical nuclear weapon. there is no such thing. any nuclear weapon. even a small battlefield nuclear weapon has strategic implications. it is a threshold that the world has not crosse...

Minds. what im fearful of is that this war could escalate further outside the borders of ukraine. u.s. actions and nato actions as we support the people of ukraine, which we ought to come are so important. what i argue is the threat that putin continued to make him of these veiled and not so veiled nuclear threats to nato, that should signal to us that it is our turn to demonstrate serious resolve that is stepping into a nato country, any kind of crossing the threshold to nuclear deployment, eve...

Global humanitarian saratoga possible nuclear conflict. vladimir putin made it explicit that a no-fly zone would be a threat of war against russia. an expert said she thinks putin will use nukes if he feels he has to. are we risking nuclear war by talking about a no-fly zone, which is itself a euphemism for an aerial combat zone with russian aircraft? putin already put his forces on high alert in the third day of this conflict. >> im not really sure was that high alert means, i dont think putin ...

Gesture versus a defensive gesture? >> well, that would be a very difficult number to estimate because nobody really knows whats going on inside putins head. so i dont know what threshold would be his consideration to determine that the rapid movement of american forces and the nato response force and these high readiness combat units, whether those offer any kind of a threat to his unfolding plans in ukraine or threaten the security of his operations. i have no idea whats in his head. but we kn...

Republican response to tonights state of the union by president joe biden. that was iowa governor kim well speaking from the state capital. i will just say, that is one of the hardest jobs in national politics. even if you are a great speaker, going after the state of the union is difficult because the staging contrast will always make you look diminished in comparison. so, spare a thought for a governor reynolds, that is a difficult thing. i will say its traditionally thought that the opposing ...

The international criminal court says it will open an investigation into russias inva invasion as rapidly as possible. joining me to discuss is the dean of school of law at case western university, reserve university and argued in front of the international criminal court. so happy to have you. thank you. good evening. horrible images coming out of kharkiv, residential neighborhoods shelled. nine civilians killed including three children. is what youve seen so far reached the threshold for war c...

Probably in a more politically realistic way, sadly, the red flag could be very significant civilian death imposed by basically a russian war machine that is going to go with a vengeance. so, just ask you, very significant civilian deaths — havent enough ukrainian civilians died already? ido agree... so whats the figure, whats significant? 50,000,100,000? i think you should ask members of the us congress, you should ask our leaders what is the moral threshold where they will have an imperative...

Current fence and unsustainable balancing act, one official told me, and try and get some better sense of where china stands. the threats at this point are very real of repercussions should china move in to assist russia. president biden will try to ensure that remains the case, anderson. >> is there any sense of what the consequences would be if china did help russia? >> white house officials, anderson, have been very tight lipped about what would actually be on the table. but they have communi...

The war and wont forestall a chemical strike if the russians choose to go in that direction. we need to signal that this would be an escalation that could frankly compel nato and the west to establish a no-fly zone or to strike russian targets responsible for the chemical weapons. similar to the previous administration did. it is not enough to expose the russian wrongdoing and not prerogative towards a broader world war or a broader confrontation between russia and nato. this can be just indicat...