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How damaging was that? what message did that send to putin that trump was willing to hold back military supplies for domestic squabbles? >> joe, i think you are exactly right. that sent the message to mr. putin that maybe we werent in this, maybe we werent in this for the fight, maybe we didnt have the guts to do that. that could have encouraged him. you talked about what president trump did, holding back military supplies, just what tom was just saying. we should have been supplying those all t...

Not weeks from now but sooner? >> mika, there are other weapons systems that go after aircraft. >> but can they get there? >> thats exactly the right question. now, going across the border is easier for ukrainians than it is for the russians to stop it. this russians dont know the territory. >> right. >> the russians are on foreign territory and they dont understand the back roads. so we have an advantage, the ukrainians have an valid, the pols have an advantages in that they know the back roads...

Incredible courage and fighting spirit has impressed the world. are you surprised by what you have seen from the people in that country to hold up this well against a military as big as russias? >> im not surprised. ukrainian, as tom just said, have unified. ukrainians are united against russia. theyve never been more unified. we talked about russian speaking, ukrainian speaking, it doesnt matter. they are unified against this invasion, against russia, against putin and theyre going to resist. t...

Insurgency. >> tom, you summarized well where the situation is right now. talk to us a little bit how putin would define intern intervention, because there are some people saying, look, if you drag 29 migs across the polish border, you cant fly them, but if you drag them in he would interpret it as intervention and escalation and it will lead to direct confrontation. is that something we should pay attention to? >> of course. but he has had a rolling definition of intervention. he has supplying ...

Reports they sent a lot of shock troops from moscow and other places here to do crowd control, but also if they come up with conscription, if you see the russian government call for conscription mostly the lower class is what ends up participating in the russian army. if it starts trickling into the middle class you will have a very dynamic situation in russia that will send a shock wave back through a country that doesnt understand what is going on here right now. >> clint watts, thank you very...

Himself by just acknowledging the 2016 issues and moving on to a plan of the future. >> tom donelin, always a pleasure. and peter baker, friend and colleague, thank you. and chris jansing for setting the stage here. meanwhile, the wage of sexual assault allegations from kevin spacey, harvey weinstein and others. where men and women as well are working to set up sexual harassment barriers in the white house as well. i know youve taken this issue in the armed services regarding the military, but...

Traditions that have been established in the past and open it up to questions. its not an open society there. president trump decided not to make an issue out of that. but some of the things we saw, some of the, you know, niceties and the pleasantries, thats not a lot different than other presidents. thats not that unusual. presidents dont usually go to china skpen gauand engage in th rhetoric we see them engage in on the campaign trail. george h.w. bush was too close to china. he gave him most ...

Remember, they were under heavy attack. we had a lot going on for those diplomatic security officers to deal with. then, as you know, the attack later moved to the cia annex. >> did you talk to secretary panetta that night? >> i talked with director petraeus. i talked on a secure video conference with a full array of officials. i knew because i had talked with the national security adviser tom donelin both secretary panetta and general dempsey were doing everything they could. >> secretary clint...