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Crimes. The gun violence archive finds that there have been nearly 300 Mass Shootings, meaning at least four people shot at once, since this year began. Cnn chief White House Correspondent Kaitlin Collins is with us now. So give us a look at what we expect to hear from the president. Reporter i think, number one, the fact that were hearing from President Biden taking the entire day at the white house to focus on this publicly shows that the white house is wanting to look like President Biden is ...

No word how many could be trapped and what caused the collapse. Here is what the mayor said a short time ago. They were doing roof work on the building at the time. Certainly that doesnt seem like it would be the issue that would have caused it. Some of the residents at the Community Center have complained to me the new building that went up to the south used to shake the building when they were putting the pilings in. We need to look hard at what happened there and find out because buildings ju...

Military that kyiv is likely to fall within days. and that would likely transition this conflict into the sort of insurgency that we saw play out until afghanistan, between the taliban and u.s. and nato forces and even in iraq. would you anticipate that there would be this kind of fighting on the ground? and what would that look like in a conflict between a ukrainian resistance and russia? >> i think the most important thing that we should be looking for with the ukrainian military is their abil...

Defense for joining me. i want to go to this report released by richard moore who is the chief of mi six intelligence service. they were overconfident of the tactical planning and it was a shock of the resistance and that essentially the russians underestimated the ukrainian people so where is this going? >> first of all there are two things that seem a bit esoteric better equalizers on the battlefield that unit cohesion and purpose. the ukrainians have both and in great quantity and being led b...

Scrambling to find safe shelter. >> last hour, i spoke to matthew schmidt, hes the director of international affairs in new haven. he shared with us his shots what theyre facing from the ukrainian military on the ground. listen to this. >> i think the most important thing we should be looking for with the ukrainian military is ability to transition from the active defense theyre in now into a guerilla war. its not quite the same as insurgency because you want to see unit cohesion, they would be ...

Russians, need to keep moving or face supply problems in a logistical sense, other issues as well. how do you think these ukrainian forces have been performing? >> i think theyve been doing an extraordinary job. their courage is unbelievable. as ive said before with you, the key here is for ukrainian forces to fall back, transition out of this active defense, which they dont have to do yet because theyre doing so well. nonetheless, at some point to fall back into insurgency and maintain unit coh...

One. so when i look at the way this thing tears it down, we are supposed to focus on operational readiness and combat effectiveness, bottom line. and unit cohesion, everyone working together. >> todd: shouldnt only focus of war fighters be fighting wars? no? >> well, it is fighting and so we have standards just like the nfl, through selective service, we want people that are physically and morally fit. it means you dont have felonies, didnt have extreme drug use. it is more than being physical a...

Work? and what will happen when they find out? >> weve seen increasing indications that morale and unit cohesion is a problem, yes, that absolutely translates into potential military effectiveness issues. (mususic throughout) liberty mutual customizes your car insurance so you only pay for whatchya... line? need. liberty biberty— cut. liberty... are we married to mutual? only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪

To be made public. >> readouts at this time are important because they give us an insight, a potential insight into what the russians are really thinking. it also shows there is some kind of a morale problem within the russian hierarchy and it extends possibly all the way to the top. >> reporter: the russian ministry for defense did not respond. but the kremlin has denied reports of low morale among its forces in ukraine. >> it would probably have to doubt this information. you have to doubt it ...

And it extends possibly all the way up to the top. >> reporter: the russian ministry of defense did not respond to a cnn request for comment on the meeting or the readout. but the kremlin has denied reports of low morale among its forces in ukraine. >> you would probably have to doubt this information. you have to doubt it and you have to think twice, whether it is true or not. >> reporter: as russia faces stiff resistance from ukrainian forces, if the americans are correct and morale is an issu...