But president obama himself hasnt weighed in on the matter in nearly two weeks. Instead, leaving his underlings to issue milquetoast condemnations and to warn about potential consequences. The United States does continue to be deeply troubled by Ongoing Military Operations conducted by russianbacked separatists in ukraine which have continued despite russian and separatist commitments to a, quote, immediate and comprehensive ceasefire. We remain focused on supporting the implementation of these agreements. But we are watching closely, we are talking not only internally but also with partners around the world, and if russia and the separatists fail to implement the agreements and the violence and halt the flow of fighters there will be additional costs. Lou in sharp contrast to the rhetoric and actions of european allies a damning new report by british lawmakers accusing the European Union of sleepwalking into the conflict with russia all this comes a day after Russian Television aired these videos of the moment two russian bombers were intercepted by british jet fighters over the english channel. Well take this up with admiral James Stavridis tonight. Also tonight, growing outrage over the Obama Administration decision to publicly outline military plans to retake the iraqi city of mosul, an offensive expected as early as april they say. The administration is telegraphing military moves to our enemies. Theyre urging the west to empathize with our enemies. Whats next . Colonels bill cowen and Robert Mcginnis join us to assess the military power against russia against nato, against the United States, and what to be done about the Islamic State . The president s Foreign Policy is not sufficiently ambiguous to disguise utter failure, which leaves folks wondering what is this president thinking . Psychiatrist dr. Keith ablow joins us and ventures a few possibilities, all here this evening. We begin tonight with putins ukrainian invasion. Kiev accusing russia of sending more tanks, more troops into Eastern Ukraine days after Ukrainian Forces were put into retreat from the strategic town of devaltseve. Nato defense ministers meeting two weeks ago demonstrated how the direction is being translated into concrete actions and capabilities at a speed that would surprise some longterm nato watchers. Once the threat from russia together with the risk it brings of a miscalculation resulting into a slide into strategic conflict however unlikely we see that its being right now represents an obvious existential threat to our whole being. Lou joining us now to assess just how far putin might go in the threat that he represents former nato supreme allied commander and dean of the Fletcher School at Tufts University admiral James Stavridis. Jim, good to have you. Good to be with you, lou. Lou no matter how unlikely the threat right now, he is putting this forward as a clear sober alert to the world what is at stake. I know, general Adrianne Bradshaw quite well he is not given to hyperbole. He was, he is currently the deputy to general phil breedlove. Adrian is talking about a conflict with russia. Thats very unlikely, we ought to be quite concerned about russian actions today. Lou those actions continue and the ceasefire turns out to be is so often in these instances, mostly a fiction. Correct. Lou into what use its being put by Angela Merkel and the european leaders to what use its being put by vladimir putin. Of course. Lou what is your assessment . I think putin is using it to reinforce the insurgents and move more russian tanks and troops into the fight with the potential, and i really underline potential possibility of moving toward marippol which has carved out crimea with what the insurgents hold. The europeans are using it to kick the can down the road and not face the tough decision of whether or not to arm the Ukrainian Armed forces. It appears that russia is making use of a superiority and armor, a significant superiority in terms of troops moving them and establishing them at forward bases ready to go, they have not gone as far as we know, what do you think will be his next phase, not his endgame, but his next phase . I think hes going to push along the sea coast route, put pressure on marippol and see whether or not the United States and allies in nato will provide weapons to the ukrainians. I think its time to do that. Weve tried the sanctions weve tried reinforcing and reassuring nato allies. Now is the time to help the ukrainians. Is it possible to arm the Ukrainian Government here without making it obvious, and is it not true that russia would have a much quicker Response Time than we could ever match meet or hope to . I think that theres no question that the russian forces, if they chose, to could overwhelm the ukrainians but i do believe by providing antiair weapons, antitank weapons. Cybersupport, and unmanned vehicles for surveillance it would give the russians pause, recognizing that the fight would toughen significantly. That would deter. Lou Angela Merkel frankly the other members of nato are the European Union, dependent upon russia for energy in mid winter the likelihood that they would present, manifest something they havent until this point, the stomach, the spine, the guts, however youd like to describe it to stand up against vladimir putin. The good news is theyve hung together on the sanctions having real effect as you know quite well. Were seeing dire impact on the russian economy. It is an open question whether they will come along with us if we choose to arm and train the Ukrainian Forces. No boots on the ground here. This is about providing sufficient armament to really give the russians tactical pause. Lou how concerned are you . How concerned should we be about this next step by putin and when do you expect to see it . Well see this unfold over the next 710 days as we see this fictitious ceasefire fall apart. Thing to watch, lou, is whether or not russia decides to make a move on a nato nation, particularly estonia or poland that would be an enormous red line for the alliance. Lou all right admiral good to see you, James Stavridis. Thank you sir. Nor evidence tonight that president obama cant manage the machinery of government. Theres been another obamacare calamity. Some 800,000 people who received federal subsidies last year have been sent the wrong tax information. That mistake means those people will see, in most cases, delayed tax refunds. And to top it off as if it were necessary, theres so much obamacare confusion among uninsured americans that the government has also extended the deadline for people to sign up for private Health Insurance until the end of april. The Obama Administration announced it will seek Emergency Court order to move ahead with the president s executive fiat granting amnesty to illegal immigrants. Thats because the federal government wants the right to implement the programs that would halt deportations while an Appellate Court reviews a Lower Court Judges ruling. 26 states have sued the president over the issue claiming abuse of his executive power, and we will keep you posted as this case moves through the courts. Up next forget fighting the Islamic State, why politicians and a middle eastern nation are fighting one another . And apparently the president s kinder, gentler approach to the Islamic State is to tell them exactly where and when they will have to fight for mosul. Colonel bill cowen and colonel bob mcginnis join us next. Know that chasing performance can mean lower returns and fewer choices in retirement. Know that proper allocation could help increase returns so you can enjoy that second home sooner. Know the right Financial Planning can help you save for college and retirement. Know where you stand with pnc total insight. A new investing and Banking Experience with personalized guidance and online tools. Visit a branch, call or go online today. Do you want to know how hard it can be to breathe with copd . It can feel like this. Copd includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. Spiriva is a oncedaily inhaled copd maintenance treatment that helps open my airways for a full 24 hours. Spiriva helps me breathe easier. Spiriva respimat does not replace rescue inhalers for sudden symptoms. 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They have the armor, the manpower, we have not provided the ukrainians the kind of defensive weapons not offensive but defensive weapons, they are asking for, they are not capable of lasting too long its a question how much power russia wants to bring on them. Russia has the power and if they use it as europe the United States or others going to stand up . Id say the ukrainians know theyre in a tough position. Lou and bob, the idea that as putin expressed it today he has military superiority that will not be overcome by any power, is that braggadocio or is there an element of truth to it . Hes a regional power, lou. Admiral stavridis knows well the battle rhythm as well as where the forces are. We have of course talked about relocating forward tanks and Bradley Fighting Vehicles in the like. Nowhere near that. Having been in charge of a part of the former area where we are anticipating thousands of russian tanks. The russians when they say something, you have to take it with a grain of salt but they have capabilityings and unfortunately, the germans the french, the brits lot of former and current allies that have downsized armed forces. They dont have the capability of what we had maybe 20 years ago. The ukrainians for a tough place. Ive been to ukraine. Ive seen their armament. They just dont have the capability that to withstand a confrontation, certainly unless we were to move in there with a lot of reinforcements. We dont have the capabilities as yet either. Lou we lack the capability. Our leadership seems to lack the will. The reality is bill, this is this is a situation where theres not much we can do is there . Because everything that we could do in this country to move troops and materiale forward would take weeks whereas putin can move within a matter of hours . Exactly, lou, theres not much we as a military force can do. But the one thing we can do is to provide weapons, materiale equipment, training if there is time to do it. Theres a lot of things we could be doing and arent doing, if we dont do something, nothing is going to slow putin down. Step by step, incrementally, hes going to continue to move forward until there is pushback. The admiral said sanctions are working. They may be working in general against the russian public but not affecting putin by any means thats evident to any of us. Lou lets turn to the southern flank of nato, and the fact of the matter is the Islamic State is now presenting a threat to italy, turkey is involved at least in staging the training for Syrian Rebels trained by u. S. Advisers, and now comes from the pentagon sensibly, a plan to attack mosul in some detail about dates, time who would be sealing off withdrawal avenues. Are you astonished . Are you astonished by that, bob . Absolutely. Ive been a war planner. I understand why we have to maintain the element of surprise, where we put our forces. Telling the enemy beforehand not only the size. Five iraqi brigades, three peshmerga. They know we have air power. Youre talking about a giant city and theyre going to use humans as shields booby traps and ieds all over the place. If you understand the ideology lou, these people are willing to die. They think this is their place to put it in the nose of the west, and as a direct result. You know we could be facing a counterinsurgency which is going to make what we did in fallujah and ramadi pale in comparison. I spoke with a very senior official in the Iraqi Government and they said, we arent going to be ready. But the people that are ready are the brigade and the shiite militias in that particular fight. Lou couldnt get that much more confounding, appreciate it gentlemen. Thanks so much. Thank you. Thank you. Lou time for a look at our online poll results, whether you disagree with former new york city mayor Rudy Giuliani who doesnt believe the president loves america, 72 of america said you dont disagree at all. Be sure to vote in tonights poll, do you believe the leaders of nato and the United States have the will and the wherewithal to stop putin. Cast your vote at loudobbs. Com. Well have the answers monday evening, right here. Turkish lawmakers cant stop brawling this week, this is the scene in parliament as members got worked up while talking about a bill that would clamp down on protests by giving police more power. Apparently they need a few more Police Powers within the parliament itself. That was the second brawl of the week tuesday night five lawmakers were injured during a legislative session that also was very physical indeed. And bad behavior here as well. A Florida Elementary School coach faces aggravated battery charges for this. Body slamming his female colleague during a pickup game of basketball for crying out loud the victim suffered a cracked rib, several cuts and bruises. It was a pickup game in name only. Good lord up next, frigid temperatures bearing down across millions on the midwest and the northeast, leaving only the hearty to enjoy the snow like the red pandas and the pitfalls of challenge a lameduck president in a nation that seems indifferent to it all. My commentary, coming up next. You drop 40 grand on a new set of wheels, then. Wham a minivan tbones you. Guess what your Insurance Company will only give you 37thousand to replace it. Depreciation they claim. How can my car depreciate before its first oil change . You ask. Maybe the better question is why do you have that Insurance Company . With Liberty Mutual new car replacement, well replace the full value of your car. See Car Insurance in a whole new light. Liberty mutual insurance. The real question that needs to be asked is what is it that we can do that is impactful . What the cloud enables is computing to empower cancer researchers. It used to take two weeks to sequence and analyze a genome; with the microsoft cloud we can analyze 100 per day. Whatever i can do to help compute a cure for cancer, thats what id like to do. Lou among our top stories, a brutal cold front being called the siberian express bringing with it record low temperatures to tens of millions of americans from the midwest to the east coast. It is so cold how cold is it . The normally rushing falls of the Niagara River have partially frozen drawing crowds of tourists to witness the rare sight. The dangerous and recordbreaking temperatures not having an impact on these fellas. A couple of red pandas at the cincinnati zoo. Theyre natives of the himalayas, so the pandas socalled twoyearold lin, nineyearold rover, dont mind at all, the negative 12degree temperature as they frolic in the snow. Turning to politics former new york mayor Rudolph Giuliani tripling down on his remarks that he does not believe the president loves america. This is giuliani on fox news last night. The reality is i from all that i can see of this president , all ive heard of him, he apologizes for america, criticizes america, this is an american president ive never seen before. Lou and the white house response, a new hashtag, yesterday tweeted, quote a few comments now on these dangerous times in which we live. Six years of the Obama Presidency and there arent many folks who would brag about this being the best of times. Obamas Foreign Policy makes jimmy carter in fact look like a sef aunt. Then this week mr. Obama held a threeday lovin to encounter what he and milquetoast word smith call violent extremism. He forgot the head of the fbi, the head of the joint chiefs or director of Nation