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Give kyiv long distance missiles that could strike russia, biden answered that giving ukraine such potential attack weapons would have a prospect of breaking up nato. he said nato allies are not looking to go to war with russia. they are not looking for a third world war. if you can, unpack this moment for us. >> absolutely. when president biden said nato allies are not looking for a third world war, he includes the united states in that calculation. it's not just the allies in europe. it's also this country. that has been the sort of delicate dance the u.s. and nato generally have been dancin...

Offensive weapons or heavy artillery -- which could cross farther then the smaller weapons that are good only for defensive operations. then the ukrainian army will be able to advance. which is important, which is courageous from their side, and america played tremendous importance, and a general role to provide them with defensive weapons. but this will be the first step, actually, in providing considerable amounts of not only defensive weapons. attack weapons, if you will.

It sounds like president biden put putin on notice here. >> it was a standoff. and the perceptions on both sides are a bit different. now, it does look like biden stood his ground. putin apparently really did hit hard and repeatedly about, you know, how he'd huff and puff and blow the house down if we imposed more sanctions on him. of course the sanctions would be in response to russian attack. what was interesting to me was that the russian media is now reporting that the -- one of putin's press spokespersons has said that and stressed that, well, putin got biden to agree not to put strike we...

Analyst and author and u.s. army lieutenant colonel ralph peters. great to talk to you. from the details we have learned about so far from the call, what do you make of what transpired? it sounds like president biden put putin on notice here. >> it was a stand-off, and the perceptions on both sides are a bit different. now, it does look like biden stood his ground. putin apparently really did hit hard and repeatedly about, you know, how he would huff and puff and blow the house down if we imposed more sanctions on him, but the sanctions would be in response to a russian attack. what was intere...

May, i don't know if you know this, but how hardened is, are the reactors themselves? the, you know, the structures that contain nuclear material, how hardened are they to something like a rocket strike or to, you know, incoming potential, you know, collisions with anything coming into them? >> well that's a question i did look at when i was writing a book on nuclear terrorism, nuclear reactors not only here in the u.s. but the one at chernobyl, are not designed for advanced attack weapons so if an airliner were to crash into a reactor like the one in indian point in new york, for example, i l...