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Congressman don bacon of nebraska. he is a retired brigadier general and u.s. air force and currently a member of the house services committee and he's served for a lot of years in the u.s. military. congressman, good to have you with us. >> good morning, ali. thank you for having me. i want to ask you because you were in the air force, this occurred during the confrontation in syria. there was fear that western jets, u.s. jets would get into it with russian jets over syria, maybe accidentally and trigger a war. nbc news is reporting that the biden administration has been working to set up a c...

Put this on the screen but you have to know people are dying tonight and yesterday and the night before. the biden administration is working to set up a communication back channel with the russian military to prevent an accidental clash between u.s. and russian forces along the ukrainian border. remember, nato forces are up against the border in poland, in other nato countries. the russians are now far further into ukraine than would have been expected. the russians do border nato in a lot of places so the idea of an accidental air fight or gun fight between americans and russians does exist. ...

Of ukraine is bracing for battle as russian troops advance on the city. street fighting, breaking out as officials urge residents to take shelter. ukrainian president vladimir zelenskyy reportedly refusing to leave kyiv, as the russian military ratchets up it's tacks. and the u.s. and eu are now sanctioning russian president vladimir putin and the russian foreign minister directly. women and children are fleeing ukraine, as fighting destroys apartments, schools, and infrastructure. the u.n. is saying russia's assault could result in millions of refugees. meanwhile, nato will dispatch its respo...

Arrest in qatar for a year. they have other restrictions, and not allowed to leave the country for a years and other restrictions on who they can talk to, and why, and the fact is that no government including qatar cannot absolutely guarantee that they won't have a communication back channel or by proxy return to a position on the battle fooel. >> and this is going to refocus the question as the president has said many times when he was running for president to shut down gitmo, and does it fit into the larger discussion? >> yes, it was, and in some ways it inhibits the efforts, because the fiv...