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Make as to how he goes about this. but we can't ignore the fact there's been a cup of really small but interesting data points with regard to vladimir putin. he has been very isolated. of course we all because of the virus, but i think putin even more so. he had the public dressing down of his chief of intelligence, his sort of cia equivalent, which is extremely unusual. he's dressed down other people before, but to do it the way he did shows there's i think more going on than there oftentimes is with vladimir putin. of course you have the french president macron saying he sensed a different f...

♪ the barnes firm injury attorneys ♪ ♪ call one eight hundred, eight million ♪ breaking news we're following tonight. the united states now warning that russia could soon intensify its attack on kyiv as out gunned ukrainians remarkably slow vladmir putin's invasion for a fifth day. joining us now, cnn national security analyst, james clapper. director clapper, thanks so much for joining us. putin is facing unprecedented pressure right now from the west. he's also facing the embarrassment of this offensive not necessarily being pulled off as smoothly as he originally thought. do you f...

Can only do that for so long. so there is a time limit, i don't know what it is. but there is one. >> before we go, director clapper, this has been a very public effort by the u.s. to declassify and share its intelligence. sometimes day by day on what it sees of russian movements here. of course, russia makes its own claims, many of them false as well, but it is an information war going on. who do you think is winning that facet of the war? the u.s. or russia? the u.s. and nato or russia? >> well, i think we're -- i think it is a draw right now. and i, for one, am a supporter of using intellig...

Launching cyberattacks, cyber warfare against highly vulnerable u.s. industries and others? >> we should be very concerned about it, wolf. it's a great question. and we need to be doing all we can to shore up our defenses because i expect if there is pain caused by the sanctions, putin will not sit idly by and let it go. he'll retaliate, and cyber is an easy mode to do it for him. >> and they're good at that too. i keep hearing from u.s. officials that's one of their gravest concerns right now. director clapper, thanks so much as usual for joining us. appreciate it very, very much. remarkabl...

A short time later putin felt the need to escalate things ordering the nuclear deterrence forces on the highest state of alert. former director of national intelligence james clapper joins me now. director clapper, thanks for being with us. i appreciate it very much. what is your read, your initial read of putin making this comment today that he's putting his deterrence forces, his nuke l nuclear forces on high alert. >> jim, i took notice when he issued this statement, this warning, about whoever -- whoever tries to interfere should know that russia will be immediate response and will lead to...