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good to be with you and happy friday. i'm lindsey reiser. right now, more miraculous rescues as the window to save more lives closes in turkey and syria. crews are desperately searching for remaining survivors, listening intently for any faint noises or cries for help. they're also getting some much needed help from man's best friend. >> very well trained, knows what to look for, and if it responds to the trainer, then the handler rather, they know there is a possible proof of life. >> the number of lives lost is nearing 23,000 and this morning the lack of food and the lack of heat o...

Launched a new offensive. it is very different from the offensive that it launched a year ago. so one year ago, russia invaded this country. after denying that it was going to invade, even though it had tens of thousands of troops on the border, then, of course, it did invade. but the initial russian invasion was a kind of blitzkrieg. it was an attempt to overwhelm the country with helicopter assaults, air strikes, an attempt to capture the capital kyiv. mostly it failed. and for the last year, ukrainian troops have been clawing back territory and have managed to take back most of this country...

It means it covers a large area. and the russians, truthfully, in many conflicts in the recent past, have not cared that much about civilian casualties. so you're seeing not only a president in putin who is invading another country against international law, but i think you're going to see if there is an attack, and god help us if there is, that there will be multiple casualties in the civilian populations throughout ukraine wherever they strike. >> we have about 30 second left. one of the possible areas of attack would be along the southeastern coast, an amphibious attack. what would that loo...

Fire from six wing aircraft jets, helicopter assaults too, a whole bunch of helicopters coming in. they depend on that not only for transporting troops but also for delivering weapons. you would see a scene from "saving private ryan" on steroids along the coast in the sea. and that's, i anticipate that might be one of the next steps that mr. putin might execute. >> pretty chilling thoughts. general mark hertling, thank you so much for being with us. >> thank you, john. >> next, i'm going to ask russian pro democracy leader garry kasparov whether he thinks this round of sanctions will be enough...

Some helicopter assaults but we have not seen, at least as far as i'm aware, the full-on tank-to-tank battles that could be coming quite soon. i think we will have to see what happens then when the ukrainians are not just facing airstrikes at military facilities on the outskirts of cities but when they are facing the full brunt of a russian ground offensive. but many soldiers i have spoken to are committed. they do want to fight. they realize that their nation is at stake. vladimir putin made it very clear that his goal is to topple the government, which he describes as fascist and neo-nazi, a...