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Ukraine border. >> this is really building off your reporting last week with our other cnn colleagues that the pentagon expected to announce the troop deployment this morning. we will bring that to you live as it happens. joining us now is lieutenant general mark hartling. general, great to have you on. just your reaction to this news, specifically regarding its timing, the day after we heard from russian president vladimir putin after a month long silence from him. >> yeah, i think it is a very good call. this is something that occurs frequently within europe. it is something when i was the c...

Has put there. and you could see, what is happening here is road construction and a temporary bridge construction. atactical bridge they believe. and this is an area by a river about four miles outside of ukraine. and so this is causing alarm for officials at the white house watching this and believe that exactly these kind of steps are the steps that russia could be taking if they were on the brink of an invasion. not preparing field hospitals to move blood into the area, but taking tactical step to make it easier to access ukraine. and what officials are telling cnn is only adding to their v...

Two cnn military analysts. press secretary rear admiral john kirby and lieutenant general mark hartling. and just seeing that video of the navy s.e.a.l.s describing their leader eddie gallagher calling him toxic and evil. just what is your initial reaction to that? >> yeah, it is pretty disturbing detail that they had to put out there. but also the terms they were using, the very graphic nature with which they described what he did and the person they found him to be. that is unusual. you don't hear that kind of candor coming from navy s.e.a.l.s and they're a group that like to stay quiet and ...

That many. prosecution team and maybe criminal investigative services but can't be that many but they have an ax to grind to get this out there to damage chief gallagher to perhaps damage the president. very suspicious timing. >> i'm curious, i would love for both of you to answer this question, general hartling, i'll start with you. what is the consequences of this, what is the impact on those still serving? >> well the s.e.a.l. community has had challenges lately with discipline and i believe this is going to make it harder to get that community on the straight and narrow. admiral kirby know...

But can't be that many but they have an ax to grind to get this out there to damage chief gallagher to perhaps damage the president. very suspicious timing. >> i'm curious, i would love for both of you to answer this question, general hartling, i'll start with you. what is the consequences of this, what is the impact on those still serving? >> well the s.e.a.l. community has had challenges lately with discipline and i believe this is going to make it harder to get that community on the straight and narrow. admiral kirby knows admiral collin green better than i do and he's been given a tough ta...