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Adversaries overreaching. vladimir putin is constantly portrayed in the western press as someone who is a master chess player against us. well, here's the reality. by doing this, by going into ukraine, if he goes forward with an invasion, vladimir putin is welcoming major potential political, economic, and military down sides that could ultimately undermine his rule. politically, it could have the unintended effect of bringing nato together. nato's been divided in recent years. the west has been divided. this could bring us together around a shared objective. economically, it could do great da...

He was a mid-level bureaucrat in the kgb. he served in the city of dresden in the '80s, and i happen to have met an ex-boss of his. olick kalugan, in charge of counter intelligence of the kgb, which was espionage and he will tell you he was not impressed with mr. putin. putin is a phenomenal politician, and a master chess player, because, you know, he has been in power for the last 22 years, in a country where the standard of living hasn't much grew. particularly outside of the big cities. so -- how he got to who he is today is probably not that relevant, but let's not think that kgb agents ar...

Ukraine. i want to take a listen to what he said. >> i expressed my strong reservations in a text message to ambassador sondland stating my nightmare is the they, the ukrainians, give the interview and don't get the security assistance. the russians love it and i quit, and i was serious. i also said, i think it's crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political campaign. >> tara, why should people pay more attention to this? >> firstly, i worked with bill taylor. he's someone the entire country can be proud of, along with the other public servants. but what he is warning us abou...

Do them. they were my answers. i don't need lawyers to do that. you need lawyers for submittal, you need liar lawyers to go ove of the answers. they're not very difficult questions. >> frank figliuzzi, let's talk timing here. you worked with robert mueller. you're someone who's familiar with high stakes investigations. how do you think about how mueller and others are thinking about the timing of how they proceed now that the midterms are over? >> so, chris, they know their days are numbered. there's no question of that. and clearly bob mueller is a master chess player. so he's prepared for an...

Himself. so you have to always be careful when you answer questions with people that probably have bad intentions. but no, it's -- the questions were very routinely answered by me, by me. but it didn't take very long to do them. they were my answers. i don't need lawyers to do that. you need lawyers for smiubmit tall, and you need lawyers to go over some of the answers, they're not very difficult questions. >> frank figluzzi, let's talk timing here. you worked with robert mueller. you're someone who's familiar with high stakes investigations. how do you think about how mueller and others are t...