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The europeans are frightened of him. this isn't good for russia's future. if he goes into ukraine, he may be making the pivotal mistake of russia in the last 50 years, so we're still -- the u.s. is still a gigantic military and economic power. russia isn't. putin's a risk taker. he's a thug. he's on the verge of a major mistake. >> general barry mccaffrey, always good to have you, sir, especially in these very tense moments. coming up next, we'll return to the breaking news on the retirement of supreme court justice stephen breyer. what will a confirmation fight look like in a senate with a ...

Bridge from crimea into the danbas. it was painful wanting the nato secretary general try and claim we have a unity front. we don't. the germans just denied uk military aircraft airtran sit flying lethal weapon aid to the ukraine. we're in a mess, and putin is a risk-taker and is on the verge of military action in the ukraine. >> i know there are people out there that are wondering this, which is, why should americans care if russia wants to take back part of ukraine? ukraine is not part of nato. why would we need to get involved in a conflict there? >> well, i don't think we do

Put all the propaganda they want on television about what's happening, but you can get a text message from your friend who lives in kyiv or your friend who lives in kharkiv or your friend in lviv or your friend who had to cross the border to poland and leave their boyfriend or their father or their son behind. >> right. >> which is going to cut through any of that propaganda. one last question, i'm totally out of time, but i am curious. are you hearing any rumblings from anybody there, anybody in your government sourcing, about vladimir putin's state of mind, about his mental state? >> reporte...

He was leaving us on the response and recommendations to obama. he's not risk taker when it comes to public statement. i'm thinking that he has pretty good solid intelligence. the intelligence community must have told him they are ready to go. that means at any moment. >> thank you both very much. i appreciate you're being with us as we cover this breaking and incredibly sobering story. next, we are going to take you to the city, the second largest city in ukraine. about a million and a half people. russian forces less than 50 miles away. the airport now closed. new insight into putin's mi...

Him, giving him you know, the red team look, which is to say how it could go badly, then he's not taking those things into consideration. and putin's always been a risk taker. we were incredibly shocked and surprised when he went in and seized crimea in 2014 and annexed it illegally then started the other war in donbas. we understood it had its limits. what he's doing now does not represent any kind of economy of force. practically the entire russian military is on the borders of ukraine and it's highly risky. i wonder whether people can speak to him around him. whether he listens to anyone. b...