operations conducted by the gru orthe fsb.— the gru or the fsb.fsb. does this lead you to — the gru or the fsb. does this lead you to think— the gru or the fsb. does this lead you to think the - the gru or the fsb. does this lead you to think the broader| lead you to think the broader picture of the use of chemical weapons, which we have talked about time and again in the past few weeks, hose interview even closer? does it feel ever more likely always about overstating the case? lie overstating the case? us intelligence _ overstating the case? ii’s intelligence believes russia plans to use chemical weapons. —— hose into view even closer? it fits with the syrian use of chemical weapons with russian support during the civil war there. so i wouldn't be surprised if they are planning to use chemical weapons against civilians, soft targets, military targets or even ukrainian military and political leadership. andy, thank you _ political leadership. andy, thank you very _ political leadership. andy, thank you very much - political leadership. andy, than

ti” will be some people suspecting russia or the gru, nobody has claimed responsibility, iam russia ornobody has claimed responsibility, i am quite sure you will not see russia claiming responsibility for this. alexei navalny two summers ago was poisoned with novichok internally in russia and the conclusion was by investigators outside the country, the russian security service was responsible for that, he survived that and was treated in hospital. sergei skripal and his daughter yulia were poisoned by novichok in salisbury in 2019 and the british government and investigators concluded that was the work of the gru russian military intelligence. nothing so far has been published to say who was behind this. that isn't —— that is inevitably where suspicions will fall, but it appears somebody did not want these peace talks to happen. max colchester if from the wall streetjournal. he's in london. let's begin with this meeting. tell is what we know about it and where it took place and who was there. what we know is that abramovich met with two other high—level ukrainian negotiators in the cap

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putin did not listen to the gru but, or they were afraid to tell him.ng all of this, now into its fourth week, it is hard not to factor in ego in all of this. to factor in how putin, independent of all of these people he does not seem to care about, worries about putin and his perspective to others. i think the question we all have, is how dangerous is he when cornered? how far will he go to avoid humiliation? >> that is anybody's guess. it is quite clear that he's unhappy. he is not his own self. a couple of days ago, he gave a speech to his government. that speech don, which expressed anger, it was a typical of vladimir putin as he used to be. he used to be a sly fox, with a smile, always knowing that things will work out for him. and that anger into the speech and the lashing out that some russian citizens especially the olive guards, indicates that he is a bit unhinged right now. one can only hope that it doesn't go much further. because an author cracked was put in the corner without much of a way out will possibly shoot his way out. god help us al

. >> people are suspecting russia and the gru. no one is claiming responsibility.re not going to see russia claiming responsibility for this. alexei navalny two summers ago was poisoned with novichok internally in russia, and the conclusion by investigators outside the country that the fsp russian state security service, was responsible for that. he survived th because he was treated in hospital and given emergency treatment. sergei skripal and his daughter yulia were poisoned with novichok and salisbury in 2018. that, concluded the british government, was the work of russian military intelligence. nothing so far has been published to say he was behind us. that is inevitably where suspicions would fall. somebody, it appears, did not want the peace talks to happen. ro i'm talking to max chester from "the wall street journal." >> all we know is that abramovich met with two other high-end ukrainian negotiators in kyiv on march 3. during a long discussion that nt into the night, they consumed water and chocolate. they began to feel unwell. abramovich suffered from peel

yes, in general putin approves these operations conducted by the gru or the fsb.roader picture of the use of chemical weapons, which we have talked about time and again in the past few weeks, is even closer? does it feel ever more likely or is that overstating the case? us intelligence believes russia plans to use chemical weapons. we don't have a lot of details that have been publicly released. it fits with the russian m o. it fits with the syrian use of chemical weapons with russian support during the civil war there. so i wouldn't be surprised if they are planning to use chemical weapons against civilians, soft targets, military targets or even ukrainian military and political leadership. the weapons expert andy weber, there. peace talks will resume on tuesday in turkey — and just ahead of them, ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky has made an offer to russia. he said his country could adopt the status of neutrality, if that would help end the war, though it would have to be agreed in a referendum. on the battlefield, moscow's forces still haven't been able t

there will be some people suspecting russia or the gru, nobody has claimed responsibility, i am quite not see russia claiming responsibility for this. alexei navalny two summers ago was poisoned with novichok internally in russia and the conclusion was by investigators outside the country, the russian security service was responsible for that, he survived that and was treated in hospital. sergei skripal and his daughter yulia were poisoned by novichok in salisbury in 2019 and the british government and investigators sergei skripal and his daughter yulia were poisoned by novichok in —— salisbury in 2018 and the british government and investigators concluded that was the work of the gru russian military intelligence. nothing so far has been published to say who was behind this. that is inevitably where suspicions will fall, but it appears somebody did not want these peace talks to happen. max colchester if from the wall streetjournal. we know they consumed only water and chocolate and they retired, mr abramovich suffered from peeling skill in his hands and face. he also was very tearful

russia, we do have the power to defend ourselves, i'm worried about those other actors that are not grussia, critical to keep eye on that and make sure ark tribution is critical. >> todd: is there anything the average american can do to protect themselves or this is so high level it is out of their hand? >> no, the average citizen must act and defend itself like private companies. update your systems, continue to use multi-factor authentication, make sure your family is using it, as well. act as little companies, little platoons in and of itself. you may not be interested in cyber security, but cyber security is interested in you. update your system, patch and test those patchs and do whatever you can to inoculate yourself against what i think is probably coming whether from russia or lone actors or hackers. >> todd: frightening, good advice. kara frederick, thank you. carley. >> carley: yesterday white house press secretary jen psaki being mocked for something she said about president biden track record with putin. >> the president was vice president last time russia invaded ukraine. t

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but what they really are is they are subcontractors to the russian military intelligence agency, the gruso cross connects with the as vr, the russian intelligence agency, their clandestine service, and to operate in public. for example, one interesting thing, they not only modeled themselves after black water, they also modeled themselves after more famous mercenary groups that i actually had to do operations against one's called executive outcomes in sierra leone, and this was the group that the movie blood diamonds kind of mimics. they were literally holding sections of the country hostage and mining for diamonds. and they are doing that now when the democratic republic of congo. they have somehow enchanted the government of mali to get rid of the french army and shift over to p mc walking or. this is money, guns, and a lot of strategic influenced by russia. however, it didn't work out so well for them in syria when they tried to take on 12 special forces soldiers and lost 256 russians dead because we know how to play this game. and they are amateurs. >> let me ask you what's the worst

keep in mind, ayman, the gru, which is russia's military intelligence service, going back to around 2014ht years ago, they were actually blowing up ammunition and weapons depots in nato member state territories, including in bulgaria. they also poisoned a bulgarian arms dealer. why did they do this? all of the weapons that were intended -- being stockpiled in these safe houses or these depots were intended to be sent to the ukrainian military. so russia has had a fixation on keeping the west from arming ukraine for a very long time. they have already shown a willingness to do sabotage or diversionary tactic operations inside nato territory. so this is a grave concern that this is going to spill over beyond the boarders of ukraine, into nato member states. >> molly, if you wanted to look at the flip side of that coin, you would see that if the russians are going after the supply of weapons, now they're needing supplies and weapons for themselves, they're asking china for help, as our josh letterman was reporting there. what does that say just two weeks into this invasion that russia is tu

in the past, we've seen the head of the gru, the military intelligence, in 2016, 2018, he suddenly diedo poison the scupal, if you remember in novachek in the uk, it was botched, so maybe something happened to shoigu along those lines, house arrest or perhaps worse. >> unbelievable. evelyn, thank you, appreciate your time. >>> and next, another mystery, $700 million yacht, right now, as i speak docked at a port in central italy, and those are not brass, those are real gold. gold toilet paper roll holders. whose is it? my next guest done extensive reporting and she says it's putins, plus text messages from the wife of supreme court j justice clarence thomamas telli trump's s staff to overturn the electition. been everywhere.♪ ♪ i've always focused on my career. but when we found out our son had autism, his future became my focus. lavender baths always calmed him. so we turned bath time into a business. ♪ and building it with my son has been my dream job. ♪ at northwestern mutual, our version of financial planning helps you live your dreams today. find a northwestern mutual advisor at nm.

i can guarantee you, the most capable intelligence services in the military, the gru, i guarantee youtin had to expect when he invaded ukraine. i knew too, by the way. because ukrainians have a deep seated hatred for everything russian. not russian people, as much as the russian government. though, that was to be expected. >> jack, do you expect that information, and that view, existed, but it didn't get to vladimir putin, and to prevent will could be the truth for vladimir ukraine the? >> we had heard that he had denied them, and it was against his wishful thinking. you get to a point where you think you are the smartest man in the room, and that is when you start failing. that is the individual failure here, not the failure of the intelligence apparatus. indeed, the truth was too easy to know. the one thing that was unforeseeable is that there is a modern-day churchill coming out of ukraine. that was a surprise. but, it wouldn't have taken that kind of leadership, for the ukrainians, to stand up, and fight, and fight to the death. >> jack maher ski, i really need you to come back. w

sector, oil is and gas, the finance sector, and he will use his forces primarily is the sbr and the gru teams, your hacker army, to go after our critical infrastructure. liz: do we, do we fight back then? is that when we get involved? because we had the nato deputy general secretary, is secretary-general on last week, and he said that a cyber attack on united states is equivalent to an act of war. >> yeah. i think it depends on what that cyber attack accomplishes. if in my mind, an attack that he designs that impacts human life should be considered an act of war. now, this is an issue that the administration and congress have to deal with and nato. i don't think it's fully resolved through nato and all the nato countries yet agree. but in this light you're seeing cyber as an element of national power, and that brings you right up to recent legislation and our need for collective defense. you know, right now everybody's defending themselves, every company. think about that. and he can hit many of these companies, and they don't stand a chance against a nation-state. so we're fighting eve

why aren't -- haven't we seen out of the gru some of the entities that we know have the capacity to, frankly, shut down entire systems, shut down the internet? the fact that we're still seeing these videos coming out of ukraine surprises the heck out of me, you know? the fact that they've not launched a tape of -- type of attack with soft is ware that includes worms that a go from one network to another, we don't have an answer. the conventional wisdom is maybe at first we thought that, you know, the russians assumed they would win so quickly or, second, they didn't want to use the really malicious malware because if it really destroyed some of the ukrainian infrastructure, it would take much longer and be much more costly to restand up. but now that we're seeing, you know, day 17, 16 on the war and rush is shah potentially even talking about -- russia potentially even talking about chemical weapons or other more egregious forms ofen -- of conflict, i still am relatively amazed that they have not really launched the level of a maliciousness that their cyber arsenal includes. now, wil

keep in mind, the gru, which is russia's military intelligence service is going back to blowing up ammunition and weapons in nato member state territories. they also poisoned a guy who was a bulgarian arms dealer. why did they do this? all of the weapons that were intended in being stalked called in the safe houses or steep houses were intended to be sent to the ukrainian military. so, russia has had a fixation on keeping the west from arming ukraine for a very, very long time. and they have already shown, and i need to stress this, they have shown a willingness to actually support taj everything for tactics inside of nato territory. so this is a great concern. this is going to spillover beyond the borders of ukraine into nato member states. >> molly, if you wanted to look at the flip side of that coin, you would see that if the u.s. is going after the supplies of weapons coming into ukraine, not they are needing supplies for themselves. they are asking china for help as josh lederman was reporting there. what does that say just two weeks into this invasion that russia is turning to china for

we have seen examples in the past couple of years, including a gru unit, military intelligence, conduct an attack in the czech republic of an ammunition depot. so this would be a subversive act in a nato country like poland to target a weapons depot being used to provide assistance to the ukrainians. those are two areas that i'm concerned and will continue to watch. we've been war gaming various aspects of that as well. >> then you endi up with a tens situation escalates in a way that nobody wants. thank you both so very much. >>> next, ukrainians who have managed to flee one of the hardest-hit cities are telling us now the horrific scenes that they witnessed as they left. >> soldiers without heads, without arms. they are lying there. nobody is gathering them. >> plus cnn learning top negotiators for both ukraine and russia, including a russian oligarch, recently suffered minor skin peeling and sore eyes. so what happened? >>> and the academy of motion pictures, arts and sciences responding to will smith slapping chris rock as new details emerge from what happened last night. like the s

like there was supposed to be this kind of blitzkrieg operation, relying heavily on paratroopers and gruly go into kyiv and decapitate the regime and assassinate zelenskyy and that failed, and that was a strategic failure and the political objectives putin this don't exist anymore and it is a scorched earth campaign. >> and they didn't expect the level of resistance perhaps that they got. give us your 30,000 foot, sort of assessment, as to where things are. and we are hearing from president zelenskyy growing increasingly frustrated and looking for material from the west and slowed the russian progress but there are reports that russia made progress in the south and might be creeping closer to the capital. where do things stand right now? >> ukrainians are wanting whatever we are willing to offer, and first it was no-fly zone but that would be directly engaging in russia and, the poles got ahead of themselves and started briefing foreign diplomats, the eu foreign minister, and shout his mouth off and saying we are giving them fighter jets and that thing is gone. and that is now drone, par

phase one he thought he could get in there with a gru and special ops and knock the ukrainian government. that failed. then tank army into battle and stalled on the road. ukrainians beat them there. we went from the u.s. thinking to equip them to realizing to continue. they said they need i think essentially 1,000 or 2,000 missiles a day. anti-tank munitions. washington, d.c. is a counsel of lawyers. justice, defense. president biden is going to have to break through that and say, this isn't going to be world war iii and not a nuclear war. we have to supply them with game changing technology. >> so lucky to have you both with us today. great to have you on set. thank you both very much >>> the wife of the supreme court justice calling biden's 2020 victory quote the greatest heist in history. part of a trove of text messages. what the committee and the supreme court should do about it. that's next. your heart is at the heart of everything you do. and if you have heart failure, entrust your heart to entresto. ♪ ♪ it's the number one heart failure brand prescribed by cardiologists. entresto

that's a gru attack that had that kind of spillover effect. so that's something we're concerned about. and then the second mentioned ransomware. obviously, we are concerned about cyber criminals, many of whom are based in russia either acting in support of the russian government as we have seen the declaration by the well known ransomware gang declaring its intention to act in support of the russian government against the adversaries. or who are taking advantage of perhaps the more permissive operating environment that now exists in the middle of this conflict to attack us through cyber criminals. >> thank you. perhaps we can get into crypto currency later in the hearing. ranking member turner. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to personally thank the director for your bipartisan work, the way you have done outreach, the way you have assured everyone on this committee of your absolute commitment to the national security of this nation. thank you for your service. thank you for your expertise. at a time when the world is once again seeing war

remember the former kgb officials, the gru, they're trying to split the country.y somewhere in moskow and send anti-vaccine propaganda in other areas and he really thought he had the country split and he thought he had a few of these republicans like trump going to go out there and praise him, and he thought he had the west split and he doesn't, and he is finished and i predict he'll leave before joe biden ever leaves office >> anthony, two questions. big u.s. corporations and i'm talking about mcdonald's, starbucks on sort of the retail end but then the banks that have had presences in russia that have at least pulled out temporarily. do they go back? how does that work >> so i would take you back to 1986 when the decisions were made in the west related to south africa until there is a significant regime change there and positivity and softening of that militarism, i do not see anybody being able to go back, and i don't see any reason why western leaders would release those sanctions no matter what the outcome is in the ukrainian war. and so, yes, they'll eventua

he openly asked russia for help -- and we know, thanks to the mueller report, it was that night the grued accessing some of the hacks. wikileaks, the clinton emails, they seemed like they were responding to what trump asked. echoes, of course, as ambassador taylor just said, of 2 1/2 years ago and his efforts to get dirt on the bidens by extortion of ukrainian president zelenskyy. to now do so during a war, where vladimir putin is committing war crimes. the united states has deemed that putin and the russian soldiers committed war crimes and, yet, trump is asking him for help. it is truly staggering. admiral stavridis, taking a step back here, your sense of how damaging this all is, in terms of trump and other voices on the right, including the conservative media who still seem sympathetic to the russian cause. we know those video clips are being circulated on state tv in russia. how does this undermine the war effort here? this is the former president of the united states openly asking vladimir putin for help. >> it's the wrong message at the wrong time. in particular, i'm struck by pr

some of russia's intelligence services, the svr, the foreign intelligence service, as well as russia's gru, the main intelligence director attempting to exploit using disinformation and online platforms inside of theitis united states using disinformation to also exploit polarization, ethnic, racial and other division. we have seen both domestic actors doing it as well as foreign. as to whether congress and the government have done enough, i will say that there has been an uptick in my conversations with some of the joint terrorism task forces and the fbi and the don't of homeland security to pay more attention to this. we are way behind the 8 ball for where we were on the money touring of the islam -- of al qaeda. >> i have other questions. i don't want to can you you off. >> we are behind. >> i want to ask the two questions of the last two witnesses. ms. hoong, thank you for the incredible work you and your organization does. what would you like to see more done the help people move away from the extremism and prevent violence? and how can the government support these efforts? it is almo

there was a gru fmp f noisy person that we talked about yelling about this and talking about that and i just wondered who he was. and after serving with him on the transportation and transportation committee, getting to know him, i realized that that gruff and that noise, let me explain something to you has a heart that was bigger than the noise ever could be. the kindness that he didn't want to show when you were around him just a little bit, you understood. but also what is so great is the amount of us that were able to tap into his knowledge of the institution of the things that he seen, 10 presidents, nine speakers, someone said over 2,000 members that have come through that have served with don young. any time that someone has been in that position, the knowledge they have got is amazing. this last week, when we found out don passed in the world of social media, you put things out and put it out as positive as possible. but one person that responded and said, when i said he was there 50 years, that's why we should have term limits. don had term limits, every two years and went ba

the gru and even the fsb and fcr, the other agencies, i good guarantee they had insiders in ukraine,to tell or they did tell and putin dismissed it. it could be a mixture of both. vladimir putin had a history, a long history knowing that he is the smartest man in the room and just like ignoring the advice from his people. on the other hand, if you know that you get punished for giving bad news, then you just maybe not talking about it. >> i have to ask just a question that i have. how does a former kgb spy end up in the united states and what do you make of what russia is doing now? >> well, i wound up here like everybody else. i got on a plane and eventually i got off a plane. and the reason that i was sent to the u.s. was my language ability and overall ability to operate as a lone wolf in enemy territory. now, what was the second part of the question, please? >> well, does that mean now you're an american citizen? did you give up your allegiance to russia and say i want to be in the united states? how does that work. >> of course, there's only one answer to that question can. i am

russia's military intelligence, the gru, has assassination squads, they train in this.s, we have had periods of intensity and then calm. does it feel to you like this will take a long time for any resolution at all, potentially years? i long time for any resolution at all, potentially years?— potentially years? i don't know about years — potentially years? i don't know about years but _ potentially years? i don't know about years but russia - potentially years? i don't know about years but russia is - potentially years? i don't know about years but russia is not i potentially years? i don't know - about years but russia is not going to back down easily, at least president putin is not. the longer it goes on, though, the greater the risk to him domestically and politically because even though it is very unlikely that anybody in his security cabinet will say, i don't think this is a good idea, you might have bitten off more than you can chew, nobody will do that. there will be coming out of circles and amongst the wider population, as the coffins come home, as the economi