cia director john ratcliffe says president trump has a, quote, real question about whether ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is committed to the peace process. with us now is cnn national security reporter zachary cohen. what more are you learning about this? >> yeah, guys, it's clear that there's at least a partial pause in the intelligence sharing between the u.s. and ukraine. what's not clear is how far these limitations go. what? how much is that intel being limited? what kind of intelligence is being paused here? it's also not clear how long this pause could remain in place, but trump's cia director, john ratcliffe and national security adviser mike walsh both suggesting that it could be lifted in the short term if the ukrainians demonstrate that they've come further in the negotiation process towards the negotiations to satisfy what they would like to see as far as coming to the table and engaging with russia. now, look, it remains to be seen whether or not ukraine has done enough to satisfy the trump administration's demands on that front. but it's hard to overstate how

the director of america, the central intelligence agency, john ratcliffe says the you where says paused, intelligent sharing with you, right? the decision cuts key both from the final information about russian movements on the battlefield. it follows the suspension of o u. s. military 8. the key 5 to friday's french's oval office meeting between presidents, trumpets, and landscape us national security advisor mike walls was asked about the pause in a press conference. we have uh, we have taken a step back and or pausing and reviewing all aspects of this relationship. just in the last 24 hours since the public statement from zalinski and then the subsequent conversations, which i'm going to walk inside and continue. i think we're going to see a movement in very short order. marina we're on is a military expert at king's college fund, and she told us how the loss of us military and intelligence support will change the way you can fax this war. well, i think the most critical right now is the lack of intelligence support because it is not something that the europeans can supplement in a se

john ratcliff says the you where says paused intelligence sharing with you create the decision, cuts key both from bio information about russian movements on the battlefield. it follows the suspension of old u. s. military, a to key 5 to friday's fractious, oval office meeting between president trump and savanski us national security advisor mike walls was asked about the pause in a press conference as we have uh, we have taken a step back uh and or pausing and reviewing all aspects of this relationship, just in the last 24 hours sense the public statement from zalinski and then the subsequent conversations, which i'm going to walk inside and continue. i think we're going to see the movement in very short order. moreno around is a military expert of kings college funding. she told us how the loss of u. s. military and intelligence support will change the way ukraine fights this war as well. i think the most critical right now is the lack of intelligence support because it is not something that you're peons can supplement in a sense that us military satellites or satellite capabilitie

jason kikta, john ratcliffe, a bit more detail about that. in an interview with fox business. he says that actually it was military aid and intelligence sharing. remember, that second part is absolutely vital to ukraine that were indeed paused. and he says, i think on the military front and the intelligence front, the pause that allowed that to happen, i think will go away. and he's essentially referring to the rapprochement that appeared to build last night. during his speech, president trump said he received a letter from president zelenskyy, which essentially suggested that they were willing to commit to peace to sign the rare earth minerals deal at a time that was convenient to the white house. and trump seemed essentially pleased with the tone of that letter, which had been preceded by a social media statement and a video in which zelenskyy used the word regrettable about the scenes in the oval office, which many ukrainians frankly think were disrespectful towards their president. but ratcliffe statement is interesting because he essentially suggests that the military aid

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all that, according to the cia director, john ratcliffe, who clarified the move earlier today. listen to this. >> president trump said, is he asked. >> for a pause in this case as as everyone saw play out? president trump had a real question about whether president zelenskyy was committed to the peace process. and he said, let's pause. i want to give you a chance to think about that. >> joining us now, cnn's senior military analyst, retired admiral james stavridis. he's a former nato supreme allied commander. he's also a partner at the carlyle group, a global investment firm. admiral, thank you so much for joining us. first, let me get your reaction to this announcement that the u.s. is stopping, at least for now, intelligence sharing with ukraine. >> you know, we used to talk about maximum pressure campaign on iran. what i'm starting to feel like is we want to put maximum pressure on an ally, a partner, a friend, and that would be ukraine. so i, for one, do not believe this is going to contribute to getting this deal back together again. but it certainly of a piece with pausin

the cia director john ratcliffe says president trump had a real question about whether president zelenskyed to the peace process, but indicated military and intelligence suypport but indicated military and intelligence support to ukraine could resume. president trump had a real question about whether president zelensky was committed to the peace process. and he said, "let's pause. i want to give you a chance to think about that." and you saw the response that president zelensky put out a statement saying, "i'm ready for peace, and i want donald trump's leadership to bring about that peace." and so i think on the military front and the intelligence front, the pause that allowed that to happen, i think will go away. and i think we'll work shoulder to shoulder with ukraine as we have to push back on the aggression that's there. but to put the world in a better place for these peace negotiations to move forward. as those comments around us intelligence sharing with ukraine came out earlier - here in the uk, prime minister sir keir starmer was asked in the house of commons whether the us could

so on just his second day in office, the cia director, john ratcliffe, telling fox news this morning that he talked to his counterpart in pakistani intelligence and shared intelligence that the cia had, that jafar was present in the afghanistan-pakistan border region, and he effectively told pakistani intelligence, according to ratcliffe, that, look, if you want to have a constructive relationship with president trump and with this administration, you're going to act on this intelligence and find a way to apprehend this guy. you're going to make this a priority. the pakistanis ultimately were able to do that. and he was extradited to the united states and appeared at dulles airport last night, where he was met by ratcliffe, other senior trump administration officials, including the director of national intelligence. tulsi gabbard, the attorney general, pam bondi, and is expected to appear in court today. >> and we'll be watching those proceedings. katie polglase, thank you so much, brianna. >> and joining us now for more on this retired u.s. army brigadier general mark kimmitt. he al

i'm not sure where we are with john ratcliffe and the dna, but i would think at some point, hopefully we get things back on track with the ukrainians and everything resumes. that is what i would hope for. >> [indiscernible] we heard from russia and they are waiting for the u.s. [indiscernible] do we have a timeline of when that will happen? >> we have been in discussions with the national security advisor this morning about who that main team will be. we have reached out to the russians. we will let the ukrainians know as well. before we get there, that will all be part of it. >> will the u.s. now engaged with any terrorist group that takes american hostages? >> i think if you are asking about the reachout that you read about, i think it was the responsibility of special envoy to actually have a conversation and see if anything can be achieved. unfortunately, what we learned is hamas told us they were going to be thinking about it a certain way and they weren't. i think that is important information for us to have, and so came the tweak from the president, which is your behavior is un

wrote j at the top of my priorities for america and i told the cia, the nsa, amazing people, john ratcliffe the director of the fbi. we need to find this guy for the president, for the families. bring them to u.s. soil the face justice. i'm we salute -- you know who you are, i'm not quite to give the name. the nsa team that found a certain piece of intelligence. we provided it to the government of pakistan and thank you pakistan for tracking this man down, apprehending him and then our brave team members from the fbi went to islam about on saturday, they interviewed sharifullah and he confessed not just to abbey gate but to numerous other isis mass murderers and then we were there on the tarmac with about 100 other agents and it was like a movie. president trump made the promises to the abbey gate 13 families and last night at 3:00 a.m., president trump kept that promise, jesse. >> jesse: you came face-to-face with this guy? what did you say to him? >> yeah. i thought about what i would say to him. i thought about one of my team members, a delta force guy said you could tell this guy this i

zelenskyy is getting close the next hour my exclusive interview with the directive of the cia john ratcliffe on last night. craig: the breaking news of president broadus and from cia intelligence. futures are trading higher after a couple days of selling, the dow industrial up 232 points and the nasdaq up 151, markets under pressure as trump tariffs have taken effect in canada, china and mexico with all three countries retaliating president trump is countering the jobs data as well the february adp report at 8:15 a.m. eastern we will have the numbers, get the impact ahead of the fiber jobs report coming out this friday, european markets are also rallying take a look at the eurozone higher across the board. in asia overnight green across the board as well. in hong kong to hang seng is up 3% overnight joining the conversation bullseye american ingenuity fund manager adam johnson, former house committee kate and director and poster and president of landscape partners lee carter is here "mornings with maria" is live right now. >> coming in with a sharp, president trump says his speeches about co

i think the attorney general along with the fbi and john ratcliffe over at the cia will get these documents as the president's chair of the intelligence advisory board, you know, we will enshower that that that happens. and -- ensure. if they want to lean on us to do some of that declassification, we will over time. but the american people want to to close this dark chapter in american history -- maria: yeah. >> -- and really put an end to it. and the way you do that is with sunlight and let these documents out. maria: and, devin, i know before you exposed the trump collusion lie can which went viral across the world, you had done a deep dive on china. and it is china has -- that really is the number one adversary who has been undermining the united states now for decades. what do you want to say about that common thread that keeps running through all of these stories whether it be ukraine, europe or, in fact, lies about the trump administration? >> yeah. i mean, you look at what happened last week with the zelenskyy meeting, what was lost on everyone is what president trump was trying to d

it was john ratcliffe. pam bondi, kash patel.all went out and met the agents last night in the middle of the night as they flew this monster back. he will be brought to justice. and the president said to these families at arlington we are going to get this guy. we shared the intelligence with pakistan and he has rolled up and he will be tried in a u.s. court so he confessed? >> he confessed. this was the planner of that bombing that killed our 13 family members. >> where will he be held? >> i don't want to get into thought court proceedings but i will be brought to trial. >> brian: can we trust the pack assistance again? >> it was a step, brian in all fairness we shared the intelligence and they moved on that intelligence and they have now extradited him in a very short order. >> brian: yesterday afternoon, a letter was released from president zelenskyy to the president basically saying i regret what happened in the oval office. i want to sign this deal. he went into things, competence measures that russia could do to show they a

stuart: the cia director, john ratcliffe, told maria bartiromo this morning that trump has cut off intelligenceressure. >> president trump is ready for zelenskyy to come to the table when he is serious about negotiating about peace. i think that director ratcliffe mentioned that was a temporary measure, things could be turned back on if he -- we get into real negotiations. positive signs this morning, the national security adviser, mike waltz, said he had spoken with his part in ukraine with. steve witkoff is working this issue closely with the president as well. so what we're hoping, as mike waltz said, is to get into shuttle diplomacy between the two nations to get to peace, and this is very important, president trump has said he wants to get to a real and lasting peace so that putin doesn't think this is something he can repeat again in a few years. stuart: last night the president announced the capture of the terrorist who planted the abbey gate bomb which killed 13 soldiers, our soldiers, in afghanistan. the pakistan i-s -- pakistanis apparently gave him away. he's on his way to america. w

. >>> cia director john ratcliffe saying today the u.s. paused intelligence support and weapons shipments to ukraine. ukrainian president zelenskyy posting on social media he'scommitth committed to peace. in his address to congress last night, trump quoted a letter he said he received from zelenskyy saying the ukrainian leader is ready to come to the negotiating table. president trump could unveil trade deals with mexico and canada as soon as today. according to commerce secretary speaking to fox business, he says the deals probably won't mean pausing the 25% tariffs on mexico and canada that started yesterday, a source says trump and the canadian prime minister are talking today and vice president j.d. vance is set to visit the southern border. >>> well, did you see it? president donald trump gave his vision for his second term before a congress that is very divided. tension from the very first moments mr. trump touching on things that he ran on. immigration, national security, and the economy. really working to appeal to his base and at

today we had. >> john ratcliffe. >> mike waltz. >> saying that. they'd cut off. >> the intelligence partnership. >> there had. >> been some doubts. >> some officials wanted. >> to gradually. >> ratchet up the pressure. >> others just. >> wanted more out of zelensky. >> i mean. but make no. >> mistake. >> this is the trump administration. >> pressuring the. >> ukrainians to agree to their terms on the minerals. >> deal, on their approach to peace. >> which is. >> different than the european approach. >> which is different. >> than the. ukrainian approach. >> director brennan, what is the consequence for ukraine's ability to prevail or to continue to fight? >> it's potentially devastating. u.s. support. to ukraine to confront russian aggression has many different components to it. there are the weapons. there's the munitions. the munitions. te logistical support and the. technical systems that. empower those capabilities. >> there's also. >> a military advice and guidance. >> and then there's intelligence. >> intelligence is the lifeblood. >> that g

however, we also heard the cia director, john ratcliffe, say that that could be lifted soon. but listen to what walt said on fox news this morning. >> we have taken a step back and are pausing. >> and. >> reviewing all aspects of this relationship, but i just got off the phone before i walked out here with my counterpart, the ukrainian national security advisor. we are having good talks on location for for the next round of negotiations on delegations. on substance, i think we're going to see movement in very short order. >> he said he thinks there will be movement in very short order and apologies. that was actually him talking to me and other reporters this morning. but look, this does follow some reporting that my colleague zach cohen and i sent out yesterday just before the speech, which is that in the days after that oval office dustup between the president and zelenskyy, i we know that trump administration officials, top officials, people like keith kellogg have been in contact with zelenskyy and other ukrainian officials saying you need to get talks back on track. and

. >> we should note we're also hearing from the cia director, john ratcliffe, who says on the military aid and intelligence front, he thinks that those pauses will soon be lifted, noting that they are seeing some positive signs. in the words of mike wallace. after zelensky posted that statement yesterday on x shared a letter that donald trump revealed yesterday saying that ukraine is ready for peace at this time. this does appear to be part of a negotiating process that the white house is using to try to strike that deal with ukraine and ultimately with russia as well. >> and simone, i mean, this comes reason. yes. >> i was going to say that i think what you're beginning to see are the brits and the french telling zelensky, maybe, perhaps they'll even accompany him to washington and zelensky will sign something. but i think yet to be determined is what's the security guarantee going to be? are the french and the brits enough to do things on the ground with troops? what does he want? maybe more arms, more stash for the ukrainians to be able to defend themselves? it looks as though they

here's what cia director john ratcliffe said about this earlier today. >> president trump said as he asked for a pause in this case as as everyone saw play out. president trump had a real question about whether president zelenskyy was committed to the peace process. and he said, let's pause. i want to give you a chance to think about that. >> cnn chief international security correspondent nick paton walsh is in kyiv following all of these developments from there. nick, tell us what these pauses mean for ukraine. >> well, i've got to tell you, in short, brianna, every morning the situation seems to get slightly worse for ukrainians. there had been a feeling that 24 hours ago, when the first reports of u.s. military aid being stopped, that intelligence sharing might continue. this morning, that was crushed. but also remember, too, the hope had been that, given the positive tone in which president trump spoke of president zelenskyy in the letter that he had sent to him, that parts of which he sort of paraphrased or read out during that speech, suggesting, as trump had demanded, that the

cia director john ratcliffe and national security adviser mike waltz both confirmed that today, withdescribing what it would take to make president trump reconsider. >> i think if we can. >> nail down these negotiations. >> and move towards these negotiations. >> and. >> in fact, put some confidence building. >> measures on the table. >> then the president. >> will take. >> a hard look. >> at. lifting this pause. >> and. then get back on the peace. process to try to. >> we have to know that we're we have to know that. both sides are sincerely negotiating towards a. >> partial, then permanent peace. >> jane harman is a former democratic congresswoman from california, chair of the commission on national defense strategy, and former president and ceo at the woodrow wilson center. it's good to see you, congresswoman. when you couple this with the pause in military aid, what's the impact? well, hopefully it's for a short period, but that period could have a catastrophic impact on ukraine to be clear, the united states in particular has been working through a site in wiesbaden, germany, ca

cia director john ratcliffe this morning said the pause could be temporary. >> so i think on the militarynt, the pause that that allowed. >> that. >> to happen, i think will go away and i think we'll work shoulder to shoulder with ukraine as we have to push back on the aggression that's there. but to put those comments after president trump seemed open to getting peace talks back on track in his speech last night. joining us now is nbc news senior national security correspondent courtney qb and evelyn farkas, former assistant secretary of defense and executive director of the mccain institute. so, courtney, presidents seem willing to, i guess, move forward on that joint venture on on minerals in ukraine. but the pause on military aid and intelligence sharing is now in place. is there a dichotomy there? >> no. i mean, look, the reality is the us was still sending weapons. they were flowing weapons and equipment into ukraine. still. in fact, a u.s. defense official told us that when the order came down monday night, about 6 p.m. eastern time, that there was actually aid that was en route to

cia director john ratcliffe indicated the pause was meant to bring ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyyegotiating table following last week's oval office blowup. >> president trump. >> said as he asked for. >> a pause. >> in this. >> case as. >> as everyone. >> saw play out. president trump had a. >> real question about whether president zelenskyy. >> was committed to. >> the peace. >> process, and he said, let's pause. i want to give you. >> a chance to think about that. >> so any pause in u.s. aid or intelligence could have life and death consequences for ukrainian soldiers on the battlefield. our kaitlan collins attempted to get clarification from white house press secretary karoline leavitt about how long it might go on for. >> director ratcliffe said today that the president has paused. also, intelligence sharing with ukraine. is that temporary or is that permanent? >> i believe what the national security council told me in regards to that was that they paused or they are reconsidering. um, the, the funding for ukraine, as you saw the pause on the funding. as for intelligence matte

even in the morning after that, the cia director, john ratcliffe, announced that intelligence sharing had been paused. suggestions it might be started. but national security advisor mike waltz said he wanted to see more commitment to negotiations from zelenskyy. the real question for ukraine is what exactly is the peace process they're being asked to sign up to? is it the u.s. russia one being negotiated without them? is it what the europeans are trying to put together that has ukraine involved, or is it a more general feeling from trump's inner circle that zelenskyy is more on their side? the intelligence sharing is so vital on top of the departure of military aid, the days in which they lose this information cost ukrainian lives. and just now, zelenskyy's hometown, hit by a ballistic missile. the kind of thing that patriot missiles supplied by the u.s. would stop and at least two dead and many other injured. phil. >> nick. there's a big european defense summit in brussels. zelenskyy is set to attend tomorrow. you've been doing a ton of reporting about basically foreign officials, eu

trump's cia director, john ratcliffe, says that he raised that issue with his pakistani counterpart in the very first few days on the job, and now this suspect is on his way to the u.s. to to arrive in the u.s. tomorrow morning, where he will face charges with providing and conspiring to provide material support to terrorists. we should note this that he was released from a prison in afghanistan. this is important, erin. just two weeks before the abbey gate attack. and that's notable because it shows the results of the chaos of that withdrawal. right. you had many hundreds, thousands of prisoners being released during that time as the government was collapsing. here is one of them. and he contributed to that attack that killed so many, so many on that day, including 13 u.s. service members. >> yeah, and obviously, so much we don't know is, you know, exactly why they're bringing him back, as opposed to whether they, you know, would have killed him in the field. i mean, there's a lot of questions about this that i know we're going to be finding out over these next few hours. all right, j

and again, you had cia director john ratcliffe saying that it was going to just be temporary.republican senators coming out, ted cruz, this war should come to an end in a way that is clear and unequivocal loss for the russians and a loss for putin. murkowski i'm sick to my stomach about this. john thune, no question who started the war. russia is the aggression aggressor here. i could go down all of this. cramer, senator cramer saying trump is factually wrong to label zelensky a dictator, rounds senator rounds. clearly, ukraine needs our support. and i think the vast majority of us are very supportive of ukraine. they are the ones being attacked. i could go on and on and on. there are some things that donald trump can continue doing that are sustainable. i somehow think not supporting zelensky in favor of putin is not something he can continue for very long, given the republicans opposition in the united states senate. your thoughts? well, joe, i think that is really the question. and you're right, the meeting that that disastrous meeting on friday in the oval office seems to

people like kash patel at the f.b.i., john ratcliffe at the c.i.a., and r.f.k. jr. at h.h.s. i was proud to support every single nominee and i'm pretty confident every single nominee will win senate confirmation which has never happened before. with respect to passing an america-first agenda, the first step in that was what we voted on last week, a budget reconciliation bill. i was proud to work with our house oversight committee as a major committee of jurisdiction on the budget reconciliation bill. we've pledged to come up with $50 billion in savings to go along with the first real effort in the entire eight years i've been in congress by this body to actually save money. to cut wasteful, unnecessary expenses. which is what the mandate was all about. this is what president trump campaigned no not just in kentucky on, but -- campaigned not just in kentucky on, but all across america on. i pledge to continue to work with president trump. next he's asked us to pass a continuing resolution. it's a shame that congress is broken. in the entire eight years i've been here, the sena