ok, retired lieutenant general ben hodges. many thanks for speaking to us. thanks for the privilege. here's a look at some other developments in the war. french president event a, my norma cross has proposed an international mission to evacuate people from my real poll, the ukrainian city, devastated by russian attacks across that he was working on a humanitarian operation together with turkey and greece. and he would soon call russian president vladimir putin to work out the details. more than a 130 refugees from ukraine have arrived in germany, from moldova, hundreds of thousands of ukrainians have fled to the small former soviet republic. germany plans to lift 2500 refugees out of mold over to help us deal with the influx. yes, president joe biden has visited us troops in poland and thanked them for their service. there now some 100000 us soldiers stationed in europe after recent major reinforcements bite and held the alliances deployments as part of a struggle for democracy against talk rossi. the you assigned to deal with the us to help secure more natu

but if the conflict now entering it's most critical phase, the question to lieutenant general ben hodges, former commander united states, army europe, and my guest this week from franklin. this is not a bit, that's what i mean. it's going to be a decisive we decided to week ahead a whether or not we can bring forth the russians, the common names so that they can no longer check with targeting of civilians of.

we go now where we'd like to turn out to lieutenant general ben hodges. he's a retired us army officer and the former commander of us forces in europe, and he joins us from frankfurt. germany, a very good day, sir. so good of you to make some time out to speak to us. why is sending weapons in to ukraine acceptable? but sending fighter jets untenable? according to the pentagon. yeah, i completely disagree with this decision by the pentagon or the announcement. if that's the case, i'm not sure that the book is closed on this. so i love the initiative about poland to capability that you currently need, so they can defend them. so i'm sure it's more complicated underneath than it seems . and i'm willing to bet that we're going to eventually get there. but to the point of your question, i would not make the difference that writing aircraft is bad, but providing japanese good or acceptable. so i hope we get this fixed very quickly . would you be in favor of nato intervening or enforcing a no fly zone over ukraine? as the ukrainians have been pleading nato to do

so conclusion, retired lieutenant general, ben hodges, the former commander of us forces in europe. sir, thank you for your time. thank you for the privilege. canadian prime minister just and trudeau and german chancellor, olaf sholtes, have hell talks in berlin. the pair discussed the transatlantic response to the russian invasion of ukraine. mister schultz said, hopes of a military solution to the conflict where it's senseless and he hoped, diplomacy would prevail. mister trudeau meanwhile, announced millions of dollars more in weapons support for ukraine. yeah, we need to realize we've provided humanitarian assistance. we've also provided all kinds of equipment which includes some weapons as you know. apart from that, however, we have to think very carefully about what we actually do. and this certainly does not include combat aircraft on c. hill is kind of come through target and the canadian prime minister just sent you those said this, canada and germany stand together against put ins invasion. he represents a threat to democracy, to security, and to peace in europe and around

ok, retired lieutenant general ben hodges. many thanks for speaking to us. thanks for the privilege the e you has signed a deal with the us to help secure more natural gas and wean itself off russian imports. it's one of many steps now being taken in the you to cut economic ties with moscow. but experts believe it will take years to build an, an energy infrastructure that does not rely on russian energy supplies. pipelines. still bringing rushing gas into the e. u. around 40 percent of europe's gas consumption comes from russia, which is why e. u leaders haven't been able to agree a ban on imports as a way of trying to force moscow to end the war in ukraine. but what they did do the summit in brussels, attended by president biden, is a great deal to buy more gas from the u. s last year and i think for vending machines we need to work toward developing infrastructure, which will allow us a greater capacity to move gas where we needed to see them both of often. that means we have taken a conscious decision to better connect national networks, exidine lender ge

the question to lieutenant general ben hodges, former commander, united states, army, europe, and my guess this week from franklin, this is going to be, that's what i mean. it's going to be a decisive. we decided to week ahead. whether or not we can bring forth the russians to culminate so that they can no longer check the targeting of civilians. a residential areas prompted general hodges to call for nato to impose them no fly zones across you. craig, but the alliance said no, this weakness or why tactic, and what have most goes continuing threat to use nuclear weapons. so it's almost like we're talking ourself out of taking more forceful action that we should, over and much more uncomfortable for lieutenant general ben hodges. welcome to complex zone. and thank you. can we start with a recent russian attack on the board of military base close to the polish border with ukraine's $35.00 people died. this came off to russia, had worn that nato weapons shipments to ukraine would be seen as legitimate targets . we don't of course know if some of those shipments pass through that base. b

the question to lieutenant general ben hodges, homer, commander united states, army, europe, and my guest this week from franklin. this is going to be, that's what i mean. it's going to be a decisive. we decided to go ahead and whether or not we can bring for the russians to coordinate so that they can no longer check the targeting of civilians of.

and there was lieutenant general ben hodges, a retired u. s. army officer and the former commander of us forces in europe. meanwhile, canadian prime minister just in trudeau in german chancellor shoals have held talks in berlin. the pair discuss the transatlantic response to the russian invasion of ukraine. mister schultz said, hopes of a military solution to the conflict were senseless and he hope diplomacy would prevail. mister today, meanwhile, announced millions of dollars more in weapons support for ukraine. and following their meeting, the 2 leaders addressed the media where the german chelsor ruled out categorically, sending fighter jets to ukraine. yeah, we need to have a lice. we've provided humanitarian assistance. we've also provided all kinds of equipment which includes some weapons as you know. apart from that, however, we have to think very carefully about what we actually do. and this certainly does not include combat aircraft on c. hill is kind of come to target and the canadian prime minister justin crudo trudeau rather had

you can now speak to ben hodges, a retired u. s. lieutenant general. and former commander of the u. s. army in europe, who's joining us from dough. welcome to the w general. now the russian military making this statement, apparently shifting its focus from the key of offensive and now to liberating as it says, don bass, what do you make of that? this is a colossal failure. by the russian federation, armed forces, and of course, they're gonna try and dress it up as something else that they've accomplished everything they meant to. but they haven't accomplished anything except demonstrate that their military has suffered from decades of corruption inside the miniature defense. and inside of the army, and they've demonstrated that the ukrainians have something to fight for where russian soldiers don't. so i would say this clearly is the combination of russia's ability to launch or conduct sustained offensive operations, large scale. unfortunately, they still had the ability to murder innocent ukrainians. what do you expect from the russian forces around kids? how those talk of the long

i want to begin by asking you about an interview given by lieutenant general ben hodge as the former commander of us forces in europe. and he has said the next 10 days, we'll decide the war. i can you give us your take on that? i have to say it's very difficult to know whether general hodges is correct on this . all of us in a sort of non official sphere are watching the news and trying to piece together exactly what's happening. just like you are in the media. and we do see that the russians have failed to achieve their initial goals. absolutely, there's been a setback for them. and as the reporting is showing, the, the ukrainian response has been quite fierce and they have managed to, to stall what has happened. but it's not clear to me, quite frankly, that the russians have not started adapting to the next phase of the war, which i think will be one of attrition. given the kinds of losses the russians are taking and the kind of a real morale that the ukrainians are showing. i think that the optimistic take is that perhaps a kind of necessary still made might emerge within the next

the question to the attorney general, ben hodges, homer commander, united states, army, europe, and my guest this week from franklin. this is going to be, that's what i mean. it's going to be a decisive. we decided to go ahead and whether or not we can bring forth the russians to culminate so that they can no longer check the targeting of civilians of.

let's go to general ben hodges. commander, very good to have you.u make of this report, this intelligence report that has it, vladimir putin doesn't know what's going on. his generals, what is left of them, seven have been killed in battle, with afraid to talk to him. he's not getting the real skinny. i find it hard to believe where he has access to social media and many do not, that he wouldn't know or get an idea what is happening. could you believe that report? >> well, neil, for sure he is in kind of a bubble there. we've seen the pictures of putin at one end of the long table and his closest advisers at the other end, which is comical. for the last four or five years, i've heard experts that say that putin is this genius, so smart. he can play chess while on his head a former kgb agent. give me a break. he has no idea how corrupt his own ministry and government is. this is the beginning of people make excusing for me, whether they're inside russia or people too complimentary of him outside russia. >> neil: is this the case of the emperor having

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we should be more forward leaning. >> general ben hodges, we really appreciate you being with us. hristine, back to you. >> john, it's interesting that general hodges thinks we're overreacting, but your question of deterrence is a good one. weeks ago we said we didn't foresee where we are right now and how do we have any trust that vladimir putin won't take things a step further? >> look, it assumes the president's a rational actor here and i think that is something we can't be certain of right now. >> true. thanks, john. >>> still ahead for you, the wife of a sitting u.s. supreme court justice calling the 2020 election the greatest heist of our history. what her text messages. the republicans who say they plan to vote a against judge ketanji brown jackson next. ♪ don't play around d with cold ad flu symptoms. (johnny cash) ♪ i've traveled every y road in this here land!♪ ♪ i've been everywhere, man. ♪ ♪ i've been everywhere, man. ♪ ♪ crossed the desert's bare, man. ♪ ♪ i'vbreathed the mountain air, man. ♪ ♪ of travel've had my share, man. ♪ ♪ i've been everywhere.♪ ♪ i've been to:

joining me it courtney kube and retired general ben hodges. and, matt, i'll start with you. what's been the reaction there to this broadening set of russian air strikes into places like western ukraine? >> garrett, i don't know if you can hear it but actually there's a person playing exuberant songs all day long. the streets are very much alive with people shopping and going out to eat. it's not entirely clear that anybody here is particularly afraid, but this is the jumping off point for all of the internally displaced people who once they crossed the borders out of this country will become internationally recognized refugees. those people have to start new lives. the worry here isn't so much about bombing and there was, as you mentioned, that attack on the base that killed 35 people and injured hundreds more. and there are regular air raid sirens in this city. we've heard them many, many times, sometimes several times a day. but folks here seem to be getting along. it reminds me a lot, this city, of when i was in the northeastern city of kharkiv when we'll were going out a

joining me is ben hodges, commanding general of u.s. army europe from 2014 to 2017. thanks so much for being with us. the news today is kherson, this city near the black sea has fallen. and mariupol under siege. we spoke to the deputy mayor who said they're surrounded, russian forces on all sides. he thinks they can hold out several days if they get help. about you if this is a war of attrition, general, what does it mean for the ukrainians? >> a war of attrition requires time, lots of ammunition, and it requires lots of troops. and i do not think the russians have the capacity tow approach they're trying. ukrainians in a war of attrition require people and logistics. but the logistical challenge for the ukrainians is actually i think less difficult than it is for the russians. where the russians have had success, finally, after eight days in kherson, that's their easiest logistical operation to support because of crimea and the black sea fleet. i think if it does turn into a war of attrition, ukraine is going to win out in the end >> that'sing interest. it becomes a

. >>> joining us retired lieutenant general ben hodges, previously served as the commanding u.s.. we saw a funeral for ukrainian soldiers that were killed. the war is watching russia launch these attacks on hospitals, pregnant women and children. what is the strategy here for russia? >> jose, thank you. what a gut-wrenching last ten minutes on your program. that, debra's report. i know darya. she's an incredible woman. what russia obviously has decided to do, they're going to murder as many ukrainians as they possibly can, smashing their cities to put pressure on the zelenskyy government and all of us in hopes that the unit of our alliance will contract and say, for the love of god, we'll do anything, please stop this. this is a premeditated targeting and murder of ukrainian citizens. general oleg mark vet ski is the russian air force commander responsible. we know from captured russian pilots he is the one giving the orders at the targets. i think everybody in the world ought to see his picture and know his name. this is an intentional effort to use murder, terror, to put millio

army in europe, lieutenant general ben hodges and former homeland security secretary michael chertoffth for joining us. general, these cluster bombs, russia's control of the ukrainian nuclear power plant. does this change the game? >> well, it certainly signals that they are dropping all restraint on the use of weapons to terrorize the civilian population, to destroy infrastructure. no restraint. that's what it's going to be like for the rest of the time until this is over. so we need to be prepared for that. >> and so, mr. secretary, russia potentially is committing war crimes out in the open now. what's your take? what does that tell you about where this is headed? >> i think it's not potentially committing war crimes. they are committing war crimes and i'm afraid to say, i think this will continue, particularly as putin is disappointed in the ability of his actual troops to get control over kyiv and kharkiv. and i think this means eventually he'll be, perhaps, an international law investigation whether that will amount to anything in terms of the ability to actually bring putin int

also, retired lieutenant general, ben hodges, former commanding general of the united states army, in europe. cal, let me begin with you, in the situation there tonight. >> i think that there is a number of indications we can now point to on the ground. as evidence that this military operation is planned. so, the first witnesses brutal assault on the civilian population in these hours. the lifelines for civilians, who are maybe behind, specifically, the food supply, and the medical supplies. in the city of mariupol, you have russian troops inside of a ukrainian hospital, using patients there as human shields, as a way to avoid being shot at, and a way to deny the enemy medical treatment happening, in an urban setting. in the city of kharkiv, we have continued shelling of a marketplace that sells food to the people who have remained in that city. and the city of chernihiv, we have the attack on a bread line. civilians, waiting in line for bread, gunned down by russian soldiers, or snipers. still unclear exactly how that shook out. in kyiv, the biggest brain silo in the country, bombed,

general ben hodges, forming commanding general of the u.s. army in europe currently with the center for european policy analysis. michael mcfaul is a former u.s. ambassador to russia. and nbc chief foreign correspondent richard engel is inside kyiv this morning. richard what's the latest on the situation there? >> reporter: once again, russia has attacked civilians in kyiv, bombing an apartment complex, killing at least one person here, wounding more than a dozen, but if you look at the scale of the attack, the bomb landed right in the middle of this complex damaging all the apartments around, also a school, a supermarket, a kindergarten, the death toll could have been far worse. and this is happening every day now. not just in kyiv but also in kharkiv, in mariupol, in chernihiv where civilians are being attacked without any military targets in the area. and since it continues to happen, why is russia doing this? there must be a reason they're hitting only civilian targets. first of all, it's a terror campaign. it terrorizes the people. it ma

army troops in europe, retired lieutenant general ben hodges, now the chair at the center for european policy analysis. keir, in turkey, we'll discuss later whether russia is doing this out of necessity because they can't keep up their push towards kyiv, but it seems as if -- are we to read this as some sort of progress? >> reporter: well, both sides seem to think there is some progress. i would say this, you know, chuck -- any peace deal in any conflict is born out of necessity unless one side kind of wins outright if you like, inevitably there are compromises. the big question i think tonight is whether the compromises that were talked about in the building behind me here for just four hours today -- they came prepared and they walked out with proposals, but whether those compromises are going to be agreed to. one thing i would point to as a hurdle, the chief negotiator from the russian side talked about taking the proposals back to president putin, so clearly president putin will have to agree to anything that's agreed here, and we don't know if he'll do that. there is talk from the

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i want to begin by asking you about an interview given by lieutenant general ben hodges, the former commander of us forces in europe. and here said the next 10 days, we'll decide the war. i can you give us your take on that? i have to say it's very difficult to know whether general hodges is correct on this . all of us in the sort of non official sphere are watching the news and trying to piece together exactly what's happening just like you are in the media. and we do see that the russians have failed to achieve their initial goals. absolutely, there's been a setback for them. and as a reporting is showing the, the ukranian response has been quite fierce and they have managed to, to stall what has happened. but it's not clear to me, quite frankly, that the russians have not started adapting to the next phase of the war, which i think will be one of attrition. given the kinds of losses the russians are taking and the kind of a real morale that the ukrainians are showing. i think that the optimistic take is that perhaps a kind of necessary still made might emerge within the next 10 days. but i

but former lieutenant governor ben hodges said this morning on fox he thinks a narrow window for russia to achieve success here or they are going to get very mired down. listen to what he said. >> the next ten days are decisive. if we pour it on, the russians will come and run out of the ability to keep attacking. >> john: so let's just put that on pause, we have to jump to the white house briefing. jen psaki announced the president is going to brussels very soon. >> those affected by the violence and address other challenges related to the conflict. i also wanted to note because there has been so much information we have been putting out and so many sanctions we have put into place some of the economic impacts that we are seeing in russia just to give you an update on that. we have made president putin's war a strategic failure, unprecedented costs we have imposed have reversed 30 years of economic progress. something president putin himself pushed for, and that has happened in less than a month. our actions have hit hard at the things president putin cares about the most. degrading hi

let's bring in ben hodges. he is pershing chair and strategic studies sent for european policy analysis and joins of fi. scott from frank for thank you for your time, from what we saying on the ground. these latest developments, new cities attacked, including the me pro. that lodge convoy outside of key is apparently moving redeploying mariel poll still on the seizure. what do you think is going to happen next? what should we expect next from the russian military? well, for sure, the russians are going to continue murdering ukrainian citizens. innocent people bombing civilian targets as they've been doing it because they think that this will generate, it obviously does generate millions of refugees, which puts huge pressure on the ukranian government, but also western governments. so it's an attempt to crack the unity and the will for us to support ukraine. what a cynical approach to murder, so many innocent people. ready and in search of their objective of taking over ukraine. so we're going to, we're going to

the tenor general ben hodges. let's get more on the refugee situation in poland.ed for the night. we saw people who slept here last night who the night before we actually saw in the underground bits of krakow station, forced to sleep on the concourse, so at least here they have a bed, this bureaucratic effort is to find them a longer term option. there is also food, provisions, goods, all the sorts of things that they could need on offer here, and it really is appreciated. poland has been welcomed, and you just arrived in ukraine 24, 48 hours ago? hold sorry. yes, we arrived, we came from brovary,. it was not very easy, because we were in the train for about ten hours, we came to live live and there was a lot of stick, and we came to lviv, there are people we knew, they gave a shelter, it was really nice. after some hours we went to the borderline and stayed in the queue for about at least one day. it was really cold, small children were crying, dogs barking and so on, but at least we came to the border and they gave us also, they took us, i don't remember, to the

i agree with ben hodges, that russia is not _ agree with ben hodges, that russia is not going to be able accomplish its political objectives. but it is_ accomplish its political objectives. but it is a — accomplish its political objectives. but it is a bumpy road between then and defeat, — but it is a bumpy road between then and defeat, i think, for the russians, _ and defeat, i think, for the russians, ultimately in large part because — russians, ultimately in large part because i— russians, ultimately in large part because i think putin calculates command — because i think putin calculates command as we heard from the us intelligence community reporting out yesterday, this is the conflict that putin_ yesterday, this is the conflict that putinjudges he cannot afford to lose _ putinjudges he cannot afford to lose and — putinjudges he cannot afford to lose. and so he is going to double down _ lose. and so he is going to double down and — lose. and so he is going to double down and we do see his strategy shifting — down and we do see his strategy shifting to go after these population centr

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lieutenant general ben hodges, thank you for your time this morning. >> thanks. >>> all right, tributes pouring in for the american journalist brent renault shot and killed by russian forces in the city of irpin this weekend. he was an award-winning journalist and producer who worked in new york. he and his brother craig spent years telling human interest stories from middle east, haiti, libya. friends say his work affected many people deeply. >> he could get into any location. he had this ability just to blend in wherever he was. the career that he had, his ability to reach people, his ability to capture the humanity behind people's suffering is something i've never seen before and i was just honored to work with him as long as i did. >> his colleagues say he was so talented. another american journalist, wan arredondo was wounded. working on a documentary about kyiv refugees when he was killed. >>> in a couple of hours, a new round of talks between ukraine and russia to establish a cease-fire and more humanitarian corridors. ukraine's president zelenskyy will address the council of eur

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white house, courtney kube at the pentagon and we're also joined by retired lieutenant general ben hodgesrmer commanding general for the u.s. army in europe. and, richard, i want to start with you in kyiv. with this widespread condemnation we're now seeing directed at russia, after this latest attack apparently hitting a children's hospital out east, what can you tell us? >> reporter: i don't think you need to say apparently, it hit a children's hospital. it is right in the center of mariupol, it is impossible to miss. we spent weeks in mariupol before coming to kyiv. and where we were staying was just a few blocks away from this hospital. mariupol is now completely surrounded, we're talking about firing into a captive population, there are 400,000 people or wore about 400,000 people in mariupol, some have managed to escape, but the vast majority are trapped in the city. they are running out of food, they are running out of water, and then this massive explosion, it dug a crater that looked 30, 40 feet deep, locals were describing it as an air strike, potentially a very large bomb dropped

i want to bring in lieutenant governor ben hodges, a commanding general in europe from 2014 to 2017. he knows this theater well, and general, i was struck by the q&a here where the defense intelligence agency witness here said that we had some between 2,000 and 4,000 russians killed but that that may not be really affecting vladimir putin's calculus. he perceives the conflict as a war he cannot afford to lose. as we look as the escalating costs for putin and how dug in he may be, how should that affect u.s. military thinking, the administration's strategic thinking about this conflict? >> well, thank you. the number of russian troops killed is not going to matter to president putin. it would only matter to their families and to russian domestic population so one of our objectives clearly has to be how do we make -- how do we get past the kremlin's block of social media and real journalism? how do we reach those families inside ukraine so that they understand what the price is and what's actually going on? most russians don't have access to reliable news or reliable information, and s

for more on all this, we're joined by lieutenant general ben hodges. it's good to see you, general. it was big news. we just heard from the secretary of state, confirming what nbc news have been reporting about the possibility of giving some more firepower to ukrainian forces. what our nbc reporters said was if the deal would involve pull and donating is all russian-made fighters to your crane. and replacing them with a purchase of u.s. meets f-16 jets. talk about the importance of this and why it is so important for the ukrainians? we had a member of the parliament who was on just in the last hour saying we are desperately in need of this help. >> chris, thank you. i love this initiative. and i think is a good way for the united states to help. along with poland, increased capability for ukraine. ukrainian pilots are experience, would know how to fly these aircraft. look, in modern warfare, air power play such an important role. right now, the russians have as massive advantage overhead. they can get convoys, they can hit arteries, they have rockets. obviously, the russians are als