for more on this major development, let's bring in david sanger. ndent for "the new york times." good morning, david. so leman is a city of donesk. putin doesn't have control over some of the areas that he claimed. what's going on here? >> that's true even when he annexed it. what we're beginning to discover is that the annexation was more a political move than any reflection of actual russian control. the issues that he's had with his conventional military, the inaccuracy of some of their precision weapons or non-precision weapons, their difficulty just for getting enough troops to hold the territory were told before it was taken and they're true now. the reason that's a bigger concern to many american officials is that it's likely to push put be and, two, accelerating his cluk clear threats than if he was actually succeeding on the ground. he doesn't have much left on the ground. >> if this is a political move, is this a way to shore up support from the russian people? with crimea, it led to sky high approval ratings for putin. but the thing about

to bring in cnn political and national security analyst and white house national correspondent david sanger. armageddon, david. how unusual is this type of language from a u.s. president in 2022? and why now? >> well, john, as you and jeremy both pointed out, it's highly unusual. i can't recall a time that a president has used it other than a historical sense and that's not what president biden was doing. he was basically warning that one should not take solace in the thought that if putin uses a nuclear weapon, it would be a tactical or battlefield weapon, that's a smaller one that can be used on the battlefield. and that presumably would have somewhat limited damage. he was basically saying if he uses it, this will escalate. i think the second really interesting thing that he did was talk about off ramps and the need for that in the same paragraph he talked about the cuban missile crisis because of course that's what kennedy was seeking during the cuban missile crisis. >> and what he said -- often, president biden does this, he sort of opens the door to discussions that often happen behin

david sanger, thank you so much. good to see you. >> good to see you. >>> restoration and recovery efforts continue in parts of florida. more than a week after hurricane ian slammed into the state leaving behind billions of dollars in catastrophic damage. more than 100 people died because of that storm. and tens of thousands remain without power. crews began secondary searches on sanibel island this week after some residents returned to their homes for the first time. and you will remember the storm wiped out parts of the causeway contenting sanibel island to the mainland. for some frustration simply grows. residents facing long lines at fema help centers, some waiting hours to try to get help. joining us now is the deputy field coordinating officer for fema. tom, so good to see you. so what is the priority for fema in florida right now some when folks stand in the line, what can they expect in terms of help or guidance? >> our main priority is two pronged right now. complete arrest of the response operations that we

. >>> earlier i spoke with senior analyst david sanger. asked him about putin's setbacks and how this is playing out at home. >> that putin's intent had been, first, to have a very quick war, that didn't work out. and then, if it was going to drag on, have a war that basically wouldn't be noticed by most of the russian people. that it wouldn't affect their daily lives. that became harder and harder as sanctions began to bite, particularly the export controls put in place by the united states. but now that the war has gone really bad, and now that putin has ordered a call-up of 300,000 essentially untrained or little-trained troops, just males from the russian population who did not intend to be going to fight in ukraine -- suddenly the effects have been much greater. people have begun to understand the degree to which putin miscalculated, beginning to understand the size of the casualties which the british estimate as 20,000 dead, another 60,000 or so injured. on the right, many are saying they prosecuted the war badly. i think the bridge

. >>> joining us is david sanger, a white house and national security correspondent for "the new yorkimes." david, what are you making of just these developments? the bridge attack over the curt strait and now what you are seeing as russia is striking so many targets across ukraine and we're not sure when this is going to end. >> brianna, i think there is a bit of a turn in the war going on. seven months ago we thought that russia had a strategy for taking over crimea. the strategy failed. they don't have that now. i don't think they've got a hope of that, they clearly don't have the troops or the capability. so now they have a strategy for terrorizing and destroying good parts of ukraine. and that's really the -- been the reaction to the bridge attack. i think by going after crimea and the bridge, the bridge, of course, connects crimea to the rest of russia, they were going after a pet project of president putin's, he was the one who ordered the creation of that bridge and was present at its unveiling or operation four years ago. but they were also suggesting that in ukraine's mind,

. >> with me is david sanger, cnn political and national security analyst.h us this morning. i think the last time we spoke was after president biden's comments about armageddon. here we are with another biden warning not just talking about tactical nuclear weapons but talking about a dirty bomb. is there a belief among u.s. officials that the likelihood of some kind of nuclear device, with a tactical nuclear weapon or dirty bomb is likely? >> it seems we're on the escalation ladder, which is worrisome. it seems people are talking elements of this. the dirty bomb isn't a nuclear weapon. it doesn't go off with a nuclear weapon force. it's a conventional weapon wrapped in hospital waste or waste from an energy plant of some kind. something that is radio active and could make blocks or part of a city uninhabitable for some period of time. the president was asked about a dirty bomb and the question he answered was about a tactical nuclear weapon. that's where their brains are. it's keeping putin from breaking the nuclear taboo and using a nuclear weapon, even a

joining us now national security david sanger.ement from vladimir putin? i want to note it includes the area of kherson where russia today announced evacuations from a city that they acknowledged they are losing control over. yet at the same time this political statement where putin says he's declaring martial law. >> it's part of putin's increasing desperation. it's also part of the whole strange nature of this law -- of this war where he doubles down on areas that he is increasingly not in control of. if you think about the escalation ladder that we've been looking at here right now, first he declares a mobilization. maybe they have 300,000 people flowing. they have numbers approaching that fleeing the country. then he's evacuating troops out of this area he can't hold, but declaring martial law in that region. this is why so many in the administration are worried about the steady progress toward a possible nuclear detonation because he's running out of conventional options. >> that's the question, right? what comes next? when y

you look at the top of "the new york times," general, and you actually have david sanger, william broad's story, "the risk for putin as he rattles nuclear sabre and u.s. tries to anticipate the unthinkable, for all his threats to fire tactical nuclear arms at ukraine targets, putin is now discovering what the united states itself concluded years ago, that small nuclear weapons are hard to use, harder to control, and a far better weapon of terror and intimidation than a weapon of war." general, thank you so much for being with us. we greatly appreciate it. >> peter zwack, thank you very much. he's got it right there. all right. >>> coming up, the markets are set to open in just a few minutes, and it's a lot of attention being paid to credit suisse as the major bank faces serious financial issues. andrew ross sorkin standing by to explain that. >>> and why kim kardashian is being forced to pay over a million dollars to the s.e.c. >>> also ahead, new reporting on the democrats taking a dark turn in the party's midterm messaging. my name is tonya, i am 42. as mother of nine kids, i think i wa