cnn's jim sciutto joins us now. this is his reporting. fascinating in terms of the analysis that the western officials are get at here, particularly that last point. what might be next for russia, because it has some familiarity to what they did last winter as well. what do you know? >> no question. and listen, it's a reminder that this is still a brutal, devastating war going on right now in ukraine. it's been getting less attention. but things are bad today. they are expected to get worse. western intelligence expects russia to amp up its attacks, particularly on civilian infrastructure inside ukraine in the coming weeks via drones, missile strikes, artillery strikes, with the express intent of worsening the suffering of the ukrainian people. that's part of russia's war plan particularly during the brutal summer months. so in addition to slow progress on the battlefield, they expect this to be a tough winter because of those strikes. and ukraine is bracing itself for it. >> do the ukrainian officials you speak with, jim, think they are

our jim sciutto joining us now to share his new reporting with us this morning., so many things in this, even a timeline of a worst-case scenario for ukraine, extremely disturbing. >> reporter: no question. i've been speaking to officials on both sides of the atlantic, u.s., european officials and the read is consistent, that is, without u.s. aid, it is really dire, it's already dire today, frankly, considering stalled progress in the counteroffensive, russia ramping up its attacks on civilian infrastructure in the winter, but taking that rug out from under them in effect, u.s. aid, it really puts them in danger of losing the war, not just stopping its forward progress, but of losing the war. that's the concern here. they're talking, as you say, about a timeline where how long could they stand up without u.s. aid and the possibility of losing european aid as well? perhaps months. a worst-case scenario of their defenses falling through by next summer. that's how bad it is and that's why there's an enormous focus right now, sara, on getting that aid passed here in

jim sciutto is there as a moderator for this event. jim, with additional u.s.id for israel now in limbo in congress, what are you hearing there where so many of these people that have a seat at the table are gathering? >> reporter: no question not only do you have senior military officials, but also have democratic and republican lawmakers here. here, there is unity that the u.s. needs to amp up not just to israel, but also to ukraine. those aid packages are tied to each other. in fact, i was just listening to senator joannie earnst saying it's a small minority in the house among republicans, the same group that brought down speaker mccarthy, that are standing in the way. there is enormous effort right now on the hill to get that aid package through and quickly to gaza and ukraine. there's some optimism that they will be able to get it through, but it's not there yet. there's a great deal of urgency because the war is raging in gaza and the war is still raging very much in ukraine. >> that's the thing. there is the israel aid and the ukrainian aid, all of it ki

military official is now telling our colleague jim sciutto.ow that we have established that in this case, when it comes to ukraine, the stakes are very high. here is where things are standing now and stuck on capitol hill. the house has already left town, so you can leave that as a factor in this moment. here is what the democratic majority leader said on the house floor. if we believe something is important and urgent, we should stay and get the job done. so he's keeping them in washington, promising to hold another vote on an aid proposal next week no matter what. but senate republicans say they are still way too far apart on the key sticking point border security for that timing to be realistic really at all. here's senator lindsey graham. >> they haven't written anything down. we have been doing this for 90 days. there is no legislative texts. the white house just got involved three days ago. you expect to, you know, to run out the clock and get it done? well, i think the best thing to do is to keep talking, try to find a deal that we can

cnn's chief national security analyst jim sciutto is there as a moderator. he's joining us now.. is such a hot topic of conversation across so many different areas, but when it comes to national security and defense, boy, could it make a big difference. >> listen, the headline is it's already here. i just finished a conversation with the chief of naval operations, air force chief, the ceo of lockheed, a member of congress, and the point they make and a point i hear consistently from defense officials and intelligence officials, is that the age of artificial intelligence is already here. it's already being utilized in ways we don't realize, certainly in military capacities. i'll give you an example. there's a lot of talk about how it's used in what's known as isr, intelligence surveillance reconnoissance. the head of a defense software company made the point if you're trying to look for something the size of a coke bottle, say, in a dessert, you would need a lot of human eyeballs to find that. but you could use artificial intelligence to look for and lo that. that is happening in

. >> jim sciutto for us in simi valley. thank you so much for the reporting and the update. we appreciate it. >>> let's go to our top story, israel's war against hamas, where negotiations to free more hostages have hit a, quote, dead-end, according to israeli officials. today israel recalled its team of negotiators from qatar, even though there are still more than 130 hostages still trapped in gaza. a short time ago, israel's defense minister blamed hamas for, quote, explicitly violating their truce agreement to return all women and children, saying there are still 15 women and two children being held by that terror group. with the truce now broken, israel has stepped up its attacks on gaza, saying it has launched more than 400 strikes on the enclave in the first 24 hours since the truce expired. israel is expanding strikes as well, hitting targets in southern gaza. we're going to take you there in just a moment, but first, we're going to stay here domestically, we will go back out to the middle east in a moment. >>> we're going to turn to the historic expulsion of george sa

. >> jim sciutto joining us now with more on this new reporting. so, give us a sense, there is this grim timeline. what is that timeline at this point? >> listen, i've been speaking to u.s. and european officials, numerous officials over the last several days. and their outlook without this aid is dire for ukraine. and not just the effect on the current counteroffensive against russian forces, but really on their chances to win this war over time. genuine fear they would lose this war and the timeline for that has been described to me as the possibility of months. in a worst case scenario, perhaps by summer that they might fall to russian forces without u.s. and european aid. and we should note those two things are tied, that the u.s. has been the leader here and the concern is that if the u.s. doesn't stand up, its european allies might not stand up either. congressman mike quigley who is a member of the ukraine caucus, he said to me, if we go south, speaking of the u.s., our allies will too. that speaks to the decision you just highlighted there,