milley: sure. david: in hindsight, do you think somebody could have done a better job of protecting the capitol, or somebody, whoever it was, could have done a better job? gen. milley: i will let the january 6 commission and the other various investigations do the postmortems on it. it is obvious the capitol was breached. it was a very significant event, one of the most significant events in recent history. i will let the historians and the commissions and investigators sort through that. david: alright. you also had afghanistan. we have withdrawn from afghanistan after 20 years. the exit from afghanistan is one where we lost 13 u.s. military in the process. in the hindsight, could the exit have been orchestrated better? gen. milley: there is a few things that could have been done better. one is the intelligence piece. you know, an army that was on paper, 350,000, maybe 250,000, maybe, not 100% sure of the number, i suppose, but an army and police force of that size and government that literally co

milley: that's also correct. sec.n: rest assured, david, that whatever task the united states military is called upon to accomplish, we'll be prepared to do it. let's go back to the phone and reach out to phil stewart. phil? reporter: yes, hi. i have a question for both of you. to secretary austin, president biden's decision to rule out deploying u.s. forces to combat russia, earlier in the crisis, must have impacted putin's calculus in some way. how do you assess that it's impacted his calculus? and do you have any concerns about pursuing a strategy other than an ambiguity and as far as deterrence goes? and to chairman milley, if president biden responds by deploying u.s. troops in nato's eastern flank or with economic sanctions, how do you anticipate that russia will retaliate? how are you preparing for potential retaliation in europe and how are you preparing for potential retaliation against the homeland, perhaps by russian use of cyber warfare? thank you. sec. austin: thanks, phil. i won't speculate about what or

we do not want conflict in europe. >> we heard secretary milley, general milley that is, talk about, time when it comes to what he's seeing in terms of troop movement, the number of troops amassed at the russian border. said you have to go back to the cold war for something like this. director clapper, when it comes to a potential war of some sort, do you think putin would move in a traditional war direction or would he perhaps do something different as we just heard general clark describe? >> well, i don't know, but i am speculating now that maybe -- wishful thinking, but i really don't think he's going to mount an all-out assault into try to capture ukraine because i think he'd be in a situation there of the dog catching the car. 100,000 troops seems like a lot. but in a -- gagainst a country the sooize of ukraine with 44 million people. my conviction is, and i think general clark would agree that the ukrainians will resist. so this could be very brutal for the ukrainians, no question about it, but it could also be brutal for the russians. and one thing that putin can't afford is a

response here and never mind the a second and general milley are now coming to the podiums. i'll talk to you on the other side. >> obviously we're all socially distanced so we've got the majority of the press covering this press conference are on zoom and the secretary and the chairman will be taking from those in the room and on zoom. given the unique circumstances and of course their pressing schedules today, i'd ask you to limit your follow-up questions so we can get a chance to get through everybody, and i'm be i'll be coming back to call it at the end as we get ready to close. both the secretary and chairman have opening statements. >> thanks, john and thanks to everybody. i'm really glad to be with you. i know you're covering the situation in europe closely. i want to update you on what the department's doing to support ukraine and to uphold our ironclad commitment to our nato allies. as you know, for months now russia has been deploying forces to crimea and along ukraine's border, including in belarus. it has progressed at a consistent and steady pace involving tens o

i agree with general milley and secretary austin. he has not yet made a decision. he needs to be deterred from that, and there is some indication, i think, that he is looking more towards negotiation, rather than -- than invasion. >> so, let me ask you about that, colonel, because how ever it goes, you know, you heard the ambassador saying what does putin want? emts control of ukraine. well, there is a lot of ways to get control of a country that don't involve running it over with tanks squhooting it up with missiles, right? i mentioned belarus. right? belarus is nominally an independent country. the president lukashenko there has allowed the entire border with ukraine to be filled with russian troops. he said he will do whatever he needs to do to fight alongside putin if this becomes a war. so, how important is that to putin? and also, colonel, is that -- is that basically what putin eventually wants here? >> i think that is exactly right, erin. what he is looking at and ambassador taylor has -- has a valid point here -- what he is looking at is control of the ent

defense sect lloyd austin and the chairman of the join chiefs of staff general mark milley made it clear the u.s. does not believe that russian president vladimir putin has made a final decision about whether to invade ukraine, he clearly now has the capability. and ukraine would need additional help to defend itself. >> there are many people and highly dense population centers throughout ukraine, and if were were to break out on a scale and scope that is possible, the civilian population will suffer immensely. >> secretary austin said the u.s. troops on alert have not been moved anywhere. with us now, we have cnn pentagon correspondent oren liebermann and we are live in kyiv. do we know why the secretary felt it was important to do this briefing today. >> well first it is not often we hear from both the defense secretary and the chairman of the join chiefs together. the last time we heard from both of them at the same time was on september 1st after the vaccination and withdrawal from afghanistan. so the fact that we're hearing from both of these at same time is an indication of the ser

. >> hi, thank you secretary austin and general milley for doing this. i have questions for both of you. for secretary austin, you said in your opening statement that vladimir putin clearly now has the capability to enter ukraine. has he put in place the military hardware and troops that he would need to launch a full scale invasion of all of ukraine, the whole country? and for both you and general milley, both of you have been military officers for four decades, you served in the gulf war and iraq and afghanistan after 9/11, you've seen more iran pursue nuclear ambition. i'm wondering, does this feel different to you? how would you characterize this crisis with ukraine and russia in terms of the potential to spark a great power conflict? >> in terms of whether or not he has enough forces to conduct a full scale invasion, helene, you heard the chairman say he has north of 100,000 troops in the border region. that gives him a number of options. what he's done is he's continued to move troops and resources into the region, increased his options, and so we

. >> thank you secretary austin and general milley for doing this. i have questions for both of you. for secretary austin you said in your opening statement vladimir putin has the capability to enter ukraine. have you put in place the military hardware you would need to launch a full-scale invasion of all of ukraine , the whole country and for you and general milley, both of you have been military officers for 4decades . you certainly iraq and afghanistan after 9/11. you see more of her and pursuing their own nuclear ambition. i'm wondering does this feel different to you? how would you characterize the crisis with ukraine and russia in terms of its potential for great conflict? >> in terms of whether or not he has enough forces to conduct a full-scale invasion helene, you are the chairman say earlier he's got north of 100,000 troops in the border region . that gives him a number of options and what he's done is he's continued to move troops and resources into the region is increase his options. and so we won't predict where his decisions will take h

>> no. >> do you know of whether the calls general milley had with general lee were recorded? >> not that i'm aware of. >> according to press reports, dod provided a summary note of his calls with chinese general lee to the ic. did you receive those summary notes? >> i did not. >> i would like to direct this question to director nakasone. and i also want to reassert that i associate with the ranking member's remarks regarding michael ellis. sir, the ranking member had asked about the alleged security violations of mr. ellis and who at the state department was involved in making those allegations. do you know who made the allegations? >> congressman, i do not. >> so you can't provide any details on the accuser? >> i cannot, congressman. >> okay. undersecretary moultrie, on september 23rd we wrote to the dod about this issue that i referred to earlier regarding general milley asking for materials related to these calls including a list of all calls general milley had with the chinese officials during this time. copies of the underlying intelligence that reportedly prompted gener

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host: you heard it general milley characterize what is going on with russia and comparing it to whatn over history. can you describe that characterization? guest: yes. so the chairman has more than 40 years of military service and so does secretary austin. over that time, they saw the gulf war, they saw conflict after conflict and he was asked how is this different, and he said he had never seen a russian buildup like this, and the sense that it gave him, that there was an eminent threat now. -- imminent threat now. the last time we did that in kuwait in the buildup of the gulf war, there was no question that u.s. forces were going in. for a lot of people, there is no question that russia is going to go in. the question is, how limited can this incursion be and how strong a hand can diplomacy have in limiting those damages? host: you heard our guest talk about the un security council meeting that is going to take place today. we will show it to you at 8:00 tonight on c-span2. c-span.org and our c-span now app. let's go to doug in virginia, republican line. caller: hey there, thank yo

general milley says the u.s. is providing money and weapons to ukraine and a few 100 u.s. troops are in ukraine providing assistance, training and advice to the ukrainian military. if russia chooses to invade ukraine, it will not be cost-free. in terms of casualties or other significant effects. the military leaders stressed it's not too late to avoid a conflict and turn to diplomacy but say it's their job to prepare for any scenario in washington. alexandra limon. >> this is terrifying video captured in new york. 2 men in gauging in a shootout on a busy street in the bronx. security cameras captured both men firing off a number of rounds yesterday as they ran down the street. there was damage to property. there were no reports of injuries. the nypd has not yet made any arrests. they're hoping that this video will help with the investigation. >> linda, please, brother, don't do it. don't do it now. no, no, no. >> a tense standoff on a nashville interstate ended with 9 police officers killing a pedestrian. it all started when a state trooper tried to get the 37 year-old man

i had the opportunity to question secretary austin, general milley, deputy shermans. our concern is what the protocols were, the intelligence review and analysis. i have a fairly simple question. yes or no. i'm looking for individuals during the time period the target was identified until the shot was taken. i'll ask if you were directly involved. during that time period where the target is identified to the time that the shot was taken, were you directly involved in reviewing the intelligence or advising dod concerning shot doctrine protocols or in the chain of analysis of intelligence concerning the tragic august 29th? i'm looking for your direct involvement, not subordinates. reviewing intelligence, advising dod, providing oversight during that time period where the target was first identified until the shot was taken. were you directly involved? >> no. >> secretary? >> no. >> director? >> no. >> director? >> no. >> general? >> no. >> did you have direct subordinates under you who were involved during that time period? >> no. >> no. >> no. >> no. >> congressman, i

we also heard more specificity from general milley, chairman of the joint chiefs, about what exactly it is russia has around ukraine. among the things he mentioned are more than 100,000 ground forces, air, naval, special forces, cyber warfare, electronic warfare, command and control, logistics and engineers. why that's important to point out is that he was laying the groundwork in conjunction with secretary austin as to why they think vladimir putin and russia now have enough forces and support forces there for a full-scale invasion if in fact they have chosen to do that. after we heard from president biden only days ago, the possibility there could be some sort of a small incursion, we heard a pretty different version of what could happen today from secretary of defense lloyd austin. here's what he had to say. >> well, we don't believe that president putin has made a final decision to use these forces against ukraine. he clearly now has that capability. there are multiple options available to him, including the seizure of cities and significant territories. >> so, again, secretary o

a reminder of our top story: the top us military official, general mark milley, has said the russianhe forces russia had assembled could cause significant casualties if they were unleashed, especially in urban areas. earlier, the russian president, vladimir putin, reportedly told his french counterpart, emmanuel macron, that he had no plans for an offensive. but he said the us and nato had failed to address russia's main demands, to halt the expansion of the alliance and avoid deploying strike weapons near russia. you can reach me on twitter, i'm @sipusey. but from me and the rest of the team, thanks a lot for watching, to stay tuned. hello there. so far this month, it's been pretty quiet with high pressure dominating the scene. we've had light winds for most, but that's certainly not the case this weekend. northern parts of the country will be impacted by some severe gales at times which could cause some disruption. and we'll see another spell of wet and windy weather during sunday night. higher pressure further south, which means the winds will be lighter, but this deepening area o

when general milley made his statement which i'm telling you in the pantheon of american speeches that is going to be up there with george washington's speech in newburg where he kept the continental army together instead of letting them run rampant in philadelphia. general milley's speech where he said the constitution is what we have sworn an oath to, president trump would have taken america to a completely different place. national guard units would have gone against their own commanders, and governors are not commanders in chief even though you have officers like the general in charge of the oklahoma national guard talking like he doesn't have to follow any orders that comes from the national government. these are the step stones of civil war. but it wouldn't have lasted but a moment, the entire nation would haverisen up against president trump. >> before i let you off the hook on this, if you were the january 6 committee, what do you do with this document? >> what do i do with that document? i think every person in the united states needs to understand not just that it exists, thi

according to the statement milley was fully vaccinate and tested positive on sunday.g remotely and isolating from others. his contact with biden was on wednesday. he tested negative for several days leading up to the event and several days after until sunday. milley is experiencing very minor symptoms and the performance of his duties will remain unaffected. >>> we're also learning more what happened inside a texas synagogue over the weekend, how a gunman held hostages and how the r rabbi planned the escape. >> reporter: authorities i.d.'d the suspect as a 44-year-old british citizen who the fbi said acted alone when he took four hostages during services. two of his teenager sons were questioned at some point on saturday. there's no indication they're being considered suspects. akram was in the u.s. legally. rabbi charles cytron-walker said he didn't notice anything suspicious until he heard a click during the prayers and turned to see a gun. stacy silverman was watching the livestream on her computer. a tense 11-hour standoff followed. fbi negotiators establishing co

the triple vax joint chief, mark milley, he tested positive for covid yesterday.else, the marine commandant also positively boosted. >> the positively boosted plus it has now reached the vatican. the boosted cardinal who dropped a vaccine mandate on vatican employees, firing many of them. he has tested positive according to a reporter here and interestingly enough, -- we wish them all the best. >> laura: we certainly hope they are all healthy and fine. but stop pushing your mandates. >> positively recovered. >> laura: thank you, raymond. and the increasingly sinister tactics of those vax wackos and moments. some shocking examples around the globe to create a two-tiered system for humanity. stay there. and if you're taking a multivitamin alone, you may be missing a critical piece. preservision. preservision areds 2 contains the only clinically proven nutrient formula recommended by the national eye institute to help reduce the risk of moderate to advanced amd progression. "preservision is backed by 20 years of clinical studies" "and its from the eye experts at baus

you're confident it never happened. >> respond. >> would general milley and the joint chiefs have gone along with seizing election ballots in the united states? so far beyond what they're supposed to do, the idea they would get involved in absolving elections pretty crazy, yes, they were thinking about it at the white house, yes, people were pushing it but, you know, thankfully, we'll never have to resolve those questions. >> i just need you to find me these 11,000 -- if someone can do that, who knows what they'd do. i just -- michael, i'm with jeffrey. i'm glad it didn't happen but, but, go on. >> the one to watch is fanny will last, the fulton county district attorney asking for a special grand jury. i think that is the single biggest legal -- >> michael, why don't you hold that thought. let's talk about -- i got to get a break in and when we come back, i'll have you discuss that. stay with me. much more to talk about about trump's growing legal troubles, as well. the committee analyzing 700 plus pages of this white house record and investigations of his activities heating up in geor

general milley talked to the forces on tuesday. can you tell me more about the conversations between the pentagon and ukraine's military right now is this. >> so we're getting a number of read-outs about general milley speaking to his counterparts all through the baltic region and central europe. he said he's not going to discuss specifics of this. one of the things they talked about was the efforts taken to itsen the possible invasion of russia -- but russia, ukraine. i want to touch on a couple of other things. one is the reporting of buildup of russian troops. yes, that is something we've been hearing about. we were told last week there were about 59 battalion tactical groups around ukraine. he's now hearing there'ses 60 and we're told the number of btgs is increasing, and that means they're sending in roughly on the magnitude of 1 battalion tactical group, hundreds of soldiers, of troops, in just a week's time. but they're also sending in new capabilities that has them on an even more concerned footing in the past several days

those chilling words from the joint chiefs of staff mark milley. storm, thousands of flights are canceled. first, let's get to greg palkot for ukraine with the latest about worries about a war over there. greg. >> hi, jackie, yeah, folks here are watching closely that continuing buildup of russian troops on the other side of their borders. the latest figure from the government is 130,000 soldiers are amassed and the latest report confirmed by fox is they have with them supplies of blood for the wounded, making the claim by russia these are all just exercises, possibly doubtful. and rate now russia has the capacity to attack with little warning and potentially with horrific results. so it's all kind of up to russian president vladimir putin. he says that the u.s. has not met his demands about n.a.t.o. and europe. and while moscow has no intention of invading, he says there's no room for compromise. we were at a foreign media press conference with ukrainian president zelensky, he's trying to tamp this thing down, worry that war fears could impact the

lloyd austin appeared alongside general milley.xt. >> we don't believe president putin made a final decision to use the forces against ukraine. he clearly now has that capability. conflict is not inevitable. there is still time and space for dipdiplomacy. >> there is still an off ramp for putin. up next, blizzards and hurricane force winds heading to the northeast tonight. overnight, i should say, a new forecast is coming in new and we'll bring it to you right after this. so when she moved in with us, a new kitchen became part of our financial plan. ♪ ♪ find a northwestern mutual advisor at nm.com looking to get back in your type 2 diabetes zone? once-weekly ozempic® can help. ♪ oh, oh, oh, ozempic®! ♪ ♪ oh, oh, oh ♪ ozempic® is proven to lower a1c. most people who took ozempic® reached an a1c under 7 and maintained it. and you may lose weight. adults lost on average up to 12 pounds. in adults also with known heart disease, ozempic® lowers the risk of major cardiovascular events such as heart attack, stroke, or death. ozempic® help

i think mark milley and the pentagon utilizing the threat -- don't forget that january 3 letter fromer -- every living former defense secretary from dick cheney to the democratic ones warning about the military getting involved on january 6. they knew something was afoot. they were terrified of the possibilies. i think to talk about the green bay sweep shows a high level of planning going on here. let's not forget, it is a felony to disrupt the operations of congress. i think that is mething the january 6 committee is honing in on. was there criminal conspiracy to prevent congress from doing its job on january 6? if so, who was involved in that? obviously,rump advisors were involved. was the president himself involved? for the umpteenth time come going back to watergate, what in the president know and when did he know it? i think there could be some real drama behind these hearings when they go public. they may be in prime time i am here now, which uld be quite a political event in 2022. amy: we want to thank you so much for being with us. will bunch, pulitzer-prize winning journalis

joiptd chiefs of staff chairman general mark milley has tested positive for covid-19.iencing very minor symptoms, isolating, working remotely. the spokesperson says general milley most recently had contact with president biden last wednesday but tested negative several days prior and every day following contact with the president until yesterday. we should note the pentagon does say that he has been vaccinated and boosted. >>> experts are dismissing the latest cdc school guidance as out of touch and unrealistic as the agency calls on schools in places with high community spread to cancel extracurricular activities such as football and bands. cnn's medical correspondent elizabeth cohen joins me now. the question stands now how many schools would the apply to but how many would follow this guidance? >> reporter: jim, i asked that question of several school associations, and they have not heard of a single school following this suggestion. this was sort of buried in the school guidance that got updated a week or two ago, and a lot of people missed this. basically, the cdc

. >> yeah, i was really struck by general milley's tone. it was serious, and he was talking about the potential of the full scale invasion, and he was talking about the potential for a lot of casualties and he talked about how the situation feels different. our viewers were able to watch it and could hear what they were saying, but being in the room those are two things that stood out to me, i was struck by the feeling, by the gravity of the situation being conveyed by both men, which you said, katy, is counter from what we are hearing on the ground in ukraine. we also heard about the capabilities russia is building up. we heard another thing about logistic support, and general milley laid out why it is that the vast array of forces that russia has, more than 100,000 in number now and the capabilities they have there, why that is so concerning that they actually have the capability for a large-scale invasion. it's not clear whether putin has made that decision, but the reality is he keeps sending in more troops and that's why we have seen t

take a listen to general milley, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. >> 100,000 troops and you've got combined arms formations, ground maneuver, artillery, rockets, air, all the other peace parts that go with it. there is a potential they could launch on very, very little warning. that's possible. >> yet, putin's foreign minister sergi lavrov said if it is up to russia, there will be no war. do you believe lavrov? >> we can't sit back and just believe him. as the president has said for weeks now, for a month now, there is a distinct possibility of russia attacking sometime in february. we don't want him to attack. we've made sure there are things that pushes him away from attacking. but should he attack, we have to be ready. we see where the aggression has come in the region. it's not nato. it's not those individuals in ukraine. it's not the e.u. the aggressors is coming from russia. so you've got to prepare. if they move those tanks away, it is a different story. as long as the tanks are there, we have to be prepared to deal with them. or ukraine has to deal with them. >> you all

milley says an outcome of an invasion to ukraine would be horrific. >> his comments are coupled withresident downplaying the urgency of the russian threat and president biden preparing to move u.s. troops into eastern europe. cnn's melissa bell is live for us from kyiv, ukraine right now. melissa, always good to see you and get your perspective here. help us understand how serious this rift is. i mean, can you decipher what's going on? >> reporter: well, christi, it's been rumbling along in the background for the last few weeks, a difference in tone, a difference in the threat level currently faced by ukraine. what's happening now is even as the world awaits vladimir putin's response to written proposals from nato and the united states, those divisions really coming out much more openly than they had before. as you say, those pronouncements both from general mark milley and president biden explaining that the 8,500 troops will be moved toward the even flange, even as president zelensky was holding a press conference. he said, look, it's been imnemt, but constant. it's something ukrai

>> i think general milley is setting us straight about what is about to happen.g not just provocative, he is being intentional. and i don't doubt for a minute that his plan is to -- to invade. and he will stop short of invading, only if he gets concessions from the united states. we're not going to give him concessions. we are a member of nato. we will continue to support our allies in western europe. and his interest is interesting, in that in 1922, 100 years ago this year, the soviet union was created. he has been attempting, i think, to re-amass the soviet union a hundred years later as part of his legacy. >> if the united states is not going to offer concessions, where then does this go from here? >> the -- well, i think we are not going to offer concessions because there is no concessions that we should be offering. we will keep diplomatic channels open. we're willing to hear other alternative proposals that the russians have. but right now, their -- their bottom line is, united states, get out of europe. we have been there with our allies, we will continue

before the president, we heard from chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general milley talking aboutave situation, laying out a really grave warning. he said if russia did invade ukraine, that it would be horrific, and it would have terrible results for ukraine and result in significant casualties. he was talking to reporters on friday. he said about the russia buildup, it's larger than before and it feels different. there we heard from all top u.s. officials in that effort trying to dissuade russia from any more aggressive behavior. >> and, jasmine, that assessment from general milley, a different assessment than from president volodymyr zelensky. he doesn't think it's that dangerous. what can you tell us about that? >> reporter: it put them at odds. president biden and president zelensky had a phone call that resulted in assessments that were different on each side. they continue to use the word imminent when they scribe the situation saying it's potentially imminent russia would invade ukraine. they say it goes against their efforts to try to calm the country down. it's an overrea

as we heard today, the chairman of the joint chiefs mark milley in a joint pentagon press conference,ry of defense lloyd austin. mr. milley: you have combined arms formation, ground maneuver, artillery rockets, all the parts that go with it. they could launch on little warning. done as possible. this is larger in scale and score -- scope and amassing of forces than anything we have seen in recent memory and you will have to go back a while into the cold war days to see something of this magnitude. nick: just before that, we heard ukraine's president say the talk of eminent war was causing panic in ukraine. he criticized the u.s. for making a decision last weekend for evacuating diplomatic families. as we heard today through zelensky's official interpreter. pres. zelensky: they should be here. these are the captains. i'm sorry but these are the captains of the diplomatic corps, the representatives of their respective countries. the captains of the last shouldn't be leaving the ship. i don't think we have a titanic here. ukraine is not moving forward. sometimes they are not using diplom

and back in this country, a high profile positive test result, general mark milley, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, has tested positive for covid. we're told he is fully vaccinated and boosted. suffering very minor symptoms. working remotley. and we are told that crucially his last meeting with president biden was last wednesday and before and after that meeting, milley tested negative. >> all right. nick, wishing him a speedy and full recovery. >>> joining us is dr. peter hotez, from texas children's hospital. dr. hotez, good to have you. early results from an israeli study show a fourth dose of the vaccine can increase antibodies but it still not not be enough to prevent omicron breakthrough cases. you were a loud voice on this calling for a fourth dose a month ago. israel already offers the fourth shot for high-risk groups, health care workers, anyone over 60. should the u.s. do the same? >> well, i think right now it's probably too late because by the time you get that through and get the fda and cdc to sign off on it and by the time we get an immune response and vaccinated hea

the chairman of the joint chiefs, mark milley, though, issuing a very stark warning.ation unfolds? >> i don't know. i want to be honest. i don't know how to interpret what's going to happen. the only person, the only decision maker that really matters at this point is vladimir putin. he doesn't get press conferences. he doesn't chat to reporters. he doesn't even talk to his own government about what he's thinking, and my guess is, having negotiated across the table from him for several years, is that he himself hasn't decided what he wants to do. i do think the biden administration made the right move to respond to his, i call them ultimatums but the russians call them treaty proposals. they sent those proposals, one from the united states and one from nato last week, and if you read the tea leaves, you know, foreign minister lavrov, for instance, the russian foreign minister said there was a -- i'm paraphrasing -- i think he said there was a grain of rationality in one of those. that suggests that they're studying the proposals and there may be still an opportunity f

mark milley using terms like horrific to describe what may happen.ound maneuver forces ar'tilly, ballistic if air forces. unleashed on ukraine would be significant, very significant and it would result in a significant amount of casualties and you can imagine what that might look like on dense areas and roads. it would be horrific. terrible. >> this is serious. tens of thousands of troops massing on the russian border in recent months. in a rare briefing today defense secretary lloyd austin appeared alongside general milley. he had this to say what is next. >> we don't believe president putin made a final decision to use the forces against ukraine. he clearly now has that capability. conflict is not inevitable. there is still time and space for diplomacy. >> making it clear there's still an off ramp for putin. up next, blizzards and hurricane force winds heading to the northeast tonight. overnight, i should say, a new forecast is coming in new and we'll bring it to you right after this. to your body.teway joe's treatment plan was replacing the teeth

the chief of staff mark milley talking about how the ground is frozen which would help the russian tanks. putin won't say one way or the other. that works to his advantage. the minute he says he's not invading, he loses the influence he has in the argument and perhaps we stop paying attention to him. >> i'm sure a lot of people will not ignore him at all. thank you. >>> the clock ticking down to a possible strike vote in another bay area school district. there are three confirmed cases of covid among west contra costa unified staff. 35 among the students. the teachers' union says they're ready to walk off the job for better covid protections. the united teachers of richmond are demanding high quality masks for all, weekly testing for all and twice weekly testing for infected classes. the union and district have been negotiating but today is the deadline. earlier this month, the letter sent a letter to school communities saying that sickouts won't be tolerated. >>> happening today, parents and oakland teachers should get a better idea which schools will be on the chopping block. the distr

we heard from the joint chiefs of staff, general mark milley at the pentagon that was yesterday.e's what he had to say. >> there are many people in highly dense population centers throughout ukraine and if war were to break out on the scale and scope that is possible, the civilian population will suffer immensely. >> reporter: it showed there's an interesting disconnect here, this is the country of course that has the most absolute to be invaded but here on the ground it's almost as if nobody notices. it's not just ordinary people walking around on the street. the president of the country has pushed back against american claims both official claims from diplomats and from the president and from media who say that war is imminent. he addressed foreign reporters yesterday and was kind of visibly impatient with the foreign media and the message they've been sending the kind of sky is falling attitude that he says isn't helping. could sow panic, is not realistic. he insisted over and over again he understands better than anyone else the concerns of his own country and rejected this i

now, he last met with president biden on wednesday, and milley crucially tested negative both beforeother joint chief has tested positive. the commandant of the marine corps, general david berger. victor. >> nick watt, thank you. >>> italian police have arrested a nurse in polermo for allegedly pretending to give covid-19 shots to people who didn't want to be vaccinated. look at this video. investigators say this hidden camera shows the nurse loading a dose of vaccine, and then emptying the syringe in gauze before pretending to inject several people. and police say people who got these fake shots were able to then fraudulently get official covid passes and that allowed them to travel and go into public places where being vaccinated is mandatory. >>> we don't do a lot of train burglary or train robbery stories because they don't happen often, but thieves in california looted trains there. up next, how your package order may be impacted. the lexus rx, built for a modern families. get $1,500 lease cash toward a 2022 rx 350. ♪ age is just a number. and mine's unlisted. try boost® high pr

i think general milley made that pretty clear. um, so yes, it is, you know, startling to see this in writing that they were thinking about such a crazy idea. but we should keep perspective. it was not gonna happen. this was part of the whole fantasy world the trump people were living. and it obviously -- >> michael -- i hear you, i hear you with it was not going to happen. but i think that -- i mean, listen. jeffrey, i will give this to you because you wrote the book on what happens at the supreme court. but it certainly could have created enough chaos and enough uncertainty where people would have been wringing their hands, wouldn't know what to do. should this president be removed from office? how do we get the next president in office? we never faced a challenge like this, and i think it would have really created uncertainty in the -- at least the american system, don't you think? some chaos? >> i mean, you know, mike, i have a little less confidence. i mean, remember what was going on at the department of the defense in -- in

if you just look at the news the last few yearst f, whether it's mark milley calling up the people's liberation army counterpart and warning him about his own president are anthony falchi rerouting six hundred thousand dollars to the wuhan virology lab for a gain of function research or one of the most notable was c the bloomberg campaign and the democratic primaries. he's spent billions are invested, i should say helping chinese startup companies that are connected with chinaunist party in and telling us that china isot not really not really anes autocratic country that it rules by consent. bill gates said that they've done a great job.. he's got a lot of microsoft is one of the first and early and most profitable investors in china and he mentioned the money. right nature of this . it's money. yeah, money. but between south africa and then i got all our university presidents with confucius institutes and three hundred and forty thousand students, most off whom are connected to the chinese communist party . so i it's so insidious.io i don't know what what how you could really martia

. >> reporter: the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general mark milley isolated at home with minor symptoms, this week, americans can go online and start to order forefree at-home covid-19 tests per household with delivery seven-to-12 days later, they may arrive at the end of omicron's surge. >> my help is yes, omicron is the beginning of the end but i am ready i'm ready to continue fighting, if we have to. >> reporter: our nation facing the promise of a better future while still battling a grim reality. miguel almaguer, nbc news. >> this week is massive under sea eruption cut off the island of tonga new zealand is trying to deliver aid, planes have been unable land because the airport runway is covered in ash and communication is down because of an under water cable that provides internet access was damaged. one british woman has been identified as angela glover. her brother says she was swept away trying to save her dogs >>> tonga's flag bearer says he has been unable reach his family while he is training in australia. >>> a rabbi at a texas synagogue is speaking out. he said whe

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