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paul mccleary is a defense correspondent for politico. thank you for joining us. are starting to shift. the reporting here in the u.k. has been strident that the decision has been made. what are you hearing from national security people over there? >> speaking to people at the pentagon and the white house a decision has not been made yet. the secretary of state and the u.k. foreign minister were in kyiv to hear the ukrainians out about what they want and what targets they want to hit. they are coming back and briefing the president and prime minister. a final decision might not be made even by friday when they meet tomorrow. it seems the u.n. general assembly meeting next week is the real target for any sort of announcement. this is something the u.s. and u.k. have been working on for months. they have tried to bring the germans along and other allies in eure to support helping ukraine with these longer-range strikes inside russia. there is concern about escalation. what the russians might do. how they might react. as these bombs attacks continue come 800 bombs hi