worked at for the atlanta both attended a meeting, organized by the deputy secretary of defense, paul wolf, for a gathering of hawks planning, a war and messengers who knew how to sell a brainstorming session. that capital and now admit produced a forceful summary of pro war argued at the time. the most significant talking point of the meeting was that the united states had to fight and a way to change the regime in iraq in supporting the iraq war. i failed my own test as a realist and have never ceased to remind by readers of that over the last 20 years . i attended no other meetings about the iraq war. and it's correct to say that meeting such as this one, provided an intellectual veneer to the policy that emerged. what rankles me is that with a few exceptions, the people who were writing robustly in favor of the war in iraq, they're the editors of some of the most important publications in the united states . right now. they're my friends. i don't wanna single them out, but none of them paid a price not no $1.00. i supported the war because i was a journalist who had gotten too close to

who worked for the atlanta, both attended a meeting, organized by the deputy secretary of defense, paul wolf with a gathering a hawk's planning, a war and messengers who knew how to sell a brainstorming session. that capital and now admit produced a forceful summary of pro war arguments. at the time, the most significant talking point of the meeting was that the united states had to find a way to change the regime in iraq in supporting the iraq war. i failed my own test as a realist and had never ceased to remind by readers of that over the last 20 years . i attended no other meetings about the iraq war. and it's correct to say that meeting such as this one, provided an intellectual veneer to the policy that emerged. what rankles me is that with a few exceptions, the people who were writing robustly in favor of the war in iraq there, the editors of some of the most important publications in the united states. right now, they're my friends. i don't wanna single them out, but none of them paid a price not no $1.00. i supported the war because i was a journalist who had gotten too close to my s

paul: all right, alex wolf, j.p.e head of asia investment strategy, thanks so much for joining us. prime minister scott morrison of australia has been speaking about a range of things related to the coronavirus, but right now he is talking about the situation with novak djokovic, shery. novak djokovic landed in melbourne, having gained an exemption to play at the australian open despite his vaccination status somewhat hazy. he it is believed he is unvaccinated. there was a public outcry and he was not let in. he did not provide acceptable proof, according to the prime minister, that he should be let in without that vaccination. shery: quite a turnabout for djokovic in the last 24 hours or so. we are hearing from local media, one newspaper saying that his lawyers will be appealing the decision, and that he will be flown out of the country later on thursday. paul: yeah, that legal challenge is pending, but the prime minister saying in canberra, that rules are rules. let's get a quick check now of the latest business fl

testimony in what is expected to be a four-week trial, wolf. >> we'll stay in close touch with you, omar. thank you very much. omar jimenez in st. pauln room. "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >>> outfront next, president biden says the u.s. and its al i say are in, quote, total unanimity when it comes to a russian invasion. this as we are seeing new video from putin showing russia beefing up its presence even now as we speak along the ukrainian border. >>> plus a georgia prosecutor getting the green light to intervene a grand jury in trump's efforts to overturn the election. >>> and the great escape. people now paying upwards of $22,000 to get their pets, including dogs and hamsters, out of hong

wolf. >> we'll stay in close touch with you, omar. thank you very much. omar jimenez in st. paul, minnesota. to our viewers, thanks very much for watching. i'm wolf blitzer in the situation room. "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >>> outfront next, president biden says the u.s. and its al i say are in, quote, total unanimity when it comes to a russian invasion. this as we are seeing new video from putin showing russia beefing up its presence even now as we speak along the ukrainian border. >>> plus a georgia prosecutor getting the green light to intervene a grand jury in trump's efforts to overturn the election. >>> and the great escape. people now paying upwards of $22,000 to get their pets, including dogs and hamsters, out of hong kong. why? let's go outfront. >>> good evening, i'm erin burnett. outfront tonight, on the brink. president biden holding a call with key u.s. allies for roughly 80 minutes tonight over growing fears russia is on the verge of invading ukraine. the president saying everyone is on the same page. the call comes as 8500 u.s. troops are now on heig

wolf of washington. run for congress and you, too, could buy some extravagant properties like this napa valley manchin nancy and paulght worth about $25 million. or a gorgeous waterfront condo in washington, d.c. that pelosi property now worth over 2 million. or the family's multimillion dollars red brick mansion in california pacific heights. could be yours if you spend your life in washington playing the inside game. while the pelosis are living the high life in swanky homes, her district is turning into the thunder dome. >> welcome to another edition of thunder dome. >> look at this drone footage courtesy of the daily mail.com showing a homeless encampment in the centered of san francisco. the area overrun with tents, needles, drug addicts and this is the district of the leader of the congressional democrats. maybe nancy could invest more in her district instead of her portfolio. if nancy dumped a few shares, she could help make san francisco less of a dump. a little goes a long way. just a few crumbs. instead, she will continue to be the warren buffet of washington. that is until you, the american people step up

wolf. >> nick watt reporting for us. and thank you very much. >>> let's bring in our pandemic experts right now. dr. paul offit is a member of the fda vaccine advisory committee and ounlor of the very important book "you bet your life." you're also joined by dr. aila stanford from the black doctors covid-19 consortium. thank you to both of you for joining us. dr. offit, do you agree with the assessment that the omicron surge appears to be peaking in the northeast right now, is relief on the way? >> i think so. if you look for the united kingdom or denmark which are a couple of weeks ahead of us, it does look like things are going to get better quickly and new york city thinks you get a sense of peaking and coming down. that is the situation in south africa. so i do think we'll get past this quickly. i do disagree with the notion that all of us should be resigned to getting omicron. the term that virologists used to describe circulating viruses is wildlife, like out of control. do everything you can to avoid the virus. remember when you talk about more than a thousand people dying every day, they're dying

report from paul adams. ym. talk to ukrainians about how they feel and they say, look, we have been here before. we have lived with us for all of these years. we got used to not crying wolfhey have been wrestling with for a very long time. one thing they are concerned about is that they don't want anyone talking about the future of ukraine without involving ukraine, and that of grace is a fear that during these talks in geneva, you have the russians and americans discussed saying this country is very existence if you like, its future and its relationships. and that of course as a source of anxiety, one that when you listen to people like anthony brink and, a very concerted effort to address, there is this refrain now, no talks about ukraine without ukraine. at every stage of the process, their phone calls and contacts going on to make sure that the ukrainian perspective is taken account of. the president of kazakhstan has described the protests last week — in which dozens are reported to have died — as an attempted coup d'etat. troops from russia are currently in the country to restore order. today president putin said kazakhstan had been targeted by international terror