support now, we're going to be very, very deeply in trouble in the next few months. >> general wesley clarknew year to you. it will be a difficult new year in ukraine. >>> more insight now into what is driving vladimir putin and what that suggests in the days and weeks ahead. editor and chief and ceo of "the new times." she is a dissident russian journalist who left the country last year. we spoke earlier. what is this huge attack from russia say to you about vladimir putin's plans for the war? what message is he trying to send? >> i think that vladimir putin is trying to call a truce. it is time, to a group, to rebuke his weapons supply chain. it is time to deal with problems with local currency. he has to deal with rapid inflation. and for all that, he needs a ceasefire. so, by sending this barrage of cruise missiles and drones, he's trying to say to ukraine and also to the west and to president biden that it's time to call a truce. that's exactly what he's trying to say. he sends envoys to the west, washington, d.c., to new york city, to the united kingdom, and he's trying to convince pe

pressure on israel to shift tactics, we're joined now by cnn military analyst, retired general, wesley clark. general clark, i want to talk about -- first, as someone who has seen a lot of war, commanded troops and seen the impact on civilians, what do you make of what we are seeing in gaza? >> it's certainly a humanitarian tragedy. it's a terrible dilemma for the israelis. it was brought on by hamas first, by starting the engagement. these people have been out there because egypt would not let them leave. israel would not let them into the now gap somewhere. they're pent-up there, and israel is the torment to finish the job gets hamas. hamas could surrender. this could stop some mauro. we have to remember that hamas is not just a group of terrorists, it's also a government of gaza and has been. it's used population as a weapon of war to embarrass, intimidate the israelis and put global pressure on the united states and others trying to stop this conflict. >> cnn's reporting, according to sources, who have seen a u. s. intelligence assessment, say that nearly half of air to ground used in ga

with us now a military analyst and former nato ally wesley clark. what do you think rush is doing here? >> it is certainly going after them around not only the people, but the government of people in the west. it is portraying itself as ann unstoppable force. and war crimes going after hospitals. now they are in war criminal zones. we have to build american leadership. we have to have it resonate through nato. we have to mobilize our industrial base. we have to give ukraine with a need, their fight is a fight for us for our freedom and our ideals. unfortunately, russia spent the last months stockpiling the missiles and preparing for this. this won't be the last. >> talk to us more about that. russia use basically every weapon there is against ukraine today. what does this tell us about russia's stockpile? >> every type of weapon is what they use. they have lots more of these types. whether it is the x300 or 400 missiles or drones or whatever they are producing, these production lines are running 24/seven, and they have a lot of american components a

we meet with general wesley clark to talk about the biden administration's message for israel, as well as new reporting which cnn broke that nearly half the israeli munitions dropped on gaza are of the nonprecision variety. first, cnn's clarissa ward with her reporting, some of which we should warn viewers is graphic. clarissa, what did you see? >> well, anderson, we've been trying for weeks and weeks and weeks to get into gaza, like everyone, we have relied on the courageous and extraordinary reporting of journalists in gaza who have been dying in record numbers. on tuesday, we were finally able to get access into gaza, into the southern part of the gaza strip. this is now where israel has intensified its military operations. that is exacerbating the humanitarian catastrophe that is playing out there and leading to record numbers of civilian casualties, as we saw for ourselves. you don't have to search for tragedy in gaza. it finds you on every street strewn with trash and stagnant water, desolate and forboding. so we just crossed the border into southern gaza. this is the first time

i had other decent acquaintances, like wesley clark there, they posed the question a little differentlynstall our creature trump, because during his entire period he was unable to create an administration like this, who brought the united states to biden, trump, therefore , in principle, one must love the homeland, homeland, homeland and almamata, mother dear, dear mother, some presenters, for example, did not even notice that, for example, our students, here are the students, of the student scientific society of the faculty of world politics, received the first prize from the magazine scout in the nomination, the best analytical work on the topic of regional conflicts and global security problems, you see , handed over well, sergei evgenievich very clearly defines what has happened in the world practically, so i completely agree with him, it is possible that a revolutionary situation is being invested in the state, now it has developed in the world, so indeed there is, there are the united states, there is the european union, which in principle is, well, now it has lost all subjectivit

. >> and general wesley clark, thank you. we will be right back. >>> this morning the white house is sending is a stark morning to congress without new approvals for funding the u.s. is doing to run out of money to send money to ukraine and risks kneecapping ukraine on the battlefield. arlette saenz, they are saying this is a stark warning and the time is up, arlette. >> yes, and the white house is issuing this blunt message to the lawmakers to build some momentum to get some funding for ukraine and other measures including for israel passed up on capitol hill. the senate majority leader chuck schumer is hoping to have a vote on the national security funding measures this week, but it remains unclear whether the votes to get it passed exist. the white house today, omb director shalonda young said it would essentially kneecap the battlefield without the u.s. to provide more weapons and equipment in the fight. she wrote in the letter saying, quote, no magical pot of funding available to meet this moment, and we are out of money

general, wesley clark. he served as retired u.s. nato commander. thank you so much for being with us, commander. >> thank, you boris. >> general, why do you think russia would conduct this type of air attack using so much weaponry? hitting so many different parts of ukraine at this point in the war? >> it is a matter of breaking the will of the west, as well as the will of the ukrainian people to resist. that is the intent. it is psychological. maybe there is a material impact, as well. i know that they had some factories, they tried to hit some power plants. this is, essentially, psychological warfare on a massive, destructive, scale. >> the narrative right now about the war has been that this has stall. and now you have russia playing this incredibly aggressive plan. do they have more of this coming in the days and weeks ahead? >> of course they do have more planned. we know the russian military industrial complex has been going 24/7. we have not, they have. consistently and the two years of the fighting we underestimate what the russians intend

"out front," wesley clark, also the former supreme allied commander of nato. i appreciate your time. i want to start with the news tonight. we confirmed that israel, the idf is flooding hamas tunnels with seawater. they say doing it in a limited basis. do you think this is the most logical thing? is this the right step for them to be doing right now? >> i expected it from the beginning. if you look at how quick -- what could do you with the tunnels? if you put your soldiers in, you'll have booby traps if. the you try to smoke them out with tear gas, you don't know what the ventilation system is. they probably have gas masks. so it always looks like seawater was the most likely option. we don't know what the he effecf the seawater is. it could sink right into the ground. it could collapse the tunnels. maybe it doesn't. it could collapse buildings. maybe above the tunnels. and, so, this has to be looked at as a test by the israelis. that's why they're doing oit ona limited basis. >> they say there are assertions they're flooding tunnels that doen don't have host

i am joined by cnn military analyst and former allied supreme commander wesley clark. for joining us this week. when you look at the scenario that happened with the israeli war on hamas and when you look at what's happening surrounding that area in the region, what are your biggest concerns about whether or not this is going to expand into a wider conflict? >> well, it's been the policy of the administration that we don't want it to expand into a wider conflict. if that's your public policy and you're arguing, please don't let it escalate you're inviting the enemy to attack you and dare you to escalate. the problem that we have is what's the decisive target if we do escalate? we know all of this is, orchestrated by iran, and we know it's backed by russia and we know it helps russia distract from what is going on in ukraine, and so from the administration's point of view they're under attack from russia in ukraine. you've got iran. you've got the problem getting military assistance to ukraine. we've got the defense budget and a whole lot of issues out there. so i think