at a press conference yesterday, a spokesperson said, neither the state department nor the pentagon have real information about what is happening in the kremlin. he also warns such a complete misunderstanding leads to rash decisions that cause very bad consequences. a quote from the creme behind. one u.s. official tells nbc news the united states government has intelligence that indicates some senior russian officials likely disagreed with the decision to invade ukraine. president biden weighed in on the matter for the first time yesterday and seemed to down play the strength of u.s. intelligence. >> how abomination of desolationly is vladimir putin being misinformed? >> that's an open question. this is a lot of speculation. he seems to be self-isolate there's some indication he has fired or put under house arrest some of his advisers.