expensive systemsystems. they re prioritize. right. look, we know he s expended a lot of precision-guided missiles the last 75 days of this war. no question about that. we do see signs that he is running up against defense industrial-based problems of his own. some of the components that go into pgms, precision guided missiles, he can t get because of the sanctions and the export controls the united states and west put on him. so he has gone through a lot. he s trying to replenish. we think he is struggling to do that because of the economic pressure that s been put on him. remains to be seen how long he ll go back to consumption rate. it depends how much he is using every day. to joe s point, director hanes in testimony said if he wins in the donbas, he ll keep going. what capability has he shown that he can keep going? he wanted kyiv out of the gate, was pushed out of there. yeah. what have you seen in the last three months that tells you putin could launch a new invasion o
putin is going to turn to nuclear weapons. that he would likely only do that if he believed that there were an existential threat to russia or to his regime. but this is hanes really drawing some pretty clear lines around what the intelligence community is actually going to be able to predict in advance in this next phase of the war. all right. katie bo lillis, thank you for that. a new warning about china s ambitions. u.s. intelligence officials warn that beijing is, quote, working hard to build a military capable of seizing taiwan. the director of national intelligence calls the threat to the island acute. cnn s will ripley joins us now live from taipei, where i imagine this news, while not unexpected, will, is a bit concerning? it certainly is, to hear that within a decade, the united states believes that china could try to make a move on taiwan. there was talk at the beginning of the ukraine war, maybe china would seize the opportunity to do something. but actually things hav
us now. tell us more about your reporting here. reporter: this was a pretty grim assessment from director of national intelligence speaking to the senate armed services committee. she said that the war is likely to enter an unpredictable and escalatory phase, her words, in part because according to the intelligence agency, there s a mismatch between putin s ambitions for his war in ukraine and his actual military capability to carry out those intentions. so even if there are indications that putin wants to try to form a land bridge across the southern bite of the country up to transnistria in moldova, the intelligence community believes that he lacks the ability to do that without a mass mobilization inside russia that would bring thousands of more troops to the fight. the result, according to hanes, is likely to be more ad hoc decision making out of kremlin, out of moscow. it should be noted that hanes did say that they don t view it as an imminent possibility that
the next part of the trip. carlton, nice to meet you, welcome, have a seat. thank you. getting lunch ready, using some of the chanes, and today we re going to make something with it s a scallion pancake. that looks incredible. instead of adding salt or any kind of seasoning we added cuchira. i ve had a version of this in korean barbecue in new york. korean appetizer. yeah, by itself. sweet, salty and a funk finish, but that s what makes it delicious. perfectly paired with makoi. is that what this is? yeah. makoli unfiltered rice wine with a sweet and sour taste, and just a little ever ves sense. i never tried it before, and
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