to try to accomplish. first and foremost was to try to increase morale within the fsb. one of the major security services, probably the strongest in russia. they have folks on the ground in ukraine, like in intelligence services, security services, they have a wartime sort of paramilitary capability, both collection and also to conduct attacks and so forth. but as putin alluded to, they also have a very, very important role that they need to continue playing inside of russia, and that s the counterintelligence piece that you mentioned several times in the speech. and he also urged the fsb to step up their operations to counteract western intelligence services, who he says has boosted their operations. and nato nations be concerned about what this means for them in the near term? i don t think it s a real change. these things are sort of going on in the background and putin mentioned them in the speech. it s all one big ball of responsibilities that the fsb
this country. and if the court does strike it down, congress really would be the only available avenue left for those individuals. keisha lance bottoms, thank you so much for joining us, as you are getting ready to step away from this role and sfwomething new. we appreciate it. thank you. and a rare admission from the man who is still calling his unprovoked war on a sovereign nation a special military operation. what vladimir putin told a bunch of his top security officials about losses in ukraine. no. he s making real-time money moves with merrill. so no matter what the market s doing, hehe s ready. and that s. how you collect coins. your mononey never stops workig for you with merrill, a bank of america company.y. tech: need to get your windshield fixed? safelite makes it easy. tech vo: you can schedule in just a few clicks. and we ll come to you with a replacement you can trust. man: looks great. tech: that s service on your time. schedule now. singers: safelite re
defensible, stronger defensive position through the winder and hold the lines. so what putin is saying, they re already 41,000 recruits actually in the fight here and another 260,000 in training. they can make a difference even war recruits. those are huge numbers. nic robertson live for us in ukraine. thank you. next, the supreme court s decision today about donald j. trump, house democrats and on going efforts to see his taxes. that actively cools, warms and effortlessly responds to both of you. our smart sleepers get 28 minutes more restful sleep per ninight. proven quality sleep. only from sleep numberer. [christmas music] weatheech gift cards have the power to wow everyone on your holiday st. offering a variety of americamade products. weathertech! nice! like floorliners. cargo liner.
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territory in ukraine by force. we ve heard senior administration officials telling us over the last several days that s how they interpreted president putin s lengthy diatribe in which he laid out his version of the history of ukraine and russia over the past century as a justification for war, and that is why, as much as the white house and the intelligence community and the u.s. is basing this assessment off of the military moves they are seeing, the positioning, the pre-positioning of so many of these russian armed forces, they are also basing it off some of the political actions that are being taken in moscow and that is not only the words we ve heard from the russian president but also his move to get permission from the duma in moscow in order to take russian forces and be able to use them outside of the country, to be able to use them in a potential armed conflict against ukraine. so that is what the white house is watching here, and they ve also made very clear, of course, beyo