graphic and they re very difficult to see. the bodies of at least 20 civilian men, some with their hands tied, found on the streets of bucha. officials there say they were executed and found after russian troops withdrew from the town near kyiv. a cnn crew saw evidence also of a mass grave in that city. joining me now, retired brigadier general kevin ryan and michael newton, to the ambassador at large for war crimes issues at the state department. thank you both. general, what we all see coming out of bucha issu, it is horrif. do you see that as some part of some russian military plan? the scope of the atrocities means that it s not just in discipline amongst the troops but it s something that is a function of the climate, even condoned by the officers in charge. so i would say that it s an endemic thing within the russian
mostly cut off from the outside world. they still have been unsuccessful getting aid in and getting people out. trey: they are horrific scenes. our heartbreaks for the ukrainian people. but thank you for risking your own health and well being to bring us the information we need to make decisions. you stay safe. trey: joining us now congresswoman alise stephonnic, thank you for joining us, what is your current sense with this war, could it be over soon in should we be prepared for longer conflict? first, united states of america stands strongly with the people of ukraine. and god bless zelenskyy for the leadership he has shope throughout this horrif shown throughout this horrific war. the images you showed on the show, they are devastating, they are examples of genocide, and heinousness of
weapon than initially thought. the cuban government denies involvement. the fbi and canadian mounties are investigating. elsewhere overseas, officials in spain named another victim of 4r5last week s horrif attack in barcelona. just 7 years old, his mother badly gin you ared. injured. i want to talk to our national security analyst and former homeland assistant secretary juliette kayyem. in this famed terror attack, 12 suspects, unidentified one, still on the run. we know they killed somebody with add ordinary as a van, and now in spain, how can people be protected from these low-tech attacks, other than barricading tourist attractions or large
them. now we re going to be striking a regime target. that sends a different message to the opposition groups. are we going to be able to back that up and do more. if precision strikes are tempting and they can be very tactically effective. can they be strategically effective and what is your strategy going forward. you re going to have to adjust one way or the other. if the strike is conducted, it will change the calculus of what s going on in syria. the civil war as well as our strategy there. colonel, i think back to jordan launching air strikes against isis in the wake of what many in jordan considered their 9/11 which was multiple bombings at several hotels killing people at a wedding party and horrif horrifically one of the pilots went down and was captured by isis and burned to death in a
speechless. oh, my gosh. for a united states senator or anyone to write off sexual assault and the personal violation of a woman or a man to the raging hormones of youth shows just how dramatically out of touch the republican party is. i mean, to suggest that we shouldn t be doing everything we can to make sure that we hold accountable individuals who have committed sexual violence but also make significant massive reforms in the military so these people can be prosecuted and we can prevent these kinds of crimes from happening again, as president obama has said, is absolutely essential. but i think senator chambliss is grossly, dramatically, horrif horrifically insensitive remarks should be, he should apologize, and i think he should think about whether if, god forbid, a