i know you ve got good sources over there in washington, kaitlan, about their assessment of putin right now because this is awkward for the russian leader. he thought they were going to move in quickly and win. that s not happening. reporter: i think what they re also trying to look into is what s happening inside moscow with his top military aides. as we know the top military officials have not spoken with the senior officials since they began. they ve tried to get in touch with them. they re not answering the phone. and i think when you talk to white house officials, obviously they re speculating on what it could be. there are many reasons here. but they think vladimir putin is frustrated. it s not at all what they expect and it s obviously deeply embarrassing for russia and what they expected. i think that s interesting as well. it is notable how the u.s. is approaching putin and his standing on the global stage.
official. president biden speaking with president zelenskyy for over an hour today as russia sends mixed signals in ukraine. it is increasingly clear that putin s war has been a strategic blunder. biden promising zelenskyy $500 million in new aid to help with salaries and other expenses. our role is to do everything we can to strengthen ukraine. the latest call between biden and zelenskyy coming as the u.s. voices deep skepticism that russia is actually backing off its invasion. if the russians are serious about deescalating, because that s their claim here, then they should send them home, but they re not doing that. the u.s. declassifying new evidence today revealing that putin is deeply frustrated with his top military aides. according to a u.s. official, putin feels misled by the russian military and didn t know his forces were using and using
secretary. the former first lady tried to embarrass trump after the stormy daniels scandal broke. whether it was walking into events with handsome military aides or it was telling grisham to remove the word wife from statements. grisham said trump lost it over mel melania s i really don t care to you jacket. she said vladimir putin tried to throw trump off by bringing an attractive female interpreter to distract trump. she said putin also coughed a lot trying to rile up his germ phobia. trump told putin he had to act tough in front of the cameras standing next to him, ensuring the russian president it was all for show. as for the mysterious visit to walter reed, a colonoscopy for which the president needed anesthesia. he didn t want to give up power to mike pence while he was
with them, going into the crowds of people. and trying to render humanitarian assistance. you know, it is the afghan people that have continued to suffer so badly in all of this. yeah. and now so many american families. barbara starr, thank you very much. our chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins joins us. today s attack was the president s biggest fear realized in regards to afghanistan, yet you learn late tonight ending the evacuation earlier because of this was not considered. yeah, it was something, anderson, that was never really an option brought up today as the president was talking with those top military commanders at the pentagon about what the next steps are going to look like. and we re told that s not because it was something that the president was against, but it was something that those top military aides never believed was a good idea. it was something that they talked about earlier this week when you saw world leaders were pushing for an extension of that
toys, walking along, playing with them, going into the crowds of people. and trying to render humanitarian assistance. you know, it is the afghan people that have continued to suffer so badly in all of this. yeah. and now so many american families. barbara starr, thank you very much. our chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins joins us. today s attack was the president s biggest fear realized in regards to afghanistan, yet you learn late tonight ending the evacuation earlier because of this was not considered. yeah, it was something, anderson, that was never really an option brought up today as the president was talking with those top military commanders at the pentagon about what the next steps are going to look like. and we re told that s not because it was something that the president was against, but it was something that those top military aides never believed was a good idea. it was something that they talked about earlier this week when you saw world leaders were pus