watch for the ukrainians to move out in the air, and land war, david s got it exactly right. it s a grind. and as a military guy, i ll tell you, being on defense is where you want to be. right now, the russians are the defensive force. we saw in the military, defense is to offense as three is to one. it s an advantage. but, you know, joe, you mentioned a moment ago, 100,000 killed. i think that number is much higher. i have seen serious analysis that looks at, for example, obituaries filed throughout russia that would have that number up 150,000, 200,000 killed in action. putin can t sustain those kind of losses indefinitely. it s a big porcupine that he s going to have to swallow. i don t think he ll succeed. admiral, while we have you, can we get your take on the news that president biden might be going to vietnam. i was a little surprised about this decision.
pick one, admiral stavridis. let s start with napoleon. you know, when you re 5 5 tall and a military guy, you love to quote napoleon, so i m going to do so. napoleon said, never interrupt your enemy when he is making a serious mistake. that s what we re seeing right here. so it s up side for ukraine, down side for russia. you know, putin, dictaor 101 would tell you, when you are challenged like that and you put on your undertaker suit and does the speech that says, in five minutes, i m going to crush this rebellion, and then you give the guy a pass to go to belarus of all places, i m kind of with david ignatius on this one. if i were prigozhin, i wouldn t be standing near any open windows on high floors any time soon. exactly. a lot of these oligarchs end
even though it is going fully as a military guy, and four to five kilometers a day s a pretty good sized operation. general, if the ukrainians are making progress, it is slow progress, and hard won progress, because the russians are so dug in, particularly along this line right here. so, what does constitute success for them, particularly in this region? well, if you draw that line three more time, john. there are four more defensive belts monitored through satellites. the first two, the russians have limited number of troops defending them although they do have minefields and wires and some troops in the trenches, and the ukrainians have been successful against those lines, although it is moving slowly. the map that you are showing from the front line where the red begins to the bottom of the three cities that we talked about is close to about 70
i have serious concerns about anybody that has a reckless disregard for the handling of classified documents. military guy, he allegedly had national security information. very problematic. there is a reason i am not defending it. would you be okay with that? a convicted felon as your nominee? no, honestly, i wouldn t. it doesn t look good. really telling answers there. yeah. good morning, we re glad you are with us. 8:00 a.m. on the east coast. bright and early, 5:00 a.m. on the west. and donald trump is now in the legal fight of his political life after being arrested on federal charges for allegedly mishandling and hiding classified documents. we are going to break down what happens next in this historic criminal probe.
run as fast as you can, my friend. and as a former military guy, i know you know how to run quickly. when as quickly as you can because donald trump will throw you under the bus, faster than you could possibly imagine. and he won t throw you under the bus simply just to save himself, he will just throw you under the bus, simply because he can. and because he thinks it will provide him with some form of a benefit. i think that is i mean, i don t know how it goes, i don t know mister nauta at all, but that seems good advice from michael cohen. good to have you here. great to see you. thank you very much. still to come, he helped donald trump spin his way out of the mueller report. so what is former attorney general bill barr saying now? if even half of it is true, then he stoutest. i ve been on his side defending against him, when he is a victim, but this is much different. he s not a victim here. congressman jamie raskin and the strength of the case against trump. that s ahe