of what ukraine is. it only has the right to exist, if it is with russia, if it is subordinated with russia and anybody who opposes this is a nationalist and a nazi. given the shortcomings of the russian military, shortages, the low morale, the tactics, how much longer can russia keep this war going? if there is no peace deal, if the two sides remain far apart in their demands, can russia keep doing this indefinitely? it can. we have supply problems. we have corruption. we have expired military rations, they are out of date, but the sheer sort of size of the apparatus, which is not functioning well but is still there, means that russia can go for a long time, not least because of this industrial scale censorship in russia, it can gloss over
or eight soldiers. reporter: now victor and alisyn, this offer, like many in the armed forces is a veteran of that war in southeastern ukraine in the donbas region between russian backed separatists and the ukrainian government. and he said that in many ways the russian troops are very similar to the ones he faced down there. they re just more of them here. but one big difference here, he said, was the use of russian air power. the attack helicopters, the war planes, that that is has made things much harder and made ukrainian armed forces much more vulnerable. but he did go on to say that he has seen with his own eyes the expired military rations that some of the russians had brought in in their invasion force. the fact that they did not have adequate supplies of drinking water or fuel. they do have enough, he said,
we reached an agreement in principle. lawmakers cut a deal to stave offer another government shutdown, but will president trump approve? walls save lives. walls do not save lives. the president s el paso wall push countered by a possible 2020 challenger. the government warning of vaping among hkids is is the ne smoking. military rations feeding more than trumps. they are also feeding viral speculation that the guy on the left looks like the commander-in-chief and pond er who the man on the right looks like. the internet certainly has their theories. we ll discuss in a bit. welcome back to early start. it is 31 minutes past the hour. good morning. let s begin with congressional negotiators who now outlined a
but will president trump approve? walls save lives. walls do not save lives. the president s el paso wall push countered by 2020 challenger less than a mile away. the government warning of a dangerous teen trend. vaping is the you? smoking. these military rations feeding more than troops. viral speculation that the guy on the left looks like the commander in chief. i don t know. i was squinting at that. let s put that back up. i don t know if i see it. i don t know if i see it. i see it. i definitely see it. who is on the right? we ll get into that later. because that looks like someone pretty popular in this country. welcome back to early start . i m dave briggs. i m christine romans.
into saturn tomorrow, vaporizing mere minutes after entering the atmosphere. irma survivors are desperate for break necessities this morning. the category 5 hurricane that destroyed almost everything in its path has left thousands of people without food, water, certainly without power. many of them are surviving on military rations or relying on local churches to serve hundreds of meals each day. our own stephanie ruehl is on her way to the british virgin islands right now where she s been granted access by mobile communication provider digiticell to tour danimage of that area with their specialists. she filed this report before taking off. we re in kingston, jamaica, about to board an hour and a half flight to the virgin island. we re almost a week past hurricane marriage ravaging the virgin islands. st. john, st. thomas. we re going to visit the area. at this point, there s a little bit of cell service back but for