we want to bring back in, if i can, retired general steph twitty who has been on this for us. general, as always we appreciate you sticking with us through this. how surprising is this to you that we are in this position right now, kind of contemplating whether or not they re going to take this thing down. how likely do you think it is gonna be happening within the next couple hours? what circumstances need to add up for them to bring it down? so, obviously this is pretty provocative by the chinese. when you take a look at this, our sovereignty has been violated here. this is pretty significant. in terms of taking the balloon down, i would suspect once the pentagon has determined that we have gotten this balloon out in the atlantic away from land and away from work and harmony folks if we bring it down, then they will be prepared to shoot the thing down. i suspect that will be here in
general steph twitty. and then i know this thing has been kind of you, know progressing as we have been speaking. we are learning more and more about it by the minute, what more are we learning at this moment? especially when it comes to timing, the president saying okay we will take care of it. given a thumbs up or imagining and thinking this is likely going to be taken down. this balloon at this point. why do we think that it will happen? good question. as things that when it floods over the atlantic ocean which could be later today, it is kind of odd and almost surreal because this is moving as a balloon does rather slowly. and usually, we are used to things happening in seconds and minutes and decisions and actions are taking quite quickly but of course, this moves with the wind and the pentagon and the white house has had time to discuss and consider and plan for this contingency and, so they have
i m more of a dunker of the twinkies into the mountain dew. thank you, donnie, i think. next on morning joe, new developments out of ukraine, russia now saying it will investigate ukrainians who turn themselves in after weeks of fighting inside that mariupol steel plant. retired general steph twitty will join us. back in just a moment. back in just a moment. taking trulicity, and it looks like he s gotten into some new healthier habits, too. what changes are you making for your type 2 diabetes? maybe it s time to try trulicity. it s proven to help lower a1c. it can help you lose up to 10 pounds. and it s only taken once a week, so it can fit into your busy life. trulicity is for type 2 diabetes. it isn t for people with type 1 diabetes. it s not approved for use in children. don t take trulicity if you re allergic to it, you or your family have medullary thyroid cancer, or have multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome type 2. stop trulicity and call your doctor
personnel to overcome resy tans. the ministry reports the move demonstrates resourcing problems for russia and quote likely contributing a disunited command which continues to hamper russia s oepgss and now estimates russia lost 27,900 troops since the invasion began. joining us is retired staff general steph twitty. thank you for being with us. i want to go back to mariupol and the significance of russia after months of battling and fighting particularly around the steel factory taking that city that putin wanted to begin the move along the coast. how big is that for him to finally capture it? good to be with you this morning. this is a significant win for the russians and it is a win for
you mentioned, diplomatic efforts are under way and we are in dialogue. we re going to have more on the latest from the war in ukraine when retired u.s. army general steph twitty joins us. president biden and the first lady visited buffalo, new york, yesterday in the wake of the mass shooting at a grocery store that killed ten people. the president declared evil will not win in america and said the nation must reject replacement theory espoused by the gunman. eugene daniels, it s great to see you. you have new reporting on president biden s decision not to name names over the buffalo shooting. he said we have to expose these people, but didn t name them. yesterday we saw the