some of this is fear and sucking up to the authorities but a lot of it is i think a result of putin s internal disinformation campaign. you are right that right now the sub position is 35,000 killed or wounded or more and sailors drowned. that will influence the thinking over time. not now. chilling. thank you so much for starting us off today. after the break for us, more with igor. he is president zelenskyy s former aid living in ukraine. we ll talk to him next. plus the receipts for republicans with the audacity to grumble that military aid for ukraine too little too late. really? how democrats are getting ahead