speaking, you likely heard as we did the sound of air raid sirens behind him. joining us now, michael repass, the former commander for u.s. special operations in europe. michael, this morning, senior u.s. official tells me that mariupol is in a dire position, russian forces advancing there. frankly mariupol holding up longer than many in the u.s. military expected given the strength of the russian assault. what is the significance if mariupol falls to russian forces? the short-term implication is that the forces that russia are playing against mariupol for the siege warfare there could be redirected out east toward the west in the large offense they veive that is building there now. they could join the fight there possibly or may sweep southward to expand the area that they put together that gives them the passage from russia, all the way