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joining us now is former nato supreme allied commander general wesley clark and alice l. stewart, author of "awaiting armageddon." alice, do you agree with the president making this comparison to such a terrifying time? >> i think we're fortunate there hasn't been another time in the last 60 years where we've been concerned about the use of tactical nuclear weapons on a battlefield. however, i don't think it's a really good comparison, because the cuban missile crisis was about strategic weapons between the world's two super powers and could have devastated both nations and could have left the world without the leaders and could have caused damage to other countries and fallout, radioactive fallout in other countries. so i think while this may be the worst one since 1962, it's nowhere near as bad as the missile crisis was. >> general clark, ukrainian president zelenskyy has weighed in. he thinks those comments are strategic. let's listen. >> translator: they begin to prepare their society. that is very dangerous. they are not ready to use it, but they begin to communicate

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i was able to find the wesley clarke when he came back after having won the war in kosovo was able to agree with me on a contract without having to pay ridiculous amounts of money. so there was a way to do it, but you had to have an approach that i was able to take because of my experience and most people choose or can't do that. and so what happens is they go into an auction. they meet with the public figure. sometimes that public figure doesn't even show up for the meeting. and there's an auction and then they write i have somebody write the book for me. it's just you know, it's not a good process in my view, but that's the process. so peter austenos, let's go back to your work with presidents. did you make money on the art of the deal? and what were you what were you dealing? what were you dealing with president trump? oh god the art of the deal. is a remote is truly a remarkable story and if you don't mind my touting my own memoir, especially good view watching history happen. there's a chapter called editing donald trump. um, and what happened was i had just arrived at random hou

clark, a former nato supreme allied commander. i want to ask more about what we're just learning from nick repo -- nic robertson, and what it could mean. suiten, what do you think putin is trying to do here? >> a couple thoughts. as far as kerrhershon goes -- >> go ahead, suesening. >> -- if the russians were actually to lose hershon, it would be one of the most significant victories of the war for ukraine and the sign that the counter-offensive launched at the end of the summer is continue to go reap successions in particular with new weaponry coming in, flowing in from the west at a particular rate. i think that's one of the reasons you see putin starting to take aggressive counter-measures, which includes attacking ukrainian cities with a terror drone campaign. this new announcement on martial law, it specifically applies to the four territories illegally annexed by russia, but there's a provision that suggests further crackdowns could be coming inside russia itself. given putin's two-decade playbook of using military setbacks

i will ask that to the former nato supreme commander in europe, general wesley clark. >>> 43 years later, are we on the verge of another revolution in iran? the images of mostly young people rising up against the regime have captivated all of us. i will talk to an iranian writer who explains what the protestors want. >>> and at a time when economies are struggling around the globe and russia is already getting a billion dollars every few days in oil and gas revenues, why did opec slash production? >> everything has a price. energy security has a price. >> we will explain. >>> but first, here's my take. one of the few issues on which there is a consensus in washington these days is that american policy toward china was built on an intellectual tariff. liberals and conservatives both believe that beijing's embrace of free markets and integration with the global market would fundamentally change china. but they didn't, so the consensus goes, we should recognize this was a naive belief in the power of markets and trade. in fact, viewing china on the eve of the 20th party congress, i'm struck

. >>> we have retired general wesley clark and contributor on russian affairs, joe daughterty. first on the accusation that ukraine is going to use a dirty bomb containing radioactive material. is that in fact a warning that russia could take that dangerous step? >> that's exactly what it is and an effort to distract and bring criticism and to just put chaos into the public dialogue about ukraine. we don't know all the reasons why russia would say this, but it's certainly a way of covering their own preparations, possibly to use a nuclear weapon, possibly in the kherson area, possibly by saying that they struck first to prevent ukraine from doing this. we just don't know. but what we do know is it's not true. it is propaganda. it's information war. >> yeah, just how dangerous, jill, is this brinksmanship that's going on? >> i think it's very dangerous, wolf. we've gone through kind of the litany of what could happen with nuclear weapons. president putin basically saying i have all the weapons at my disposal and i will use them to defend russia. of course that means strategic, a

joining me now on this very latest here is cnn military analyst retired general wesley clark, a former nato allied commander and steve hall, a cia former chief of russia operations. it is good to see you both. general, who do you make of the claims that president zelenskyy is that troops are regaining ground in the very same places that putin is claiming now is part of russia? >> i think it is a very heartening to see the gains the ukrainians have made. the concern is don't go too fast. don't outrun your supplies. don't outrun your reinforcements. keep steady pressure on. steady win this is race. >> steve, putin is trying to claim now that an area, that an attack in these areas is essentially and directly an attack on russia. is what putin is trying to say. i want to play for you how white house spokesperson john kirby responded to this today. >> it is not an attack on russia. it is ukrainian soil. it was ukrainian soil. it is today. and it will be tomorrow. and we're not in the business of telling president zelenskyy how he goes about conducting military operations. what we are doing

clark. general clark, let me start with you, the loss of this key rail hub, how much of a setback is this for russia? >> it is a significant setback because that was the railway that connected the russians in belaruse where they could get logistics and reinforcements into the area. so it is a set back. there is no doubt about it. the big thing is that it is pushing more disorganized russian troops back on russian positions. and demoralized, disorganized mass of troops is really hard to handle. so this is a real defeat for russia. it is very heartening for ukraine. and we just have to hope that the momentum continues for ukraine. >> so matthew, what didoes this embarrassment mean for putin and how might he respond? >> it puts him in a very difficult position. particularly because he's coming under a lot of pressure domestically. and we're seeing this sort of upsurge in an extraordinary amount of criticism which is really what you don't hear very much of in russia traditionally when it comes t

army general wesley clark, a cnn military analyst and also the former nato supreme allied commander and fred pliken is with us. in the last week alone, some 30% of the energy infrastructure has been destroyed by the russians. how would you characterize this phase of russia's strategy? >> well, obviously, they're going after the fixed targets. they're easier to hit. they're going to try to put a lot of pressure on the civilian population and make it impossible for the civilians to stay there and support the military. it's a doctrine of inflection of pain. that's what it is and it's a war crime. >> that's what i was going to ask you. all of these attacks on civilians in ukraine and civilian infrastructure, are these war crimes according to international law? >> yes, they are. you cannot attack civilian infrastructure in an effort to inflict pain on a civilian population to get the policy changed. that's a war crime. you can't do that. >> so would you agree that what the russians are doing suggestions that russia is now a state sponsor of terror? >> i certainly would. >> all right. jill do

i will ask that to the former nato supreme commander in europe, general wesley clark. >>> 43 years later,

cnn military analyst retired for general wesley clark, former nato supreme allied commander. general clark, let me start with you. the loss of lemon, this key rail hub, how much of a setback is this for russia? >> it is a significant setback. because it's not only a rail that connected the russians to bellow grad in belarus, where they can bring logistics into the donbas. so to sit back, there's no doubt about it. it's pushing more disorganized russian troops back on russian position and demoralized this organize mass troops it's really hard to handle. so this is a really big defeat for russia. it's very heartening for ukraine. and we just have, we hope the momentum continues for ukraine. >> matthew, what does this sort of embarrassment mean for vladimir putin, and how you might expect him to respond? >> well, he puts it in a very difficult position, particularly because he's coming under a lot of pressure, domestically. and we are seeing the sort of upsurge in an extraordinary amount of criticism, which is really what you don't hear very much in russia, traditionally when it

i will ask that to the former nato supreme commander in europe, general wesley clark. >>> 43 years later, are we on the verge of another revolution in iran? the images of mostly young people rising up against the regime have captivated all of us. i will talk to an iranian rider who explains what the protestors want. >>> and at a time when economies

mitri reporting the suspect, wesley brownlee, is set to make his first court appearance on tuesday. wildfire fueled by gusty winds and low humidity east of vancouver, washington is spreading quickly and forcing people from their homes. this firing clark county still have a plume of smoke that could be seen throughout the metropolitan area that vancouver shares with portland's wildfire was burning and rugged terrain of brush and timber and had burn about 2000 acres by this evening. that's up from 400 acres earlier today, washington state officials say evacuation orders are affecting about 1000 homes. okay we're looking at the weather as we go into the next few days. big changes coming as we go into the middle of the week. it's going to warm up. temperatures are going to start off. kind of cool like they did today. little warmer tomorrow and then wednesday, thursday, they come up and then on the weekend, they come down, so we're going to be kind of a little bit of everything. little roller coaster. these are the highest today temperatures tomorrow will be warmer than today, so we'll s