SANDRA.
>> Dana: TREY YENGST LIVE IN
KIEV.
BUCK SEXTON IS A FORMER C.I.A.
AGENT.
GREAT TO SEE YOU.
WE’RE LEFT WONDERING ON THIS
MONDAY MORNING AS WE BEGIN A
NEW WEEK AFTER THE THREAT IS
LOOMING FOR QUITE SOME TIME HOW
MUCH LONGER PUTIN WILL WAIT IF
HE DOES INTEND TO INVADE?
>> THE PROBABILITY NOW SANDRA
IS THAT THIS WILL TURN INTO
CONFLICT.
THIS WILL ACTUALLY GO HOT AS
THEY SAY.
IT WILL BE A MILITARY SITUATION
THAT WE HAVE NOT SEEN IN A LONG
TIME IN THE REGION, TO BE SURE.
I THINK ONE OF THE BIG
QUESTIONS THAT REMAINS IS THAT
THIS COULD BE EITHER A
BLITZKRIEG MEANING THE RUSSIANS
USE THE POSITIONS AND GO IN AND
ELIMINATE THE UKRAINIAN
STANDARD MILITARY’S ABILITY TO
FIGHT BACK OR WILL WE SEEING
MORE ALONG THE LINES OF A
DYNAMIC INCURSION MEANING THEY
GO IN WITH GREATER FORCE TO SAY
THIS REGION AND SOME OF THE
SEPARATIST AREAS OF THE COUNTRY
AND THEY DECIDE THEY ARE GOING
TO BUILD UP FROM THERE.
THERE HAS BEEN AN ONGOING
CONFLICT OF SORTS THAT HAS DIED
DOWN RECENTLY UNTIL NOW IN THE
REGION IN EASTERN UKRAINE AND
THERE WAS, OF COURSE, THE
SITUATION OF CRIMEA.
WILL IT BE ALL AT ONCE OR AN
ESCALATION THAT TAKES PLACE
OVER A PERIOD OF WEEKS MEANING
ONCE EVEN THE GUNS START FIRING
IT COULD GET WORSE OR WOULD GET
WORSE FROM THERE?
THAT’S WHAT I THINK IS THE
BIGGER QUESTION.
THIS IS THE BIGGEST HEAD FAKE
OF ALL TIME.
IT IS UNFORTUNATELY VERY
UNLIKELY.
>> A WHITE HOUSE OFFICIAL
ADMITTED LAST WEEK THAT RUSSIAN
CYBERATTACKS ARE A MAJOR
CONCERN FOR THIS ADMINISTRATION.
WATCH.
>> WHAT IS YOUR LEVEL OF
CONCERN THAT THERE COULD BE AN
ONLINE OR CYBERATTACK AGAINST
SAY A BANKING SYSTEM IN THE
U.S. SHOULD RUSSIA DECIDE TO
INVADE?
>> WE’RE VERY CONNECTED AND DIJ
ADVERTISED SOCIETY.
AS A SOCIETY WE DON’T HAVE THE
LEVEL OF CYBER RESILIENCE THAT
WE WISH TO.
>> HAVE YOU ALREADY SEEN THAT
PROBING FROM RUSSIA?
>> WE CONSISTENTLY SEE PROBING
ACTIVITY.
>> HOW MUCH DO WE HAVE TO
CONSIDER THAT A POSSIBILITY
WHEN IT COMES TO RETALIATION BY
PUTIN IF WE WERE TO ACT MORE
AGGRESSIVELY WHETHER IT BE
SANCTIONS OR MILITARILY?
>> CERTAINLY THE RUSSIANS HAVE
A CYBER CAPABILITY THAT COULD
EFFECTIVELY TURN OFF I THINK
THE LIGHTS IN UKRAINE AND THE
UKRAINIAN GOVERNMENT WILL BE
COMPLETELY OUTMATCHED.
WE HAVE OUR OWN ABILITIES, OF
COURSE, THE RUSSIANS THE END TO
BE MORE ON OFFENSE AND WE THE
END TO THINK MORE OF SECURITY
AND PREVENTING THE KINDS OF
ELECTRONIC WARFARE THAT WE KNOW
THE RUSSIANS HAVE BEEN
DEVELOPING FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
THERE IS ABSOLUTELY A VERY REAL
POSSIBILITY THAT THE RUSSIANS
MAY JUST IN ORDER TO MAKE
THINGS MORE COMPLICATED HERE OR
-- THEY WILL CERTAINLY DO IT IN
UKRAINE.
THEY ALREADY ARE.
THERE COULD BE RETALIATION ON
THAT FRONT.
THAT SAID I THINK DEPENDING ON
WHAT THEY ACTUALLY DECIDE TO DO
WITH WHAT THE LEVEL OF
ENGAGEMENT IN UKRAINE, ASSUMING
THEY GO IN.
SO MUCH THAT WE DON’T KNOW
RIGHT NOW.
ASSUMING THEY GO IN, THEY WILL
ULTIMATELY LOOK VERY CLOSELY AT
U.S. POLITICS AND WHAT OUR
RESPONSE WITH THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION RESPONSE WILL BE
AND CALIBRATE -- PUTIN WILL
CALIBRATE ACCORDINGLY.
>> VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS
SAID AMERICANS SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR ENERGY COSTS TO
SORE BECAUSE OF THIS ONGOING
CRISIS IN UKRAINE.
>> WHEN AMERICA STANDS FOR HER
PRINCIPLES AND ALL THE THINGS
THAT WE HOLD DEAR, TIME FOR US
TO PUT OURSELVES OUT THERE IN A
WAY THAT MAYBE WE WILL INCUR
SOME COST AND IN THIS
SITUATION, THAT MAY RELATE TO
ENERGY COSTS, FOR EXAMPLE.
>> TAKE A LOOK AT THE SURGE IN
GAS PRICES WE HAVE SEEN SO FAR
UP 20 CENTS IN A MONTH AGO.
UP A DOLLAR FROM A YEAR AGO.
THE NATIONAL AVERAGE --
SO YOU ARE LOOKING AT A HUGE
SPIKE IN ENERGY PRICES ALREADY.
WE’VE SEEN IT GO UP ALMOST A
BUCK AS I JUST MENTIONED UNDER
THIS PRESIDENCY.
A BIG PART OF THE PICTURE.
THERE COULD BE A MAJOR ENERGY
SQUEEZE IN EUROPE IF YOU SEE
THOSE ENERGY SUPPLIES
PARTICULARLY TO GERMANY CUT OFF.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THIS COMES AT A TIME WHEN NOT
ONLY WE ARE FOCUSED ON POSSIBLE
MILITARY CRISIS BETWEEN RUSSIA,
VERY HEAVILY ARMED NUCLEAR
POWER AND UKRAINE, BUT A SERIES
OF POLITICAL CRISES FOR THE
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION THAT THEY
QUITE FRANKLY HAVE NO MEANS OF
ADDRESSING WITHOUT ANGERING
THEIR BASE WHETHER YOU TALK
ABOUT THE BORDER, RISING CRIME
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, INFLATION
AND GAS PRICES.
THE THING ABOUT ENERGY PRICES,
THEY ARE WARE OF IT.
NO AMOUNT OF SPIN WITH CHANGE
THEIR MINDS HOW MUCH THEY ARE
PAYING.
WE PROBABLY WOULD SEE AGAIN IF
THIS BREAKS OUT INTO OPEN
CONFLICT IN UKRAINE SOME MAJOR
EFFECT AT THE PUMP AT LEAST IN
THE SHORT TERM AND THAT WOULD
JUST ADD TO THE SENSE THAT WHAT
EXACTLY HAVE WE GOTTEN FROM
HAVING THIS NEW PRESIDENCY?
WHAT IS GOING WELL?
I THINK THE ANSWER IS NOTHING.
I THINK THAT’S WHAT PEOPLE ARE
INCREASINGLY SEEING AS
EVIDENCED IN THE POLLS THAT
SHOW HIM BELOW 40% NATIONALLY
SO HE IS HEMORRHAGING SUPPORT
DAY IN AND DAY OUT.
PEOPLE WILL RECOGNIZE IT AND
HAVE A BIG PROBLEM IF WE SEE
SKYROCKETING ENERGY PRICES.
>> THE AVERAGE AMERICAN VOTER
INFLATION IS A TOP CONCERN FOR
REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS.
ENERGY A BIG PART OF THAT
PICTURE.
BOMBSHELL REPORT EXPOSING THE
CDC’S APPARENT LACK OF
TRANSPARENCY.
"NEW YORK TIMES" SAYS THE CDC
FAILED TO MAKE A WIDE VARIETY
OF COVID DATA AVAILABLE TO THE
PUBLIC DESPITE COLLECTING THAT
INFORMATION FOR OVER A YEAR.
IT INCLUDES HOSPITALIZATION
NUMBERS BROKEN DOWN BY AGE,
RACE, AND VACCINE STATUS AND
DATA ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF
BOOSTERS AMONG 18 TO
49-YEAR-OLDS.
THE CDC IS CONCERNED THAT DATA
COULD BE MISINTERPRETED TO MAKE
VACCINES APPEAR INEFFECTIVE.
FORMER CDC DIRECTOR ROBERT
REDFIELD SAYS THE AGENCY NEEDS
TO COME CLEAN.
>> I THINK THE BEST THING FOR
CDC TO DO IS TELL AMERICAN
PUBLIC THE TRUTH AND LET THE
DATA THERE.
I’M SURE THE AMERICAN PUBLIC IS
INTEL GEFNT ENOUGH TO
UNDERSTAND THE EXPLANATIONS.
THEY ARE CONCERNED THE DATA MAY
BE MISINTERPRETED TO DETERMINE
THE EFFICACY OF VACCINES RATHER
THAN JUST TELL PEOPLE THE TRUTH.
>> WILL THEY COME CLEAN, BUCK?
>> NOT ANY TIME SOON.
THEY CERTAINLY WANT TO CONTINUE
TO CONTROL THE NARRATIVE.
I THINK PEOPLE HAVE SEEN,
SANDRA, THE CDC HAS AT LEAST AT
THE TOP ECHELON TURNED INTO A
HIGHLY POLITICIZED AND SHOULD
BE DISTRUSTED FEDERAL AGENCY ON
MANY ISSUES.
DR. FAUCI STARTED OUT THIS
WHOLE SITUATION.
THE LAB COAT TYRANTS AS THEY
CALL THEM.
THEY DECIDED THEY WOULD TELL US
THAT MASKS ACTUALLY WORK OR
DIDN’T WORK INITIALLY AND FAUCI
SAID THEY DIDN’T WORK.
HE WAS WORRIED THEY WOULD RUN
OUT OF THEM.
WE DON’T NEED THEM LYING TO US
FOR OUR OWN GOOD AND THAT WAS
ADMITTED AT THE VERY BEGINNING
ON THE ISSUE OF MASKS BY FAUCI
AND CONTINUED TO SEE IT WITH
THE NOTION THE CDC WOULD BE
WORRIED WE MISINTERPRET DATA.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE
SUPPOSED TO TURN TO THE CDC FOR
DATA AND KNOW.
HOW ELSE CAN WE HOLD
POLITICIANS RESPONSIBLE?
CDC IS RUNNING SCARED BUT THE
BIDEN ANTI-COVID REGIME HAS
LARGELY BEEN A MASSIVE FAILURE.
NOW TH*E ARE TRYING TO MAKE
SURE THERE IS CYA GOING ON.
>> THEY JUST SAID TELL US WHAT
YOU KNOW SO WE CAN MAKE THE
BEST DECISIONS FOR OURSELVES