James Clapper: “I thought Joe Maguire did a great job today in the, you know, the open hearing held by the House Intelligence Committee.”

I think right now, they're assessing the administration -- that's the National Security Council specifically, is assessing the impacts of this first round of strikes.

this is the standard Russian -- Soviet Russian way of war. Surround a city if they can and they are having trouble doing that, put it under siege, strangle it, prevent supplies, medicines, food, water, et cetera and then bombard the city…

It's despicable. You know, I am out adjectives, but it's just, it's terrible.

It's all about the base and keeping his grip on it.