‘Very low chance’ Putin will use nuclear weapons: Bill Taylor

Tuesday marked 1,000 days since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and tensions are escalating rapidly. After receiving approval from President Biden, Ukraine launched American-made long-range missiles into Russia's Bryansk region, striking a weapons depot. In response, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a lowering of the threshold for initiating a nuclear attack, raising alarms worldwide. Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., a vocal opponent of additional U.S. aid to Ukraine, and former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bill Taylor join NewsNation's "CUOMO" to discuss how serious the latest threats are.

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