see jinping vegetable see vladimir putin see jinping vegetable see vladimir putin see jinping vegetable and victor orban donald trump and other and victor orban donald trump and other and victor orban donald trump and other leaders of varying degrees of leaders of varying degrees of leaders of varying degrees of authoritarianism proved that authoritarianism proved that authoritarianism proved that dictatorship remains attractive and dictatorship remains attractive and dictatorship remains attractive and contagious and the wars that should have contagious and the wars that should have contagious and the wars that should have ended continue to erupt and even ended continue to erupt and even ended continue to erupt and even threaten the very existence of humanity threaten the very existence of humanity threaten the very existence of humanity francis fukuyama joins us live hello francis fukuyama joins us live hello francis fukuyama joins us live hello it's a great honor to be here with you it's a great honor to be here with you it's a great honor to be here with you today you write in the r

the nomination of vladimir putin. honestly, our mon, former intelligence agent, was a great surprise. when does he know, lucas? you did he lose a day? the russian president name's vladimir putin as his successor. i'm so sorry that i put in it, have gotten it the buckling at the time. vladimir putin was seen as a strong man. no man could restore russian leadership and judging use uttered chechnya from the caucuses region was fighting for its independence. ah. the armed conflict followed a decade long struggle seed from russia. in the summer of 1999 chechen terrorists allegedly carried out to tax on targets in moscow and other major cities killing more than $300.00 people. putin's response was rufus. at a press conference in september that same year, the president did not mince words. what would it be to do it did it would be if the arson air force will find them there and shoot them to the sitting on a toilet. if necessary is of getting them. he sent 840000 russian soldiers to fight the rebels in chechnya. lou massagin

what putin says so on the attack on the bridge in crimea. it is putin says so on the attack on the bridge in crimea.— bridge in crimea. it is an expression _ bridge in crimea. it is an expression of _ bridge in crimea. it is an expression of impotent i bridge in crimea. it is an - expression of impotent rage by a feeling dictator. he's running out of options and he cannot match the ukrainians on the battlefield and knees taking it out on the women, children in all of the people. i'm afraid this is a system of a criminal regime that is on the slide and i think as the reporters pointed out there is a power struggle in the kremlin right now and everyone is vying to outdo themselves. you can see it all being ramped up now those of the viewers who had seen the depth will know exactly what is going on right now with all of the dark elements that are coming together. we should be in no doubt the russian instinct is always if they cannot steal something, they will break it. and that is what we are seeing at the moment. the trouble is _ are seeing at the moment. the trouble is even _ are seeing

in putin's mind, for him, defeat is unimaginable. if you rent a country for 22 years away putin has and crushed the opposition like he has, you might feel like putin appears to feel, like you will always end up a winner. to acknowledge any other outcome as possible means facing up to a fact, you are not invincible. in a country with no checks or balances, and when leaders do not feel accntable to the public, there are few constraints of kremlin decision-making. >> the system that was created in 30 years did not create the society. there is a lot of very nice people in russia. i think you met them. but there is no civilty. ocie s>> for now, resistance toe kremlin is coming from ukraine and the west. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. laura: as the war in ukraine rages on, those in washington are growing frustrated by the close relationship between saudi arabia and moscow. the powerful opec plus group with saudi arabia and russia announced it will slash oil production which will likely make russia more money for its war effort. democra

in putin's mind, for him, defeat is unimaginable. if you rent a country for 22 years away putin has and crushed the opposition like he has, you might feel like putin appears to feel, like you will always end up a winner. to acknowledge any other outcome as possible means facing up to a fact, you are not invincible. in a country with no checks or balances, and when leaders do not feel accntable to the public, there are few constraints of kremlin decision-making. >> the system that was created in 30 years did not create the society. there is a lot of very nice people in russia. i think you met them. but there is no civil society. >> for now, resistance to the kremlin is coming from ukraine and the west. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. laura: as the war in ukraine rages on, those in washington are growing frustrated by the close relationship between saudi arabia and moscow. the powerful opec plus group with saudi arabia and russia announced it will slash oil production which will likely make russia more money for its war effort. demo

what is crucial in understanding putin is that he is obsessed. he firmly decided to occupy ukraine to take this. this is his white whale. and he will continue to act on the basis of this decision. whether the crimean bridge burns or not. it is also crucial to remember that there can be absolutely no justification for killing civilians. but for those who died that morning on the kaczynski bridge, just like the rest of those who have perished in this war in kiev and lviv in donetsk and luhansk in is yume and in buka, literally everywhere those deaths are all on the conscience of the leadership of the russian federation. the russian federation, in violation of international law, annexed a chunk of foreign territory and after eight years attacked its neighbor with territory. vladimir putin bears responsibility for the deaths of 350 children and tens of thousands of adults without even using the crimean bridge. he bombed kiev in february and march, forcing millions of people to flee their own homes, destroying an untold number of lives. if in response

why is putin saying that? -- to use a dirty bomb. why is putin saying that? tori a: when it comes to statements in regards to who is planning to do what, we have agreed that it is the russian regime wanting to do that. it is the ruler -- putin regime considering using it. the real question is why he wants to use the dirty bomb. what is the objective? victoria: ukraine is winning the war and problems ongoing in russia. they demand revenge for the losses of military equipment and not achieving goals that were clearly communicated. so the dirty bomb is the means to create significant damage for ukraine and this can be done by attacking and using nuclear. but the power plant, we have not just the power plant but nuclear fuel. and this facility is used for peace and not war time. yesterday a statement was made that russia is doing operations and no one from the ukrainian side has access to the site. they could create a disaster in the territory of the nuclear power plants and will cause major issues. >> when we spoke two weeks ago you said i don't think it is like

putin is standing hampering this putin putin is standing hampering this putin putin is standing yeah yeah yeah on the tracks of his successor he is on the tracks of his successor he is on the tracks of his successor he is hampering the system so uh definitely we hampering the system so uh definitely we hampering the system so uh definitely we can expect that when putin becomes uh can expect that when putin becomes uh can expect that when putin becomes uh much quicker he and he is getting weaker much quicker he and he is getting weaker much quicker he and he is getting weaker every day every day every day as i'm telling he cannot win the war his as i'm telling he cannot win the war his as i'm telling he cannot win the war his army is retreating it's losing and the army is retreating it's losing and the army is retreating it's losing and the economics is dying and the displeasure economics is dying and the displeasure economics is dying and the displeasure of the population growing so all these of the population growing so all these of the population growing so all these things they lo

putin. just as he made the irresponsible decision to invade ukraine, you know, he could make another decision. but i don't see anything right now that would lead me to believe he has made such a decision. >> mr. secretary, what is your analysis of how well ukraine has done? we've all seen and been stunned by this recapture of territory, the russians fleeing. but what i want to ask you is a question everyone has is, they've been able to do a lot. they'll probably be able to push forward some more. but is it likely in the next few months the ukrainians will be able to really rout the russian position in the donbas, or are we likely to get to some kind of stalemate where ukraine takes back some territory, russia defends a lot of it and they're stuck in a stalemate. >> it's hard to predict what is going to happen. i think the ukrainians have amazed the world in terms of their ability to fight back, their ability to exercise initiative, their commitment to the defense of their democracy, and that

putin has planned. his army has already demonstrated that they are rapists, torturers, and murderers, and now they are going to try to torture the population via starvation and cold. it is another area we need to get involved in. melinda: he says if there is a nonzero chance that putin may use a tactical nuclear weapon, we need to think through the response biden is doing. how would we respond beyond ambiguity starting with sanctions or some version of shock and awe. have they thought about sanctions on arms sales? gen. breedlove: i have said in the past that there are some very important sanctions that are still left. we called disconnecting them from swift as the nuclear options. there are massive things that could be considered. that is not my area of expertise . i saw the question and it is a great question, but i am not going to speculate publicly on our military responses. i will say one more time, we are capable of inflicting incredible damage to russian military forces with conventional reply. m

is vladimir putin a rational actor? or has vladimir putin lost his mind? that's really the subtext of all the conversations about whether the russian president is actually willing to drive humanity to the brink of a nuclear disaster. i bet it's keeping president biden up at night. how about you? how are you sleeping since president biden used the word "armageddon"? i'll ask how close he thinks we are to the brink and what options are on the table in our exclusive interview. as biden noted n ukraine, putin's choices, his options are narrowing. >> translator: we will defend our land by all means at our disposal. we'll do everything to ensure the security of our people. >> breaking ut our putin-english, english-putin dictionary, what he means by land is ukraine. our people, he means the ukrainians who have taken up arms to stop him. when he says about the by any means at our disposal, that's rhetoric that has gone nuclear. >> translator: is u.s. is is the only country in the world to have used nuclear weapons on two occasions, resulting in the destruction of

he has met putin several times. so my dear shock an ear will come now that's where i could in a pool every year we were invited to reception of the credit, you put him as i was seated at one of the tables some for the whole thing reminded me of the middle ages situ, because it was a long table below the patriarch on the right place. and the prime minister on the left, festal, facing the people in a book is already got. the oligarchs mosque was illegal to pro magic and the diplomats were all invited to watch president clinton. he sees himself as the father of the nation, as if you do, just as stalingrad, unless your cook study need to put your family proper. putin is almost obsessed with the country supposedly glorious past. don't don't put chevy. good enough. put you in a couple soup av on the new to mini mom adopted is to weeks shortage longer. i wish every interview with letting me put in started with at least 20 minutes of reminiscing of a rush us history and going from the sars of the russian empire a rule he fa

in putin's view. obviously, as you just said, the ukrainians not -- to the ocean flag, logistically lack of air supremacy. just from a tactical strategic standpoint, this professional army, i think it surprised a lot of people how poorly it has performed. >> of course, there are two ways of looking at the same issue here. on the one hand, ukrainians have performed way above expectations that many of the u.s. and ukraine and russia had for the ukrainian military. part of it is the success of the ukrainian military. they've had moral. they have really been training and improving their military since 2014. they have the assistance of quite a few very vulnerable countries. including the united states. that's clearly a major factor. beyond an unreliable concept that either putin or his generals developed for this war, we see lots of corruption within the russian military. you just see a sense of confusion on the part of russian soldiers as to what it is they are fighting for. that is a recipe for not succe

well, it's one of the big debates with putin. i think that historians will be debating this for a long time. to come what has changed and maybe not that much. maybe he's just shown his true colors in the last couple of months. and what we saw before was a sort of hidden or moderate version of putin. i'm a little bit more inclined to say that putin himself seems to have changed and one way. that seems really significant to me is that he's much more of a risk taker at the moment, and i thought he was before obviously putin could be aggressive. it was a shrewd operator if you have any questions about putin's willingness to use brutal tax extend civilians. you need only go back to the syrian war of 2015 or to the wars and chechnya where much of what's happening in ukraine was was anticipated by the actions of the russian military. so that's not a boundary that he's crossed recently. he crossed that boundary long ago, but the kind of risk that he's taken with his own economy on the battlefields of ukraine. it's a war he could lose and

mm. minnie, the nomination of vladimir putin. honestly, our mon, former intelligence agent, was a great surprise. when does he know, lucas? you did he lose a day? the russian president name's vladimir putin as his successor. you come so suck leg up. what's in it? have gotten it the buckling at the time. vladimir put him as seen as a strong man. no man could restore russian leadership and judging loose, alternating. chechnya from the caucuses region was fighting for its independence. ah, the armed conflict followed a decade long struggle seed from russia. in the summer of 1999 chechen terrorists allegedly carried out to tax on targets in moscow and other major cities killing more than $300.00 people. putin's response was rufus. that's a press conference in september that same year, the president did not mince words. what would it but his did? what did he say if the arse and airports will find them there and shoot them in the sitting on a toilet if necessary, is of getting them? he sent 840000 russian soldiers to fight the rebels i

the other problem vladimir putin has an russia _ other problem vladimir putin has an russia has— other problem vladimir putin has an russia has is he has opened a pandoras— russia has is he has opened a pandora's box, i think of ultra nationalist extremist sentiment. there _ nationalist extremist sentiment. there are — nationalist extremist sentiment. there are hardcore ultra patriots here _ there are hardcore ultra patriots here pushing him on to escalate here pushing him onto escalate further— here pushing him on to escalate further and that is dangerous. steve, — further and that is dangerous. steve, many thanks as well, steve rosenberg, our russia editor with the latest in moscow. a new intervention in the debate on the ukrainian conflict will come tomorrow, in a speech by the head of the gchq intelligency agency, sirjeremy fleming. our security correspondent gordon corera is here. what we expect? a long scheduled speech but a significant one but a significant one in which he is expected to describe russian forces as exhausted and facing staggering costs in terms of equipme

the question is now what mr putin would be willing to settle for. would he recognise that things have gone so badly that he simply has to settle for the minimum objectives which were always set out at the beginning, which was to secure the donbas? the west will have to ask itself, are we still with ukraine? do we support the entire return of sovereign ukrainian territory? all the rhetoric this year would suggest that yes, we do. do you think that the nato countries, which have so far been pretty unified, will keep that unity? or when things get a bit rougher, will they start to do deals? will italy, for instance, want to do a deal with russia to get gas and fuel? this was a prospect that the russians started talking about quite early. some people reckon this was a bit of a tactical mistake by moscow because the europeans have had a long time to think about it and to plan for it. it may well be that the gas weapon that putin thought was an absolutely killer blow will be less effective than he imagines. it all slightly depends on the weather. the mobi

that's totally not putin's russia. we are back in the kind of confrontation that's more acute than anything we expected during the cold war. >> i don't think is exaggeration to say, the state of u.s. russia relations is at its worst point probably since the early cold war days. the cuban missile crisis, maybe ronald reagan's first term. before the dÉtente, there was a cold period of the cold war. you said two things there. we should focus on some of the successes, right? and eastern europe, the former block, those countries, despite some backsliding and hungary and poland, they are still democracies. they are working towards becoming integrated market economies, would you agree? >> very much so. for these countries, the progress that we might have hope for after 1991 is very real. it was achieved. it was not just market economies and democracies. it was their national independence. that is a story for peoples across eastern and central europe. that is a story that will take us to ukraine. of course, ukraine, you can't

putin has a small inner circle. many members of that inner circle are complicit with the failures of this war. the list of possibilities is small. it is likely somebody who has been close with him for many years, perhaps from his time in the kgb, where his time in the city government in the 1990s. somebody with enough stature and enough security in that relationship to bring bad news to a leader who does not like to get bad news. >> steve, putin has been in power for 22 years. what did you make of the story about dissension in his circle? >> this is something we have been talking about for a number of weeks, but where do we get the tipping point with people close to putin? these are people with considerable power on their own. these are people with the head of security services or intelligence services or other high ranking people where people have power on their own. the tipping point i'm referring to is when the things get so bad for russia that people who were close to putin who have the power can go to him and s

in the nomination of vladimir putin. honestly, our mon, former intelligence agent, was a great surprise. when does he know, lucas? you did he lose a day? the russian president name's vladimir putin as his successor. you come so sucked that appleton. it's a gift anthony to bucklin at the time. vladimir putin was seen as a strong man. no man could restore russian leadership and generous altitude. chechnya from the caucuses region was fighting for its independence. ah. the armed conflict followed a decade long struggle seed from russia. in the summer of 1999 chechen terrorists allegedly carried out to tax on targets in moscow and other major cities killing more than $300.00 people. putin's response was rufus. that's a press conference in september that same year, the president did not mince words. what would it be if the arson air force will find them there and shoot them to the sitting on a toilet if necessary, use of getting them? he sent 840000 russian soldiers to fight the rebels in chechnya. lou massaging the russian l

do you think putin is a rational actor? >> i think he is a rational actor who's miscalculated significantly. i think -- you may recall i pounded out they were going to invade, all those 100,000 or more troops, no one believed he was going to invade ukraine. you listen to what he says, if you listen to the speech he made after that decision, he talked about the whole idea of he was -- needed to be the leader of russia that united all of the russian speaking -- i just think it's irrational. >> if he's not rational -- >> i didn't say he's not rational. i think his objectives. i think he thought he was going to be welcomed with open arms, that this is the home of mother russia in kyiv and he was going to be welcomed. i think he totally miscalculated it. >> you talked about this a few days ago, the search for an off-ramp for him because his back is against the wall, there are questions about how rational he is. he already was a brutal dictator. what is the off-ramp? is there any acceptable way that he can leave in his mind witho

he is talking about putin. a guy we know fairly well, he is not joking when he talks about the potential use of tactical nuclear weapons or biological or chemical weapons because his military is, as you might say, significantly underperforming. he made clear, don, washington is trying to figure out what putin's end game is going to be, what his exit strategy in ukraine is going to be. that's notable as well because he first raised the prospect of wondering what that is back in may. >> kaitlin, biden's own national security council and state department have been more measured on this issue. how alarming to see the president speaking like this? >> i have asked officials about this. they said he is making clear how seriously they are taking putin's threats. officials made clear to the russian counterparts behind the scenes what the consequences would be if russia decided to do this. but you're right. we have not seen officials at the pentagon or the state department or the national security council go as far as pr

president putin's ability to murmur?— president putin's ability to resu--l ? _, ., ., president putin's ability to resuul ? n, ., ., resupply? this alone may or may not have a _ resupply? this alone may or may not have a lot _ resupply? this alone may or may not have a lot of _ resupply? this alone may or may not have a lot of impact, - resupply? this alone may or may not have a lot of impact, i - not have a lot of impact, i think it constrains the russian forces�* resupply. agency reporting of other attacks on other russian rail network nodes and so if that continues it is going to be much harder for russians to resupply their forces and if those forces are getting beat and getting killed and wounded and they are retreating, so it is sort of all coming together and too early to use the word disintegration but there are a lot of indicators that russian forces in occupied territory in ukraine are really damaged, the morale is down and the conscripts that we have seen mobilised in a couple of weeks, they are not going to make it any better. they are not going

and our history has shown us that vladimir putin. what he suggested yesterday may have little to do with what he says today. he was justified the invasion of ukraine vowing to de not survive the place. today he offered an update on the mission, getting rid of neo nazis, was not even mentioned. i'm forgotten berlin. this is the day ah, goodness m ahead is probably the most dangerous you unpredictable. but also important decades since the end of world war 2. we remain focused on making sure that we're going to do everything that we can help ukraine to, to defend it, sovereign territory. we say we stand at the historical frontier and i can say not only, and we not changed our approach the frame, but we haven't seen any diminution or any, any concern expressed by our allies and partners. and what's happening is ultimately for the benefit of russia and his future, p, p. m. it's connected with a strengthening of our sovereignty of that in all directions, which with him, the family also coming up, israel in lebanon, have been enemies for de

vladimir putin is at his most vulnerable point right now. his inner circle under incredible pressure, the administer of defense, the fsp director and national security advisor over putin's failed strategy and a race to see whether those guys think about moving putin or he gets to them first. because there will be some scapegoats. putin is facing pressure from right-wing ultranationalist hawks holdings be accountable for the fact he did not deliver a victory in the special military operation he called in days. instead, rushes losing and losing badly. >> neil: and that is getting on at this time. thank you, dan, very much for that. in the meantime, the hurricane that completely change florida, but for its real estate has the boom become a bust? more on that after this. so you only pay for what you need! (limu squawks) he's a natural. only pay for what you need. ♪liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty.♪ my most important kitchen tool? my brain. so i choose neuriva plus. unlike some others, neuriva plus is a multitasker supporting 6 key indicato

this is all about president putin and what he's done. and let's be honest, there is a certain amount of this which is about global instability. and we can see that energy price shock reverberating out of that epicentre that was the invasion of ukraine. but that only goes so far. that meant that inflation was already rising. the uk was already on the brink of going into reverse before we saw the plans unveiled by the government. but these really have been the icing on the cake because you can see quite clearly when you look at the currency markets, when you look at the bond markets where governments borrow them money where governments borrow their money that we have underperformed many other countries over the last couple of weeks, and that is because of the uk's domestic plans. that's something even the bank of england has acknowledged. and the payback from that, well, put it this way, john, at one point over the last week or so, it was more expensive for the uk government to borrow than the governments of the likes of spain, italy, port

putin never shows his hand. and the danger is that putin will continue to double down. that's basically what intelligence has always concluded. >> and that is frightening there. and of course you have seen so much of that intelligence that it has shown always historically that he has chosen to double down. thank you so much for that sobering assessment, secretary. i appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> next, the breaking news. the woman who claims that herschel walker paid to have an abortion tonight tells the "new york times" that walker urged her to end a second pregnancy. the "new york times" says it has confirmed all of this. >>> plus, the justice department is ordered to return some documents to trump that were taken during that fbi search at mar-a-lago. >>> and a massive backlog of migrants now waiting for immigration hearings in the united states. these cases, people waiting, may not be resolved for years. to both of you. ly res our smart sleepers get 28 minutes more restful sleep peper night. proven quality sleep. only from sleep nunumber. before & bath fitter. now'

a history has shown us that vladimir putin. what he suggested yesterday may have little to do with what he says today. he was justified the invasion of ukraine vowing to de not survive the place. to day he offered an update on the mission. getting rid of neo nazis was not even mentioned. i'm brit, dolphin berlin. this is the day ah, goodness m ahead is probably the most dangerous you unpredictable. but also important decade since the end of world war 2. we remain focused on making sure that we're going to do everything that we can help ukraine to, to defend it, sovereign territory. we say we stand at the historical frontier id say not only, and we not changed our approach frame, but we haven't seen any diminution or any, any concern expressed by our allies and partners. and what's happening is ultimately for the benefit of russia and its future keeping him, it's connected with the strengthening of our sovereignty of that in all directions with him, the family also coming up, israel in lebanon, have been enemies for decades toda

he says that putin talked about a proposed peace plan, and bremer says that musk told him that putin's plan has three components, crimea remains russian, ukraine accepts a formal status of neutrality, and russia's annexations of luhansk and donetsk and kherson are recognized, also there will be water supply to crimea. that plan being controlled by russia is almost identical to the so-called peace plan that musk subsequently proposed on twitter. now, musk is now denying he spoke to putin. but this report comes as britain's spy chief says russia is running out of ammo and that russia's forces are exhausted, the use of prisoners to reinforce and the mobilization of inexperienced conscripts speaks of a desperate situation. which may be why putin needs backup and fast. president zelenskyy of ukraine accusing putin of having to now rely on a key ally. >> translator: russia is trying to involve belarus deeper into this war, spreading rumors that we allegedly are ready to attack belarus. and clearly defactor belarus is already involved in this war. >> today we have new video from belarus, and

that is a really faulty assumption on putin 's part. we are cominu u- assumption on putin 's part. we are coming up to _ assumption on putin 's part. we are coming up to the — assumption on putin 's part. we are coming up to the midterms, - assumption on putin 's part. we are coming up to the midterms, 620 i coming up to the midterms, g20 meetings and an opportunity perhaps for some negotiations, some resolutions in dc that happening at all? ., ., ., , all? no, not at this point. the white house _ all? no, not at this point. the white house was _ all? no, not at this point. the white house was rather - all? no, not at this point. the | white house was rather explicit all? no, not at this point. the - white house was rather explicit that they do not think the russians are sincerely looking for an income negotiation and they certainly don't think ukrainians believe that they are at a point where they have gained enough on the battlefield to have a strong hand going into a negotiation with the russians. there is a lot of fear that with the russians are doing by pushing the idea of n

putin is considering. so it's kind of the final warning if shoigu and lavrov can influence putin at all, which no indications that they can yet, truthfully, this is a signal to them, try and force your boss not to make another dumb decision, which he's made so many of already. >> appealing to that inner circle who may be the ones who ultimately make the decision to go ahead with an order or not. general hertling, thank you very much. >>>, and next, supreme court justice clarence thomas gets lindsey graham off the hook for now. graham won't have to testify in front of the georgia grand jury investigating trump's to overturn the election. >>> it's been almost 20 years since new york had a republican governor. could the focus on crime send the current democrat packing? >>> and two armed men seen at a ballot box, is this just a preview of what we're going to see on election day? a story onon jon meacham is "outfront." have diabetes? know where your glucose is? with the freestyle libre 3 system, know your gluco

personally claims that vladimir putin personally claims that vladimir putin personally claims that yes kiev has these plans for yes kiev has these plans for yes kiev has these plans for provocations with his dirty bomb provocations with his dirty bomb provocations with his dirty bomb what he's doing what is his goal what he's doing what is his goal what he's doing what is his goal uh i would like to highlight two things uh i would like to highlight two things uh i would like to highlight two things first moscow is now uh first moscow is now uh first moscow is now uh trying to deploy all the arsenal of trying to deploy all the arsenal of trying to deploy all the arsenal of actions and words actions and words actions and words because it cannot do anything on the because it cannot do anything on the because it cannot do anything on the battlefront battlefront battlefront so i would like to draw a comparison so i would like to draw a comparison so i would like to draw a comparison with what ukrainians did before their uh with what ukrainians did before their uh with what ukrainians did be

in the nomination of vladimir putin. honestly, our mon, former intelligence agent, was a great surprise. when does he know, lucas? you did he lose a day? the russian president name's vladimir putin as his successor. you come so soc, let. appleton. it's a gift anthony to bucklin at the time. vladimir put him as seen as a strong man. no man could restore russian leadership ingenuous altitude. chechnya from the caucuses region was fighting for its independence. ah. the armed conflict followed a decade long struggle seed from russia. in the summer of 1999 chechen terrorists allegedly carried out to tax on targets in moscow and other major cities killing more than $300.00 people. putin's response was rufus. at a press conference in september that same year, the president did not mince words. what would it would do? it did it would be if the arse in airports will find them there and shoot them to the sitting on a toilet, if necessary. use of getting them he sent 840000 russian soldiers to fight the rebels in chechnya. massagin

president putin is in a very difficult position. in some ways, i think what president biden is signaling is that he understands that that is not just dangerous for russia's leader but in some aspects dangerous for the world. >> absolutely. thank you. >>> joining us now is jonathan lemire. rick stengle. shane harris. rick, do you agree with president biden that the risk is the highest since the cuban missile crisis? >> he was smart to mention the cuban missile crisis. that was a situation where there were two nuclear superpowers and they managed to solve it in a way that neither of them lost face. john f. kennedy and khrushchev. there was something during the cold war called escalation domination. it was this idea that neither side should be able to dominate the other in terms of their military capabilities. that also included rhetoric. the russians always were successful in the rhetoric department, because they used to threaten nuclear armageddon all the time. i think joe biden is planning his own game of escalation dominance, where

. >>> putin's gambit. the russian president declares large portions of ukraine now belong to russia, the biggest land grab in europe since world war ii. >> america's fully prepared with our nato allies to defend every single inch of nato territory. >> growing concerns of a nuclear attack. ian pannell reports from ukraine and former cia director david petraeus joins us in studio. >>> and -- >> did you speak with your husband about your beliefs that the election was stolen? >> ginni thomas testifies before the january 6th committee. 37 days before the midterms. >> leader mccarthy you have members in the conference who question the 2020 election, are you worried that could limit your gains in 2020? -- your gains in november? >> our roundtable. and a look at the latest episode of "power trip." >> announcer: from abc news it's "this week," here, now, co-anchor jonathan karl. >>> good morning and welcome to "this week." as we come on the air this morning, we're tracking breaking news at home and aboard. at home,

i hope that president putin will be defeated. hope that there will be significant change in a way that will bring back harmony to the people of ukraine. they have gone through suffering and millions of people around the world are also suffering. so i want to leave the show today thinking -- thanking our speakers and presenters. i want to thank bill taylor. thank you all for having a robust conversation. it was thoughtful and sobering at times. while we have an uncertain road ahead, each of you gave us hope. it is a theme of one that we need to recognize. we have to win the war in ukraine. we have to help the ukrainians win the war. this is so critical on so many levels. i want to thank everyone for participating. we will be in touch. for now, let me just thank all of our participants for being here today. thank you all for joining us. >> the supreme court hears oral argument, in a case on whether alabama's redistricting map for seven congressional seats violates the voting rights act. live proceedings begin tuesday morning at 10:

the question is now what mr putin would be willing to settle for. would he recognise that things have gone so badly that he simply has to settle for the minimum objectives which were always set out at the beginning, which was to secure the donbas? the west will have to ask itself, are we still with ukraine? do we support the entire return of sovereign ukrainian territory? all the rhetoric this year would suggest that yes, we do. do you think that the nato countries, which have so far been pretty unified, will keep that unity? or when things get a bit rougher, will they start to do deals? will italy, for instance, want to do a deal with russia to get gas and fuel? this was a prospect that the russians started talking about quite early. some people reckon this was a bit of a tactical mistake by moscow because the europeans have had a long time to think about it and to plan for it. it may well be that the gas weapon that putin thought was an absolutely killer blow will be less effective than he imagines. it all slightly depends on the weather. the mobi

in the nomination of vladimir putin. honestly, our mon, former intelligence agent, was a great surprise. when does he know lucas still did he lose a day? the russian president name's vladimir putin as his successor. comes we'll do some legit, fulton, it has gotten the bucklin at the time. vladimir putin was seen as a strong man. no man could restore russian leadership and judging loose, alternating. chechnya from the caucuses region was fighting for its independence. ah. the armed conflict followed a decade long struggle seed from russia. in the summer of 1999 chechen terrorists allegedly carried out to tax on targets in moscow and other major cities killing more than $300.00 people. putin's response was rufus. that's a press conference in september that same year, the president did not mince words. what would it be his did? what did he say if the arse and airports will find them there and shoot them in the sitting on a toilet if necessary, is of getting them? he sent 840000 russian soldiers to fight the rebels in chechn

in which putin has raged this war i gave a speech after the attack in moscow and basically, label putin for what i believe he is a war criminal. and i think the whole world is now seeing what putin is willing to do. to destroy the people of ukraine. there is no state -- step that is too far that he is not willing to take. so i think as we look back over the last seven-month i think we first, are inspired by the people of ukraine president zelenskyy and this government that the ukrainian parliament last week in washington advocating on behalf of ukraine and the result of that is has brought legislative action. $12.3 billion -- 7.5 billion dollars in addition to military assistance, 45 $5 billion in economic humanitarian assistance, and the question is, and -- will they stay together? over whelming -- overwhelming majority of americans are compelled and continue to support america's actions on behalf of ukraine. along with european and nato allies. but putin has badly overestimated his ability to not only wage this war. what we have learned is all the money he spent over the last 20 years

vladimir vladimirovich putin. what he was about to do had sparked international condemnation, but vladimir putin didn't care. in the kremlin, he announced the annexation of 15% of ukrainian land. in the audience, kremlin—appointed officials from those territories occupied by russia. translation: iwant the kyiv authorities . and their real masters in the west to hear me, so that they remember this forever. people in luhansk and donetsk, kherson and zaporizhzhia are becoming our citizens, forever. defiant, unapologetic, russia's president laid into the west. translation: instead of democracy there, i there's suppression and exploitation. instead of freedom, enslavement and violence. america is the only country in the world that has used nuclear weapons twice — when they destroyed the japanese cities of hiroshima and nagasaki. by the way, they set a precedent with that. comments like that are worrying in light of the kremlin�*s recent nuclear sabre—rattling. through this annexation, vladimir putin is trying t

president biden saying he takes putin's threats seriously saying, putin is not joking while there's no indication thus far that russia is preparing to use nuclear weapons, the president's blunt comments are sending a chill from washington to the streets of moscow where our keir simmons is reporting tonight and has the latest >> reporter: president putin ignoring celebrations working on his 70th birthday today as president biden warns the russian leader's rhetoric may mean a nuclear crisis not seen for 60 years saying, we have not faced the prospect of armageddon since kennedy and the cuban missile crisis and that putin is not joking when he talks about the use of tactical nuclear weapons or biological or chemical weapons. tonight, the white house is saying there is not any new intelligence that sparked those remarks but russians we spoke to today as fearful as anyone at the prospect are you scared by the talk of the use of nuclear weapons now? >> well, everyone is scared, of course, but most in russia doesn't believe it >> i think it's not possible >> you don't believe it >> yeah. >> y

reporter: president putin was brief and decisive in tone. shortly after he launched more than eight missiles with targets across ukraine. >> it is impossible not to respond. this morning a mess of strikes took place on air, sea and land on energy and land targets in ukraine. if such attempts by ukraine continue, there will be harsh responses. reporter: those attempts refer to an explosion saturday which have damaged the kerch bridge, linking crimea to the russian mainland. a chairman said the blast was an act of terrorism that would not pass unpunished, describing russia's missile strikes as episode one. both threatened further and harsher action. this has damaged the image of russia as some analysts say moscow wanted to show what their forces are still capable of, though its options seem more limited. >> other attacks in the coming days, because they have been happening from time to time during this conflict. but i do not believe russia has the capacity to send as many missiles deep into ukraine as they did today, or on a day-to-day basis.

so putin wants to keep talking about. it he doesn't want us to become appeared to us, he wants to become nervous about it, which we are correctly so. but i think we're quite aways away from him contemplating that and i don't think it would go over well inside of russia if he clauss that route. >> steve hall, thank you and appreciate it. >>> and now in ukraine the death toll is rising as rescue workers pull bodies out of the rubble of a apartment building in zaporizhzhia hit by missiles. nick paton walsh reported from a town, more than the 900 square miles of liberated land according to ukraine. s some of these images depicting putin's bloody war you might find disturbing. >> just ahead is russia in retreat. the road cut by a bridge blown four days ago as they fled. a ukrainian advance along the river bank here. russian jets firing back. kyiv's forces again moving around an enemy, stuck in park and reverse. left in russia's wake, this older anti-aircraft system still working and the signs of how they lived in the open. >>

a history has shown us that vladimir putin. what he suggested yesterday may have little to do with what he says today. he was justified the invasion of ukraine vowing to de not survive the place. to day he offered an update on the mission. getting rid of neo nazis was not even mentioned. i'm bring dolphin berlin. this is the day ah, goodness m ahead is probably the most dangerous, unpredictable way, but also important decade since the end of world war 2. we remain focused on making sure that we're going to do everything that we can help ukraine to, to defend it, sovereign territory. we say we stand at the historical frontier id say not only, and we not changed our approach frame, but we haven't seen any diminution or any, any concern expressed by our allies and partners. and what's happening is ultimately for the benefit of russia and its future. p, p. m, it's connected with the strengthening of our sovereignty of that in all directions that became the family also coming up, israel in lebanon, have been enemies for decades toda

is vladimir putin a rational actor? as vladimir putin lost his mind? that is really the subtext of all of the conversations about whether the russian president is actually willing to drive humanity to the brink of a nuclear disaster. i bet it's keeping president biden up at night, how about you? how are you sleeping ever since president biden used the word armageddon. just a moment last president biden outright how close he thinks we really are to the brink. what options are on the table? as biden noted, putin's choice isn't options are narrowing. >> we will defend our land by all means. we will secure the security of our people. are english putin dictionary right here, when he says we will defend our land what he means our land is the 18% of ukraine and he just declared part of russia. and by our people he means the ukrainians who have taken up arms to stop them. and races by all means, that is rhetoric that has gone nuclear. >> the u.s. is only country in the world have used nuclear weapons on two occasions. resulted in the destruction of hiroshima.

putin started this war, and mr. putin could end it today simply by moving his troops out of the country. he's the one who chose to start this conflict. again, he can choose to end it, and the president was talking about finding a way to end this war, which we all want to do. we all want to see this war end. it's gone on way too long. and what needs to happen is for the two sides to be able to sit down and negotiate and find a way out of this peacefully and diplomatically. now, mr. putin has shown no indications, zero, none, that he's willing to do that, in fact, quite the contrary by calling up hundreds of thousands of reservists, by politically annexing or at least trying to annex four areas of ukraine, he's showing every indication that he's doubling down, that he wants to continue to prosecute this war which is why, quite frankly, we're in touch almost daily with the ukrainians and we're going to continue to provide them security assistance. you saw the president approve another more than $600 million just a few

putin has no restraint, no boundaries. and god forbid, god forbid that he reaches for tactical, nuclear -- i don't think it will happen, but he has made it clear it's still on the table, as well as biological and chemical. we are in a very pivotal phase of the war right now because of what happened a few hours ago. >> now, ukraine has not claimed responsibility for the attack on the crimea bridge, but russia seems convinced, nonetheless. how dangerous is this moment? you just alluded to it. are we at a juncture, a turning page, a turning point, rather, in this war? >> yeah -- well, we're not surprised mr. putin pointed the finger at the ukrainians. we're absolutely not sure about that. i mean, it could have been, and many analysts agree on this, just a russian mistake. they could have been moving ammunition across the bridge. that has acted as a supply line for the russian war effort. it could have exploded there. but it doesn't surprise me that he'sblamed ukraine. since that happened less than 24 hours ago, that statement

of putin's increasing desperation. it's also part of the whole strange nature of this law -- of this war where he doubles down on areas that he is increasingly not in control of. if you think about the escalation ladder that we've been looking at here right now, first he declares a mobilization. maybe they have 300,000 people flowing. they have numbers approaching that fleeing the country. then he's evacuating troops out of this area he can't hold, but declaring martial law in that region. this is why so many in the administration are worried about the steady progress toward a possible nuclear detonation because he's running out of conventional options. >> that's the question, right? what comes next? when you're looking at these data points on this line, what could come next? would that signify a movement potentially towards some type of tactical nuclear weapon, and why? >> he has steps between now and then. first of all, nobody has seen his nuclear weapons in motion, at least as of last week. i think the u.s. would pr