and michael mcfaul was a former ambassador u.s. ambassador to russia and all new failed ambassador it was under him that relations between the united states and russia which which were after decent level. during the early 2000 they collapse they collapsed into the became a catastrophe and these furlough i'm willing to to you know except he's part in this failure he has since become something of an anti russia crusader ease at the forefront of the more buno trump russia collusion sanction russia punish russia and all the wrongs and ills of the world can be laid at russia russia's doorstep this is the fellow he's an ardent supporter of legs involved in what happened was that reacher goes in the head of russian space agency were to boost on facebook saying that you know mr mcfaul stay the hell out of russia just you know enough is enough you've been rollin everyone up you've been. almost revolution you called us a banana republic then you called us a gas station now you try to read it rename us in the in the name of your favorite cand

michael michael mcfaul was a former ambassador of the united states to russia he would be going down in any hul of fame under him relations between russia and the united states will collapse they had been decent before book but after they stayed near the there were no relations to speak of and basically the head of russian space agency said that this fellow should keep his nose out of russia's business because michael mcfaul has become something of a crusader against russia against all things russian and you know the russia russia gave russia collusions who are. these was a major proponent of. all of those fake news fake news stories and records it goes unsaid you know you had tried calling us turning this into a banana republic you had tried it was a gas station you tried meddling in our affairs and to see tom and to. again just stay out stay out you know you do you doing nothing constructive and for that he was banned for 24 hours and facebook is he is account was restored but his ability to make new post is still restricted in the russian foreign ministry came out with condemnatio

brian, you know, ambassador mcfaul described it well in the different ways they handle the phone calls, there's a normalcy with the biden administration and little bit jarring to watch having chronicled four years of the trump administration where decisions are made by impulse and policies announced on the fly and there's been just a methodical and deliberate day by day rollout of agendas. today was about the coronavirus vaccine and getting additional doses out there and trying to instill confidence in americans that vaccines will be available to more people in weeks to come. but series of economic executive orders, climate issues coming up. might seem boring to people looking for entertainment from their government, but it's entirely normal and all built on trying to instill confidence in the american people that these folks who know what they're doing, they have a plan and are taking charge from day one. >> i know a lot of people on board for boring. professor i'd like to give you the last word. i'm guessing you thought it was a good start to hear an american president today talk the

michael mcfaul was a former ambassador of the united states to russia he would be going down in any hul of fame under him relations between russia and the united states will collapse and basically goes unsaid you know you had tried calling us turning this into a banana republic you had tried it was a gas station you tried meddling in our affairs and to see tom and tom again just stay out stay out you know you do you doing nothing constructive and for that he was banned for 24 hours and facebook is he is a coward was restored but his ability to make new post is still restricted in the russian foreign ministry came out with condemnation saying you know this is just going too far and all the fake news about the protests in russia for example all the illegal calls targeting kids 1011 year olds to attend protests which which is illegal 1st of all 2nd of all dangerous because you know as we saw they can turn violent and they filed lodged an official complaint with the u.s. embassy in russia restrictive actions taken by the administrators of the biggest us social networks towards the conte

>> david, i think my friend mike mcfaul put his finger on it, corruption. is synonymous with the fight against corruption in russia. i think that is what makes this have staying power. what our near term events that could be catalytic to change. in september there will be parliamentary. say he is blocked from running in the elections. people are already surrounding his wife julia to get her to run. similar in belarus. part of this depends what the west does. i am incredibly confident about the biden team that is put in place about this pause none of this is new to them. secretary of state tony blinken, and i love saying that, secretary of state blinken, supervised the transition and the american relationship with russia between yeltsin and putin. like mike, for none of these folks this is new >> mike mcfaul, your turn. is this where putin's domination over russia finally comes to an end? >> we all know the great stories, two of them, fantastic stories of poland and the czechoslovakia. mandela, gandhi. we can think of those. we forget about the failed ones.

and russian conservatism is less convincing for example much for former best that russia michael mcfaul cautions against which in sniff areas conservative ideology committed to christian traditional theme with family values for views it as a threat to liberal international or the end of quote well indeed the roles have been flipped i mean and the other funny side of it is that who can actually did not plan to be you know that why you know. a knight in shining armor defending christian values he had a lot more modest aspire nations when he came to power in the year 2000 i think you want the crash to be a normal east european country you know. expanding its connections to the way whereas developing in cyclone i mean in course that with the united states and with your opinion about the problem is that these people you know this ideology pushes him into the conservative camp if you want and nature can defend christian values even more than he would probably like to you know you know it's interesting is that it certainly ideas of georgia cannily of the american ambassador to the soviet union

ambassador to russia, michael mcfaul. it's great to see you, sir.nks very much to are your time tonight. it's a big week. >> sure. thanks for having me. >> all right. we'll be right back, actually, and i should tell you, on the other side of this break, a sort of, a story that's just broken in the "washington post" about what intelligence agencies are recognizing about the threat on wednesday at the inauguration. sort of -- i'll have it for you right after the break. it's just broken. stay with us. right after the br. it's just broken stay with us >>> new reporting within the last five minutes from the "washington post." i'm just going to read you the headline here. as you can see, i think we put it up on the screen. qanon adherents discussed posing as national guard to try to infiltrate inauguration, according to fbi intelligence briefing. here's the lead of what carol leonnig and matt zapotosky are reporting. the fbi privately warned law enforcement agencies monday that far-right extremists have discussed posing as national guard members in washin

his view of putin, well, he calls him a kgb thug michael mcfaul now former u.s. ambassador to russia thanks for being here. let's start with the nuclear treaty criti critics argue that five years is too long, that gives up some of our leverage what do you think. >> well agree agree with that. i know the critics are from the trump administration and they had that leverage for four years and they didn't do anything with it my own view. >> i helped negotiate this treaty back when i worked on the obama administration and it is expiration makes the united states worse off for the simple fact that we would lose our verification ability to look inside and look at russia's nuclear arsenal. ronald reagan used to say trust but verify, i say don't trust, only verify and the new start treaty allows us to do this. i think it is a right decision by the new biden team to extend it >> michael, president biden promised a tough response against russia for hacking america's top agencies we haven't seen much of any response yet what might a biden response look like, just more sancti

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and russian conservatism is less convincing for example not all former and best that russia michael mcfaul cautions against which and sniff areas conservative might you. he committed to christian traditional family values mcfall views it as a threat to neighbor all international order and of hope well indeed the roles have been flipped i mean at and the finest side of it is that putin actually did not plan to be you know that's why you know. and i can shine in our defanged increased in badness he had a walk more distance by relations but he came to power in the year 2000 i think you want to crush it to be a normal east european country you know. expand union connections go there where development in sicko and i mean in course with the united states and with your opinion about the problem is that these people you know this ideology pushes him into the conservative camp if you want and makes him defend christian values even more than he would probably like to you know you know it's interesting is that it's . the ideas of george of can in the in the american ambassador to the soviet union ver

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joining me now is michael mcfaul, former ambassador to russia and an msnbc international affairs analystet your thoughts on this right out the gate. can the biden administration reengage in this treaty while also holding russia accountable? on one hand, you had russia who was blamed or implicated in the solar wind hack. that big cyber espionage campaign that we reported on last month, the former chief u.s. negotiator under president trump criticize the biden team for seeking that long-term extension of the start treaty, saying that it squanders significant leverage that the u.s. had over russia. >> well, thanks for having me. my general answer is "yes." we can walk and chew gum at the same time. it's hard with big powerful autocratic companies like russia and iran. but i think you can pursue both at the same time. we did during the cold war and they should do this again. extending the new start treaty for five years is not a gift to putin. it is in america's national security interests. and we should do what's in our interests and first and foremost, it extends the verification parts of

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