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." >> "firing line with margaret hoover" is made possible in part by... and by... corporate funding is provided by... >> matthew continetti, welcome to t "firing line."e to. >> you are a senior fellow at the american enterprise institute, and you have written a book about the modern american conservative movement. it's entitled "the right: the hundred year war for american conservatism." now, it traces the conservative movement from the 1920s through president biden's inauguration. will you start by briefly defining what it means to be a conservative now? >> well, it's a hot topic, and i think one of the problems with the american right today, margaret, is that no one is really clear on what a conservative is. that's one of the reasons why i wrote the book. and i think the definition i've settled on is that an american conservative wants to conserve the political ideas and the political institutions of the american founding, and those are distinctively american institutions and ideas, and they preserve a wide latitude of individual freedom and freedom of civil soci

>> "firing line with margaret hoover" is made possible in part by... and by... corporate funding is proded by... >> ambassador markarova, welcome to "firing line." >> thank you for having me. >> this weekend marked seven months of war for your country. i'd like to ask you what the number-one message you have for the american people about ukrainian resolve seven months into the war. >> we always said we will not surrender, and we will defend our country. i think that does not require proof anymore. everyone knows we will not surrender. so our message now is that we, together, have to win. and russian federation should be defeated, because if they are not punished for what they've done, for all of their criminal acts, then our planet is not a safe place to live for any of us. >> this week, putin held referendums in four occupied regions in eastern and southern ukraine, paving the way to annex territory even larger than portugal. now, russian soldiers have been going door to door, armed with machine guns, collecting ballots at gunpoint. president biden and many wes

>> "firing line with margaret hoover" is made possible in part by... and by... corporate funding is provided by... >> evan mcmullin, welcome to the "firing line." >> great to be with you, margaret. >> this is the closest senate race that utah has seen in decades. now, you have been a republican in the past, and you do continue to agree with republicans on many issues, from the economy to abortion. so why are you running as an independent? >> well, i'm an independent. and actually, though i've been associated with the republican party or affiliated with the republican party as an independent for most of my adult life, what's more important to me is our commitment as a country to our founding ideals and to the institutions that allow tir realization in our daily lives. so i'm a conservative because i'm committed to those things. i think that's what conservatism -- true conservatism is. and though i've been an independent for most of my adult life, i've, until 2016, saw the republican party as the best vehicle for me to pursue the conservation of those things, our v

>> "firing line with margaret hoover" is made possible in part by... corporate funding is provided by... >> representative cori bush, welcome to "firing line." >> thank you. >> you are representing the first congressional district of missouri in your first term in congress. >> yes. >> you were the first black congresswoman to be elected from your state. >> yes. >> you are an ordained pastor. >> yes. >> you are a registered nurse. and you are the first black lives matter organizer to be elected to the united states congress. >> yes, all of that. >> you have also written your first memoir -- "the forerunner: a story of pain and perseverance in america." i was deeply moved by your book. and i think everyone who decides to form an opinion about cori bush needs to do so after reading this book and understanding your experiences. >> yes. yes. >> why did you decide to do this? >> you know, once i shared just like in church groups or community events. and just years ago, people would come up to me and say, "thank you for sharing." like, "that helped me." and i

>> "firing line with margaret hoover" is made possible in part by... and by... corporate funding is provided by... >> masih alinejad, welcome to "firing line." >> thank you so much. >> you're an iranian journalis living in new york city. four weeks ago, 22-year-old mahsa amini was arrested by the morality police for allegedly wearing her hijab improperly. she died suddenly while in police custody. what do you know about how mahsa amini died? >> the regime says that, "we didn't kill her. we didn't do anything to her." but the family -- mahsa's family, they put themselves in nger, and they spoke up about how she got killed. mahsa's father actually talked to those women who were witnessing while mahsa was beaten up by hijab police. and that's, to us, millions of iranian, it's obvious that the police killed her. >> amini's death has sparked waves of protests across iran now in as many as 80 cities across the country. women have been seen in the streets taking off their hijab, in many cases burning their hijab, cutting their hair, chanting phrases like "death to the

and joining me now, analyst john avalon and host of pbs firing line margaret hoover. was it too cynical of me to ask if there were any 2024 consideration in any of this? >> i mean, you know i'm not a big fan of sliding into 2024 talk when the midterms are three weeks away. but that is the back drop of the conversation. that is the back drop of the reporting. that is what you're acknowledging. look, i think it has to do with the fact that pete buttigieg is the best communicator. he represents generational change. kamala harris is also a candidate of generational change. but i think buttigieg has gotten a reputation is someone who could make the democrats' best argument and that is why. >> and margaret, the white house has made it clear and biden has made it very clear, the president has made it clear, he's running in 2024, but i suppose these types of stories will continue to raise this question as to what is going on here? >> well i , i don't know if it a story that hurts anyone. remember when bill clinton came out when president obama was accepting his nomination and