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>> i think what we can do is -- i think michael mcfall, u.s. an arms controller who ended the fall of the soviet union, it was freedom fighters, basically of soviet states . and in iran, it won't be american or western diplomats who cause an end to the cold war with iran, it will be the small d democrats on the ground in iran. so our job is to empower the small d democrats inside iran to achieve self-determination. >> and do that by? >> there are a number of ways. the human rights council was a very good first step. strategic sanctions have to continue. my hope is we sanction the supreme leader. we haven't done that yet. and there are a number of other ways. why are the children of these regime officials living freely and comfortably in democratic countries, while people who need refuj in the west don't get the same? so we have to make a clear distinction of who we're supporting, and stop supporting and empowering the regime in that way, and start empowering civil society in iran through internet access and things like that. >> fascinating to h

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ambassador to russia, and international affairs analyst michael mcfall, the new yorker.com executive editor and msnbc contributor david road, white house correspondent and msnbc political analyst peter baker, and spokesman for the bring our families home campaign, which includes families of brittney griner, and paul whelan, he helped to free trevor reed and spent three years in a russian prison. everybody, welcome. michael, you said that this was a deal that you would take. explain why brittney griner for viktor bout is a good one. >> to be clear, viktor bout is a really bad guy, just like you're reporting, and i would prefer to get more americans out, to get paul whelan out and to get mark fogle out by the way, an american teacher, he used to teach my kids when i was the ambassador, he used to teach the kids of soldiers and diplomats of american, and he is wrongly detained too. i have been in these situations before. back in 2010, we had to make a decision about a spy swap, four spies, alleged spies, i don't know if they're spies or not in russia, for a dozen or so people that we kn

michael mcfall, vladimir putin admitted today that things are not going that well on the eastern front. dmitri peskov told reporters that zelenskyy's visit to the united states is only going to make things worse. >> from who's perspective? yes, it is going to to make things worse fore vladimir putin and that's exactly right, we want to make things worse for vladimir putin. and i think that's the point of the visit, right? this is about quantity and support, and that's the address to the u.s. congress, he's worried, president zelenskyy, his team, is worried about what you were just discussing, and so they want to inject some new enthusiasm, and explain to the american people why this is not just a fight in ukraine. it's a fight for freedom versus autocracy, as speaker pelosi herself said on twitter today. and then two, they want to discuss privately with the president, president biden, as you're showing right now, this discussion you're having with general mccaffrey, about offensive weapons. their theory, and i think their right, is that the fastest way to end this war is to go on offen

ambassador to russia, michael mcfall. it's been a long time. thank you for joining us today.er learning about these air strikes, two things and i thought there's no one better to ask this right now. one, what is the reaction to these explosions within russia and then two what does it mean for putin's grip on power there? >> well, with respect to your first question, we need to break it down. the russian government and russian society, right? the russian government is claiming that these are terrorist attacks. and you know, saying they're illegal et cetera. what i see, is that this means that russians, russian citizens in those cities, are seeing they are being attacked and they are not defended by the russian government and that is going to, i believe, over time, generate more questions about why are they fighting this war. you're already seeing that kind of sentiment grow in russia since the mobilization back in september. we have credible public opinion polls that are showing that. i think this will fuel even further doubts about why are they fighting this war. >> what abou

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joining our efforts, michael mcfall and john brennan is here.ll tackle viktor bout. >> well, i'm thrilled that she's home. it's a great victory for american diplomacy. of course, i would have liked a different deal. i would have liked the deal of three innocent americans for this one true criminal. i've done diplomacy with the russians. you get to an end where you know they're not going to give anymore, then you have to decide. it's a close call but i agree. >> why do we think russia wanted him back? >> john brennan knows a lot about viktor bout. most of it he's not going to tell you. he's abad guy. look at his wikipedia page. look where he studied, translator working in africa during the soviet times providing arms. one would not be surprised somebody with that background would have deep ties with russian military intelligence and not just them. that is the profile typically of those kinds of people and when i was in the government, they asked for viktor bout's release virtually every single meeting if i recall, especially foreign minister lavr