host: about five or six minutes left with our guest, alexander vindman. hear next from bradley in michigan, line for democrats. hi, bradley. caller: hi, and thank you alexander for doing what you are supposed to do, follow the constitution. i guess it is not a common thing in today's world, which is set itself. also, i would like to rebuke our governors for not leaving directly after trump threatened them, insulted them, and they just sat there. gretchen whitmer is my governor, and i let her know i did not appreciate that. and also, not to be bitter, but i hope the layoffs that trump and musk do only affect the people that voted for him. lastly, i deeply apologize to my dad and other veterans living or deceased. they fought to rid the world of dictators but their ancestors installed one here. guest: i think there is a comment and response to that. i appreciate that, bradley. we are in dark days. they are going to get darker. the most vulnerable of our population are the ones that will suffer this proportionately, but because of trump overreach, because of

host: about five or six minutes left with our guest, alexander vindman. ear next from bradley in michigan, line for democrats. hi, bradley. caller: hi, and thank you alexander for doing what you are supposed to do, follow the constitution. i guess it is not a common thing in today's world, which is set itself. also, i would like to rebuke our governors for not leaving directly after trump threatened them, insulted them, and they just sat there. gretchen whitmer is my governor, and i let her know i did not appreciate that. and also, not to be bitter, but i hope the layoffs that trump and musk do only affect the people that voted for him. lastly, i deeply apologize to my dad and other veterans living or deceased. they fought to rid the world of dictators but their ancestors installed one here. guest: i think there is a comment and response to that. i appreciate that, bradley. we are in dark days. they are going to get darker. the most vulnerable of our population are the ones that will suffer this proportionately, but because of trump overreach, because of t

alexander vindman, thank you both very much for joining us. lieutenant colonel vindman new book, the folly of realism how the west deceived itself about russia and betrayed ukraine. it is out right now, and everyone else stick with me, because coming up next, we have so much more to talk about on this topic, including how a wardrobe choice apparently started this meeting off on the very wrong foot. that's next. >> welcome back. >> have i got news for you? new tomorrow on cnn. >> if you have heart failure or chronic kidney disease, vasica can help you keep living life because there are places you'd like to be. serious side effects include increased ketones and blood or you're in, and bacterial infection between the and genitals, both which may be fatal. severe allergic reactions. dehydration. urinary tract or genital yeast infections, and low blood sugar. stop taking and tell your doctor right away if you have nausea, vomiting, stomach pain, tiredness, rash, swelling, trouble breathing, or swallowing. tell your doctor about lightheadedness, weak

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um, alexander vindman, thank you so much. again, just a reminder about his new book, the folly of realism how the west deceived itself about russia and betrayed ukraine. very timely. and it is out right now. thanks again to alexander vindman for joining us and new details about the death of oscar winner gene hackman and his wife at their home in new mexico. we'll talk more about just how long they were dead before their bodies were found. you're in the cnn newsroom. >> have i got news for you? it's back. let's think of some new games to play. what do you got? >> yes. >> something like, uh. >> oh. >> what? >> keep playing the same games. yeah, let's do the same games. >> have i got news for you tonight at nine on cnn? >> tap into etsy for original and affordable home and style pieces like lighting under $150 to brighten your vibe for under $100, put your best look forward with vintage jackets or pick up custom shelving for under 50 to make space without emptying your pockets, and get cozy with linen robes for 75 or less. for a

joining me now is the retired army lieutenant colonel alexander vindman. he's a former director of european affairs for the u.s. national security council. he also formerly served as a political military affairs officer for russia, for the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, and as an attache at the u.s. embassy in moscow. he's the author of a brand new book, the folly of realism how the west deceived itself about russia and betrayed ukraine. wow. first of all, i'd like the audience. i think i'd like them to think that we book our show really well on the news. but you were actually going to be here. we were. we had planned this a while ago because of your book, which literally could have been written overnight and published. what what we saw happen. i don't even know what you make of it. it's about 24 hours. >> it is. i wrote this thing years back, actually, to finish up my doctoral work and then rewrote it, timing it for the release on the third war, recognizing that we were still going to have regardless of what party was going to be in power, democra

army lieutenant colonel alexander vindman is here. he's also the author of the new book, the folly of realism how the west deceived itself about russia and betrayed ukraine. let me start with you, michael crowley, and the latest on how this day has been completely, completely thrown into chaos in terms of what was planned between two countries and their leaders. >> thanks, nicole. >> where to begin? i mean, this was a completely astonishing spectacle. and people who i've been in washington for a long time, but people who have been covering the white house and washington even longer say what i believe, which is that this is something we've never seen before. you know, donald trump, you think this president has run out of ways to kind of stun and amaze us, and then he comes up with a new one to have this kind of a confrontation in the oval office. and what, remember, was not even supposed to be a press conference, but a brief pool spray. basically, a photo op is totally astounding. and, you know, it, it just leaves everything up in the

joining me now to talk about this, alexander vindman, a retired lieutenant colonel and former directoror european affairs on the national security council. he's also the author of a new book, the folly of realism how the west deceived itself about russia and betrayed ukraine. so, lieutenant colonel vindman, thank you for being here. we all know your name because you reported on the phone call between trump and zelenskyy during his first un administration, and that led to impeachment hearings. what was familiar to you about their interaction on friday? >> there was a significant element of deja vu, frankly. i put myself in this back in the seat in the white house and thought about the damage control that all the professional staff, frankly, even the political staff that were not entirely aligned with the president, were going to have to undertake. frankly, this administration is also very different. last time around, there were there was wise counsel saying, mr. president, we need to adjust this, this, this is not going to be good for you. now you have basically folks toadying up to don

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i tried to get in yesterday when you had alexander vindman on your show.ant to talk about ukraine. when has government told the truth about any war since world war ii. they lied to us about vietnam. they lied to us about iraq. they lied to us about afghanistan. a government that will lie to you about war, where with you might lose your children is going to lie to you about anything else. there's nothing more serious. c-span has really failed in one way. i love your channel and you guys are great. you have to failed to bring on the opposing side that actually can tell you a lot of facts. victoria newland air our -- and our government including the cia, pushed ukraine. they got rid of elected leader in 2014 to force us into nato. you can google this stuff. we instigated because our military industrial and corporations want to steal russia's natural resources. host: on the free speech issue that you talk about, have you read jonathan turley's book? caller: i read some of it. i read some excerpts. i really like turley. host: he's going to be at the tucson fest

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