one of them, an official wearing a t-shirt with alexi novotny's name on it.mentioned, there have been arson attacks and die poured into ballot boxes. so very, very dangerous to voice your opposition in this country in any meaningful way, but a number of russians have done that. the truth is that many, many russians to support president putin. he is still popular in this country. the problem is that people who don't agree with him have not really been allowed to have their voices during this election. >> yeah. i still absolutely respect the many thousands who showed up or alexi novotny's funeral and you can't help but wonder if the names are on a list, if they're going to be targeted at some point. excellent points, as always. thank you. i'll be speaking with my comic fall, former ambassador to russia in the next hour. two big headlines at this hour. first up for it president biden's reelection campaign announcing more than 53 million dollars raised in february. also reported $155 million on in cash on hand. the president's holding st. patrick's day events in

like the optimist, -- activist, alexi novotny who collapsed in a remote prison, or forced to live inpulls election. it seems some russians may be heating her call. today, several russians were arrested for pouring green dye into ballot boxes. green dye, by the way, has been used to attack journalists and opposition figures in the country including navalny. also today, a woman set fire to a voting booth in a district where navalny used to live. if she is charged, she faces up to five years in jail. in putin's hometown, st. petersburg, a woman through a molotov cocktail outside a polling station. she was arrested. even though these people know that this election is rigged, that putin will win, they are still willing to risk imprisonment to make their voice heard, to stand up to an institution that has tried to snuff out any form of opposition. meanwhile, vladimir putin -- though an enemy of democracy -- has admirers right here in america, including the presumptive nominee for the republican nomination, who has never really met a strongman he didn't praise, and that is leading to worrie