david dodson is a friend of volodymyr zelensky. n a dozen films together. he is in burbank, california. thank you for your time, david. can you give us a thank you for your time, david. can you give us a sense thank you for your time, david. can you give us a sense of how big a star you give us a sense of how big a staer you give us a sense of how big a star mr zelensky is in ukraine? yes, well, he has been a media personality for the better part of 15 years. his comedy troupe, which won a competition out of college, then went on to become very famous in sketch tv shows, and since then he has built this sort of media empire in ukraine with a company that does television shows, sitcoms, animation and feature films, and his popularity today is probably stronger than ever. the presidential and political side notwithstanding. the film i just directed and political side notwithstanding. the film ijust directed him in last year, in december became the most successful film in the year, in december became the most successfulfilm in the hist

earlier i spoke to david dodson in burbank california. he is a friend of volodymry zelensky.ther. i asked him just how big of a star he was in ukraine. yes, well, he has been a media personality for the better part of 15 years. his comedy troupe that won a competition out of college went on to become very famous in sketch comedy tv shows. since then he has built this sort of media empire in ukraine, which does television shows, sitcoms, animation and feature films. and his popularity is, today, probably stronger than ever. the presidential and political side of his life notwithstanding, the film i just directed side of his life notwithstanding, the film ijust directed him in, last year, in december, became the most successful film in the history of cinema in independent ukraine. so his pop culture cachet is already as big as it could possibly get in ukraine. you could almost think of it as being a kind of iconic status in ukraine. it is amazing to think about the profile he already had. you know the man, you have worked with him. what is he like as a person? well, my experien

that's goes with angeles now i can speak to david dodson who's edited and directed several of la to me is a lengthy films at a time when a reality t.v. star can become president of the united states perhaps it isn't so far cicle for a comedian to become the president of ukraine but were you surprised by slansky victory. yes or no. the last year has been very popular of course in ukraine for you know twelve fifteen years however long it's been that he is in his comedy troupe of are told and you've been entertaining the country and you know he's at the top of this this larger media company and you cry in the does you know television shows like concerts and feature films they had a vision and everything else oh yeah there's almost iconic presence in pop culture in ukraine so if the people of ukraine have over the past few years then they increasingly dissatisfied with their political will. not altogether surprising they might reach out for someone who has always been a friend to them at least in their entertainment lives he's been a friend to them in their entertainment lives but and in t

let's get the read from the sanford school of business lecture professor david dodson, and gary kaltbaum you first what do you think of what the president is saying the mueller report's exonerated now the backdrop, things that are really meaningful to me what's happening with the economy what's going on with the markets what do you think? >> well i like the fact that we're ready to move on but the thing that we forgot the whole purpose of the mueller report which was to investigate russian interference in our elections we made it about donald trump instead of what it should be about so i hope what's on his agenda is also looking at russian interference because we know now that the russians spied on us, they hacked into computer systems and they divided us through social media so i hope that's on his agenda as well because we've got 2020 coming up and i don't want putin in our voting booth next time. neil: gary when you think about what's at stake and the fact that's russians certainly tried to assert themselves in the election, to the degree that you still have a number of democrats they