russian dictator joseph stalin carved it up during the soviet republics. his arbitrary borders so to the seas for today's second violence. the dispute between uzbeks and triggers are about land, money, and political power. the uzbeks are more economically successful in the south, but have little political influence. they years -- for years, they have been demanding a greater say. since the end of soviet rule, kyrgysrtan has been ruled by several presidents. the first one started with a reform course only to become increasingly autocratic. he was toppled in 2005. his successor suffered a similar fate this april. driven out of office, accused of corruption, and nepotism. since then, rosa has been the interim leader. in a referendum, voters have already approved her plan. leaders hope this sunday's vote will help unite the country, but the explosive tensions simmer onkyrgystan is it economically dependent on other countries. >> sunday's elections will be a critical test for the central- asian country. the scars from the violence of this past summer have yet t

russian dictator joseph stalin rved it up during the soviet republics. his arbitrary borders so to the seas for today's second violence. the dispute between uzbeks and triggers are about land, money, and political power. the uzbeks are more economically successful in the south, but have little political influence. they years -- for years, they have been demanding a greater say. since the end of soviet rule, kyrgytan has been ruled by several presidents. the first one started with a reform course only to become increasingly autocratic. he was toppled in 2005. his successor suffered a similar fate this april. driven out of office, aused of corruption, and nepotism. since then, rosa has been the interim leader. in a referendum, voters have already apprpred her plan. leaders hope this sunday's vote will help unite the country, but the explosive tensions simmer onkyrgystan is it economically dependent on other countries. >> sunday's elections will be a critical test for the central- asian country. the scars from the violence of this past summer have yet to he

no one's a modern day russians have love affairs with that fool will friends and joseph stalin very own limousine. of the mob this is one of the most interesting exhibits in our museum it's an armored car one one five b. there were only thirty two such cause this one was number made in nineteen forty eight for five years this car was driving around jersey. when in one nine hundred forty two the production of these vehicles started six onward cars were purchased in america and then disassembled to create an even safer one of the car must have sustained fifteen minutes of gunfire which was tested the windshield is seven point five centimeters thick and just one door weighs more than three hundred kilograms there's also a range of other impressive presidential cars on display flags included you can see here the famous. the represents ideal images of soviet socialist engineering and even today new models are still in development. in soviet times these long black armored cars made statements of power and control and have the latest technology. pausing to take a look at this week's entertainm

interests the service is part of his death adds to the mystery of the man six also plan to assassinate joseph stalin in nine hundred eighteen but the very last moment the mission failed what are the intriguing revelations are we to expect the former british intelligence officer michael smith is here to sign the arsenal. hello michael and welcome to the show thank you very much for being with us. thank you. michael you published a book devoted to the history of the british intelligence and the first part of the book is about the period from nineteen zero nine to nineteen thirty nine where you the first research chair who got access to the m i six archives. i didn't actually have our current access to the m i six the visual archives their internal archives where we got our material from was a number of archives but mainly from the british national archives where other departments like the foreign office of the morty or the war office had put their documents which had come to them from my six into the archives and my six doesn't release its files and they have only once allowed an official historian to

>> without producing any evidence that joseph stalin was gay, by the way. >> paladino?>> the whole thing is silly. i understand he was such an important player for such a long time and wants to get back at that level, but i just don't see it. i think he's diminishing himself. >> he is. willie, how do you do that? >> joe, what's interesting is the piece we have up takes a look back at some of the things he's said in the past. i think history shows that at least so far newt has been able to survive these various comments. >> of course, i think the most hep henceable is comparing an entire religion to naziism. >> that's ridiculous. >> patrick gavin, thanks. >> i don't think he really survived. he's a name, he gets attention. but he hasn't survived politically. >> running for president is quite another thing, no doubt. one thing he does have going for him, no cats. he does not have cats at home. >> poor patrick. >> that we know of. >> exactly. >> patrick, we love you. >> the secrets of cat hoarding as no one knows. >> patrick, i apologize on behalf of the entire "morning jo

but when you compare a religion to naziism and compare -- i think it was kathleen sebelius to joseph stalinngs. how do you sort through it when you have somebody -- i don't care whether we're talking about extremists on the left on cable news shows or extremists on the right who are on cable news shows. once you say so many bizarre -- how do you sort through the garbage to get anything good out of it? >> i no longer try with newt goiingrich gingrich. i find him exhausting, he's always looking to set a higher bar for himself rhetorically. i tuned him out three or four weeks ago on the nazi stuff. >> yeah. >> okay. that's where i am. >>> "new york times," the end of the tunnel. this is by paul krugman. i think this is really the discussion that we're having as it pertains to a project. this is what he says. thursday chris christie, the governor of new jersey canceled america's most important current public works project, the long-planned and much-needed second rail tunnel under the hudson river. here is how you should think about the decision to kill the tunnel. it's a terrible thing in itsel