i'll read it to you and let me let me answer it in words in my mouth i did not compare him to joseph stalin all i'm saying is that dictatorship can provide basic services but at a very high cost at times it was only a historical example from your own country's history so that you can see my point no for the moment to death who as muslims we have a rule that we only mention our dead in a good way. only can mention all the good things that he has done for the country i would love to get into a blame game of blaming the dead for the mistakes of the living well is essential as you may know because i actually heard you say explicitly that he allowed the country with no. and situations that would allow it to survive in his absence and i wonder if it isn't david a convenient tactic to blame the dad for the mistakes of believing look we can we can study history as long. as we want and we can make these judgments as much as we want the fact of the matter is since two thousand and eleven and to know the mistakes made are so catastrophic that we no longer have any right to judge the forty two period a

the interaction with joseph stalin is an interesting one. as a guest you can't be free the right to the government. it was an american spiel. he was impressed by the scale of industrial growth. in the agricultural development mind you. he was honest enough to want to appreciate why the russian people thought their experiment was a great value and benefit. in that way. much closer in their understanding or misunderstanding. it would be possible to work with the russians. that the systems though antagonistic were not like antimatter. on have he lived it would've been interesting to see a man who had to baited for stalin. who have taken his desires met to his inventory of what was needed. and wilkie who have been sent on this mission. it was not to happen in 1942. in late 1944. so, we have a someone whose hands on interaction with the stalin would certainly had responded to the problems of the piece with great intellectual nimbleness and a kind of personal experience which would have been of some significance. thank you for coming here. would y

russia is honoring victims of the purges the soul millions of people killed under the regime of to joseph stalin families gathered in moscow to remember the dead but the russians remain unaware of this dark chapter in the history. moscow residents wait for hours in the cold for their turn they read out the names of those murdered under stalin for many of these are the names of their relatives. who believe that if janja ivanov my mother she was fifty years old a teacher shot on october third one thousand nine hundred thirty eight. russian politicians hadn't wanted this ceremony to take place here directly in front of the headquarters of the russian secret service but in the end it did sangster the persistence of human rights organization memorial well being as if we cannot bring the murder back to life but we can honor their memory by trying to understand how all this could happen and how we can ensure it never happens again that. most of the participants are elderly only a few young people are here. to continue the but it's a to this subject it was a dark period and subject history that people c

during the era of soviet leader joseph stalin relatives activists and others wrote out the names of the victims at a ceremony in moscow but a step by some reports the commemorations also touch on rights violations in today's russia. i mean. one moment they're not just a name or forgotten victims of the brutal regime of fields of style in the one nine hundred thirty s. turned into people during this hour long ceremony every year more people are turning up to call out the names of the professions in the days of executions of the thousands killed in moscow right here in front of the former k.g.b. office the former secret service. the so-called return of the name ceremony nearly did not happen here this year moscow thought it initially didn't want to give organizers a permission because they said it would hamper reconstruction work but after a public outcry the event was allowed to go ahead. the life in the country today is that the political prisoners haven't disappeared they're here and you once appear and they don't get released immediately of course it is relevant today it is good that

joseph stalin lives. and by that also mean penchant for totalitarian thinking.hink of, what does it mean when instead of having a compensation -- conversation back and forth, people shame, holy, out, protest, insult the talking heads have become attack dogs on short leashes what is the best? this is not how education or an exchange of views, especially when you disagree. it's very important to hear something that you don't agree with. so it's in that sense, it's not just women's studies, by the way. anthropology led the way with the multicultural relativism in the belief that all cultures are the same and all behaviors are equal, except the west is worst, worse, right? maybe that's as far as i will take that question, okay? and so we could come and say hello to me. [applause] thank you, thank you. a wonderful, wonderful turnout. i am so grateful and humbled. they see somebody who's in my first see our group has brought her dog. [laughing] can i get a picture of the dog? take a bow. the dog, not you. >> doctor, thank you for doing this talk with us. thank you, ev

to wit in the past few days i've asked kids if they -- know who joseph stalin was, if they know what the ten commandments are. they never know, and they say i'm an atheist, or we weren't taught that or whatever. my question to both of you, what is being done in terms of china and your knowledge of the united states mr. driver, in terms of having culture literacy important. kids can't function unless they know the basic tenants of their background, of tradition. >> lenora: there is a general movement in american education away from having to know certain things, whether math facts or historical facts or point of history and committing those to memory. and in china it's the complete opposite. what -- well you have to problem there the communist party dictating what they want their students to learn in the classroom, but generally history is important in the classroom there and they not only discuss it but they commit some of these things to memory. what is the equivalent of the ten comants. what would they be learning there. of course religion is band from the classroom, it's a complet

sudden everyone started changing the tune on joseph stalin.e have this challenge that in many cases, people and countries have been allies and will be allies in the future. systems of government have habits and sometimes they conduct actions that we take great exception to. my belief is what we should do is maintain relationships for the long term, because that is going to be important. but we have to stand up for our values. we have to be able to sometimes, behind closed doors, look people in the eye and tell them what is unacceptable. in other cases, it takes a public stance, where we have got to make sure that the rest of the world understands that american values are the bedrock upon which we stand. but we are still going to always be dealing with people who see the world differently and maybe have a different value set. we cannot be so inflexible and black-and-white we don't deal with anyone, but we can't be so expedient that we are willing to overlook things which we just can't be aligned with. david: and what are the special problems th

and so max booth, a good historian wrote at one point he'd rather vote for joseph stalin than donald trump. that is an insane comment. stalin killed well over 30 million people, but it was the sense of a mood, and trying to express how deeply he felt. mark: when we come back, i'm going to ask what you all of this has to do with the upcoming midterm elections and how you compare this to other midterm elections? is it as important and consequential as so many people have said, or is it just another election? >>> ladies and gentlemen, don't forget to watch us on levin tv almost every week night. sign up at crtv.com/mark, or give us a call 844-levin tv. 844-levin tv. we'll be right back. take off to the big city. find fortune... romance... ...find freedom, just one touch away. ♪ because the sky has no limit. you need insurance. but it's not really something you want to buy. it's not sexy. or delicious. or fun. but since you need both car and home insurance, why not bundle them with esurance and save up to 10%? which you can spend on things you really want to buy, like... well, i don't kn

of the russian federation, first elected in 2000 he's the longest serving russian leader since joseph stalin. >> he's corrupted by power because just imagine 18 years you're the czar. >> putin's former prime minister has been outspoken in his criticism of the russian leader. >> russian is not a democratic country at war, and he's tried to built-up those institutions and mr. putin destroyed everything that was built-up. and now he wants foreign leaders to accept him and his regime. >> at the july 2018 summit vladimir putin became the only russian president in history to meet alone without advisers from either side with a sitting american president. while no one knows what transpired during their private meeting the press conference afterward held several revelations about putin's views of president trump. >> did you want president trump to win the election, and did you direct any of your officials to help him do that? >> translator: yes, i did. yes, i did because he talked about bringing the u.s.-russia relationship back to normal. >> there is speculation that putin was replying only to the f

and so max booth, a good historian wrote at one point he'd rather vote for joseph stalin than donald trump. that is an insane comment. stalin killed well over 30 million people, but it was the sense of a mood, and trying to express how deeply he felt. mark: when we come back, i'm going to ask what you all of this has to do with the upcoming midterm elections and how you compare this to other midterm elections? is it as important and consequential as so many people have said, or is it just another election? >>> ladies and gentlemen, don't forget to watch us on levin tv almost every week night. sign up at crtv.com/mark, or give us a call 844-levin tv. 844-levin tv. deny thy father and refuse thy name. or if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, and i'll... so she's telling romeo to ditch his parents and then she'll be his boo forever. oh. there are multiples on the table: one is cash, three are fha, one is .a so what can you do? she's saying a whole lotta people want to buy this house. but you got this! rocket mortgage by quicken loans makes the complex simple. understand the details an

leader joseph stalin relatives activists and others read out the names of the victims in a ceremony in moscow but a step vasant reports the commemorations also touch on rights violations in today's russia. i mean. one moment they're not just a name or forgotten victims of the brutal regime of fields of style in the one nine hundred thirty s. turned into people during this hour long ceremony every year more people are turning up to call out the names of the professions in the days of executions of the thousands killed in moscow right here in front of the former k.g.b. office the former secret service the so-called return of the name ceremony nearly did not happen here this year moscow thought is initially didn't want to give organizers a permission because they said it would hamper reconstruction work but after a public outcry was allowed to go ahead. the life in the country today is that the political prisoners haven't disappeared they're here and you once appear and they don't get released immediately of course it is relevant today it is good that there is so many people one not indif

hundreds of russians are remembering those killed during the era of soviet leader joseph stalin relatives activists and others read out the names of the victims at a ceremony in moscow for the stuff awesome reports commemorations also touch on rights violations in today's russia. i mean. one moment they're not just a name or forgotten victims of the brutal regime of fields of style in the one nine hundred thirty s. turned into people during this hour long ceremony every year more people are turning up to call out the names of the professions in the days of executions of the thousands killed in moscow right here in front of the former k.g.b. office the former secret service. the so-called return of the name ceremony nearly did not happen here this year moscow thought is initially didn't want to give organizers a permission because they said it would hamper reconstruction work but after a public outcry the event was allowed to go ahead. the life in the country today is that the political prisoners haven't disappeared they're here and you once appear and they don't get released immediately o

one columnist who supposedly is a conservative who said he'd rather vote for joseph stalin. >> you're talking about one columnist. the president describes the news media collectively as the enemy of the people. >> well, 92%. that's the estimate of the negative coverage that the news media gives donald j. trump. that's not my number. that's an analysis. >> then you could argue that they are the critics of the president, not the enemy of the people. >> you could argue that. and if you want to -- it's a free country. if you would like to argue that, be my guest. >> we're just trying to keep it a free country. >> we're very old friends, so i think i can say this. there's an arrogance to that statement that people here ought to think about. every person i know in this administration is dedicated to this country remaining free. and to suggest that the news media has a special virtue over the rest of us, i think is a profound misunderstanding. remember, jefferson and hamilton each paid newspapers to smear the other. we have a very old tradition of political media in the united states. althou

enemy of the people was used by joseph stalin, used by mother dictator dictators.ple. a stalinist term, a dictator's term, while all this hatred is being stirred up by him. >>> let's bring in charlie sykes. we also have republican political strategist rick wilson. his new book is titled "everything trump touches dies." he writes for the daily beast that of course donald trump inspired the alleged terrorism. we also have columnist and deputy editorial page editor for the "washington post" ruth marcus. we also have john heilemann, eddie glaud jr. charlie psycsykes let's go to y. trump is attacking the media as the enemy of the american people. what is so striking is, if you just look at our show this morning, mika's a journalist, ruth is a journalist, but we ain't the media. it's a bunch of republicans who have spent their entire life fighting for conservative causes for republican presidents, for conservative movements. we got you, we got rick wilson, we had peggy noonan. one republican after another who is shocked and dumbfounded by what this man is not only doing