sergei levitsky was captured and was in butyrka prison. , as a prisoner of war, he was brought to criminal liability in 1946, his case was transferred to the nkvd department for the minsk region, since he committed his crimes on the territory of this region. on june 7, 1946, the military tribunal of the ministry of internal affairs of the minsk region sentenced sergiy rafailovich levitsky, capital punishment in the review of the case was refused, the sentence was carried out on september 6, 1946, or witness testimony and it was established that he was involved in active punitive actions in other persons who did not were involved at that time a list was compiled er list it was an alphabetical list. uh, number one, when the search took place throughout the soviet union, the first group case on the punitive tree. van mountain. during the investigation of yavitsky’s crimes on january 7 , 1946, only nine people were charged with chernyavsky stepan stepanovich and others; 40 of them were already involved in the case; all of them were later put o

. >> reporter: rob levitsky says he's been coming to burning man for two decades and plans to come again, but he wishes organizers had given more warning about the weather forecast ahead of this year's gathering. >> i'm mostly prepared for hot desert, dusty wind and not cold and wet and muddy. >> reporter: the impassable mud led to a temporary vehicle ban. port-a-potties quickly became unusable. some wrapped their feet in plastic while others went barefoot, risking chemical burns from the alkaline mud. >> i had an amazing time. would i want it to do it for another three or four days as i have the last three or four? never. >> reporter: even in regular years it can take up to 12 hours to leave burning man. this year organizers are urging people to stagger their departures as they make the sl sloggy start out. >> shanelle, there was one death, but it does not appear to be related to the weather situation. >> jarred hill live for us in new york. thank you. >>> well, summer is going out with a sizzle as temperatures rise well above average for much of the central part and eastern part of the

there is the new book by daniel slat and stephen levitsky, the tyranny of minority. and they describe a very interesting paradox namely never in history, in many countries like european countries but also the united states. we have been so close to an ideal of a multicultural democracy functioning. and yet in 2016, we have the first victory of donald trump and yet in 2016, we have brexit and yet in 2015, we have the victory of law and justice in poland and everything. every and each of those campaigns were 2015, we have the victory of law and justice in connected with exactly this argument. no more migration. and of course, yet they are not able to do anything about it. john, i think you wanted to put in. well i mean, it's just, you're absolutely right. and what is fascinating here bringing it back to germany just for a second is that the social democrats and particularly the greens are starting to talk in slightly different language because we're all looking ahead with some trepidation to european elections early summer. next year, germany has three regional electio

one of america's two major political parties has turned away from democracy, warn steven levitsky andziblatt. one key accomplice to the backsliding, they say, are politicians called semi-loyalists, who rather than expel anti-democratic extremists from their party ranks, accept and make room for them. why is this happening? their new book, "tyranny of the minority," concludes that part of the problem lies in the constitution. they join me now. thank you so much for joining. steve, can you first establish we knew, as someone as an expert in the collapse of democracies, diagnosed that there is now a popular authoritarian movement within the republican party? steven: there have been authoritarian movements in both parties historically. what is new is it became a primary majority in the republican party. effectively took over the republican party. the first sign was trump's nomination in 2016. the reason we wrote our first book is because we were so concerned about the republican party's failure to stop trump. it was after trump was elected that we saw the removal, the retirement, the disa

joining us now are the authors of the book stepven levitsky an daniel ziblatt. figure out what is going on with our country, why is our democracy in peril, it feels like to a lot of americans. but let's get to the title because that, i think, we just need to get that out of the gate. what does "tyranny of the minority" mean, and i'll start with you, steven? >> well, we are the only presidential democracy in the world where the president can lose the election, lose the popular vote and become president. we are one of the few democracies in the world where the -- a major legislative body, the senate, the party that loses the popular vote can control and routinely does control the senate. we are the only established democracy in the world where justices have lifetime tenure, there's no term limits, there's no retirement age. so this set of institutions and others allows political minorities to systematically thwart, and sometimes govern over majorities. quickly, think back to 2016. donald trump lost the popular vote and won the presidency. in the u.s. senate, the d

it's titled "tyranny of the minority," steven levitsky and daniel ziblatt, thank you so much for beingeet with russian leader vladimir putin today in a message that's supposed to be defiant to the west but may see more about putin's desperation. more with the arms deal on the table. "morning joe" will be right back. table. "morning joe" will be right back the sleep number climate360 smart bed is the only smart bed in the world that actively cools, warms and effortlessly responds to both of you for up to 44 minutes more restful sleep per night. save $1500 on the sleep number climate360 smart bed. shop now at sleep number.com. >>> time for a look at the morning papers, in texas, the el paso times, reports a major hearing in the death penalty case against the el paso walmart shooter was delayed without explanation. a conference to establish a time line for the case was supposed to take place yesterday but was delayed for nine days. the el paso district attorney says it is a frustrating development in a case that has already dragged on, adding it is taking an emotional toll on its victims