. >> joining me now is nadine smith, executive director of equality florida and matthew dowd, country over party and msnbc analyst. talk about these ads. they're very aggressive and i actually think they're really well crafted in terms of messaging. what is the idea behind putting these ads out there and who are you trying to speak to? >> well, you know, the message is really clear. despite ron desantis' use of free florida, what he actually advocates for are video cameras in classrooms and surveilling every conversation between teachers and students in invasion into the doctors' office between parents, their doctor and child when it comes to trans young people and the opposite of freedom. it's about book banning and silencing and erasing history and for us, it was important because i think no matter where you fall on the political spectrum, there is a big difference between i'm not going to pay to see that comedian or go to that concert, that's me and the free market making decisions but when the government says you can't read this book, you can't learn about these topics, this eveni

been to talk to her to correspondence about these now nadine barber in london shortly with a view from the eucharist starting there with bernard smith in moscow. whether he's worried about them or not, bernard vladimir putin has got more sanctions on the way he has, but he's been preparing the economy, the russian economy for years to try and shield it from the risk of sanctions. russia central bank has built up a stock pile of around some $631000000000.00. that's a 3rd of the russian economy, a staggering, staggering amount of money in the quarter. the 4th largest reserves in the world, the largest valued that in dollars. actually most of the cash is held in other currents is only 60 percent in dollars. the rest is in your own chinese, remnant b. and in gold, part of a deliberate kremlin policy to d dollar eyes, it's economy. so it's got itself or this cushion, it's not as shield, but it's certainly, i could help russia withstand quite considerable sanctions at the beginning of any conflict. and of course, your particularly is still reliant on russian energy on gas and on fuel. and you cannot cut russia off totally from it as its o

smith in moscow. and finally, a quick word with nadine barber in london today. and we were talking sanctions. yes . robert johnson was talking sanctions yesterday. how things progressed while boys will be talking sanctions again in a few hours, come out in parliament for prime ministers. questions. they're likely to be quite low easily. yesterday, in parliament, he outlined the matches that he was taking immediately and now run to imposing an asset freeze on 5 russian banks. and 3 russian billionaires is what is the trouble by and all those individuals now they were targeted because they need to be specific, particularly close to president vladimir putin and his government. but there were widespread calls from various policies in parliament to do more and dismay from some sides. the sanctions didn't go further. well, the foreign secretary lives trust you, bernard, was talking about has been on the waves in the last couple of i was defending those measures saying, but they're just the 1st step saying that they were drawn up in response to president putin recognition. all. busy of the self declared p

iain duncan smith, thanks forjoining us. pleasure. the nadine broadcasting standards and how the situation in the ukraine was being reported. we had of ofcom melanie doors said she agrees that a free media is one of the cornerstones of our democracy. now time for a look at the weather forecast. four southern parts of the uk it has turned into a day of sunshine and just a few showers, much—needed dry weather after the flooding problems of late but further north this swirl of cloud approaching on the satellite picture, an area of low pressure with a weather front which has brought cloud and rain and is the front continues its journey south it will leave us with much colder air spreading to the north into tomorrow, with wintry showers starting to develop. behind the weather front outbreaks of rain pushing down into northern england and north wales, but ahead of it, mainly dry with a few showers, and it will be windy for everyone, gusts of 50-60 it will be windy for everyone, gusts of 50—60 miles bra and temperatures will be dropping away as we go i