we will have paul simon's tribute to the champ.oming up. >>> looking at overcast conditions continuing at the golden gate bridge and for the weekend the drone racing in san francisco. you can check out the best drone pilots competing and happening at the innovation hangar at the palace of fine arts running from 11 to four and free to attend. >>> back on kron4 news. this is from the embarcadero camera. overcast skies in san francisco and other parts of the bay area. and here to tell us when it will burn off and give us more sunshine. rebecca strom. >> the sunshine will come out eventually. you may not be able to tell right now. cloudy conditions. low visibility of 40 minutes. if you are going to be heading out anytime soon, this is what it looks like. this is what the bay bridge approach looks like from oakland and going to san francisco. lots of gray on the screen. but this is set to open up to sunny skies later in the morning. and even little charlotte is popping up to take a visit of us. right now we are seeing things cool becaus

. >>> and willie catches up with paul simon, about his half century of hit songs. >> do you match thea story or a point when i begin a song. >> has it always been that way for you. >> for a long time. >> "today," monday, june 20th, 2016. >> happy birthday! >> it's my 45th birthday. >> good morning, south carolina. >> good morning from the lone star state. >> it's 8:00 on "today." good morning, it's june 20th. it's the first day of summer. we are very excited to be sharing our summer songs all week. i got to pick the song today. i went with j.t. i feel like it's the song of the summer. >> i never get sick of it. >> i love it too. >> it's quickly becoming the indisputed song of summer. >> what a crowd. huge, loud, excited. >> it is the longest day of the year. >> we have a lot to get to in this hour. let's start with the orange room. >> have you wondered what your pets are up to after you leave home for the day? wonder no more. the secret life of pets takes a look at the quirky lives your animals lead when you're not around as we gear up for the movie premier. so here's the deal. if you

can samplethe dishes that fuel steph's fire. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >> well, that is coach kerr at the paul simon concert. he got quite the reception at berkeley up staging pall simon who was trying to keep the customers satisfied in concert. the crowd got so enthusiastic cheering for him, simon had to stop playing but he laughed it off joking that the next time steph curry hits a three, he, paul simon, will walk out of the basketball court. >> that's fair. >> let's see if he follows through on that promise. >> meantime, while steph curry sizzles on the court, betty yu shows us his wife is heating things up in the kitchen. >> this is our thai shrimp chili. i feel like it is really unexpected. >> reporter: this is aisha curry's version of barbecue. the entrepreneur, blogger, cook book author and wife of steph curry has teamed up with famed restauranteur michael mina the create international smoke. a three month popup at the test kitchen. >> international smoke is barbecued from all over the world. >> reporter: she created it to reflect her unique heritage. >> i'm canadian born raised in the south

stone: paul simon is performing at the greek theater with her the news of the passing. >>j.r. stone: this was video send an to the web site the crowd's reaction after he made that powerful announcement certain leading a moment he is getting praise from a u.s. reporter in bay area native who was told prisoner washington. post washington >>reporter: was behind bars for 18 months before his release the january during his imprisonment he issued a statement appealing to i ran to release him the reporters senses prison guards read about the letter and made a big difference he says he was popular both because of his accomplishments in the ring and also as they he was convicted on espionage charges that were widely dismissed as bogus. >>j.r. stone: today in oakland all the talk was about mohammad ali golden state warriors spoke about the impact probably the most influential nicely in the history of our country as a team in the organization we're thinking about him today about his impact. and his impact >>j.r. stone: the tech on the cleveland cavaliers at the arena to offset 4 5:00. >>

. >>> willie catches up with paul simon who opens up about his half century of hit songs. >> you match't have a story or a point when i begin a song. >> has it always been that way for you? >> for long time. >>> today, monday, june 20th, 2016. ♪ >> happy birthday summer! >> turning 16 today. >> it's my 46th birthday! >> good morning, charleston, south carolina! >> good morning from the lone star state. >>> it's 8:00 on "today." it is monday morning. it's june 20th. it is the first day of summer. and we are very excited to be sharing our summer songs all week. i got to pick the song today. i went with j.t. "can't stop the feeling." best song of the summer. >> i heard it so many times on the radio this weekend and never got sick of it. >> what a crowd, by the way. >> i know. >> huge, loud, excited. ready for the longest day of the year. >> it is the longest day of the year. >> we have a lot to get to in this hour. let's start in the orange room. >> have you ever wondered what your pets are up to when you leave for the day? wonder no more "secret life of pets" take a look at the quirky li

. >>> the flight of the conquered, fan fantasia, dolly y parton and paul simon. >> reporter: movies are back by popular demand featuring "harry potter" played live with the philadelphia orchestra. >>> once you experience the movie with live orchestra you'll never go back to the theater again. >>> the man was added charging station and free wi-fi. >>> we're looking at all the technical changes that audiences come to expect. >> reporter: the man is going on the road itself of the. >>> it's a five months community celebration where we are partnering with iconic institution throughout the city. we love to take the mann out of the mann. we want philadelphians to know we are accessible. >> reporter: for tickets and showtimes go to the arts in fill.org or go to 6abc.com/loves the arts for other area events. for 6abc loves the arts i'm david murphy. >>> one last check of the nice accuweather forecast. >> reporter: warm out there for this time of the year. >>> take your co-workers to lunch. >> reporter: pry open that wallet. 82 in millville. 80 in allentown. it's warm and nice, we have lots of s

. >>> and willie catches up with music legend paul simon, talking about his half century of hit songssolutely. i don't have a story or a point when i begin a song. >> has it always been that way for you? >> for a long time. at least since graceland. >> today, monday, june 20, 2016. >> happy birthday, summer! >> turning 16 today! >> it's my 45th birthday! >> we're from kingsley, iowa! >> good morning, south carolina! >> good morning from the lone star state! >>> it's 8:00 on "today." it is monday morning, june 20. it is the first day of summer. we are very excited to be sharing our summer songs all week. i got to pick the song today. i went with j.t., "can't stop the feeling." i feel it's the song of the summer. >> i listened to this all weekend and never got sick of it. >> this is a disputed song of summer. what a crowd, by the way. huge, excited, drready for the longest day of the year. we've got a lot to get to this hour. let's start with chanel in the orange room. good morning, chanel. >> do you ever wonder what your pets are up to after you leave for the day? wonder no more. unive

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tonight, we also know that paul simon was playing in berkeley, the musician, and he dedicated his song, the boxer, to muhammad ali. and scotty pippin, just one after another, many of course were the first ones to weigh in. we're starting to hear from politicians now, donald trump has weighed in. other people have weighed in, as well. the clintons have weighed in. we're waiting for a statement from the press, we have not yet gotten that yet. we do expect it at some point. right now on social media especially it has just been one after another. there are a ton of hash tags that are out there right now that have gotten at least 500,000 mentions if not more. some are a million if not more, go, to cassius clay, to muhammad ali. all sorts of quotes famous, he said i hated every minute of training but don't quit, suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion. one of the many quotes by this man who has touched so many people over the years i should say. all the things he accomplished. not only inside the boxing ring but outside. we do expect to hear more of a plan of when muhammad al

paul simon probably my all time faith. van morrison another hero of mine.you like to be compared to those? >> i would love to be compared to them. >> have you played with them. >> i have not. you will one day. >> what type of writer are you today when you write songs compared to ten years ago? have you grown as a writer? >> it changes a lot. every time i write a song, that's different. there was a time when songs would fire out of me like a cannon. lots to say. i was tapping into words, music was coming everywhere out of me. now, i have to pull my teeth, and maybe create a little bit of drama to dive deep and explore my emotions more. >> why is that in. >> because i think you get to a point where you said everything you really need to say and you go back and say things over again or reach a little bit more. reach a little deeper. >> you are going through the tour right now and i asked you during the commercial about festivals. do you like playing festivals? big ones in monterey. >> i do. that's a rush. playing great american is a small venue. nice to do mul

. >>> legendary musician paul simon does not usually get upstaged at his own concert but check out whom everyone had their eyes on in berkeley last night, head coach steve kerr is in the center wearing a blue shirt. the audience chanted go warriors forcing simon to stop playing briefly. the singer says next on seth curry makes up reporter who will walk onto the court. >>> what's showing this weekend at the box office, sequels and romantic drama hit theaters. >> what are you, superheroes? >> 4 brothers loved his city. >> he rose and a half shell, defending new york and teenage mutant ninja turtles out of the shadows analysts do not expect a sequel to make nearly as much as the 2014 re-vote. the movie is rated pg-13. >>> also hitting theaters. >>, clark, -- emma clark the before you, a woman caring for a paralyzed man rated pg-13. >> pop star, never stop, never stopping harriott -- parody of justin bieber and andy samberg, rated r comedy getting good reviews but numbers cruncher figure it will be down the chart it >>> do you want to eat like steph curry, looking at what his wife, her pop-

i remember when paul simon came back from africa and had this album and students said he was appropriatingbringing it to the united states. i thought it was a gift. it was exposure. it brought that music to our attention. >> i thought it was a great album. so should justin just say, buzz off? >> i think he had the right answer in the end, which is i should have never tweeted about it to begin with. twitter seems to get people in situations they apologize about. so globalism is bad except for when it's good? can you help me figure that out? let me know when globalism is okay. >> this is so ridiculous. i'm beginning to see why you went off twitter. no good deed goes unpunished. it was just trying to be nice. i did not know that actor -- he's on "grays anatomy," i didn't know he was so angry. he seemed so upset. . >> i was watching the olympic trials, the u.s. champions i guess that's what it was. but i saw this this morning. justin timberlake is extremely talented t(fá .jfq test. >>> it's time for one more thing. in case yout(t( missedokt(fá it virginia, theyfá ha-%ñ been deag with historic

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museum, today it is a thriving concert venue, in the last 5 or 10 years people like diana ross, paul simonaretha franklin, mumford and sons, the list goes on and on. some people normally play arenas of 15,000 or 20,000 play the ryman because it is such an interesting building people want to perform in. the acoustics in the ryman are the best in america. most people think the mormon tabernacle in utah have better acoustics. the reason people like the ryman auditorium is it is unique, a small venue, not a bad seat in the place. the great thing about seeing a concert is, they get to see them in a much smaller space. when you go to a concert now most performers think their bands are fans. when you walk across the state to the ryman you pay homage to the building. most people the first words out of your book is saying something about the building and how wonderful it is to be here. i talked to former face the nation host bob schieffer during the presidential debates in 2008 at belmont university, gaylord entertainment, a hospitality group has special performance of the grand all opry in this bu

in the last five or ten years, people like diana ross, paul simon, iowa aretha franklin, the foo fighters, mumford and sons, the list goes on and on and on. some people that normally play arenas of 15 or 20,000 play the ryman because it is such a interesting building that people want to perform in. the acoustics in the ryman are some of the best in america only most people think the mormon tabernacle in utah has better acoustics. the reason that people like the ryman auditorium is because it's unique, it's a small venue, there's not a bad seat in this whole place. and the great thing about seeing a concert is you get to see one of your most favorite performers, but you get to see them in a much smaller space. when you go to a concert now, most performers thank their band, they thank their fans. when you walk across the stage of the ryman, you pay homage to the building. most people the first words out of their mouth is saying something about the building and how wonderful it is to be in here. i talked to former face the nation host bob schieffer. during the presidential debates in 2008 th

paul simon played the boxer last night in concert and dedicated it to muhammad ali. >> i have to sayt news to break and to do it with that level of class, knowing it's the first time people are hearing it. >> that's vin scully for you. >>> to other news now. at least two military investigations are determine why nine soldiers were killed during a training exercise at ft. hood, texas. the soldiers died when a rain-swollen creek swept their 2.5-ton truck into rushing waters on thursday. the army did not say whether the soldiers were wearing life vests or weather -- or whether their backpacks may have weighed them down. >>> if texas, mudslides were triggered southwest of ft. worth. many roads are flooded. >>> high water is slowly going down in flood-ravaged europe where a week of heavy rain has left 16 dead and others missing in four countries. in france, the seine river reached its highest level in almost 35 years overnight, cresting 20 feet. many parts of paris are under water. military trucks were used to evacuate residents on friday. flooded tunnels forced several railway stations t

. >> but there was a lot of positive press by what paul ryan called a stunt. >> simon rosenberg this coup, was there emphasis on the democrats breaking the rules? >> almost nothing. i was in a group of reporters asking questions of the democratic leaders and no one said, you are breaking the rules. is this how it is in the future when you disagree with the legislation to sit on the floor and take over? i asked the question, and i got a lecture from the minority leader of the house of representatives, saying, this is a really important issue and it justified our actions. >> get with the program. >> simon, you have to admit the media bought into the civil rights media, and john lewis "we shall over come," with the minority insisting on a volt >> paul ryan blew it because it created conflict. it allows it to escalate and democrats cause the wave by using this alternative technology, the periscope and facebooking and suddenly, it became interesting and the truth is no one has heard from the house democrats in areas. so, this was the first time in the fair and balanced nature of our town,

simon. look, paul manafort is somebody experienced in presidential republican politics, he's run conventionsis someone who knows how to do the mechanics and the fund raising and all the things that go with the national republican campaign. corey lewandowski for all the strength he showed during the primary campaign was simply not experienced and equipped to do that. >> one last question, john. there is this discussion about whether there's still an anti-trump push within the party that may materialize at the convention. i know that the trump campaign is basically saying, look, this is a figment of the media's imagination. how would you weight what is going on here? how real does it appear to be? >> i think it's pretty unlikely that donald trump is going to be stopped at the convention. and i do think that this move that donald trump made probably diminishes that likelihood by solidifying control in paul manafort, somebody with bona fides among conventional republicans, traditional republicans. it's not out of the question. and as trump's deficit widens he's now in the average of polling six

. >> did the democrats get a whole lot of positive press for what paul ryan called a publicity stunt? i sat down with susan and simonwelcome. this was a media coup. has the press played up the drama, and you were there. there was much emphasis on the democrats in breaking rules? >> almost none. i was in the scrum of reporters asking questions. nobody said you're breaking rules. is this how it's going to be in the future? i asked the question and i got a lecture from the minority leader of the house wagging his finger at me saying this is a really important issue and it justifies our action. >> get with the program. simon, you have to admit the media bought into the whole civil rights analogy, sit-in, john lewis, we shall overcome. basically it was a minority party insisting on a vote. >> yeah. i think paul ryan blew it by turning off the cameras because it created conflict. it allowed the whole thing to escalate and the democrats caught the wave by using this alternative technology, the periscope and facebooking and all of a sudden it became interesting and the truth is no one has heard from the house democrats in y

everybody from leonard cohen to biaz, simon o joe mccartny, e, paul ringo starr.e a monumental album in "sweetheart of a rose." >> it didn't sell a ton of records at the time but now is one of the pioneering albums that melded country and rock. know, a rock you sensibilities creating a country sound. one of the key musicians on that was a nashville pedal steel guitarist by the name of roy green. hired him to play on rodeo" and it'sa how rock bands got introduced to the pedal steel guitar. pedal steel is beautiful, fingertip,7 shell bud pedal steel guitar. it's never been on display before, but this is the one that used on that birds album. here's a photo of the birds on the grand ol'opry in 1968 when they were in nashville make the album "sweetheart of accounts, nd by all they basically got booed on ol'opry the grand because their hair was too long. >> in nashville, the political social ncial and establishment in nashville didn't really accept country music. who are a lot of people would like to pretend that the wasn't here, people overall, so you could at the hei

simon. invited by house speaker paul ryan will address congress momentarily where he will likely identify theting in india's growth story from its intention to build out infrastructure, from its also importance behind developing nuclear energy to also constructing a landscape where u.s. technology companies can prosper. last night jeff bezos, ceo of amazon, did address the u.s.-india business council among others where he showed strong support for modi's campaigns and also announced $3 billion investment in india which brings total amount invested in the country to $5 billion. we know india's demographics make it an attractive destination for foreign investors, over a billion people, half of which are under the age of 25. so you have this young vibrant digital savvy audience that is using more consumer and digital devices, hence the reason we're seeing many of the u.s. tech companies from amazon to apple trying to gain more market share in india. but prime minister modi and other indian experts know that in order for india to surpass china as the largest emerging market, it really needs the h

timothy simons. ( cheers and applause ) and for everyone at home, join our conversation right now on twitter @nightly show using the hashtag #tonightly. so yesterday in washington, this was amazing, paulan called for a moment of silence in congress. i don't know if you guys saw it. but this happened. some people got up and walked out, saying they are tired of silence and prayers while others stayed and literalry yelled, "where's the bill!" they were talking about the gun bill that was put aside. and since this taping christopher murray has been filibustering on the floor for gun control. he has been joined by 20 senators, including cory booker and elizabeth warren. do you think this was just for show? or do you feel congress is actually ready to do something about guns? >> i honestly don't know. hard to say. i think that that there is-- i would love to say that they would but i don't think we've ever seen any actual evidence that they-- i don't want to be pessimistic, but they've historically proven that they won't. >> i feel like it's a psyche they'll we go through. we go through the mourning. we go through the feelings of how disappointing it is. and then the next thing you know som

simon fernandez. mercedes flores. eter o. gonzalez cruz. wanna ramon. paul henry. frank hernandez. me gel. avier jorge reyes. jason benjamin josaphat. eddie justice. laureanodisla. christopher andrew leinonen. alejandro barrios marinez. juan chavez martinez. brenda lee marquez mccool. gilberto ramon menendez. kimberly morris geraldo ortiz jimenez. eric ivan ortiz rivera. joel rayon paniagua. jean carlos mendez perez. enrique l. rios. jean nieves rodriquez. javier emmanueal serrano. christopher joseph sanfeliz. yilmary rodriguez solivan. edward sotomayor jr. shane evan tomlinson. martin benitez torres. antonio bega. we will never forget. and while we mourn your loss, your memory will inspire us to fight for change. i yield back. >> coming up tonight on c-span, the house homeland security committee looks at visitors overstaying their visas and calls for new visa entry and tracking exit system. the latest on the mass shooting in orlando, and updates from lawmakers. remarks from president obama after meeting with his national security council. then ayyorney general loretta lynch. >> watch live at 9:00 a.m. easte

simon fernandez. mercedes flores. eter o. gonzalez cruz. wanna ramon. paul henry. frank hernandez. me gel. avier jorge reyes. jason benjamin josaphat. eddie justice. laureanodisla. christopher andrew leinonen. alejandro barrios martinez. uan chavez martinez. marcus ma kuhl. heshto raymond silva menendez. oscar aracena. imberly morris akira mori. ocasio-capo. orlando jiminez. -rivera. ortiz jean carlos menendez perez. nrique rios. jean c. nives rodriguez. rodriguez. salo. man well row hristopher joseph an felice. jumari rodriguez sullivan. edward sotomayor jr. hane ivan tomlinson. martin torest. ntonio vaguea. we will never forget. and while we mourn your loss, your memory will inspire us to fight for change. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back. the chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois, mr. dold, for five minutes. mr. speaker, i rise today because thoughts and prayers are not enough. and it's time for action. the hateful terrorist attack targeting america's lgbt community in orlando is another reminder of the pressing need to come together and work across party lines to

paul giving his reaction to brexit and his outlook for gold. always very bullish on gold. i can imagine he's there now. simon?> it's certainly going to be lively. bertha, thank you, bertha coombs there with "futures now." >>> coming up on the program, exclusive interview with the vice president of the ecb. his take on the brexit vote and what happens now in europe. >>> and speaking of brexit, joined by four-star european fund manager katrina dudley telling us how she's navigating the turmoil. is she buying the dips? >>> was "as we go to the break, at the dax. the "halftime report" is back after this short break. i'm here at the td ameritrade trader offices. steve, other than making me move stuff, what are you working on? let me show you. okay. our thinkorswim trading platform aggregates all the options data you need in one place and lets you visualize that information for any options series. okay, cool. hang on a second. you can even see the anticipated range of a stock expecting earnings. impressive... what's up, tim. td ameritrade. >>> welcome back to the "halftime report" with the dow up 132 points. let's

simon hobbs, thank you. >>> when we come back, facebook has a big plan for the can lions, and we will have a cnbc exclusive. and paulyan is set to speak in the weekly briefing taking place, and trump, and the democratic filibuster, and we will bring you all of the headlines and monitor that conference on the other side of the break. >>> next week, the lashrge ares advertising conference kicks off in caanan. and first mobile is going to be pushing out a new mobile ad from facebook. they are going to announce new tools for advertisers to build more campaigns on the mobile, which is of course, a huge percentage of the company's revenue. facebook's engagement is growing with more than 1.5 billion people accessing the site through mobile. we asked mark darcy, the company's chief creative officer about that push. >> connectivity is what we will be talking about it in caanan, and the industry is fragment ed into a lot offer a yas, and one of the big things if we are going to be moving together closely to the seize the mobile opportunity in front of sus to get the talents inside and outside of the companies to work much mor

simon, back down to you. >> thank you very much, sue. house speaker paulming out forcefully to condemn recent controversial comments from the presumptive gop nominee donald trump concerning the federal judge that he's overseeing the trump -- case. here's what ryan had to say. >> i disavow these comments. i regret those comments that he made. i don't think -- claiming a person can't do their job because of their race is sort of the textbook definition of a racist comment. i think that should be absolutely disavowed. it's absolutely unacceptable. >> for more now joined by cnbc contributor former economic advisor to vice president biden, and sarah fagan, former political director for the george w. bush white house. sarah, how serious is this split for the gop, do you think? >> well, the challenge that donald trump faces is at a moment when he had wrapped up the republican nomination and he was starting to bring key republicans like paul ryan to defend him, he's now put them on the defensive. so in a week where hillary clinton is claiming her party's nominatio

paul where they are reading the 49 names of last week's massacre. >> juan chavez ramirez. >> luis kond can. >> james kcory, age 22. >> james kour ri. >> deandre drayton, 32. [ bell tolls ] >> simonebell tolls ] >> leroy valentin fernandez, age 25. [ bell tols ] >> mercedes marisol flores, age 26. [ bell tolls ] >> peter o. gonzalez-cruz, age 22. [ bell tolls ] >> juan ramone guerrero, age 22. [ bell tolls ] >> paul tharl henry, age 22. [ bell tolls ] >> frank hernandez, age 27. [ bell tolls ] >> miguel hernandez, age 30. [ bell tolls ] >> javier jorge bravos, age 30. [ bell tolls ] >> jason benjamin josephat, age 19. [ bell tolls ] >> eddie jamoldroy justice, age 30. [ bell tolls ] >> anthony luis laureanodisla, 25 years old. [ bell tolls ] >> christopher andrew liononen, age 37. [ bell tolls ] >> alejandro barrios martinez, age 21. [ bell tolls ] >> brenda lee marquez, 25. [ bell tolls ] >> gilberto ramon silva menendez, age 25. [ bell tolls ] >> kimberly morris, age 37. [ bell tolls ] >> akiera murray, age 18. [ bell tolls ] >> luis omar ocasio-capo, age 20. [ bell tolls ] >> geraldo jimenez, age 25. [ bell tolls ] >> eric yvonne ortiz rivera, age 36. [ bell tolls ] >> edward s

simon: and that is very interesting. if we look at putin, his success, the success in my government is a measure of its orderliness. authority, of its system, if you like. the first in paul 1796, and he czar could just appoint anyone they like as there's successor. so his successor was his wife, catherine the first. one of the most extraordinarily colorful female characters in this book. but she was little more than a camp follower. she first appears walking naked as a prisoner in the russian camp. she was neither a russian norah o'donnell match and yet peter the great married her and renamed her katharine. and crown to her empress of russia. when he died, she was crowned even though she had no claim on the throne. in charge make anyone of that powerful autocracy. nowadays,is that since the 18 90's and in 2016, the presidents of the russia who are again autocrats, can't choose their own successors again. unthinkable. was in the 20th century, so you have vladimir putin. similarly, despite allagain, democracy, thef tsar can choose his own successor. brian: look back at why, the whole revolution in 1917, what happened to the last romanovs? simon: terrible story. i don't tak

simon: if we look at putin, his succession, the succession in any government is a measure of its orderlyness, of its authority, of its system, if you like. up until czar paul, in 1793, any czar could appoint anyone who the hell they liked as their successor. so with his wife, kathryn i, one of the most extraordinary colorful female characters in this book. she was little. she would first appear walking naked as a prisoner in the russian camp. she was neither a russian nor orthodox nor royal and peter married her and renamed her thryn the great and ground empress of russia. even though she had no claim russia the state can make. the state can break someone. so up until then, you know, tsars could choose their own successors. the irony in nowadays, in 2016, the president began that and can choose their own successors in a way that's unthinkable really in the 21st century. so you have president putin was named by yeltson, the election was fixed. utin chose medved off. -- medvedov and he chose putin again. once again, despite all the trappings of democracy, the tsar can choose his own successor. brian: go back to the whole revolution in 1917, what happened to