. >> that is according to simon jenkins at "the guardian."know firsthand that journalists don't have the best reputation and the profession has been thrown many curveballs. the panama papers show while policy can differ, getting out there and forcing politicians to act and for this, it is a real success for investigative journalism. thee seen this with resignation of the icelandic prime and asked her and the cameron placed on david -- icelandic prime minister and the pressure placed on david cameron. you have a different story about vladimir putin. >> he is creating a personal national guard of up to 300,000 men and women to help in the fight against terrorism, organized crime, to reinforce the russian swat and riot police. a new york-based professor in russian policy runs a blog called in moscow's shadow. is worried about public unrest and wants to hold on to his own power. it is his own personal army to keep civilians and the elite in check. army, heeading this has been a longtime ally of putin. utinthe moscow times, p is showing what he ca

[laughter] jacob: on my side was a very elegant british journalist named simon jenkins who told me he poor thingbe a very to criticize an american president in his own country, and i thought, ok, i am out here on my own, and karl rove, true to form, argued the proposition not just the george w. bush was not the worst president in the past hundred years, but he was in fact the best president of all time. bill kristol took an attack and said, george bush may not have been a good president, but come on, he was not the worst, hoover, carver, neck said, and they actually won the vote -- nixon, and they actually won the vote. thinkk that, when we about this whole question, first of all, we have to make knowledge -- acknowledged the parlor game, but it is a fun parlor game, listing the best in the worst, and you can do the same thing about baseball players. part of the reason it has to be a parlor game and does not go beyond that, as you are making comparisons that are not really, they are sort of absurd in a way. how do you compare harding and the mexican war. i do think when people play it

on my side was a very elegant british journalist named simon jenkins and on the way in, he told me he thought it would be very poor manners to criticize an american president in his own country. , ok i'm out here on my own. and karl rove argued the proposition of not just george w. bush as not the worst last 100 years, but of course the best president of all time. bill kristol took a shorter tack and said george bush was not good, but not the worst. hoover, carter, nixon. they actually won the vote but i still suggest karl rove stacked the whole in his favor ahead of time. we think about the whole question, first model all we have to knowledge it is a parlor game. but it is a really fun parlor game for nerds like me. thing withthe same baseball players. we had a debate about who the cultural figures should be up there were a mount rushmore for culture and of course the decision was, they should not have carved that stuff in the stands at all. -- part ofow, the the reason it has to be a parlor game and not go beyond that, is you're making comparisons that are not really -- they are sor

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