state strategy. host: humble curfew, new mexico. -- albuquerque, new mexico. independent line.aller: i am a volunteer. i want the parties to promote volunteerism. can you hear me? i am a member of a rotary club. i have been a member of reliance club. many of your people who listen to the show might not be aware of those organizations. we are all volunteers, none of us gets paid. we are not political. what we do, we get together and raise money and do good deeds in our community. in fact, as a weeklong celebration in september, it is called celebrate community week, september 11 through 17th, there is a resolution at the house -- was introduced in september. we are trying to get all americans to work together. i think that is the answer to our country. volunteered to help people in our community by working together. we are working with the american legion, the veteran of fallen wars. those that matter your political party, this is working together to help people. volunteer. none of us are paid. host: we got your point. let's hear from another independent line caller. greg in flo

news with ukrainian journalists was shared by the deputy minister of defense, independent anna malyar. she stated that recruitment into the ranks is very likely. starts right after new year holidays. necessity. in the newan resources, it is explained by the losses and the need to restore the military, who were injured, while the painter did not dare to predict the number of new conscription. in general, she used the most vague wording that was designed to hide the real scale. losses among ukrainian militants. after all, according to official data, almost a million serve in the ranks of the armed forces, people, of whom, according to zelensky’s office, died. well, only 10,000, comparing these figures raises a reasonable question. why then do we need a new mobilization, but instead of answers, the kiev regime includes the already familiar propaganda show program to raise the morale of its military these days, the star of hollywood action films acts as the host. jean-claude. van damme, an american actor, was noticed in western ukraine surrounded by people in uniform. and why did evgenia petrukhina think about a master class in cross twine? on the army of fans yes, and in general, it doesn’t look like the

news in pavel zovik's studio. hello , our best traditions live in every new generation of belarusians. this was stated by the president at the new year's ball for youth in the palace of independence

the decision now do not want to return to it and simply impose new new decisions on belgrade, as it were, the concept of independent statest reconcile with the fact that we will accept in all international organizations. going into the community of serbian municipalities, kosovo was a key issue for belgrade to continue negotiations with the former ones. and by the way, germany and france played a leading role here and there, meaning the kosovo issues and the minsk agreements. what did special status mean? for donbass, in the minsk agreements, the right to their own language in all areas, which, probably, is not something transcendental in terms of international conventions about something. secondly, a-a right to have their own police police law enforcement agencies. a-a the right to be the right to agree on the candidacies of judges and prosecutors and the right to facilitate economic ties with neighboring regions of the russian federation is practically one to one. the same was written in the decision to create a community of municipalities. here is such a story. well, if the european union thinks that with such behavior

state is independent, move in that direction. the guy from new hampshire is independent, the guy from new york became independent so i don't thinkt changes anything. host: more from politico's reporting, they say cinema, who served three terms in the house and as a state legislature -- legislator says raphael warnock's election victory delighted her, his when will probably take some sting out of her decision for democrats. not that she wants any part in figuring out exactly how many seats they control now that she is out of the democratic party. and it notes she does not attend the democratic caucus meetings that happen every week unlike independent senators bernie sanders and angus king of maine and politico reports she is not sure whether her desk will remain on the democratic side of the senate floor. hi, robert. did you vote for senator sinema? caller: yes i did. host: your reaction this morning ? caller: yeah, the phoenix mesa, by the way, area is equal to three northeastern states in area with a population that grew like 1.6 million over the last 10 years. i do not think most of these people are independent. i have been he

new conditions after the disintegration of the former soviet union. for example, they post soviet geography and all the new, the independent states that also invited to the next to didn't know if that led to corporation counsel. and then in $1094.00, you would you call that the partnership for peace idea was promoted. russia always thought that partnership for peace was an interesting idea, but it could perhaps create a kind of an unjustified equality to russia with the other countries. and i always sold that it was a, it had to be treated differently by nature. and that was not be for security reason a given the size that scale and was just a reason why the, for the nato russia council. that's the reason why i need to rush a finding x plus sign. so it was a very privy station to situation. and it was a very privileged offer to russia. i'm the only for russia, it was wonderful russian where it all its privileges. own display right now on the your korean battlefield. i very, my g grant, they failed. so i mean, it is, it hurts because if you're involved in a process, and if you think that you are doing something good for the humanity and for the p. s.

news conference was typically one of the few times during the year when journalists outside of the russian state media got to directly ask vladimir putin questions. this year, independent and for news publications that left russia after the government made it illegal to accurately cover its invasion of ukraine -- the news, quote, it would have been possible for either a russian or international reporter to detail some of the setbacks in ukraine and to ask mr. putin embarrassing questions about them, live on national question television. joining us now is former u.s. ambassador to russia michael mcfaul. he's an msnbc international affairs analyst. and ambassador michael mcfaul, we just saw a friendly reporter -- a state television reporter -- questioning vladimir putin. and those who are questions he could not answer. >> that is right. and did you notice how nervous she was, lawrence, about asking that very basic question? but i think it shows that there is an underbelly, a quiet, growing resistance to this war inside russia. it is not rational to express what you really believe to anybody, not to a pollster, not to a friend, not to a stranger that calls you up and says, what do you think of the war? that is what polling is in russia. but you see evidence in lots of different places, including, by the

new conditions after the disintegration of the former soviet union. for example, they post soviet geography and all the new, the independent states that also invited to the next. he didn't know if that went to corporation counsel. and then in 1994. you would, you call that the partnership for peace idea was promoted. russia always thought that partnership for peace was an interesting idea. but it could perhaps create a kind of an unjustified equality to russia with the other countries. and i always saw that it was a, it had to be treated differently by nature. and that was not be for security reasons, given the size of that scale. and was just that he's and why the, for the nato russia council. that's the reason why i need to rush a founding act was same. so it was a very pretty station situation. and it was a very privileged offer to rational i'm and it's only for russia, it was only for russian where it always privileges. own display right now on the ukrainian battlefield. i've been migrant. they fail to. i mean, it is, it hurts because if you're involved in a process, and if you think that you are doing something good for the humanity and for the p. s. stability of europe. and if you see that it is not functioning, it is failing. then, you know, well that the russia and turkey have a very complicated history between the 2 of them coming from one war to peace, to confrontation again to corporation. again, do you think there's anything that may term perhaps there west more generally can learn from the way most grand and kind of have been managing the very complicated relationship very and you know it's, it's kind of relationship that's late in the but a lot of potential disagreements and yet it's, it's severe striving. this is not the 1st time that it is happening because when you look at the history during the cold war, turkey has always had a very peculiar relations with the soviet union as well as turkey was one of the 2 countries, which was they having a land border with the soviet union. the other one was in the northern flank, norway, but turkey just because of this fact and because of geography and also history. a tried to have a kind of peculiar and a very balanced approach towards the soviet union. it did not a crack nato. it did not harm nate those solidarity but also from turkey. so point turkeys point of view, it was a very good development and the soviet union has invested into the development of industrial it infrastructure of turkey in 1960 for example, nobody challenge that. now we are experiencing a kind of the same thing which is not happening. and although there are sanctions which i implemented by the western countries which are mainly by the european union and turkey legitimate, that says that as we are not a member of to european union veto, not a feel to be obliged to comply with the european union and sanctions, but as far as the united nations sanctions are concerned, of course we are biding by them. but here i think a turkey is a giving some kind of in image to the whole world that it's a very important facilitator. i have mentioned that turkey has been always equidistant to ukraine and russia after the disintegration of the soviet union. and that's the reason why it took, it does not want to see an unstable environment. and particularly a war situation just in the north of it's jo griffey. and this is also endangering the whole $72.00 of the black sea basin. so that's the reason why turkey is probably taking the needs as compared to any other western country. it to find some kind of a compromise between the 2 countries to negotiate the grain deal for example, and the most to continue to invest out efforts for the united solution of the a whole confrontation and conflict. well, as we hear in moscow, definitely wish you success in this very difficult endeavors. that easy. it's that easy, but you will continue to try. it's been a fascinating conversation. thank you very much for your candor. i thank you very much and thank you for watching hope to see her again on the world's apart. ah, with me. ah. are we witnessing the end of globalization as we have known it for about the last half century? it would certainly seem so. the west, the ability to shape the world and its own image also appears to be on the way. as a result, should we expect new regional and block globalization only 41 percent of us. it does have enough savings to cover a $1000.00 emergency. we have record numbers of americans who are on the verge of having their cars repossess more than a 137000000 americans are facing financial hardship because of medical debt. in america, we do have a welfare system in place to help people who are struggling financially, but it's a conditional system.

independent states, the rise in all spheres, the economy, culture, social areas, tourism is actively developing, new inter-parliamentary associations are being created, the parliament of uzbekistan created two such new structures along with existing groups only this year. parliamentary friendship were established and new ones. e, such as the council for inter-parliamentary cooperation with the lower house of the republic of kazakhstan and e, a high- level commission on cooperation with the parliament from the state duma of the federal assembly of the russian federation, parliamentarians are sure this is the way that leads to a comprehensive mechanism with coordinated legislative activity. in this direction. now russia and south ossetia are actively moving the chairman of the parliament. republic alan borov emphasizes the high level partnership and friendship between countries we interact with the federation in all areas of human security social direction and uh, no matter what problem arises south ossetia we always solve it all interaction the term of the experiments the conference takes place a bilateral meeting of vyacheslav volodin and alan alborov speakers agree on the creation of an inter-parli

state strategy. host: humble curfew, new mexico. -- albuquerque, new mexico. independent line.ler: i am a volunteer. i want the parties to promote volunteerism. can you hear me? i am a member of a rotary club. i have been a member of reliance club. many of your people who listen to the show might not be aware of those organizations. we are all volunteers, none of us gets paid. we are not political. what we do, we get together and raise money and do good deeds in our community. in fact, as a weeklong celebration in september, it is called celebrate community week, september 11 through 17th, there is a resolution at the house -- was introduced in september. we are trying to get all americans to work together. i think that is the answer to our country. volunteered to help people in our community by working together. we are working with the american legion, the veteran of fallen wars. those that matter your political party, this is working together to help people. volunteer. none of us are paid. host: we got your point. let's hear from another independent line caller. greg in flori

news was shared with ukrainian journalists by the minister of defense, an independent anna, painter. she stated that recruitment in the ranks of all probable. starts right after christmas. necessity. in the new human resources, it is explained by the losses and the need to restore the military, who were injured, while the painter did not dare to predict the number of new in general, she used the most vague wording, which is designed to hide the real scale. losses among ukrainian militants. indeed, according to official data, almost a million people serve in the ranks of the armed forces, of which, as stated in the office zelensky killed only 10,000, comparing these figures raises a reasonable question. why then is a new mobilization needed, but instead of answers, the kiev regime is turning on the already familiar propaganda show program to raise the morale of its, uh, military these days, the star of hollywood action films is acting as the host. jean-claude. van damme, an american actor, was noticed in western ukraine, surrounded by people in uniform, and why a master class in transverse twine? evgeny petrukhina was thinking, hello evgeny. well, i don't want to believe it, but it is true that van damme began to teach a new one. alexey hello apparently i came from linguistics. well , of course, to begin with, it would be necessary first of all, of cou

new year and at the same time mercilessly drank the sea news. the visit of the president of the independent was commented on by our ambassador to the united states anatoly antonov, the diplomat recalled that russia has repeatedly stated about readiness to start peace negotiations, but this option did not suit the white house, and until the pumping of ukraine with american weapons stops, the escalation of the conflict will be inevitable. now economic newsificial price restrictions in europe will negatively affect the gas market, this opinion is shared by the algerian ministry of energy for now, i'll start with other topics. terminal by grain transshipment in novorossiysk by the end of the year will reach a record capacity of 6 million tons , such a forecast in an interview with our tv channel was voiced by the president of the group of companies, sergey shikharev. i think that this figure will be close to 6 million. this is a new record and it is important to note that in november the terminal handled 700,000 tons in 1 month. well, simple arithmetic says that such intensities worked, then it would be possible to pass 8.400. but there are, of course, technological limitations. anyway, again, the weather conditions, of course. yes, it was ideal, probably the weather, but nonetheless. you can see that we are ready to transship such volumes. and i am glad to emphasize that today we satisfy all the requests of russian exporters. watch the f

states will help us to defend our values of independence. welcome to world news — our values of independence. welcome to world news our values of independence. welcome to world news america on _ our values of independence. welcome to world news america on pbs. - our values of independence. welcome to world news america on pbs. you i to world news america on pbs. you watching live president zelensky and washington where he's holding a news conference with president biden. let's listen in.... during all our we discussed issues of standoff against — we discussed issues of standoff against the terror of russia. they are destruction of our energy infrastructure for that we need to survive _ infrastructure for that we need to survive this winter. we need to protect— survive this winter. we need to protect our— survive this winter. we need to protect our people and we need to be very specific in this area. this is a key— very specific in this area. this is a key humanitarian issue for us right— a key humanitarian issue for us right now _ a key humanitarian issue for us right now. this is the survival issue — right now. t

new year in germany, gas prices will increase by 112% what is the situation in other eu countries complex. today at st. petersburg will bring together the leaders of the commonwealth of independent states for a traditional newrmal summit. now i will tell you all the details. so the meeting will last 2 days, according to the kremlin press service, the conversation will take place on the initiative of russian president vladimir putin, as previously reported, the focus will be on expanding cooperation in the cis the heads of state will sum up the main results of the outgoing year and exchange views on priorities for areas of interaction presidential press secretary dmitry peskov commenting journalists the opportunity from a trilateral meeting of vladimir putin with the prime minister of armenia and the leader of azerbaijan noted that they will have the opportunity to talk on the sidelines of the event in the meeting, the presidents of russia, azerbaijan, belarus, kyrgyzstan, kazakhstan, tajikistan , turkmenistan, and uzbekistan, as well as the prime minister of armenia, the previous informal. the summit was also held in st. petersburg

state where their current license is not valid. they can get a new one in their new home state without additional expense. this bill also funds programs in texas independent school districts that help military-dependent children with severe disabilities. and i'm glad it includes bipartisan legislation that i introduced to help improve sexual assault and domestic violence prevention in the department of defense. in addition to these reforms, the in ad -- the national defense authorization act will repeal the covid-19 vaccine mandate which led to the dismissal of 8,500 servicemembers. recruiting has become a growing challenge across the military, particularly the u.s. army. last year the army fell 15,000 soldiers short of its benchmark and was only able to recruit 75% of its recruitment goal. army secretary christine wormuth called it, quote, the army's most challenging recruiting year since the start of an all-volunteer force. given the threats posed by russia, china, north korea, and iran, among others, other threats, this is not the time to force courageous servicemembers out of the armed forces, particularly for a vaccine that doesn't actually prevent c

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will be two independent states that have their own strategic goals and plan to integrate into one union state with one economic space. therefore , there is no food and a new phase and something new way. at least what is happening now. well, it seems to me that this is a new quality of interaction, that is, not a new stage, perhaps a new quality, tell me, in your opinion. what key issues were in the focus of attention of the leaders of the two countries, and, uh, most importantly, for belarus, some additional opportunities open up, first of all, this is the implementation of those agreements, about, which our presidents discussed a lot earlier. we know how high the intensity of these contacts has been throughout this year. but if we are talking only about the current 22nd, and it was essentially, well, specifically, and the implementation of what was said, and, uh, the main focus was naturally on the economy on our economic relations in everything. in the context of this concept. well, and accordingly, this gives us reason to see our future prospects in interaction, belarus russia and clearly understand what our future will be beyond the possibilities of the republic of belarus a

news outlet into silence. the effect of these attacks would be to diminish the ability of those of us in the united states who looks to el faro for independent. news coverage of central america. amy: the lawsuit asks the court to require nso groups to identify return and then delete all information obtained through these attacks to prohibit nso group from deploying pegasus again against plaintiffs and require nso group to identify the client that ordered the surveillance. talk about especially that last part. who ordered this surveillance? >> that is exactly what we want u.s. court to order nso group to disclose. the other key value of the services that nso group -- secrecy is one of the most important pieces of that. nso group tells its clients the spyware that it offers them to use against whichever targets they choose cannot be traced back to those clients. in this case, although there's a lot of circumstantial evidence to suggest the government of el salvador was behind these attacks, we don't have proof of that yet. one of the most important pieces of relief we are seeking to the lawsuit is in order requiring the nso group to identify its previously undisclosed client here and that was it a signal to other government clients around the world that they can no longer rely on's nso group's assurances of secrecy when they seek to use nso group spyware to intimidate and persecute journalists, civil rights activists, human rights activists around the world. amy: roman gressier, the prominent investigative guatemalan newspaper el periÓdico has shut down its print edition after months of attacks and harassment from the right-wing government of president alejandro giammattei. the paper's president and founder josÉ rubÉn zamora remains in pretrial detention after he was arrested in july, accused of money laundering and extortion -- charges denounced by human rights and press freedom groups as political retaliation over exposÉs of government corruption. the paper was founded in 1996. unclear how it will survive with just online and a reduced staff. in a final editorial column written from his prison cell, zamora, who's been a journalist in guatemala for decades, said -- "it has been 30 years of struggle against corruption and impunity, against governmental abuses and terrorism, in favor of freedom, transparency, and accountability." you're talking to us from guatemala. how has repression against journalists and government critics worsened not only in el salvador under the presidency of bukele, but across central america? >> so the guatemala case -- guatemala is advancing similarly to el salvador >> it is hard to compare which one is more severe. there has been sysmatic abuse concluding criminalization of journalists. you could point to the nso mining case were reporters have been summonsed to court and otherwise criminalize and of course the case against zamora, just before they published their last daily print edition on november 30 -- the day before i believe he had spent four months officially in pretrial detention . if i am not mistaken, the first hearing that he will face in his case for the trial is set for december 8, which is this week. it is also another aspect of what is going on in guatemala is just the challenges facing journalists outside the capital. not only dealing with the central government, but they are also dealing with municipal thorities and others were looking to criminalize them in different ways. you could point to the case of a reporter reporting on the local mayor and she faced -- he was jailed briefly for her work. juan: could you explain or how do you analyze the fact that a person like president bukele, by all accounts is extreme right-wing populist, has so much i approval rating in el salvador ? what do you attribute this to and what has been the role of the media in shaping that? >> all of the public polling that we have the past for years is going to high levels of support for him and i think part of it comes -- part of his political appeal comes from his ability to communicate effectively with the public, that his political projects represent an alternative to the lack of other political parties. that is not to say -- of course there has been an abundance of corruption investigations and other things, but it is more about the public perception of his communication that has been very positive. amy: carrie decell, i want to ask you about julian assange. the news and four european papers have urge the biden administration to drop all charges against the wikileaks founder julian assange. in a joint letter they said this indictment sets a dangerous decedent and threans to undermine erica'first amendment and the freedom of the press. the letter ends with thword "publishing is not a crime." for those who don't know julian assange faces 175 years in a u.s. prison on espionage and hacking charges for exposing u.s. war crimes in afghanistan and iraq if he is extradited from britain. the five publications partnered with wikeaks in 2010 to report on documents leaked by chelsea manning. the significance of these major newspapers, including "the new york times," demanding the biden administration drop these charges? >> yes, i think this letter reflects a clear understanding by the press that the charges against julian assange threaten freedom of the press. the prosecution of a song for soliciting, obtaining, then publishing classified information with s

new york republican club with marjorie taylor greene, as is the incoming republican delegation from the state of new york. >> you know, there are certain -- elaina, there are certain politicians who, independent of their politics or ideology, at the performance level, this person's charismatic. i felt that way about kari lake, who's a tv presenter for years, and obviously, knows what she's doing. which is the week in public, and public communication. i think that's clearly true, of donald trump and his own strange, right? marjorie taylor greene doesn't really strike me in that way, to be totally honest. i'm not the intended audience. i'm willing to admit that. but i do wonder, like, what you found out about how she has become to become the kind of person to be the star keynote guest at these kinds of events. >> i would say that the primary reason marjorie taylor greene has ascended to this level and the party, and so quickly, is that the republican base, which is to say, the people most likely to turn out and vote in primaries, take her absolutely seriously. you remember that kind of sort of off denigrated line that people took donald trump seriously, but not literally. when i found marjorie taylor's district, her biggest supporters actually to take her quite literally, and love her for that. they love the idea that in retrospect, perhaps, if capital insurrectionists have been armed, you know, their man would be president right now. and the problem, however, is that because marjorie taylor greene has been platformed the way she does, her views are not marginalized by the party, as they were with, say, someone like steve king of iowa, if you might remember. if you think about it, congresswoman like marjorie taylor greene is not saying anything, or her tenor is not terribly different than someone like steve king. but steve king was also not of the top republican fund-raisers in the entire conference, which if you go to congressman jolly's point, this is why kevin mccarthy, when he, you know, presumably to stake the speakership finally, he's not going to cent censure marjorie taylor greene for comments like this, because she is his critical link right now to possibly picking of six more votes he needs with the right. >> i would say, right, yeah. she's playing that role, and she strikes me as having some tactical sense, at least enough tactical sense to understand her own leverage right here. the think i'll say, i want to read this paragraph. you know, unlike josh hawley, or ted cruz, who are just in a truly painful and you think we're, doing essentially amid. -- and we're going to investigate the jail ordinance who are responsible for the, you know, for the custodianship of those who were arrested for violent insurrection. but that's where house republicans are going to be. now, to your point, earlier, your opener, house republicans are accountable to a different constituency, as elaina said, then a statewide constituency like you see in newand maryland. and they'll be rewarded for this. i expect this to be amplified for two straight years by mccarthy republican house. >> we'll see what happens in the third district. quickly, elaina, how much does marjorie taylor greene's performance of leverage, how much is it a real rev leverage? >> i would say it's absolutely real leverage. like i said, she raises perhaps, other than mccarthy himself, and maybe patrick henry and steve scalise, more money than anyone else in the house republican caucus. when she's invoked, some more orders turnout. >> david jolly and elaina plott, thank you so much for your time. appreciate it. >> thank you, chris. >> coming up -- the special counsel continues to keep the pressure on donald trump senior, issuing a subpoena to the man. they asked to steal votes in georgia. what it all means to the disgraced ex president, next. and it's covered by medicare. before dexcom g6, i was frustrated. all of that finger-pricking and all of that pain, my a1c was st

news conference was typically one of the few times during the year when journalists outside of the russian state media got to directly ask vladimir putin questions. this year, independent and for news publications that left russia after the government made it illegal to accurately cover its invasion of ukraine -- the times, notes, quote, it would have been possible for either a russian or international reporter to detail some of the setbacks in ukraine into ask mr. putin embarrassing questions about them, live on national question television. joining us now is former u.s. ambassador to russia michael mcfaul. he's an msnbc international affairs analyst. ambassador michael mcfaul, we just saw a friendly reporter -- a state television reporter -- questioning vladimir putin. and those who are questions he could not answer. >> that is right. and did you notice how nervous she was, lawrence, about asking that very basic question? but i think it shows that there is an underbelly, a quiet, growing resistance to this war inside russia. it is not rational to express what you really believe to anybody, not to a pollster, not to offend, certainly not to a stranger that calls you up and says, what do you think of the war? that is what polling is in russia. but you see evidence in lots of different places, including, by the way, more and more russians inside russia, watching opposition channels that are broadcasting outside, particularly on youtube. it also just that people inside russia are tired of this war. >> let's listen to more of david let herman's interview with president zelenskyy. >> how can a person take that position that there is no ukrainian? >> [speaking non-english] [speaking non-english] [speaking non-english] >> ambassador, i want to combine both of david let tremendous questions. it vladimir putin were to leave the scene tomorrow, if the population is as brainwashed as president zelenskyy says russians are, how much would change? >> if something happened to putin, eventually the system would collapse. i agree entirely with president zelenskyy. it is not based on anything deep. there is no political party. there's no real ideology. there's not a successor that's been kept. it would not happen overnight, lawrence. it would take some time. but eventually, i think he would see the unraveling of the putin regime. and that is where i somewhat disagree with president zelenskyy. he's right that the majority of russians go along with whatever the president says. but that support is very thin. yes, you have what i call the babushka's inside area, the watch propaganda channels and at 100% supportive of putin -- you then have another demographic. the younger, educated, urban, which are people. they don't support putin. that is 20% or so. but in the middle is a lot of people that just supported because he's the president. but if tomorrow he said, we have won the war, it's time to leave, they would also support that. so, the idea that they are supporting this war with vigor, i think, is wrong. and if it is somebody else besides putin, he is the guy that is the charismatic leader for two decades. some other leader steps into try to do the same, i think the support we dwindle very, very quickly. >> what do you see as the winter months proceed with the conduct of the war? >> what i want to see is the ukrainians go back on the offensive. that's what they say they want to do. i think we should remember what fantastic victories they have had this fall. by most accounts, the russians have now lost 50% of the territory they once seized. what i worry about is that it will be a grinding war with both sides not moving very well. the russians are dug in deeper in the front lines where they are now. and i suspect, tragically, this time next year, we will probably still be talking about this horrific, horrible, illegal invasion of ukraine. >> michael mcfaul, thank you very much for joining us once again. always appreciate it. >> thanks. >> coming up, senator mark kelly's twin brother scott kelly travel to ukraine and met with president zelenskyy last month. scott kelly joins us next. ott kelly joins us next. ♪limu emu & doug♪ it's nice to unwind after a long week of telling people how liberty mutual customizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need. showtime. whoo! i'm on fire tonight. 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and you have any chance to talk to them about this? >> first of, all thanks for having me, lawrence. yes, i am in touch with some of them, some of the cosmonauts highways in space with. and i do have the opportunity to talk or, mostly, text with them about this. >> and what did they tell you? do they support vladimir putin's position? >> you know, some of them -- i talk to people, right? one of them -- to cosmonauts. i have some other friends in russia. but one of them feels very much like i do about this, with one big exception. and that is, he is embarrassed. the other one? much different. it's almost like we are talking about two different realities. he clearly has been brainwashed by the russian propagandists and media over a long period of time and is absolutely convinced that they are defending themselves from, how he describes, the nazi's and nato -- despite everything i could do to convince him otherwise, he's not convinced supple. >> you have been in a chain of command. you have been in command yourself. what was your impression of president zelenskyy and the command he has over his fighting forces in ukraine? >> i was very impressed with him. i met with him for about 45 minutes in his office, in the office he would normally use under normal times. certainly, there's a lot of security there, as you would expect. but he was very charismatic. he came across to me as a natural leader. he's very humble, confident, very nice. and he is convinced that they will win this war. he is not sure when. and i believe him. >> you also have ukrainian relatives by marriage, as i understand it. and so you have been getting a flow of information that most of us don't have access to in this. based on your trip, what does ukraine need now going forward? >> well, what president zelenskyy told me what they need most is, right now, as far as humanitarian support is concerned, is generators and the fuel to operate them. because putin realizes he cannot win on a conventional battlefield. so, he has decided to commit more war crimes, terrorize the population, basically try to freeze them into submission over the winter. so, from a humanitarian perspective, that is what they need right now. certainly, weapons, particularly modern weapons, is what he also says they need from war fighting capability -- and he also appreciates everything the american people and the u.s. government and the rest of the free war adult has done for them in supplying the stuff they need to repel this attack on democracy. >> we were surprised by this attack that vladimir putin launched? because, with your own experience, with russians of the russian government, and what to expect from them? >> i was very surprised. in fact, i had conversations with my brother. and i said, i'm just thinking, he's bluffing. there is no way he would choose to invade his neighboring country, a people that, a lot of them, speak the same language, similar cultures, a european democratically elected nation. i just thought it was a big bluff. and my brother, he had some other information, perhaps. but he believed otherwise. and unfortunately, he was right. >> i shared your feelings. i felt the same way. it felt like a big bluff to me. because it simply made no sense. and we are seeing the result now every day of an invasion that made no sense. what is your expectation of ukraine's ability to fight through the winter months? >> to just go back on the make no sense thing, i think from putin's perspective, it made sense to him in some kind of weird convoluted way, in that he and this democratically elected nation, a free nation, on his border, where the economy was prospering and moving forward, and he just couldn't -- i think -- have his people looking at that thinking, we are a much bigger country with more natural resources, more human capital. we should be doing a lot better than ukraine. so, i think that was probably part of his calculus. and after being there and seeing the spirit of the ukrainian people, despite everything that they have had to endure, and be put through, i am absolutely convinced that they will see this through the winter and beyond. and i think anything that putin does to try to demoralize them is only going to make them fight back harder. >> my point about makes no sense was, what i meant was, they can't win. russia cannot go in there and just grab that country. and that was obvious to me before it started. i just assumed vladimir putin knew the same thing >> i think their form of government is a kleptocracy. so, the guy that buys the tires for the army, he's going to buy the cheapest tires he can and pocket the rest of the money. in my experience there, they also have the system where they don't take personal responsibility or accountability. if you, in the russian system, if you make a mistake, it's not like, well, i screw that up, what did i learn from it? 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new year with a new congress, one of the party's most controversial senators says she is leaving the party. yesterday, arizona's kyrsten sinema announced she will now serve her state as an independent, which announced, it was in the house in which according to axios was quote, long in the making. it doesn't seem like this move is going to change much in the senate. sinema still plans to caucus with democrats in the same way that independent senators bernie sanders of vermont and angus king of maine currently do. she is also expected to keep all of her committee assignments. before her party switch, democratic congress men rubin but gallego was considered a strong primary candidate to sinema in 2024. according to a post -- on msnbc.com, my colleague steve bannon writes, earlier this year, data for progress polled arizona democrats and found incumbent senator sinema trailing gallego 47% to 60%. that's not a typo. she actually trail the popular congressman by 58 points. steve goes on to say sinema was very likely to lose a democratic primary. her voting record made a run at a republican implausible, and she didn't want to walk away from capitol hill all together, becoming an independent is a sensible strategy. and. quote for more of what makes senator sinema take, i'm joined with the aforementioned steve bannon. he's from the nbc -- msnbc political tribute are in the editor of the meadow block. he's also the author of the book, the impostors, how republicans quit governing and seize american politics. steve, good morning to. you thank you for being with me, my friend. there's anything functionally change back here since intimate is not a democrat? >> the short answer is no. i think when we get up in the morning start seeing the headlines about the newseard the word earthquake. this is being eight years use around a bit. this is a political earthquake, but once the details came into focus and we started learning about the details, i think the political rector scale showed a relatively small number. this is not exactly an earthquake. this is something that will have a relatively few practical consequences. there will be a 51 member senate democratic conference, in terms of maturity. before, it will have to independents, and now has three. >> the white house, the response to the white house took some of the wind out of its sails. they downplayed it by saying they are confident they are going to continue to successfully work with her. it's the biden administration generally unfazed by this move? >> i think we all appearances,. yes when we look at this from the white house's perspective, all the president biden and his team care about is -- that is their principal goal. as far as they are concerned, the principal, the substantive -- subs

new york state, ever. again she also wants to see trump's from their company, replacing them with an independent monitor who ran the business. additionally, she wants to buy them from acquiring real estate in new york for five years. meanwhile, 700 miles away in georgia, fulton county district attorney's fani willis is conducting a grand jury investigation, related to the effort to interfere with and overturn the results of the 2020 election, and that. stay willis began her investigation about two years, ago shortly after donald trump's infamous phone call to georgia's secretary of state, brad raffensperger. during that call, trump implored raffensperger to find the 11,780 votes that he needs to win the state. willis's investigation, by the, way is also looking at the georgia fake elector ski. which may donald trump's personal attorney, rudy giuliani, a target of an investigation. and, possibly also john eastman. the pro trump republican who served as the fake elector. they granted jury in georgia has pursued the testimony of other key trump allies. like south carolina centerline z graham, trump's former chief of staff mark meadows. and trump's former national security adviser, michael thin. all of whom were ordered to cooperate in the investigation. it is unclear right now where donald trump fits into this case, but we can find out pretty soon. the grand jury there is winding down its investigation, has begun writing its final report. that gets us one step closer to finding it what charges fani willis might pursue. then of course there -- is the january six. investigation or just days away from releasing its own final. apart tomorrow afternoon, the group is going to hold its own final hearing during which it is expected to announce its decision on legislative recommendations and criminal referrals. according to nbc news sources, the committee is not made any final decisions. yet but members are actively considering recommending three criminal charges against donald trump, one for conspiracy to defraud the government, another for obstruction of an official proceeding of congress, and a third for insurrection. the january six committee is just an investigative group, as. you know whatever criminal referrals at the side situation hold no legal weight. in and of themselves. ultimately, the decision in the power to make indictments rests with the department of justice. which is conducting its own separate parallel investigation of the insurrection. attorney general merrick garland has previously called it the most wide-ranging investigation in the apartment history. that investigation is now being led by the special counsel, jack smith. smith is also in charge of the criminal investigation into trump's improper handling of classified government records. the government spent, months you will, recall trying

new york republican club with marjorie taylor greene, as is the incoming republican delegation from the state of new york. >> you know, there are certain -- elaina, there are certain politicians who, independent of their politics or ideology, at the performance level, this person's charismatic. i felt that way about kari lake, who's a tv presenter for years, and obviously, knows what she's doing. which is the week in public, and public communication. i think that's clearly true, of donald trump and his own strange, right? marjorie taylor greene doesn't really strike me in that way, to be totally honest. i'm not the intended audience. i'm willing to admit that. but i do wonder, like, what you found out about how she has become to become the kind of person to be the star keynote guest at these kinds of events. >> i would say that the primary reason marjorie taylor greene has ascended to this level and the party, and so quickly, is that the republican base, which is to say, the people most likely to turn out and vote in primaries, take her absolutely seriously. you remember that kind of sort of off denigrated line that people took donald trump seriously, but not literally. when i found marjorie taylor's district, her biggest supporters actually to take her quite literally, and love her for that. they love the idea that in retrospect, perhaps, if capital insurrectionists have been armed, you know, their man would be president right now. and the problem, however, is that because marjorie taylor greene has been platformed the way she does, her views are not marginalized by the party, as they were with, say, someone like steve king of iowa, if you might remember. if you think about it, congresswoman like marjorie taylor greene is not saying anything, or her tenor is not terribly different than someone like steve king. but steve king was also not of the top republican fund-raisers in the entire conference, which if you go to congressman jolly's point, this is why kevin mccarthy, when he, you know, presumably to stake the speakership finally, he's not going to cent censure marjorie taylor greene for comments like this, because she is his critical link right now to possibly picking of six more votes he needs with the right. >> i would say, right, yeah. she's playing that role, and she strikes me as having some tactical sense, at least enough tactical sense to understand her own leverage right here. the think i'll say, i want to read this paragraph. you know, unlike josh hawley, or ted cruz, who are just in a truly painful and you think we're, doing essentially amid. there's a kind of like, you know, magra working class republican cosplay or, whatever. you know, marjorie taylor greene, she has the politics that -- i think like, to her core down to every last cell. that's what marjorie taylor greene believes. i think those proposals got her in trouble, like demonstrate that. she wasn't performativity doing that. she was like, i think, the rothschild, might have used their lasers to start the forest fire in california. that's a possibility. you write her political origin story was not unlike that of millions of other trump supporters. despite having never hinted at an interest in politics, she found herself suddenly because by a feeling, a conviction that despite the distance between trump's gold plate and her own, she knew exactly when she was. he reminded me of most men i know, she said. and then like my dad. i thought that was an interesting line. it's also the case, david, that you heard the crowd's reaction and insurrection line. we're getting this breaking newsf talking points today, and hunter walker reporting this, where a whole bunch of these stacks will be made public. and you just realize the degree to which strain of election hasn't been longer out of congress, right? here is well norman of south carolina. this is on january 17th. this is after the insurrection. this is after the place he says. mark, in sync what's happening so quickly, and we think about the dominion lawsuits attempting to stop any meaningful investigation, and so even their public, our last hope is invoking martial law. please urge the president to do so. and this is not that uncommon among the ranks of the house republicans. >> yeah, chris, that's right. and we have to recognize the seriousness of this and the danger of this. and kind of the disconnect between house republicans and kevin mccarthy, and many others in the party. think of jeff bush, ron desantis, paul ryan, mitch mcconnell, who want to get past all of this. kevin mccarthy is now inviting it closer, and

state is independent, move in that direction. the guy from new hampshire is independent, the guy from new york became independent so i don't thinkything. host: more from politico's reporting, they say cinema, who served three terms in the house and as a state legislature -- legislator says raphael warnock's election victory delighted her, his when will probably take some sting out of her decision for democrats. not that she wants any part in figuring out exactly how many seats they control now that she is out of the democratic party. and it notes she does not attend the democratic caucus meetings that happen every week unlike independent senators bernie sanders and angus king of maine and politico reports she is not sure whether her desk will remain on the democratic side of the senate floor. hi, robert. did you vote for senator sinema? caller: yes i did. host: your reaction this morning ? caller: yeah, the phoenix mesa, by the way, area is equal to three northeastern states in area with a population that grew like 1.6 million over the last 10 years. i do not think most of these people are independent. i have been here since 198

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