another hour of velshi live from lviv begins right now. ns right now >> good morning, it is sunday april the 10th. day 46 of the war in ukraine. it is four in the afternoon, here in the western ukrainian city of lviv. i'm ali velshi and, after several weeks encircled by russian troops, the capital region of kyiv is now safe enough for world leaders to visit. yesterday afternoon, the president of the united kingdom, boris johnson, made an unannounced trip to kyiv to meet with the ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy in person. johnson reiterated the united kingdom's commitment to ukraine, and announced that his country will be supplying ukraine with 120 armored vehicles and new anti ship missile systems. in addition to the hundred $30 million in military aid that was announced yesterday. in a news release, zelenskyy said, quote, the visit is a manifestation of strong, significant, constant support by the united kingdom for. ukraine we appreciate it and we'll remember it. johnson's visit is the latest sign of how support for the uranium p

it is the featured book on today's velshi banned book club.has been censored and banned. a group of parents in minnesota removed the children from an english class, entirely, over it. a teacher in missouri was effectively fired over a lesson plan surrounding the book. the mother of a soft march to school a high school in north carolina defended her own calls to ban the book by citing, quote, a lot of language in a lot of sexual endo. for, reference the first chapter of your mind contains about five curse words in a couple of slaying references to teen intimacy. i am pretty sure the average tenth grade student here is more than that between classes. moreover, the book is written in marketed for a 14 and up audience. it is age appropriate. this is a pattern that we see again and again. a pair of lamps profanity or sex, but the reality is more like this. they want to see the world changing. and the very existence of books like your martin prove that the world is already a different place. sometimes these parents or school boards call for a differ

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i'm maria kumar filling in for ali velshi. russia's invasion of ukraine has been raging for 52 days and no sign of it letting up. explosions rocked a district on the outskirts of kyiv and one person was killed in an attack and several others injured. the mayor added that casualties were so far unknown. russia's offense ministry is vowing to increase missile strikes on kyiv after the sinking of the moskva vessel. u.s. officials claim it was hit by two missiles while russia claims a fire broke out on the ship. this comes amid the horrifying discover of 900 bodies following russia's withdrawal from an area. most of the civilians were executed and bodies abandoned in the streets. overall the united nations has recorded 4,633 civilian casualties in the country so far and that number is climbing. russia's bombardment of the key port of mariupol has left the city in ruins. the city has been able to with stand the kremlin's attack this far, weapons and supply shortages could weaken the resistance efforts. the governor said the city ha

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another hour of velshi begins right now. f velshi begin right now. here on the west coast, i am ali velshi. jot down the state. june 9th. 40 days from now, that is when the house select committee investigating the january 6th insurrection is scheduled to begin its long awaited public hearing. detailing the findings of its nearly year long investigation. committee members have been teasing these hearings since the beginning of the year. this is the first time we received any details about the committee's plans. the chairman of the committee, bennie thompson, told reporters that the panel is scheduled to hold eight hearings. these will begin on june 9th. some of these hearings are taking place during prime time hours. witnesses will be called. many exhibits will be presented that we've together a narrative of what led to the insurrection. democratic congressman, and january six committee member jamie raskin said, quote, it will really blow the roof off the house. the committee is setting the bar high for what people can expect to come out of these hear

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i'm ali velshi.ekend i'm in lviv, the largest city in western ukraine that's operated as a hub for millions of people in other parts of the country seeking refuge. i want to begin with what's happening in russia. in the pre-dawn hours on friday morning two ukrainian helicopters carried out an attack in russia that destroyed an oil depot in the russian town of belgorod which is roughly 25 miles inside russian territory. ukraine initially said it could neither confirm or deny that claim and nbc news has confirmed that ukrainian forces were responsible for this attack. it's the first time that ukraine has carried out an offensive attack on russia on russian territory in the 38 days of this war. russia is saying it was an act of significant escalation that could complicate peace talks within the two countries which is kind of wild given that russia invaded this country unprovoked, but the brazen attack piloted by ukrainian helicopters in russian airspace is one of a series of significant victories in con

i'm ali velshi. as new evidence comes to, light it is becoming increasingly clear that the failed former president did not act alone in his attempt to overthrow democracy. and cling to power, after losing to the 2020 election. brand new evidence filed in federal court this weekend by the house select january six committee suggests a slew of republican members of congress helped the ex president to devise a strategy to overturn the election results, back in december of 2020. deposition excerpts filed by the committee suggest that some of the twice impeached ex presidents most loyal stooges in congress were frequently present in meetings, where strategies about how to prevent joe biden from taking office were discussed. some of these names might sound familiar. according to key testimony from cassidy hutchison, an ex aide to the chief of staff, mark meadows. gop lawmakers who attended meetings in person or on the phone included the pennsylvania congressman scott perry, the texas congressman louis glimm

yesterday, he spoke with ali velshi from moscow. today, vladimir kara-murza was arrested,za seized by the russi authorities, it was first reported by russian dissident, later k by the boris nemtstov foundation which mr. kara-murza leads, taken by russian authority, his where-abouts tonight are unknown. when he spoke with ali just yesterday, i don't want to say he knew it was comingye but he knew he was in russia at this time still speaking his mind. and he was eyes open facing it head-on. >> are you worried about speaking out against the russian government and against this war and invasion from russia? >> the overall price, the overall cost, we also know that there are millions of people in russia who categorically oppose putin, everything he is doing, both in terms of domestic aggression and in terms of external aggression and many peopleex in our country who wan our country to be a normal moral democratic european state and i think it would be very demoralizing for us, who are the public faces of pro-democracy and the opposition w

i am a velshi.morning, we will go back in time to talk about a tiny place in eastern europe that could become key to the war that is now ranging across ukraine. geographically, transnistria is a in area in eastern moldova. it is looking between the east and the west and the ukrainian border in the east. the area encompassing transnistria and present a model that was touched taken by the soviet union in the early part of world war ii. it was then captured by the access powers and controlled by romania for a period of time. it was taken once again by the soviets in 1944, becoming the moldovan soviet socialist republic. months before the official end of the soviet union in august of 1991, moldova declared independence. it gained formal recognition as an independent state by the united nations on march the 2nd, 1992. also, on march 2nd 1992, following months of clashes, unarmed and bloody conflict erupted between moldovans and transnistria forces who wanted to remain post-soviet russia. they were backed

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yesterday, he spoke with ali velshi from moscow. today vladimir kara-murza was arrested by the authorities. it was first reported by dissident champion by the boris them sun foundation which he leads. mr. kara-murza was taken earlier today by russian authorities. his whereabouts tonight are unknown. when he spoke with ali just yesterday, i don't want to say that he knew it was coming, but he knew it was and russia at this time still speaking his mind. and he was eyes open, facing it head on. >> are you worried about speaking out against the russian government, and against this foreign invasion from russia? >> we all know the price, we all know the cost. we also know that there are millions of people in russia. many of them that are opposing the regime, both in terms of domestic oppression on terms of war. there are many people in russia who run our country and they wanted to be a normal, democratic, european state,. i think will be very demoralizing for us who are public faces of the pro democracy movement if we'll just leave the co

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i am velshi and i can join.ebook and other social media sites to post lengthy updates about the war. but yesterday, one short and succinct update shared by ukraine's deputy defense minister spoke volumes. quote, or pain, luka, host amal, and the whole kyiv region were liberated from the invader. today, we are learning more about the extent of the horrors that putin and -- have committed against the ukrainian people. after 39 days of surprising resilience and defiance to get one of the biggest armies in the, world ukrainians have successfully -- the seat of the country's democracy, at least for the moment. ukrainian soldiers rollback in these areas in the ukraine flag was amounted on their tanks as the russian military retreated from contested towns of them insult for much of the past month. but any celebration of the liberation of kyiv's overshot about what the russians have done for those towns. before we go, on i must warn, you once we are going to see, even the descriptions of what we are going to see, are gr

but it's not just ali velshi who's talking this way.it's all over cable news, all over cable news and certainly all over msnbcthth. here's retired army major called john spencer calling for american troops to start shooting russians right away. i know what i'm saying.ed i served for twenty five years. i served to protect the innocent. we arere the leaders ofhe the fe world. so yes, in my wife still serves i don't speak for her but i'm ready to commit atmi this moment unlike i was before this dayfo to put people in direct contact with russiaca to stopll russia called ital peacekeeping. call it what you willl. we have to do more than provide weapons. and by we , i mean the unitedoi states. ngas yes, we're going to do it as a coalition with lots of other people. but we are the example. so put boots on the ground, send weapons directly at russia . so the misconceptions here really deep. so here's a guy who after twenty five years telling us with a straight face he served in the u.s. army to quote protect the innocent. buted it th he didn't

i'm ali velshi.t with the house select january 6th committee out with damning new allegations against the failed former president's inner circle. in an overnight court filing the panel alleges that donald trump's former and final chief of staff, mark meadows, was told that plans to try to overturn the 2020 election using so-called alternate electors were not legally sound and that the events of january 6th could turn violent, but meadows pushed forward with the rally anyway. during a march deposition, cassidy hutchinson, a white house aide in meadows' office told investigators that she knew meadows received information warning that there could be violence on january 6th, but she wasn't sure what he did with that information. the committee is putting forward this evidence in an attempt to persuade a federal judge to throw out meadows' suit against the panel and to force him to comply with its subpoenas, but as the committee battles with one of the failed ex-president's loyalists, it may soon turn its

i'm ali velshi.other parts of the country seeking refuge. i want to begin with what's happening in russia. in the pre-dawn hours on friday morning two ukrainian helicopters carried out an attack in russia that destroyed an oil depot in the russian town of belgorod which is roughly 25 miles inside russian territory. ukraine initially said it could neither confirm or deny that claim and nbc news has confirmed that ukrainian forces were responsible for this attack. it's the first time that ukraine has carried out an offensive attack on russia on russian territory in the 38 days of this war. russia is

another hour of "velshi" from lviv, ukraine, begins right now ♪♪ ♪♪ >>> good morning.aturday, april the 9th. day 45 of the war in ukraine. i'm ali velshi in lviv in western ukraine, but we begin this morning on the other side of the country in the eastern city of kramatorsk where russian-backed separatists had been in conflict with the rest of ukraine since 2014, prior to russia's unprovoked invasion 45 days ago and it's also where russia has a stronghold and where it says it plans to refocus its effort after retreating from the kyiv region. this was the scene at the train station at the beginning of march. ukrainians had swarmed here in the past 45 days trying to escape their war-torn towns. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy had warned to leave the region before the conflict worsened as they expected it to do. so they had tried to leave urgently. this was the scene earlier this week. a busy hub with thousands of people waiting there at any given time for a chance to board the next train out of eastern ukraine. it was a very different scene there now, but before

[ding] e*trade now from morgan stanley. >>> we're back with ali velshi at the table.country through those things, but zelenskyy's bond with the country, you were there as it was being formed. tell me about that. >> it was -- they were going through the same experience the rest of the world was with zelenskyy. they didn't really know who he was. he wasn't taken seriously in all quarters, and even for people who voted for him or who didn't, they thought he might be interesting. he wasn't corrupt, and corruption was a serious issue in ukraine. but they didn't really necessarily think he was up to it. and they definitely didn't think he was up to a battle with vladimir putin. he has surprised a lot of people, including his detractors, and people don't lie about it in ukraine. i ran into a lot of people whoks, i didn't vote for him, but boy, does he impress me. he's got people lined up in many cases to put their lives on the line for their country. he's created a national pride that obviously people had, but he has articulated it to the world. he is the face of ukraine, a

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joining me from lviv is ali velshi and maxine, a mariupol city council member. ali, we seem to be reporting on what appear to be war crimes every day at this point. what is the point at this stage of russia's denials because nobody is listening? >> reporter: actually, some people are. that's the problem. in fact, i had a conversation with a number of young people in lviv whose parents live in russia or crimea. russia not only denied responsibility but came up with two different theories why ukrainians why it was responsible. it was meant to give the west what it wants with weaponry and the other one is it's a ukrainian launched missile that didn't hit the target between the russians and ukrainians in eastern ukraine. both of those arguments are non-sense but so are the arguments about how the russians, the ukrainians killed civilians in bucha. it's having impact on russian citizens and conspiracy theory circles in the united states and remember, there are still some very, very powerful and populous countries in the world still on russia eastside of this. india a

ali velshi, thank you so much. i want to turn now and bring in the advisory to bucha's mayor, this lady evacuated with her six-year-old son to germany on march 4th. where she is not coordinating humanitarian efforts. thank you for joining us this evening, this morning where you are. i can't imagine with this has been like. do you still have friends and family who are there in wichita? >> yes, there are still a lot of people in bucha. their mayor asked everybody who was able to leave then the city without water, without electricity, without any mobile connection to come back. to help bring life in the city. because we chose very modern, very fashionable suburb near kyiv. very close to kyiv. there's a lot of young families, with lots of kids. but now, yesterday, my colleagues found an explosion scene inside one of the schools. they are doing the mining job, and they are collecting bodies now to e make the city clean after the russian crimes. russians, they were killing men and women. we saw some killed kids. it looks

ali velshi, thank you so much for joining us tonight. with that, i want to bring in this evenings experts. eric schmidt, covering international security. he won a pulitzer prize for his coverage. we also the former chief of staff at the cia in the pentagon. and julia, she is the senior policy adviser for europe at the treasury department where she focused specifically on sanctions now she's the deputy director for the atlantic council. eric, talk to us about the status for the focus on the east. what is the ukrainian government tying civilians to do there? >> as i said in his report is now, we see a group of russian forces north of kyiv, as many as 40, 000, have basically fallen back into russia and belarus to re-arm and regroup there. it is unclear when they will move out again, but the pentagon believes they will move to the east. because of that and because of a threat of a major offensive by russia there, ukrainian officials are time people in the east that it is time to get out, it is time to flee the destruction and mayhem that the

i'm maria kumar filling in for ali velshi.the outskirts of kyiv and one person was killed in an attack and several others injured. the mayor added that casualties o

♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ on the second day of russia's invasion of ukraine nearly six weeks ago, my colleague ali velshikrainian minister of culture from his car early in the morning in the suburbs of kyiv. russian troops are closing in. there had already been attacks on our purchase outside the city. the ukrainian minister still showed this amazing moment of defiance. >> you do not feel that they will succeed in taking out your administration and government? >> no way. >> will you do if they occupy kyiv, whatever your contingency plans? will you go west to lviv? will you form a government in exile at the russians force you to? >> they will never take kyiv. >> that is as decisive statement as we can expect. >> it is not 40 days later. so far, he has not been proven incorrect. the russians have not taken the capital city. today, a senior u.s. defense official says u.s. says russian forces have completely withdrawn from cities of kyiv and chernihiv but warned they could still pivot back. courtney kube of nbc news joins us now from the pentagon. let's start -- i remember seeing that and thinking that is th

ali velshi picks up right now. intensifies along a 300 mile front. >>> plus audio clips exposing lies told by top republicans are now leaking at a furious pace. what the new tapes tell us about the role that donald trump may have played in the capitol hill insurrection and why key players in the scandal are still lying about what they said on tape. >>> and a dangerous and little known front on the assault on abortion rights. how republican lawmakers are now specifically targeting rape and incest victims. and what's different about a series of stunning union victories and why they

ali velshi, you have just described the big flaw in this world order the u.n.supposed to preside over. it's a gentleman's agreement. if there are people opposite of gentleman and willing to flout the rules, there is no law enforcement mechanism. sounds like the united states constitution, unenforceable norms. thank you very much, my friend. stay safe. >>> joining me now is linda thomas greenfield, maam ambassador, thank you for being here. let me get your reaction in the room when the harrowing video was played. i know there was a delay of the atrocities we've seen in ukraine as perpetrated by the military. >> you know, we were all speechless. we had all seen various videos showing atrocities but they all covered up the real, you know, the real people that were there. they were all blurred. this was the first time i seen that video without the bodies being blurred. it was horrific. there was silence in the room. i can tell you that people were horrified and it was an extraordinarily effective message to give to the security counsel to confirm the atrocities tha

msnbc host ali velshi takes a deep dive into the region turbulent history of lviv, which is maintainingy of lviv has been a safe haven in ukraine during russia's invasion for government embassies, people fleeing, the fighting in the eastern part of the country, even coming here from kyiv. many of us reporters who are covering the war. even, now the city has maintained most of its vibrant cosmopolitan culture. i has been here for almost a week now, and i have learned a lot about its rich, if turbulent history. it is quiet right now in lviv, because ukraine is under martial law. and there is a curfew all night. but when the sun rises, this vibrant, stunningly beautiful city remembers that it has been through this before. lviv has gone through many names over the centuries, and it is believed to have been for settled in the century by pro lab tribes. it was officially founded in 12:50 by prince daniel of galicia. the prince named the city after his son, lev, which in the centuries have morphed into lviv. but in 1261, the 11 year old city was invaded by the mongols, who are said to have ord

with ali velshi right now. good evening ali, before i hand over the show to you my friend, i have to say, what you did in hungary, poland, ukraine, over the past few weeks was a master class of journalism. i want to thank you on behalf of a lot of us. thank you and thanks for all the opportunity you gave me to report from there into your show. i'm looking for to see you on sunday. you have yourself as much of a good weekend as you can get. thank you to you at home for joining us this hour. i want to tell you the story of one american, like many americans, retired at the age of 65. he announced at the end of september 2015, by the end of the following month, he was gone. to say he took the retirement like a fish takes the water would be an understatement of historic proportions. >> this morning, i am formed my colleagues that i would resign from the speakership and resigned from congress by the end of october. >> after years at the center of republican politics, house speaker john boehner step down in 2015. sinc

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ali velshi starts right now. >> today on velshi, new details about how much help a certain failed formernd american democracy. plus, president volodymyr zelenskyy says the u.s. secretaries of state and defense are expected to visit ukraine today in a show of support for the embattled nation. but he says they should not come empty handed. we've got eyes on kyiv, we're going to bring you the very latest. and, because fossil fuels are so key to vladimir putin's grip on global power, his unprovoked attack on ukraine has jump-started a crucial conversation about climate change. the washington state government jay inslee joined president bi

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joining me now is msnbc anchor and correspondent ali velshi in lviv.re seeing images that are almost unreal. it's armageddon-like images and for putin to dare to say we're not seeing what we're seeing, it's outrageous. what are you seeing and what are you hearing in lviv? >> reporter: and i have to say, it's not just vladimir putin, it's being reflected in conspiracy theory u.s. based media. the idea we not only have proof, we don't really know what happened. we don't know who killed these people and satellite imagery that shows these bodies were there before the russians left. so this idea the russians left and then somehow ukrainians came in and killed these people, it's remarkable. that's been proved and now the conspiracy theorists, including russia say the people that take the satellite images are u.s. defense contractors so it's -- the problem is people are bearing witness. you'll speak to a member of parliament and seen people in there who have taken videos, not just the ones you're seeing on tv independently they sent videos of dead bodies on t

what is happening in ukraine, in your view, ali velshi?uld like it to end. but nobody can trust what's happening. the tv that they get here, the propaganda that they get here is russian propaganda. they know it's not true, because they're hearing what the russians are saying is happening in this country, and it's just not what's actually happening on the ground, so as much as people want peaceful solutions, they look to istanbul last week for those negotiations, they're hoping for some sort of peaceful solution. they're not getting it right now. and they are emboldened by the fact that their small military and their much smaller than russian country has held off an invasion that all intelligence suggested would be done sometime within a week. it's now almost 40 days. so, there's a great deal of pride, but there's a great deal of sorrow and sadness, and these pictures this weekend have brought a pall of sadness over this country that i haven't seen prior to this. >> ali, i cheered your tweet defending the need to cover it, and your coverage

ali velshi has the rachel maddow show. >> i'm joining you from the ukranian city of lviv tonight.ut 300 miles from here in the city of bucha it snowed yesterday, this was a ukrainian man and woman standing with a soldier inwo bucha yesterday, discovering a site of a mass grave asdi the flurries fell around them. they embraced each other while they wept. here is something about these image, these look on their face how the site of that mass grave knocked the wind out of them so hard, that they had to sit on the ground. it encapsulates the global

the "the rachel maddow show" with ali velshi begins right now. >>> i'm joining you again tonight from the city of lviv, in ukraine. and here in lviv sits one of the oldest cemeteries in europe. it dates to 1887. in addition to holding the graves of some ukraine's most celebrated artists and politicians it also holds the graves of ukrainian soldiers for many, many centuries since the city's founding. there were uprightings against the russian empire veterans of world war i and world war ii were dwrooukians and russians fought together to deliver ukraine from nazi occupation. now the cemetery is a resting place for an evergrowing number of soldiers who have died in the current for ukraine. dozens of others buried there in recent week. and even as the military dead are put to rest in a central square here in lviv, earlier tonight, hundreds of candles were lit to honor civilians killed in the russian invasion of this country. civilians whose bodies are now being recovered in towns where russian forces were withdrawn. civilians that have not had the dignity of a funeral. many not even a bu

described the kremlin as a regime of murderers and on sunday spoke to my friend and colleague ali velshi about the importance of vocal descent in russia. >> i could just tell you on a personal level, not a single day goes by without somebody approaching on the street shaking my hand here in moscow. saying thank you for what you're doing and these are the people who are more afraid to do that. there are many, many people in russia who opposed in aggression as much as people in the free world do and that's an important message to remember. >> his arrest should come as no surprise because this is how putin stifles descent. he locks up people who call out his false narratives. alexi navalny and rival political leader was slapped with an additional nine years in prison after being found guilty on new trumped up charges. meanwhile, three americans remain in russian prisons on questionable charges, trever reed, brittney griner and paul whalen. joining me now is vladimir kazma's wife. thank you for being here. >> thank you very much for having me her for giving me this opportunity to speak out o

the russian opposition figure has been arrested in russia after doing an interview here with ali velshi and another with cnn about the russian wore. as we reported, vladimir kara-murza. russia says they're holding him for 15 days. i'm not sure anybody is expecting to see him after 15 days. but that is what the russians are going to do. today is the second day reported that russian forces have used a chemical of some kind on an attack on ukrainian forces and civilians in the city of mariupol. those reports remain unconfirmed. even the reports with what the responsibility if those reports are confirmed. or if russia otherwise does make some start of move to start making chemical or biological agents. as traditional or military efforts again have failed. samantha power started her career as a journalist and war correspondent. she won a pulitzer prize which she called the problem from hell. she then became a senior advisor to candidate obama and then president obama. president obama named her america's ambassador to the united nations. samantha power serves pled president biden to the usaid

ali velshi has the rachel maddow show. >> i'm joining you from the ukranian city of lviv tonight. about 300 miles from here in the city of bucha it snowed yesterday, this was a ukrainian man and woman standing with a soldier inwo bucha yesterday, discovering a site of a mass grave asdi the flurries fell around them. they embraced each other while they wept. here is something about these image, these look on their face how the site of that mass grave knocked the wind out of them so hard, that they had to sit on the ground. it encapsulates the global reaction to the images we started to receive out of ukrainest this weekend. the city of bucha is a suburb of ukraine'sof capital about, 37,0 people live there,ab and it was one of the first cities in ukraine to fall after russia launched its full scale unprovoked invasion of ukraine. it had been under control when troops suddenly pulled out of bucha and the entire kyiv region after sustaining heavy losses and at first that was heralded as good news by the ukrainians who were watching russia entering retreat mode. until ukraine and the r

the "the rachel maddow show" with ali velshi begins right now. >>> i'm joining you again tonight fromhe city of lviv, in ukraine. and here in lviv sits one of the oldest cemeteries in europe. it dates to 1887. in addition to holding the graves of some ukraine's most celebrated artists and politicians it also holds the graves of ukrainian soldiers for many, many centuries since the city's founding. there were uprightings against the russian empire

. >> our own ali velshi spoke to him yesterday. how significant is this potential arrest? >> well, it is hugely significant. vladimir kara-murza is one of the major voices criticizing putin from within russia. almost everyone else is scared to do that. he is trying to show that they should all do that. and being arrested is a very scary thing. we know bad things happen to people, enemies of the putin regime who were arrested. i have big fears for what may come next. the power of putin's wrath is on the world stage. you know first i noticed like to be targeted by him in the wartime. given where he is now, how concerned are you? >> it's terribly concerning, i was like having dinner with vladimir kara-murza two weeks ago when he was in london. i begged him not to go to russia. and he said, i have to go because if i'm asking the people of russia to stand up to putin, how tightly afraid to go? and i said, it's a war. we're at war with them. there's nothing anyone can do. if you are arrested, and they decide to go after you. but he chose to go. and it says a lot about him as a b