not. >> putin also embodied a return to an authoritarian past. shutting down press freedoms, banishing independent oligarchs and consolidating power in his own hands. >> i think yeltsin probably would have been turning in his grave because did he not want russia to go back. >> yet the two very different men may end up sharing a similar fate, picking a successor who promises no criminal prosecution. >> under the newly revised constitution that might not be until the year 2036. bret? >> bret: steve, thank you. part 2 tomorrow. up next, the panel talks president biden the nato summit is meeting wednesday with vladimir putin stand by. first beyond our borders tonight. as the operators of a chinese nuclear plant near hong kong say the facility is dealing with a performance issue. but they say it's currently operating within safety limits following a report of a potential radioactive leak there. radiation levels in hong kong,