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lost. after the laughable landscaping company press conference. even after the attack on our nations capital. no. instead it is escalating. that anti-democratic cancer is metastasizing. just look at pennsylvania today. the two high-profile races for the open -- and the governors mansion and -- have huge implications for both the commonwealth and the nation at large. as they do every year. the editorial board of the philadelphia inquirer, one of the nations biggest newspapers, in a cruc...

it is escalating. that anti-democratic cancer is metastasizing. just look at pennsylvania today. the two high-profile races for the open large. as they do every year. the editorial board of the philadelphia inquirer, one of the nations biggest newspapers, in a crucial swing state wanted to endorse a republican candidate for those races. but they couldnt. they write that they sent every republican candidate in the senate race a survey to see where they stood on a number of issues. but t...

To confirm. either way, you could understand the backdrop of this trial as the violence continues to wage in this country. >> wow. thank you very much for that report live from kyiv. joining us now is richard stengel, -- in the obama administration. he is also an msnbc political analyst. the kremlin is upset at the prospect of finland and sweden joining nato. now the u. s. has come out and support of them becoming members. how do you think this changes putins calculus, since nato expansion as th...

Surprise, which they would not be here because the invasion that ended up of the annexation of crimea, they would see what the sanctions would be ahead of time in hoping that changes putins calculous. theres also a sense of the reaction in 2014 was too mild and that perhaps it was too mild after the ma nipulation, or the effort to manipulate the election in 2016 -- >> this is cnn breaking news. >> we break away to bring you breaking news. theres a decision made in the djokovic case. i think a lo...

Located. attacking forces job flares like this all the time. its the height of recklessness to drop it on a nuclear facility. >> so, watching what were watching, do you think that i knew this changes putins calculus going forward? >> no, not at all. hes been, so far, completely impervious to sanctions and treaties to stop. i think you will continue until he does exactly what he wants to accomplish, and that is to secure and control all of ukraine. then, until that line, there is going to be a lo...

Not at all. as a matter of fact, if you look at the video. i can probably tell you with some assurance exactly what that light is thats coming down. it is, one of the flares that the russians have dropped on the area. so that from an aircraft above, and from the ground below, russian forces can see exactly where the ukrainian forces are located. attacking forces dropped flares like this all the time. at the height of recklessness, to drop it on a nuclear facility. >> so watching what were watchi...

Putin in the corner will reach for some dramatic act. >> thats why theyre watching so carefully every word he said and how cornered sometimes he sounds lashing out against his own citizens for the western mindsets. the u.s. treasury will allow russia to pay the dollars they need on the $117 million in interest from the frozen assets. default avoided for now. the russian economy is a wreck. >> it is, and, you know, you can only use this card a few times. so im not sure how theyre going to manage ...

0 where it is just after 8 am this morning. all eyes are being trained on the largest nuclear power plant in all of europe. the powers in ukraine, russian forces have been shelling the area around the russian power plant. civilian footage captured some kind of flash near the ground. law officials said that started the shelling at the power plant. the fire was not near any of the reactors or nuclear equipment. -- because it has since been put out. that fire did cause an overnight freak out, not j...