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2020, this friday. so buckle, up the crowd source portion of this is getting ready for takeoff, and theres likely more turbulence ahead that does it for us tonight, were gonna see you agai tomorrow now, it is time for the last word with jonathan capehart, i for lawrence hey jonathan >> haley was, yeah i guess were gonna keep the conversation going about donal trump, at the top of our show, so thank you very much for tha handoff. 2020 tie, hasnt been a good year for donald trump. and 20...

Of his elite that their states are directly tethered to president putin, such that they dare not move against him. so, i think hes really trying to take steps to inoculate himself from elite defection. because i think he senses this par is not popular with his elite. and certainly doesnt look to be popular with the russians and russian population. >> i know youre not going to give me anything classified nor would i ask for it but from your days at cia, i want to ask a generic question, how well ...

Miscalculated he has elevated zelenskyy to a world figure leader of democracy. he is giving you prestige and resolve to nato, so two words, ali. elite defection. so is oligarchs have started to speak out against him abramovich, friedman. this is a huge deal. those people are just as transactional as he is. but this shows his power, what he fears, why he did this on this occasion, is not stable. you have reports of russian functionaries, state functionaries resigning. and of course, the protests ...

Domestically could create incentives for putin to try to end this war through negotiations, but its just as likely, if not more likely that putin is going to dig in, really ramp up repression. so i think thats the situation were in, that given his insecurity now and his concern about elite defection, we dont know how putin is going to respond. >> rick, its good to see you in person. >> good to see you. >> going after the oligarchs, how do you go after properties, et cetera, that are so intertwin...