any more this year can he make the company well financially. you know people don t believe i mean a lot of investors seem to believe that but you know people i talk to here say it s a kind of a company people want to identify with because of the product it makes because of what it means for the future environmentally friendly it s a great message on mosques so far at least until recently has been a charismatic and likeable leader. and but but but you know he s not shown that he can make money he always says the turnaround is just around the corner but he s not delivering on that ok well let s switch gears. is to calling upon the e.c.b. is meeting next week to discuss its bond buying program the european central bank what we expect. well i think we can expect a message how the exit strategy will work how the e.c.b. will make its way out of bond buying and just sort of normalize monetary policy
sure to the fact that his job is not necessarily guaranteed. so the way it affects the team they start to create a exit strategy, a rescue strategy. they have their charges ready to be filed. they have drafts of reports ready to go in the event they get the word that people are being fired, dismissed. they will press send. it will go to various u.s. attorneys or state attorneys general and they have a plan for that. that s how this kind of pressure is affecting the team. it s a strategy impact. frank figluzzi, thanks for joining us. thank you. for more on mueller s latest court filing, i m joined by harry sen dick and paul butler. anything jump out at, harry. a couple things. number one, there s this appendix a to the brief, beak a listing in one convenient place with bullet points of everything that the mueller team has done. going to your question with
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paying attention to the sort of ambient noise around them, to the attacks by the president and to you know, allegations they haven t found anything or the whole thing s a witch hunt or a year has gone by and it s been too long. do you think that penetrates? a couple things. it s easy for us to say look, the team s keeping their head down marching forward, mission or yenned. here s the reality. everyone around them, the public, their friends, backyard barbecues everybody is saying when will this thing get wrapped up. there s no one that wants this wrapped up more than the special counsel himself. he wants to get this done. and he s very sensitive, i m sure to the fact that his job is not necessarily guaranteed. so the way it affects the team they start to create a exit strategy, a rescue strategy. they have their charges ready to be filed. they have drafts of reports ready to go in the event they get the word that people are being fired, dismissed.
now, are things worse or have they always been this bad? joining us now is michael mcfaul. the former u.s. ambassador to russia. he s author of the very timely new book, from cold war to hot peace: an american ambassador in putin s russia. mr. ambassador, great to see you. great to see you. congratulations on the book. nice to be on the set instead.95 palo alto. it s fleiss nice to have you here. congratulations both on the timing and accomplishment of this. thank you. let me just ask in terms of news right now, putin s sworn in today for another six years. when he was first president it was only a four-year term. correct. now it s six years. this will be his 18th year in office. correct. depending how you count the prime ministership. he essentially seems like he was running the place still while he was prime minister. do you think he ll be in office until he dies some. probably so. he does not have an exit strategy. he does not have a political party. he doesn