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American philosopher, william james. >> im glad you brought up nato, because you tweeted, earlier this week that you believe nato is what provoked russia into invading ukraine. as you know, that is the argument president putin made, makes, and one that the u.s. forcefully rejects. i know that you dont think the u.s. should be involved. but if you got elected, what would you accept in terms of a cease-fire in ukraine? >> one, i have my massive critiques of putin. theres no doubt about it. but wer...

Nations. we dont need to be the grand empire that every nation has to bow down to. im anti-empire, anti-imperialist in that sense, very much like mark twain and william james. >> im glad you brought up nato because you tweeted earlier this week that you believe nato is what provoked russia into invading ukraine. as you know, that is the argument president putin makes and one the u.s. forcefully rejects. you know, i know that you dont think the u.s. should be involved, but if you got elected, wha...

Tumbling down. >> im pat buchanan, the conservative on crossfire. >> the american people appreciated television. they certainly came to cnn in droves. >> mr. gorbachev and i both agree on the desirability of freer and more extensive personal contact between the peoples of the soviet union and the united states. >> we began to realize that the best way to get a message to a foreign leader was to have the president go into the rose garden and make a statement, because everybody was watching cnn. >...

He was sent off into a penal colony, which is in a siberian part of russia, very forested, extreme weather conditions and also extreme hard labor. and at that time he really actually embraced that hard labor. he wanted to better himself and, during that process, he became well-read. >> after nearly a decade behind bars, prigozhin was released just as the soviet union was collapsing. >> president gorbachev accepted the inevitability and then signed the death certificate of the soviet empire. >> t...

Street. >> he and two other friends followed this young woman home, stripped her of her boots, nearly strangled her to death, and took her belongings. he was sent off into a penal colony, which is a siberian part of russia, very forested, extreme weather conditions and also extreme hard labor. and at that time he really actually embraced that hard labor. he wanted to better himself and, during that process, he became well read. >> after nearly a decade behind bars, prigozhin was released just as...

Kind of hard to follow. >> hes trying to make a logical argument, but hes combating a conspiracy theory. >> yes. >> so theres that. but hes also -- in his super pac, his supporters are trying to pivot to territory that i think is more solid ground for pence. watch this. >> america doesnt stand with thugs and dictators. we confront them -- or at least we used to. >> mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. >> there can be no room in the leadership of the republican party for apologists for putin, ther...

People talk about in russia to describe power in that -- in that structure is clans. not parties and civic organizations and constituency, but clans. clans within the fsb. clans within the interior ministry and within the defense ministry and all the rest and there are factions and there are -- theres no raving liberals, and thats for sure, but the difference between the temp temperament in the fsb, but i dont think we should sit around waiting for gorbachev, much less sakerov to e merging post-...

What fight between clans are going to happen. and as david said, it is not going to be -- it doesnt look like gorbachev or crush chufa could be part of that. and the fsb, the rme, the clandestine services and these are not pretty people. so for now, for all of the clans, it is convenient to have putin an that is the sort of his power. so he kind of takes them one against another and stays on. and so in this sense, actually, the stalemate war is convenient for him because as long as he fights tha...

Objectives in the war in ukraine? >> it is for putin, david also mentioned about gangster state which putin -- the relationship are very gangstery so hes in charge sort of the robert deniro in his best roles and we do know when power shows weakness, when it kind of goes and even if theyre fighting amongst themselves theyre still needing that icon in front of them and that picture in front of them because they dont know who among them is going to win. so the man on top is a very useful tool for t...

Very much. so i want to go now to the former u.s. ambassador to the russian federation john sullivan. and the russian investigative journalist whose site has been blocked in russia. and the retired u.s. army brigadier peter zwack. so thanks very much to all of you. ambassador, let me start with you with what fred was saying. if surovikin has indeed been detained and they hadnt seen him since friday. his wife says he hasnt come home from work yet today. what will happen to him, ambassador? >> wel...