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To guarantees? what does your crane get for giving us their nukes? security guarantees? on the offense would seem to invite russia to come back and take more chunks of ukraine. >> there is an offramp. not an offramp but a weapon that can be used against boudin. to explain that women, let me explain why president zelenskyy feels comfortable. thats because of nearly 2 million angry ukrainians running him in kyiv. thats the best security. look, while everyone is assessing their military strategy, t...

On in this mans mind, all im saying is that you can look back through russian history and there are many people that have studied the soviet union and russia that say this has been going on for 300 years. >> uh-huh. >> i would say though at the same time theres also mikhail gorbachev who tried to create a society with greater liberties, greater opportunities for its people. thats part of the pictures is that gorbachev and that kind of view is viewed by putin and his cronies in the kgb and beyond...

Yourself as a liberal or western leaning figures. thats what a lot of early oligarchs did. in russia alexander bought a large chunk of a paper with gorbachev. and he also bought a smaller tabloid. there is some irony in that tabloid because in 2008 it reported allegations that a putin was having an affair with a young gymnast and in a few days the tabloid was shut down. it was within a couple of weeks of that that alexander and his son started the process of purchasing the evening standard. for ...

Decision and how did you read the way they bought into the british media? it is much more than a business decision. as a kind of strategy survival for oligarchs. you need more than wealth — you need some way of buying influence and promoting yourself as a liberal western leading figure. thats what a lot of oligarchs did. in russia alexander bought a large chunk of a paper with gorbachev. and he also bought a smaller tabloid. there is some irony in that tabloid because in 2008 it reported alleg...

Moment. >> if you see peace, if you seek prosperity for the soviet union and eastern europe, if you seek liberalization, come leer to this gate. gorbachev teared down this wall in 2001 unimaginable right here in american soil september 11th george w. bush rising to the occasion exuding this strength our nation needed. >> i can hear you. ♪ ♪ i can hear you, the rest of the world hears you and the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon. [applause] >> usa -- great mome...

Reagan presidential foundation and institute has just awarded president zelenskyy with the ronald reagan freedom award for his courageous fight against tyranny and for his stance for freedom and democracy. the first resep -- recipient of that award was gorbachev. >> john: the white house briefing scheduled to start a few minutes from now, they have been pushing it back all afternoon long, the biden administration is considering coordinated action on russian oil. peter doocy, coordinated and the ...

13.6 billion that has been signed by president biden, passed by congress, signed by president biden. but, obviously, zelenskyy, president zelenskyy is going to ask for more. probably be thankful and express gratitude but going to ask for more for ukraine. >> yeah. he is going to ask for a no-fly zone. and we should have a no-fly zone. but we cant have a no-fly zone. because we disabled ourselves. the $13 billion, fine. but we also see that that country is being mowed down by the russians. i was ...

Ensure that the eu was ready to go along with the next step in sanctions. i think this is a key moment for him. i cant think of a summit that has as high stakes as this nato summit will have. you have to go back to reagans first meeting with gorbachev to have something like the drama of this moment for the stakes involved. is this group going to be able to redefine security and to confront vladimir putin. >> does the white house see this objective for this meeting in those broad terms, maybe rel...

Moment. >> if you see peace, if you seek prosperity for the soviet union and eastern europe, if you seek liberalization, come leer to this gate. gorbachev teared down this wall in 2001 unimaginable right here in american soil september 11th george w. bush rising to the occasion exuding this strength our nation needed. >> i can hear you. ♪ ♪ i can hear you, the rest of the world hears you and the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon. [applause] >> usa -- great mome...

Somehow broadcasting on internet because the young people there, many of them are interviewed -- >> so can i ask you about them, though? i think -- because this is the thing that captures everyone around the world. that is incredibly brave, and i dont know how many people would have the willingness to do that and risk going to prison for 15 years or who knows what? it is incredible that theyre willing to do that. >> absolutely. it is, as i said, they are real heros and look at this, if you could...