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They have major problems communicating but as you point out, many of these soldiers would have the ability to see it. on its traditional social media sites where they wouldnt have they were over the border in russia. so, you know, when you talk about his -- why people in russia would listen to arnold schwarzenegger, its not just because he is a celebrity. its because of who he is, and he laid out his bond with his hero, the russian body builder in that video. and hes been to russia repeatedly ov...

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 — that tabloid, in 2008, reported allegations that a putin was having an affair with a young gymnast, and in a few days, the tablet was shut down. it was in a couple of weeks of that that alexander and his son started the process of purchasing the newspapers in the uk. the then owner of the newspaper was looking to off—load it because it was a losing enterpri...

About a no—fly zone when he knows they are not going to be given that. but there may be levels beneath that. and it may well be that you hear certain announcements that might suggest that there is going to be a little bit more active a role, but stephanie is right, the last thing you want is annoying a nuclear power. with someone at the helm who is willing to push the button. now compared to brezhnev or gorbachev or any of the former soviet leaders, none of them i suspect were willing to press...

A large chunk of novaya gazeta with gorbachev, and he also bought a smaller tabloid. there is some irony in that, that tabloid in 2008 reported allegations that putin was having an affair with a young gymnast. and within a few days, the tabloid was shut down. and it was really within a couple of weeks of that, alexander and evgeny started the process to buy the evening standard. so when we reported on that deal, for us, it was also about the openness of the british establishment in which we reco...

University students. this was the trip, you know, with gorbachev and also went to the home of the u.s. ambassador in moscow and met with dissidents, how important those trips were on radio free europe. now voice of america has been shut down, but there are ways, as the ambassador says, to get that through. lets hope it does get through because it was so powerful. you think of schwarzenegger and you think of ronald reagan, a former actor, it was beautifully written, beautifully delivered, and the...

Important? >> i think it was important, and its part of a great tradition of american presidents going back to the cold war, to john f. kennedy, speaking directly to russian citizens, to ronald reagan in his great and famous call, "mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall." and people who believe in democracy, we support the russian citizens quest for democracy in their own country. the russian citizens are not our enemy, as president biden said. the yearning of democracy for people in russia is somet...

For again regime change that they had already cleaned up against putin. >> watch ukraine will never be a victory for russia for free people refuse to live in a world of hopelessness . ssdarknessss we will have a different future, a brighter future rooted in democracy and hope and light of decencycy and dignity and freedom of possibilities. for gods sake, this man cannot remain in power. >> make up your mind, joey. now the media got giddy at that moment, even at that time attempting to compare hi...

Putins fault over the last month. listen, were going. to criticize leaders who dont lead and who make us look a bad on the world stage. thats what kamala harris has done regardless of her gender, race, orientation or my of those things. jackie: and, griff, real quick as were watching this play out, this is an administration that continues to act on its heels, right? i think back to the withdrawal from afghanistan, and i think prevention, again, could have been a useful tool there. and so were wa...

Foreign relations richard haass. msnbc contributor, mike barnicle. professor of history at tulane university, walter isaacson. it is great to have you all on board this hour. >> walter, you are a history professor. talk about -- at the top of the show we talked about jfk saying that all free men were citizens of berlin, all free people. ronald reagan at the brandenburg gate saying, mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. this was historic in the 21st century and it wasnt in berlin, no. it has moved ...

Past with cold war presidents like kennedy talking about berlin, oregon saying mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall, we will see if they achieve that kind of moral clarity and resident stirring moment. but it is an important moment, because he does need to take leadership, as he has been in these last few weeks of the western alliance. he made it clear that this kind of, you know, territorial aggression by russia is not acceptable under any circumstances. he has to lead the world and making it cle...