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Almost zero elected republicans will admit that trump is weak. even trumps primary rivals wont speak ill of him. the only one whos come even close is chris christie, who has been quite honestly out of office for five years and is really a pariah within the republican party. hes got absolutely nothing to lose at this moment. >> how are we going to nominate someone who is under two sets of criminal charges now? >> and thats the problem for trump. lets be clear, he still has a vise-like grip on the...

In france, which is kind of cyclical, weve seen it several times over the years, is notoriously hard to put down. so the government has said that they could consider introducing a state of emergency with sweeping powers and laws to impose curfews and order people to stay inside. for the moment, they havent done so. they have said they will deploy some armored vehicles, requisitioned from the french military and various cities, and there are about 40,000 police officers stationed in french towns ...

The events of the last nine days in russia have left many questions. first and foremost, how firm is president vladimir putins grip on power today? to answer that and much more ive asked david remnick to join me here in new york and nina kruscheva joins us from moscow and beginning in 1988 he spent four years in moscow reporting for "the washington post." his first book on russia received the pulitzer prize and it is called lennin ins tomb, the last days of the soviet empire. nina is the profess...

Starting a new revolution, defending russia from all enemies. putin does the same thing. but it was more of kind of insidious nationalism with some -- with a lot of militants but most is outside of russia so in this sense the choice, of course, would be for futin. and i was walking around moscow on saturday during the mutiny and people were saying quite openly, whatever we think of putin, i still want my boy to go to school. he doent want him to be a child soldier. so in this sense putin has con...

Contr control-driven, but most of it is outside russia. so in this sense, the choice, of course, would be for putin and i was walking around moscow especially on saturday during the mutiny and people were saying quite openly whatever we think of putin i still want my child to go to school and i dont want him to be a soldier and he consolidated -- putd in, has not lost his grip on power, at least not in the near-term. of course, we know from russian history things can change at any moment and dav...

Doug, former president donald trump held a massive rally in south carolina this weekend. laura forsman officials estimate around 15,000 people arrived to see trump yesterday afternoon. he showed up hours before he was expected to speak on a blazing day with temperatures into the 90s. it was a show of force in the home state of two of trumps opponents, former governor nikki haley and senator tim scott. another native son, senator lindsey graham, was met with resounding boos in his own backyard, w...

Losing the 21st century. go to cnn.com/fareed for a link to my washington post column this week. and lets get started. ♪ the events of the last nine days in russia have left many questions. first and foremost, how firm is vez vladimir putins grip on power today? to answer that and much more, i have asked david remnick to join me here in new york and nina khrushcheva is here from moscow. david is from the new yorker, beginning in 1988 he spent four years in moscow reporting for "the washingto...

These memoir goes rioters. he is so insecure. so in need of saying, i am legitimate. i am valid. look at the information i have. i was really the head of the western world. to have this kind of person in charge of the country is a threat to all of us. i think those that are supporting him should go -- they ought to consider the mentality of this man. >> coming up, how the near mutiny of the wagner group can change russian president, vladimir putin, grip on that country. youre watching joe weeken...

>> lets get into that. you know, i know youve been covering it so closely. what is your latest assessment as to where things stand now in terms of putins grip on power and the changes in the kremlin? >> the kremlin is -- this is business as usual approach. this is mundane. putin is going through his normal procedures. there are some interesting nuance to look at. one, theyre beefing up the national guard. this is putins guard. theyre giving him tanks and weapons he had been asking for. you can l...

People. the rebellion or the mutiny has been quelled and he is back in charge and they should rest assured that there is not going to be disorder prevailing. stability is key to the russian psyche and he is saying that everything is okay, the bad guys have been put down and im still in charge. >> yeah, i mean, he is doing this in part because the reception that prigozhin got as you pointed out seemed to suggest a lot of popular support, maybe nascent popular support for opposition. do you think ...