united states economy as we get close to inside of eight weeks from election day. obviously that is the dominant story back at home in the united states. also, a ukrainian blitz could be turning the tables on putin six months after he waged war on ukraine. it s a fascinating september move that is happening as the ground kind of shifts a bit in ukraine. we ll talk to a perfect guest for this today, richard sheriff, nato former deputy commander. he joins us with his take on what s going on. let s take this aerial shot for a moment in london. queen elizabeth s 500 mile journey to her final resting space through her beloved kingdom. first, a final night at buckingham palace where she was queen for 70 years. that will happen before tomorrow s procession to westminster hall, which will be by gun carriage. she s coming in to hyde park here. that s wellington house and the gate there on the left-hand side of your screen. she s getting very close to buckingham palace. people have bee
Editor’s note: This is the second installment of a two-part series on the contemporary challenges to offensive maneuver based on observations from the war
general, he was the first russian commander into syria. the reason that s important is watch how the syrian battle evolved, with the fighting in the cities, how they used artillery. how they used offensive maneuver, that s, i think, what you re going 0 to see there and that s what the general is used to. the ukrainians need to counter, and i think by fighting smartly. what i mean by that, attacking and counterattacking in the correct places. they can t en masse on this entire area, don t have the troops to do it. ukrainians have to pick their fights carefully, i d pick it in the south and go and cut off crimea and force the russians to react to you. bryan: let s go to the south. we know that the russians are attacking and they have cruise missiles attacks from mariupol. and attacked this and fighting in the areas. odesa, a curfew that goes into
judges, changing the voting laws, enriching people on the outside who buy up the media and turn it into a right wing propaganda machine. importantly wrapping it up in a nationalist us versus them message. and the them can be anybody from im grants to muslims, other minority groups, george soros constantly makes appearances. this is a trend we are seeing around the world that s not just happening here. i think we can understand it better here if we recognize that this has been kind of an offensive maneuver by authoritarians over the last decade or two. in your research in talking with people, did you get a sense not just of the problem, but how you undo the problem? how you get to the underbelly of in us versus them? yeah. i did. i talked to hong kong protesters, people like alexey navalny, democratic activists around the world. if you look at navalny, he was
them them, us, we re the real hungarians, americans. and so this is a trend that we re seeing around the world. it s not just happening here. i think we can understand it better here if we recognize that this has been kind of an offensive maneuver by authoritarians over the last decade. in your research in talking with people, did you get a sense of not just the problem but how you undo the problem, how you get to the underbelly of this us versus them? yeah. i did. i talked to hong kong protesters, to people like alexei navalny in russia, to democratic activities around the world. there are common components here. if you look at navalny, he was quite innovative in exposing putin s corruption. that s what got him thrown in prison because he hit the vulnerability of the regime. but i think really exposing what the tools are of these