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Going after putin because they depend on his energy sources. >> ruth, we appreciate your time this morning and your context always. we appreciate that. ruth ben-ghat is a professor of history at the new york university, the author of "strongmen from mussolini to the president,". a shepherd who dedicated his life to peaceful resistance: hes small in stature, but his presence was towering, and posed a threat to the israeli government. ence was towering, ad a threat to the israeli manage your pay...

Strongmen in the past have done, he scanned the political marketplace, and he saw an opening in creating a kind of big tent for all the malcontents, all the extremists, and allowing the gop to partner with him to realize this kind of fantasy built on lies and, you know, white christian utopia because both of them know that the gop, you know, cant win the popular vote. it needs to use trickery to have minority rule because it wont accept what we are in america, which is a multiracial democracy, s...

Never be forgotten, authorities in the state of california arrested a paddleboard or who was exercising by himself off the malibu pier. >> fines and handcuffs for band behavior paired one man arrested in metal bill for paddle boarding in the pacific. the cited for transparency and on closed beaches. >> tucker: everything about that is stunning. less than two years later, even. its totally normal to direct paddle border as a way for swimming alone. as of collapsed and vigorously police the pacifi...

>> well, don, the administration is doing a lot. they -- they have sent in defensive weapons systems and equipment. we are providing assistance on cybersecurity. we have been training and advising the ukrainian military for a while. we are leading the nato coalition in its response. we are bolstering the eastern flank of nato and we are doing a bunch of other things, as well. so certainly, a robust response. what congress needs to do is actually pass a sanctions package, and send it to the presi...

♪ what a wonderful world ♪ joining me now, a foreign policy expert who has held positions under the obama and bush administrations. and a history professor at nyu, and author of "strongmen," which delves into vladimir putin. ruth, vladimir putin is crafty. even invasions dont look like invasions. its quite possible that the invasion of ukraine has begun. i think we have a technical problem with ruth. but you and i talked about sanctions, how effective they can be. literally for the last tw...

Option as doubling down on the violence. those sources tell nbc news that u.s. has solid intelligence that putin is displaying burst of anger over people in the military campaign and the worldwide condemnation of his actions n.meetings yesterday, we saw new images that show the lengths putin has gone in recent weeks to isolate and socially distance himself from others, even his closest advisers and cabinet ministers. we are seeing him signature at the end of the very long table, those tables hav...

Why they isolate themselves in their palaces. but they also become more arrogant, and they start thinking about their place in history. and so i think that putin felt that he was going to have a big popularity boost like in 2014, after he annexed crimea. and he didnt expect any of this solidarity, didnt expect the protests at home. none of it. and the sanctions and all of the -- the other problem is that russias a kleptocracy, so the economy, the productive resources of the economy are not put t...

The 101st airborne division with multiple deployments to iraq. he moved to ukraine over a year ago and is part of the number of foreigners volunteering to defend the country against the russian army. >> im fighting to defend my home in their home. teaching them what i can and as little time as i can to help give them a chance to survive this invasion and slaughter by russians. >> while the un says over 660,000 a fled the country since the start of the russian invasion six days ago, more than 20,...

We going to get our act together quickly so that we can avoid all those tragedies that we had in the 20th century, or are we going to end up being as complacent as people were in the run—up to both — first and second world wars? but does that mean we might have to change our assumption, which is the assumption, certainly in this country right now and, i think in other western countries, too, that there wont be boots on the ground? i was talking to some of your colleagues today and there was ...

And author of strongmen. also with us, linda, deputy director of the atlantic council eurasia center. it is good to see you both. ruth, over the last few months, putin has remained isolated. weve all seen images, 20, 30 feet away from his inner circle. youve asked forward to today, we have new video of putin sitting at a crowd of table of women staffers of fresh estate airline. what is it that hes trying to show the world? its very interesting that he went from these absurd ways he was ridiculed...