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The author of the book, "strongmen," professor, thank you for being here. it doesnt really seem to be on congresss side, you know. even if bannon were to be convicted, they wont have his testimony. is there anything that might change what happens here? >> you know, if you grow up in a democracy, kit be hard to get into the lawless mentality of somebody like bannon. its completely unsurprising he did not -- you know, hes defying the subpoena because responding to a subpoena means you are legitimi...

Vladimir putin over the entire american intelligence and national security establishment? >> well, i thought the same as everybody else, of course, and you know, i write in the book about some of my feelings in that particular moment. but it was also entirely predictable. because president trump did not want to be challenged at all about the outcome of 2016. he thought that if he admitted the russians had done something, it would be admitting to essentially saying, i was not elected. i am moscow...

Something is something that we have to bear in that we have to bear in mind. mind. theres but theres a difference a difference between between simple simple misinformation and misinformation, and then disinformation, which disinformation, which is is deliberately deliberately used for political impact. used for political impact. we we have to be very have to be very well well aware aware that people that people within our within our own own political political system, we have system, we have all...

Believe that than him because at the end of the day, theyre adults. >> theyre adults, but theyre adults who have been swept up in whats truly an authoritarian personality cult. it ticks all the boxes of all the strongmen ive studied. and when people bond with somebody who has considerable skills -- you know, trump cultivates them. he tells them he loves them. hes really very skilled at this. they believe him because they believe in him, and they want to believe everything he says. so think about...

Investigations and complaints being filed, shes getting away with it. >> that is sort of the theme here, ruth. its interesting to me that orbon has been secretive about it. its different, a little less flagrant. a lot of stories come out of hungary that people are connected to or bon and the same way they connected to egypt and all sorts of businesses. this has always been an essential part of the authoritarian two step where they champion the woke. >> totally. i added the chapter on corruption ...

Laws. the new finance shows that this is not the first time that lauren boebert has missed huge funds. in february but word paid herself more than $22,000 in mileage in reinforcement for her campaign account last year. to justifies those reimbursement boebert would have to drive 38,712 miles of all campaigning, despite having no publicly advertised campaign events in march april, july and only one in. me >> just for context the equatorial circumference of the earth is not quite 25,000 miles, so ...

Clowns in a car wash, joined by acrobats, strongmen and even a fire breather, keeping these motorists entertained while there cars get a clean and shine. and here is why they are working in a car wash, normally they would be strutting their staff in the main arena here, in munich, but they cannot because this circus cannot hold a show since march last year, costing the company that runs at a phenomenal amount of money. at a phenomenal amount of mone . �* . money. all the air conditioning, i mo...

Nations like our own. but all that is being threatened right now, before our, eyes in a way that i do not think many people quite have grasped. last night we showed you some examples of straight-up menacing threats of violence against school board members, in their requirements for students to wear masks during the pandemic. >> forget going into the school boards. you go into school boards to remove them. thats what you do. they dont follow the law. they dont follow the law. you go in and remove...

Thats what you do. they dont follow the law, they dont follow the law. you go in a new remove. im going in there were 20 strong, men ago in front of the school, board ill give them an option, they can lever they can be removed. >> this woman is a -- she joins me now. i thought of you, writ when i saw that clip. i thought a fairly distinct articulation of, its not fascism in an authoritarian violent world is, you dont go in there with data, you go in there with 20 strongmen, and you essentially t...

As travel gets easier, many predict pressure on the nc 500 route will ease. but many people think crowds, camper vans riske stunning this part of the world. tim moffat, bbc news. london zoo has begun its annual animal weigh—in. zookeepers armed with clipboards and calculators are tallying the height, weight and size of animals — and many of the reluctant creatures have to be coaxed onto the scales with snacks. with at least 20,000 animals calling the zoo home, it will take keepers a week to ...