mr. putin will continue his confrontation with the west because he has claimed a legitimacy and authority inside of russia is not being so much a president but a commandant and every russian citizen has to be a soldier. >> konstantin von eggert, thank you so much for joining us. we appreciate it. xi jinping's unanimous reappointment as the president of china is generating language once used to describe mao zedong, the founding father of the people's republic of china. the communist party's people daily -- peel's daily rather is calling mr. xi the helmsman of the country. >> matt river reports the adoration has spurred thousands of ambitious party members to visit the village where president xi himself was sent years ago for re-education. >> reporter: critics call him china's new emperor. but in this small village, adoration abounds for president xi jinping.