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Hospital. he was increasingly rarely seen. when he was seen he was thought to be increasingly erratic. there were increasingly worries about the drunk boris problem. then surprise, new year's eve 1999. americans are all worried about y2k and russians are worried about do we have a democracy? and this was their first democratically elected president. but yeltsin had a plan for his succession. he announced that he wanted his prime minister to take over. and that happened. and now those of us who follow, you know, world affairs and world history, we don't have to worry about learning or memorizin...

Long list. there was just boris yeltsin, then the next guy he pick to go after him, his prime minister, to whom he handed over power after he surprisingly stepped down on y2k, his prime minister was that sad-faced little devil, vladimir putin. vladimir putin had been prime minister under yeltsin from '99 to 2000, then on y2k yeltsin poofed, vladimir putin became president. to 2008, then went back to being prime minister, and he's been president since then and will run for re-election as president in 2018. this is russia's post -- this is it. this is russia's post soviet leadership. it has been...

Long list. there was just boris yeltsin, then the next guy he pick to go after him, his prime minister, to whom he handed over power after he surprisingly stepped down on y2k, his prime minister was that sad-faced little devil, vladimir putin. vladimir putin had been prime minister under yeltsin from '99 to 2000, then on y2k yeltsin poofed, vladimir putin became president. to 2008, then went back to being prime minister, and he's been president since then and will run for re-election as president in 2018. this is russia's post -- this is it. this is russia's post soviet leadership. it has been...

For certain drug crimes and now there are sentencing guidelines but they are exactly that guidelines not mandatory. that's changed and the sentences have changed. they are saying look we're going to try to incertain rhett the judges said back then because if they were sentencing him now wouldn't sentence him to such a hard penalty. okay to grant the clemency but i really worry about the willy horton problem. >> interesting to see who he chooses. >> exactly. >> because there's a long list. >> 50,000 people i think have applied for this. >> but not felons who convicted felonies and are possessin...