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this is "gps", the global public square. welcome to all of you in the united states and around the world. i'm fareed zakaria coming to you live. we'll begin today's program with the stunning developments in russia over the last few days. i'll be joined by top analysts who will help us understand what is happened so far and what might happen next and what is all means for the war in ukraine. also, french president emmanuel macron. i talk to him at a global summit he hosted in paris this week about how the west could help end extreme poverty and curb climate change. and about the...

So he had a rapport and a ability to impress the army. i mean, the question now is whether any of that will be retained. >> and ann, do you have a sense as to why it all collapsed so quickly. at some level it was kind of weird. he had at most 25,000 troops, putin's personal presidential guard is by some counts 200,000. so, it seems like a mad escapade. what is your sense of why it fizzled out? >> i mean, it seemed like a mad he i escapade from the moment it began until he was in rostov with his tanks, nobody believed he would do it. the only guess i could have is that he was -- this is a merce...