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Republic," who spent three years reporting from russia. jolani kalb. miriam elder, former and national security editor at buzz feed. she used to be the neuews burea chief in moscow. and dr. nina, senior fellow in the world policy institute. she's also the great granddaughter of former soviet premier, knnikita khrushchev. so lots of conversation this week about this chilly relationship between president putin and president obama. but why should we care? i'm sure there are chilly relationships between world leaders around the world. why is this one important? >> i think it's important, well, it'...

Hillary clinton, threatening not to partner with either network in 2016 primary debates, nor sanction primary debates, which they sponsor, and claiming in both cases that the programming is a thinly veiled attempt at putting a thumb on the scales of 2016 general elections. joining me now, miriam elder, and npr media correspondent, david folklandflake, who is author of "murdoch's word: the last of the old media empires." so i feel a little silly starting with megaladon. but in connection with the hillary clinton moviegate, it does feel like there's this question of, can i trust media? can i tru...

The rights of some farmers, et cetera. >> and people are dying in china and the united states as a result of extreme weather. we've got to hear those words, climate change. >> i don't have as much faith that the narratives will be connected. i think they can be, but i'm not sure -- >> so it allows us to keep the adorable panda cam, but also do the work of making the connections to what is important. maybe we'll just keep -- maybe we should keep panda cam up when we do our interracial conversation tomorrow. because it's like, is there black and white? >> and when we show the flooding. miriam el...

President. the reporting by bob woodward helped solidify. this week, amazon.com founder, jeff bezos paid $250 million for that giant. $250 million to own an institution. that is less than 1% of his net worth, according to "forbes." less than 1%. also, last saturday, "the new york times" company sold "the boston globe" to red sox owner, john henry, for $70 million, a fraction of the $1.1 billion "the times" paid for it 20 years ago. when these crucial pillars of the fourth estate, institutions that have earned the public trust, and through that trust, hold great power, when they change hands, w...

Threat is quite small, there's some middle class protesters in moscow that have never really numbered more than 100,000 in the streets. to an authoritarian regime. any show of criticism is taken as a major threat. >> krysta, where is -- >> if i can? >> yes, please. >> i was going to say, i agree with miriam, this is an authoritarian regime. they are very paranoid. and i think another thing to bear in mind is the russian economy is not totally robust. you know, putin has some things to worry about there, and i think his bet all along has been people will tolerate in russia a lack of democracy, ...