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But is he swimming against an unstoppable tide? andrey kordochkin, andrey kordochkin, welcome to hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Thank you. It s a great honour it s a great honour and privilege to be here. And privilege to be here. Well, it s great to have you well, it s great to have you in the studio. In the studio. Let me take you back let me take you back to february 2022. To february 2022. Putin orders putin orders an all out invasion of ukraine. That this would be the end an all out invasion of ukraine. Within days, you, a priest within days, you, a priest in the russian orthodox church, in the russian orthodox church, choose to speak out choose to speak out against the invasion. Against the invasion. When you did that, did you feel when you did that, did you feel that this would be the end of your career in the russian orthodox church? i think that when the war has begun, very few of us could actually give a prediction of what is going to come through. So i think that ....
damage to the south carolina coast where it struck today as a category 1 hurricane. this is the cherry grove pier in north myrtle beach, one of two that partially collapsed today. and just as on the florida gulf coast and later in orlando ian caused significant flooding in the charleston and myrtle beach areas and knocked out power to about a third of a million customers in south and north carolina. so we ve also just received some new video in of a high wave sweeping several people off a pier in miami. we have a big wave and about five people so that s in miami still from the high tide and the waves being kicked up by ian. six people were hurt in that. no one, thank goodness, was killed. state-wide, the death toll is now at least 42, and that is expected to rise. and the damage especially in places like fort meyers beach became even more apparent today. it is so severe that a coast guard commander told our wolf blitzer his chopper crews simply do not have monday ....
Knows what he might be planning next. reporter: an emerging calculation putin is escalating ahead of proposing terms for peace. he s now trying to exit the war in the same way that he entered it, with him being the person in charge and him framing the whole terms of any kind of negotiation. reporter: and that s why the caution on calling russia out is going to take global unity to get putin to back down. nic robertson, cnn, london. and thanks so much for joining us. ac 360 begins now. the danger is not over. john berman here in for anderson, and that is trait from the national hurricane center. it is still forecast to bring dangerously high winds, heavy rain, storm surge and flash flooding as it moves inland. it has already done considerable ....
Encircling russian units in a strategically important town in the east, vladimir putin held a celebratory concert in red square today after declaring that russia would annex four regions in ukraine. that includes the same region donetsk where ukrainians appear to be encircling some of his troops, encircling russian troops. so this was a spectacle to be sure. it began with a speech in one of the grand halls of the kremlin. putin s words were at times dark, confrontations, conspiratorial. at times putin seemed to be projecting, charging the west and the u.s. with being despots who infringe on nations rights and break international law. now in the orders putin signed today they include lands his armies do not actually occupy. nevertheless, today he proclaimed all of it, quote, our land. translator: i want the kyiv authorities and their real masters in the west to hear and ....
Remember those people in those four regions are becoming our citizens forever. putin also spoke about the use of nuclear weapons, hinting at their use and once again blaming the united states. translator: the country which used nuclear weapons twice in hiroshima and nagasaki, they have created a precedent. in response president biden said putin s actions are a sign he s struggling. ukraine s president zelenskyy called today s show a, quote, farce. i m joined here by our senior international correspondent matthew chance who s not only reported from the war zone in ukraine but also from moscow and cnn national security analyst steve hall, a former cia chief of operations. matthew, it s always an honor to see you in person. this speech from vladimir putin it is fiery and comes as hundreds of thousands of russians appear to be upset with the direction that he s taken. how do you think this speech ....