come in and supply ukraine with so much money, and so many weapons. but this is a significant escalation from vladimir putin. the fact that he s calling up the reservists shows that he has no intention of backing away from this war. in fact, in his comments, he framed the war not against ukraine, he described this as a war against the west. and that the west, he didn t mention the united states, but clearly, that s the main power he s referring to, has been propping up ukraine and intends to bring down russia and bring down the russian federation the same way that the west primarily the united states, toppled the soviet union. so he is framing this very much as an existential fight for russia. and in order to fight this fight, he s calling up the reservists and making nuclear threats to show that he is serious and that he has no intention of backing down. so, richard, is there a sense this could lead to some sort of nuclear standoff? i think that is where this is heading.
the court has little time to complete its assigned tasks. let s bring in washington post reporter, perry stein. she covers the justice department and fbi. also with us, former u.s. attorney, joyce vance. she s an msnbc legal analyst. good to have you both. perri, just give us the latest in terms of process now. we understand what the judge has said and is indicating he s interested in, but does he fullout ask for these things or what happens next? so so far he hasn t specifically asked the trump team to answer any of these questions that i know have made the headlines, but he did say that by friday, they have to kind of select a vendor, which would be the third party that uploads all of these documents, so that they can both parties can view them and the special master can settle any disagreements about privilege. that s the first step, so that suggests it s moving along. and by early next week, the
connection between the viewer and the character as a kind of universal language, that s why we feel so many young people from the 21st century will be able to understand and connect with this brilliant young man from the 18th century. you know, my friend crystal wagner got me on the phone and said, you ve got to see this, this is so incredible, and it truly is. they re two really terrific ways of making history come alive in the 21st century. perri, adi, thank you so much for coming to the sunday show. thank you so much. it has been an honor, jonathan. thank you. thank you. next, my exclusive interview with california governor gavin newsom, where he talks about his gun control plan, the state s post covid life and a bold message for fellow democrats. you don t want to miss it. ssages you don t want to miss it.