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it is wednesday, october 12th. i m christine romans. president biden says he believes russian president vladimir putin is rational. mr. biden said putin s objectives invading ukraine were irrational and a serious misjudgment. do you think putin is a rational actor? i think he is a rational actor who s miscalculated significantly. so if he s not rational no, i didn t say he s not rational. you said the speech. i think his speech, his objectives. i think he thought they would welcome him with open arms. this is home for mother russia and i think he totally miscalculated. cnn s jasmine wright is live in washington. what else did the president have to say about putin and ukraine? reporter: obviously the president warned of catastrophic mistakes and miscalculations. president putin continues to make these nuclear threats. as the u.s. grows more concerned while looking at the escalations happening in ukraine caused by russia. he warns of armageddon. take a l ....
Pro coup. reporter: will take on an onslaught on advertising airing 150 unique ads on crime and races across the country. it s become one of the loudest republican sound tracks in the fall particularly in pennsylvania. john fetterman wants ruthless killers, mothers and rapists back on our streets and he wants them back now. what kind of democrat is man dlael barnes? he s a defund the police democrat. reporter: they have spent weeks debunking the ads but democratic candidates blasting michael dukakis. weekend prison passes, dukakis on crime. such have been a staple on campaigns. in the north carolina democratic can pains, sherry beasley is pushing back. ....
Despite a life sentence, horton received ten weekend passes from prison. horton fled, kidnapped a young couple, stabbing the man and repeatedly raping his girlfriend. weekend prison passes, dukakis on crime. the willie horton ad comes not from the official republican campaign, but from pro bush activists. willie horton was a black american, and i think one of the reasons the campaign did not want to associate itself directly with the ad is that they felt that people might interpret it as being a racist ad. weekend prison passes, dukakis on crime. but lee atwater smells fresh blood. lee knew that it was powerful. lee knew that it fit a liberal stereotype that would make a larger point about dukakis. atwater wants to put willie horton front of stage, but he knows he s playing with fire. lee also knew that it could be radioactive with bush. that if it weren t handled right, bush wouldn t use it. bush would declare it off-limits. ....
Girlfriend. weekend prison passes, dukakis on crime. that killed michael dukakis in the presidential election. so what s changed since then? that was an incredibly effective ad that everyone thinks about when they think about clemency, right? name me a person who has been pardoned by a president in the last 20 years other than marc rich, but none of you can. or name me a federal inmate whose sentence was commuted who went out and committed a crime after they were finally released from very, very long sentences. nobody can. and the fact is, the president i think in this case, you know, took many steps, i think, along the way, starting in 2010 to lay the groundwork for a lot more bipartisan support to mitigate some of that political risk. i would say that the steps that they have taken now, even though as you say the numbers will be very low for the number of people who will really be eligible right at the beginning based on the criteria, but this is the beginning criteria. that s ki ....
Bush versus dukakis. the race was close and it got ugly. a group for president bush released the willie horton ad. claiming michael dukakis was soft on crime. bush and dukakis on crime. bush supports the death penalty for first degree murderers. dukakis allowed first degree murderers to have weekend passes from prison. one was willie horton who stabbed a boy 19 times. despite a life sentence, horton received ten weekend passes from prison. horton fled, kidnapped a young couple, stabbing the man and repeatedly raping his girlfriend. weekend prison passes, dukakis on crime. it was the so-called southern strategy at its worst. using horton s mug shot to pray on racial fears and stereotypes. ....