world. i m fareed zakaria. today on the program from the czars and arenas to soviet-era com czars to president putin. we delve into the nature of power in russia looking at the past to help us understand the present. i ll talk to the new yorkers david remnick can professor nina krus efa. also the prime minister of barbados on getting the west to pay for damage for the climate change s rising seas and weather. two degrees is a death sentence. and the president of kenya on why many nations in the global south are not taking a side on the war in ukraine. but first, here s my take. in his important book the third wave samuel huntington pointed out the division among the ruling elite is a key sign of weakness in authoritarian regimes. when prominent members of the establishment break with the system it often triggers a larger set of changes. conversely, when you do not see such defections it means the autocrat will probably be able to survive. syrian dictator bashar al ass
the special reports that we do sometimes around here. this one is about what we call the just comply lie from some republicans, as well as sean hannity. we re going to show you how it has been shredded by recent events. how sean hannity s standard was failed by none other than donald trump himself. how it fits in with civil rights in our country. by the end of the hour, to end the week, we have a saturday night live alum with us as well. our top story is the kind of news that sometimes comes at the end of the week about the january 6th coup. it s about our democracy. it s about the man who already got donald trump arraigned, special counsel jack smith. people are taking everything he does as seriously as possible these days. indeed, one thing that you can find agreement on from sort of doj veterans and allies of the justice department, if you want to put it that way, and donald trump s team and world, they all think jack smith means business. they are all watching everyth
des moines, iowa. this is the story this hour. former president trump just held a news conference in new york city. the closing arguments on the other side of this equation are still underway in this fraud trial. the former president saying again today that he s innocent. he s done nothing wrong. watch. so they have no case. it s a shame that a thing like this is able to happen. businesses leave new york. martha: hunter biden on the other coast of the country, we re waiting for his arrival in court in los angeles on tax charges. one day after causing chaos on capitol hill when he showed up unexpectedly at his contempt of congress hearing as if he was open to testifying and speaking at the hearing except when he didn t like the way things were going, he stormed out. matt whitaker is standing by here in iowa where he s born and raised in iowa. let s go to nate foy, our correspondent covering the trump trials and he s in new york city on the latest developments in that today
claudine gay resigned after all that fierce pack backlash after her antisemitism after dozens of alleges of plagiarizing other people s work. she says she is the victim. this is outnumbered, we ll do victim busting. i m harris faulkner, here is my co-host emily compagno, and dagen mcdowell and cat-4 and former biden campaign surrogate kevin walling. calls for claudine gay to resign began after her shocking testimony last month when she failed to say calls for genocide of jews on campus would violate the school s conduct policy. calling for genocide of jews violates harvard code of conduct, correct? it depends on the context. it does not depend on the context, the answer is yes and you should resign. harris: despite all the condemnation, claudine gay waited a full month before resigning and did not apologize and said it has been distressing to have doubt cast of my commitment to confronting hate, two bedrock values fundamental to who i am and frightening to be attacked
mr. wolf blitzer in the situation room. i ll see you tomorrow. happening now, republican presidential candidates ron desantis and nikki haley are preparing to take questions from iowa voters live here on cnn. we re setting the stage for our back-to-back town halls with donald trump s top gop rivals. i ll speak with chris christie this hour. also tonight, newly released documents reveal that they spent millions of various trump-owned property while he was president. we re following the money trail. isis is now claiming responsibility for a pair of deadly explosion. how this attack could impact wartime tensions in the middle east. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. behind me are live pictures in des moines as they will soon appear in back-to-tack town hall events. let s go to kristin holmes, live from sioux city in iowa. with the caucuses only is 1 days away, what are we hearing from the c