you forjoining us at this late hour on what is a holiday memorial day weekend here in the united states. many lawmakers thought they would be getting the weekend. it doesn t sound like that will be happening. we appreciate you forjoining us. i want to start off by asking each of you and maybe starting with you, leigh ann, what was your reaction when you started to hear the details that might be in this framework agreement? well, we re still framework agreement? well, we re still going framework agreement? well, we re still going through - framework agreement? well, we re still going through the l we re still going through the details in to figure out what it actually means impracticality and, you know, was this litigation is written. once this legislation is written. it a fairly good deal for the democrats. emigrants had been resisting for months even negotiating to lift the debt limit, seems to be done with no negotiations, that there should be a separate conversation about the
of his campaign talking about his vision of a secular or a more secularfuture for his vision of a secular or a more secular future for turkey, talking about a more democratic country, saying he would improve things like free speech. but his critics said he would be strong enough of the world stage, that he doesn t have the leadership experience to really provide a contrast to president alone, pushing forward in the way that he would like to. mr erdogan. kemal kilicdaroglu says that he can sell some of the problems that turkey has been suffering. translation: the that turkey has been suffering. translation: that turkey has been suffering. translation: the situation that our country translation: the situation that our country is translation: the situation that our country is in translation: the situation that our country is in right translation: the situation that our country is in right now - translation: the situation that our country is in right now is - our country is in r
successful has he been in steering the talk away from turkey s economy? in steering the talk away from turkey s economy?- steering the talk away from turkey s economy? in one sense erdouan turkey s economy? in one sense erdogan has turkey s economy? in one sense erdogan has been turkey s economy? in one sense erdogan has been successful - turkey s economy? in one sense erdogan has been successful in i erdogan has been successful in creating a base that always votes for him, in a matter what, despite the economic despair in the country. but on the other hand, i mean, from my point of view, he hasn t been successful because i think he has made turkey a case and an extreme case of what political scientists call a liberal democracy. you have elections that are liberal and free in the sense of not being rigged, but the leader of those elections acted in a totalitarian way, suffocating the media, intimidating opponents, going after people as they see as enemies with win, and unfortunatel
mercenaries from the wagner group claim they re withdrawing, being replaced by regular russian troops. but ukraine insists its forces are still engaged on the ground in the outskirts, as the country s most senior security official told us. translation: we control ust a small part of the city, i and we admit that. but you have to keep in mind that bakhmut has played a big role in this war. are the wagner mercenary group withdrawing, as their leader, prigozhin, says? translation: yes, that is happening. l but it doesn t mean that they will stop fighting us. they re going to concentrate more on other fronts. our intelligence is following that. we understand where they will appear next. they are regrouping to other free locations and we re following that. voiceover in ukrainian