damage. there is no end in sight. we ll look at how russia views this grim year with the anchors of exiled russian broadcaster tv rain. then we ll examine the present and future on the bloody battle field. is the war in a stalemate now and how might it finally end? i ll ask the experts. also, while all eyes are cast upward looking for more chinese balloons which of beijing s other actions are we missing on the ground and in the cyber realm? we ll explore. in the 360 days since russia s invasion, ukraine has become the front line in the global battle for democracy. it is a fight that is being fought in the airwaves as well as on the battle field. putin s minions are working overtime to control the message overseas and at home. under a law passed last year journalists in russia can be jailed for up to 15 years for reporting what the kremlin considers fake news about what its military is doing. and calling the war in ukraine a war could land one in prison. because of the crack
viewers joining us in the united states and all around the world. i m bianca a oig. . i m max foster. just ahead russian forces trying and so far failing to make real head way in the opening stages of a new offensive. we re not only up against ukraine, but also against nato and especially the united states. to control the narrative early on. what folks are really concerned about is what happens later, what happens down the road, what happens three years from now. several buildings have collapsed. several people have been confirmed killed. hundreds injured. some of them in critical condition. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is tuesday, february 21, 9:00 a.m. in london, 12 noon in moscow where vladimir putin is set to deliver a speech to the nation s top political and military leaders on the state of what he calls russia s special military operation in ukraine. mr. putin is expected to lay out his vision for wha
freedom of speech. that s the most basic of all of the freedoms. that s why it s enshrined in the first amendment to the bill of rights. it s central not only to freedom but to humanity. we can speak. that s our power. in the beginning was the word declares john in the opening of the fourth gospel. the word is the most important thing we have. take away our ability to choose our own words and we are no longer human. we are subject and chattel. authoritiarians understand this. they mate freedom of speech. they would let you have a machine gone before they allow you to say what you want. with a gun you can kill people but with words you can expose them. with words you can change the world. there has never been a deep change that not begin with words. not with violence but with words. that s why they are so focussed on what you can say. on the words you can use. they understand the power of words. elon musk understands this too. that s why he is trying to buy twitter. not beca
outside force, but by a mistake of his own making, classified documents found not only in his old office, but in his delaware garage and home. and not just one highly classified document but multiple all uncovered not by a forthcoming and transparent white house, but by news reports, the latest from this weekend. you can see it right here. republicans have been pouncing happy to get exactly the kind of story they needed to push their own problems off the front pages, and now democrats are frustrated, too, we ve got news on what some of the most well-known democrats about what this mean, not just for president biden but for president trump as well. and what president biden has said to be feeling behind closed doors, also what this means for who runs on the democratic ticket in 2024. joining me now is nbc news correspondent carol lee, and nbc news capitol hill correspondent ali vitali, and political white house reporter and msnbc political contributor, eugene daniels. so carol,
now this is the high ranking agent who allegedly attempted to slow walt the hunter probe in 2020. now tonight fox news has confirmed that tebow is no longer with the bureau. we did reach out to the fbi for a statement. they declined to comment. former president trump, he s speaking out blasting the bias and abuse of the fbi. quote, tonight sadly we have seen this before, former top agent, by the way, peter strzok was also once escorted out of the fbi bureau. you might remember for political bias. remember prior to the 2016 presidential election? he texted his colleague, his lover lisa page, said he had a plan to stop trump from ever becoming president. we ll stop him. he also texted about an insurance policy if her policy, that they discussed in andy s office, didn t work. in other words, the russia hoax to smear, slander besmirch donald trump in the unlikely event that he does become president, first, of course, to prevent him from ever becoming president. after he was fired