sandra: a russian military strike hit the center of the city earlier today. ukraine s president calls the attack a war crime, and undisguised terror. john. john: as russia continues its attacks on ukraine, many are raising questions about vladimir putin s mental fitness after what some call a seemingly sudden turn toward erratic and unstable behavior. our next guest has met with the russian president several times, including during putin s first trip to the united states in 2003, when he met with former president bush. now let s bring in former white house chief of staff for president bush, andy carr, and slovenia in 2001 i attended, the person you see now in vladimir putin compared to the person you saw then, what has changed? well, thank you very much,
restrictions on movement around the world. but overall, i will survive. now, that s how some moscow residents react today a wave of new sanctions released on the economy. on friday, the u.s. and allies upped the ante, slapping sanctions directly on vladimir putin and foreign minister sergey lavrov. but so far, these countries are holding off on what some call a financial-nuclear option, which is cutting russia out of the so-called s.w.i.f.t. financial payment system. anna stewart is in london, joins me now, live, to tell us more about that and what it all means. anna? morning, michael. yeah. this week, we have seen unprecedented sanctions against russia imposed by rwestern allies. of course, it started with a targeted list of sachkdss at the beginning of the week really as a deterrent to stop russia invading ukraine. now, of course, it is looking at crippling russia s economy and
is not forced mandates. in that speech he celebrated the sixth circuit when they had for the vaccine mandate. this goes to the supreme court and get shot down. we all agree with that. they can t keep pushing this. this is detrimental to our society, our economy and detrimental to our hospital workforce. ashley: biden offered rare praise for donald trump and coming up a little later fox news has the exclusive on the former s response. the doj announcing it will not make federal inmates placed on home confinement due to covid once the pandemic is over. todd: details on what some call a get out of jail free card. reporter: thousands of federal inmates on house arrest could be getting an unexpected gift from the government. the potential get out of jail free card, compliments of the department of justice announced some federal inmates who were previously released on home confinement due to covid may not have to go back to prison when the pandemic ends. attorney general mary garland defen
that the reason the progressive proposals for voting rights were not being passed is because it sbaz hazent been reintroduced since it was struck down but the reason it was able to be struck down is because republicans use the filibuster she is currently supporting. and so, i mentioned that example to show she is kiends of kicking up a storm of dust which we in arizona call a you know, vocabulary for aw you at home. but a storm of dust to kind of mystify constituents and people in the country as to her stance on the filibuster and voting rights. you can t have it both ways. you can t claim to support voting rights full throatedly. while you are supporting this measure that is being used in this current time as the most effective cudgel to stop voting rights from being passed and that s what she is trying to do with all of her rhetoric over the past couple weeks. she also told politico she continues to support the senate s 60 vote threshold because she thinks it is geeg
as christi points out, some indicators are not headed the right direction. definitely not. already seeing the omicron variant in 17 states. a christmas party in norway many call a super spreader event. the travel season during the holidays is one of the biggest hurdles trying to limit the spread. there are like millions upon millions of tiny microscopic wells on here. about 30,000 samples tested per day by the north carolina diagnostic laboratory, a key step in tracing spread of the omicron variant. it transmits from a person to another person, another chance for the virus to mutate. south africa identified the variant. the biden administration announced travelers from eight countries in southern africa wouldn t be allowed into the