of color. they have even worse than we do. i think as a privilege to be here and stand up for what is right. i think at this in historical terms, i think it did not to doesn t future, we ll look back on this and not only will we have prevailed in this fight, americans at the pitcher will say that that was a shameful chapter in our history. the kids in this generation who are standing up were courageous. amber, there are a lot of reasons i wanted to talk to you. but among the reason, part of the subtext of the pc route was that there were a lot of people watch the results roll in on election night, and there were some who felt that there was a seismic shift and that the work was done. i think part of what you are trying to remind us of in your case, it happens to be specifically about trans kids, about families. there are a lot of issues i think where this is relevant,
the red wave is hardly more than a ripple across the country, but in states like texas in florida, that red wave was really pronounced and drastic and scary for trans inclusive families, lgbtq people, for people of color, anyone who has a uterus, i had to go on and on. while i am relieved that it could have been worse, i am relieved that it was not worse on a national level but i am concerned that the rest of the country has moved on for the midterms. it s like, well, we control the senate now, we being the democrats, everything will be fined, and that they lose sight of the fact that trans kids are really struggling and suffering, especially here in texas. we will not lose our son. worst-case scenario, we pack up in the middle of night and i talked to the other states as quickly as we can, but we could lose everything. again, we could be internally displaced americans right here in the united states of america
presidents have historically paid to win freedom for american citizens or face the consequences. they can cut a sweetheart deal to win freedom for their own nationals convicted of criminal activity or espionage if they abduct americans. the public inevitably blames a president when americans linger in captivity for months or four years. joining us now msnbc international affairs analyst and former ambassador to russia michael mcfaul. ambassador, thank you for being with us avalon of questions for you but first i want to talk about viktor bout, can you explain why this exchange, why bout himself was so personal for putin? well victor bout was an arms control deal around the world, getting arms to lots of bad characters, lots of back governments, lots of bad movements around the world, if you look at his biography on his wikipedia page you can see that he studied at institutions in the soviet union were typically kgb agents also studied. so he is close to that world, that world of vlad
indeed. conner, thank you. and hundreds of americans are fleeing yemen. fearing for their lives and they are headed to tabuti. hundreds are trapped in yemen. ambassador, what is happening right now? we have had over the path two weeks several significant groups of americans who have made their way from yemen both from aden and from is is a that any way that they can. many of them have arrived in the country where me and my colleagues work in gentleman jabuti. we had a large group come earlier today on indian naval vessel we have had 59 american citizens and
section. a small country with less than a million people. aren t very large. but, in a moment of crisis, every single one of us the emphasis becomes a consulate officer. i m very proud of the way that my colleagues have pulled together, pretty much everybody has contributed to make sure that we have the resources that we need. and, at the same time we have gotten reinforce. s at the state department has been from all over the region. one of our biggest needs is a lot of these americans and their families prefer to communicate in arabic. and we don t speak arabic. the other things that your viewers may not realize is