attacking you? our troops are not attacking you, our weapons or not landing in russia. explain to me why this is important. because i think most people watching would say, it feels like an old-fashioned proxy war. let s face it, old-fashioned proxy wars had the purpose of avoiding direct combat confrontation between the major powers, backing factions. thus, you create a kind of thunder dome inside of ukraine. look, this is not the creation of the west or of nato. this is the creation strictly of vladimir putin. and i am kind of tired of this argument i hear sometimes, that, oh, nato is at fault, because it has expanded. nato simply allowed the former warsaw pact countries to join nato. they wanted to join nato because they spent decades with a russian boot on their throat. it is no mystery to me why they joined nato. and as your graphic shows, we were glad to have them.
a russian boot on their throat. it is no mystery to me why they joined nato. and as your graphic shows, we were glad to have them. we welcome them. but ali, no nato tanks ever rolled to the east. they have been plenty of soviet tanks rolling to the west, into budapest in 1956, into prague in 1968, and around warsaw. we have seen those tanks rolling out west. so have those nations. that is why the war has started. and of course, on that map we showed you, we added sweden and finland with the caveat that they are expected to join that s the opposite vladimir putin wanted. he will end up with more nato as a result. admiral, always good to talk to you, thanks for the remarkable content in history that you bring to us. thank you, ali. admiral james stavridis, the book is, to risk, called non conflicts and the crucible of decision. we appreciate your time.
democrats hoping to be elected or re-elected to congress, and they re tough at every level, right? one thing you can look at is enthusiasm. 51% of republicans say they are enthusiastic. 43% of democrats. you have a single democrat, about 150 years of political history distilled there. republicans need five seats to win the house. if you go back to the civil war in every midterm since 1870, except four of them, the party out of the white house has won at least five seats in the house. you know, there are a lot of different analyses of why the out party does well in the midterms so consistently. but i think the one people see as the biggest single factor is what that graphic shows. when you re out of the white house, your voters have more urgency, more enthusiasm about voting in the midterm than the party that holds the white house.
restrictions in england. this morning ministers suggested legal rules around face coverings were among those likely to go. it rules around face coverings were among those likely to go. it does look as if, among those likely to go. it does look as if, thanks among those likely to go. it does look as if, thanks to among those likely to go. it does look as if, thanks to the - among those likely to go. it does look as if, thanks to the success | among those likely to go. it does i look as if, thanks to the success of the vaccine programme, that we now have the scope to roll back those restrictions and return to normality as far as possible. we should all be prepared though that cases may continue to rise, they may continue to rise significantly, but we do now have to move into a different period where we learn to live with the virus, we take precautions and we as individuals take personal responsibility. this individuals take personal responsibility. individuals take personal resons
prices, in meat prices and food prices. i tried to get an airline ticket last week, bill, to take a summer vacation later this summer and i saw sticker shock. prices had gone up by 50%. this is a real hardship for lower and middle income people and seniors who are living on fixed incomes. i call it the biden tax. bill: okay, justin, what about the biden tax? as you answer that this is what kroger said. we re seeing as i think would be consistent across the industry some increasing cost load starting to flow through in grocery. gas 56%, used cars 30%, laundry 27, airfare, 24. there are signs it is real. how do you see it? kroger also said that on average they re having an expectation of 1 or 2% next year but really not that bad. some prices are going up a lot faster. that s what your graphic shows.