Donald trumps trial in the senate, but some important things have been happening in russia as well, particularly the announcement wednesday by Vladimir Putin shifting Greater Authority to parliament which has left many wondering what this means about putins own plans to relinquish the presidency, or not, in a few years here so we are especially fortunate to have with us this evening an expert on putins russia, joshua yaffa, who is the moscow correspondent for the new yorker. Hes been covering russia from much of the past decade. His new book between two fires offers a truly fascinating and revealing look at the impact that the putin era has had on above all the nations psyche and the moral struggles and calculation that Many Russians confront. Josh has written a very nuanced portrait of russia, nothing le the simplistic view of that country, and oppressed people lorded over by a kgb trained dictator. Josh describes the people who fall somewhere in the middle between an oppressor and op
A colleague in beirut she is a producer and host in the now in new york we have lionel he is a legal and media analyst also in new york we have he is a contributing editor at black agenda report and coauthor of american exceptionalism and american innocence a peoples history of fake news from the revolutionary war to the war on terror right crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciated lets go to beirut 1st rania i feel like after super tuesday looking at the Corporate Media that you know the whole lot of gaslighting going on its already a foregone conclusion bernies out here and James Carville says he should step up step down and leave the campaign but you know for a very long time joe biden had that position but no one said that he should step down i really think this gaslighting it really shows the a lot of collusion between the d. N. C. And the media to frame the narrative because joe biden has a. Changed to the same guy but the perc
Officials in india are looking for more than a 1000 people who attended an event that may have exposed them to covered 19. And as a german city makes people west surgical masks in public we examine just how effective this strategy is. The head of the International Olympic Committee Says next to his games in you will be a light at the end of the total and we get our 1st look at the breathing aids patients being developed with the help of formula one engine is. Now spain has recorded its west single day death toll so far with 849 fatalities just in the past 24 hours its now the 4th day that the countrys announced the deaths of more than 800. 00 people this brings the total to more than 8100. 00 spain is the 2nd last hit country in europe off to italy. Joins me from the spanish capital madrid looking at these new figures and i know we speak every day about the trajectory of this but is there any kind of a sense of where the peak might actually be in spain. Well in the session we were serv
Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt and josef stalin. Welcome back, ladies and gentlemen for our next event. Its more or less the keynote of the day because it is the talk on the yalta conference though all of the programs, all of the sessions will be wonderful. We have Serhii Plokhii here from harvard. Hes the professor of ukrainian history and director of Ukrainian Research institute at harvard. As i mentioned the morning hes been on our list for a longtime and we have finally found the right time to bring him down here to enlighten us. His many titles include the last elm pmperor, the cossack myth and forgotten bastard of the Eastern Front. Ladies and gentlemen, dr. Serhii plokhii. [ applause ] thank you very much for this introduction. Thanks to the organizers of the conference for bringing me here, and i also want to thank all of you because coming from boston and thinking that the weather is like today decided to come inside and listen to presentations like mine, i really appreciate th
In the bundesliga season german football is going virtual and online at the football tournament his fans something to cheer about as the clubs 1st of their financial future. Im Anthony Howard thanks for joining us as the corona virus continues to spread around the globe u. S. President dont trump says he has decided against sealing off new york and parts of neighboring states he said he was considering quarantining hotspots where more than half of the countrys infections and deaths have been reported trump tweeted on the recommendation of the White House Coronavirus task force and upon consultation with the governors of new York New Jersey and connecticut ive asked the center for Disease Control to issue a strong travel advisory to be administered by the governors in consultation with the federal government quarantine will not be necessary the c. D. C. Has now told residents to refrain from nonessential travel for 2 point. Some lets go straight to journalist changs ronnell in New York