state agents can act with impunity. mr. bull owns a quaint bed and breakfast, kind of acutely named the smugglers in. right on the canadian border. in march 2014 he hosted a guest who had recently traveled to the united states from turkey. the man, to be clear, was lawfully present in the country with a valid visa. however, that fact mattered little to federal border agent, eric expert, who s spidey sense his team seemed to be triggered by or stranger stranger. he drove into mr. vulvas vet and breakfast parking lot and began to allegedly harass the tourist. mr. bull when officer albert refused, bill stepped between him in the turkish against, at which moment the officer allegedly attacked-able, shutting him and forcing him to the ground. mr. bull, perhaps not surprisingly filed a lawsuit arguing that his fourth amendment rights had been violated and his right to be free from the use of excessive
with her. objection. let s take you to march 2014. was there an engagement party? yes. so yeah, it was march 2014. please describe for the jury. we had an engagement party and we decided that when we did get married we would have a small wedding. something intimate. but our lives were kind of big his life was extremely big, and we needed we wanted to have a bigger engagement party than a wedding and get our guests and family our friends and have a big event of it as opposed to making the wedding something that was big and, you know, so we put it on the engagement party and had a bunch of people. a lot of friends, business acquaintances, a lot of family. i had all of my family, friends
and fundamentally, these tensions route back to whether ukraine should be aligned with russia whether it should be aligned with the west with nato, the european union. within ukrainian politics, to most people argue to align with the west? according to the latest poll that was conducted back in december 2021, 59% of ukrainians approve of it during the nato and they want to join nato and if you compare this number with what was back in march 2014, the demands when russia annexed crimea, only 34% of ukrainians wanted to join nato and itjust shows this dramatic ukrainians wanted to join nato and it just shows this dramatic shift ukrainians wanted to join nato and itjust shows this dramatic shift in our ukrainian politics, it shows how the mood of ukrainians is changed. they use to view russia as a friend
for ukraine, this is a pivotal moment and we know the ukrainian leadership is continuing its negotiations with western partners. we know a lot of western diplomats, head of states are in kyiv to try to show support, and basically show russia that it s not going to be an easy task. al alexi, i m wondering how you feel. i think ukrainians are more calm than foreign observers. for the past eight years we re living through this war. we know russia invaded in march 2014. we know russia had a similar buildup in april 2021. so for many ukrainians and for me as well, this is something we already saw, and we re kind of used to russia threatening and extorting basically ukraine and
“p but because it is a different time, up to 190,000 troops, almost surrounding ukraine now, would you call this a totally new page in this crisis, the crisis between ukraine and russia? it crisis, the crisis between ukraine and russia? crisis, the crisis between ukraine and russia? it is a new stage, no doubt, and russia? it is a new stage, no doubt. but and russia? it is a new stage, no doubt, but you re and russia? it is a new stage, no doubt, but you re also and russia? it is a new stage, no doubt, but you re also in - and russia? it is a new stage, noj doubt, but you re also in pointing out that it is a long running issue. you re also right in pointing out. if i compare, for example, the speech that vladimir putin gave in march 2014 when he occupied crimea and the speech he gave on monday, the speech on monday goes much further in denying the very existence of the ukrainian nation and it is also the rambling and incoherent, to show to some extent he has lost contact wi