and brett favre insists he is the victim of he insists now he is the victim of a smear campaign in mississippi. this is what we are watching at this hour. we begin with cnn s exclusive interview with president biden. the president responding for the first time about putin s war in ukraine since his warn about a nuclear armageddon. he told jake tapper he doesn t believe the st. putin will actually yew nuclear weapons, but the mistake he believes putin may upon invading ukraine. i think he s a rational actor who has miscalculated significantly. i think he thought he was going to be welcome with open arms. this is the home of mother russia, and i think he totally miscalculated. the conversation also touched on saudi arabia. brittney griner, the economy, even the possibility of criminal charges against the president s son hunter. more on that in a moment. let s start with m.j. lee. m.j., he doesn t do many sit-down interviews these days. what are you hearing from there to
Last three hours youve been watching live from moscow as World Trade Center the annual president ial q. And a its a time when president putin feels questions for hours on end sometimes of many five hours in a myriad of different subjects domestic and international so much covered north korea relations with the u. S. Trump subsidies loans to local businesses even former georgian president saakashvili spotted scrambling around on the ukrainian roof last week and putins candid thoughts on the big bit of news that came up though of course the fact the putin is going to respond for elections next year is president. But we didnt know it wasnt going to be under the United Russia Party flag hes standing on his own as an independent candidate that was big news today our correspondent more ago it is ballistic game for the last three hours or so were going to let that carry on if there are any big issues that come up with it straight back into it more or just to let you know so much to sift throu