after 20 years of brainwashing, it does have an effect. yes, there are many people who believe what the propaganda is telling them. but it is also very important that respected russian media organizations do not repeat uncritically those so-called opinion poll numbers. and a collection of a russian citizen somehow support the suppression. this is not the case. those people who repeat these figures, so much of the play on putin side in the war. because putin wants you to think that most russians are on the site. and that is not the case. in an authoritarian state, where people have no access to objective information. and where people would be afraid of potential consequences. i could just tell you, on a personal level, not a day goes by without somebody approaching me on the street and shaking my hand, here in moscow. asking to take a picture of me and say, thank you for what you are doing. these are people who are not
you re live in the cnn newsroom. i m ana cabrera in new york. president trump his first weekend as an impeached president, but you wouldn t think so just by looking at his job approval opinion polls. despite being handed the strongest punishment possible by the democrat controlled house, president trump s supporters are so far anyway standing by him. take a look at these numbers according to the polling group 538, an average of polls shows the president this week saw his highest approval rating in more than 2 1/2 years, just shy of 45%. his popularity peaked on the day he was impeached. analysts point to the strong economy for keeping the president s opinion poll numbers study. as for how he stacks up against the democratic candidates, president trump is trailing former vice president joe biden but not by as much as he did in
games in the history of mankind. they steal about 25 billion dollars. reporter: for recently ukrainian president said nemtsov was about to reveal information that would prove russia s involvement in the conflict in ukraine, sig that quote, someone was very afraid of that. some mourners believe that someone was putin or his supporters. do you believe that mr. putin, president putin, is responsible for this killing is this. we do believe in this sthr but the kremlin says this tragic killing was simple isly designed to damage russia and to create a political storm. well the popularity of vladimir putin is still skylight latest opinion polls suggesting that it s 86% which is absolutely incredible. the big question is will this killing change those opinion poll numbers or will they simply it will it simply send a message that if you oppose the
personality questions are always very interesting to me. in terms of the connecting the likability question, president obama is trouncing mitt romney, 57% to 25% on the easygoing likeable question. same with compassion and understanding average people, obama is 53%, romney is 29%. but when we come to commander in chief, it s a much, much more narrow. obama at 44%, romney at 41%. well, look, first thought, anyone s likability numbers can hold up and 8% unemployment and hundreds of millions of dollars of negative advertising, there s something there. at this point, that s not going to change. i suspect the debate tonight is going to move things around to that commander in chief question because mitt romney just hasn t had to explain a number of contradictory positions he s had on national security. i will say, though, it s a race against time. the fundamentals of this race are about the economy. all those economic numbers, including gas prices that john was talking about, they re comin