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santos. that is a new development, and a significant one, and that s worth watching in the days ahead. that s gonna do it for us, that s time for the last word with ali velshi. good evening ali,. that evening, my friend. i appreciate you reminding us about medusa, in the early days the, war your team really relied on medusa, to get the best reporting we can, get from people understand what s going on russia. these are the little pockets of resistance around which people cling. they come to, them out of medusa can stay alive, a number of russians who are going where this war, they don t really understand why they re in it in the first place, they re feeling the economic effects of it. they got to go and get good information from places like medusa. so i think it s important we draw tension to them, and i m grateful for it. thank you for saying, so and it also said that the russian diaspora israel thing, and be unable to get russian language, real news, independent news
it now. along with their spouses, biden and harris will not just tout their achievements and lay out the details, they ll also seize the moment to tout their party. that by voting democrats, you re voting for a party that gets things done. that messaging campaign will kick off tomorrow in las vegas, with vice president harris, famous for the strip, is one of the struggling most in america because the lock downmeans no lifeline for a city fueled by tourism. joining me to help kick make it, you know? we want to get back out there and really embrace our guests, embrace our clientele, and bring back all that energy that we are missing because this city was built on service. joining me to help kick off the hour, associated press white house reporter jonathan lemire, also an msnbc political analyst. juanita tolliver is a democratic strategist and former republican congressman from florida, carlos curbelo. talk to me about the difference that joe biden played in 2009 and t