guidance but i believe that the federal government, the united states of america, the president, there are others being held in russia and they have been held in such vicious conditions, their health is deteriorating like mr. reed and others and the point is, we can t let the brutality of putin you know, i started by saying he s a baby killer. this is his war. there was no vote for this. he has 6,000 russians in jail right now and continues to create a world war iii atmosphere in ukraine. i think we have to step in and exert our sovereignty over our citizens and demand that they be released. indeed. and get them out of there if i might say it in that way. i know 13,500 protesters thus far have been arrested for being brave enough to dare protest against putin s war of choice, war that is conducted, including
you are talking about people not being able to get food and heat for their homes because of the sanctions. yeah. it s going to hurt but it s going to hurt in a prima way. not being able to go to mcdonald s or gucci is not, i think, where it s going to hurt them. it s a fascinating conversation, i wish we had more time, we will have to have you back for a part two. i want to keep going but the clock says i, cannot tim o brien and uriel epshtein, thank you. up next on the reidout , a group of ballerinas take up the fight in ukraine. fight in ukraine with unitedhealthcare medicare advantage plans, you can take advantage of $0 preventive dental care. - wow. - uh-huh. $0 copays on preventive dental care and the nation s largest medicare dental network. take advantage now.
i don t know how i can describe the situation. and to stay with you for a moment, i think a lot of people don t realize there is a lot of diversity inside ukraine. maybe not as much as we have in the united states but the fact that you are there, what do you make of the stories of the differences between the way people are being treated at the borders trying to escape? have you heard any feedback people are being treated differently when they try to flea based on the color of their skin? i don t know the situation but i m member of ukrainian and to know russian propaganda do everything about about guilty our country in racism, it s not true because i m a ukraine doing
know, volodymyr zelenskyy becoming president is sort of rather like stephen colbert or john stewart becoming president and i have no doubt either one of them would step right up to the damn plate if that happened if faced with an invasion because they re patriotic good people. is that the way that you understand him? i think the idea he was a comedian throws people off when they see how to use a not so tv term bad ass he is? well, hi and first of all, thanks for having me. surprised you didn t mention jimmy fallon. and jimmy fallon. and jimmy fallon. look, president zelenskyy, first and foremost is a human being. you know, he s not a politician. i keep repeating that but it s true. the world now is kind of interested in having bad news. having real people do real things. so real emotions, real mistakes, that s what the world needs. that s the portrait and bronze