president because seems autocratic rule. in a televised address, the president called those protesting his rule, terrorists. those who don t surrender, will be eliminated, he said. he is not working alone. russia sent in several thousand troops to backup the government, with many more possibly on their way. they come at the request of the cars that government, which says russia s presence is only temporary. russia s expanded presence in kazakhstan, comes as the u.s., in talks on monday, will try to pressure russia to pull back nearly 100,000 troops from the border. of nearby ukraine. tonight, violence has died down in all not, ecosystems biggest city. government forces have retaken the airport, and restored some internet services. richard engel, nbc news, london. coming up, a look back at the life of a truly groundbreaking hollywood legend,
escalated this week, with tens of thousands of people taking to the streets. many have been killed, and thousands have been arrested. the unrest began after a huge spike in fuel prices. nbc news chief correspondent, richard engel, has more. facing mast protests sweeping the country. tonight, buckeyes extends escalated a deadly crackdown against protesters. giving security forces orders to shoot to kill. clashes began this weekend, after the government lifted fuel subsidies, and gas prices nearly doubled. the protests quickly spread, with government buildings occupied, and some villard. the interior ministry reports at least 26, what it calls, armed terrorists, and 18 security officers have been killed, and 3000 arrested. it s the biggest challenge to
of trump has kicked in, as you mentioned, no one in the republican party wants to square off with trump. i see that all the time in american history. it s where dictators or authoritarian figures do it all, if you crossed me once you re off my list. trump has done that quite effectively. so it puts the republican party, from a historical point of view, into a trenches with a nefarious figure like trump. it s not going to look good in the long run of american history. because i believe will get through this kind of wave of nativism, and becoming a kingdom of fear, and get back to be in the united states that has the can dualism of the moon shot. we can only hope. douglas brinkley, thank you. coming up, new reporting from our own richard angle on the chaotic situation in kazakhstan, why russia is getting involved. when the 11th hour, continues. when the 11th hour, continues.
political rivals don t jump at him and that sees the moment. because when i have been told by numerous officials is that putin school, ultimately, is to collapse zelensky s government and put a more pint government in place. put a more pro-russian regime here, like he used to have, like he has and belarus, like he hugs in kazakhstan. and that zelensky is standing in the way of that. so one way to do that would be to collapse his government from within, by putting pressure, psychological pressure, organizing some sort of coup, or taking a piece of the country, making it a failed state, and then hoping that there is a change of government that way. we re taking the whole thing. richard angle you are in eastern ukraine, there is an argument made mostly by the russian that there are a lot of russian speakers, pro russian people that live in that part of ukraine. they would be most happy to see a russian invasion, or would be happy to live under the
crisis so that there is not an economic collapse here, so that there is not capital flight, and so that his political rivals don t jump at him and that sees the moment. because when i have been told by numerous officials is that putin school, ultimately, is to collapse zelensky s government and put a more pint government in place. put a more pro-russian regime here, like he used to have, like he has and belarus, like he hugs in kazakhstan. and that zelensky is standing in the way of that. so one way to do that would be to collapse his government from within, by putting pressure, psychological pressure, organizing some sort of coup, or taking a piece of the country, making it a failed state, and then hoping that there is a change of government that way. we re taking the whole thing. richard angle you are in eastern ukraine, there is an argument made mostly by the russian that there are a lot of russian speakers, pro russian people that live in that part