there have been reports in russia that the kremlin has issued this direct tort to back off. you noticed the kremlin denied it issued that direct tort but you see a change. the question is why. is it because david remnick because russia is worried about what trump might do if he s forced in the corner or is it because they don t want to talk about it so much and add more heat to this fire that seems to be increasing. a lot of this comes down to intentions and those will be the intentions of president vladimir putin. who is he and what does september in he s been described as a man without a face. his expression revealing little. his identity hidden behind what is now a full-blown cult of personality in russia putin the sportsman, the animal lover, the national strong man.
issued this direct tort to back off. you noticed the kremlin denied it issued that direct tort but you see a change. the question is why. is it because david remnick because russia is worried about what trump might do if he s forced in the corner or is it because they don t want to talk about it so much and add more heat to this fire that seems to be increasing. a lot of this comes down to intentions and those will be the intentions of president vladimir putin. who is he and what does september in he s been described as a man without a face. his expression revealing little. his identity hidden behind what is now a full-blown cult of personality in russia putin the sportsman, the animal lover, the national strong man.
is now a full-blown cult of personality in russia putin the sportsman, the animal lover, the national strong man. putin grew up poor in st. petersburg where he dreamt of becoming a secret agent. just out of college, he joined the kgb. he was an up and coming agent posted in communist east germany when the wall came down. the eastern bloc and ultimately the soviet union unravelled. putin was never a communist hard-liner but for him this was a humiliation on a national scale. he s called the collapse of the soviet union the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century. nato expanded, it left its mark on putin who was rising through the ranks. in 1998 he became head of the fsb which replaced the kgb.
it was evident in iowa yesterday, though she has a lot of fans and does have some support, you re seeing a lot of conservative base in the republican party looking to new stars, ted cruz, mike lee, rand paul, mike huk abee and these are the people who are really in that space winning a lot of favor. and what does she have to do at this point to make a comeback? well, it doesn t seem like she s going to run for president in 2016. she s busy with her own tv show on the sportsman s channel and does these kind of sporadic political travels. to come back, she s going to have to show some kind of serious message on policy to try to wade into the debate more on capitol hill. as we saw in recent comments at the nra convention, we re not i m not so sure about where palin wants to go and not so sure she knows exactly where she fits right now within the republican party. there s a sense in the meantime she s making a lot of endorsements.
very careful. you feel confident you are playing in september? america needs football, loves football. football will happen. it s just when it gets finalized. let s talk about the book. why did you write it? i think everybody comes to a point where they want to look and break down what s happened in their lives. for the last 33 years i have been doing something different, if you will. the last three years on the road travelin traveling and playing football. it s precarious balancing two things at the same time. what are the unexpected lessons you came upon? every country i went to was very, very different. people were different. food was different. the sport was different. the challenge was that much different. it s like every day life when you wake up and walk down the street.