this is gps, the global public square. welcome to all of you in the united states and around the world. i m fareed zakaria coming to you from davos, switzerland. today on the program, ukraine s president, volodymyr zelenskyy. t r hip hihi his of practically every discussion in davos this week. and i had a conversation with the man himself about the state of war and the potential for peace. we ll also bring you my conversations with other world leaders at davos. first, sanna marin, the prime minister of finland. her nation shares an 830-mile long border with russia, and is waiting to be granted nato membership. then, kyriakos mitsotakis, the prime minister of greece. a nation once seen as the sixth man of europe. the current state of greece s economy may well surprise you. but first, here s my take. davos was back with a bang. after a skinny spring version of the event last may, this week, tthe p the world economi conference was packed with attendees trying to learn more a
explosion of the only bridge connecting russia with the annexed territory of crimea. now, the blast partially collapsed the kerch bridge and paralyzed a key supply route from moscow s faltering war in ukraine. but this bridge isn t just logistically important, it s also a huge symbol for the kremlin in its attempt to reunify crimea with the russian mainland. ukraine has not claimed responsibility for this, but after the blast in kyiv, people can be seen taking selfies in front of a billboard depicting the image of the bridge on fire. that s not the only thing you re seeing from ukraine mocking the explosion. fred pleitgen joins us now. fred is in kyiv. he has the latest developments. what are you hearing, fred, about who s behind this explosion. reporter: yeah, well, the russians are moving very quickly to point the finger of blame at the ukrainians. this is quite interesting because i ve been following a lot of telegram channels coming out of russia. a lot of top russian
hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we start in germany where soaring prices and an energy crisis have europe s biggest economy on the brink of recession. and bracing for possibly its highest inflation in 70 years this autumn. rocked by limited gas from russia and the expensive business of weaning themselves off kremlin supplies, germany s central bank has warned that the current squeeze on the cost of living is set to continue. now, the government has put in place measures to save energy with things like lighting restrictions on workplaces, and they ve been asking people to use less while filling up national gas reserves. but with reports people are using up their savings as wages fail to keep up with prices, there have been warnings of possible social unrest come the winter. so, the latest inflation figures are due out today. joining me now is holger schmieding, chief economist at the german private bank berenberg. so what can we expect? when it c
barr, who did much of donald trump s bidding during the russia investigation, defends the fbi decision to seize classified documents from the former president s florida estate. this as we learn more about what was found in the search, including dozens of empty folders marked classified. plus, the former president sharpens his attacks against federal law enforcement, calling the fbi and doj, quote, vicious monsters, while warning of unprecedented backlash. how will his supporters interpret that? and president biden hits the campaign trail this labor day, visiting two key battleground states, pennsylvania and wisconsin, both union strongholds. we ll have a preview of his holiday campaign events. good morning. it is monday, september 5th. welcome to a special labor day edition of morning joe. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your holiday with us. we now have a clearer account of what the fbi seized from former president donald trump s mar-a-lago home in palm be
the country leaving several killed and dozens more wound. what is congress prepared to do when they return this week? a former judge in wisconsin gunned down by a man with a hit list. the two high-profile politicians he targeted next. and the u.s. and south korea responding to eight missile tests by north korea with eight missile tests that have i remember own. what will kim jong-un do now ? good morning to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world, it is monday, june 6th. major political news out of the united kingdom, in just the last couple of hours it is in within the realm of possibility that the leader of america s closest ally may be out of a job by tonight. it was just announced that later today british prime minister boris johnson will face a no confidence vote within his own party. this comes after months of johnson being dogged by the so-called party-gate scandal accused of flouting covid restrictions. he was just booed in public during t