Acknowledged the game was up. The leader of the ussr Mikhail Gorbachev realized basically he would have to agree. And before the end of that month, on christmas night, kn december 25th, 1991, Mikhail Gorbachev stepped down as head of the soviet union. The hammer and sickle flag of the ussr was brought down at the kremlin. The threecolor flag of the Russian Federation was raised in its place. And on christmas 30 years ago, christmas 1991, Boris Yeltsin became president of the Russian Federation. He served as president for eight years almost exactly from christmas 1991 until new years eve, 1999. Re he served as president until dee y2k, december 31st, 1999. That Night Yeltsin was gone and Vladimir Putin surprise, whos he became president of the Russian Federation. And putin has been running that country with an increasingly authoritarian hand ever since. Since 22 years is clearly not long enough in power for him, putin has just given himself the authority to stay in power untig 2036 becau
Theyre accusing them of abuses. The question is how. Its way too early for this. Good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that remembers pearl harbor 80 years ago today. Im Jonathan Lemire on this tuesday, december 7th. Well start with the news. A former National Guard official is accusing two Army Generals over the january 6 siege on the u. S. Capitol. The officer wrote a 36page memo to the house select committee. He claims Charles Flynn and lieutenant walter pyatt repeatedly misquoted, misstated, or mislead the House Oversight committee and the house inspector general. He claims they didnt have the training to quickly respond the day of the insurrection. He writes every letter in the d. C. Guard wants more. He goes on to call flynn and pyatt liars for their categorization of the events of that day. Flynn and pyatt didnt respond to messages from politico seeking comment. An Army Spokesperson tells nbc news the armys actions on january 6th have been well douchlted, and lieut
The u.s. is going to put some sort of sanctions in place against russia dpr for that buildup forover things they ve been fighting with russia against recently. that may be resolved as soon as tomorrow. tomorrow should be sort of a prickly day if term of that relationship and all the high stakes it means. watch for that tomorrow. that s it for us for now. wrts is up next. president biden set to speak with vladimir putin today about the russian military buildup near the border of ukraine. with concerns of a possible invasion, the question is will the president be able to convince his russian counterpart to slow his aggression. plus, a former official with the d.c. national guard accuses two army generals of lying to congress about the military attack. the question is was help delayed because of a concern of optics? and the white house announces a diplomatic boycott.