convicted by marijuana possession. russian uzscaping putin s draft, fleeing to america. we learned two russians are in alaska after crossing the berring strait by boat just to escape putin s draft. the two russians we re told are requesting asylum after landing in this alaskan island. the clerk there the men told the villagers they had sailed their boat from north eastern russia, which is approximately 300 miles by sea away. this is the latest as we understand it. and the department of homeland security tells out front that the two russians came ashore in a small boat on tuesday. think about that. 300 miles and now fleeing to america. it s a desperate move, and it s coming as an official ukrainian source says that in the east of ukraine, ukraine has regained control over 93 settlements in the past two weeks. that s incredibly quick, and in the south 29 settlements have been retaken by the ukrainians. all of this leading to a new barrage of criticism. the russian deputy appo
30 days away. so is this a good time to do this. i mean, look, we re in that month long window. as you said it doesn t affect that many people, but it is broadly popular. gallop had a poll the other week saying more americans smoke more marijuana than cigarettes. this is broadly popular. and in the past democrats and republican presidents haven t touched it in part because they were afraid of seeming weak when it came to drugs. and i think the political c calculus has shifted. and next herschel walker deflecting and denying after an alleged ex-girlfriend accused him of paying for an abortion. have you reached out to any of the mothers of your children? no. to ask why why not? why do i need to? can he save his campaign? and saudi arabia raising oil prices for americans.
next few days given how they re talking. neil: they moved, right? we just don t know for sure where. it s setting the table. it s a preparatory step to now handing them over. it is a very good sign. this is a very good thing for them to do. neil: do you almost worry, this is the same guy, kim jong-un, launching missiles left and right a few months ago. now he s like father o malley. nobody saw this. any pundit out there who says yes, i saw this coming. who s the real north korean leader here? the thing about kim jong-un and also his father and grandfather was that he s not suicidal. his historical c calculus is stay in power. what s happened here, we ve kicked the can so far down the road over the years that as with any effort to make a decision, as you do that, you kick that
posture against the north korean regime. this new administration does not. how much does that complicate the set of bad options that the extremely. and this is like the chicken and the egg.then is engaged, the pen is committed, the south koreans are committed if this thing goes to war. they will lose 20 million people potentially in and around seoul. so on they re logically enough trying to put the speed brakes on anything really aggressive for president trump. so that is a third cal could you c calculus he has to make. and we spend too much time talking about the south koreans and not enough time talking to them understanding their position on this. it makes this really a three dimensional game of chess for the white house. all right. well, let s think of all the different bad options. you seem to settle on this one