regions of russia, where there isn t much economic opportunity, and isn t much kind of value for life because life feels meaningless. there s literally no meaning in their lives. and if anything paradoxically the war gives them that meaning. i talked to journalists who covered the region around like bikol, which one part is very economically depressed and populated by ethnic budouts who are asian looking and really stand out in this war of, you know for the russian world, this kind of pan slavic vision. they re being killed at a disproportionate rate and they re joining at a disproportionate rate in part because it s an economically depressed region and there s nothing for young people there to believe in, so they re gravitating toward this war. that s fascinating, steph, julia and susan, thanks. lies, secret tapes and january 6th. new revelations test the alliance between mccarthy and trump.