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.
civilian residential areas resulting in civilian deaths. the situation can get a lot worse very soon, thank you so much, phil black. and joining me now with the reporting and inside susan glasser of the new yorker, and julia yafgi of puck news. thank you, lady, for being here. this visit by blinken and austin is coming actually after several other world leaders and senior european officials have already made a trip to kyiv. do you think there s any value in it? what do you think they re coming to do? well, i think it shows, right, that first of all kyiv is secure enough for these top u.s. officials to visit, and to underscore the fact that the russians still haven t taken the capital. and that, again, that they can set foot there, that it s under full ukrainian control. it s a sign of support, the fact that the u.s. is still standing behind ukraine. but it is interesting that zelensky said don t come empty