world. i m fareed zakaria. today on the program from the czars and arenas to soviet-era com czars to president putin. we delve into the nature of power in russia looking at the past to help us understand the present. i ll talk to the new yorkers david remnick can professor nina krus efa. also the prime minister of barbados on getting the west to pay for damage for the climate change s rising seas and weather. two degrees is a death sentence. and the president of kenya on why many nations in the global south are not taking a side on the war in ukraine. but first, here s my take. in his important book the third wave samuel huntington pointed out the division among the ruling elite is a key sign of weakness in authoritarian regimes. when prominent members of the establishment break with the system it often triggers a larger set of changes. conversely, when you do not see such defections it means the autocrat will probably be able to survive. syrian dictator bashar al ass
measure. thank you, my friend. enjoy your home. thanks to you at home for being with us. before he became the editor of the most important english language magazine in the world david remnick was moscow correspondent for the washington post and in fact won the pulitzer prize for his landmark 1993 book about the last time russia fell apart at the end of the soviet union. david remnick will be joining us live in a few minutes as we try to make sense of the latest news that burst out this weekend. everybody in the world trying to figure out whether russia may be falling apart again, whether vladimir putin may be teetering at long last after 23 years of increasingly consolidated, increasingly dictatorial power in russia. david remnick will be joining us live on that story in a moment. we are also keeping eyes tonight on our own supreme court where in the midst of their own serious and expanding ethics scandals among conservative justices on the court, that court is neverthe
to make sense of the latest news that burst out this weekend. everybody in the world trying to figure out whether russia may be falling apart again, whether vladimir putin may be teetering at long last after 23 years of n increasingly consolidated, increasingly dictatorial power in russia. david remnick will be joining us live on that story in a moment. we are also keeping eyes tonight on our own supreme court where in the midst of their own serious and expanding ethics scandals among conservative justices on the court, that court is nevertheless expected to issue yet another round of hard right, very controversial,e possibly very unpopular rulings. we ve got more on that ahead tonight ahead of what is expected to be a big day at the court tomorrow. we are also watching one rr particular federal court in south florida. tonight the trump appointed judge who will apparently be tr overseeing the federal criminal trial of former president trump issued an order about witnesses in
Coming out in two weeks, everyone should be dubious if thats actually is that seems to be a verbal sign for a verbal indication of know comment at the very least, mike, its great to see you. Its been a minute and makari, i dont know if thanks, i guess sometimes love you. Thank you a new our john there you go. New roc and a new central stars. Now a new phase. And Donald Trumps classified, done humans case begins this morning as never before seen images, surface of an aide, moving boxes, cars, and flying through the air as tornadoes sweep through the midwest in the storm now threatened cities from texas to vermont, and new allegations us warning against p. Diddy, a woman files a complaint saying he drugged sexually assaulted her. Im john berman with kate bolduan, sara sidner is taking care of business. This is cnn new set okay so were following developments in two of Donald Trumps legal battles today, the defense has rested in his criminal trial in new york and walk Closing Arguments won
closing arguments have almost wrapped in hunter biden s federal gun trial. we re going to start with the day s politics. nbc news has obtained exclusive never before seen footage from january 6th. it shows nancy pelosi and chuck schumer after they were evacuated from the capitol calling every washington leader they could dial. mayor muriel bowser, vice president mike pence, acting attorney general jeffrey rosen, and the secretary of the army, increasingly desperate for armed backup. secretary mccarthy, it s senator schumer, do you know what s going on? okay. well, d.c. has requested the national guard, and it s been denied by d.o.d. i would like to know a good reason why it s been denied. i have never seen anything like this. we re like a third world country. i spoke to the secretary of the army. he s giving the full okay to give the national guard, he said it was not denied. i m going to call up the f ing secretary of d.o.d. you re going to ask me in the middle of the th