minister of russia under yeltsin, but after putin succeeded yeltsin and then showed what kind of ruler he would be, boris became just a vociferous and fearless critic of vladimir putin. in february of that year, february 2015, boris was planning an opposition march to protest against the putin regime. it was two days before that march when nemtsov was shot four times in the back while he was walking across the bridge. press reports at the time called it the highest-profile assassination in russia since the stalin era. and he wasn t the only target. days before nemtsov was assassinated, russian authorities had thrown one of his key political allies in jail, another vocal putin critic who had worked alongside boris nemtsov. nemtsov s friend was put in jail for 15 days for the high crime of handing out leaflets inviting people to attend that opposition march, the one that got nemtsov killed. the guy who was put in charge just for handing out leaflets just about the march, his na
with that, let s bring in our esteemed panel. zerlina maxwell, host of zerlina on peacock, ayman mohyeldin, host of msnbc s ayman, and elise jordan, republican strategist. let s go right to the first revvie award, the ridicu-list. these are the events that i still can t believe happened in a year as bizarre as 2021. here are few of my picks to get us started. facebook goes meta. stuck in the suez. and trump: the blog. facebook s name change. the social network found itself under fire from the right and the left over user privacy and rampant misinformation, and mark zuckerberg decides the solution is to rebrand the company to meta. i don t know exactly what the metaverse is, but i m guessing it has something to do with having your head in the clouds. or how about that ship that got stuck for days in the suez canal? disrupting trade routes all over the world, it seemed like a random event back in march, but little did we know it was a preview of global shipping tie-ups and
zerlina maxwell, host of zerlina on peacock, ayman mohyeldin, host of msnbc s ayman, and elise jordan, republican strategist. let s go right to the first revvie award, the ridicu-list. these are the events that i still can t believe happened in a year as bizarre as 2021. here are few of my picks to get us started. facebook goes meta. stuck in the suez. and trump: the blog. facebook s name change. the social network found itself under fire from the right and the left over user privacy and rampant misinformation, and mark zuckerberg decides the solution is to rebrand the company to meta. i don t know exactly what the metaverse is, but i m guessing it has something to do with having your head in the clouds. or how about that ship that got stuck for days in the suez canal? disrupting trade routes all over the world, it seemed like a random event back in march, but little did we know it was a preview of global shipping tie-ups and even a shortage of christmas trees this holida
dangerous movements in america. it happened so quickly, being a totally apolitical person to a person dying for donald trump. a person dying for donald trump. i hate to have to do this, but we have sad breaking news from hollywood. the associated press is reporting that legendary actress betty white has died at the age of 99. she was the longest running woman on television. but there was so much more than television. she began her career on the radio in the 1940s, then tv in the 1950s, starring in more shows than i have fingers on high hands. her most famous, rows nylund on the golden girls, which ran on nbsz from 1982 to 1992. then there were the move east. so many. just the other day, her proposal co-star ryan reynolds joked that he was still holding out for her, ready for betty white to give upmer crush on robert redford, for him. she was beloved, and only weeks away from her 100th birthday, which was on january 17th. so let us take a moment to celebrate the remark
comfort, teach, protect and serve in ways big and small. the first family saying you show there is much to gain in appreciation and gratitude for the gift of time and goodwill. we share. the first family going on in that statement to pay tribute specifically to those who have lost loved ones in the covid-19 pandemic saying we pray for you to find strength and from sor row and purpose from pain. there you see the first lady and the president walking into the auditorium to make those phone calls to u.s. service members. let s take a listen to that. come here, commander, commander, come here. joe, can you pick him up? here he comes. merry christmas, ladies and gentlemen. it is my distinct honor and privilege to introduce the president of the united states and the first lady of the united states. ma am. hi, merry christmas. how are you? bahrain, qatar, romania, everywhere but home. yeah. sorry. we are sorry, you know, one of the things we know because we are a milit