Acknowledged the game was up. The leader of the ussr Mikhail Gorbachev realized basically he would have to agree. And before the end of that month, on christmas night, kn december 25th, 1991, Mikhail Gorbachev stepped down as head of the soviet union. The hammer and sickle flag of the ussr was brought down at the kremlin. The threecolor flag of the Russian Federation was raised in its place. And on christmas 30 years ago, christmas 1991, Boris Yeltsin became president of the Russian Federation. He served as president for eight years almost exactly from christmas 1991 until new years eve, 1999. Re he served as president until dee y2k, december 31st, 1999. That Night Yeltsin was gone and Vladimir Putin surprise, whos he became president of the Russian Federation. And putin has been running that country with an increasingly authoritarian hand ever since. Since 22 years is clearly not long enough in power for him, putin has just given himself the authority to stay in power untig 2036 becau
Theyre accusing them of abuses. The question is how. Its way too early for this. Good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that remembers pearl harbor 80 years ago today. Im Jonathan Lemire on this tuesday, december 7th. Well start with the news. A former National Guard official is accusing two Army Generals over the january 6 siege on the u. S. Capitol. The officer wrote a 36page memo to the house select committee. He claims Charles Flynn and lieutenant walter pyatt repeatedly misquoted, misstated, or mislead the House Oversight committee and the house inspector general. He claims they didnt have the training to quickly respond the day of the insurrection. He writes every letter in the d. C. Guard wants more. He goes on to call flynn and pyatt liars for their categorization of the events of that day. Flynn and pyatt didnt respond to messages from politico seeking comment. An Army Spokesperson tells nbc news the armys actions on january 6th have been well douchlted, and lieut
De-escalation? i don t think you ll get any resolution or de-escalation that quickly. russia is going to try to paint itself as the victim, as the aggrieved party. western machination to paint themselves as the victim. on the american side you will see two approaches of the same kind, you may call it honey and vinegar. the vinegar will be economic sanctions and military aid for ukraine, beefing up our nato. i think the honey will be offering the russian s greater diplomatic possibilities. perhaps mutual troops withdrawal back from the border. a new approach discussing european security at large. the president is going to put both on the table and trying to
Steer mr. putin in the direction of the honey. deter any russian or military. we ll be covering this virtual meeting from the two leaders all day long on msnbc. richard haass, we appreciate it. we ll have you back soon. why are you awake? angela writes this. i slammed my hand in a car door last evening and took a trip to the ar and the pain is so bad, it woke me up. angela, i am sorry about your hand. dan, what you got back there? anymore injuries? no injuries. tom s e-mail, living in florida is my only chance top see the greatest christmas tree on earth as you go on break.
That moment there, the entry into world war ii, sort of began a series of events that led u.s. into world affairs, the world s leading nation. are we seeing that era now starting to come to a close, that influence perhaps unraveling? look. it s a big and important question, jonathan. what s really remarkable is not that the united states responded the way it did after pearl harbor, but that it remained the leading most active country in the world after world war ii. that was for me a historic moment. we did not retreat, but we stayed active in the world. the question you ask now, several things are happening. one, we re seeing the rise of hostile, adversarial powers including russia and china. that s one issue, which is pushing back against america s position in the world. secondly are the emergence of these global issues like