reza aslan joins me to talk about what happens next. good evening and welcome to the show. war crimes that s what russia seems to be carrying out in its war against ukraine. earlier today russian forces bombarded the city of zaporizhzhia, killing 17 people and wounding dozens of others. the shelling was concentrating on number apartment complexes in one of zaporizhzhia s most densely populated residential areas. marking a clear instance of vladimir putin s invading army roth laws of war. upstanding doubly, the strikes serve as a particularly dastardly reprisal for ukrainian military games on the battlefield against russia in recent weeks. the most noteworthy of which occurred yesterday, when ukrainians destroyed a massive brae ridge linking rachel what the kremlin peninsula. a critical surprise route for the kremlin s forces. as you might imagine, a thin skin putin is not taking this well. on the contrary, he s renewed his nuclear saber rattling. unnerving western a
polling, breaking down exactly where the fight for congress stands. and another hour of velshi begins right now. begins right now as some day november the 6th, or two days away from election day, 2022. we begin this hour with brand-new nbc news polling showing where things stand ahead of tuesday. there is some good and bad news for each party. when it comes to control of congress, it is the dead he with 47% of registered voters wanting democrats and 47% warning republicans, essentially unchanged from last month. however, an overwhelming number of voters say the country is heading in the wrong direction. 72% compared to just 21% who say things are going in the right direction. 47% of voters say they want to, quote, great deal of change in the direction that president biden s leading the country, more than during the first terms of president donald trump and barack obama and bling bill clinton. as for biden, 40% of registered voters approve of his job performance, while 53% d
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Yes, there is an ayatollah. there is a supreme leader. but she-ism is a very diverse religious tradition. there are hundreds if not thousands of younger clerics and students who think the entire islamic republic is an abomination. once we start seeing them enjoying the protests and start speaking out against their elders, that s when we are going to see the same thing that happened in 06, 53, and 79. this is probably going to lead to some kind of major change in the government. you ve mentioned some of the iranian history of revolutions already. your new book features the story of howard baskerville, an american missionary teacher who fought in iran s revolution at the dawn of the 20th century. he is a hero in iran. but he isn t known here in america. why is his story so important and relevant? well, because vax kerrville died for the same rights that iranians are 116 years later still fighting for the same the most basic human rights. the ability to have a say in