we can t have these conversations without you, so i know you are juggling a lot of things. but thank you very much for making some time to talk to us. we re grateful. e time to talk to us we re grateful . ,. . it to the to th according to russian state media, the criminal case against yevgeny prigozhin, the head of the wagner group, a private mercenary army in russia critical to russia s ability to wage war in ukraine, will be dropped. that s what they re saying at least. and he will be an exile in belarus. so far, it is not clear if you will actually give up leadership or commands of the wagner group. but he sent a voice note signaling that his forces would stand down. that order comes after a day of putin back negotiations with prigozhin to avoid russian losses inside russian territory. with promises of safety guarantees for the wagner fighters. until just a few hours ago, wagner forces were marching toward moscow. appearing to be ready to wage an armed result against
the strategic slouch psychological open window for zelenskyy, and how long do you think it lasts? applebaum had a smart observation that tonight, if you live in moscow, the war isn t so far away. it almost came literally to moscow s doorstep. what opportunities does that provide zelenskyy to turn this war, and the very sophisticated psychological operations he s been running since the start against the russians? zelenskyy has already taken full advantage of what has happened, by going out very publicly and denigrating putin. i think he s also going to be exhorting his troops. that victory is in fact achievable. because the russians are imploding from within. and i think zelenskyy, as well as others, know that putin is politically damaged now. and he has a lot of recovering to do. and i think that even the people around putin, his
he s also really a fine guitarest as well as a fine songwriter and singer and i d like to get him out here to help me. he was kind enough to volunteer so come on, james. we re going to do a song for you called so far away. [ applause ] so far away doesn t anybody stay in one place anymore it would be so fine to see your face at my door doesn t help to know you re
you all know her as a songwriter. she wrote blah, blah, blah and he listed the whole thing and what he did was he made me preloved because everybody knew all those songs. [ applause ] i know that many of you are admirers of james taylor. i am myself. i don t know if you know but he s also really a fine guitarist, as well as a fine songwriter and singer and i d like to get him out here to help me. he was kind enough to volunteer so come on, james. we re going to do a song for you called so far away. [ applause ]