mr. johnson: very good question, mr. price. it's certainly an area we have given a lot of thought to over the last several months as you indicate, the 287g program is currently under review. there are currently about 70 287g programs, and about another 70 warrant service officer programs. these are two different programs. one where folks are empowered to enforce immigration laws under 287g programs with some training and an officer is supposed to have the ability to serve arrests and deportations. the 287g program is just one example of the cooperation with state and locals. we believe that cooperation with the local authorities is key, but we also believe there just has to be appropriate checks and balances to make sure that folks are coloring within the lines and are acting responsibly with that authority. in the 22 congressional language, there was a requirement that opr and crco go out and take a close look at some of our 287g partners and raise any concerns as it might relate to civil rights and liberties. so we were aware

johnson's case, if i could just reaffirm that mrs. johnson should be mrs. johnson. in other words, mrs. johnson was very clear with me she was terrified before the first committee for the preservation of the white house. these were experts, it wasn't her work. she felt comfortable with bringing in america anna. in the first meeting, it's really funny. they are talking about getting expensive rugs where i think it was the state dining room, and mrs. johnson is going, well, aren't they walked on? aren't these antique rugs? and they finally come to the conclusion maybe they should get good copies. but i think that the public opinion influenced her and then she loved and didn't want to compete with mrs. kennedy, and just really enabled her to be more [inaudible] be ranked with the white house historical association and through their own grants, a lot of things. the first ones were weren't the home of that was added, walk in through a good texas friend of hers, and a paper back to the first meeting of the committee for the preservation, and the [inaudible] i have a littl

and in mrs. johnson's case. i think it just reaffirmed and mrs. johnson to be mrs. johnson in other words mrs. johnson was very clear with me. she was terrified before the first committee for the preservation of the white house. these were experts it wasn't her world. she felt comfortable with bringing in america with in the first meaning it's really funny. they're talking about getting expensive rights where i think it was the state dining room and mrs. johnson is going well, aren't they walk down these antique rocks ruins. they finally come to the conclusion. maybe they should get good copies, but i think that the public opinion influenced her and then she loved it didn't want to compete with mrs. kennedy and just sort of enabled her to be more. class he raised with through the white house historical association and through their own brands a lot of things. the first ones were homer that was added walked in through a good texas friend of hers in a paper bag to the first meeting of the committee for the preservation and said, i have a little pressure for you. what

johnson's case, i think it just reaffirmed that mrs. johnson could be mrs. johnson. in other words, mrs. johnson was very clear with me, she was terrified before the first committee for the preservation of the white house, [inaudible] except it wasn't her work. she felt comfortable with bringing in america. in the first meeting, it's really funny. they are talking about getting expensive rugs where i think it was the state dining room and mrs. johnson is going, well, aren't they walked on? aren't this antique rugs? well [inaudible] they finally come to the conclusion maybe they should get copies. but i think that the public opinion had influenced her and then she left and didn't [inaudible] the people, mrs. kennedy, and just [inaudible] unable to her to be more [inaudible] with the white house historical association and through their own plans for a lot of things. the first [inaudible] wins the home or that was added walked in through a good texas friend of hers, and in a paperback, to the first meeting of the committee for the preservation and the [inaudible] i have

steve you are on with eric johnson, go ahead but. >> mr. johnson i find you totally disingenuous. we started referring it made the comment you do not believe that ntfs and crt exist. i find you are working towards the moral and societal destruction of the usn. and still such time as you go on and insist on going on the tucker carlson show to debate this issue i have will have no respect for you. >> well noted i will not go in my sample is very clear. i have neverer met, we never sen anyone associated or operate under a better cause than antifa. i believe it is made up. i stick with that. secondly never even heard of. in fact it is a research area that's mostly done in advance, and some law schools but it hasn't by no means been implemented by might knowledge and elementary schools and high school is been manufactured fear mongering approach that we have seen over and over again. by the attack but replacement theory, critical race theory, and teeth all these things are put out there as red meat to generate fear. we need to address who is doing this. why they are doing it and stop i

mr. johnson: madam president. the presiding officer: objection is heard. mr. johnson: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from wisconsin. mr. johnson: as chairman of homeland security, i passed over 300 pieces of legislation out of committee, over 130 of those became law. very few of those, almost none, were partisan in any way, shape, or form. the approach i used to have that kind of legislative success is rather than focus on issues that divide us, i concentrated on the areas of agreement. today i brought to senate floor a -- a nonpartisan bill, a bill crafted by the parents -- the parents who lost their sons in one of these horrific tragedies. it passed our committee twice unanimously. those parents asked me to come today to please pass this bill, take some action, provide some comfort to all the parents that are grieving, to a nation that is grieving. so i came to the floor today and i will not engaging in partisanship other than to say it is just sad -- it is just sad that this body can't pass this bill when about a month ago they passed a

but for mr. johnson, it's a complete setback. what is his best chance for getting justice when so many little things went wrong to get him the death penalty? >> this is one of the huge problems with our system. so once the jury returns a guilty verdict in the case, the system just switches from a presumption of innocence to prioritizing the preserving the finality of the verdict. and the idea here is that we want to preserve jury verdicts, particularly guilty verdicts because if we let, if we start overturning them left and right at the first sign of a badge trial or an unfair trial, then it'll sort of erode the integrity of the system. -- that's an illusion of integrity, that's an actual integrity. actual integrity is correct your mistakes, addressing mistakes. fixing these injustices. but the courts make it extremely difficult for people who are innocent to bring evidence, there is a phase in your trial or in your case called post conviction where this is when you get access to the police files in the prosecutors files. and thi

a fact which was never disclosed to mr. johnson or his lawyers. in fact, his lawyers did not find out until 2003, and did not have proof until 2019, when the state turned over this, a copy of the check and a form signed by the judge authorizing the payment of $5,000. johnson's legal representation worked against him as well. according to the "washington post," johnson's attorney who admitted in a court filing that he lacked the necessary experience for a capital case. the lawyer wrote, defendant's attorney does not have the expertise in criminal investigation work to investigate the facts and interview the witnesses surrounding the alleged crime with which the defendant is charged. defendant's attorney has no formal training in criminal investigation, nor do they have the capabilities and time to interview all of the potential witnesses, and conduct all of the investigation necessary and essential to provide the defendant with an adequate defense. end quote. no experience. no training. no time to investigate. a trifecta of trial disaster. when the

mr. johnson: thanks, congresswoman. question. it's an area we have been working towards for many years. we are aware access to counsel is one of our primary responsibilities. it's something we take absolutely seriously. we have been working with various facilities to increase access to counsel as you may be aware we are providing our detained population with a number of monthly free minutes, so they cannot only speak to their counsel, but to speak to their family members. we are also working on adding a virtual visitation option at all of our facilities, so that when there is issues with access to bones, they can use other technologies such as skype or other technologies to stay in contact with their counsel. additionally, we're working with the department of justice to expand our legal orientation program, so that individuals can have access to free legal services. and we are working with our various vendors to look for other opportunities so individuals may be able to speak with their counselors without some of the issues you h

mr. johnson: thank you. i'm happy to yield next to the gentleman from wisconsin, mr. grothman. here he is. mr. grothman: now that we are back in congress this week, i think it's time for all of us to share a little bit on what we learned when we were back in our districts and, given that my district has more manufacturing jobs than other districts in the country, i of course spent some time touring my manufacturing facilities and seeing what is going to become of the cost of american goods in the immediate future. there are some people who are claiming that this inflation is only something that arose out of recent developments, out of what happened in ukraine. that's not at all true. as we look here to my right, we see a graph that around the time of the american rescue plan, maybe the most irresponsible piece of legislation that's ever passed this house, we began to have m-2, a measure of the money supply, go up about 35% or 37% compared to the prior year. in the last big inflation in the 1970's it would go

not everyone gave mr. johnson a warm welcome, as you will see. that's the reception the prime minister received from a couple of people who turned up at the castle's gate, not necessarily representing the broad sentiment. this comes in the context of an election a few days ago that change the balance of northern irish politics. our corresponnt will explain how. reporter: election result brought a significant shift in the political landscape of northern ireland, for the first time theargestarty in the assembly is an irish nationalist party, party that is committed to taking northern ireland out of the u.k. and making one country with the republic of ireland. that party ishane finn, -- shine finn. the democratic unionist party whose reason is to keep northern ireland within the united kingdom. the cross community alliance party, that finds itself neither unionist or nationalist, has moved up from fifth place to third, more than doubling its numbers in the assembly chamber. so those will be big changes. on thing that has not changed is the sense of

i talked to mrs. johnson. i said, you have got a recommendation for us. which is, should we keep these closed? or should they be opened? she said, go ahead and open them. essentially, i am proud of what my husband did. i know that there will be things on them that i don't like because i haven't heard them. i am confident enough and what lyndon did, the more people that find out about what he did both his strength and his flaws, the better. which is just the kind of presidential -- you want. she showed amazing insight. not only changed history, i think really change the way that her husband is c now by historians and other later americans. >> one of the questions that hangs around the table is why lbj made them in the first place. why would lbj has made these. for that matter, why did american president from roosevelt to nixon make similar kinds of recordings? >> lbj, when he was a senator used to make tapes, used to make records of his private conversations. which was basically his close aide walter jenkins listening in on a dead key extension, and making

and ranking member, thank you mr. johnson for remarks and being here today. first of all i like to thank the men and women in your agency who do their best to maintain law and order when this administration has not made that an easy task. you all have been incredibly difficult and complex duty to this country and i hope you are aware of the support you have it. this invasion of foreign nationals at her southern border should be the top priority of this administration and congress. as the acting director for ice i look forward to how we can hear you clean up this disaster. historic crisis at her southern border is set to worsen greatly due to the announced rescission of title 42 which will bring a tidal wave of illegal immigrants across our southern border and overwhelm an already overworked and understaffed agents of the u.s. immigration and customs enforcement. the resource cartels gain members, human g traffickers and drug smugglers will exploit this crisis to further endanger american citizens. last year you testified the u.s. was seeing record low number

the telegraph has a word about this about trying to save johnson after a survey found that mr johnson after a survey found that mr johnson at the lowest approval rating of any cabinet minister in the eyes of tory party members. he is a polarising figure and he has a huge majority and a lot of support at the last election in the wake of brexit and the question now for all of these mps is whether or not he has become a liability whether they still think he's the best chance because an election still potentially a year or so away. it’s potentially a year or so away. it's interesting _ potentially a year or so away. it's interesting that the legislation has been passed to the prime minister could _ been passed to the prime minister could indeed: election when he chooses — could indeed: election when he chooses and take that risk and that's— chooses and take that risk and that's remember back in 2019. in 2019. _ that's remember back in 2019. in 2019. but— that's remember back in 2019. in 2019, but this is 2022 and a of light— 2019, but this is 2022 and a of light is— 2019, but

host: mr. johnson, if you want to respond to that. guest: we have to have a society, an approach to stop racialized killings that we see. we have to have a society, an approach to deal with crime in general. what we are witnessing, whether it is january 6, el paso, pittsburgh, what happened in the bay area with a federal official, is a cordon needed effort by individuals -- coordinated effort by individuals using social media platforms to cause harm to our communities and democracy. it is for us to be in a place where we bring people together around a civil society so we can be honored with equal protection under the law and feel safe in our community. we have to have an approach to bring people together, not continue to allow tribalism to bring us apart. host: what would laws do, even if you create these laws, would it stop the problem overall? guest: first of all, you have to change the political climate. this is not a republican versus a democrat. this is about maintaining a civil society. secondly, you have to address the systemic

for johnson was at this meeting and one other person was fined, but mr. johnson was not because he says he was doing his job. >> i briefly attended such gatherings to thank them for their service, which i believe is one of the essential duties of leadership. roz: one other gathering was on the same date, november 2020. this is the gathering the telegraph reported was allegedly held to celebrate the part or of the ime minister's then advisor and where it was reportedhe abba track winner takes all was blasted loudly. sue gray reported this was a meeting and said it would not be appropriate to invest get further because the polichad already decided not to. but the conclusion more broadly is different. she writes, the offense -- events i investigated were attended by leaders in government. many should not of been allowed to happen. the senior leadership at the center, political and official, must their response ability for this culture. boris johnson has not quile with that. >> i take full response ability for everything that took place on my watch. >> he als

reporter: those conservative critics of mr. johnson posed these thoughts for their fellow tory mp's. >> the question i humbly put to my colleagues is, are you willing, day in and da out to defend this behavior publicly? reporter: some responded by saying yes. from the commons, it was back to downing street for the prime minister, and questions from reporters. >> talk to a reviewer and convince a reviewer that you are not tempted or willing to lie to get out of a tight spot. >> i say to that person,, look i have tried to explain as clearly as i can what happened. i believ that they were work events. they were a part of my job. and that view appears to be substantiated by the fact that our lives not fined. reporter: tonight, boris johnson is back in parliament, facing conservative mps in private. it is they who will decide whether he stays or goes. chris mason, bbc news, westminster. michelle: fore we go, there has been an outpouring of grief in the u.s. after the killings in uvalde. beyond america, there have also been tributes.

johnson: mr. speaker, i think everybody has every sympathy with people facing difficulties with the cost of heating. that is why the government has stepped up. mes allowance, mr. speaker. we will continue as the support people. just as we did throughout the pandemic. >> thank you, mr. speaker. the department of education showed that last year once again, the council became the highest rejector of children applying for education, health, and care assessment in the country. nearly half of children were rejected compared to the national average of just 23%. can the prime minister outline how this will help children and their families get access to the education that they deserve? prime minister johnson: i thank him very much for his campaign. he's right. that's why we have a review. we will ensure send children and young people can get access to the right support at the right place and right time across the country. >> the leader of the opposition -- mr. speaker, i shift to range. an extraordinary st

johnson of south dakota, i inform the house that mr. johnson will vote nay on en bloc 1. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from michigan seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mrs. lawrence of michigan and miss johnson of texas, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on amendments en bloc number 1. for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. amodei, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. amodei will vote no on the amendments en bloc. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. casten and danny davis of illinois, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on the amendments en bloc number 1. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from krasm seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by chairwoman lofgren, i inform the house that zoe lofgren will vote yes on amendments en bloc number 1. the speaker pro tempore: for wh

prime minister johnson: mr. speaker, the right honorable gentleman struggled to define what a woman was. he couldn't make up his mind on that point, mr. speaker. heaven help us. look, this government is not in principle in favor of higher taxation. of course not. but what we want to do -- they love it, mr. speaker. they love putting up taxes. labour puts up taxes. what we want to do is take a sensible approach governed by the impact on investments and jobs, mr. speaker. that is the test of a strong economy. by having a strong economy that we'll be able to look after people as we have done during covid and as we will do in the aftershocks of covid. this week it was revealed that unemployment has come down to the lowest level since 1974. when i was 10 years old, mr. speaker. i don't know how old he was. but i was 10 years old. >> mr. speaker, hang on. last week he said we'll have a look at it. yesterday he voted against it. anyone picking out the places today would think they are for it now he says he's against it

caller: mr. johnson, two points. number one, i think the reason we cannot legislate, for example, gun control, background checks, is because of the filibuster rate personally, i believe the filibuster is unconstitutional. i think supreme court should address this. we cannot get things done because of the filibuster. there were attempts made after sandy hook, there was a 75% agreement by background checks, but it was blocked because of the filibuster. you mentioned, this is a domestic problem, not an international problem. i would like to read from the mueller report, there is a paragraph called russian campaign. it says, "2014 ira, intelligence service of the russians, employees sent to the united states on an intelligence gathering mission with instructions." then, it is whacked out, -- redacted. information warfare, via social media, staging political rallies inside the united states. ira employees boast grassroots entities, persons made contact with trump's -- host: you will have to summarize this for our guest. c

and we can continue to pretend as mr. johnson, said that we need to change the policy in this country, all over this country need to do it in texas, south carolina, we gotta do it in every part of the country where people are putting profits of the gun industry above human life. -- the majority of americans are in the position that we're taking. >> mr. johnson, i need to ask you quickly with the functioning of our democracy here for a moment. because when you look at some of the breakdown of recent polls, the majority of americans support gun reform, background checks, red flag laws and yet our democracy is not responsive to this, it's not passing this and you can go through the list a thing after thing whether it's abortion -- -- >> mr. johnson, i need to ask you quickly with the because when you look at some of the breakdown of recent polls, the majority of americans support gun reform, background checks, red flag laws and yet our democracy is not responsive to this, it's not passing this and you can go through the list

president and mrs. johnson greeted the hoover family. just outside union family the johnsons into thes lined up to watch the casket loaded onto the case on. the escort commander led the procession in washington dc down delaware avenue 3 blocks to the east from the fred fiumano. this included the army band, the national color detail, the caisson and the body barriers, the personal flag bearer, the comparison horse, black jack, next was the hoover family and limousines, president johnson followed with secret service escort and cars with other dignitaries. as the column moved down delaware avenue to the south, escort troops were in units along the east side of the avenue facing the center of the street. in order to the south were a company from each of the service academies, from the army marine corps, navy, air force and coast guard and composite company of servicewomen, the army national guard, air force reserve and coast guard reserve completing the line at the southern end more representatives from eight veterans organizations. as the p

and there is hoover, mr. and mrs. johnson are in the center, with the hoover family close behind. and, people from across the east front of the capitol watching, a little girl with flowers. inside the senate wing entrance, the procession can continue to the rotunda. the hoover family and civilian leaders watched while the national color detail, clergy, and personal flag bearer accompanied the casket as it was carried to the center of the rotunda, and placed on the lincoln catapult. the personal flag and colors were posted, and the catapult was a platform built originally for president lincoln's casket when he was assassinated back in 1865 and it is maintained at the capitol and used for very specific state funerals once the flags were posted, the -- at the lincoln catafalque and the body bearers were dismissed after a salute. the body bearers are with the same group we will see again a bit later. once they departed, the reverend harris, chaplain of the senate delivered a short eulogy addressing mr. hoover's humanitarian work and his strong, unbending, unblemished character. then,

president and mrs. johnson greeted the hoover family. just outside union station, the johnson's and the hoover is lined up to watch the casket loaded on to the case on. general whaley, the escort commander, led the procession in windy washington d.c. down delaware avenue, three blocks to the east front of the capital. the procession included the army band, the national color detail, the case on, and the body bearers, the personal cyber, and the groom with the -- horse blackjack. next was the hoover family and limousine, president johnson followed with secret service escort, with ten cars with other dignitaries. as the column moved down delaware avenue to the south, escort troops were in units lined up along the east side of the avenue facing the center of the street. in order to the south were accompanied from each of the service academies, accompanied from the army, marine corps, navy, air force, and coast guard, and a composite company of servicewomen. the army national guard, air force reserve, and postcard reserve. completing the lin

mr johnson says he takes the allegations very seriously. so far he has been helped by cabinet ministers staying loyal, even though he has been fine. has a prime minister being honest about partying here in downing street? many conservative mps are waiting until they see sue gray's report before passing judgment. and you can watch the programme partygate inside the storm, tonight on bbc tonight at 7pm. and there is also more online. last week the met concluded its investigation into rule breaking after issuing 126 wines, including one for the prime minister for attending a birthday party injune, 2020. now, as you heard, there are fresh questions over why he wasn't fined further. the mayor of london sadiq khan has written to the acting met police commissioner to seek a detailed explanation of how decisions were made. our home affairs can correspondent daniel sandford explains. the prime minister, glass in hand, making a speech at the leaving party for his director of communications, lee kane. at least one person there has been fined, but the

johnson, please have a seat. we ran your tests. we ran your tests, mr. johnson, and unfortunately, you're positive for lowercase b- ampersand-5-6-capital z as in zavid-9-2-9-underscore-netgear, and then a capital o, or a zero. th ( laughter ) but, things-- ( cheers and applause ) one place where covid is taking off again is our nation's capital. a bunch of fancy folks tested positive after attending the white house correspondents' dinner, including abc news' chief washington correspondent,s particularly worrisome, because at the dinner, karl shook hands with president biden. a story that politico reported as "jonathan karl tests positive for covid after sitting next to kim kardashian." well, of course that's their lede. you want the president to be healthy, but come on, we've had 45 of those guys. there's only one founder of skims shapewear. ( laughter ) i'm wearing one right now. ( laughter ) it's so smoothing. ( laughter ) even worse, the dinner was saturday, and on monday, kim went to the met gala, which-- i don't think i need to remind you-- was atte

mr. johnson said the west have been too slow to act in 2014 when russia invaded crimea that we were just talking about. too slow to sanction president putin. our correspondent has more. >> thi is ukraine's finest hour. >> for boris johnson, this was a virtual visit to ukraine's parliament. for volodymyr zelenskyy, the first in person since russia invaded. >> ukraine will win. >> there is genuine gratitude for support both military and moral. but there is criticism. had the west been tougher on russia, this devastating war might never have happened. and today, the prime minister acknowledged that. >> and the truth is we were too slow to grasp what was really happening. and we collectively failed to impose the sanctions then that we should have put on vladimir putin. and we cannot make the same mistake again. >> ukraine is paying a huge price. >> it is when you see all this that youealize how fierce the fighting wars -- was around ukraine's capital and how close the russians came to kyiv. a

johnson. one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from ohio is recognized. mr. johnson: i rise to urge my colleagues to oppose this shameful legislation, h.r. 7688. the majority continues to blame ever rising gasoline prices on everything except the real source. their own policy failures. americans know this all started on january 20, 2021 when president biden s signed multipe anti-american energy orders on day one. first democrats blame voa covid-19 for the increase. americans didn't buy it. then following russia's invasion of ukraine democrats tried spinning it as putin's price hike. that flopped, too. today, it's price gouging. they can't even get their fake story straight because president biden's energy secretary told the house energy and commerce committee that, quote, i'm not sure anyone is saying there is wholesale gouging. here's the bottom line, instead of building pipelines expediting permits and flipping the switch on to american energy production, democrats are content to play the blame game. rather than helping the american people deal with skyrock

thank you, mr. johnson your book when the stars begin to fall why this book? yeah, so in 1901 i think it was when wb the boys published the souls of black folk and in it, he has this line where he says that black people in the united states have to have a double consciousness a kind of tunis and he says he describes it as being a -- and an american these two forces pulling in different directions and only the strength of the of the black american is enough to keep the body from being torn asunder by trying to be these two different identities that that seem to be so incompatible and as a black american who spent two decades in the military, i don't see my blackness or my americanness as incompatible. certainly there have been times of tension and the probably 30 to 40 police stops. i've had over the course of my driving career suggests that the tension is not is not completely debated but i wanted to write a book about racism in the united states that also expresses the love of country. lots of people talk about racism in the united states and lots of people t

the secret, mrs. mcnamara knows. go light on the calories and heavy on the -- the wife of the secretary of defense invited lynda and mrs. johnson to a special shower given by the cabinet wives and their daughters. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> the pre-wedding round of parties that had been launched in washington. now it was time for texas to get some momentum. on the 24th of november at the exclusive dallas club, chuck and lynda where the guests of honor at an event given by mrs. warren one word, who are longtime family friends. the psychedelic decorations in smith's from your front yard do not typify san antonio, but they did set the stage for her colorful poolside party. linda's maid of honor demonstrated that texas is not all blue skies and white lychee. in fact, some of the prairie gets downright abstract. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> checked also found that texas is no place to escape the watchful eye of his future father-in-law. it was a busy texas weekend filled with dinners, parties and dances in their honor. dallas, houston, san antonio

since december, mr johnson has been forced to answer questions about what went on. i answer questions about what went on. ., , answer questions about what went on. . , , ., , went on. i have been repeatedly assured since _ went on. i have been repeatedly assured since these _ went on. i have been repeatedly assured since these allegationsl assured since these allegations emerged that there was no party... and that no covid rules were broken. party. .. and that no covid rules were broken.- party... and that no covid rules were broken. you and your colleagues _ rules were broken. you and your colleagues felt _ rules were broken. you and your colleagues felt that _ rules were broken. you and your colleagues felt that you - rules were broken. you and your colleagues felt that you had - colleagues felt that you had essentially permission from borisjohnson to have these events? boris johnson to have these events? , �* , events? yes. because? he was there, he — events? yes. because? he was there, he made — events? yes. because? he was there, he madejust _ events? yes

the implication, of course, being that mr. johnson was trying to revive his own rather difficult political fortunes of that particular time by making this big international trip. so yes, of course is a strong element of public relations here. but let's not forget, this is a war that is very much paying for out in the media as well as on the battlefield of every world leader once they're picture in key of right now. but i don't think that their self serving exercises, i think they're really important right now. politically. zalinski is by himself and he needs support. sure. it could help a les domestic critics. but i think right now the media narrative is changing and these visits help keep you creating the headlines which is essential to your exercise or not the photo or, or hitting a nerve in most liberal navy, perhaps because they send a clear message that you crane is still a politically viable nation, which is out shining rochelle and the global p. r. stage, the large part because of their telegenic leader. the russian reg