Mikhail Gorbachev dead at 91

Anderson Cooper 360

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🗓️ 31 August 2022

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the former Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991, has died at the age of 91. Gorbachev died after a long illness, Russian state news agencies reported. The man credited with introducing key political and economic reforms to the USSR and helping to end the Cold War had been in failing health for some time. CNN National Security Analyst Steve Hall, who once served as Chief of Russia operations at the CIA, and former CNN Moscow Bureau Chief Jill Dougherty join AC360 to discuss Gorbachev’s legacy. Also, in an exclusive report, CNN Senior Investigative Correspondent Drew Griffin looks at how a device that can turn a semi-automatic weapon into a machine gun in moments is wreaking havoc on American streets. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Just days after dropping the F bomb on some supporters of the former president, F for
0:05.9	fascism or semi-fascism to use his exact phrase, President Biden now has sharp words
0:11.1	for Republican lawmakers on a traditionally Republican issue.
0:15.0	Law in order.
0:16.2	John Berman here in Ferranderson, he's calling them out just days after one of those lawmakers,
0:21.0	South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham predicted street rioting if the former president is
0:25.8	charged in the Mar-a-Lago documents case.
0:28.7	These remarks also follow a string of verbal attacks on the FBI by Congress members and
0:32.9	especially the former president.
0:35.0	In addition, they come just two days before, what the White House says will be a prime
0:39.1	time presidential address on the soul of the nation.
0:42.2	And if that weren't enough, his new tough talk comes just as the documents case is about
0:46.7	to take another turn, with the Justice Department about to file new court papers tonight, aiming
0:52.1	to block attempts by the former president to slow it down or stime it.
0:56.2	That is the backdrop to what President Biden said today in Northeastern Pennsylvania.
1:00.5	Let me say this to my MAGA Republican friends in Congress.
1:07.8	Don't tell me you support law enforcement if you won't condemn what happened on the
1:12.7	sixth.
1:13.7	Don't tell me.
1:17.7	I can't do it.
1:27.0	For God's sake, who side are you on?
1:30.6	Who side are you on?
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