Greetings, World. It is me, Vladimir Putin. You may not recognize me because my nipples are covered.

I know the international community is skeptical that Russia is withdrawn troops.

So I am here today to provide evidence.

First, as you can see, our military men are retreating from the border.

Second, we are also removing our equipment as this official footage clearly shows.

So there you have it, world.

I hope you are happy.

Well, I mean, seriously, Willie, what else do you need?

Look at that view of Washington, D.C., a town that is assured by Vladimir Putin's assurances once again.

Willie, yeah, it seems that President Putin's guarantees aren't exactly rock solid that far from

withdrawing troops, what do we have, maybe 7,000 more going to the border?

Yeah, those multiple grains of salt we've been talking about with every story we report for Vladimir Putin have turned out to be true,

which is to say that the Secretary of State on this show yesterday said, no, actually they're not withdrawing troops.

We're seeing more troops come in.

And it appears, believe it or not, this may be propaganda

from Vladimir Putin and Russia about a withdrawal. Yeah, shocking. Absolutely shocking.

To talk through this and a whole lot more, we have the host of way too early in White House

Bureau Chief of Politico, Jonathan Lemire, also former U.S. Senator, now on NBC News, an MSNBC

political analyst, and someone who will agree with me that the best teams weren't actually

the ones you saw in the Super Bowl, Claire McCaskill, and member of the New York Times editorial

board, Mara Gay. And Mika has the morning off so we can talk sports for most of the

morning. And why don't we start with that, Claire McCaskill? I know that you agree with me that the

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