A top Russian general gave some of the most detailed public remarks to date on Russia's military strategy in Ukraine, claiming on Friday that the "first stage" of Russia's military plan is now complete, with their primary focus now centered on eastern Ukraine.

"In general, the main tasks of the first stage of the operation have been completed," Colonel General Sergei Rudskoy, first deputy chief of Russia's General Staff, said in a Friday briefing. "The combat potential of the armed forces of Ukraine has been significantly reduced, allowing us, I emphasize again, to focus the main efforts on achieving the main goal - the liberation of Donbas."

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Listen to Friday's complete podcast of The Mark Thompson Show.

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On this week show, Brian talks headlines with geusts Lauren Mayer and Jason Mack. 

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Ahead of the Oscars, movie critic & culture blaster, Michael Snyder, tells Mark Thompson his reviews of the following:

Everything Everywhere All At Once

The Lost City

Mothering Sunday

Infinite Storm

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Philip Bump, National Correspondent at the Washington Post joins Mark Thompson to discuss his recent article, "GOP drops any subtlety in centering the Jackson nomination fight on race".

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In this week's "Friday Fabulous Florida" Mark Thompson explains why one Burger King employee in Florida shot a customer for throwing mayo at her.

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Mark Thompson and Bret Burkhart explain what Senator Ted Cruz was caught doing during Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's Supreme Court nomination hearings.

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Nikki Medoro talks to KGO 810 listeners about San Francisco's continuous spending fighting the war on drugs. Is it a waste of money?

Speaking of drugs, the House is set to vote on legalizing marijuana next week. The bill seeks to remove weed from the list of federal controlled substances and do away with criminal penalties for using or possessing it. Listeners voice their thoughts on the bill.

Do you think the bill should be passed? Share your thoughts on KGO 810's Facebook and Twitter page.

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Washington Post Magazine contributor Judith Warner argues that the children's mental health crisis started long before the pandemic, so people need to stop seeing it as the result of covid restrictions and school closings. 

Warner tells Nikki Medoro about the bigger and deeper problems that have been present all along.

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The exodus from some of America’s oldest and largest communities continued – actually accelerated – in 2021, with New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and San Francisco losing a total of over 700,000 people from July 2020 to July 2021.

Meanwhile, Phoenix, Houston, Dallas, Austin and Atlanta gained more than a total of 300,000 residents. The downside for those fast-growing Southern cities is that well-heeled new arrivals are pushing up housing costs.

Jim Ryan, ABC News Correspondent, tells Nikki Medoro about the slowest population growth in US history. 

 

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