expecting opposition or lukewarm support in the ukraine and that did not happen. not only did we get support, we got enthusiastic support from almost everybody we worked with ,ver there in the ministry's military, right down to the field. everybody seemed to understand what we were doing and that was one of the biggest surprises on the day when we got that. or it. -- when we got that support. whatever problems there were, they were taken care of and we would get to the appropriation but the number one big surprise was the absolutely enthusiastic support of all the people that worked for us on the program, all the people we had to work with in russia, the people in ukraine. the cosmicderstood significance of what we were doing and they all got behind it magnificently. >> a big question that has occurred throughout this project is what reusable history is there in alaska 25 years -- is there in the last 25 years. if you had to write a handbook for the policymakers who will face the next nuclear crisis, what is the lesson you would put on the front page of that handbo

was the far right nationalists in ukraine. this was a very small number of people, proportionally, but as we have seen so many times, in the past century and a half, relatively small group of radical, armed, protesters or militia members or what have you can exert a disproportinally effect on political events, and it has become fairly clear that the far right protesters did play a role in escalating the protests into the violence that we saw as the protests continued, they were involved in violent conflict with the police, possibly initiating them. brings guns to midan. and so on. ... there's relatively little that you can see firsthand and you have littl total access to the internal workings of power which are often hidden and it takes little energy to try to pull out to pull aside the narratives. >> it's very different than the western one but also russia generated this quite intense media coverage about what was going on. tell us about the psychological power of that, and what exactly is the russian perspective on what happe

we didn't know what was going to happen in the ukraine and russia. we wanted to get them all out during the first term, which we were able to do. the first big shock i had was that we didn't have any money. one of the big tasks i had was redirecting other programs, the funding for other programs to this program in 1993. it was unpleasant. but, thereafter, we got the full funding from the senate and that made that easier. i was expecting opposition or lukewarm support in the ukraine and that did not happen. not only did we get support, we got enthusiastic support from almost everybody we worked with over there in the ministries, in the military, right down to the field. dealing with the officers of the strategic rocket forces that were about to be put out of a job. but everybody seemed to understand what we were doing and that was one of the biggest surprises on the day when we got that kind of support. have told you about the problems within the congress, but after that first year, that was no problem for me. whatever problems there were, they were ta

the footage was shown around ukraine. this provoked much larger protests which was sustained over time. so people were protesting about rumors but they were protesting the government's use of violence towards protesters, i think more generally expressing to break away from russia and for ukraine to have a more independent identity and in the case of many but not all protesters, to move towards your to become a normal european country. of course at that time the e.u. was already beginning to experience a crisis and it wasn't quite clear what a normal european country would look like. it's even less clear now. >> that's quite an aspiration. . . we only get one or two of them. >> host: this goes back to what we were discussing before of people seeing what they want to see. i think a lot of western observers given the crisis was already started a lot of observers were overjoyed at this image of large numbers demonstrating against the russian influence. >> guest: >> host: it seems the demonstrators wanted a country that was clo

was the sort of far right nationalist movement in ukraine. this was a very small number of people, proportionally, but as we have seen so many times the past century and a half, a relatively small group of radical armed protesters or militia members or what have you can exert a disproportionately strong effect on political events. it has become fairly clear although things are still pretty murky, that that far right protesters did play a role in escalating the maidan protest into the violence that we saw as the protests continued, they were involved in violent conflicts with the police, possibly initiating them, bringing guns to maidan and so on. and watching maidan, part of my book is about this, about sort of being a spectator and trying to make sense, trying to interpret different media narratives. i think this has an obvious relevant to what's going on in the united states today. it's really hard to navigate sort of conflicting, conflicting heavily politicized narratives in the media. even if you're actually in a place, there's relatively

nobody's talking about the $400,000 the dnc spent digging up dirt to an operative in the ukraine. there is nothing in regard -- and all of the intelligence agencies have concluded that. >> when you say there's nothing here -- >> i mean evidence that changed the outcome of the election. >> you're not disputing that there is a lot of evidence of russia's attempts to interfere in the election? >> i'm not disputing that the russian entities hacked the dnc, but i am -- i'm not going to go back to our interview of a few weeks ago, i will say that when you don't have defenses on your computer system and you basically hand over 50,000 emails obviously that makes it a whole lot easier, and i also think that the clinton folks wasted $1 billion of their donors' money and they've got a lot to answer for and none of this would be happening if hillary clinton would have simply not used a personal server in violation of federal law. >> okay, but mr. priebus does that excuse a foreign government from attempting to interfere in the united states election? >> we've never -- of course not. all of it'

we are talking about your new book of the ventures and post-soviet ukraine. we all understand andrea looking forward to hearing about those but what is the significance of black square >> first of all, that is the oblique reference to my band which was the site of a huge protest that eventually led to 2013 and 2014 but more specifically because it is of reference to the iconic painting literally a black square are no white background who was working in the early years of the soviet union. and as a figure was important to touch directly on those events that are described but he himself is a child of polish parents but was then part of the russian empire and someone that is identified as a russian artist is the embodiment of the multi link will multi-cultural multi a.m. of the territory with that mixture the coalition and also efforts of modern russia to claim certain figures of the past and in fact, in demonstrates influences remote three areas. and going back to the painting with the radical series of the revolution with that term deficit is from of very diffe

he did not a nswer handling of the ukraine.tion in terms of what his position was on the sanctions. he said it was too early to tell. tellingly, his british counterpart, theresa may, was quick to say that sanctions would not be changing and that they would still be in place because the russian government still had not met its obligations when it came to the agreement on russia. as you just heard, donald trump is expected to phone vladimir putin on saturday. the bbc‘s steve rosenberg has taken to the eyes of this analysis of the options which lie in that relationship. in the grand arena of geopolitics, russia has been raising its game. it's outmanoeuvred the west over syria. it's played some eu countries off against other ones very successfully. and with donald trump in the white house... it is win, win, win for moscow. let me explain. if donald trump placings as he said he would, skating over america's differences with russia on improving relations, that could speed up an end to sanctions against moscow and bring russia in from

-- sanction what vladimir putin has done in the ukraine. ach other that often(!) the idea of trump getting along with vladimir putin cannot be along with vladimir putin cannot be a bad thing, it depends what he gives away, vladimir putin is very shrewd, as we can see, it is quite clear that if trump goes to a summit and is hoping for a nuclear deal, a wonderful nuclear deal, there has got to be won over ukraine, syria... it is what vladimir putin once at the end of it all which is the tricky bit. is he likely to stick to it, like donald trump, vladimir putin is someone that you cannot second guess. he has played a blinder recently. quite clear, what donald trump has said about nato would be very convenient for vladimir putin. vladimir putin is probably smarter strategically than donald trump. and probably has more to gain because what he really wants is us sanctions to be lifted, that was the whole thing with the dossier and everything that has been going on... he has been around playing politics longer than donald trump as, we will see what

. >> my right honorable friend, the secretary of defense made a welcome visit to ukraine, freedom and democracy are not tradable commodities. as we mark the 25th anniversary of relations between our two parties, can i invite my right honorable friend to support the united kingdom for the maintenance of an independent sovereign state in the ukraine which is subjected to the annexation of part of the project by russia. >> happy to join my honorable friend in confirming commitment to that stage of the ukraine. the foreign secretary did the work with foreign ministers on this issue. we do provide significance to the ukraine and i hope to talk about the supports we provide. >> last week the prime minister said parliament would move on the fatal deal between the uk and the european union. could she set out for the host what could happen if parliament said no to the terms of the deal? would she in those circumstances negotiate an alternative deal or the audio options falling back on the wto's which mean 10% tariffs on cars, 20% on food and drink and a host of trades investments and prosperit

killings in the ukraine? that the authorities in kiev do not want a political dialogue with the east of their country. in moscow today the line remains, russia has done nothing wrong. there is no russian aggression. no agenda for a greater russia? no agenda for greater russia. we want to have strong and self—sufficient country. but there are no plans for any expansion of russia. will america change tack on ukraine? this week trump has said in return for a nuclear weapons deal he might lift sanctions. trump has to be mindful of russia's very clear interests in ukraine and how their politics ultimately play out. i do think that there are some thorny issues regarding crimea, regarding ukraine that trump is going to have to work through with putin. they are within the sphere of influence of his country. they're on his borders. he has every right to have concerns about them and what we're doing in these regards. but if donald trump turns a blind eye to russian war mongering but if donald trump turns a blind eye to

white house is exceptional moment fighting outside the isis or allocate the or when russia invades the ukraine to take over crimea or the exceptional moment almost continuously with the complex and changing world.civii so to maintain the principle of civilian control each time we violate this principle is easier to say it has been done before the conversation is not we did anyones half a century ago so we should do it again, wen did it twice once quite recently when we were not facing a world crisis not with the couple hundred thousand people floating point negative fighting for the country so will get easier and more fragile that w is not the direction we should go. eisenhower warned about the overreaching of the military enterprise the military industrial complex one piece of the structure of government that has held back to maintain that principle of civilian control. can anyone want rise up to say out of those experienced individuals to have national security experience, that there is not one who currently meets the 10 or seven years standard of separation? i'm sure there are hundreds that

relations because of events in the ukraine and the sanctions. us, a history teaches crisis in the relations between our two countries do not stay forever, and we can always hope for better, better times when the successful experience of nunn-lugar program will be used in full to renew the cooperation between russia and the united states to reduce the nuclear threat and threats from other mass -- weapons of mass destruction. i do hope that will come, and i believe these times will arrive soon. this is all i have to say. thank you for your time. [applause] david, can i add one other point here? in 1994, sitting around this table, we had charlie curtis in the audience, we were at that stage getting more and more a physician -- opposition, why do we continue to fund this? we got together and said, do you think it is more of an effort to pass a subsequent piece of legislation that if pete were a part of it, that would basically help explain and address the problem of nuclear terrorism as if limited by the united states? -- implemented by the united s

negative. >> we have as far as the uk's concern on sanctions with russia in relation to activities in the ukraine. we have been very clear that we want to see the agreement fully implement the peer weekly sanctions should continue until we see that agreement fully implemented and we think we have been continuing to argue that inside european union. >> is a possible thank you very much prime minister. prime minister talked about where you agree that you have also said you would be deftly designate the president. kane tells where in our talks he did disagree and do you think that the president listened to what you had to say? and mr. president, [laughter] let's see what she says. mr. president we said before you praise russia van daschle coming to america. he suggested there should be punishment for abortion. many people in britain those are alarming. what to say to our viewers at home for worried about some of the views and worried about you becoming the leader of the free world to. >> this was your choice of a question? [laughter] there goes that relationship. [laughter] >> on the issue raised to

have -- as farce as the uk is concerned on sanctions for russia in relation to their activities in the ukraine we have been very clear that we want to see the minsk agreement fully followed and we want to the sanctions until that is implemented and we argue that inside the european union. >> laura? >> thanks very much, prime minister. prime minister you talk about where you agree. but you have also said you would be frank where where are disagreed with the president. can you tell us where in your talks you did diagrove and do you think the president listened to what you had to say? and mr. president, you said -- see what she says. mr. president you said before that torture works. you praised russia. you said you want to ban muslims for coming -- from coming to america and there into shoo be punishment for abortionment for many people in britain, those sound like alarming beliefs what to you say to our viewers at home who are worried about some of your views and worried about you becoming the leader of flee world. >> this was your choice of a question? the goes that relationship. >> on the issu

it is invaded the ukraine, including the taking of crimea, and supported syrian forces that brutally violates the laws of war. our nato brutally violates rules of war. it was in the absence of american leadership that this door was left open and unintended signals were sent. we back track on commitments we made to allies. we sent weaker mixed signals to relied that turned into green lights. we did not recognize that russia does not think like we do. words alone do not sweep away an uneven of times of contention between the two nations. we need a frank dialogue with russia regarding be a missions. we are in cooperation with russia involving common tres such as reducing the global threat of terrorism we ought to explore these options. where important differences remain, we should be steadfast in the interest of america and her allies. russia must know that we will be accountable to our commitments and those of our allies and that russia must be held to account. for its access. our approach to human right provides that leadership provides moral clarity. our values are our interest when

how close are you to attend some of the sanctions imposed on russia over the ukraine à what would youexpect in return and administer theresa may, do you foresee changes in the british attitudes towards sanctions on russia? >> wealth and quality set up and we will see what happens as far as the sanctions. it is very early to be talking about that. we want to have a great relationship with all countries. ideally. that will not necessarily happen unfortunately probably will not happen with many countries. but if we can have as we do with prime minister theresa may and the relationship that we've developed. even in the short relationship which is developed we had lunch and we really had very interesting talks and very productive talks. but if we can have a great relationship with russia and with china and with all countries, i am all for that. it would be a tremendous asset. no guarantees. but if we can, that would be a positive not a negative. >> we have, as far as the uk's concerned on sanctions for russia in relation to their actions in the ukraine. we've been very clear that we want t

ukraine by our borders. that is why we keep in for his on the u.s. including the militant -- on ukraine the military means. you have a nation which is similar to you, you know? but completely hostile to you. hostile andda was by your borders. would people in d.c. in us were tolerated? >> moscow view of nato. nato forgo and talk to our response. current economic functions cannot be military corporation defense. exchanges for weapons which took place occasionally, but regularly stopped in the 1990's. we can say the international space station is a peaceful object, but in fact, all space and nuclear programs by the definition we do use. i hope we will preserve the legacy of previous administrations no matter if it is obama or george bush or the clinton won what we have on track, you know? there are several ventures using civilian with a u.s. technology that will not be dismantled. we have started to create and build trust, you know? and i think if the united states or china relations will deteriorating now, probably a new chance for joint russian-american cooperation. we can compare it to our joint , presiden

susan: let's go to the ukraine. those sanctions have been in longer. e ones we just discussed related to the election have only been in place since last month. on the ukraine sanctions, what we can say is the united states working in concert with europe and having a unified approach to createds certainly economic pain in russia and exacerbated what has already been a precarious situation because of lower oil prices. it has led to the minsk agreement that were signed, but not fully implemented. that's where the challenge -- it's both. minsks, there would be no agreements and no agreed framework for how to resolve the conflict without the united states and europe and the other members of our partners in the g7 standing together. i think it's important that those pressures remain in place until minsk is implemented. in the meantime we have supported ukraine to develop its economy, to get back on its feet, to build up its defensive capabilities. charlie: do you think the russians are going to once again change their policy about crimea? isn't that a done de

it has invaded the ukraine, including the taking of crimea. if supported syrian forces that brutally violate the laws of war. our nato allies are right to be a learned that a resurgent russia. but it was in the absence of american leadership that this door was left open and unintended signals were sent. we backtracked on commitments we made two allies. we sent week or mixed signals with red lines that turned into green light. we did not recognize that russia does not think like we do. do not sweep away and uneven, and at times contentious, history between our nations. but we need an open and frank dialogue with russia regarding it ambitions, so we know how to chart our own course. based on common interests such as reducing the global threat of terrorism, we ought to explore these options. differencesant remain, we should be steadfast defending the interests of america and its allies. russia must know that we will be accountable to our commitments, and those of our allies, and that russia must be held to account for its actions. our approach to

domestically because we are not so farfrom the ukraine here. e lifted now by mrtrump, will all those efforts by chancellor merkel have gone to waste? germany is adamant it is cushion to —— crucial to keep those sanctions in place, the line is only when russia abides by the agreement can the sanctions be lifted. this is the other bone of contention between angela merkel and donald trump and there is no way she‘s going to back down on that. the problem is that if america decides to lift sanctions, then the european sanctions are worth a lot less. this is a real political problem and almost potentially a security problem for germany because there is also fears that what is mrtrump‘s stance on nato because that‘s something germany also views as very important to domestic security here. those are the real issues that mrs merkel and the real issues that mrs merkel and the president are going to clash on and it‘s going to be a difficult conversation, to say the least. thank you very much. the headlines: theresa may says the uk will enhance trade relati

so the context here again comes back to donald trump, because whether it be on the ukraine—crimea issue, donald trump has indicated that he can foresee the easing of sanctions, maybe even the removal of us sanctions, on russia, if putin will work with him on what trump regards as the big priority, which is the fight againstjihadist terror and the so—called islamic state movement. how would you feel if the united states eased sanctions against russia ? i cannot support this part of the sanctions which applies towards the russian economy in general since i'm a russian citizen. but i will be definitely very, very unhappy if mr trump will ease and cancel this part of the sanction which applied to the particular personalities, like friends of vladimir putin or putin's oligarchs, or corrupt officials in his closest circle, because actually this part of the sanction is very nice for the russian people and it's supported by the russian people. but to put it bluntly, do you think donald trump cares about issues inside russia? human rights, freedom, democracy? absolutely not, and i would say that

and this weekend journalist sofie pinkham reports on how the ukraine's past conflicts with the soviet union have impacted its current political landscape. >> although, you know, it was very different from fukuyama who infamously or famously coined the term the end of history after the fall of the soviet union u but in some sense this idea that once you achieve your political goal time will end, i thought was relevant for what's happened in the years after the fall of the soviet union. because for a while there was the sense that now that the soviet union is gone, now that we, you know, the cold war is over, this means that all the countries in the world are now on this inevitable course towards liberal democracy, right? and, in fact, as we are seeing so much and so often now, that isn't the case at all. development is not linear, in many cases we're going back, in many cases we're seeing forms of government that we never expected. and at one point it's said that it represented what happens in the white emptiness of a liberated nothing. and that also evokes -- [inaudible] in the sense

it has invaded the ukraine, including the taking of crimea, and supported syrian forces that brutally violates the laws of war. our nato allies are right to be alarmed at a resurgent russia. but it was in the absence of american leadership that this door was left open and unintended signals were sent. we backtracked on commitments we made to allies. we sent weak or mixed signals with red lines that turned into green lights. we did not recognize that russians do not think like we do. words alone do not sweep away an uneven and at times contentious history between our two nations. but we need an open and frank dialogue with russia regarding its ambitions to we know how to chart our own course. where cooperation with russia based on common interest is possible, such as reducing the global threat of terrorism, we ought to explore these options. were important differences remain, we should be steadfast in defending the interests of america and her allies. russia must know that we will be accountable to our commitments and those of our allies and that russia must be held to account for its

the snow. i want to point out this weather front dangling its way through germany, poland towards ukraine. e the czech republic down towards ukraine. with that falling and very cold services, there could be slippery and icy conditions causing travel delays. more delays on the south—east of spain. snow over high ground, the rain easing a little across italy. in the weekend it looks unsettled, particularly across the western side of the mediterranean. down under in australia, look at the satellite picture and these angry logs of cloud developing. we've got a low— pressure cloud developing. we've got a low—pressure swinging in intensifying because it is bobbing into haltern. heavy rain sliding across the south—east of australia, big, thundery downpours. there could even be some flash flooding. the tennis getting underway in melbourne injusta tennis getting underway in melbourne injust a few tennis getting underway in melbourne in just a few hours' time. here we will see a lot of rain. things should dry up as the low—pressure slides away. the loan will move towards new zealand, things are going

we do provide significant support to the ukraine. i hope soon to be able to meet the president and talk about the support we provide. >> in a speech last week, the prime minister said that parliament would get aboard between the u.k. and the european union. what would happen if parliament said no to the terms of that view? would she negotiate an alternative view, or would her no real options mean falling back on world trade organization rules, which mean 10% tariffs on cars, 20% on food and drinks, and a host of other various to trade and investment in the u.k.? p.m. may: i also said in my speech last week, i expect to negotiate a good deal in terms of trade with the european union. it will be in our interest and those of the european union. there will be a vote on the deal for this parliament. if this parliament is not willing to accept a deal that has been decided and agreed by the united kingdom government, with the european union, i said if there is no deal, then we have to fall back on other arrangements. >> it is a great pleasur

relationship more difficult and it was hammered home when russia went into crimea and portions of the ukraine. the reason we imposed the sanctions recall was not because of nuclear weapons issues, it was because the independence and sovereignty of a country, ukraine had been encroached upon by force by russia. that wasn't our judgment. that was the judgment of the entire international community. and russia continues to occupy ukrainian territory and meddle in ukrainian affairs and support military surrogates who have violated basic international norms. what i've said to the russians is as soon as you stop doing that, the sanctions will be removed. i think it would probably best serve not only american interests but also the interests of preserving international norms if we made sure that we don't confuse why these sanctions have been imposed with a whole set of other issues. on nuclear issues, in my first term we negotiated the star two treaty which has substantially reduced our nuclear stockpiles. i was prepared to go further and told president putin i was prepared to go further. they have b

the rain moving towards hungary, budapest and towards the ukraine. significant snow. by the time we reach the weekend the cold air will have reached southern greece, with some snow flurries. —20 in moscow over the weekend. with daytime values around —10 across south—east europe, a huge contrast to what's going on across the north—west of europe. looking pretty mild back home, 10 celsius perhaps as we head to the weekend because we pick up mild south—westerly is from the atlantic so it will turn milder. with it, some patchy drizzle and cloud as well. stay tuned for the full uk weather forecast in about half an hour. hello, i'm ros atkins, this is 0utside source. let's look through some of the main stories here in the bbc newsroom. top us intelligence officials have given evidence on claims of russian interference in the us election. they warned of cyber attacks as well as other methods of espionage. the hacking was only one part of it. it also entails classical propaganda, disinformation, fake news. in recent years, many scientists have been saying that there has been a

ukraine, we don't have an obligation to defend ukraine. on the other hand, peace and ukraine does affect peace and stability of western europe, so we do have an interest there. we have made obligations under the minsk ukraine does affect peace and stability of western agreement, that i hope with the next administration we would press for the russians to honor. host: baltimore, maryland. democrat. hi. caller: i get a second shot? [laughter] host: oh, sorry! james in stafford, virginia. go ahead. agreement,caller: i just wantek toward iraq, and i wanted to that, itt the things seems to me the american people have forgotten that at the time we pulled obama out of iraq, th, that is what the american people were screaming for. they wanted that. they wanted us to pull out, they didn't want troops there. they felt that this isn't a place we belong, why are we policing the rest of the world? it was that kind of atmosphere. and now all of a sudden, everybody seems to have forgotten that's what everyone was screaming about. that it's what everybody wanted.

the u.s. was last. that claim is true. back in 2014, when russia invaded ukraine, the u.s. responded with sanctions against russia, and exxonmobil, with billions of dollars at stake had its ceo say at a shareholder meeting we do not support sanctions generally, because we don't find them to be effective. but listen to what rex tillerson said at his confirmation hearing for secretary of state. >> first, i have never lobbied against sanctions personally. i continue to believe -- >> but the company you directed did. >> to my knowledge, exxon never lobbied against sanctions to my knowledge. >> here's thing. exxon did. they tweeted out a clarification saying we wanted to talk about the impact of sanctions, we weren't lobbying against them. that's the only thing that makes this statement not flat-out false. a lot about the republicans right now, because they're completely dominating the news cycle. we'll no doubt have plenty on the democrats in weeks to come. >>> and the final names are being add to a list of performers for a big concert for the inauguration on january 20th. the

in the meantime, we have supported ukraine to develop its economy, to get back on its feet, to build up its defensive capabilities. >> rose: do you think the russians are going to once again change their policy about crimea? isn't that a done deal? >> they may think it's a done deal. it's not accepted by anybody else in the international community. it's not been acknowledged or validated. whether they change their posture, charlie, i'm not here to predict that's going to happen tomorrow, the next day or next year, but what i can say zits not been accepted by any country as legitimate. it was an illegal annexation of another country's territory. >> rose: which stands today. it stands and it can't be accepted. >> rose: let me move to what has been troubling for you, for the president, for the country, syria. you have said you were not in favor of the united states intervening in a civil war between bashar al-assad and whoever the rebel forces were. >> intervening militarily. >> rose: intervening militarily. russia did intervene militarily, and it looks like their intervention made a sig

>> i would have recommended tt the ukraine take all its military assets it had available. put them on that eastern border. provide those assets with defensive weapons that are necessary just to defend themselves. announce that the u.s. is going to provide them intelligence and that either nato or u.s. will provide air surveillance over that border to monitor any movements. >> so your recommendation would have been to do a more robust supply of military? >> yes, sir. what -- i think what russian leadership would have understood is a powerful response that indicated a, yes, you took the crimea, but this stops right here. >> so as i understand, our nato partners, particularly in the baltics and poland are concerned about russian aggression. nato has deployed troops in this region in order to show russia that article v means something. i take it you support that type of action? >> yes, i do. that is the type of response that russia expects. if russia acts with force, taking of crimea was an act of force. they didn't just volunteer themselves. so they required a proportional sho

the indicators are that he's going to do that. that's all on russia and ukraineid the iranian deal is the worst deal ever and he's going to throw the deal out. >> we heard from the iranian president just really within the last hour some pushback on that saying we'll see what's going to happen. that is another area where that was not a treaty. that was not ratified by congress. if donald trump wants to, he could cut the iran deal unilaterally, the sanctions from other countries, though, would be up to them. >> ari, thank you very much. up next, our daily briefing we'll be right back. by simply enjoying it. boost® simply complete. it's intelligent nutrition made with only 9 ingredients, plus 25 vitamins and minerals and 10 grams of protein. and look where life can take you! boost®. be up for it.™ >>> we're back in our daily briefing on politics where our team is naming names going through everyone president-elect trump criticized since winning the election in november. joining me is mark murray, nbc newsenior political editor. this is not an exercise in listing a b

we do provide support to the ukraine. i hope to be able to meet and talk about the support we provide. >> [here!] the prime minister said that parliament would get aboard between the u.k. and the european union. if parliamentpen said no to the terms of that view? which she negotiate an or would heriew, options mean falling back on world trade organization rules, cars,mean 10% tariffs on 20% on food and tricks and a host of other various to trade and investment in the u.k.? >> [here!] i also saider may: in my speech last week, i expect to negotiate a good deal in terms of trade with the european union. will be in our interest in those of the european union. there will be a vote on the deal for this parliament. if this parliament is not willing to accept a deal that has been decided and agreed by the united kingdom government, with the european union, i said we have to fall back on other arrangements. great pleasure to welcome my friend. welcome strategy that will bring high wage jobs that will help close in north and south

the russian economy has been in freefall, as you know, since the ukraine intervention by putin, the attempteds we have made in shoring up allies in eastern the military exercises, investments we have made in the ukrainian military so it can defend itself. what about a show of force, which seems to be the message putin says? avoiding world war three was also advisable. is that the only option? what do you mean about show of force ? option? what do you mean about show of force? these terms are thrown around. as one makesjudgements about what to do, one has to take into account the school tory risk. we have imposed significant diplomatic and economic costs on a regime that has flouted the rules of the road. so this is a complex relationship, but what was important about the message we have sent as an administration as we hand off is that you cannot see anyone of russia's actions in isolation, you have to take it as a pattern, and they are not benefiting from the order and they want to bring it down and we need to contest that. 0utgoing ambassador power. donald trump's calls to keep manufacturing

the largest is in eastern ukraine. takes us to an industrial port there and shows us why it is a coveted prize for russian-backed separatists. >> reporter: hot molten metal. workers have been pumping out steel in eastern ukraine. the former soviet factory looms over the port city that employs some 17,000 people. these colossal steel works are a critical part of the economy located less than a half hour in the war against russian-backed separatists. >> reporter: they tell me the ukrainian forces repelled several attempt tos to capture factory. it has been more than two years since russian-backed separatists declared two in ukraine. it has claimed around 10,000 lives. among the dead, dozens of fighters from the ukraine regiment remembered here with the regiment's viking symbolism. now incorporated under the ministry of defense, these ukrainian nationalists started out as an all-volunteer militia with members like steny slav. >> i live in crimea. i teach history to students. he took up arms after russia's annexation of cr

>> well, no, i don't think those actions with respect to the ukraine would have been provocative at all. i think the fact of the weakness of the american and european response to what putin was doing in ukraine was an encouragement to the russians. it was sense they could go further, they could take control of the cry meria, they could keep russian forces in the don bass region of eastern ukraine. i worried that it encourages, they can do other things as well. the problem with putin is when he follows his vision of russian national interest and it conflicts with ours as it does again and again. i say this as well, it's not enough to say, maybe we can find a deal with them. russian cheating and present varcation on arms control agreements over four or five decades is close to a record. so they can agree to a lot of things. that doesn't necessarily guarantee russian performance up to the commitments they've made in the deal. >> neil: john bolton, always pleasure, thanks for ping-ponging with me. i wanted to get in as many subjects as i could. >> thank you, neil. >> neil: to the trump towe

than away in some far reaches of europe which it may have been the other week when they played in the ukrainenglish footballer of the last decade. we may argue, well, he should have achieved more in did not achieve what he could have been and is not a superstar. he nevertheless has been england was the best player. a record goalscorer another record goalscorer for the most hated clu b record goalscorer for the most hated club in english football. and a record number of games and all of that. —— for the most celebrated clu b that. —— for the most celebrated club in english football. they probably say the same as us, actually. he has done quite well. "quite does quote well? apparently he has 26 penalties and bobby charlton had nine although you say he played far fewer games that sort of even set out. the 249th goal, i think was not actually a key grey—haired or anything. it was... it was not the cleanest strike. it sort of floated off his shin, really as the ball came in. these need, i read. he guided towards the goal and he will take it. he's got fantastic goals as well. some brilliant strikes

lithuania invited members of the parliament from the ukraine from the crimea area -- so this is not just about, chris, one political party being hurt or one election in america or even one country. this is a moe distance op ran day and assault on democracy. especially when our own intelligence community it is telling us undeniably that this happened. >> weird question been but i am taken with it. chuck schumer, he said you better be careful with what he's doing because the intention community has a way to whack back at him. that's sort of dishonorable in itself. how can they whack back or hurt trump? >> i don't know. i think that's kind of a new york way of talking in minnesota. >> was that just rhetorical? >> i will say they will stand up for their facts and findings. and i hope that that's what happens at this briefing that will occur this week and perhaps when the protect hears the fact that our own president has heard and will continue to hear, he'll change his tune. i think when you have senators like former candidates for president, the republican party like john mccain and like li