and example "a" may be the balkan regions, the balkan region. the balkans require attention because there are these simmering potential conflicts. and the u.s. has been a force for good. but in ways that most americans probably don't even know. it required constant attention from vice president biden, secretary of state kerry, assistant secretary of state toria newland, to make sure that the balkans, in particular the western balkans rejected offers from russia for a different kind of alignment. it was weekly big and small interventions that have allowed for the balkan nations to feel comfort and a future with europe and with the united states. that intervention, that attention has, frankly, just disappeared and the russians have filled that vacuum. a coup attempt in montenegro -- you don't see a lot of coup attempts in countries in and around europe, but there was an attempt to storm parliament that has been connected back to russian nationals. those russian nationals, according to montenegro, have connections directly to the russian government

the united kingdom has been playing a key role in relation to the western balkans. there was a good discussion at the european council a very clear recognition around the table of the need for us to continue to be involved in the western balkans and a number of steps that may -- that can be taken in future to ensure we do stabilize this region which is in the interest of not only the countries in the western balkan bus also those in europe. >> mr. speaker, in the spirit of the so-called u.k.-wide approach to brexit, can the prime minister confirm to the house how much advance notice she intends to give to the first nisters, the leadership of scotland and northern ireland on the date she intends to invoke article 50? >> we will be invoking article 50 by the end of march. there will be a number of proesses is that will take place in advance of that invocation. and i can assure, as i said to this house, i will come and notify this house when the -- when we have notified. >> thank you, mr. speaker. in the european council did the prime minister have time for two topics,

the uk will lead the way by hosting the 2018 western balkans summit.e run—up to this year, we will enhance our security cooperation with our western balkans partners, including an serious and organised crime, anti—corruption and cyber security. finally, turning to brexit, our european partners have made clear to me that they want to get on with the negotiations, and so do why. it is time to get on with leaving the european union and building the independent, self—governing, global britain the british people have called for. and so, asi british people have called for. and so, as i have said, we will trigger article 50 by the end of this month. this will be a defining moment for the uk as we begin the process of forging a new role for ourselves in the world. as a strong country with control over our borders and over oui’ control over our borders and over our laws. and, as the chancellor made clear yesterday, we will use this moment of change to build a stronger economy and a there is society that works for ordinary working people by embracing genuine eco

is it tough -- the balkan shale. is it tough in clay?l price do you need to invest more money in the balkan shale? you seen ishat capital efficiencies that have evolved over the last two years and a really driven the cost down with the cost of doing business there. when people try to say what is the absolute price that you put rigs back to work, it varies depending on cost and where the company's efficiencies have grown. at this point, we could put rigs up in the balkan shale if we wanted to, but we prefer to complete the uncompleted wellesley drills over the last year, year half. -- year-and-a-half. we are putting 70% of the is goingnto the balkan into completing the duck inventory. alix: that comes on line 2018. you will see a big rush of supply. mr. stark: we see that start translating to the bottom line here midyear through the second half of the year. we start seeing production impact from the balkan uncompleted wells, into the first quarter and the second half. isx: one of the complaints that your hamstrung, you don't have the take

talked about the western balkans, syria, libya. and we talked about ukraine and demonstrators around russia and so on. so it's -- it was a good opportunity to have an open dialogue on other issues than the arctic. >> how much talk was there about brexit given that yesterday we saw the official triggering of article 50. you set a brexit task force out after the vote. you have major interests in the uk given that it's such an important trading partner for you. as a small and open economy, how worried are you about the fallout from this? >> well, of course it's a big question back home in denmark. how we're going to deal with the situation where we have to recognize that the uk will leave the eu and will be eu 7 that have to work together after that we think we should be able to find an agreement where everybody, perhaps not as happy but can live with the new situation, and as you also just talked about, we have big interests in this area because we have a lot of fisheries going on there. we have a tradition of delivering quite a lot

in the council we discussed the threat for organized crime and instability in the western balkans and what is needed to build up a competitiveness that will remain important as wecohi build a new relationship in a self-governing britain. in each case we are able to show once again how we will continue to play a leading role in europe eu after we've left the european union. first on migration, i welcome t implementing action plans. this included the strengthening and returns and working to implement the deal where they are providing additional staff for interviewing the nationals. i argued we must do more to dismantle the profit and those that are subjecting many to be. unimaginable abuses. we've coordinated and committed actions we can make a differen difference. indeed just last month in operation between the nationalhe agency and the coast guard led to the arrest of 19 members of organized crime groups in greece. as i argued before, the navy managed control global approach and that is what the council agreed. we need to ensure that refugees claim asylum in the first safe country the

and the balkans are dealing with very windy conditions as well.s we go throughout tuesday, we are looking at winds picking up in the southeastern portions of the balkans as well as turkey. up to the north w we have a hig pressure systetem that b brough very chilly conditions. we're still going to see windy conditions in stockholm with a low bringing in moisture, that's going to bring a chance of snowfall as we go through tuesday, with a high of 1 below zero. moscow seeing a mix of snow and rain, and athens looking at a high of 16 as we go through this work day. tokyo, we've clouded up and we're seeing unstable weather. aomori reporting 24 centimeters of snowfall. and then look at the gusts. some areas hitting close to 90 kilometers per hour. we are still in this winter pressure pattern. so we w will keep seeing the sea-effect snow. and some places could see significant snowfall. we're talking close to 60 centimeters in the hokuriku region. anden ev and even into hokkaido, and by thursday and friday, snow remains. tokyo remains chilly for wednesday

, you'll find there is a fresh war in the balkans. problem will be one, if the eu ceases to exist, which is along be one, if the eu ceases to exist, which is a long way away, if it happens, but he is probably correct with some of the things he has said, although i agree that donald trump will not the least bit of attention. if you catch him in the early morning or early afternoon you will get a different response. this vote was due to take place in the house, the house of representatives, today, very much at the last minute they decided they would not because they we re decided they would not because they were facing defeat, potentially a0 republicans prepared to rebel. this is the kind of thing that only jeremy corbyn could have ruined worse than trump has done, needed only 237 republican votes to pass the bill through congress, this was his top priority, remember, the campaign trail, said it at every single rally, and he needed 2a0 republican votes, only 215 to get it passed, so many rebels that they would not be able to do it, that

where was the eu during the war in the balkans? i agree. but that is still pa rt of balkans?hose institutions. is there any way of separating the problems of the euro, with the problems of the euro, with the problems of the european union? in other words, do you consider now that the euro itself has been such a big step in the wrong direction for the people of greece, for the people of southern europe? the original idea may have been a good one but we admitted sunni countries that should not have been admitted. it was fair weather decisions when, after the 2000 agenda, when europe said it was great to be a growth area, it didn't act on it. a year later, they accepted greece. it was a scandalous decision. there was no thought to what was going to happen.” decision. there was no thought to what was going to happen. i would disagree. they didn't meet the economic criteria. neither did italy, actually. you have to help each other. they have made a basket case of greece. look at the social problems. we have to give the european union a social face, problems. we have to give the eu

it will help to promote stability in the balkans and it will make us safer. montenegro has already proven its support for america's national interests, having sent troops to afghanistan in support of nato and u.s.-led operations there. although not yet a member the european union, montenegro also voluntarily joined the u.n. sanctions regime against russia in response to moscow's illegal annexation of crimea and destabilizing action in eastern ukraine. most important, i have great confidence that montenegro will meet the collective defense obligations of nato membership. for the past ten years, mr. president, with the assistance of the maine national guard, through the state partnership program, montenegro has worked hard to reform its military and to strengthen the rule of law to come in compliance with nato requirements as defined in nato's membership action plan. even today maine national guards members are deployed to montenegro to assist its ministry of defense in furthering its integration into nato standards and proces proce. i want to take this opportu

in the run—up to that summit, will enhance our security cooperation with our western balkan partnersto as the bedrock of our collective defence. and i urged other member states to start investing more in line with nato's target so that every country plays its full part in sharing the burden. it is only by investing properly in our defence that we can ensure that we are equipped to keep our people say. turning to growth and competitiveness, i want us to build a new relationship with the eu that will give our company is the maximum freedom to trade with and operate in the european market and allow european businesses to do the same here. a successful uncompetitive european market in the future will remain in our national interest. at this council, i called for further steps to complete the single market and the digital single market. i also welcomed the completion of the free trade agreement between and canada and pressed for an agreement withjapan in canada and pressed for an agreement with japan in the canada and pressed for an agreement withjapan in the coming months. these agreemen

the country lies on theso-called balkan route, which starts in the easternmediterranean and has ben takeny hundreds of thousands ofrefugees trying to reach northern europe.but in autumn 2015, hungary began closing off its southernborder, and has since focused on keeping migrants out.now it's training personnel to beef up patrols.lining up for shooting practice-- these are some ofthousands of hungarians recruited by the government tojoin a special border unit. reporter: starting in april,many of these men and women will be tasked with arrestingrefugees on the hungarian border and ordering them to leave -- byforce if necessary. >>you have to hold the pistollike this -- take aim with your arms straight, stay as still aspossible, hold your breath. reporter: the six-month crashcourse is funded by the government.after a short briefing, one participant is allowed to speakon camera. daniel zoltan dunai: i think theborder must be protected -- that's how it used to be.and it will really be necessary in the future.as we venture a question about regees, our interview is cutshort. questions about poli

this storm system out across the balkan peninsula has been swirling here. some rough weather circulating in from the south. a few strong thunderstorms might filter in with that as well. that drifts toward the east and back towards the west we'll be looking at damp conditions into parts of germany extending over towards poland. if you're in the british isles, london you'll be looking at partly cloudy skies. temperatures relatively cool. about 11 for your high but off towar towards scotland, you'll be looking at some passing showers here on your friday. take a look at your temperatures. a high of 11. paris at 14. athens, you have that low down there towards the south. thunderstorms there in your forecast here across the americas. talking about thunderstorms. we have this frontal area blowing up right there. that's going to continue to bring some strong storms. maybe some damaging winds coming out of this as well as hail which has already been reported as it rolls towards the east. even mixing in with snow across upstate new york into pennsylvania. new york ci

the 1995 massacre of srebrenica during the balkan war. they killed 8000 muslim boys and men.eacekeepers on the ground were unable to stop the bloodbath. 8000 deaths, the turkish president erdogan now blames the netherlands. he repeated the accusation on wednesday at a campaign rally in central anatolia. >> the dutch have nothing to do with the civilized world. they have nothing to do with the modern world. they are the one that massacred more than 8000 bosnian muslims in srebrenica in bosnia herzegovina. reporter: in strasburg, the latest communication from turkey had solidarity for the netherlands from e.u. officials. >> today i want to say that europe is the netherlands. a place of freedom and democracy. and for sure, rotterdam. the city brutally destroyed by the nazis. if anyone sees fascism in rotterdam, they are out of touch with reality. reporter: that you commissioned president questioned them as a candidate. >> this is unacceptable, taking distance from europe. not trying to enter the european union. the european union is not joining turkey, turkey is joining the euro

moving over towards the balkan peninsula as well.f you're in places like rome and into london expect some scattered showers on your wednesday. it's going to be dreary across much of the uk. then if we take a look here across japan, mild conditions on wednesday morning. that is shifting over to rainfall through the afternoon and evening hours and throughout the day on friday. most of the country is looking at some form of precipitation. at least for now move out of the way here. tokyo, partly cloudy skies. 13 for the high on wednesday. i'll leave you now with your extended outlook. >>> that wraps up this edition of nhk "newsline." thanks very much for joining us. >> euromaxx highlights. >> hi, everyone, and welcome to our highlights show with the best picks of the week. here's a look at what's coming up: grumpy cat is one of the new faces of carmaker opel. a british photographer and his then and now images. green monster: a fast-growing indoor plant is enjoying a comeback. what do a grumpy cat and a fashion model have in common? well,

we were involved in conflicts in the balkans and throughout the world. russia took a back seat. they were seen as being weak in the eyes of some in russia. if you look to the bush administration and later obama administration, you saw two times where presidents reached out and tried to build better relations with russia but were rebuffed. that's in large part because vladimir putin feels like nato and the european union are an aggressive actor against russia. they have chosen to rise in recent years by using what's known as active measures or a method by which rather than fighting on the battlefield, they will use the force of politics to create change amongst all the countries that are part of the european union and nato. what they have done over the past two to three years is try to shape those elections through a combination of influence and hacking. hacking people's information, key political figures, public figures and then releasing that strategically to influence people's perceptions. the goal is to create dysfunction in these democracies, to ultimately bring about the di

relatively calmer to the balkans, still seeing some rain, but no more really unstable weather as the cutoff low has finally moved off the area. looking at showers, though, into the iberian peninsula on monday with a high of 15. hope you have a good day wherever you are. here's your extended outlook. >>> for updates and special reports come your way for "newsroom tokyo." from all of us on nhk "newsline," thanks for watching. p ♪ >> you are watching "france 24." time now for 60 minutes around the world. these are the headlines. turkey refusing to back down on its growing field with the netherlands. the turkish president says nazism is alive in the west after the netherlands blocked turkish ministers from holding rallies. brexit could be triggered as early as tomorrow.

he discovered the russian negative attitude in the balkans. president bush tried. he discovered the russians' aggression against georgia. and president obama also tried, just to see them attacked -- attack the ukraine. tim: ok. but in the shorter term the problem will be funding . tillerson says he wants to -- 2% of gdp, and the foreign minister of germany said absolutely impossible. how are you going to make that work? mr. rasmussen: well, nato allies already decided. they did it while i was -- they will within the next decade reach the 2%. that also goes for the germans. tim: by 2024 come i think it was. >> yes, it is. tim but mattis has said that the : u.s. in the short term might moderate support for nato if that isn't met more quickly. >> yes. and he added that i will not elaborate on what moderate engagement will be because i expect nato allies to live up to their commitments. tim: yeah, but if america says it is unsustainable that we will take the lion's share of the 70% of this budget, and that needs to be addressed will that , be changed by nato members to

, she talked about our partners in the balkans.us in the eu and our partners, this is about the united kingdom operating on the world stage. that's changed, but you know people going and doing their shopping and going to work in the morning, they won't notice any difference of the it is very slow burn stuff this. my point is some people might want to see a difference? some people will say that's what i voted for? we need to be realistic. this isn't going to transform people's lives. it is going to make our system more accountable. the government is going to save some money and be able to spend that better. we are going to be in control of our own laws. but let's ta ke be in control of our own laws. but let's take it one step at a time. the government has got a huge task, negotiating new arrangements with the european union and giving confidence to business that things aren't going to be disrupted. but the european union is not insane, you know, they want to have trade with us. they're not going to put up barriers to stop us trading

a measure allowing the balkan nation of montenegro to join nato. among the strongest supporters are arizona republican john mccain with opposition from kentucky republican rand paul. it's possible the senate will recess for party caucus lunches around 12:30 eastern time. right now to the fuller the senate senate here on c-span2. the president pro tempore: the senate will come to order. the chaplain, dr. barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. o god our shield, look with favor upon senators today. guide them around the obstacles that hinder their progress, uniting them for the common good of this great land. free them from anxiety and fear, as they put their trust in you. lord, enable to go from strength fulfilling your purpose in their lives in this generation. guide them to use their abilities and talents to accomplish your holy will. striving to please you, help them to stand for right and leave the consequences to you. we pray in your holy name. amen. the president pro tempore: pease join me in reciting the pledge

him again, don't know why the government of serbia seems intent on rekindling 20 and 30-year-old balkan wars. they were ter -- there were terrible things that happened in war, terrible things happened on both sides. the man was found innocent twice and this is nothing more than bad faith on the part of the serbian government and harassment. it might come as a surprise to you, mr. speaker, but nine years on, as a free and independent country, kosovo still has no army. that's right. a sovereign nation state without an army. it has a small, lightly armed security force but nothing resembling the large, russian-equipped serbian military just next door. earlier this month, kosovo took a small step toward establishing its army. legislation was submitted to parliament. like the legislative process here in the united states, the introduction of a bill is only the opening note on a much larger and longer sheet of music, a score which involves consultation with regional partners, the international community, domestic minorities and n.g.o.'s. we all know how this process works. there's back and fo

havehouser balkan leaders a news briefing to discuss legislative agenda. >> sunday night. >> nationalists were rising up. the big strategic question was should support britain against the rising nationalists or tried to create a new order by mediating between nationalist and the british? about the 1956 suez crisis and its aftermath. >> is trying to prevent the cobe union aligning with the nationalists, undermining the british and taking control of oil. oil from0% of european the middle east. they wanted to make sure we had a friendly air regime -- arab regime. that is the goal. >> this weekend, the health of our comcast cable partners. the founder of chico. 1841-19 hundreds. government,al starting with his days in congress, the department about her culture. he was being sent, corresponding with officials in the usda and receiving from them different crops that they wanted tested in therernia's climate probably use financial charge earlye of their experiment farms for they actually owned and ran their own. ask on sunday, american history tv. we visit the california state university farm. w

balkan country's defense minister says russian president vladimir putin has promised to sign off on the deal. european union officials have expressed concern over increased russian influence in the region. scotland's parliament has voted to seek a new referendum on whether to pursue independence. similar measure was defeated in 2014 but the countries prime ministers says scots must be given a chance to vote on the future before britain leaves the european union. british government will launch the brexit process tomorrow. house speaker says the obamacare appeal in place effort may not be dead after all. we will talk about it with th incredible bladder protection in a pad this thin, i didn't... ...think it would work, but it does. it's called always discreet for bladder leaks, the super... ...absorbent core turns liquid to gel. i know i'm wearing it but no one else will. always discreet for bladder leaks. >> i would say to the speaker, to leader mcconnell, and to the president, drop repeal. drop it today, and drop it for good. >> we are going to keep talking until we get it right. i'm not

balkan country's defense minister says russian president vladimir putin has promised to sign off on theopean union officials have expressed concern over increased russian influence in the region. scotland's parliament has voted to seek a new referendum on whether to pursue independence. similar measure was defeated in 2014 but the countries prime ministers says scots must be given a chance to vote on the future before britain leaves the european union. british government will launch the brexit process tomorrow. house speaker says the obamacare appeal in place effort may not be dead after all. we will talk about it with the panel when we come back i accept i don't race down the slopes like i used to. i even accept i have a higher risk of stroke due to afib, a type of irregular heartbeat not caused by a heart valve problem. but whatever trail i take, i go for my best. so if there's something better than warfarin, i'll go for that too. eliquis. eliquis reduced the risk of stroke better than warfarin, plus had less major bleeding than warfarin. eliquis had both. don't stop taking eliquis un

about the president saying that his comments encouraging other breckitys could lead to war among the balkan countries. and he also said in the end, and he's quoted on page 1 of the financial times" that the president does not note a lot about europe. what is the president's response to that? >> to brexit in particular? >> to the comments by president juncker of the european division. >> i think the president is very well steeped in world affairs especially europe, nato. he's a leader in the effort to call brexit, as you know. and obviously, with respect to that, we respect the will of the british electorate and her majesty's government in taking steps of departing the european union, whatever future the uk, eu relationship looks like, we want the uk to remain a strong leader in europe for both the eu and europe to remain strong leads globally. i think both on the eu and on that -- veronica. >> thank you. i have two questions or topics. what's the white house reaction to the shooting today at the capitol? >> well, it sounds like a very troubled individual. obviously, i'll let law enforcement

with nato to increase our capabilities and bring in more countries to protect the ball ticks and the balkans. but president trump has demoralized other nato countries by suggesting maybe the role isn't what it needs to be or isn't what it was in the past. and, so, the policy towards russia is shifting and i think it's very interesting that people like u.s. attorney general jeff sessions had spoken out his whole career against russia, then after the interference campaign meets twice with the russian ambassador and changes his position. and that's what is so concerning to so many americans, is whether these political personal and business ties extended to not just changing the position on policy towards russia, but also working with russia. >> we're all going to look forward to that. house intelligence committee hearing on monday where comey and others in the intelligence community will be testifying in open session. all right, congressman, thanks very much for joining us. eric swalwell of california. >>> coming up, a widening scandal involving u.s. navy officers and allegations of bribery, la

he was heavily involved in the balkans and peace agreements there.resa may will clearly face an uphill challenge. seeing that with the messaging already. back to you guys in new york. >> thank you very much for the color and the commentary, willem marx in malta. >>> a special event on cnbc today from that part of the world, live from the arctic forum we'll hear from vladimir putin along with the presidents of finland and iceland. geoff cutmore will moderate. you can catch that live on "squawk box" at 6:30 a.m. >> i'm excited about that. >> huge. >> a little nervous for geoff. >> it's always tricky. you know, there's so much politics to talk about, not to mention the u.s. elections, european elections. energy. going to be great. >> good luck, geoff. >>> stories at the intersection of politics and investing, including the trump administration's plans to pursue a $5 billion sale of f-16 fighter jets to bahrain.hr n. your path to retirement may not always be clear. n. but at t. rowe price, we can help guide your retirement savings. so wherever your retir

they're flexing their muscles in the balkans, ukraine, syria, and other elections around the country. it's not surprising they would try to have an impact. the question is was there a collaboration. i think that's what's begun in earnest on the house and senate side. it was yesterday that the agreement was reached between republicans and democrats on the intel committee in terms of size and scope of the investigation. the investigation has begun on the senate side. >> in addition to the investigations in the house and the senate, would you have a problem if there was an independent special prosecutor looking into the trump campaign's interactions with russia? >> we may get to that. but i think that the important thing is to do first thing's first. i don't think that diane feinstein, a senator from california, wants to do any favors for donald trump. but she's one of the six members on the intel side that sign dollaed off as the process. you have classified information and that's more difficult in a public setting. it can be held in the standing committees on the house and senate side.

american system of government, he is doing that all throughout europe, he is doing it throughout the balkansd this administration. what worries us is that this administration not only seems to be denying the extent of their interference in american elections but is taking america off the playing field, essentially ceding big parts of the world to the russians overseas. let's get the american government back in the game and trying to help our allies making sure what happens here doesn't happen in other countries. >> thank you for joining us. >>> coming up, more on the breaking news. james comey confirming an investigation into the possibility of collusion between russia and the trump campaign. ...only allstate sends you a bonus check for every six months you're accident free. silence. it's good to be in, good hands. in my johnsonville commercial we open up in the forest. hi. i'm jeff. i'm eating my breakfast and all of a sudden a raccoon come up and ask me, "what are you eating?" i told him "johnsonville breakfast sausage, fully cooked." porcupine comes in and he says, "does that come in patt

they will talk about russia, about the balkans, about russia, about the balkans, about security.e this effort to get donald tusk out and stop serving a second term will fail but theresa may may have to get involved in some of that. she clearly would not want to because she will not want to upset too many people. the french and germans would keep him where he was, along with many other leaders, but in the matter of course does not want to upset the poles, or anyone else either. she needs friends with brexit coming up, not enemies. and we have heard from angela merkel and others again, reiterating the thought that proper substantive discussions on what happens next on the brexit process cannot begin until article 50 has actually been triggered? yes, they are pretty adamant about all of that, which leaves britain looking to raise informal talks with individual members of the european union justice take out the ground for the coming talks that finally kicked off when article 50 get the process going and we start heading towards the eu exit. it will be a tortuous process , the eu exit

exxon also going to commit over $5 billion to developing the balkan base.challenging time with your shale assets you bought a few years back. what's your plan? eldar: our plan is to continue to improve our free place in the u.s. so we are in marcellus and the balkan and have a high quality operation and we'll continue to improve that and continue to look for opportunities to expand and develop that business going forward. alix: the real profitability is in scoop stack in oklahoma and in texas. would you be willing to put in money at these prices to get access to those areas? eldar: we've come to the conclusion now we're here to stay. we have a very solid business. we're continuing to improve and have an organization and a structure where we can vote on resources but it has to be the right kind of resources at the right price so we will look for those kind of opportunities. alix: you think permian is overvalued now? eldar: it looks definitely fully value sod that's the perspective we'll have to bring along as we it opportunities. alix: same thing in oklahoma

the country is balkanized.hat is america's in game and what are we doing to protect the bellwether constituency? that is not only sunni arabs but tribesmen who occupy eastern syria and western and central iraq. it pays to think of this not in terms of two nation-states. a sieve and has been for several decades. you will not see a cohesive, integrated state of syria come out of the ashes of what is left of isis. >> either isis is done and it means nothing were isis is not done. which would you pick? >> isis is not done. they have been planning for this. the dearly departed spokesman was the administrator of all of syria. in his last communicate in may it was year, he said -- implicit in his message, we are going to lose our state. what we have to do is return to the desert where we reconstitute ourselves and built up our forces and marshaled resources after the8-11 time sunni awakening in iraq and the so-called surge drove us out of that country. they are planning to do that again. if america says you have lost

building up its military presence and making threatening moves toward the baltic states and in the balkans. and there's growing evidence that it's actively interfering to spread disinformation and manipulate the outcome of elections this year in france, in germany, and across europe. in fact, there is evidence to suggest that they were involved in the brexit vote and in the dutch referendum last year. and right here in our own country, russia has used brazen cyberattacks and other measures to aggressively interfere in our presidential election last fall. this was an attack on our sovereignty, on our democracy, and on the american people, and it was unprecedented. it requires the strongest possible response short of armed force to demonstrate to vladimir putin that this behavior will not be tolerated and it must not happen again. and that is exactly the purpose of these comprehensive sanctions. i agree with senator cardin, the ranking member on the foreign relations committee that the foreign relations committee should play a pivotal leadership role in both our legislative and oversight cap

about the president saying that his comments encouraging other brexits could lead to war among the balkan countries, and he also said in the end, and he's quoted on page 1 of the financial times," that the president does not know a lot about europe. what is the president's response to that. >> to brexit in particular. >> to the comments by president junker of the european division. >> i think the president is very well steeped in world affairs especially europe, nato. he's a leader in the effort to call brexit, as you know. and obviously, with respect to that, we respect the will of the british electorate and her majesty's government in taking steps of departing the european union, whatever future the uk, eu relationship looks like, we want the uk to remain a strong leader in europe for both the eu in europe to remain strong lieders globally. both on the eu, veronica. >> thank you. i have two questions or topics. what's the white house reaction to the shooting today at the capitol? >> well, it sounds like a very troubled individual. obviously, i'll let law enforcement read that out. but i

. >> first up, the balkans had president said the rate increase at every other meeting in 2017 shoulde default policies. that would imply rate increases in june, september, and december the follow the one we had two weeks ago. other fed president see two more hikes this year. chair janet yellen supports that consensus. r in one year would be much less than the last period, coming out of a recession. at that time we were changing at every meeting. relative to that this is much more gradual even if we did it every other meeting. >> china looks to be planning a major energy deal before -- between its largest coal producer and biggest power generators. regulator hasd asked a mining giant to have a merger. it is at an early stage but if the deal goes through it would create a new entity with access to more than $240 billion. arenesia says talks resuming operations at the grasberg copper mine. -- indonesiang to wants producers of semi processed metals to apply for a special mining license, and intends to have a majority stake in the local unit within two years. s8sung has launched its new s

about the president saying that his comments encouraging other brexits could lead to war among the balkan countries. and he also said in the end, and is he quoted on page 1 of the final times that the president does not know a lot about europe. what is the president's response to that. >> to brexit in particular? >> to the comments by president of the european commission to brexit. >> i think the president is very well steeped in world affairs, especially europe, nato, all the issues. he was a leader in the effort to call brexit as you know. and obviously with respect to that, we respect the will of the british electorate and her majesty's government in taking steps of departing the european union. whatever future the uke relationship looks like. we want the u.k. to remain a strong leader in europe for both the eu and europe to remain strong leaders globally. i think both on the eu and that. veronica? >> sean, thank you. i have two questions or topics. just the first, what's the white house reaction today to the shooting today at the capitol? >> well, sounds like a very troubled individua

army veteran and served in the balkans and worked in several capacities with both civilian and military intelligence. it is my pleasure to introduce my colleague, dr. vince hou ghton. [applause] mr. houghton: thank you, peter. when we planned this series, we talked about doing these four great assassinations with one not so great assassination. like, it won't really matter that castro is still alive, because we planned these back in october. things have changed a little bit, but the basic idea behind this is killing fidel, or not killing fidel. for a lot of younger people, castro or the mystique of fidel castro is not as well-known as it would be for other generations. he had not been in charge for a while. he was not this mean ogre of a , person who was leaving cuba. he was for a lot of people that remember the cold war. a lot of people that lived through that time. for the most part, castro was somewhat of a caricature of himself at the end. i love this cartoon. to me, it really spelled out the end of castro's career when he had been retired. [laughter] so when he died, it was a big d

of 2 million, we count among the top contributors in missions afghanistan, iraq, central african, balkans, we mali, republic or somalia. europe and u.s. should help efforts to help ukraine, georgia and moldova, and including information warfare. latvia has been active in providing support to eastern partners and strengthen ind media. i would like to mention two examples a practical approach and support of partnership countries. first, baltic center for media excellence recently completed a study of skills and training needs to independent media in eastern partnership countries. certainly latvia is interested in the success of creative content support fund. that is being established with support of european endowment for democracy and the british government. this fund will strengthen the capacity of independent media to offer russia language audiences strong alternative to kremlin-controlled media. encourage u.s. support this important initiatives. in pivotal times of history, the alliance has always proven to be effective, credible and united. solidarity here is a key word. i believe the