putin. >> putin. putin. >> putin. >> putin. >> putin. >> russians are hearing a very different story. the foreign ministry today saying russia had nothing to do with the attack, and pointing the finger at other countries, the u.s., the uk, the czech republic, slovakia and sweden. tom. >> terry, thank you. >>> next to the latest in the search for 16-year-old amy yu. police say she was dropped off at her bus stop 12 days ago but never made it to class. ending up on a flight to cancun with a 45-year-old married man. what we're learning tonight about that investigation. abc's erielle reshef. >> reporter: new details emerging tonight about the disappearance of 16-year-old amy yu and 45-year-old kevin esterly as officials in mexico issue an amber alert. the two vanishing on march 5th, police say the married father of four and the teen, flew on one-way tickets from philadelphia to cancun. >> all information received thus far leads investigators to believe that amy yu left allentown willingly with esterly. >> reporter: tonight, his wife stacey's speaking through her attorney. telling abc news

trump said i know putin. putin has no respect for president obama. big problem, big problem. obama's policies had different russia to ally itself more closely with china and this was a horrible thing for the united states he said. i don't think you'd need the sanctions. i think we'd get along very well. much later trump's campaign advisers would watch the video of this encounter and wonder about it. steve bannon raised it with rnc

didn't happen. >> reporter: putin controls television. >> there is absolutely no critical words about vladimir putin on the russian air waves. none, not one word. >> reporter: putinontrols everything in russia. >> putin has an untrammepled authority. i don't see any checks on his power. >> he is able to make singular, rapid decisions. the absolute is in there. it's unlike anything i have seen in russia. >> reporter: all that power is propped up by an astonishing approval rating, 80%, and that's according to american pollsters. >> donald trump wins the presidency. >> reporter: but when the united states elected a new president -- >> president trump. >> reporter: it looked like russia had fallen for a new leader. [ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: there were toasts all over moscow, at the parliament known as the duma. on talk shows and at bars. ♪ we are the champions of the world ♪ >> reporter: but one man who seemed utterly unsurprised by trump's victory -- [ speaking foreign language ] >> he is happy to take credit, and that means that he won the u.s. election. the man who is simultaneously president of russia and in charge of the united states. >> mr. pu

putin. >> putin. >> putin. >> putin. >> putin. >> reporter: russians are hearing a very different story.ying russia had nothing to do with this attack and pointing the finger at other countries. the u.s., the uk, the czech republic, slovakia, and sweden. >> that was terry moran reporting. >>> an augmented reality game got a little too real for a couple of teens when a man attacked them with a tire iron because he was losing. the three were playing pokemon go in a park when one of the teens stole a pokemon character from the 60-year-old player. now, the man got a tire iron from his vehicle, started swinging it at the teens and then hit and damaged this table. the teens tackled him and called police. they say it's not the first time this man has become violent with other players. >> the people have told us he's been doing this before to other people and we were just the first to -- >> it was kind of weird. we didn't expect him to get out of his car and try to hit us. >> get so mad over a game. it's just stupid in our opinion. >> yeah, it's a little too intense. police did not have any reco

putin... putin is as a system rests ona putin... wealthy businesspeople who are beholden to putin. they have money in new york, miami, london, and i think it is time for the west to start taking this seriously and to start taking this seriously and to start going after the channels of russian dark money, investing in real estate and in other ways. i think it is also time for us to consider something, the putin network, as it were, that system of agents, oligarchs, that he has used to support his war. this is a big deal. i wouldn't do this if i was the british unilaterally but i would be talking to the americans and europeans and trying to forge a coalition and i think america would be well advised to stand with britain and the allies in this matter. we saw the statement from the us state department using some really scathing language against russia, stating how it continues to be an irresponsible force of instability in the world, acting with open disregard for the sovereignty of other states and the life of their citizens, that's t

opportunity last week to question vladimir putin, then on the campaign trailfor his vladimir putin, then on the campaign trail for his re—election. vladimir putingn trail for his re-election. president latimer putin, bbc news, is russia behind the poisoning of sergei skripal? translation: we are busy with agriculture here, to create the conditions for people's lives. and you talk to me about some tragedies. first, work out exactly what happened there, and then we will talk about it. tonight russia described theresa may's commons statement as a circus show, and dismissed accusations against moscow asa dismissed accusations against moscow as a political campaign based on provocation, a fairy tale. rhetoric was blunt and continued since to the surprise of no one, since he was re—elected last sunday. surprise of no one, since he was re-elected last sunday. tonight, by the kremlin, vladimir putin thanked his people for re—electing him. translation: we are destined to succeed. russia, russia, they chanted, but in his fourth term, are russia and the west destined for a cold war? we will be talking to steve in a moment. before that, a couple of your th

. >> putin. >> putin. >> russians are hearing a different story.ing to do with the attacks. and pointing the fingers at u.s. and check republic and sweden. >> "abc 7 news," moscow. >>> the associated press learned that he kept personal memos interacting with donald trump. and has provided them to the special counsel's office. they are similar to the notes compiled by fired fbi chief, james comey. targeted because he backed up comey in the informs allegation. a possible collusion between the trump campaign and the russian government. his memos can factor in to the continuing investigation. >>> facebook suspended a data firm tied to trump's campaign. facebook accuses cambridge analytical violating policies and harvesting information from 50 million users to develop strategies for the 2016 election campaign. cambridge analytical denies the accusations. but amy klobuchar took to twitter. for facebook mark zuckerberg to testify. >>> coming up at 8:00 this morning. george stephanopoulos will sit down with senate intelligence committee members. to talk ab

in exile businessmen offis putin critic he and about twenty nine other protesters were greeting russians who were intent on voting with anti putin banners they key. putin four point zero and the newspaper coverage here in the the u.k. hasn't been very enthusiastic about the elections the messages that we have seen in the papers have very much conveyed that the vote in russia is a foregone conclusion you can see here hasn't taken up many of the column inches in the sunday papers page seven it's a small blog talking about putin putin's reelection as president is inevitable if you take a look here you've got talk in the financial times the russian state mobilizes to ensure a huge win for putin that's also page seven so nowhere near the front pages but there they are talking about things like people in russia feeling pressured to vote and the fact that the russian government says in a lot of these articles needed a high turnout this election in order to look more legitimate but really all the papers have looks like this and from stories on papers very much dominated by the fallout from the script poisoning this one saying may stands up. putin and plenty ot

putin? >> putin. >> putin. >> russian haves hear ago different story.russia had nothing to do with the attack and pointing the finger at the u.s., the u.k. and the check republic, sla vok ya and sweden. >>> deputy andrew mccabe. he kept personal memos dealing with president trump and provided them to the special counsel office. similar to the notes compiled by fired fbi chief james comey. he was targeted because he backed up comey of the investigation of the collusion between the trump campaign and the russian government. his memos could factor into the continuing investigation. >>> facebook has suspended a data firm tied to president trump's campaign. a u.s. senator says not good enough. violating policy privacies by harvesting private informaon from 50 million users to develop strategies for president trump's 2016 election campaign. denying the accusations. minnesota senator took to twitter to call for an outside investigation and for facebook founder to testify before the senate judiciary committee. >>> coming up at 8:00 this morning. jorng stephanop

putin critic you can he was out there greeting those key. to cast their ballot with banners and putin clearly he's not keen on a large made putin four point zero the newspaper coverage here in the u.k. has been it's been very critical of me and putin it's very much conveyed the message that his reelection was inevitable in the run up to this vote it hasn't taken out many column inches in the sunday papers this is page seven of one of the broad sheets and it's talking about putin's reelection as president being inevitable there's another one here also page seven talking about the russian state mobilizing to ensure a huge win for putin so a lot of articles now talking about there being pressure exerted on the people of russia to vote because vladimir putin putin needed a high turnout in order to ensure legitimacy for this presidency to look legitimate but really most of the papers have been focusing on this you've got something like this may stand up to putin the diplomatic fallout the tensions over this poisoning and all the sorts of perceived threats coming from russia as a result you can see caricature up on your screen of the way the lives o

putin appeals to russia's nationalists and social conservatives, who came to see him as returning russia to its former glory. - [hayden] putin won his first term as president. with oil running 110, 113 dollars a barrel. putin's social contract with the russian people was 'i may be an autocrat, but don't worry, you're gonna be rich.' now putin comes back into office and oil's trucking along about 40 dollars a barrel. so now putin's new social contract is 'i may be autocratic but don't worry, you're gonna be proud.' (epic russian music) - this new russian middle class was not going to be supportive of putin indefinitely. so when putin came back to power, i think he had to look for a new base of support. and so you do start to get a new kind of more nationalist rhetoric from him. - [smes] he began showing that russia could stand tall once again. that russia can be counted, that they are prepared to use military force, like georgia in 2008 to protect russian economic interests. (protest boos) - [narrator] the cost to putin's style of governance came in civil liberties. opposition figures and journalists have been arrested. human rights groups and non-governmental organizations have been cast as 'foreign agents'

embassy the exiled businessman and putin critic you can he was out there greeting those keen to cast their ballot with banners. putin clearly he's not keen on of vladimir putin four point zero the newspaper coverage here in the u.k. has been. it's been very critical of and it's very much conveyed the message that his reelection was inevitable in the run up to this vote it hasn't taken out many column inches in the sunday papers this is page seven of one of the broad sheets and it's talking about putin's reelection as president being inevitable there's another one here also page seven talking about the russian state mobilizing to ensure a huge win for putin so a lot of articles now talking about there being pressure exerted on the people of russia to vote because vladimir putin putin needed a high turnout in order to ensure legitimacy for this presidency to look legitimate but really most of the papers have been focusing on this you've got something like this may stand up to putin the diplomatic fallout the tensions over the square power poisoning and all the sorts of perceived threats coming from russia as a result you can see kerry catches up on your screen

putin's victory calling it a sham and going on to say quote the u.s. stands with all russians yearning for freedom which is interesting because prior to the election putin managed to maintain over an eighty percent approval rating but despite running against multiple candidates representative adam schiff said that putin only won because he banned his opponents from running a saying quote it's easy to win when you bar your opponents from running but besides the usual is a whistleblower edward snowden had some words regarding a ballot stuffing that allegedly took place saying that it's quote an effort to steal the influence of one hundred forty plus million people snowden also urged russian citizens to quote demand justice demand laws and courts that matter take your future back and just a little reminder edward snowden was granted political asylum in russia and that's where he's been ever since now i'm sure that the west will continue to react to putin's victory and we'll be bringing you more of that. the reaction that we've been getting history professor peter because nick says that the united states mainstream media are looking into a cold war frenzy failing to give a balanced picture of what happens in. relations between the united states and russia are the worst they've been certainly since the en

putin regarded barack obama. sometimes as a weakling, sometimes as a super manipulator who could do anything in russia to try to get putin and also, you know, the people around putinbout obama and very racist terms, calling him a monkey. >> using the "n" word. >> and then as he evolved, some of it was chitchat i think but it became a lot more serious when he started giving warnings that did go through the channels and still remains a mystery today why the u.s. intelligence community and agencies did not take this and some other indicators they had around that time frame in the years since. >> to recognize what we were up against. >> he was not a u.s. intelligence asset in the formal sense but he was reporting to a u.s. government official who was reporting through the intelligence channels. and if you know anything about the way the u.s. government works, the rivalries among u.s. agencies where the committee would look down on that which is being reported by other agencies. so it's possible and likely that this guy's reports, which were all documented and we talk about how they were top secret was kind of dismissed by some in the intelligence community because it

the exiled businessman and putin critic you can he was out there greeting those keen to cast their ballot with banners and t. putin clearly he's not keen on a large made putin four point zero the newspaper coverage here in the u.k. has been. it's been very critical of putin it's very much conveyed the message that his reelection was inevitable in the run up to this vote it hasn't taken out many column inches in the sunday papers this is page seven of one of the broadsheets and it's talking about putin's reelection as president being inevitable there's another one here also page seven talking about the russian state mobilizing to ensure a huge win for putin so a lot of articles now talking about there being pressure exerted on the people of russia to vote because vladimir putin putin needed a high turnout in order to ensure legitimacy for this presidency to look legitimate but really most of the papers have been focusing on this you've got something like this may stands up to putin the diplomatic fallout the tensions over the square power poisoning and all the sorts of perceived threats coming from russia as a result you can see caricature up on your screen

putin. putin has no respect for putin. big problem, big problem. obama's policies drove russia more closely than china and this is a horrible thing for the united states. i believe i would get along nicely with putin. i don't think you need the sanctions thanks to maria and the russians have trump on the record opposing sanctions despised by moscow. much later, trump's campaign advisors watched the video and wonder about it. steve bannon raised it with our chairman reince priebus. how was it that russian woman happened to be in las vegas for this vent and trump happened to call on her and trump's response, it was odd that trump had a fully developed answer. trump's own campaign was weirded out by that interaction. that's in ru"russian roulette" that comes out at midnight. there is more. stay with us. liberty mutual stood with me when this guy got a flat tire in the middle of the night, so he got home safe. yeah, my dad says our insurance doesn't have that. what?! you can leave worry behind when liberty stands with you™. liberty mutual insurance. the

putin and putin as the commander in chief the arbiter of russian foreign policy is basically going to make the decision about what happens no i don't think the the russians saw this level of response coming didn't think that the united kingdom would be able to put together such a long list of supportive nations around the world i mean they are western nations primarily but still there are a lot of them this came on a bad day already for russia because of the awful fire in the far east of the countries or in siberia which has killed upwards of sixty people this is further added to russia's terrible day but i think there are a couple things worth saying one is that this will be easily spotted by the russian power structures as yet another example of anti russian sentiment in the west hysterical. russophobe pick campaign from the united kingdom which has brought in gullible friends and allies of london and also i think that if there are no further measures measures that the russian elite are really worried about such as targeting of assets in financial centers around the world like london new york and say cyprus if those don't materialize over the coming days then perhaps moscow will feel the u.s. is taking a diplomatic here but it might have got off rather lightly right now thanks very much for a challenge bring us the reaction there from the russian capital. saudi arabia's military says it shot down seven missiles fired from yemen has the rebels say they carried out a strike it's targeting several airports saudi authorities say at least one person was killed a solid binge of aid has the latest. as the rockets rained down there were moments of panic. this is what's left of a missile fired by hutu rebels in yemen which targeted the saudi capital riyadh on sunday. and of the fragment landed on an island on a busy road. a barrel range of seven ballistic missiles were intercepted by saudi arabia's air defense multiple social media users posted videos of the u.s. patriot missile defense system used by the saudi military. at least one egyptian resident was killed in the attack as forensic teams collect evidence the saudi coalition is again blaming iran for arming the hooty fighters the cuts force who have operatives on the ground in yemen have helped the who are these and the yemeni armed forces to basically augment the capability of the missiles in order to make them more capable and there were these say you know if you don't negotiate with us we will continue with more sophisticated weaponry more missiles being fired and there will be more dead on the side of saudi arabia which is something they can sustain these types of attacks continue despite the saudi coalition announcing in two thousand and fifteen that most of the route is ballistic arsenal was destroyed the objective is to continue to look for this kind of missiles targeted destroyed. we believe that we destroy most of these abilities it's been three years since the coalition launched a military campaign to fight the hoodies in support of yemen's government hundreds of thousands have gathered in the capital sanaa just before the missile attack the hoody leader talked about his group's capabilities we. will use a long range drawings which have excellent military capabilities we will activate the military institutions in an unprecedented way and open up more opportunities to recruit the children and men of our people to fight. the hutus of been cheering images of the destruction caused by saudi attacks in yemen they say their missiles are acts of revenge. these ten thousand people on all sides of been killed in yemen and millions more suffer in what the u.n. calls the worst humanitarian crisis in recent years and through all this the war continues some of the job aid out there. and ship shows have begun voting for a new president in the country's three day election but the turnout has been low income president abdel fatah sisi is expected to win a second term after most of his challenges withdrew. ports. a crucial moment for the band seeking reelection president i will for to see once a comfortable win and the huge turnout among the nearly sixty million eligible voters his supporters see him as the only man capable of leading egypt at a time when the nation faces many challenges and i'm an empty. i couldn't sleep from all the joy just to come here and say yes to my motherland egypt i came here to say yes to stability yes to development i came here to say yes to our military and. i will vote for sisi for the sake of the coming phase and i have a bachelor's degree in business administration and i feel like i have not given what i deserve and i feel that this coming phase will offer great things but the election has been widely seen as a false potential rivals to c.c. have either been jailed or dropped out of the race after a campaign of intimidation the only candidate allowed to run is a staunch supporter of president sisi. whose leader of the centrist party told the media he doesn't want to challenge the authority of c.c. for critics. more than a candidate whose role is to give the impression of a legitimate election i don't think there's any question that it's a sham i'm not aware of any serious difference of opinion among you know political scientists or human rights groups or analysts i think the point of the election is to demonstrate cc's power and his popularity this is why the government is pushing so hard for a high turnout if there's a low turnout it will be bad optics for the regime. president sisi will likely secure a second term but the general turned politician faces botting discontent over the economy and armed groups operating in the sinai peninsula the vote will last for two war days a strong turnout could indicate a growing trust in cc's leadership has about al-jazeera a senior political analyst marwan bashar joins us in the studio and some are one thing that everyone is watching from this election it's very important to see see is the turnout from it one of the expectations and what are we seeing right now. actually i just read. in an egyptian website the election commission is boasting that in these six districts including cairo and sinai that there is a high turnout i doubt it just like most other media outlets have been covering the day doubt that seems like there's an attempt at coercing or at least. enticing people to go out and vote but that's not working out very well and it's for a simple reason of course when we talk about. independent fair and free elections we expect them to be independent and they are not because the election commission is in the pocket of the government we expect them to be fair and they are not because all the other candidates were either imprisoned or intimidated not to run and we expected to be free and it's not because most people are actually pushed into voting for sisi or not to vote at all and last month not least for the elections to be elections meaning to have other people actually competing well in this election there's virtually no one because i was we all know by now that most of the most of almost as not much of a candidate and hence we have a referendum that's not independent the snot fair and that's not free it's difficult to gauge that's the extent of the accuracy of it because of the lack of transparency around elections of the political system in egypt but it does seem as though president sisi does have the support of part of the population yes of course but is that part of the population ten percent or twenty percent. but there is very very few reports that actually give us a certain popularity of this probe of this president for example like putin putin in russia when they say he has eighty percent popular popular to rate they actually say that this guy despite all his winning and dealing is actually popular in his country sisi is popular among a certain segment of the population but after so many years of stagnation unemployment poverty and soul so forth he's definitely not that popular and that's why he needs to cheat his way into power because if he actually run against the likes of the number two for example or others who were ready to be candidates then he would have been in trouble and that's why despite his. i legation that he had played no role in it but he really made sure that no other occurred there will kind of it can run all right thank you senior political analyst ron bashara still ahead for you on the program the israeli supreme court demands deportation details from more than forty thousand african refugees. and we'll tell you why one of australia's most popular and idolized sports has come in for such a batteri

exiled businessman and putin critic you can he was out there greeting those keen to cast their ballot with banners and t. putin banners clearly he's not keen on a large made putin four point zero the newspaper coverage here in the u.k. has been. it's been very critical of and it's very much conveyed the message that his reelection was inevitable in the run up to this vote it hasn't taken out many column inches in the sunday paper as this is page seven of one of the broad sheets and it's talking about putin's reelection as president being inevitable there's another one here also page seven talking about the russian state mobilizing to ensure a huge win for putin so a lot of articles now talking about there being pressure exerted on the people of russia to vote because vladimir putin putin needed a high turnout in order to ensure legitimacy for this presidency to look legitimate but really most of the papers have been focusing on this you've got something like this may stand up to putin the diplomatic fallout the tensions over the square pal poisoning and all the sorts of perceived threats coming from russia as a result you can see carrot catches up on your scree

putin's regime and that i think that that's all about just recent elections showed that the more than two thoughts of russian population including myself world that evolve the president to be loved him and putin saw which russia they would like to deal with in the future with all putin or with with someone else this is the system in the absence that's about it and how do you think that the u.s. is going to. as they put it in a say put in structure or the kremlin. i say putting pressure on the kremlin for the very same for the very reason that this is not directed against russian citizens and russian people they're not enemies enemies of the west it's their government that trolls this confrontation with the west but we need to kind of keep the lines open especially with with russian citizens and you mention the elections when these were not free and fair elections i realize that mr putin also based on his propaganda machine has a great deal of support apparently within within the russian population but then why disqualify one candidate by turning him into a pseudo criminal and not allowing him to run that's missed and involved in another potential challenger was assassinated the year before so we cannot speak of fair fair and free elections and there is not an open i

putin, it's the problem of the west? i would say one thing. i'm absolutely sure, absolutely sure that the kremlin and russia and putin would've never gone to crimea and crimean annexation would've never happened as part revolution in ukraine. has always been considered part of the russian body, etc.. if putin in the kremlin were not sure that the west german americans, a lot of putin and kremlin rhetoric and action is based on their perception of the west and at least in 2015, the perception was the russian political elite and it seems to be in the kremlin, before the west it was the west could be bought, frightened, and controlled and the perception was based, apparently, on putin's experience in dealing with the western police. apparently, perception became real after 2015 but this perception is now one of the key lines of the updated russian foreign policy strategy which says, the people of the west and america, apparently something kremlin toin and the this conclusion. >> we got that. i completely agree on your question. the answer and broad terms is transparency. we specific reason why cannot allow all these anonymous companies. they are a grave danger to national security in these countries. >> on this point, whatever it leverage putin might have on the leverage the is west says on p

putin. i don't know who putin is. he said one nice thing about me. he said i'm a genius. >> reporter: mr. putin's of the story, however, hasn't changed. >> now, donald came over here to russia even before he was a candidate. i didn't even know that had been here. well, in other words, i found out after the fact. i was told that he, in fact, had been in russia. i have no clue that he was in russia. >> years ago before donald trump ran for president he said he knew you and that he spoke with you a lot. is that true? >> no. no i never met him. before -- before his presidency? before he ran? >> before he ran. >> no, i didn't know him. i had never even talked to him on the phone or otherwise. >> reporter: as for the future of the trump/putin relationship, former cia chief john brennan says that's to be determined. >> i do think the trump/putin relationship is going to remain awkward and it's probably going to become more awkward in the coming months as more things come out from bob mueller's investigation. donald trump has to recognize that he holds the -- the future, the security of this country, in

putin will mean for people outside russia?” another six years of putin will mean for people outside russia? i think it will be a tough six years for russia, it will be very tough for putine we st putin to deal with the west. the west is irresponsible. what they are doing is pushing the world to conflict. i find doing is pushing the world to conflict. ifind it doing is pushing the world to conflict. i find it absolutely amazing. do you worry about the risk of conflict? yes but i don't think it's because of the west are looking for it. the west cannot figure out what it's looking for right now. you can make everything look like encirclement, if ukrainians in a democratic vote wanted to join the european union i don't think mr putin would think it's a great idea and we would have a war. so if you had to sum up in one word the coming six years of putin and the impact on the rest of europe, what would you say? if he is able to continue along the path that he has which has been very subtle, clever and crafty, i think the west's fundamental institutions are at risk in so far even the american presidency has been subverted. one word? we need to ta ke been subverted. one word? w

putin. putin demands the loyalty of russia's billionaires. there are nearly 100 of them. deripaska is near the top of the list. he's one of the most important links between putintish establishment. through george osborne and tory fundraiser andrew feldman, you could say that putin was just three degrees of separation from david cameron. i don't think there is necessarily blackmail. i think the question of what kind of friends you have is influenced by what you need to understand about the political situation in russia. and, if you understand that oligarchs in russia today are not independent people, but cannot hold onto their wealth without maintaining good relationships with putin, then that is something that british politicians need to understand. is something that british politicians need to understandm the case of this man, the american authorities have been more wary than the brits. the us has denied him of these are. he made his mega— fortune in the 1990s, after russia's aluminium wars, so—called because some proprietors were literally killing off the competition. there is no suggestion that he was involved in violence, but surviving in that environment

putin wants russia to prosper and for us to live in happiness. it is thanks to putin, she says, that russia still exist. vladimir putinto run. as russian politics. politics has been eliminated in russia altogether. and that is the physical body of vladimir putin. which is why vladimir putin was always going to win this vote. it was about reappointing the old one. built in russia that guaranteed him a landslide win. these images are embarrassing, however. near moscow. suddenly, there are two of them at it. to cover the camera. election officials say they will investigate. but the results will not change. neither will the name of russia's president. russia increasingly isolated once again on the international stage. again on the international stage. opposition who are calling for a boycott. boycott. over in the next few days here in russia. lucy hockings. of a spy in the uk. of the nerve agent used to poison a former spy. agent sergei skripal and his daughter yulia in britain. and said it had no stockpiles of the nerve agent novichok. with the british investigation. people would have died straight away. this is number o

putin? >> i have no relationship with putin. >> do you have a relationship with vladimir putin. ersational relationship? >> i do have a relationship. i have nothing to do with putin, i've never spoken to him. i spoke indirectly and directly with president putin. i don't know putin. i have no idea -- >> i'm asking you -- >> i never met putin. putin even sent me a present. beautiful present. >> seth: was it the election? [ light laughter ] but trump suing stormy daniels is not the most absurd part of this whole saga. the most absurd thing is that trump's lawyers in a case involving an alleged affair with a porn star are named, and this is real, charles j. harder and ryan j. stonerod. [ light laughter ] is this a lawsuit or a porno version of "the flintstones"? who's the judge in the case? the honorable e. rect penis? [ laughter ] "order, in my pants." [ light laughter ] and that was the least of trump's legal troubles on friday because while his lawyer was trying to cover up an alleged affair with a porn star, his campaign's data firm was being suspended by facebook for a truly mas

putin. it had of next week's election, a moscow correspondent has travelled through southern russia, the urals and siberia to explore how deep russia's rejection of the west now runs. under undeeradimir putin, a under vladimir putino many russians, he is the strong man who stood up to the west. this country once embraced western—style freedoms and democracy. now there is increasing talk of russian values and a russian ways. here in the frozen heart of siberia, it feels an extremely long way from europe in every sense. but politics aside, in some ways, west and east now feel more similar than ever. as vladimir putin stands for a fourth term as president, i have been travelling around the country to see how deep russia's rejection of the west now runs. it stands as silent testimony to a brutal past. a time of paranoia and total power. this is the only part of stalin's do about survived. but this was a prison camp —— gulag that survived. this was a prison camp into the 1980s, where serbia russia sent its political opponents. now there is a fight for its history, with those who dig too deep branded enemy agents of the west. —— soviet russia. this man found at the museum over 20 years ago, recovering the stories of th

trump look stupid and incompetent and possibly a partner of vladimir putin or a servant of vladimir putin, a colluder with vladimir putin. so while he spent the day furious and embarrassed by the leak to not congratulate. we had to publically be proud of the thing that we know embarrasses him. so he tweeted i called president putin of russia to congratulate him on his election victory. the l.a. times is reporting one person who speaks regularly with white house officials said the most recent leak seemed more geared toward infantilizing trump who has ignored numerous suggestions that he rebuke putin. i'm sure there's going to be a scalping over this. how is the leakiest white house in history going to catch the person or persons responsible for this particular leak? we now know that all of the white house leakers have signed a completely ridiculous and unenforceable confidentiality agreement that they violate every time they leak something. it was the trump family's idea to force them to sign the nondisclosure agreements. ivanka trump was a cheerleader of the idea. it was a stupid idea. in all of the reporting today, eve

putin sent trump a present. do you have any idea what that was? >> this is one of the great mysteries we put forward in the book. he was obsessive with meeting putin, putin coming to the miss universe pageant, himself, trump meeting him or having a phone call with him outside of that. he kept asking everyone around him, when will i hear from putin, am i going to meet putin? eventually he hears from the president's aide that he can't meet him. perhaps they can get together at the upcoming olympics. then trump goes back to new york, a couple weeks later, again, that russian oligarch who is trump's business partner and miss universe who helped set up the trump tower meeting with the dirt on hillary, well, it's his daughter, shows up at the miss universe office in manhattan and presents a gift for donald trump. it's a shiny small black box. inside it, a letter sealed from vladimir putin. what does the letter say? we don't know. and i find it very, you know, interesting or curious that donald trump who has bragged many times that he knows putin, that he's been on "60 minutes" with putin, that he's a buddy of putin's, has never once mentioned this letter publi

putin regime. while the president is the prime beneficiary, cronies maintain the system of corruption. these loyal supporters are necessary for putin to ensure the status quo and they often pursue the government's illicit interests." that's the helsinki commission report putting the blame on putin about helsinki but i have never seen anybody from putin's administration asking from anybody, from at least business, for a bribe. i have never seen, i cannot comment on that. you're trying to beat putin in this election, wouldn't it be worth your while digging away at navalny‘s claims that putin and his inner circle are corrupt? i am saying we have to work and go forward. if we will claim that everything is bad and this, this, and this — by the way, not very proved. because navalny, his accusations... at least i have not seen the proofs, but coming back to the main idea — we need to go forward. we understand the problems which we have in russia. corruption, it's not the biggest problem but the main corruption is a huge... i do not know how to say it in english... the huge sector of russian society which we call it the russian middle—class, which are all bureaucrats, all, you know, the people from the government and this practically middle—class pushes the russian politics forward. i

after every election, vladimir putin gives way to more vladimir putin. little turnd see out. >> only 30% of people turned out to vote yesterday because the island as been seeing a lot of unrest for the last month. this has to do with problems caused by the influence -- i nflux of migrants. ofthe problems are most visibln schools. classrooms are overcrowded and have become the stage of violence between rival gangs. primary school kids have been bringing knivest t t t t t t t d themselv. people have also been rounding up illegal immigrants themselves and taking them to police stations to get them deported. deputy prime minister has visited the island. they warned of a climate of civil war and say the french government has to act. molly: coming under fire for a controversial children's book in india. >> it is a list of 11 liters a single inspire you. -- leersers they say they say will inspire you. alongside barack obama and mahatma gandhi is adolf hitler. that has brought shop across the world. publishers say the reason they chose adolf hitler was because o

putin. putin who is increasingly confident and putin believes this is the team to reassert russian nationalismle the united states is in political turmoil. back to you. >> thank you, richard. >>> coming up, everybody, less than three minutes away from mike allen and a look at this morning's one big thing. >>> plus, coming up on "morning joe" president trump's weekend on the attack. >> lashing out at special counsel robert mueller's russia probe. >>> plus, more on the fallout over the firing of fbi director deputy director andrew mccabe. jim himes reacts to the move and mccabe's reported memos on president trump. "morning joe," everyone, live from washington, d.c. is just moments away. she's noticing a real difference in her joint comfort... karen: "she's single." ...and high levels of humiliation in her daughter. in just 7 days, your joint comfort can be your kid's discomfort. osteo bi-flex. made to move. pepsoriasis does that. it was tough getting out there on stage. i wanted to be clear. i wanted it to last. so i kept on fighting. i found something that worked. and keeps on working. now? the

putin and the kremlin to account for in? >> well, that is difficult. first of all, because it's not so clear cut on what the kremlin does. russia here is - it's not such as vladimir putin is the only evil sislord sitting on the conceiving plots. it's more people that have moscow consensus, and we are at war with the west. they are trying to sell products to vladimir putinising the importance domestically. and they engage the secret services that compete with each other. brent: vladimir putin would know something as ominously as influencing an american election - he would know it's going on. >> yes, and he likes it. you have several actors in russia trying to show off to influence how much they have influenced the american election. brent: and win his favour. >> and win his favour. you have competition between different arms and oligarchs, trying to use their special angle and sell it to vladimir putin, and vladimir putin chooses in terms of favour and money who is the best. brent: we are out of time. i have a feeling we'll talk about this in the future for the next six years. goous av greggel from the council of european relations. >>> after a break i'll be back to take you through the day. we'll take an indepth look at the claims of facebook and cambridge and analytica, russia and donald trump. (ste ady orchestral music) - are you curious about career

putin in this month's russian presidential election. not one of them has a hope of victory. to all intents and purposes, this is a show election to confirm the popularity and power of vladimir putin. but is there a dangerfor russia vladimir putin there a danger for russia in this urbanisation of politics? my guest is one of the seven hatless are that candidates. boris titov, a vladimir putin appointee for business. does russia need reform rather than authoritarianism? russia need reform rather than authoritarianism 7 party of —— boris titov in moscow, welcome to hardtalk. . you are going to be in the election that comes ahead in just a few days from now. to the outside world, it looks at the charade, a mockery of a democratic process. is that the way it feels to you? no, it is a democratic process because we are all by our own world participating in it. but of course the popularity of vladimir putin is very high, and that is why we, of course, understand that the chances are very low. our chances are very low. you are not really a serious candidate, are you? because during the course of the campaign, you have said that as hang on...” the course of the campaign, you have said that as hang on... i am a serious man. i am a busine

putin and there was some evidence of irregularities as well ballot box stuffing and that sort of thing but the result stands they've got their own way and one way or the other putin is going to have his full term. they call this election but such is the status of blood in your putin in russia that he was in reality a little more than a coronation was the security you could lead you to get out you mean it's very important to maintain this unity to attract those who could have voted for other candidate we have to stand together shoulder to shoulder we have to think about unity not about differences we should think about the future of our people about the future of our country we are destined for success. it was never a contest got the overwhelming percentage of votes cast and more than six out of ten russians voted for the kremlin it went more or less to plan of course russians knew perfectly well that when the television told them that they had to go out to vote because it was a civic duty what they really meant was you have to go and vote because we have to get putin back in the kremlin that meant this wasn't great election about who was going to win but it was about but how much several instances of fraud were caught on camera harmless looking old ladies voting

putin is. i never met putin. i think it would be great if we get along with russia, then we could fight isis together, but i don't know putin. >> there's a russian lawmaker who says that trump met with pugh ticti putin. that meeting with trump apparently in 2015 at the nra convention. and donald trump jr. admits the two of them met there. agent to get to and we have a foreign policy scholar, max boot, his latest "washington post" claims the trump administration is in an unethical league all its own, along with bobby rincon. >> i can't wait for robert mueller to get donald trump under oath and to ask him the very questions that you're asking, this is part of the reason why his lawyers are so against this idea because they don't know what he's going to say, because he's contradicted himself so many times, he can't keep his lies straight. >> well, i mean, mr. tortion on behalf of his own government, presumably, really puts the first foot soldier of the russian government into our election process, right? and it goes far back, he was an election observer in 2012, so he's been hanging around our election process for a number of

demonize vladimir putin and don't appease russia he ses start planning for a post putin russia also with us ellen posner commentator for the berlin daily devote ellen believes that putin not only poison seems enemies his army of internet trolls is poisoning the political atmosphere in the west is a test our allies. democracy and a warm welcome to gemma purpose gun a freelance journalist an expert on eastern europe gemma says it's always the same reflex whatever happens it was always in moscow. and let's begin with you alan i'll not go to the e.u. says it shocked by quotes the first offensive use of a nerve agent in europe since world war two are you shocked alan. no i'm not i'm not shocked i'm disgusted. it's stupid to say you're shocked because this was going to happen sooner or later. the couple of years ago mr litvinenko another russian expire who was blows blew the whistle understood who he was poisoned with polonium in london so that was if you will a nuclear weapon used against britain and now they've used chemical weapons against britain so no i'm not shocked i just think this is this is the face of russian imperialism the face of russian prison term opposed to

putin. those who turned 18 and came to yesterdaye election were born under the regime of vladimir putin. this is the fourth term for in.of -- put we have a whole generation that grew up under him. they have no other political memories. we do not know what it is like to have a real election in russia. them throughg with various training programs to help them learn some of the skills of campaigning and political participation. we feel this is important work because nothing is forever. neither is mr. putin and his regime. we must lay the groundwork. >> there have been a couple news stories suggesting that russian millennials were actually voting for putin. i would appreciate your comment. thoseshould not consider results from yesterday as any kind of a serious indicator. what we do know about millennials is how many of them took to the streets this last year, all across russia to actively protest against putin. to protest against the government in russia is not like protesting against president trump in the u.s. there were threats. people were threatened from being fired from their jobs and expelled from universities. 200,000 cities and more. of protests was about a year ago in june. so many of those protesters were in their late teens and early 20's. we do not know how they would have voted in a real election because we do not have a real election. more, we are prepared to go out and show that they have a different vision of russia in mind, not a russia that is governed i a corrupt, go

putin, and whether or not he congratulates him on the election is the least of my concerns. as he's speaking to putin, putinhe united states. he's attacking our elections. he's attacking our electrical grid. he's attacking the criminal infrastructure, our aviation system, our nuclear energy. this is all according to the trump administration. and he doesn't raise any of that with him. meanwhile putin is attacking our allies in great britain using chemical weapons on the british mainland, and our president says nothing. it's not enough that he sucks up but he won't stand up. he attacks the pope for god's sakes, steve. >> as a loyal catholic -- >> i don't like him attacking the holy father. >> why isn't he? are you saying, as john brennan said, by the way, another disgraced, in my opinion, former security figure. [ overlapping voices ] >> john brennan had to apologize to the united states senate for his -- >> we're not talking about john brennan right now. >> so these are disgraced -- >> i'll take patriotism of career national security servants over donald trump, my president, any day. >> let's answer this que

putin. you talk about the public speaking. why is that so important versus what goes on in action? teams like talk is cheap. >> well, when obama congratulated putin, putin had not exceeded what he has done today, all the bad things. this nerve agent thing, this is terrible. this is al our allies, against international law. what he's done with tampering. our intelligence community says he made get involved in the mid-term elections. mexico, around the world, there's evidence of russian tampering. >> actions speak leader than words. isn't it about the action? >> and the president, viewed by russia, you know, they obviously wanted him to win. if he says something to putin like stop this, it means something. but he hasn't done it. >> so you say the russians wanted him to win. i'm curious what the evidence is for that. robert mueller can't find it. nobody can find it. >> that's not true. the intelligence community's assessment study said that the russians were trying to help trump win and hillary lose. there's ample intelligence -- >> bernie sanders is on the list -- >> every intelligence community leader has testified before congress to that fact and it's i

sanction them economically, you have to go after putin's cronies, you have to go after putin himself, potentially. would this president considers inching vladimir putin or his cronies to punish them and russia for what happened anyway and also for meddling in the 2016 election? shah: i would not close any doors. i would not preclude any potential action, but the president is not telegraph his moves. >> this weekend, there was a massive march here in washington led by the students from parkland, florida. the president did not tweet about it, he is not really said anything about this. what is the white house response to this, and or the actions that the president signed into law last week strengthening some of the background checks and whatnot, is that the end of it? is the president going to do any more on the gun safety issue? and what about that question he asked of republican lawmakers -- are you afraid of the nra? doeshah: the president respect everybody's first amendment right, and he wants their voices to the heard. as you mentioned, there were actions he cited law on friday, be on the bill. it included over $200 billion in funding for school sa

putin couldn't respond in kind because there is no western money hiding hiding in london the second measure would to expose the truth about the way mr putin governed western intelligence services are sure to have a great deal of information on mr putin's corruption and other details of his system of governance and this truth should be exposed and the only way the russians system and the regime can respond is with the kind of conspiracy theories of and lies that we've also heard from our russian guests just now saw go after the money and expose the truth these would be unique measures western countries could take where russia couldn't respond in kind with the summit call what do you make of those possible measures that could and according to mr bennett should be imposed on russia how worried would it be about does. well actually i think that russia as it has its own national policy independent of foreign policy would retaliate in to greater extent i think or russia should actually expel expel the same number of us than diplomats because this is really in unprecedented an unprecedented. affair in the history of recent diplomatic relations between russia and the western powers because the love a love relationship between russia and the w

putin himself. i began by asking if he thought the russian state was behind the poisoning of sergei skripal. just explain to me, do you think the gru now has more power potentially than putin? so does putincontrol this gang or not? what could the west do now to make putin changes actions? is it sanctions? is it kicking people out, boycotting the world cup? do any of those stand a chance of having a diplomatic impact if, as you say, they are dealing with criminals? so it is about losing face? so it is about refusing him access or time on the international stage at a g7 or g8 or a of leaders? —— a meeting. let me ask you bluntly, you have accused putin of criminal behaviour, do you not fear for your life here? it has been said there are more spies from russia in london now that at the height of the cold war, do you believe that? what would you call them? you have the elections in russia on sunday, what should russian people do when it comes to voting? do you think the electorate control the outcome? what will make putin feel he is done? this is extraordinary to hear. your painting putin himself as a puppet of criminal elements of a gang. michael khodorkovsky, thank you very much. that was

uncomfortable for these oligarchs and that they would turn on putin, because many of them are not necessarily friends of putin. some of them are said to be putin's's cronies. they are not all putin's cronies. what are these emergency laws? will we have sudden tax rises? more tax on their properties? it is not quite clear. it is all in the round of rhetoric at the moment, and there is not too much that is concrete to hang up on. you mentionjeremy corbyn. much that is concrete to hang up on. you mention jeremy corbynlj much that is concrete to hang up on. you mention jeremy corbyn. i think that theresa may has handled this correctly. i wouldn't necessarily say the same thing of some of her ministers. ifind some say the same thing of some of her ministers. i find some of their rhetoric unhelpful, bordering on childish and very and idiomatic, when you look at the sort of thing that gavin williamson and boris johnson have been saying. but, this whole week has been really appalling in the way that the leader of the 0pposition has been treated, i understand that people don't like him, and that is one thing, but some people, i wish they could get past t

putin don't need fraud to win he has deep support. as the ballots were still being counted putin came out by red square for a brief acceptance speech. looking inner jektic he thanked for the votes end in a cheer, russia, russia, russia. it's already made clear his priority for his next term, confront the west while the united states is in political turmoil. the question is, was it putin'sall along? early results show president putin earn more than 7 a% of the vote and on over 60% vote err turn out. the next leading candidate is more than 60 points behind him. >> they made sure of it as richard well knows, probably the toughest challenger he'd never even getting on the ballot. edward fishman is here, a former state department policy planning staffer under john kerry. back with me sue and alicia. first, i want to get reaction, let me start with you edward. should we be surprised about what we're seeing in the videos? what does it imply? >> this election is wholly stage managed. there's no surprise here what sor. the only im -- >> are you suggesting this has a reality t.v. show election? >> i think that's right. democracy has ceased to exist in russia. >> people there like him, right? >> well, he is popular but at the same degree people in russia have become completely disallusioned with politics and see no point in voicing their views. >> friction between the west also s

putin? >> and vladimir putin hears that.t. >> he looks at trump, if nothing comes from the oval office he doesn't care about the rest. for him it's me and trump and the rest is irrelevant. and i think he is maybe somewhat right because trump did everything in his power to soften the blow and protract the agony of the sanctions and making sure that the people mentioned there under sanctions or entities, it's small fish. i wouldn't say they're redund t redundant, but it's a too little, too late and it's almost an insult for the congress that demanded much more comprehensive sanctions >> i appreciate you being on. it's putincom.com. >> right. >> i'll look at that tonight. >>> coming up, the rising death toll in the miami pedestrian bridge collapse breaking news in from federal investigators on what was happening when the structure came down. ♪ i thought i was managing my moderate to severe ulcerative colitis. but i realized something was missing... me. the thought of my symptoms returning was keeping me from being there for the