moment the actually front of us of course because what's going on in in relations between the russian federation and the west because of the the unique ukrainian crisis because the propaganda war that's going on between the russian federation west and the anniversary of the war particular events associate with it become part of that political struggle ok alex let me go to you in london and say you know we have as i pointed out a few seconds ago russia wasn't invited to these festivities in poland certainly a snub to the russians but the germans were invited. it reminds me of the you know the the soviet nazi non-aggression pact ok i mean if one can draw conclusions about the morality of that but the cold political calculation you can't deny but the poles want to seem to have it just one way go ahead alex well the poles have their own interpretation of the of the model of software control the russians have theirs there's also what people like jeffrey roberts to do which is that you go through history and you decide what you you have i'm not saying polls are not entitled to their own interpretation

moment the actually front of us of course because what's going on in in relations between the russian federation and the west because of the unique ukrainian. us this because the propaganda war it was going on between the russian federation west and yoke the anniversary at award particular events associate who the of become part of that political struggle ok alex the me going to you in london it it's you know we had as i pointed out a few seconds ago i were a rusher wasn't invited to these oh festivities in poland certainly a snob to the russians what the germans were invited it reminds me of the you know would be of this so be it not see non-aggression pact ok i mean if one can we draw our conclusions about the morality of there aren't but the called political calculation you can't deny but the polls want to seem to have it just one way go ahead hallux well loopholes have their own interpretation of the hit of them olive soft ribbentrop hat the russians as there's there's also what people luck jeffrey role but still you which is that you go through history and you decide what you you have i'm n

euphoria speech and i would like to give the floor to my dear friend the president told the russian federation to mr blair putin please mr putin. mr do on mr rouhani. colleagues. of the i'm very pleased to be gathered together. as he asked in the process guarantors i believe that this process with russia turkey and iran has its guarantors is a very efficient and effective way to facilitate the settlement of the syrian crisis we have discussed a number were discussed the details of the crisis will discuss the start of the political process will discuss delivering help to syria so that the country could rebuild its infrastructure the economy our joint efforts were allowed to stabilize the situation on the ground and to you crease the level of violence we have succeeded. in this stablish in the foundation for a diplomatic and political settlement based on the 2254 resolution of the security council. we have had regular meetings but also our delegations meet very often in the resort town and in sochi already 13 sessions of the delegations have taken place featuring the representatives of russia tu

president told the russian federation mr putin. tear apart his spend so that delegations representatives of the media. i currently welcome you all to peace whole. day we have. a round of talks in this forum. and i am really glad to see you all here and then chorus so welcome to turkey i hope that our meeting will go really how. our region and the people of syria. may allah grant does this in 2017 in november 2017. we have started the 1st meeting in these trial lateral formant. and the we have achieved a lot in this format. in the last 2 years we made all the efforts to provide the stability to reach toward this to belittle to provide. calmness in the country so we worked together to do the. political stability and the to retore the integrity of the country. to keep the peace in the country so all the countries came to an agreement the your only way to achieve peace and to asked enough for me to resolve this syrian conflict. is providing really efficient methods and to implement these as objectives we are the only platform to make i

of course because what's going on in in relations between the russian federation and the west because of the unique ukrainian crisis because the propaganda war that's going on between the russian federation west and the anniversary of the war particular events associate who have become part of that political struggle ok let me go to you in london and say you know we have as i pointed out a few seconds ago russia wasn't invited to these the festivities in poland certainly a snub to the russians but the germans were invited it was. minds me of the you know the of this so be it not seen non-aggression pact ok i mean if one can draw conclusions about the morality of that but the cold political calculation you can't deny but the poles want to seem to have it just one way go ahead.

the soviet union but all the wars of the soviet union which do not contradict the laws of the russian federation are considered to be the go here you know so that legal norm is still all parable which in did not cancel it and if you look at his policies and if you look at their official statements from russia they're all none of them justified the secret protocols well the other problem is that if the west wants to refute the pact completely then the onus should be returned to poor want us to be you'll know basically it was taken by marshall ski in the 20th in an aggressive act started and you know there are no more humans to start in russia except in the museum soapbox there are more humans to kill all over paul you know he's considered a hero so if we return to the situation before the pact then we should the game change the borders. in eastern europe yes and these people you know who criticize russia. for you know seemingly justifying that act they don't want to do it i hope right so they should be consequential the other interesting moment that i think is important you know basically we are

the russian federation was suspended b by the low countries because of its invasion and illegal occupation ofig crania. five years later more than 10,0010,000 patrons are dead ant is why they do not belong. what has the kremlin done that could possibly objectify the expansion of the g7 summit has it defended its illegalal occupation, hasn't behaved like a responsible member of the community and has a respected the sovereigntit respectedthe s, the answer is no, no and no. let'ss review the behavior since 2014. first, for many of us it was the sweeping systematic interference in our 2016 presidential election on behalf of then candidate donald trump and as this is documented in the special counsel's sobering report. spreading propaganda, manipulating the social media and spying on the american election infrastructure is not the behavior of the country. second, with a chemical weapons attack on british soil, a blatant assassination attempt against a putin opponent and his daughter. one british citizen was killed and others required medical attention. and this is not an isolated case. last mon

prix it was a great day for his mercedes team but want to forget for ferrari as traverse the russian federal and charlotte they're traded blows over the team radio. ferrari's recent resurgence in formula one had injected some new life into the category and when sebastian vettel of the took lewis hamilton things were going even better than planned fadal was flying and that was the problem the team had planned for the younger team mike to be given the lead didn't say no and then the team ready ogata very interesting. to put 15 respected everything. we speak of as it was lightly locked prevented the need for a conversation the 4 time world champion out with engine trouble that was the end of the rice as a contest and all but the end of the driver's championship. societies don't. believe restored in russia lewis hamilton finishing in front of both us and chelsea the clear in the ferrari 5 races to go camel to leeds by 73 points ahead of both just 6 world championship title. jamaica shelley and frazier price has won gold in the 100 meter dash at the athletics world championships in doha the victo

the russian federation was suspended from the g-8 by its fellow countries because of its invasion and illegal occupation of crimea, the territory of the sovereign nation of ukraine. five years later, more than 10,000 ukrainian patriots are dead. that is why russia does not belong in the g-8. and what has the kremlin done since 2014 that could possibly justify an expansion of the g-7? has it suspended its illegal occupation? has it behaved like a responsible member of the international community? has it respected the sovereignty of other nations? the answers are no, no, and no. let's review russia's behavior since 2014. first and top of mind for many of us was russia's sweeping and systematic interference in our 2016 presidential election on behalf of then-candidate donald trump, as documented in the special counsel's sobering report. mr. president, spreading propaganda, manipulating social media and spying on the american election infrastructure is not the behavior of a g-7 country. second, with the kremlin's chemical weapons attack on british soil, a blatant assassination attempt aga

16th the crimean referendum morsi held and the people voted to leave ukraine and enter the russian federation. the situation in crimea is being presented as a russian invasion and again nobody who looks at the seriously and looks at the poll numbers some of the poll numbers done by the u.s. government agencies themselves showing that the people of crimea prefer being part of russia in the u.s. news media it's all been presented as the russians invaded they then stages sham election with people with guns at their backs somehow the big the ballot boxes to get 96 percent approval for rejoining russia idea of a referendum in crimea is just quite simply unconstitutional but it does raise questions on whether this vote really is free and fair especially given the heavy military presence in crimea right now errol so that's how it's been sold to american people the reality is very different yet this fear has to be any electric thousands of people who have gathered in the capital crimean city and some from apple all of us finding a bit of a dim held last sunday in which the majority of people here ove

and ask the question about doping in the russian federation no. it's not on the last world cup level. never in sport has cheating been so prevalent at the highest level. never has the pharmacological range of performance enhancing drugs been so great. it is something new all the song and it picked up this issue through spotty. cycling football power sports injury and sports technical support doping is only present no discipline escapes unscathed but where do these products come from how does this underground activity work. till armitage but certainly it's also going to aid in a good many galaxy more sophisticated us as if they have to ship. the styles of high performance sports can spend up to $100000.00 euros a year on state of the out treatments there are often still under development. the extreme growth of the sports business gendered a lucrative black market in doping worth an estimated $30000000000.00 euros a year so in whose interest is it to unmask the cheats and clean up sport to demand facility was picked to measure it given the leave us

they trespassed in russian territorial waters which were russian even before crimea join the russian federation that is in the place where russian territorial waters have always been. the kurds strait gives the only access to ukrainian ports in the sea of as of. but it's now largely under russian control and tensions in the region are high. in july this russian tanker was seized by the ukrainians who said it had been involved in the capture of their sailors the russian crew were later released president putin had been pressured by the european union and the united states to release the sailors an international tribunal had also ordered russia to immediately release the men and their ships the kremlin refused. several of the men were reportedly moved from labor camps in different parts of russia to a single jail in moscow ahead of their exchange with russians being held in ukrainian prisons all russia seize control of crimea 5 years ago after sending in troops it's also still backing separatists in a war with ukrainian forces in eastern ukraine more than 10000 people have been killed since the f

they trespassed in russian territorial waters which were russian even before crimea join the russian federation that is in the place where russian territorial waters have always been used. the kurds strait gives the only access to ukrainian ports in the sea of as of but it's now largely under russian control and tensions in the region are high. in july this russian tanker was seized by the ukrainians who said it had been involved in the capture of their sailors the russian crew were later released president putin had been pressured by the european union and the united states to release the sailors an international tribunal had also ordered russia to immediately release the men and their ships the kremlin refused several of the men were reportedly moved from labor camps in different parts of russia to a single jail in moscow ahead of their exchange with russians being held in ukrainian prisons or russia seize control of crimea 5 years ago after sending in troops it's also still backing separatists in a war with ukrainian forces in eastern ukraine more than 10000 people have been killed since the

and ask the question about doping in the russian federation. it's not on the last world cup level. never in sport has cheating been so prevalent at the highest level. never has the pharmacological range of performance enhancing drugs been so great to. get something to all these songs and it picked up this issue through spotty. cycling football power sports injury and sports technical support doping is only present no discipline escapes unscathed but where do these products come from how does this underground activity work. till armitage but i'm certain it's also weighed in a committee galaxy most of the stick you give as if they have to ship. the styles of high performance sports can spend up to $100000.00 euros a year on state of the out treatments that are often still under development. the extreme growth of the sports business has gendered a lucrative black market in doping with an estimated $30000000000.00 euros a year so in whose interest is it to unmask the cheats and clean up sport demands that it was picked up to measure it given that it was because the measure of the vote

my dear friends mr putin president of russian federation. mr president the gun there mr president ernie there colleagues i also grant that we get a good together in a tripartite form i think that i asked in that process the grandest of which are the russia turkey and iran. is an effective mechanism. to contribute to the settlement in syria. we'll discuss the key is yours of the resolution of the crisis in syria launching of into syrian political process. offering assistance to syrians to restore the economy. our joint efforts allow to destabilize the situation in syria and to reduce the level of violence the main thing we managed to lay the foundation for the stable and viable political and diplomatic settlement on the basis of the resolution $2254.00 of the un security council apart from the regular meetings earlier this much work is carried out by the delegations all countries. in the whole time and so much they were already 13 sessions with the participation of they were present this of russia turkey and iran and of the syrian parties and

they trespassed in russian territorial waters which were russian even before crimea joined the russian federationthat is in the place where russian territorial waters have always been. the courage strait gives the only access to ukrainian ports in the sea of as of. but it's now largely under russian control and tensions in the region are high. in july this russian tanker was seized by the ukrainians who said it had been involved in the capture of their sailors the russian crew were later released president putin had been pressured by the european union and the united states to release the sailors an international tribunal had also ordered russia to immediately release the men and their ships the kremlin refused several of the men were reportedly moved from labor camps in different parts of russia to a single jail in moscow ahead of their exchange with russians being held in ukrainian prisons all russia seize control of crimea 5 years ago after sending in troops it's also still backing separatists in a war with ukrainian forces in eastern ukraine more than 10000 people have been killed since the f

a spokesperson for the russian federal security service said the two schooners were spotted poachingmato bank in the sea ofjapan, which lies between the korean peninsula, russia and japan. isreal‘s not the only country where forming a government is complicated. spain is facing another general election, following an announcement by king felipe that no political leader has enough support to form a government. the sociliast prime minister, pedro sanchez, has been unable to reach a deal with rival parties. in more sporting news, sarah thomas, a former cancer patient, has reached her goal of becoming the first person to swim the english channel continuosly four times. the 37 year—old, from colorado, set off on sunday, and completed the stunning feat of endurance, after swimming for sa hours and ten minutes. this week, we're reporting on the grim situation in afghanistan, where peace talks have collapsed and there's been a spike in violence. on tuesday, there were two separate suicide attacks that killed 48 people. the taliban have said they were behind both blasts, but the organisation in

issues such as climate change of finance for development and so on and so forth meanwhile the russian federation is presiding over the security council and there will be dealing with many important issues in our case on the 20th of this month under their presidency there will be discussion of the quarterly report of the. secretary general of the united nations as it relates to the implementation of security council resolution 2334 about stopping settlements and other important issues in the middle east now with regard to the meeting that you are referring to in qatar between the 3 leaders and understand it is that related to syria of course you know any effort that would. stop the bloodshed you know and syria and all the syrian people and their leadership you know to attend their wounds and try to rebuild syria would be really appreciated the tragedy of the civilian population you know is something that needs to be addressed as quickly as possible we don't hear much about syria from the british government which wanted to overthrow the assad government of course but i've got to ask you then obvio

a spokesperson for the russian federal security service said the two schooners were spotted poachingg another general election, following an announcement by king felipe that no political leader has enough support to form a government. the sociliast prime minister, pedro sanchez, has been unable to reach a deal with rival parties. us officials say they've identified the exact locations in iran from which they believe an attack on saudi oilfacilities was launched on saturday. the broadcaster, cbs, says more than 20 drones and cruise missiles were fired. iran insists the projectiles came from houthi rebels in yemen. 0ur correspondent david willis joins us for more. the us keeping up the pressure on the run? very much so and administration officials claiming to have pinpointed the locations in southern iran from which they believe drones and cruise missiles used in saturdays attack on saudi arabian oil facilities were launched. now given the satellite images that the us released over the weekend, appeared to show the maximum damage on at least one of these all installations, being on the

from the task force that the russian federation remains suspended that will be opposition. as we enter congress and i'm sure the member federations will want to endorse the unanimous position that was struck by the council we had a lengthy discussion today in council after. and the taskforce reported to us and the issues were debated in length and the feeling was very strong about this well israel has blocked a gaza football team from playing a local cup final in the occupied west bank cut them at the office tried for months to get permits but have not been able to israeli human rights group again has challenged the move in court but it may it's unlikely wednesday's game will even happen. really the fault is that palestinians cannot outside of the gaza strip except for people who need very very narrow roads here yesterday morning so in theory actually the players meet that criteria there is credit here that allows for palestinian national teams and and teams to travel but the players were blocked in any case and i think that's an experience that of course many many people c

the results have been counted from local elections held across the russian federation on sunday the ruling united russia party retained its majority in moscow but lost 15 seats others including opposition parties and the communist party saw gains but the process was not without accusations of fraud and interference as r.t. as you could have done half expects. the russian election committee they have already said that this election has been largely a success of course not without a hitch the russian interior ministry got throughout the day more than $3600.00 reports of violations and 11 criminal cases have already been opened in relation to the election fraud during the elections and but again the cording to the election committee the scale of the violations so far has been significant and that largely the elections are a success although in certain some outrageous cases all the attempts of election fraud the election the head of election committee has been well she didn't mince her words when it came to that how to listen. to your station for all 5 to instead of give an attempt at ballot s

we have to thank you very much as well but i want to leave us with this to mohamed who says russian federation cannot meet the demands of the status suppressed mass uprisings before it got too but i'm hopeful for a constructive dialogue so let's see. i must prime minister paul auctions top post on sunday to follow out his own i don't comment for the latest i thought until next . 3 months of protests on an unprecedented scale have virtually paralyzed hong kong what began as opposition to an extradition law has escalated into a broader pro-democracy anti-government movement. so how and why has this crisis developed and what the protesters want. in the 1st of 2 special reports people in power traces the dramatic evolution of hong kong summer of defiance on a. culture of downs thrives here every day generations of tibetans continue to embrace and they'd take that cultural heritage it's a reminder of who they are or whether. this is a suburb of the capital new delhi tibet so be refugees here since 964 buttons here have been defined as migrants are not refugees because india hasn't signed up to the

now local elections were held across the russian federation on sunday with authorities announcing the results in the past few hours so let's get the latest now from our correspondent you go to dan of covering events for siegel united russia expected to win the question was by how much what can you tell us well andrew the russian election committee they have already this selection has been largely a success of course not without a hitch the russian interior ministry got throughout the day more than 3600 reports of violations and 11 criminal cases have already been opened in relation to the election of fraud during the elections and but again the cording to the election committee the scale of the violations so far. in significant and the largely the elections are a success although in certain some outrageous cases all of the terms of election fraud the election the head of election committee has been was she didn't mince her words when it came to that have a listen. to this. poor station for all 5 to instead of give an attempt at bello stuff and it was felt the results were not i don't

and ask the question about doping in the russian federation no. it's not on the last world cup level. never in sport has cheating been so prevalent at the highest level. never has the pharmacological range of performance enhancing drugs been so great. that something new and it that this is should be spotted by the cycling football power sports injury in sports technical schools doping is only present no discipline escapes unscathed but where do these products come from how does this underground activity work. till armitage but certainly it's also weighed in a committee galaxy most of these to keep you busy they have to shift. the styles of high performance schools can spend up to $100000.00 euros a year on state of the art treatments that are often still under development. the extreme growth of the sports business is gendered a lucrative black market in doping worth an estimated $30000000000.00 euros a year so in whose interest is it to unmask the cheats and clean up sport to demand facility was picked up to measure it given that it was because th

they trespassed in russian territorial waters which were russian even before crimea joined the russian federationthat is in the place where russian territorial waters have always been used. the kurds strait gives the only access to ukrainian ports in the sea of as of but it's now largely under russian control and tensions in the region are high. in july this russian tanker was seized by the ukrainians who said it had been involved in the capture of their sailors the russian crew were later released president putin had been pressured by the european union and the united states to release the sailors an international tribunal had also ordered russia to immediately release the men and their ships the kremlin refused. several of the member of portly move from labor camps in different parts of russia to a single jail in moscow ahead of their exchange with russians being held in ukrainian prisons all russia seize control of crimea 5 years ago after sending in troops it's also still backing separatists in a war with ukrainian forces in eastern ukraine when 10000 people have been killed since the fightin

i replace russian federation is united states and they write 2 paragraphs.y 3 students were able to identify that it wasn't the united states constitution. so, my students are coming into college with no knowledge of american government. how can you appreciate america if you don't know america? i researched and found the largest on-going assessment of graduating seniors. 11% proficient in american history. and 24% proficient in writing and 19% in geography. they are going into college and their average on all subjects is 22%. we have dumbed down the standards. the system collapsed. nobody wants to talk about it. nobody wants to sound the alarm bells. we are teaching kids how to take a test. that's not a life skill. rather than teaching them knowledge and how to apply that knowledge in the real world. that's why you see this bonehead professor who makes in claim it's about race when it is not. it cuts across all races. it doesn't matter if you are rich or poor. >> tucker: we are turning these kids loose into a world they can't compete in. it's cruel what we a

i can think of no greater sworn enemy to the russian federation than the cia than the men and women of the fbi. the job is counter the spies and counter intelligence efforts and here you have the effort in the most sacred piece of real estate in the white house joking with them and having an inappropriate conversation. that meant is not only for the men and women of the intelligence agency who the job is protect us against the threats. but i would argue looking forward this was a green light to the russian officials. those were people who had been involved in conducting information warfare against the united states. president looked him in the eye and gave them a green light to continue interfering. it's not surprising. he was the beneficiary of the efforts. i suspect he's president right now because of the efforts. and what they did to the election. the green light doesn't bode well for us into 2020. >> the now infamous meeting is photograph of everyone meeting. chuckling along. does this reporting about trump sound a little like when he defended putin in a 2017 interview with fox new

i just replace russian federation with united states and they write 2 paragraphs.identify that it wasn't the united states constitution. so, my students are coming into college with no knowledge of american government. how can you appreciate america if you don't know america? so, i went and i looked and i researched and found the largest on-going assessment of graduating seniors. what they know and can do. only 11% are proficient in american history. 23% proficient in government and civics. 22% proficient in math. and 24% proficient in writing. and 19% proficient in geography. essentially, these are graduating seniors going into college, and the average on all subjects is 22%. so what happens is we have dumbed down the standards bear the system has collapsed. nobody wants to talk about it. nobody wants to sound the alarm bells. we are teaching kids how to take a test, and that's not a life skill. rather than teaching them knowledge and how to apply that knowledge in the real world. and that's why you see this bonehead professor who wants to make this claim that it'

was deceased, apparently in an effort really to suggest that he was no longer a threat to the russian federationhen, in fact, it has been reported that he is alive and well. i think clearly we can't take everything the russians say at face value. but i think there's a broader point here. every time the cia enters into a clandestine relationship with a human intelligence source, they enter into a contract, usually a literal contract. the cia says we'll go to extraordinary lengths to protect your identity, even resettlement, in return for you essentially conducting -- betraying your country or your group or your -- whatever the organization is. in this case unfortunately it will send a chilling signal, i think, to potential recruits around the world who are now doubting our ability to protect the identity of those incredibly precious human assets. >> ned price, evan mcmullin, a big thanks to both of you. >>> 2020 democratic contenders trying something different. rather than debating their differences, they're showcasing what unites them. plus making jokes to make a point. we've got a brand new loo

all we heard for the last few years, we heard the president is under the thumb of the russian federationthat is out of the way he is clearly isn't. we're hearing maybe he is colluding with the ukraine government. it is absurd. charles: rebecca, thank you as usual. always appreciate it. thanks. >>> so at the start of the trade war with china we were told american business brands would suffer mightily. next some real examples of why that just has not happened. it is not true. we'll be right back. ♪. car like i treat mine. adp helps airtech automotive streamline payroll and hr, so welby torres can achieve what he's working for. (groans) hmph... (food grunting menacingly) when the food you love doesn't love you back, stay smooth and fight heartburn fast with tums smoothies. ♪ tum tum-tum tum tums charles: this is reality versus pessimism in the market. at the start of the trade war we were told chinese consumers would shun american brands. just in the past month we're seeing monster sales for tiffany's, costco, starbucks. you remember the mob of customers went to the first costco in china? e

level of far too proud to serve rather than zelinsky of ukraine and rather than putting off russian federation agreed to exchange to to a swap of the. reason this action and these numbers normally and ultimately don't have such a sacred meaning because the main thing here i guess is that finally the 2 countries made a step toward towards each other and made these small this is the main thing here is president zelinsky the difference now a new face in russia some sorry in ukraine i should say someone who's willing to negotiate and maybe even compromise. you know i think that there probably is a little. whether he was even elected as a president or made some promises to the people who were supporting him and this was the promise to release the 20 8 busy sailors from russian t.v. and are also huge he promised that to get their relations between ukraine and russia bats i actually saw i think that. time will show actually what the kind of president he will be but what could be sat with the bush is that he would be better president for ukraine than the former president mr poroshenko that in his sudd

smallish and vulnerable country, given its proximity and given its current tensions with the russian federation. so the entire agenda is not just military assistance to the tune of a quarter of a billion. it's also training that the united states conducts in western ukraine, it's also other military equipment. it's also imf loans, it's also whether or not states will participate in the processes about the crimea. if the president of the united states is saying we are holding this over your head like a sort of damocles unless you give me information on my opponent, in effect, the whole conversation is a quid pro quo. it's implied. >> ned, i just want to pull back one step here. let's assume no promise, no quid pro quo, just the president of the united states saying to the president of a foreign country i need to you investigate someone who is running for president of the united states. what does that mean? >> lawrence, let's suspend disbelief for just a mohammomen conjure a country in this world that doesn't need something from the united states of america. and you have to suspend disbelief, bec

and i ask the question about doping in the russian federation. is not on the last world cup level. never in sport has cheating been so prevalent at the highest level. never has the pharmacological range of performance enhancing drugs been so great. it is something to solve and it picked up this issue through spotty. cycling football power sports injury and sports technical schools doping is only present no discipline escapes unscathed but where do these products come from how does this underground activity work. till armitage but certainly it's also going to aid in a good many galaxies most of the stick you give as if you have to shift. the styles of high performance schools can spend up to $100000.00 euros a year on state of the out treatments that are often still under development. the extreme growth of the sports business is gendered a lucrative black market in doping with an estimated $30000000000.00 euros a year so in whose interest is it to unmask the cheats and clean up sport to demand for sale it was picked up to measure it given that it was picked at the measure of the vot

united states provide to ukraine, a smallish and vulnerable country, given its proximity to the russian federation. it's also training that the united states conducts in western ukraine, it's also other military equipment. it's also imf loans, it's also whether or not states will participate at it minsk processes about the crimea. if the president of the united states is saying we are holding this over your head like a sort of damocles unless you give me information on my opponent, in effect, the whole conversation is a quid pro quo. it's implied. >> ned, i just want to pull back one step here. let's assume no problem, no quid pro quo, just the president of the united states saying to the president of a foreign country i need you to investigate the person who i think i will be running against for re-election. let's just say it's nothing but that without any promise that if you do that investigation, i will then do something positive for your country. what does that mean? >> lawrence, let's suspend disbelief for just a moment and conjure a country somewhere in this world that doesn't need something