and syria might have been an example at the time that angela merkel was , chancellor, angela merkel wasncellor, where people had driven out because their their lives were intolerable and they're in a condition of danger because of a civil war that's going on. and the question is , when they the question is, when they arrive, do you acknowledging that they are genuine refugees from a serious crisis , do you from a serious crisis, do you then say the result of that is that you can not only enter our country, but you can have permanent residence and become part of the labour force and settle here permanently ? or is settle here permanently? or is it what they would do if they arrived in, say, jordan, a peaceful country , and they peaceful country, and they would, where they would no doubt be put in camps and supported and sustained with a view to going back to syria at the end of the crisis . now that that is of the crisis. now that that is the that is the point. i think , the that is the point. i think, because what what has happened is that up until now, the former has been happened driv

flee their countries through poland to germany, where on august 31, 2015... they were called by angela merkelis day went down in the history of the migration crisis as a trigger. merkel said. we have already dealt with a lot, we will deal with this. we will overcome all obstacles along the way. it is not surprising that the number of migrants in germany has almost doubled from 9 million in almost 10 years . at the same time, poland does not allow these unfortunates into its territory even in transit, fearing that... they will remain forever. not it is worth forgetting that the eu countries, purely humanely, should have accepted those who were deprived of the right to a quiet life, education, the right to realize their earnings. since they invaded iraq, libya, syria as part of nato with their democracy. i will not list the colonies that they enslaved and did not allow them to fully develop. the west continues to provoke conflicts that generate multi-million flows of refugees, and then cynically accuses the global south and us of the migration crisis. this is an episode of alexander lukashenko'

in the 2019 electoral cycle, angela merkel�*s chosen successor fail because of perceived lack of party big issue. and so what's at stake issue. and so what's at stake is in these three september elections in the east, you've got over 8 million voters voting. that's a percent of the population, and so what does that mean for the future? if the afd makes a strong showing in becomes dominant in those three states, then that's a percent of germany. now does that mean that nazis are coming? no, germany is farfrom a militant country. in fact, that's part of the issue is that's part of the issue is that germany is definitely not militant and it gives the afd both the far right and the far left sort of grist for the mill to argue for peace with russia, not supporting ukraine and the sorts of things.— sorts of things. ok, doctor callahan. _ sorts of things. ok, doctor callahan, appreciate - sorts of things. ok, doctor callahan, appreciate your i sorts of things. ok, doctor- callahan, appreciate your time this evening. thank you very much. . ~ this evening. thank you very much. ., ~ i. around th

better life and flee from their countries through poland to germany, where on august 31, 2015 , angela merkelself invited them. this day went down in the history of the migration crisis as a trigger. merkel said: "we have already dealt with a lot, we will deal with this, we will overcome all obstacles along the way." it is not surprising that the number of migrants in germany has almost doubled from 9 million in almost 10 years. at the same time, poland does not let these unfortunates into their territory even in transit, fearing that they will remain forever. it should not be forgotten that the eu countries should, purely humanely, accept those. this is an episode of alexander lukashenko's speech during the third summit voice of the global south. it should be noted that belarus, unlike western countries, offers the global south a truly partnership for mutual development. today, belarus also accepts migrants from the middle east, ukraine, and the former ussr, but on the condition that they live by our rules laws. and so we have considered the migration crisis on the one hand, now let's look a

media operation, called what is happening in the kursk region and the former military adviser to angela merkel, former brigadier general of the bundeswehr erichwad. from a military point of view, this does not make sense at all and it will not be able to develop militarily. it is impossible to defend there militarily. we will experience all this in the next few weeks, even if the media sometimes say otherwise. the us continues to pretend that it has nothing to do with the attacks and sends comments to kiev. i can't officially tell you anything, we are organizing a meeting of the contact group on ukraine in september, where we will discuss their defense needs. as for their long-term goals, we are still in the discussion stage on this issue. at the same time, kiev has already directly stated that it is in constant contact with the american authorities. is in no hurry, how ukraine understates the number of losses and refuses to pay the relatives of the victims. who are you? i, a traveler, aeronaut, jean, and, so, we are namesakes, what a fairy tale, without ivan, what began, without deception and

just a few years ago, germany was the leading power in europe, and angela merkel was considered one ofomen in the world. today, the country is reaping the fruits of its erroneous security and economic policies, and the current chancellor olaf scholz is hardly possible in... the usa, russia and china, like germany. the rating of scholz's ruling coalition has fallen below the plinth; in the center of berlin there are mass demonstrations for peace, freedom and against the supply of weapons to ukraine. electricity bills continue to rise. the inflation rate is rising, all products have become available. more expensive, there are, of course, many factors, but in my opinion, the main one is the current energy policy of germany, taking into account the notorious energy transition. the press writes about the increasing polarization of german society, the differences between the east and west of germany all the years after the fall of the berlin wall have not been erased, and as berliner zeitung notes, only two out of five germans in the east are ready to vote for the classical german parties, t

erich watt, a retired bundeswehr general, who was also an adviser to angela merkel when she was chancellormilitary point of view, the attack of the ukrainian armed forces on the kursk region is pointless. from a military point of view, it makes no sense at all and it will not develop militarily. we will see all this in the next few weeks. this operations, of course, have media value, because. we are forced to flee . a drone is hovering over us again. this is clear evidence that russia, initially taken by surprise by the invasion, is beginning to react and fight back. this is felt more and more every day. the number of drone strikes they carry out is growing. western media outlets are providing information support for the ukrainian armed forces' attack on the kursk region. only there is no pilgrimage of european american television crews to the pokrovsk area. a strategic city for ukraine, the most important logistics. center there is nothing to defend, the economist magazine calculated: russia has a tenfold superiority there in terms of shells to people ratio. for a month now we have been w

as you might remember, angela merkel i to get some of that growth?. the mother who makes sure that they only spend, the family only spend the money they really haven't. this is very much... i should say, it's the dna of germans. this of course is a very fierce discussion in germany now because if you look at the numbers, the uk has currently growth of i think 0.9, germany is shrinking, and there is a recession on the horizon, but then again, if you look at the debt of the government, it is far, far less than in the uk, so you could have an argument to say there is enough money in the german government's bank they could spend it but they're not doing it, and public investment is pretty low, and this is almost like an ideological fight is pretty low, and this is almost like an ideologicalfight in germany, and we must not forget, we have because additional debt break. —— the constitutional debt break. there is a lot of discussion of not inspecting this break any more and i think it is very much needed, especially because of the war in ukraine and the en

just a few years ago, germany was the leading power in europe, and angela merkel was considered one ofin the world. today, the country is reaping the fruits of its erroneous security and economic policies. and the current chancellor olaf scholz can hardly be called the most influential person in the world; since twenty -two, no country in europe has become as dependent on the course of the united states, russia and china as germany. the rating of scholz's ruling coalition has fallen below the plinth; in the center of berlin there are mass demonstrations for peace, freedom and against the supply of weapons to ukraine. the story with the tiger cub ended they kept him in the apartment as a pet and even took him to the grocery store. the neighbors noticed the little predator, they filmed everything and contacted the environmental prosecutor's office. the baby was taken. nicknamed olympia became a mother again, the cat’s paw was amputated, but thanks to the breeding and rehabilitation program that has been operating in the national park for 15 years, the animal can hunt on its own and produ

the guilt is collective, in addition to the ruling coalition, the germans call angela merkel to account. it was under her that germany hospitably opened its doors to refugees. the compassionate politician is now retired, but her compatriots wait for her outside the store to tell her everything. thank you for plunging the country into chaos. the most important thing is that you feel safe, isn't that right, mrs. merkel, here in germany with personal security. the attack in sollengen is a blow to the reputation of the ruling coalition, local elections are ahead. therefore , immediately after the crime news on the air , they are guessing about how the terrorist attack will affect the voting process. it is difficult to assess what effect this will have on voters, what this event will have on people in thuringia saxony, but i think we should not rule out there is an alternative for germany, which is already leading in the eastern lands, on sunday it can only strengthen its advantage. meanwhile in sollingen, as in the whole land north rhine westphalia, police patrols have been strengthened, no

the first face-to-face meeting in paris, zelensky, with the participation of emmanuel macron and angela merkeltries to come to an understanding with putin. he manages to agree on a short-term ceasefire and the exchange of prisoners of war, but the fundamental issue of russian ... aggression remains unresolved, i visited brussels at the invitation of and met with the european commissioner, who heads the ukraine support group. he wrote simply based on the results of this meeting on twitter, literally two decisions, that he met with roman ratoshny, a 22-year-old activist who fights for the green zone, they want to kill him there, well, roughly speaking, don't kill this kid, and it all ended like this after twitter, these bandits realized that the reputational losses for them would be much greater than the benefit for them from the fact that they would simply soak roman ratushny somewhere in the forest, that is, to just quietly soak romna ratushny will not succeed. despite the steady build-up of troops on ukraine's border, putin and other officials continue to insist that russia is a champion of p

senseless media operation, called what is happening in the kursk region a former military adviser to angela merkelrmer brigadier general of the bundeswehr erich watt. from a military point of view, this does not make sense at all and it will not be able to develop militarily. it is impossible to defend there militarily, we will experience all this in the next few weeks, even if the media sometimes say otherwise. the expedition includes two research vessels with crews of qualified specialists. the expedition will operate in the coastal waters of eighteen countries, the mission in the atlantic and indian oceans is designed for a whole year, and what tasks the scientists set for themselves, konstantin morozov will tell. the blow of the ship's rynda, and we will throw a symbolic blow to the rynda were made by deputy prime minister of russia dmitry patruzhev, head of the federal agency for fisheries ilya shastakov, acting governor kaliningrad region alexey bespros. as a result of the expedition, the african state will provide access to information on fish stocks, and this will be another contribution o

according to the former military adviser to angela merkel, against the backdrop of this attack , theittle attention to the desperate situation in usa in donbas. anna voronina will continue the topic. while they were shouting loudly about success in the kursk border, lost much more. the western press openly doubts zelensky's plan. according to the financial times, kiev not only failed to distract the russian military and weaken the offensive, but rather facilitated the advance of the russian army in eastern ukraine. one of the commanders of the ukrainian artillery brigade in eastern ukraine told the financial times that one of the reasons for the russian offensive was kiev's shifting its meager resources to the north. its troops had to ration again shells for its guns for the first time since congress suspended u.s. aid to ukraine because the ammunition was being diverted to russia's invasion of kursk. the washington post reports on russia's successful advance into donetsk, pointing to a possible weakness in ukraine's strategy: while kiev has diverted forces to attack kursk, it has le

i mean, it was angela merkel who opened the door. d00h >> yeah, absolutely. it was angela merkel.ngela merkel for many years before he became chancellor. he was in charge of finances here in germany . but he finances here in germany. but he has continued. he has he has chosen to continue. angela merkel completely failed policies. he's also in a coalition with the green party thatis coalition with the green party that is even more no borders, no nafions that is even more no borders, no nations , open borders. welcome nations, open borders. welcome everyone. so he has zero political wiggle room to actually actually do something about it. i will just give you one great example. so this attack, this heinous terror attack, this heinous terror attack, isis returning to germany happened in the city of berlin. the mayor of the city of soungen berlin. the mayor of the city of solingen is a party friend, social democrat of olaf scholz, who is accused by the local prosecutor of being part of a trafficking. a human trafficking organisation, a human trafficking crime ring that kind of tells you

and if you contrast that to angela merkel, even though it's the same party, i think we we're seeing ayou're going to keep people happy. what's also very interesting, i feel, is that in eastern germany at the moment, which is, going to have its elections. so in the federal state of thuringia, just in a few days, the afd alternative for deutschland, who are anti—immigration, they're around 30%. it looks pretty clear that they're going to win that. but you've also got a lady from the radical left called sahra wagenknecht , and even she is now wagenknecht, and even she is now adopting pretty much the same policies when it comes to immigration, calling for a stop on it and for deportations and this type of thing. so even the left is now adopting these type of policies because they know that there's such a fierce demand for it. yeah >> all right. rob, thank you very much for that update. i do appreciate that. that's rob hide there. the journalist who joined us there from hamburg. now you're with me folks. darren grimes on gb news on tv and digital radio coming up, benjamin netanyahu says th

"navalny's fate was taken care of by angela merkel personally, after his poisoning, his were treated in sharite, and if it happened like that, you see, they release krasikov and along with it american citizens navalny, several more russian politicians, then this would not cause any indignation of public opinion, and they believed that putin is even ready to go for it, there is the information that roman abramovich talked to him about this, putin about this..." seemed to be interested, but just a few days before this exchange, navalny died, that is, it was such a cynical game that we had already agreed on the exchange, in principle, decided , who how, but but navalny died and the exchange was postponed for several months, because then they again began to think about who could be included in this exchange so that this exchange would have a humanitarian character, and these russians were included. law enforcement officers. by the way, i do not understand why belarusians were not included, if there was a person pardoned by lukashenko. nobel laureate ales biletsky, for example. so. the pe

en masse, then germany would not have any special issues at all, that's why that you know that angela merkelersonally took care of navalny's fate after his poisons. he was treated in sharite, and if this had happened, you see, krasikov was released, along with american citizens, navalny, and several other russian politicians, then this would not have caused any indignation of public opinion, and it was believed that putin was even ready to go for it, there is information that roman abramovich talked to him about it, and putin seemed to be interested in it, but just a few days before that, in an exchange, navalny... died, that is, this it was such a cynical game that we had already agreed on the exchange, in principle, we had decided who and what, but then navalny died, and the exchange was postponed for several months, because then they again began to think about who could be included in this exchange, yes , so that this exchange would have a humanitarian character, include these russian rights defenders, i, by the way, i don't understand why they didn't include belarus. if there was a perso

just a few years ago, germany was the leading power in europe, and angela merkel was considered one of the world. today the country is reaping the fruits of its misguided security policies. and the economy, and the current chancellor olaf scholz can hardly be called the most powerful person in the world. since the twenty -second year, no country in europe has become so dependent on the course of the united states, russia and china, as ... the greater polarization of german society, the differences between the east and west of germany have not been erased in all the years since the fall of the berlin wall, and as berliner notes zeitung, only two out of five germans in the east are ready to vote for classical german parties; there is a more popular alternative for german party sarah wagenknecht. we see the increasing disintegration of the entire party spectrum and the alienation of the political structure of the ex-gdr from west germany. it is considered a turning point for the german economy. employers should prepare for the fact that they will not have a queue of applicants in the comi

angela merkel herself called unsettled residents of the middle east to their country. this happened on august 31, 2015, and it turns out that next year the european union will even be able to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the global crisis. then the chancellor said the following: we have already dealt with a lot, we will deal with this, we will overcome all the obstacles on the way, but no, the migrant crisis in the european union has become unmanageable, here in russia they have found a way to tame migrants, now everyone who wants to receive, who has just received citizenship of the russian federation, is given summons to the front, so that not only in a word, but also in deed to check the quality of the new russian. we are watching today in the author's program of ksenia lebedeva this is another after the panorama. in the ministry of belarus today they reported that the un secretary general, in the name of our president, sent an invitation to take part in the third conference of the united nations for developing countries that do not have access to the sea. the

special questions at all, because you know that navalny's fate was personally taken care of by angela merkel, after his poisoning, he was treated in charita, and if this had happened, you see, krasikov was released , along with navalny's american citizens, several more russian politicians, then this would not have caused any indignation of public opinion, and they believed that putin was even ready for this... to go, there is information that roman abramovich was talking to him, and putin seemed to be interested in this, but just a few days before this exchange, navalny died, that is, it was such a cynical game that we had already agreed on the exchange, in principle, decided who, how, but then navalny died, and the exchange was postponed for several months, because then they again began to think about who could be included in this exchange so, so that this exchange... had a humanitarian character, these russian law enforcement officers were included, by the way, i do not understand why the belarusian ones were not included, if there was a person pardoned by lukashenko, the nobel laureate al

of course, schmidt, willy brant, helmut kohl and angela merkel, all these people, they were all ready with russia, schroeder and merkel advocated for the construction of nord stream, it was the us that protested and said, no, it should not be built under any circumstances, but... in the ability to think more clearly, more precisely, over the past 30 years only the us. on the international stage you hear that there is hope, and in relation to old europe, good old europe, of course, such a gratifying feeling arises, well, i will say so, like negative feelings, gratifying feelings also sometimes need to be kept under control, thank you very much again, we are going to commercial, we will be back in just a few minutes. volleyball, as you have not seen it yet? the first channel cup, live broadcasts on weekends on the first, in the new season on the first, come on, come on, come on, come on, well, can i ask you, of course. i met a woman happened, that i her i love you, i've loved you for a long time since school, do you have hair? it's wet from the heart on the back of your head, there's li

all, it's interesting, by the way, where are all these people, they were leading ministers in angela merkel's cabinet, but in the end no one wrong, neither trump, nor me, germany. painfully got rid of energy dependence on russia, and immediately after the completion of the northern stream, two, russia wasted no time in starting a war with us. the great war in europe has begun, so donald tusk is right. this whole detective story about zelenskyi preparing explosions, the cia found out about it. zelenskyy said to cancel the operation, and zaluzhny did not cancel it, it looks beautiful only for the readers of the wall street journal, because you and i know very well that the authorities in it doesn't work in ukraine, you understand that, right? ugh. when the commander-in-chief gives the commander-in-chief of the armed forces of ukraine an order not to carry out certain actions, and he does, these are actions with legal consequences, do you understand that? ugh, and if these legal consequences do not occur for the commander-in-chief of the armed forces of ukraine, they occur for the people who per

interesting, by the way, where are all these people, they were leading ministers in the cabinet of angela merkelbut in the end no one was wrong, neither trump nor i, germany painfully got rid of its energy dependence on russia, and immediately after it was nord stream 2 was completed, russia wasted no time in starting a war with us, the big war in europe has started, so donald tusk is right. this whole detective story that zelenskyi was preparing detonations, the cia found out about it, zelenskyi said to cancel the operation, and zaluzhny did not cancel it, looks beautiful only for readers of the street journal, because you and i know very well that this is not how the authorities in ukraine works, well, you understand it, yes, uh, when the supreme commander-in-chief gives the commander-in-chief of the armed forces of ukraine. an order not to carry out certain actions, and he does, these are actions with legal consequences, do you understand that? uh, and if these legal consequences do not occur for the commander-in-chief of the armed forces of ukraine, they occur for the people who perform thes

that is a sad result for a progressive liberal coalition that has started after the end of the angela merkelny, it is so unpopular across germany it is very likely to be voted out in the next september federal elections in 2025. find the next september federal elections in 2025.— the next september federal elections in 2025. and on that oint elections in 2025. and on that point more — elections in 2025. and on that point more broadly, _ elections in 2025. and on that point more broadly, looking . elections in 2025. and on that| point more broadly, looking at germany, zooming out, you are mentioning that the rise of new far left party created, expected, according to some bowls to come in and third place, if talking about the rise and the resurgence of the far right, the afd party and the far left as well, what does that tell us about polarisation in germany?— that tell us about polarisation in germany? yes, germany has become a _ in germany? yes, germany has become a political _ in germany? yes, germany has become a political landscape i become a political landscape where more and more parties

with navalny, then germany would not have any at all. special questions, because you know that angela merkel personally took care of navalny's fate, after his poisoning, he was treated in sharite, and if it happened like that, you see, a handsome man is released, and along with it american citizens navalny, several more russian politicians, then this would not cause any indignation of public opinion, and they believed that putin was even ready go for it, there is information about him. it was roman abramovich talking and putin seemed to be interested in it, but just a few days before this exchange, navalny died, that is, it was such a cynical game that we had already agreed on the exchange, in principle, we decided who and what, but here is navalny died, and the exchange was postponed for a few months, because then they again began to think, who can be included in this exchange so that this exchange is humanitarian? they included these russian law enforcers, by the way, i don't understand why they didn't include the belarusian ones, if there was a person who was wronged by lukashenko, the no

say that he was deceived, he is being deceived all the time, he was deceived in minsk then by angela merkel and françois hollande, then he is deceived at rendramodo with the mayor of qatar, they also deceive him, because putin has cheating is when it doesn't happen the way he wants. you understand, but he agrees to this for certain reasons, because he is being pressured, and then he says: no, well, we agreed on something else, well, relatively speaking, putin's fantasy about the euro-atlantic community, which supposedly promised not to to expand the east, yes, yes, yes, everyone says that this is a lie, it didn’t happen, well, but for him you very correctly brought up this model of thinking, so he says, well, i was deceived, well, come on, but no one talked about it then and didn't agree, let's, well... this is again, it's pushkin, it's not difficult to deceive me, because i myself want to be deceived, this is the relationship between people in russia, it seems to me that this is an absolutely accurate formula, that's all after all, there is no need to doubt that pushkin, not putin, pushkin

say that he was deceived, he is being deceived all the time, he was deceived in minsk then by angela merkelith françois hollande, then he is cheated on a rendramody with the emir of qatar by them. they also deceive, because putin's deception is when things don't happen the way he wants, you know, but he agrees to it, due to certain reasons, because he is being pressured, and then he says no, well, we agreed on something else, well, relatively speaking, putin's fantasy about the euro-atlantic community, which supposedly promised not to expand to the east, yes, yes, yes, everyone says that it's a lie, it didn't happen, well , but for him you very correctly brought up this model of thinking, yes, he says, well, i was... zeroed, well, come on, and no one agreed about it at the time, come on, well, so it’s the same, again , this is pushkin, it is not difficult to deceive me, because i myself want to be deceived, this is the relationship between people in russia, i think that this is absolutely accurate formula, after all, there is no need to doubt that pushkin is not putin, he knew russian psych

those brexit days and how many times theresa may went to berlin to have like moments with with angela merkelhancellor, as an attempt to get germany to sway the rest of the eu when it came to the brexit negotiations. and and it never worked. so i just wonder, like actually everyone's everyone's maybe getting a little bit too excited. and people are kind of about about about this, this romance that there was in berlin this week. well, i takejo's point that brussels is the one that does the big negotiations, not olaf unilaterally. but i remember dear rishi from ursula von der leyen with the windsor framework agreement, and there was a tonal reset then after the bruising era of the brexit negotiations. so i think that there can be tonally and style wise, there can be a flash of the ankle and i'm supported in that by the french press, which i was looking at, which did describe it in the last few days as an effort by the british to show hello. so that's how the french are reporting. and they've got a lot to worry about themselves. they haven't got a government, as far as i can see. no, they're sti

say that he was deceived, he is being deceived all the time, he was deceived in minsk then by angela merkeld, then he are deceiving on the rendering of the peace of qatar, they are also deceiving him, because putin 's deception is when things do not go the way he wants. you understand, but he agrees to it due to certain reasons, because he is being pressured, and then he says: no, well, we agreed on something else, well, relatively speaking, to putin's fantasy about the euro-atlantic community, which supposedly promises not to expand from anywhere, yes, yes, yes, everyone says that this is a lie, it didn't happen, well, but for him you very correctly brought up this model of thinking, so he says, well i was deceived, well, no one agreed about it then. well, that means, again, this is pushkin, it will not be difficult to deceive me, because i myself want to be, this is the relationship between people in russia, it seems to me that this is an absolutely accurate formula, after all, there is no need to doubt that that pushkin is not putin, pushkin knew russian better psychology for you and me,

he serve as a remarkable ambassador where he told some tough truths including tough truths to angela merkel about what would happen if they did not break away from russia energy and about standing up and being serious about the interconnectedness to china, he was then appointed the presidential envoy by trump directly to handle for kosi although -- kosovo and serbia long lasting peace discussions and was able to foster incredible progress made in order to get them to actually work together in more intertwined economic relationship as well and so we are honored they are both here with us today, amazing individuals who want to protect free speech and the great way of life we all know we can have in europe and the united states our good friends guy benson and ambassador ric grenell. [applause] >> thank you. good afternoon, everyone. thank you for coming. i am guy and this is ambassador ric grenell. it is good to see you here in vienna. i want to come back at christmas. i have heard it is incredible at christmas time. a lot of what we want to discuss today is what a second trump term might look

he serve as a remarkable ambassador where he told some tough truths including tough truths to angela merkel about what would happen if they did not break away from russia energy and about standing up and being serious about the interconnectedness to china, he was then appointed the presidential envoy by trump directly to handle for kosi although -- kosovo and serbia long lasting peace discussions and was able to foster incredible progress made in order to get them to actually work together in more intertwined economic relationship as well and so we are honored they are both here with us today, amazing individuals who want to protect free speech and the great way of life we all know we can have in europe and the united states our good friends guy benson and ambassador ric grenell. [applause] >> thank you. good afternoon, everyone. thank you for coming. i am guy and this is ambassador ric grenell. it is good to see you here in vienna. i want to come back at christmas. i have heard it is incredible at christmas time. a lot of what we want to discuss today is what a second trump term might look

during president trump's time, we had a particularly difficult relationship with germany and with angela merkel president trump made no secret of how he disliked in this case, it would not have worked had chancellor scholz not agreed to give up a russian intelligence agent would have been as you were discussing before convicted of murder in the middle of the tiergarten, in the middle of the city and so that was one of the fruits of new relationships that had come up close. >> second goes to what you were just discussing about the cia in this case, we have a cia director bill burns, who used to be ambassador to moscow knows putin better than any of the administration officials who are out there the russians have some grudging respect, treat him as well. >> and he's repeatedly played diplomatic roles outside of the usual channels. >> for a cia director in the movies and in this he was the one who was sent to putin to warn him of the dangers of invading ukraine. it didn't work, but it's interesting that he was the emissary so i think these are all elements of what happened today. and then there's

you get this, you know, whether it's blair obama , trump, whether it's blair obama, trump, angela merkelturgeon, you really should judge leaders on what they leave behind, you know, and as far as what, nicola sturgeon left behind is largely a really damaged party damaged country and hopes that when she started for devolution and now just something people wish whilst blowing out birthday candles, you know, it's not going too well. scotland's drug death rate remained the highest in europe so that is going quite well . well. >> carry well yeah. >> carry well yeah. >> if that's what they if that's what they're aiming for they've really impressive record the next worst country. sorry. almost triple the next worst. triple the next worst country which is extraordinary. i love i do love scotland by the way. i think it's marvellous. it's great up there. but they're proud of all the most. they're proud of all the most. they're proud of all the most. they're proud of their unhealthy food. deep fried mars bar. anyone of buckfast and drugs. and do you know, the first time i went to glasgow, i got int

relationship that former president trump had with olaf scholz's predecessor, the german chancellor angela merkel though those meetings when trump came to europe were so testy and when you contrast that this is what european leaders look at and hope they get. on november 5 year, they don't have a say, everybody standby because we're going to sneak in a quick break. and when we come back, we're going to bring you the latest on this massive prisoner exchange. with russia, including new reporting on vice president harris has low in the deal and we're going to go to matthew chance, who has been reporting on an inside at russia for years about what he is hearing from russian sources, don't go anywhere it's election season, stay with seat cnn with more reporters on the ground and the best political team in the business, follow the voters, follow the results follow the facts follow cnn judge oliver garland was known for his nomination to the united states supreme court that didn't die of natural causes he was murdered the judge had a lot of enemies the name of the game, trust me someone has been phoned

remind them that he was an advocate of apprenticeships, even met with a former german chancellor angela merkel, i believe in 2017, to try to focus on that, having sort of a, you united front between both countries. so there's some appealing things that i think would move the needle more so in the former president's corner and i would say target voters on those issues where you had that strategic advantage. >> and meghan, we don't have much time left, just a teensy bit, but with the convention, a lot of voters say they want to hear about the issues. can they expect? hear more about specifics? do you think when they, when democrats roll out their convention? >> yeah, i think that the vice president is obviously going to have to get more policy heavy and put forth their policy issues. i think that will be a lot of whitehurst speeches about at the convention i mean, she you don't have a lot of time here and people need to know where he stands. and i think that she's now rolled out or vice president and is now rolling into the game in benton and now is the time to put those policy issues forward. >