the most connected countries from the world. >> they couldn't get any information from astonia.hink that was the aim actually. >> to cut you off? >> absolutely. >> so who was behind it? astonia's foreign minister at the time blamed russia, who moscow has repeatedly denied involvement. >> translator: we consider the european union under attack by russia. the attacks are psychological, virtua and real. >> now publicly assigning blame to russia, astonian officials are more careful. >> we found out these attacks were not that spontaneous. >> and did that lead you to a suspect? >> in 2007 and now 10 years later we don't have the smoking gun. we don't have the finger prints or foot prints. but when we say most probably one of our neighbors is concerned, we -- >> and that leaves russia? >> yes. the evidence -- indirect evidence clearly shows in that direction. >> would it be reasonable to think it was anybody else but russia? would it make sense? >> after carrying out increasingly bold cyber attacks across europe, including here in astonia, russia's president vladimir putin turns the c

he was speaking to a few hundred nato troops from astonia, france, the u.k. and the u.s. he told them that when president trump signs the russia sanctions bill very soon, the timing he gave, it will be the sign of the continued commitment to the nato alliance. the kremlin decided to expel about 800 americans. here's what the vice president said. >> to be clear, we hope for better days. for better relations with russia. but recent diplomatic action taken by moscow will not deter the commitment of the united states of america to our security, the security of our allies and the security of freedom-loving nations around the world. >> the vice president's message to the president of astonia, lithuania and latvia, we're with you and will continue to stand with you in the face of russian aggression. russia is planning a major military exercise very close to astonia's border starting in september. so now the vice president is in georgia, which is a country that would like to become part of nato and then tomorrow he's off to montenegro, nato's newest member. this is a re-assurance

all coming a day after congress overwhelmingly passed this new russia sanctions bill, and today in astonia, vice president pence said to our kristin fisher accompanying him on the trip that he expects the president to sign that bill. >> the president's made it very clear that russia's destabilizing activity, support for rogue regimes, activities in ukraine are unacceptable. the president made it very clear, very soon, he will sign the sanctions from the congress of the united states to reinforce that. >> reporter: and there is something else which plays potentially into this new russia crisis. yesterday, the president retweeted this from fox and friends -- and then the president added this -- . >> reporter: that may have potentially rubbed putin the wrong way. the threat of increased u.s. oil and gas exports to europe is a real threat to russia which depends very, very heavily on own gas and oil imports to europe, to flag up its own sagging export industry. we'll keep an eye on this, this is not a good sign in relations with russia. certainly doesn't jive with russian collusion conspiracy

. >> the vice president mike pence in astonia, with harsh words for vladimir putin for ushering an unplannedeparture for diplomats in russia. mike mcphaul is the nbc news contributor and ambassador to russia. >> it's not proportionate. i mean first of all, let's remember, those 35 russian diplomats were allegedly intelligence officers and they were kicked out of the united states in response to their interference in our 2016 presidential election. in a very diplomatic way, 20 times the number, and it will do real damage to our efforts in moscow, the american embassy in moscow. >> fromrussia's also reporting e this new presidency has increased its support of north korea by 73%. so when the president goes against china and tweets against china for its support for kim jong-un, there's also a lot of russian support that he hasn't been mentioning. >> that's right, those numbers as far as i know those numbers are correct. our president, first as a candidate and then as president-elect, and now president trump, continues to talk nicely about putin, he continues to want to get along. he's always loo

it's britain it's astonia, soon to be canada will freeze that money.uarantee impunity for the people that work for him and the whole system gets bogged down. this is his single largest priority to get rid of his sanctions. >> they have been trying in various ways to get this, this act repealed both officially and unofficially. >> they've been trying in every possible way to get rid of the act. they sent in this woman, she's been leading the campaign in the united states to get rid of the act. it's a hugely resourced effort. they have hired millions of dollars. >> what about the other guy? >> renat, he's her chief washington operative. he's the one who has identified all the lobbyists, all the lawyers, all the investigators et cetera and they had a full court press all over capitol hill. >> you're sure they are agents of russian government? >> natalia works for a man in moscow, a government oligarich. he was the deputy governor of the moscow region. he's a vice president of russian railways which is the second largest and most important company after ga

he spent the last few days in astonia attending meeting and visiting the multinational troops in the president's mission where he recognized astonia as one of five nato member states that meets its defense spending obligations. the vice president arrived in georgia. he continues to strengthen our relationships, and here at home the departments of commerce and energy welcomed news a partnership with american energy and the government of ukraine. the ukraine will person american thermo coal. this partnership will provide them with a secure and reliable alternative energy source. helping to stabilize an energy supply which is historically been at the country's volatile neighbors. this announcement will boost our own economy, supporting jobs in the coal and transportation industry. as the trump administration continues to move us down the path of energy dominance, we hope to see more partnerships like this in the future. lastly we saw the ceremony that ended in the east room. specialist 5 mccloughan was in afterwards, but his heroic story bears repeating again. for 48 hours in vietnam, h

we understand that most of the exercise activity andprobably acing towards astonia. we have part of the company. wewould like more ransparency. if russia could inform nato using thedhoonl inform it is something that would be very welcoming. >> thank you so much. i'll mooef to efly. >> thank you again to the oparticipants. i think caroline asked me tospeck to someone in 2013 when hey last occurred. sitting in thepentagon at the time we watched a new defense minister come intooffice. he has only increased his power with russian society. he wasknow because of his we give lent of fema. so when he came into officeone of the things we saw but an up p take m which is one of the iece.there were other regional occurring. e really put a loft pe he he alsowhat he call to civilian leadership the staelt of readiness. they had four nap doubled in 2014. there were 20 in in. t went down to 11. it meantthey didn't have to do these regular snap exercises to test their readyiness. they are at a high state of readiness because of ukraine andsyria. i think it's important to we saw this n

traveling today, the vice president is in astonia, a former soviet state. >> we expect russian behavior to change. >> reporter: putin blamed the u.s. for deteriorating relations. after congress overwhelmingly approved new sanctions to punish russia for 2016 election interference and aggression toward it's neighbors. >> president made it clear that very soon, he will sign the sanctions from the congress of the united states to reinforce that. >> reporter: the strain tonight is far greater than just three weeks ago when president trump and putin met in hamburg. >> president putin and i have been discussing various things and i think it's going very well. >> reporter: complicating this kaeslating tension is the political drama around the trump team and investigations into russian election intrusion. putin said that did not play into his decision. there are unresolved conflicts like control over two russian diplomatic compounds seized by the obama administration. unknown, will president trump give them back? >> no decisions have been made on that satveoer. >> reporter: president trump does

he arrived in astonia earlier today, scheduled to meet with its prime minister, will travel to the nationore ending his eastern european trip on wednesday. he's expected to discuss cyber defense as well as bilateral issues, during his visit to these countries. >> and, on capitol hill, republicans are regroup after their bitter defeat this week on healthcare. the gop was not able to pass a bill to repeal and replace the affordable care ability. now the question s. what's next? fox's garrett tenyn takes a closer look. >> time to move on. that's the message from republican leaders after the senate failed to pass a repeal of obamacare. healthcare reform is still on the docket tonight do that senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says republicans will need to work with democrats to fix some of the problems of obamacare. friday, chuck schumer said, that's what democrats he nobody has sado baum a care is perfect. nobody has said our healthcare system doesn't need fixing. the problem was when they started, when they tried to just pull the rug out from under the existing healthcare system. so, ch

to my left we have astonia. we have to his left major christian of norway. it formally served as secretary of defense for russia and ukrai ukraine. i'll go ahead and give the panelists about five minutes to run across introductions and we'll open it up to the floor. >> okay. thank you. i would like to thank the organizer for the event and for the people in the audience for your interest in this subject. they made an excellent introduction. we should pay attention to it. secondly, what kind of attention is needed after all and thirdly what should be our sort of attitude towards this exercise. later of course i would be happy to answer any questions. what's important to note here is crimea. so from that point it will be important militarily. the exercise takes place in extreme proximity to territory. in fact the exercise activities we expect to surrounded territory and activity on behalf of the russians just as sort of referring to. we expect the size of the -- size to be -- it may be up from there. what the important to note here is just as he eluded to, in a

. >>> mike pence is in astonia meeting with the small country today.y are seen as a flash point in our relationship with russia. later in this trip he is scheduled to meet with all three countries. he is also expected to make washington's commitment to nato's mutual defense. an important message for the former soviet republic to border russia. >> thank you for all your leadership and all your strong commitments. >> reporter: other issues include the current holding of the european presidency plus trade and cyber security. >>> well germs are quickly becoming a welcome source for the alameda county sheriff's office. up next a look at the department's fleet. unmanned area vehicles and how they are helping the mirror times. >>> we'll have your complete bay area forecast. a live view of downtown oakland. we'll be right back. ♪ what should i watch? show me sports. it's so fluffy! look at that fluffy unicorn! he's so fluffy i'm gonna die! your voice is awesome. the x1 voice remote. xfinity. the future of awesome. >>> they have hovered over crime scenes in ala

they would go to those areas of the world where people were routinely living to 100 years old like astonia. there are pockets in russia and other places and they tried to figure out what's going on and they did research on that. i don't think it's really transplantable. i don't think you can sort of create that. you know, that comes out over not centuries but millenia that your d.n.a. sort of gets that way. japanese, too, live longer. they're wondering, well, is it just low stress or that older people are vein rated in those societies which they tend to be like in japan? i'm more leaning toward genetics. that is just thousands of years of making that happen. i don't think you can put it in a pill and would be scary if they tried. >> there are a couple really great points and as good as your book and outline were it didn't seem like you touched on it. the first is we spend 25 years preparing for our careers and our lives. we spend little or no time preparing for the bottom third of our life. the other thing is women beat us whole heartedly in out living us and there is a reason. they are so

. >>> right now vice president mike pence is in astonia, ensuring the nato president that she has americanupport. we see the vice president shaking hands with her this morning. they stirred aggressiveness in the region. pence plans to visit three nato allies during his trip. he's tweeting this morning, we stand with the nation of estonia, latvia and lithuania and we always will. >>> meanwhile, john mccain is back in arizona for treatment for his brain tumor. he was diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer. despite the diagnosis, the 80-year-old senator flew to washington last week to cast one of the deciding votes blocking republican efforts to repeal obamacare. today he'll begin radiation and chemotherapy treatment at the mayo center in phoenix. >>> switching gears, how about salmon for dinner? today the commercial salmon fishing season officially opens in san francisco. several bay area lawmakers will be on hand for the big kick off at 1:35 this afternoon. it's at pier 35 in san francisco. you are urged to check for salmon fishing restrictions. >>> the surf is expected to poind

we're watching on what's going on there and astonia, australia, we're watching what's going on -- delaware has committed to doing a number of things on the block chain and learning from all those things. and we have existing players who are also working with fin-tech. yeah, there is disruption going on. i learned a new word recently. coop-etition. that's an exciting area that will benefit consumers and potentially help in the capital raising process. >> sara lynch with reuters. you mentioned the commission publicizes votes. but they only do administrative proceedings done inhouse. they don't publicize the votes of cases sent to district court with one exception when reuters and the "wall street journal" filed a request. that's gone online but you are not disclosing on an ongoing basis. the general counsel opined that that's privileged information. do you believe it's privileged? should it be put out on a regular basis? >> there are difficult sort of legal questions on that, but the fact that it was able to get done through foia, the commission won an award recently for being one of the mos