after the bloody balkan wars of the 1990's, an exact border was never set. now there are plans to place a new one between kosovo and montenegro. both states would like to join the e.u. for that, they need to have defined borders. the dreshajs' livelihood is at stake. the two brothers have invested all their money in vacation homes. they spent hundreds of hours building them. a border, they say, would spell an end to their dreams. mr. dreshaj: we live from tourism here. more and more hikers are coming -- germans, english, americans. but if we say, you're right next to the border, they probably won't come anymore. >> the situation is milar for the others who live in the region. zarife is another farmer who's afraid of losing her livelihood. her sole source of income, she says, are her sheep and cows. she doesn't know where she'll take them out to graze in future. she's also afraid that the border will cause hostilities to flare. zarife: in the war, my father-in-law lost his hand up there. >> but despite the farmers' concerns, the kosovan government in pristina

they were part of a wave of migrants and refugees heading across the western balkans towards germanyorders being opened to allow people through. bethany bell, who was at the scene in 2015, has this report from parndorf in austria. this is the layby where the truck was discovered on a baking hot day in august 20 15. it had been abandoned. it was a grisly cargo. 71 migrants from iraq, afghanistan and syria. 0ne migrants from iraq, afghanistan and syria. one of them was just a baby. no one knows exactly where they died but it happened before they reached austria. the hungarian border is just a short drive away from here. prosecutors believe they paid a smuggling gang to drive them to rest in europe but they suffocated, trapped in the refrigerated lorry. we came to this very spotjust after the lorry was discovered. we saw the police are now white forensics suits terming this area, looking for clues. we'd just come from a summit of european leaders in vienna looking at the increasing numbers of migrants and refugees coming up through the western balkans. germany's chancellor, angela merke

sami: in ththe early 2000s,s, te balkan mumusic boom hpepened around the globe. it also hit in my hometowown of new yorork, wherbabands like g gogol bordelo anand balkan beatat box srtededo mix gypsy rhythms with punk, reggae, and world music. originally, my mind was blown to satuurn in the mid-nineties by the gypsy soundtracks of emir kusturica's flicks "black cat, white cat" and "underground." my love for this particular kind of music has brought me to serbia.

the big lesson they took away from the balkans experience was that we help them develop their abilitywork with local communities, again, something seen as a strength of special operations but one they seem to get away from in iraq when there's so much force on the precision strike. this is something we get to the village's stability program in 2010, a lot of them will cite their experience in the balkans as something that helps them develop their skills to go into an unfamiliar environment, to understand population, how to identify from the formal and informal leaders are and to work with them. >> greg formally of the united afghan pakistan border, iraq, congo et cetera. looking forward and thinking about the challenges that we will face, particularly, in the war of terror. how do you view the role of the special operations special forces in dealing with the outcome of the conflict, nadia has a great new book on that that you've probably seen and read or heard her talk about but saying that one of the things that is lacking in the way we planned and executed our wars is that we haven'

what was the role of special operations and us nato involvement in the balkans in the late 90s? >> yes, a great question. you have software called upon to work with communities in the balkans trying to maintain the peace. and the did do some of the targeted grades but there wasn't much killing going on at that point. the big lesson i think they took away from the balkans experience was that this help them develop their ability to work with local communities again, something seen as a strength of special operations. one that they seem to get away from in iraq than there is so much focus but again this is something that when you get back to the village stability operations program in 2010, 11 them all cite their experiences in the balkans as something that helped them develop their skills to go into an unfamiliar environment. to understand population, how to identify the formal and informal leaders are and to work with them. [inaudible question] >> looking forward, and thinking about the challenges that we will face, particularly in the war on terror. how do you view the role of t

i'm worried about the balkans. let me tell you. why we're always talking about the nato allies there. they did a good job to prevent and deter an attack on the balkan states. most americans don't even know which are our allies and which aren't. where they have a lot of influence. if i were worrying that the future, watch the balkans. >> a lot of history for a lot of americans. >> serve looking at their ma'ams now. where is macedonia? >> happy friday to you, ambassador. thank you very much. >> all right. as we said, my colleague megyn kelly just wrap up her exclusive sit-down one-on-one. we're going to bring you some of that in a few minutes. and of course, you can see all of megayinl kelly's exclusive interview sunday night at 7:00 p.m. on your nbc station. we'll be right back. ♪ this is a story about mail and packages. and it's also a story about people. people who rely on us every day to deliver their dreams they're handing us more than mail they're handing us their business and while we make more e-commerce deliveries to homes t

if there's a balkanized area, a no-go zone, they have to clear it up and make it a go zone. these guys wage war on muslims like they do everybody else in the world. it's a radicalized portion of the islamic religion and they attack everybody, if you don't agree with them, they kill you. it's scary and -- i live in a state where we don't have the counterattacks, i'm not saying arm everybody in england. think about arming police and whether or not private citizens have the right it be armed. >> this is danny coulson, former deputy director of the fbi. danny, tee weeks, three weeks after we had the attack on the london bridge. should residents expect more? >> yeah. >> three weeks, you would imagine or hope something could have stopped this. three weeks later. not that that's a heck of a lot of time, but -- >> the intelligence services in england and a lot of the rest of the world are overwhelmed. too many people there that are like thinkers that agree with the attacks and makes it very, very difficult to stop it. it's like a shooting we had with the congressional baseball game,

we figured why not give the balkan restaurant a shot and that was a lost cause at also.at point, i was just determined for answers and hungry, we figured why not just ask anybody that was in my way. >> did anybody know what were talking about where macedonia is, the language of macedonia, ? >> there were trump supporters, hillary supporters, there wasn't anything surprising about what they were saying, they seem to know was somewhat was going on. for those that didn't, i told them and they had an opinion after that. >> tucker: you are a beacon of truth in a dark city. thanks for joining us. we tracked down a representative from macedonia, president of united macedonian diaspora, and he joins us now. it's a lot to take into to find out the date country with a noble history but a small source is single-handedly responsible for us for subverting american democracy. what is your reaction to senator clinton's remark the other day? >> macedonia is an important ally to the ad states, every time the u.s. has asked for support of the macedonia commits delivered in bosnia, kosovo,

. —— balkan route is pretty much. they you forjoining us this morning. that is it for the moment.oss the country, yesterday, but it was the warmest, with highs ofjust over 23 degrees. i expect, though, over the next couple of days, the south—east will get very warm, if not hot, as we drag in this warm air in from the near continent. but this fellow here, this slow—moving weather front, will bring a contrast to the far north and west. it will be a mild start for all, some mist around, particularly close to the coast. but that weather front, a slow—moving affair, and will bring rain into northern ireland and scotland, lingering for much of the day. cloud, largely dry, and more in the way of sunshine across the extreme south. sp despite a little bit afternoon cloud into the south—west part of wales, temperatures still reasonable — 18—22 degrees. highs of 25 widely in the south—east corner, and stretching into the north of england. a different day, unfortunately, for the north—west, in the lake district, isle of man, northern ireland and western scotland. here, it will stay cloudy and

but moscow will continue exposing loopholes that exist in most of the balkan states. democratic incapacity, corruption, military needs an growing fears of marginalization on those countries in the e.u. and nato. the rule of law and efficient law enforcement agencies are the conditions for stability and for protection from russia's influence. the best way to restrain russia interference is a proactive approach to from the u.s. and e.u. and energetic support for democratic reforms in the balkan states. the door of nato and e.u. must remain open for states wishing to join those organizations. and further, american retreat may have adverse implications for ball con security. thank you, mr. chairman, i look forward to your questions. senator burr: thank you, mr. ambassador. pll sarts. mr. sarts: thank you. from the time our center was established 2 1/2 years ago, we have been closely watching russian information operations and influence operations across europe. we have produced 18 different studies on the methodology, ways, how russia tries to affect the outcomes of our d

. -- balkan country.sident trump is set to attend bastille day celebrations in france after accepting a invitation from president macron. the visit marks a warming of relations between trump and am r macron after a rough start. correspondent: the plane and train maker is set to cut 2000 jobs by 2020, that is a quarter of the workforce here in germany. management has claimed the move is to cut losses. the restructuring comes after delays in the aerospace business. all production facilities will remain open despite because the company said -- despite the cuts, the company says. correspondent: germany's economy might be doing well but the wind of globalization is blowing in this country as well. demand for trained constructed by this company has been slow -- for trains constructed by this company has been low. in asia, the demands have been high. so it makes sense for bombardier to move their labor force. things could have gone worse considering. after 2200 job cuts, that is a tough pill to swallow it all of

in suez, in korea, in the congo, in cypress, in the first gulf war, in the balkans, in afghanistan up to and including today in iraq among many other places. canada has been there. that's the prime minister has often said that is what canadians do. we step up. today it is worth reminding ourselves why we step up, why we devote time and resources to foreign-policy groups and defense and development, why we have spent canadian soldiers, sailors, aviators, diplomats, aid workers, intelligence officers, doctors, nurses, medics and engineers into situations of danger, disaster and chaos or disease. there were times when the canadian territory was not directly at risk. why go into defensive player not immediately threaten? some countries the answer is self-evident. countries that face a clear and immediate -- no they need spend on military and they know why. for a few lucky countries like canada and to the states they feel protected by geography and good neighbors. the answer is less obvious. indeed you could easily imagine a canadian view that says we are safe on our continent and we have

and the eu side and an energetic support for democratic reforms in the balkan states. the door of nato and the eu must remain open for states wishing to join those organizations. and further american retreat may have lasting impact for balkan and european security. thank you, mr. chairman and i'm looking forward to your questions. >> thank you, mr. ambassador. and mr. sarts? >> thank you, mr. chairman, vice chairman. from the time our center has been established, two and a half years ago, we've been closely watching russian information operations across europe. we've produced 18 different studies on the methodology, ways how russia tries to affect the outcomes of our democratic processes and our choices. in the election process, typically there are three venues they try to pursue. first, to support the candidate of their choice. to do that, they use the money and they give the support of all the media, traditional media networks that they are controlling to the sunday, to the proportion as nowhere near of a normal democratic process. which lies, which fakes. secondly,

why should somebody care about russian aggression in the balkans, for instance? >> the reality is that this new young administration has increasingly becoming convinced that even those americans who voted for president trump are better served by our engaging in the world, by actively shaping the values of the world, in partnership with our close and vital allies. jane: lots of critics of the obama administration said these problems with the absence of , u.s. leadership started with , his preference to lead from behind. what do you think are the most pressing foreign-policy issues facing the u.s. today requires leadership from the front? >> first of all, let me say that president obama was elected wars, and in iraq war that might have been the biggest mistake in american history. he was dealing with the problems that were left for him. north korea is clearly a huge issue, very concerned about accidents that could happen. but i think the middle east, there is a crisis in the middle east that is affecting europeans through migration, then there are the terrorist iss

russia's influence and is a proactive approach it with support from the democratic reforms in the balkan states. they must remain open in further for the european security thank you mr. chairman i look forward to your questions. >> and the time it has been established we are closely watching operations we produced 18 different studies on the methodology on the ways how russia tries to refect the outcomes of the choices. in the election process typically there are three venues they try to pursue, which to support the candidate of their choice and to do that they use the of many in the support of all the traditional media networks they are controlling as know where your end secondly, they try to get that sensitive information to undermine the credibility and try to achieve that through hacking but that is not the only way. they have 30 large segments of this information and fake news is one of the instrument of choice that through the same information networks but they also use fake news sites and they used patrols -- patrols to amplify the message so let me go through quickly on the frenc

many of the young people in this small balkan state refuse to accept this.eporter: irina sterijovic is a young theater director in the capital skopje, and she's very worried about the nationalists she sees on the streets of her city. they've been demonstrating every day for 2.5 months now, carrying old and new macedonian flags through the city center, past her favorite cafe. skopje's young liberals gather here. they're horrified at the visible surge in nationalism. irina: you can see on their faces, you know. they are screaming makedonia, makedonia -- but their faces are all filled with hate. reporter: last year, sterijovic and thousands of others demonstrated for months in what was dubbed macedonia's "colorful revolution," because protestors threw paint at official buildings. irina: you have people who are going to prison for five years for stealing ten kebabs. and you have a government who is all in provisions, in ordering murders, in faking elections and all that. and they are still on the top of the chain. they can still order the police to let the peopl

they interviewed a political this is just says another step toward what he calls the balkanization of the arab world. >> let's come back to france. voters are heading to the polls this sunday for the first round of the french parliamentary election. french citizens living abroad already got to cast their votes. >> there are 11 constituencies of french citizens living abroad. camepublique en marche! out ahead in both. emmanuel macron's party came out in front in 10 of 11 of those constituencies. rate in these constituencies outside of france was very low, just about 19%. now, what will happen when citizens living in france votes? they will vote on the 11th of june. according to a poll today, la republique en marche! will win in of seeds have a comfortable majority in parliament. no power-sharing for la republique en marche! you can see the front page talking about how emmanuel macron is at the head of a winning machine. viewer's, remind the for political parties in france, there is an incentive to having a maximum number of members in parliament and it is not just weighing in on policy

but i was on an international trip as well into the balkans. i happened to be in bosnia at the moment. i received a phone call from dr. steve mire. steve mire is the founder of stem. the sueland and tanzania medical mission. his heart has gone out to tanzania nearly 20 years ago. he spends about half of each year there doing missionary work and providing and conducting orthopedic surgery, because he's an orthopedic surgeon. he's taught them how to farm and he's drilling wells for irrigation. and he also is running an educational system there that at least the last report i had, it was the largest nonpublic school in tanzania. all done by the drive and the inspiration and the heart of dr. steve mire and his wife, dana. . so the people that worked with him had contributed to the survival of the three students that have been pulled -- that they helped pull out of that bus. but yet i received a call from steve meyer. sarajevo, bosnia, and i stepped out of a reception to take a phone call. and when i see steve meyer i better answer the call. he's a

advance his dark and dangerous view of the world is what happened in october, 2016, in the small balkan country of montenegro when russian intelligence operatives in league with serbian nationalists and others attempted to overthrow the democratically elected government of montenegro and murder its prime minister on the country's election day. why would vladimir putin go this far? to answer this, one must understand why russia was so interested in the outcome of montenegro's election. russia opposes the spread of democracy, human rights and the rule of law across europe, which is advanced by the european union and protected by the nato alliance. to russia's great frustration, montenegro's government had committed the country to a future and pursued membership in both the e.u. and nato. indeed, nato's invitation to montenegro to join the nato alliance in december, 2015, was considered particularly insulting and threatening by moscow. after all, montenegro had once been part of russia's traditional slavic ally serbia. montenegro has long been a favorite destination for russian tourists, r

it is russia has interfered temp to interfere in elections from france to the netherlands from the balkans to the baltics russian interference in european political space is strategic you have any doubt that russian interference is driven by himself no doubt about it. the same answer no doubt. no doubt. so somehow without any shred of evidence they have linked the soul to putin himself nonetheless the list of countries i've heard is very rare very wide those countries allegedly affected by the so-called russian meddling hocking and all those things those countries obviously included france and france was actually voiced on the senate floor today the only problem is that as we know they had of the french intelligence recently said that russians apparently had nothing to do with a parent hacking off across campaign the purpose of the law is not possible to say . they did so with the a criminal group it really can be anyone in the it's like it's still the simplicity of the technical part can make us think it's just a simple person who created it and so this person can be in any country with a

actually latest addition to nato is montenegro it happened recently and that's a small nation in the balkans was last than two thousand military personnel what's the point in welcoming a state with no military strength into a military alliance what wol is it going to play in your opinion. well i tell you this is a good point if you like because it is a question that you have been asked of the past i remember that when. i mean of things have changed in europe because of the dissolution of the it was latvia you remember all those was the question about the future when a the was asked and the question that you're asking me was asked in the south that should we also have a decide you're going to counties with little military capacity and then do this kushal went on for years that in the end the decision which has been taken is that if there are these the political will of any specific independent government dorrit you're going to show. it would be anywhere useful for the country and for the alliance also for the country because that would imply for the country in question perhaps you are have yo

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so i continue to think there will be allotment in the future i think some of the countries in the balkans if they meet the criteria and if they will they want to join because dupion union is a union based on liberty and freedom no one these here against its own we'll by the way from their point of view breaks it is a good example because if a country decides to leave it's free to leave so we are a free union of free countries that's very important with us that it's not like other unions in the past it were by force where one dominates the others we are a free union of free countries so if the countries want to join. i think. we'll have the capacity to adopt them as members yes i think so how do you perceive it in the future how do you see it while they use rich countries continues to have to bail out the poor know their differences differences among the member states until now it was possible to. to find solutions sometimes very difficult to read lot of pain and sacrifice. but once again the more pessimists were wrong and the cynics were wrong i was present of the commission when most peo

to balkanize syria whilst well again we're going through this cease fire so some really nasty stuff going on and it's also putting our russia in kind of a spot as to what they're going to do if syrian planes keep getting shot down by the u.s. coalition and just to get your thoughts jim before you go on the air any missile strike into iso positions in syria today what sort of message does that send that saloon parties covered in the conflict. i think all what that was purely during is showing that they not only have the ballistic missiles but they have the accuracy to hit it pinpoint strike now we don't have any video evidence or weren't hit but they show that they could fire and use a ballistic missile to hit a tactical target which was quite a surprise and the response has been fairly quiet so far but it is is sunday night and i expect to hear a lot more about that on monday and i particularly i suppose from the american side is that what you will suggesting oh yes and the u.s. coalition hell kind of counter that is some kind of threat even though the u.s. has been rather using retaliato

mean at one level it's it's proceeding rapidly the the militarization of all of these borders in the balkans the beefing up front taxes policing of the mediterranean and the. yeah the whole internal politics of refugee detention made these countries we were were creeping there slowly but surely it could get a lot worse and there's definitely a struggle over the meaning of this which is i think you know very important and the great irony in the european situation is that europe is turning into a cherry actress or demean demographically they actually need young people that's why i do not mind your article and it sounds like america will out a million because who is going to build the cars yeah yeah so and in a way the right wing politics fits perfectly into that and you can have it both ways are in the best thing from the point of view of economic elites in many of these countries is to have immigrants but not let them have rights so this to keep their wages down and that's that's been the secret of of much of america's economic dynamism right i mean what is what is our agricultural sector rig