procedure that's the nature of planes wow and over the baltic sea what do you. well it's rather unfortunate because only weeks ago there was great cooperation between russia and the united states and the other. coalition forces trying to get rid of this menace of terrorism in the middle east and this is over that would be actually a really great new era and now even we have seen after the unwise american action of shooting action in a plane we have seen this trillions stopped even their aircraft flying. and now we have seen this i mean when it really has to be neutral between all of this but makes you wonder the politics he and the russia is a country overlooking the baltics the whole four of them from america how would actually the americans would react if say for example the chinese have actually flew with military jets. yes maybe and sort of a lot of bugs fewer miles of the american coast with an american aircraft getting an american official you know they probably would declare war i mean this is the whole thing that actually with the public opinion against

just one day with nato fighter jets over the waters of the baltic sea. groups the withdrawal of troops from. the much for joining us this. for the british prime minister to resign may has apologized there was a disaster a week after the tragedy she also admitted the government failed in its you to help those affected. the support on the ground for families in the initial hours was not good enough people were left without belongings without roofs over their heads without even basic information about what happened what they should do that was a failure of the state local and national to help people when they needed it most as prime minister i apologize for that failure and as prime minister i've taken responsibility for doing what we can to put things right. years broke out last wednesday it was only put up more than twenty four hours later the death toll currently stands at at least seventy nine people the reason why in her government has been widely criticized for not doing enough to huge crowds gathered in central london today demanding her resignation

the baltics he and the russia is a country overlooking the baltic sea hope for that from america how would actually the americans with if say for example the chinese have actually flew with military jets. yes maybe and sort of a lot of bugs fewer miles of the american cause with an american aircraft carrying an american official you know they probably would declare war i mean this is the whole seeing the actually with the public opinion again this to america and we are on air i will actually need i mean they are much much bigger problems in the world actually than this kind of school playground bully it is the. continuation of the one izing russia for. political support a secret sumption internally the united states should not really reflect itself in this kind because this gives are extremely extremely dangerous always an easy clash between two pilots and then we're at war. the us state department has made a u. turn on trump's anti qatar rhetoric with a spokes person demanding explanation from the gulf states for their blockade of doha however policy shifts become something of a tre

there, in the baltic region is a very strong concern for nato and the country's concern. if we go even one level below that, to the sub regional level, here russia is concerned about the security of the leningrad. as much as we talk every day about leningrad, the russian military is concerned about their ability to hold the leningrad and in open conflict with nato. so, think of this whole approach over this whole situation as a russian. [inaudible] you have the strategic level and regional and subregional. at least, theoretical, it should be possible to arrive at some kind of quid pro quo low arrangement for the region because everyone could gain something and everyone has concerns in the region. what could that mean? it could mean mutual geographic limitation on manpower, equipment and other capabilities coupled with intrusive and transparent measures. we are not running short of ideas in that regard. kingston just mentioned a deep cuts commission and the last to report, particularly german came forward with practical ideas of what that can look like. then again, arms co

spy a plane flying toward the russian border made a provocative turn toward a baltic lead as you twenty seven which had been scrambled for an interception mission and encounters of such sword also took place right at the beginning of this june. claims that it has no knowledge show had no knowledge that the russian defense minister was on board the plane who would serve as sugar was heading back home jets followed him again this time though without approaching the aircraft. claims it's standard procedure the encounter comes at a sensitive time in russia u.s. relations. with the area of tension. in syria russia's foreign minister says he is currently waiting for an explanation from washington after a syrian military jet was shot down near the city of raka so i stress the pentagon is still treating various terror groups very differently for. the french we have to show that the u.s. is really tough as you. but we don't we call america bombing so actively. it's called known but it's constantly changing its name but it doesn't change its main. rushers now halted some corporation with us i was

defense minister has had a close encounter we can nato jets flying over the neutral waters of the baltic sea this video was filmed from start of plain white journalists you can see a nato f. sixteen jet flying just meters in the wing the russian twenty seven and squeezed between them to ward off point to. the question of as more details. as you have just seen from the video and the sixteen fighter jet has tried to approach of the russian defense ministers plane flying above the neutral waters of the baltic sea now russian as you twenty seven which was the scoring of the minister's aircraft got on its way and title its wings apparently showing that it is armed and right after the ads of the sixteen flew away now the minister was on route to the russian city of kaliningrad the baltic sea for a scheduled working meeting and this incident was first reported by jordan allies who were on board of the aircraft sedan and suchlike of apparently become more frequently just this monday a u.s. spy a plane flying towards the russian border made a provocative turn toward a baltic fleet as you twenty s

spy plane flying toward the russian border made a provocative turn toward the baltic. twenty seven which had been scrambled for an interception mission and encounters of such sort also took place right at the beginning of this to. medina question of life in moscow meanwhile the twenty seventeen confederations cup is in full swing let's get all the latest from the tournament and handover to neil harvey and stan collymore who are now special. welcome to our continuing coverage of the twenty seventeen confederations cup alongside me stan collymore. is it fair to say that the game that we're building up to in a couple of hours time is the biggest of the tournament so far russia against portugal it is the reason why they. don't have any qualification going to the last tour but they played in the european championships drew against england eleven project lost against slovakia last heavily against wire so this is a real opportunity to test themselves against the winners about european champions and of course. overall i was going to say who are the key players to look for obvi

spy plane in the baltic sea monday. the russian fighter jets wings were dirty, meaning it was armed with missiles under its wings. pentagon spokesman geoff davis said the russian pilot had poor control and was coming in at a high rate of speed. this happened one day after a u.s. navy f-18 super hornet shot down a syrian jet near the isa stronghold of raqqa which led to the russians issuing a warning to u.s. warplanes flying west of the euphrates river in syria. during our recent nato military exercise in the baltics, russian warplane's bomb these american bombers. monday's incident in the baltic comes a month after a russian fighter jet caused a u.s. navy surveillance aircraft over the black sea. in february, russian jets buzzed a u.s. navy guided missile destroyer in the black sea while the u.s. army was unloading dozens of tanks and 500 american soldiers arrived in romania. the same destroyer later fired tomahawk cruise missiles into syria. >> it's a great honor to be with the president of ukraine. >> white house, pre

plane in the baltics.ur next guest says there is a limit with putin and we might be about to reach it. >> i think it's more bluster than anything else. it is intended to sooth the wounds of the syrian military and particularly their air force that russia kind of has their back. >> shannon: that good man, jack keane, joins us next. >> bill: there is a discovery from nasa suggesting we may not be alone. when heartburn hits fight back fast with new tums chewy bites. fast relief in every bite. crunchy outside. chewy inside. tum tum tum tum new tums chewy bites. what's the story behind green mountain coffee and fair trade? let's take a flight to colombia. this is boris calvo. boris grows mind-blowing coffee. and because we pay him a fair price, he improves his farm and invest in his community to make even better coffee. all for a smoother tasting cup. green mountain coffee. >> shannon: this is a fox news alert. a u.s. air force fighter jet has shot down an armed iranian drone. it was flying near u.s.-backed for

make society more resilient not just those targeted by russia propaganda like the baltic state but also applies to our society. why was america so vulnerable to the russians interfering in the election? was it because the russians were so good because they are such superman, no, i think it has domestic roots in the united states. so let's talk about that. >> i know you we wanted to jump in. >> very quickly, i think it's very important to not see into russian behavior what we want it to be. so i would encourage you to actually go back and look at writings as they appear and sort of maybe trace them back to military journals because what you see is that there's perplexity about them thinking that the west think that is russian doctrine is hybrid so there's a lot of imaging going on in terms of perception. >> i'm curious to know what is the civil society grassroots feeling, concern about nuclear weapons in russia and does it matter and are there things that we should be doing to reach out to civil societies about nuclear weapon issues and disarmament? >> sounds like it's for you. >> russia

spy plane in the baltic sea monday. the russian fighter jet's wings were, quote, dirty meaning armed with missiles under its wings. pentagon spokesman captain jeff davis said the russian pilot had poor control and coming in at a high rate of speed. this happened one day after a u.s. navy f-18 super hornet shot down a syrian jet near the isis strong hold of raqaa which led to the russians issuing a stark warning to u.s. warplanes flying west of the euphrates river in syria. russian warplanes photobombs these american bombers. monday's incident in the baltics comes a month after russian fighter jet buzzed a u.s. navy surveillance aircraft over the black sea and in february, russian jets buzzed the u.s. navy guided-missile destroyer in the black sea while the u.s. army was unloading dozens of tanks and 500 u.s. arm soldiers arrived in a port in nearby romania. two months later, that same destroyer, u.s.s. porter fired the tomahawk cruise missiles hitting an airbase belonging to the russian-backed assad regime. >> thank you

spy plane and an armed russian jet over the baltic sea. the russian fighter jet approaching at high-speed tracking along the american reconnaissance right-wing at close distance and passing under it. at one point coming within five feet of the american aircraft. these kind of moves known as intercepts can be uncommon but unsafe ones like this are rare. two weeks weighing the russians intercepted this b-52 training over the baltic and they buzzed american destroyers in the black sea. >> sounds to me like a hot doggone russian pilot. this doesn't make any sense. it's dangerous maneuvers. >> reporter: the latest intercept coming on the same day that russian's defense ministry warned that any would be considered targets if they flew west of the euprates river. there was a drone heading towards a u.s. special training base. within minutes and without warning the russians -- the american pilot shot it down. >>> now back to our weather with dangerous heat across many parts of the country in phoenix paramedics were called to save overheated reside

spy plane like this one and an armed russian jet over the baltic sea. the russian fighter jet approaching at high speed tracking along the american reconnaissance plane's right wing at close distance. then passing under it, only to emerge off the other wing, at one point coming within five feet of the american aircraft. these kind of moves known as intercepts can be common, but unsafe ones like this are rare. just two weeks ago, the russians intercepted this b-52 training over the baltic. and russian fighters have also buzzed american destroyers in the black sea. >> sounds to me like a hot dogging russian pilot. this doesn't make any accepts. it's dangerous air maneuvers. >> reporter: the latest intercept coming on the same day that russia's defense ministry that warns any u.s. fighter planes fighting in syria will be in the target. today the u.s. testing russia's warning. in southern syria, a u.s. f-15 intercepted an armed iranian-made drone heading toward a u.s. special forces training base. within minutes and without warning russians, the american pi

ads of the sixteen flew away now the minister was on route to the russian city of kaliningrad the baltic sea for a scheduled working meeting and this incident was the first. reported by touring all those who were on board of the aircraft sid and such like apparently become more frequently just this a monday a u.s. spy a plane flying toward the russian border made a provocative turn toward a baltic fleet as you twenty seven which had been scrambling for an interest option mission and encounters of such sort also took place right at the beginning of this june the russians will be back well those words came from former homeland security secretary jeh johnson today as he testified before the house intelligence committee as part of the russia probe even though evidence of the so-called russian hack have yet to be produced at one point during the hearing johnson could not assure the committee of any proof the russians hacked or altered the twenty six thousand presidential election take a listen to that exchange at the time you separated from service in january. twenty seventh c. you have seen

aircraft over the baltic sea. the growing tensions between the two countries. we'll take a look at that in just a moment. stay with us. >>> welcome back everyone. we are learning belgian authorities are identified the man suspected of trying to bomb the brussels central station. officials are not providing more details. but they are treating this as a terrorist attack. belgian soldiers shot and killed the suspect and no one else was injured. witnesses say the man yelled islamist slogans before setting off at least one small explosion in an underground area of the crowded station. >> translator: when i walked down to the platform there was a man screaming be, scream and screaming he was talking about jihadis and things like that. at some point he screamed alla ac about a bar and debted nature the small suitcase he was olding and people skapd. >> as you heard there from officials they have not kmnted on whether the back yelled or god is great but the prosecutors office said soilgers moved in quickly and neutralized 9d suspect. >> the u.s. and russia are getting i

that is that the baltic countries are members of nato.ato is there to protect and defend all allies. the message we are sending with the battle groups we are deploying to the baltic countries is an attack on one ally will trigger the response from the whole alliance. by sending that message, we deliver credible deternce. deterrence is the way we have prevented conflict in europe for almost 70 years. >> that was dw's terry schultz talking with the secretary-general of nato. a u.s. warplane has shut down what the military says was an armed pro-syrian regime drone. it says the unmanned aircraft was bu bearing down on his forces near the syria-iraq border. the base is used to advise and train local ground forces. it comes days after another u.s. plane shot down a syrian fighter jet. tonight, south korea's president says that pyongyang bears a heavy responsibility for the death of the american student otto warmbier. with the president stopped short of saying that north korea killed him. he died several days after returning to the u.s. in a,. h

[inaudible] the regional military balance creates insecurity in the baltic states. i just came back from a recent research trip and i can tell you these guys are really afraid of what russia is doing with their borders. at the same time it might create misperception on behalf of nato. if both sides, nato and russia recognize that this is destabilizing and treated as a matter of high priority, they could focus on conflict management with the aim of preventing unintended escalation part however, what speaks against that is the. fact that russia reap benefits from its unpredictable behavior. i would go as far to say that unpredictability is a major element of the russian strategy with nato. in essence it would make it necessary to change the culture. they must outweigh those from confrontation and predictability. it means they would have to be willing to offer something significant. with that i mean something that goes beyond the immediate arms control goals and i think we should discuss that later as well, what that could be. what could be done? nato nato and russia d

into the baltics into the north atlantic and indeed into the pacific it's part of a global naval strategy by vladimir putin. one in your book you toured the oceans of the world you talk about the arms race. race around the pacific how concerned are you about china's military build up the possibility of aggression in the south china sea. i'm extremely concerned especially from the maritime perspective let's face it china could have an enormous army but they can't. really threaten the united states with an army what they can do with it capable maritime and air strategy. is dominate the south china sea which they claim in its entirety as chinese territorial waters. if we acquiesce in that laura they will have control of all those hydrocarbons billions of barrels of oil trillions of sgt cubic square feet of natural gas. and they will have control of the shipping lanes through which eighty percent of the pacific straight passes. that's not good strategy for the united states we need to be in that maritime game to prevent it so is it your contention that c. pow is just as relevant today. as it

. >> reporter: the jets were flying high over the baltic sea. a u.s. navy reconnaissance plane suddenly intercepted by a russian fighter approaching from behind, coming just five feet from the wingtip of the u.s. jet -- an encounter the americans called unsafe. >> it came in at such a high rate of speed, and was seemingly out of control, that it really concerned the u.s. aircraft pilots. >> reporter: russian aircraft have buzzed and intercepted not only u.s. aircraft but u.s. warships in the last year. last summer, during a training exercise in the baltics with the u.s air force, our fighter jet which flew safely wing tip to wing tip with other jets, was warned by nearby russian pilots we were getting too close to their border. we're flying over estonia now. just over to the east, to the right is russia. the americans said the russians were just being provocative, and continued the exercise. >> there we go. roll in left. >> reporter: while the u.s. intercepts russians as well, it has been within the safety norms. >> and martha raddatz joins us from was

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melissa: escalating tensions in the baltic sea.ussian fighter jet coming within five feet, five feet, of a u.s. military plane over the baltic sea. this is according to officials. the erratic move coming on the heels of russia's recent threat to the u.s. after shooting down a syrian jetfighter, fighter jet. pardon me. chris harmer, institute stud of war senior naval analyst. what do you make of this, chris? >> i make of it increasing tension between the russia and united states. russia knows on substantive basis, united states has twice the population, 10 times the gdp. no way that putin's russia compete with the united states in any relevant way. what put fin is trying to doing, sicknal to the domestic audience that he has back.to step up to us. they're doing silly things around periphery that they are capable of standings up to the united states. but more or less we should ignore what the russians are doing chart our own course without any regard what we think their reaction might be. melissa: we're looking at this escalating sit

forward to very exciting firstly it's more like venice than some pretty bird today we're near the baltic has been absolutely sensational the weather lots of people walking around we've seen a few cameroon fans through mexico friends but there are two main things i want to see the russian public react to their team a very young to their very disappointing let's not forget in the in the last european championships and also christiane a rebel dog lots of speculation in the sporting news across the planet today i. will leave round madrid quite incredible news maybe come to russia who knows but impossible that's ok let's talk a little bit now about the game of course it all kicks off tomorrow russia a new zealander getting ready to battle it out they're going to be playing at that brand new st petersburg stadium it was designed to look like a space ship that towers above the baltic sea coastline fantastic view we were lucky enough stan and i to check out they are. for ourselves. a sense a first impression exceptional perhaps a peaceful stadium it reminds me of when you get a smaller version o

. >> it started in the baltic. happened about 25 miles. and clearly international waters.intercepts are pretty common but how safe they are. this seemed particularly unsafe when you get to know the details and what happened is the russian plane came in at a high rate of speed within five feet of the u.s. recon sans plane's right wing and goes underneath, complete inviblz and then pops back up on the left side off the left wing of the russian plane. that gives you a sense it was unsafe and that's why there's a little bit of concern here at the pentagon. the plane is back safe now. now, over lay that with what's happening in syria. yesterday, the russians made this threat and said everything west of the euphrates river valley, by the u.s., would be taken as a target and could potentially be shot down. the u.s. tested that proposition just a few hours ago. there was a drone heading towards the u.s. special operations camp in southern syria well west of euphrates and tried to intercept it. it intercepted it, saw the wings were dirty, meaning it had a lot of weapons under the w

democrats like to compare baltic states that have much more entitlement, it runs very well but you are would not work well in the united states. >> so many differences, there are cultural differences, policy differences, ideology differences, geography, we are really looking at australia when you think about australia, the population of florida, there are more than there are australians to put it in perspective. it is something you got to consider. we don't have any countries that border us, we don't have pressure on people from other countries ensuring into australia. that is -- the first thing is in australia there is a view that healthcare is a right, from the time you are born to the time you die costs should be covered and taxpayer expense is very high and there is a different culture in the united states, sink or swim, and initiative, risk, capitalism and all that and that is why you could never have the australian system here because i don't think american people would ever buy into this idea that it is automatic. not saying there's anything wrong with way the country does it bu

sailer and marines participate in the baltic sea region. on the other side of the world the largest international marry thyme exercise brought together 26 nations including china along with 40 ships and submarines over 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel. a u.s.-led naval training maneuver near the gulf of guinea navy's pr five african countries tracked the hijacked tankers through their waters and successfully freed the vessel and rescued the hostages. horn of africa, u.s. naval forces command, operates the united states sole forward operating base on that continent. earlier this year, the marine corp.'s relocated their first operational squad ran of f 35 bs and increased the capability combat element in australia with four -- overall, the navy remains deeply engaged operating at a high tempo in harm's way providing options for national leadership, assuring allies and deterring adversaries. there is no expectation that demands will slow down based on the last 15 years pursuant on this slide. which shows deployment lengths have been increasin

an important military installations, that is the concern that nato has with regard to the baltic and escalation from the russians so i think there are some opportunities but as you can here already from my response , those are all, those are all military options. >> and as much as i like for instance, i can recommend the article my friend beck just wrote, this went forward in the related arms-control issues. we would like to see those arms control solutions but i have a feeling that that train has already left the station in that regard so let's work for damage limitation before we go too far. let me know and respect to the bilateral, i think it could be that trunk decides well, it's not a bad deal so let's just extend it for the next five years. he could do that. even against the background of the ins violations but nevertheless, we would just face five years later. or he decided against that and then you know, the strategic arms control mechanisms that we have in place will just wither away. and then that will throw a state that we had last seen in the very early 1970s and before t

gotland. 23 small island nations are competing in seven days of sport on the swedish island in the baltich over 2300 competitors. our reporterjen smith sent this from gotland a short while ago. the first day got off to a windy start here in gotland. officials decided to curb the swim at the seafront which kind of cost disadvantage so they are hoping to use that. it didn't impact on the men's favourite, he was second coming out of the swim but by the time he ran home he nearly lacks some of his rivals. in the women's event it was another success for jersey. stuart broad literally streets ahead of the competition. with her team—mates ninth and the third they easily won team gold as well. these strong early performances have seenjersey edge ahead in the medals table as the end the first day of competition. in second place is the host island of gotland, after claiming two golds in shooting. tonight this could all change here, and the athletics is where the isle of wight is hoping to begina where the isle of wight is hoping to begin a strong performance and guernsey also edging up in the table

it happened over the baltic sea on monday. the military released the images today. are not enough homes on the market for people that want to buy them. the median sales price rose to $345,800 last month. part of it is due to supply shortage combined with low interest rates. >> police are sharing the story of an unusual rescue. it wasn't a person they pulled out, it was a deer. it was trapped at penn's landing near the chart house restaurant. they used a dog noose to get the deer on to the boat. it was shivering but okay. when it got to dry land, it ran off on its own. >> these ladies have gotten back on their feet and secured housing. the event was hosted to commemorate their achievement. this is the first comprehensive support program in philadelphia. it serves 650 families a year. proud night for those young ladies. i didn't mean to interrupt. >> okay. >> we have potentially wet weather coming in, in the morning. >> heavy downpours. another line in the morning tomorrow and clearing out tomorrow as well as we look at double scan to the western suburbs we go. you ca

air force aircraft over the baltic sea. what's going on there?t, another place where the u.s. is being challenged in the skies. this of course thousands of miles away in northern europe. often u.s. and russian aircraft do encounter each other in the balt baltic. but this time, yes, within five feet. that's what sources are telling us that this russian plane flew erratically around a u.s. air force reconnaissance plane. the whole encounter, you know, unsafe in so many ways. the u.s. not happy about any of this. this is a so-called intercept where the russians flew a profile clearly aimed at doing something clearly unsafe in the eyes of the u.s., john. >> barbara starr, thanks so much. >>> this morning, outrage over the death off theo warmbier. senator john mccain has called it murder and is pressing on the president to take action. >> that's a brutal regime and we'll be able to handle it. >> secretary of state tillerson says north korea will be healld accountable. now, the latest on otto warmbier's family and this awful chain of events. >> if you

russia has interfered or attempted to interfere in elections in france, the netherlands, the baltics to the balkans. including support for far right and far left parties, opposed to historically successful european institutions in post world war ii western alliances. for example, russia has provided support and financial assistance to the far-right party of marine le pen in france in a very blatant and obvious way. russia's launched cyber attacks against political parties and government institutions in several western countries. they've also released stolen information in an effort to steer elections in a particular direction. and as we saw in the french elections with their release of information about then candidate macron. germany's parliament has been cyber attacked, with members' e-mailed hacked and stolen. most observers express this stolen information to be utilized before this fall's national elections in germany. as in the united states, russia aggressively uses trolls and bots to spread fake news and disinformation with the goal of weakening european institutions and drivin

they are actively undermining the baltic countries. it is where they support through so called fake news or misleading journalism, parties that are committed to breaking apart nato, withdrawing from the eu. these are very challenging dynamics. in conversations earlier this year i was haunted by a question from a diplomat from an eastern european country observing that our had been attacked and they saw no concerted action at that point by the administration to respond to that in countries where the democracy is more fragile and more immediately under threat from a power that has an alternative vision that's a significant question. to show russian citizens or those that are most at risk that they are flourishing, that they enjoying more political freedoms because of these core values of open societies, not in spite of. that debate is playing out around the world. >> i think if i may just ask you to follow up a little by more on that in terms of when you go to these countries and you talk about this, who do you meet with? how does that w

. >>> a russian fighter ship intercepted over the baltic sea. the russian jet reportedly flew five five feet of the u.s. plane. the incident happened the same day president trump met with ukrainian president poroshenko, white house officials called it a drop to the oval office. ahead of that meeting, poroshenko said on twitter it's important that he meet with president trump earlier than russian president vladimir putin. >>> still ahead, almost a year after that fatal shooting, a police shooting of castille, authorities released dash cam video. >>> plus, dangerous temperatures. bill karins back with another check on the weather, when we come back. where's jack? he's on holiday. what do you need? i need the temperature for pipe five. ask the new guy. the new guy? jack trained him. jack's guidance would be to maintain the temperature at negative 160 degrees celsius. that doesn't sound like jack. actually, jack would say, hey mate, just cool it to minus 160 and we're set. good on ya. oh yeah. that's jack. good on ya. take the zantac it challenge! p

the annexation of the baltic states, the huge advances of the red army place enormous areas of easternurope under soviet domination. marshal stalin was probably the midi yield over a table that which he had seized in battle. nevertheless he agreed on free elections. amid the ruin of countries such as poland, they were held. were, --lfer they though how free they were, was a matter of opinion. with communists already in key posts, it was no surprise things what their way. if anything else was needed to make the victory certain, there was always the presence of the secret police and a number of soldiers of occupying red army. in peoples exhausted by war or -- were hardly likely to resist such coercion with determination for all their energies were engaged in putting one brick back upon another. in western europe where destruction have been lighter, morale was much higher. here, regimentation had been accepted only because without it winning the war would not of been possible. now is the end of the war, the essential freedoms of democracy burst out with new vigor. there was determination

and they have done this in numerous instances with both respect to planes and ships in the baltic.still pushing forward. let's not mistake vladimir putin here for someone warm and fuzzy. he is tough as iron, cynical and pushing to see how far he can get. and still has yet to see material pushback from the ministration. >> meanwhile the shakeup in the middle east. a realignment continues with the saudi king appointing his 31-year-old son as a crown prince. kind of taking an older guy a cousin that was in there before. i am just wondering, any connection between the trump visit and this? >> i am worried, not because i disagree with modernizing of the king and the new crown prince. there is a lot to be said for what they want to do. but the balance of power within the extraordinarily large saudi world family has been negotiated after a long period of time. i do not think we have seen the end of this succession struggle and while i certainly welcome modernization in saudi arabia, let's be clear, the - still hold enormous power and i very much fear that if the modernization is not done

aircraft over the baltic in dangerous intercepts. armed russian us-27 erratically flying within 5 feet of an rc-45 reconnaissance aircraft. these unsafe incidents are not new. in 2016 a russian fighter jet by the u.s. navy destroyer. vladimir putin has defended their provocative actions telling oliver stone. >> what was the donald cook doing so close to our land? who was trying to provoke whom? and we are determined to protect our territory. >> reporter: defense secretary james mattis's view has not changed since he took office. he recently told congress he has few expectations about military cooperations. wolf? >> all right, barbara, barbara starr at the pentagon. thanks very much. want to get back to congressman eric swalwell. congressman, do you believe these incidents with russia will encourage president trump to take the threat posed by putin more seriously? >> in two thoughts, wolf, first, whether it was bad judgment or collusion, time will tell. but the president through his campaign and this administration has drawn us awfull