. >> then they moved the body to bulgaria on a monday. by wednesday, we got the urn back.e think it's nicer to give the person who died a seperate spot, a spot at home, and thus think of them. >> the demand for cremations is rising all across the country. economic hardship in greece has left few people able to afford a private grave. antonis alakiotis has been lobbying for many years to allow people to opt for less expensive cremation. he began his campaign ten years ago, to fulfil the last wish of a friend. he also had to send the body to bulgaria. >> every year 100 thousand people die in greece. we estimate that three to four percent of them would like to be cremated. a grave in a cemetery is only owned for a certain period. after three years, the remains must be exhumed. demand for cremation will rise as a result of this unacceptable situation. >> the powerful greek orthodox church has up to now blocked the building of crematories. they say cremation is inconsistent with the faith and tradition. the church refuses to give interviews on the issue. the threat of some bish

the party chairman for nearly a quarter of a century and one of bulgaria's most influential bulgaria'sial political figures. he takes the podium for the live televised event where he's expected to announce his retirement and propose his replacement. >> mr. dogan came to give his speech. i was sitting actually right in front of the place where mr. dogan was speaking. i was sitting in a second row. >> dogan is giving his speech when unexpectedly, an unknown person dressed in black approaches the stage. >> i saw this young man walking up to him and i thought, okay, this is probably a technician that has some work to do, maybe one of the make phones doesn't work. >> nothing seems out of the ordinary until the man pulls out a weapon and points it directly at the politician's face. >> the audience was frozen when he was pulling it out, pulled the trigger and there was no shot. >> it all happens in a flash. television cameras capture dogan staring into the barrel of the gun! then mr. dogan reacted. he pushed the gun away and i thought it was great, mr. dogan is not that young but he pushed hi

. >> he said that multinational command centers would be set up in bulgaria, lithuania, poland and romania with immediate effect. >> our correspondent has been following that summit in brussels for us. the nato secretary-general said that nato is prepared to defend its allies. did he elaborate on that? how far is nato willing to go here? >> nato is a military alliance and is obliged to defend everyone in the end. nato would have the means or obligation to defend if there is a russian attack, but this is a very unlikely event. nobody has calculated that rush is about to attack anyone. it is meant to deter russia from further aggression and is also meant to reassure especially the baltic states that nato is standing by because there is no big nato headquarters are nato troops. this is kind of a reassurance that nobody would come to help them. >> as you said already, it's basically just assigned towards moscow not to push it any further, but will that be enough? one of the kremlin is an impressed by this at all? >> well, nato is excluding any military option in this conflict. nato is relying

maybe you didn't read the cable asking for more glassware in bulgaria. this is a cable saying we have a life and death problem here. you didn't read the cables. i looked at her, and said to her, by your actions, by your dereliction of duty, by not providing security for americans, you have absolutely precluded yourself from ever being considered for higher office. [applause] to get bigger, bolder, to win elections, we have to reach it out. we have a bigger party. the party has to look like america. with tattoos, without long hair, with hearings, you name it. -- with earrings, you name it. we have to look like america. black, white, rich, poor. lincoln wrote, he sa

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survive, a couple of deaths reported in the human population as well and it's from the coast to bulgariablack sea and this is a couple days ago and it has been an ongoing situation. and the weather in europe at the moment is circulating around itself, the center of the low is scandanavia and behind you is the satellite picture moved quickly on a forecast shows that we still have a lot of rain from western turkey and the black sea and that i think is not important, it left the balkins dry a few days and what is developing in the west is likely stormy. western med mediterranean and this is snow and hits the warm mediterranean and snow and pretty strong winds and north of africa is not the place to be the next couple days. >> thanks very much rob. still to come on the program, lebanese fishermen find themselves entangled in syria's war plus. >> i'm daniel in buenos aires where investigations of a prosecutor making controversial accusations against a president. >> in sport the mets leave it late in the nba and we will be here with the details. ♪ ♪ hello again the top stories on al jazeera, t

poland romania, and bulgaria. it will have what's being called a spearhead force, up to 5,000 troops. they'll be ready to deploy within a few days. well nato's secretary general says this is a critical time for security in europe and that russia continues to violate international law in ukraine. >> we have all of the increase of military presence in the east on part of the alliance. today, we will take further steps to make our forces more ready and more responsive. we will decide on the size and the composition of the new speed of the force and assure that it can be deployed in a matter of days. we will strengthen our existing nato response force, and we will decide on establishing commands and control units in six of our eastern allied countries. these units will make it easier to deploy nato forces rapidly. they will support collective defense and help coordinate multinational exercises. our decision made clear that nato is determined to defend all allies against any threat from from any direction. >> the nato

. >> we have those populations in latvia estonia and bulgaria. >> there are people who wrote a book salethe century. >> the annexation of russia was a violation. there has been an existential threat false narrative that crimea and then russia is going to take all these other lawyers. >> latvia lithuania all were part of russia. >> history. the core problem is n.a.t.o. expansion, that george ca said was a fate -- george ca said what is a fateful area. it was perceived as not a sorority or fraternity but a military organization. the parameters negotiated settlement in minsk, and have been on the table for months. it includes no nato expansions. >> do you believe they'll get a deal in minsk? >> it will be tough, but the alternative is disaster. if you go back to the soviet union, so were the countries, the russian foreign ministry wants to extend the umbrella. ukraine is an existential problem. i go to russia i go for 35 years, the upper marriage gorbachev's wife was ukranian. the baltics go. what stake does russia have. they have economic problems. i would say the real domestic problem is

on a visit to bulgaria, the foreign minister accused the russian separatists of violating the cease-fire. >> unfortunately in the past 24 hours there have been 112 attacks by the terrorists. these include all -- artillery attacks, mortar attacks, and attacks with rockets. >> separatist forces claimed they came under fire despite the truce that was reached last week. civilians 50 kilometers to the north say that forces were attempting to take the town. >> despite talk of the cease-fire for two days, we have not felt it. >> the ukrainian army started an offensive on sunday with 36 tanks and 1500 troops. what kind of cease-fire is it when they launch offensives against us? >> in moscow president putin and his security council described the fragile peace as a positive development. despite tensions between, angela merkel and victor pershing co the leaders driving the cease-fire talks says that key ever continue to do this as tensions simmer on the ground. >> yuri is in kiev for us. how desperate is the situation there? rebels still have the government troops surrounded and i guess the residen

maybe you didn't read the cable asking for more glassware in bulgaria. this is a cable saying we have a life and death problem here. you didn't read the cables. i looked at her, and said to her, by your actions, by your dereliction of duty, by not providing security for americans, you have absolutely precluded yourself from ever being considered for higher office. [applause] to get bigger, bolder, to win elections, we have to reach it out. we have a bigger party. the party has to look like america. with tattoos, without long hair, with hearings, you name it. we have to look like america. black, white, rich, poor. lincoln wrote, he said i find mercy to bear richer fruit than strict justice. i like the quote. when i think of a quote, i think of how do you find justice ? many believe in redemption, in second chances. many believe justice is a balancing act between punishment and rehabilitation. many believe violent criminals sometimes do have to be separated and should be separated for a long time, or maybe forever. many of us believe that if you have been

look at their neighbors such as macedonia and bulgaria and they have troubles but all of their economies are in better shape than greece. all those three countries have low income tax rates of 10%. greece has to put in it -- a progrowth program or -- [inaudible] they have the right formula. i do not think they want to push for the structural changes to get these economies growing again and so if you do not have those structural changes, you're going to have a political problem, not just an economic one. you have radical hearties growing in strength and portugal and spain that have elections this year. you see the rise of the union in france, the xena phobic national union and you see radical parties growing in other parts of europe. so they must put in progress measures instead of these mindless austerity measures which end up crushing the private sector which is self-defeating. >> in germany and brussels, the finance ministers who word -- who were negotiating there so driven by the fear of contagion still that they will do whatever it takes just to try and keep greece and the eurozone.

albania's not the only one facing all of this flooding greece macedonia, bulgaria, all dealing with the major water problems here because of this weather pattern that we have seen in the southern portions of europe. and we are going to see even more rainfall as we continue on into tuesday, another low pressure system has developed in the western portions of the mediterranean. and that combination of cold air wrapping around and then bringing in the collision with the warm air, that's when it's going to really pick up steam and bring rain into the italian peninsula and also into the balkan peninsula. we're looking at areas of up to 80 millimeters of rainfall in the next 72 hours. that may not sound particularly impressive but when you already have land that's saturated with water and rivers having problems when it comes to the rain this type of amount over this time period could be a serious issue. it will drop really quickly in some of these red-shaded areas where the rain is dropping really quickly and that could be a problem. on top of that we're dealing with severe weather, strong gu

and bulgaria. as we look up the forecast. we are likely to see heavy downpours over the next 24 hours. they are starting to move across the black sea region. out to the west it looks as though we'll see further rain coming down from the north. more snow showers on the way. >> better pack a broly. thanks >>> two men head a record-breaking voyage from japan to mexico using a helium balloon, taking them 10,000km across the specific. >> the world's longest ever helium balloon fight caused smiles and waes in japan. and the landing of two eagles off mexico's north-west coast. >> now we are feeling good and optimistic. and really good to be amongst it all. >> reporter: american troy bradley and russian leon. >> d t. >> ukhtyaer spent 100 headquarters crammed together. the route taking them over the pacific ocean, beating record for gas-filled flights. they use the latest technology to do it. the capsule weighs 100 kilos and stuffed with the art. the data will be analysed from new records. blooming captured public attention. helped b

it is a production between frabs, spain, and bulgaria, it was shot in green land and it is being premierede. and the spanish director are really big here this year. there are a lot of them all over the competition echos in the mountain, being shown but other films from the likes of venezuela, chili, and mexico. 300,000 tickets have been sold for this year's and this, of course is only the first night, and for the next ten days lit be very busy around here. you can find much more on all our stories click on to is aljazeera.com, aljazeera.com. and that's just about it for this particular news hour, i am back with more news in a couple of minutes, bye bye. >> an america tonight investigation >> somebody could come in and take our home away from us >> it was a law that helped condo developments stay afloat >> we would have to sell and have to leave our unit >> now, this law is being used to take peoples homes >> there's nobody helping us... >> honest people, losing hope... >> i didn't fight vietnam so that someone could take my property away from me >> hard sell an america tonight investigatio

you may remember one from a couple years ago in bulgaria.bollah attacked a group of israeli tourists, mostly young people, and killed a handful of them, and injured 30-some. that would not be possible without the iranians. next, you've got iranian support to these shia militia groups. in some ways, that's helpful to us today in iraq because they are fighting isis, but those same shia groups killed american soldiers in iraq by the dozens and dozens. then you've got iranian support to regional insurgent groups. you've got iranian support in yemen, and you saw the result of that. they took over the capital. took over the government. and you've got iranian support to the shia opposition in bahrain. you got iranian support to shia opposition in the eastern provinces of saudi arabia. all that is designed to overthrow those regimes and put in regimes like you have in syria, who are close to iran. charlie: someone said you have two choices in circumstances like this, either change the regime or change the behavior. what should be our policy? mike: t

there's a version of this in bulgaria so here they are in this poorer wracked ruined catastrophic situation trying to affect war through these plotted coup on the basis of the relationship which made stalin and the general secretary of the party. so that reflects a sophisticated understanding of foreign affairs. is that reflects a sophisticated understanding of the capabilities of the soviet union? it's kind of a crazy gopher broke what have we got to lose strategy. so we see him reading through marking up text. then we see them behaving with the crazy small conspiracy and that is stalin in both cases. thank you. [applause] now columnist and human rights activist rafia zakaria recounts her family's immigration to pakistan in 1962 and how the country's islamization campaign of the 1980s impaired women's rights and affected her family. this runs about an hour. [inaudible conversations] >> hi everyone. can you hear me in the back? thank you for coming out tonight. before we get started if you could take a minute to turn off or silencer cell phones and secondly it would be great if you could do

. >> are european countries refusing to communicate, failing to communicate with turkey bulgaria, where they enter syria? >> it seems so. taking the three girls from the u.k. it's tough to conceive. what happens from the communication from scotland yard to the turkish authorities. we see again and again the challenges. information sharing is better and better but a long way to go. >> i have to say, if you pass through the airports we are talking about. gatwick, heath row, and look at istanbul. the sheer number of people that might fit the profile, you get a sense of how tough it is to stem the flow. other countries have begun to confiscate passports, would be recruiters and fighters could is backfire and lead to more home-grown attacks. >> potentially. there are countermeasures upsides, and downsides. we saw a few instances - like australia and canada - where individuals intended to go and were thwarted and then acted out. it's important for the government's balance to stop the flow, the constructive step to get to the battle front. >> there seems to be no one single answer. thank you s

they will be based in bulgaria astoria latvia, poland and romania. and basically their task is that if a crisis occurs, that occurs they will have to coordinate and plan how to follow the secretary general said that the national and nato international forces work as well. >> and katrina what about the diplomatic efforts to secure a cease fire, how is that likely to play out? >> well there have been certain questions raised during the day whether this will just sparkle the tensions while nato officials believe that it at least should not rise an further tensions. everybody here is really -- everybody here is emphasizing that the solution can be only reached in a peaceful, diplomatic way. so in this respect there will be certain meetings. they will try to talk to moscow and rush are sha, to cry to ensure the cease fire. however, as the secretary general all this is kind of a response because of the intensive way to the threats coming from russia, and nato, they need to be kind ready for whatever is coming. >> thank you for talking to us. >> coming up h

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a pipeline had been planned to go through bulgaria but that has been scrapped now. enter europe via ukraine and belarus, and a third brings gas under the baltic to germany. let's go live to moscow. rory challands is with us. it seems gas is being useded as a weapon in the war of words between russia and ukraine. >> reporter: yeah, and yet again, that seemingly intermable gas negotiation wrangleing that was going on last year well it seems here we go again. so a little bit of background to what has been going on. last week kiev basically said it was going to stop supplying gas to the separatists regions of eastern ukraine, because they said there was a damaged pipeline. russia stepped in and started pumps gas across the border. ukraine said the pipeline had been fixed, but it wouldn't pay for the gas that russia has given to the eastern parts, because it had no idea how much russia had actually supplied and therefore wasn't going to pay for it. yesterday we have from the head of gazprom, the russian gas giant saying unless kiev paid it prepayment obligations for marc

want to take you to bulgaria the flooding remarkable.urricane-force wind gusts to speak of as well. the country's coast, some of the rushing water has forced dozens of homes, cut off villages and towns. at least two people have lost their lives here and several others are missing. of course this pattern really just a mess in that region. the southeastern part of albania, the river overflowed. some villagers were rescued and taken to safety but there were high livestock losses. more rain expected through the end of the week across this region. and the numbers have been staggering when it comes down to how much rainfall. in europe a month's worth of rain has come down in parts of mont negro. of course any snow that has come down is now falling across this region. and that's what's going on in the south of europe. we'll have more news coming up with rosie and john, shortly. it's even better. [evie] i go up...heeeeyyy... [alex] when i put my feet up on this bed my stress just goes away. [announcer] visit your local retailer and discover how

learned of the paris attack weakness in terror coordination learned when a suspect found in bullgaria bulgarian't be transferred to paris because of lack of legislation defining them as jihadists. so those gaps are leading to run their abilities inside europe and possibly could be exploited by the terrorists. >> reporter: and that is a worry. terrorists are learning too. >> it's a learning process that the terrorists are going through to adapt to see what works and what doesn't. >> reporter: in denmark, and across europe the challenge learned better, learned faster than the enemy. nic robertson, cnn, copenhagen, denmark. >>> italy is raising some concerns about the spread of isis and its influence into libya. >> the italian foreign minister on wednesday calls for urgent international action to stop libya from falling into chaos. authorities announced plans to deploy soldiers in cities across italy to guard against possible terrorist attacks. >> this map shows just why italy is so concerned about the situation in libya. bottom line they're not far apart. there's been a surge of refugees fleeing

look at the footage on bulgaria not far from the black sea. significant flooding.saying a state of emergency in these areas hit hard and also from hurricane-force winds. the coast also seeing flooding where dozens of homes have been inundated. you see sandbags there to protect the communities, and the thames have been above the norm that -- the temperatures have been so far above the norm that flooding is a problem. a lot of land being flooded with the recent rainfall. y now and then i get a little bit hungry ♪ ♪ and there's nothing good around ♪ ♪ turn around, barry ♪ ♪ i finally found the right snack ♪ [ female announcer ] fiber one. i'm only in my 60's. i've got a nice long life ahead. big plans. so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i looked at my options. then i got a medicare supplement insurance plan. [ male announcer ] if you're eligible for medicare, you may know it only covers about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. call now and find out about an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unit

bulgaria temperatures have been about 7 to 10 celsius above normal so 19 to 25 plus on the fahrenheitinly a state of emergency here in effect as the area is not only hit by floods but hurricane-force winds. the country's coast there, rushing water has flooded dozens of homes and cut off villages as well. we know of two fatalities in this region in recent days because of the flooding concerns. albania, we know thousands of hectares flooded. there you go 180 millimeters, roughly 7 inches. 200 is the monthly average for this region. so it has been rather soggy the southern portion of europe rarnd the mediterranean. >> do you like muscular nude men riding -- >> i'm not going to answer that. >> this story is for you, if you do. >> you got me at the top. >> see you tomorrow. >>> experts may have solved the mystery of two sculptures. after detailed study, experts say the sculpt tours bear the hallmarks of the renaissance master down to the belly but the ton. evidence linking them to michelangelo will be presented in july. meanwhile, both pieces will be on display in cambridge, england until

in bulgaria, estonia, latvia lithuania, holland -- poland and armenia. if the crisis arises, they will assure national and nato forces from across the alliance are able to act as one from the start. they will make rapid deployment easier, support planning for collective defense, and help coordinate training and a are sizes. >> jordan has intensified its airstrikes on the islamic state following the immolation of a captured jordanian fighter pilot in syria. jordan says dozens of fighter jets struck isis sites on thursday in syria, and for the first time, in iraq. jordan has vowed to expand its role in the u.s.-led anti-isis coalition following the pilot's death. jordan's announcement followed reports that the united arab emirates, a key coalition member, suspended its airstrikes in december over concerns for its pilots' safety. meanwhile, scores of people were killed in and around the syrian capital of damascus on thursday when rebels fired a barrage of rockets into several neighborhoods and government warplanes bombed opposition-held areas. greece's new

maybe you didn't read the cable asking for more glassware in bulgaria. this is a cable saying we have a life and death problem here. you didn't read the cables. i looked at her, and said to her, by your actions, by your dereliction of duty, by not providing security for americans, you have absolutely precluded yourself from ever being considered for higher office. [applause] to get bigger, bolder, to win elections, we have to reach it out. we have a bigger party. the party has to look like america. with tattoos, without long hair, with hearings, you name it. we have to look like america. black, white, rich, poor. lincoln wrote, he said i find mercy to bear richer fruit than strict justice. i like the quote. when i think of a quote, i think of how do you find justice russian mark many believe in redemption, in second chances. many believe justice is a balancing act between punishment and rehabilitation. many believe violent criminals sometimes do have to be separated and should be separated for a long time, or maybe forever. many of us believe that if you

you may remember one from a couple of years ago in bulgaria, where hezbollah attacked a group of israeli tourists, mostly young people and killed a handful of them and injured 30-some. hezbollah conducts those attacks that would not be possible without the iranians. next you've got iranian support to the shi'a militia groups. you know in some-- you know, in some ways, that's helpful to us today in iraq because they're fighting isis. but those same shi'a groups those same shi'a groups killed american soldiers in iraq by the dozens and dozens and dozens. then you've got iranian support to regional insurgent groups. so you've got iranian support to the houthis in yemen and you just saw the result of that. they swept south and took over the cap dal tal. >> rose: took over the government. >> took over the government. and you have iranian support to the shi'a opposition in bahrain that we talked about. you have awns opposition to the eastern providence in saudi arabia. all of that report is designed to overthrow those rejeems and put in rejeems like you have in syria who are close to iran. >>

i have found, when i have traveled to the baltic region, or to poland, or to bulgaria recently and elsewhere, they're just getting flooded with propaganda. and propaganda is exactly that. it's propaganda. it has the ability to affect the minds of those who hear it if they don't hear alternatives. >> well, mr. secretary, we're on the same page with you. i think your request was $1.3 million to confront russian propaganda in this budget. >> correct. >> we're on the same wavelength, mr. engel and i and the committee with you on this. just, if i could just turn to one other issue that's going to be a topic here of this hearing today. and that is the question that is on our mind in terms of aumf to ensure that the commander in chief has the authority needed to decisively defeat the enemy, and that will be part of our dialogue here with you this morning. i will turn now to mr. engel for his opening questions. >> thank you mr. chairman. again welcome mr. secretary. mr. secretary, i mentioned to you just before the hearing began my concern about a report, it was in yesterday's "new york times," that

at options to put some of them in latvia or that the when you come a stone you poland, romania, bulgaria> that is ben hodges, the commanding general of the u.s. army in europe. bringing in former soviet state and others, what does this mean? >>'s presence in love the a? -- his presence in latvia? he is in ukraine now. you heard what strobe talbott said. we have to do everything now to defend ukraine. either way, he doesn't mention there are two ukraine's. what about the people in the east? has a nephew entity? you referred to me as emeritus. that means i remember things. i remember when we hit these kind of cold war extremes back during the last cold war, people spoke out in opposition in this country. not just ordinary folks, but senators, members of congress, even the administration was divide. "the new york times" and "the washington post." the american war party is on the march. you can see how close we are to literally a military confrontation with russia and there is not one word of establishment, mainstream opposition. is this good or bad? do we go to war? did we have a debate bef

bulgaria's currency collapsed in 1996. within a weekend, it was restructured.d to the deutsche mark. we have key people involved in that kind of exercise. everybody agrees that, of all the currencies, the euro is one of the worst designed in our lifetimes. the guys behind this have had 5 6, 7 years to sort this out. if it were a commercial enterprise, we would be lost. >> but greece is not argentina. they do not have a commodity-based to build upon. this is what blows my mind. everybody writing these papers -- they have not got what everyone else has got. they have tourism and shipping and a certain number of industries but a lot of people are dealing in the abstract here. >> one other thing they do not have is financial institutions tracking down there economy in the way that the big banks are damaging economies of the major countries in europe. to cut yourself off from this mess would not necessarily be a bad thing. we published some papers not from the point of view of italian malpractice or malfeasance, but showing that central banks simply do not know the

maybe you didn't read the cable asking for more glassware in bulgaria. this is a cable saying we have a life and death problem here. you didn't read the cables. i looked at her, and said to her, by your actions, by your dereliction of duty, by not providing security for american mission in benghazi, you have absolutely precluded yourself from ever being considered for higher office. [applause] to get bigger, bolder, to win elections, we have to reach it out. we have a bigger party. the party has to look like america. with tattoos, without long hair, with earrings, you name it. with hearings, you name it. we have to look like america. black, white, rich, poor. lincoln wrote, he said i find mercy to bear richer fruit than strict justice. i like the quote. when i think of a quote, i think of how do you find justice ? many believe in redemption, in second chances. many believe justice is a balancing act between punishment and rehabilitation. many believe violent criminals sometimes do have to be separated and should be separated for a long time, or maybe for

saying that if they can't get this deal with putin on wednesday when they have a summit meeting in bulgariathey're going to be more sanctions coming but we'll see, stuart. we'll see. it's tough. stuart: momentarily, we're waiting, they are about 20 minutes late as we speak. congressman scott garrett is with us, republican from new jersey. she my congressman. welcome to the show. >> good to be with you again. thank you. stuart: don't want to suggest what might be coming up at the press conference. i want your opinion. would you support tougher sanctions imposed on putin now, because you're very familiar with the financial markets. you're on the budget committee. you're on the capital markets committee. you're the man with money you're all about money. do you support tougher sanctions on putin, here and now. >> you have to lay the groundwork for this, what is the united states obligation in this area the 1994 budapest agreement that's when ukraine gave up their nuclear stockpile, right? and the world was thankful for that. in exchange the united states england, russia and china and france on

there's a version of this in bulgaria so here they are in this poorer wracked ruined catastrophic situation trying to affect war through these plotted coup on the basis of the relationship which made stalin and the general secretary of the party. so that reflects a sophisticated understanding of foreign affairs. is that reflects a sophisticated understanding of the capabilities of the soviet union? it's kind of a crazy gopher broke what have we got to lose strategy. so we see him reading through marking up text. then we see them behaving with the crazy small conspiracy and that is stalin in both cases. thank you. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> hi everyone. can you hear me in the back? thank you for coming out tonight. before we get started if you could take a minute to turn off or silencer cell phones and secondly it would be great if you could do us a favor, come to her audience microphone over here in that way though c-span and politics and prose will get your question as well as answers to them. lastly if you get is a huge favor. fold up your chairs. it will help us have more ro

i have found when i have traveled to the baltic region, or to poland, or to bulgaria recently and elsewhere, they're just getting flooded with propaganda. and propaganda is exactly that. it's propaganda. it has the ability to affect the minds of those who hear it if they don't hear alternatives. >> well mr. secretary, we're on the same page with you. i think your request was $1.3 million to confront russian propaganda in this budget. >> correct. >> we're on the same wavelength mr. engel and i and the committee with you on this. just, if i could just turn to one other issue that's going to be a topic here of this hearing today. and that is the question that is on our mind in terms of aumf to ensure that the commander in chief has the authority needed to decisively defeat the enemy, and that will be part of our dialogue here with you this morning. i will turn now to mr. engel for his opening questions. >> thank you mr. chairman. again welcome mr. secretary. mr. secretary, i mentioned to you just before the hearing began my concern about a report, it was in yesterday's "new york times," that s

it floods the front line states bulgaria, et cetera, et cetera. it has a major impact. we just frankly are not allocating the money to counter the way we ought to be. and we're fully prepared to go out there and undertake this. senator, you members of the juried at the beginning why we use oko, this is one of the reasons. we rely on oko, frankly, because appropriations aren't on time. so, we need multi-year authority to do multi-year tasks. and we need to get the resources to respond to this kind of thing. about $7 billion in oko and we're putting a fair amount of that into afghanistan, iraq, pakistan and syria, humanitarian assistance, counterterrorism, partnership, countering russian pressure. we have $350 million. so that's how we're bolsterring ukraine, moldova, georgia, to actually go after this. it's not enough. i'm just telling you bluntly. it's not enough. and they're spending hugely on this vast propaganda machine which people believe in the places they get them because there's nothing countering it. according to people in many of those states we're the problem