to make it possible for the political leadership to again invade chechnya.the first chechen war was a disaster. it was organized hurriedly and unprepared troops were thrown into battle in the narrow streets that were annihilated in the war dragged on for two years and ended with the victory by the chechen guerrillas. the second war was much better prepared and the tactics that were used were much more violent the indiscriminate showing including of refugee columns followed ultimately by security sweeps in which thousands of people disappeared but from the point of view of a not very well informed russian public it appeared that vladimir putin who had been put in charge of the war, even before he was elected resident, was carrying out the war effectively, was avenging the attack on innocent russian people who were murdered in their beds by terrorists with no mercy and no moral values at all. he is a result became a national hero. his poppy or degrading went up dramatically to the point where a person to refuse to campaign who had no local career previous to b

and remove the russian army from chechnya. >> it was unprecedented.avily armed terrorists traveling 2,000 kilometers, arriving undetected, unhindered, and taking 800 hostages in central moscow. it was a massive triumph and success as far as he was concerned. >> the siege drags onto a second day, then a third. then after 57 hours, a development. russian officials tell the rebels a negotiator is coming to discuss terms for a russian withdrawal from chechnya. >> eventually they were told that the main general in the war was going to come and talk to them. there was a sense that after two days of standoff they had managed to finally achieve a breakthrough. >> but the russian government has another plan in mind. >> the russians have no intention of allowing the main general in the war to go inside. they tricked the terrorists, alluring them into a sense of false security. so they lowered their guard. they relaxed. >> and they're going to pay for that. at 5:45 a.m., russian forces make their move, staging a full scale assault. they pump a cold war era weapo

when the war was fighting, i went down to chechnya to advocate for people.ou seem things, the breakdown. this is to be a bipartisan issue. if a president reagan, scoop and tom lantos. the words in the declaration of independence were a covenant not only with the people of and 1787,ia in 1776 but a covenant with the entire world. that covenant has been relatively shredded. everything that take place in government, particularly in congress is downstream from culture. if the congress is not hearing from the culture, from the public about this issue, it ceases to be an issue. passedocide resolution breed it was wonderful. i appreciate secretary kerry speaking out. since that time, nothing has been done. i think the church needs to dominationsl the have to advocate. west are just singing and drowninglouder out the cries. andfact that the culture the public is not rising up. we do not have ronald reagans and henry hydess. effects,t mention the if any, from the u.s. commission on religious freedom. what are they doing? rep. wolf: i think they are doing a good job.

i don't recall there being accountability for what happened in chechnya. i would like to suggest that russia, given it already has some liability -- and i have spoken about this on some panels -- it is hard to imagine they would agree to a situation that would create political accountability in the u.n. i am a group that is very involved in working with the ambassador to deal with judicial acts. i am wondering how this issue of isis accountability fits into this question of accountability by the syrian regime. in other words, some of us are working specifically on that issue and it is clear the state department has not developed a sense of how to deal with that. i would expect because the assad issue would work in a different way. does the administration have a position on that now? , ambassadorng, invested o rapp, what it should do about that issue of targeted minorities? you the state department and other agencies are actively looking and compiling evidence of crimes against humanity, war crimes and thatide in syria and iraq might have been perpetrated b

i don't recall there being accountability for what happened in chechnya. i would like to suggest that russia, given it already has some liability -- and i have spoken about this on some panels -- it is hard to imagine they would agree to a situation that would create political accountability in the u.n. i am a group that is very involved in working with the ambassador to deal with judicial acts. i am wondering how this issue of isis accountability fits into this question of accountability by the syrian regime. in other words, some of us are working specifically on that issue and it is clear the state department has not developed a sense of how to deal with that. i would expect because the assad issue would work in a different way. does the administration have a position on that now? , ambassadorng, invested o rapp, what it should do about that issue of targeted minorities? you the state department and other agencies are actively looking and compiling evidence of crimes against humanity, war crimes and thatide in syria and iraq might have been perpetrated b

extermination is a crime against humanity and as we saw in grossman, the large presence of chesney and -- chechnya and, it does not destroy them. it creates them. it is criminal conduct. it is unthinkable that anyone would think the vladimir putin government was playing a constructive role in syria. they made common cause with vladimir putin and assad to go against the group. commanders are now in danger of

when the war was fighting, i went down to chechnya to advocate for people. we've seen two things, the breakdown. this used to be a bipartisan issue. president reagan, scoop jackson, and tom lantos. the words in the declaration of independence were a covenant not only with the people of philadelphia in 1776 and 1787, but a covenant with the entire world. that covenant has been relatively shredded. everything that take place in government, particularly in congress is downstream from culture. if the congress is not hearing from the culture, from the public about this issue, it ceases to be an issue. the genocide resolution passed and it was wonderful. i appreciate secretary kerry speaking out. since that time, nothing has been done. i think the church needs to advocate, all the dominations have to advocate. we in the west are just singing a little louder and drowning out the cries. the fact that the culture and the public is not rising up. we do not have ronald reagans and henry hydes. >> you did not mention the effects, if any, from the u.s. commission on reli

i don't remember accountability for chechnya.i would like to suggest russia, given it has liability. i have spoken on various panels, hard to imagine they would agree to a procedure that would create judicial accountability in the un and it is astonishing to suggest but i am part of a group that is involved in dealing with accountability judicially for targeting of minorities in iraq and syria, genocidal targeting, i wonder how this issue of isis accountability and others fits into this question of accountability by the syrian regime. some of us are working on that issue and it is clear the state department has not developed a sense how to deal with that because the assad issue might work in a bigger way. as an advisor to the ambassador did the administration have a position on that? i am wondering, what should he do about that issue of targeting minorities? >> i can tell you the state department and other agencies are compiling evidence of crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide in syria and iraq that may be perpetrated

then tsarnayev went to russia and went to the chechnya area and had to be a big clue, like lights shouldrtment? that information should have been shared with the boston police department or if it happened in new york, bratten would have gone crazy. maria: and a lot of these stories, donald trump painted doing into the election. he basically said this is what's happening and put this front and center. new fox poll though shows voters trust hillary clinton more on immigration than trump, giving her a 7% edge on this issue that is so central to trump's platform. >> what i liked about that poll is leading among independents, it's easier to get the republicans back than independents to vote for you. that 75% of r republicans will end up being 85 to 90 by the time we come to election. maria: you think they'll get the republican vote? >> they're not going to vote for hillary clinton not with the stuff happening in the world. i thought the whole incident with the priest having his head chopped off and the democratic convention saying nothing about it. maria: they didn't give a moment of silence.