no on crimea there will be no concessions and actually crimea is not right now as we discussed i mean they cannot possibly legally kind of grant crimea to putin. and the fact of which i'm ready has crimea i believe that the outcome of the summit is going to be some kind of declaration. that there is some kind of deescalation declaration that both sides are going to work for further progress and there is going to be follow on talks between the secretary of state and the russian foreign minister and so on but really what is going to happen and can happen in the direct talks between putin and frump that they can reach some kind of handshake agreement both wieners like and they prefer such kind of agreements trumpets the businessman put in with the so-called put side on culture and russia where an unofficial agreements are much more important than the ratified and signed treaties and they can agree they can agree basically or on iran america wants to center right now very big pressure on iran russia could kind of maybe stand aside and. be officially but not intervene and for putting the m

recognition for russia's defector control of crimea. having said that on the fringes of the nato summit last week there was a meeting between ukraine's present poroshenko and president trump and they were spreading the message that from their point of view they're really hoping and expecting that nothing really much will come out of this this is about dialogue so the hope here from kiev will be that this is just the beginning of a wider process and that we don't get too much in the way of specific concessions to the russian side so that's the hope but you know how worried people are people there the trial might actually make these concessions on crimea without consulting that. well that's what makes this meeting so scary is the free format the sort of free flowing through much of all this there's no set agenda the two men will be in a room together with only that translators and no devices advisors who could maybe draw out the consequences of any kind of concessions that present trump might want to make to the russian side so that defin

that will help the cause of crimea. most of those you know won't go cold more snow yet it abuts clear. the world cup winning a thrilling penalty shootout against russia. and despite the loss. to the. all expectations to get. the full. shape the. people who are in critical condition were in the know. and while information on the case. was quickly pointed at russia. here in moscow on this sunday we're starting with special coverage of the world cup in russia which is getting close to its climax so let's cross now to some special studio. everybody. from the crew. with us here. everybody got a little bit emotional but while. i i i i. it was be you or you be the e.u. out. on the scenes no exception the parts of those lucky fifty thousand or so who had tickets to such a stadium millions were watching the game glued to screens across not just russia but croatia as well and screaming their heads off. thank you thank. you how. i go out. i thank you i was i was i was i found suddenly had an adrenaline charged time of it the fight

let's take a look at the map this crimea. let's curch and some other news here. that's where the crimea bridge will be built well two pages rally one for trains and another road bridge there's. and the ferry service is supposed. to quote crim. this might look at a place to build a bridge but in the winter strong currents here would push up against the pilings much harder than on top of a spit so this is a lot safer. to be honest but i'm really more of a tourist here. when you get these guys around me are the real heroes. while seven am and it's time for a check up. one of. the. working men are no strangers to medical checks at seven in the morning was allegedly him in a construction site is by definition a danger zone so they do everything they can to minimize risks this would include the with the with. the ministry and none of. this is on serina shall be my guide here and some on the difference with what did you do that when you did what. you did. you. just did this who took. over. on serene i used to teach english and made a little extra cash by selling odds an

people based on the will of the crimea who elected us we declare that we will not give crimea to extremists and neo nazis seeking to seize power in ukraine at the cost of the blood of the country and its citizens after the regime change in kiev rumors began spreading in crimea that the new authorities would be merciless to those that oppose them so ok. this led to the pro russian demonstrations rejecting the new government in kiev. on february twenty seventh the government buildings in the capital of crimea were seized by pro russian protesters. the current crimean government was dismissed and the new leader surrogate acciona of was assigned as the leader of the crimean autonomy republic when you lead the as the below. but i share lists crises go to kosovo still with you has this should. on march sixteenth the crimean referendum morse held and the people voted to leave ukraine and enter the russian federation. the situation in crimea is being presented as a russian invasion and again nobody who looks at the seriously and looks at the poll numbers and some of the poll numbers done by the u.s

policy regarding crimea. in justifying his position, the president's repeated several myths, some which was said by the kremlin's propaganda machine. the people of crimea said they preferred russia only in an referendum in an occupied crimea with russian troops all over the state. no referendum has validity at the end of a barrel of a gun. myth number two, the demographics of crimea demand they be part of russia because most of them speak russian. i'm sure russian-speaking populations in the baltic republics revolt at that kind of notion. the claim also erases history because they were forcibly removed from crimea by the dictator stalin. this is the president's most insidious myth, the third one. recognizing crimea could help improve relations with russia. i don't think so. russia has a much more expansive agenda. time for the united states to recognize that crimea must be resisted. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: members are reminded to refrain from engaging in personalities towards the president. the

no on crimea there will be no concessions and actually crimea is not right now being discussed i mean trump cannot possibly legally kind of grant crimea to putin. and the fact of which i'm ready has crimea i believe that the outcome of the summit is going to be some kind of declaration. that there is some kind of deescalation declaration that both sides are going to work for further progress and there is going to be follow on talks between the secretary of state and the russian foreign minister and so on but really what is going to happen and can happen in the direct talks between putin and frump that they can reach some kind of handshake agreement both wieners like and they prefer such kind of agreements trumpets the businessman put in with the so-called put side on culture and russia where an unofficial agreements are much more important than the ratified and signed treaties and they can agree they can agree basically or on iran america wants to center right now very big pressure on iran russia could kind of maybe stand aside and. be officially but not intervene and for putting the

how important is crimea in these talks?people think it should be. i believe what the ambassador said. president trump believes this happened the last administration. he complains by the a lot. i would like to see him let that go. but i don't think, to be candid with you, i don't think there is anything we are going to do about the crimea issue. we need to find other things we can talk about because i don't think crimea is on the table. ed: i think people have been anticipating ahead of this summit that that is something putin has been craving. that nato and the other alliances were upset about the annexation. and he was hoping to get recognition of the russian annexation crimea. what other chips might the u.s. have that putin craves? >> what goes on in syria. i spent the last two years going in and out of syria. i have seen the russian forces over there in some locations we are near. and they have been there. they know the area. one thing that drives us crazy with the israelis is the iranian effect. that could be an easy wi

be shots taken his aunts to crimea because the promise to set him up with a nice girl. would just about not mean that it's about the most of that but it's not just about what about me and she was. up there such that is just not stuck on. what i know very well what's there a construction site. this might just look like a simple piece of metal but it really has an important element in bridge construction. like this that welded into the piles that will support the a normal white of this bam office coordinate through storms apps drifting ice. you know and i take a quick pit stop. this long for. my cigar is no one. here knows. honestly i know nothing at all about wheels and bolts but luckily she doesn't just know about it she can actually do it it's not your underwear during. the shots of his songs are almost village. and introductions to the potential bride are bouts of begin. and this is one of. scott's hard tradition dictates that young people. should only meet if they're chaperones on hand it may feel a bit awkward but sure dition is tradition. that the young couple succ

annexation of crimea, a typical u.s. stance would be sanctions remain in place as long as russia is in crimea. >> he blamed obama. >> he said it wouldn't have happened under my watch but they they've got that lavish bridge. they built the bridge after the annexation and it was built by one of vladimir putin's best friends so using that as justification doesn't make much sense at all. >> we have to go to a break because christiane amanpour is going to speak one on one with jens stoltenberg, secretary general of nato. you'll see that here next. the world is full of different hair. that's why pantene, the world's #1 conditioner brand, has conditioners for every hair type. from air-light foam for fine hair, to nourishing 3 minute miracle for thick and curly. and the moisture-infusing gold series collection. giving more women great hair days - every day. pantene. world's number one... conditioner brand. if you spit blood you may have gum problems,s and could be on the journey to much worse. try parodontax toothpaste. it's cli

on february twenty seventh the government buildings in the capital of crimea were seized by pro russian protesters. the current crimean government was dismissed and the new leader surrogate acciona of was assigned as the leader of the crimean. thomas republik when you. deal with the below. but i sure lived close these go to was still with you has this should cue. on march sixteenth the crimean referendum or so held and the people voted to leave ukraine and enter the russian federation. the situation in crimea is being presented as a russian invasion and again nobody who looks at this seriously and looks at the poll numbers and some of the poll numbers done by the u.s. government agencies themselves showing that the people of crimea prefer being part of russia in the u.s. news media it's all been presented as the russians invaded they then station sham election with people with guns at their backs somehow they big the ballot boxes to get ninety six percent approval for rejoining russia idea of a referendum in crimea is just quite simply unconstitutional but it does raise questions on whe

of course crimea should be a non-negotiable issue the u.s. position the international position is that crimea was an illegal an exception from ukraine and that no one is recognizing that so the things that are on the table what are you know one thing that we're speculating about what president trump will stand up against is another thing that people would very much like to know i spoke with a finnish an a-list from the finnish institute of foreign affairs charlie salome's pasternak and he said that what's shocking to him here in finland is that for the first time ever the u.s. and russian presidents have similar goals that is to destabilize nato to destabilize the european union and in his assessment president putin must be quite pleased right now gary that brings us right to you if that's one of the goals to disable is that european union what are people saying there. terry has just outlined is really is really of the major concern in all of this a rock solid positions in foreign policy that have united the united states and the european uni

in terms of crimea, that should be left up to the people of crimea to vote on.o not agree with vladimir putin on the idea that they had their election and gave a referendum to the people of crimea. i do not agree with that. we needed internationally supervised election in ukraine to try to say what to the people of ukraine -- of crimea want and the russian election there was not internationally verified so it makes no difference. kevin: congressman, there are several top u.s. officials who would point to your assessment as incorrect. the cia, the intelligence community. rep. rohrabacher: do not tell me -- give me where you disagree with me. do not say we have these experts who say you are wrong. argue your case, do not try to bring me down. argue the case. this is the type of nonsense that we have heard over and over again. kevin: would you let me get the question out? rep. rohrabacher: you prefaced your question with an attack on me. respectfully, i prefaced my question with facts that have been released over the past year. rep. rohrabacher: give me the specifi

it's also the origin of crimea's modern name. this is the location rashad chose for his in the car. to be honest i've never been inside a mosque before so it's just as exciting for me as it is for the bride and groom. i don't understand a single word but even so it's very moving. always wanted to come here in winter and yesterday was literally a stall i can't imagine how the builders can stand this weather. i've been on the bridge for about ten minutes and my face already feels as though it's been caught in a siberian frost during a storm crane operations are suspended but today the wind has subsided and work is on the way. you know your first. good sneer. when you have all the news you're. most close to the school the boys you. took their word about war from everywhere you so. big building a button you just know what the cover for the water most of the book was from the. world war. the working man the canteen is sacred in fact it's like a factory all by itself. it is actually comparable to the construction site. is a typical lunch. one thousand and eighty liters of soup two hundred

i also asked what about the idea of getting russia out of crimea. he told me this was the problem he inherited from barack obama and he's working on it. listen to the exchange. >> have you taken on many things you say you were left with by the obama administration that you say you have fixed. this is something you inherited from the obama administration the occupation of crimea. how do you fix it? >> it's a process. if i knew i wouldn't tell you because it would put us at a disadvantage but we'll see how it melds out but crimea is another bad hand. >> reporter: and president trump says he will indeed bring up the topic of crimea with putin monday in helsinki and other issues are syria and the idea they may use leverage to get russia out and all of that will be on the table at helsinki, finland, monday. be there. >> shannon: i don't know when you'll sleep but great to see you. >>> house republicans said there's significant new information from fbi lawyer lisa page and appeared behind doors and because she was more forthcoming than her lover, peter st

administration on crimea i think that. that will come from several times by boat by many many other u.s. officials thrum. and mr bolton to the the the spokesman for the white house and many other. officials who come from the principal ballers who yes wolf they've assumed that the illegally fish no crimea but actual should never be recognized remarkably for part of this summit in finland's presidential palace trump is likely to meet putin alone just as he did in singapore with kim jong un in june the u.s. is closest allies are worried what this most unpredictable president might agree to behind these walls james bays al-jazeera helsinki maria lipman is an independent russia analyst she joins us now via skype from moscow good to have you with us john bolton but actual security adviser has just said that as far as that the meeting with between trump and putin is concerned we're not looking for concrete deliverables what does that mean what you think we can expect. well i think we can expect just no concrete deliverables i thi

crimea, it's highly unlikely the president will recognize the annexation of crimea. >> i sincerely hopeesn't. russia violated their territorial integrity. the most recent communiquc callsout russia for doing . that would not in my view the good thing for ukraine but also by vociferously protesting russia's violation of ukraine territorial integrity we are supporting the other states on thefront line and risk for russia aggression. as well as poland . >> you think russia should be back in the g7 and make it the g8 again? >> i don't think they earned their right to get back into the g8. we are right to hold them to sanctions and keep them out for now . >> abby: what can we expect? what can we give them, what do they give us? >> vladimir putin is a tgv officer so he's going to lie a lot to president trump and one of the most important things in the intelligence communitystandpoint is to parse out what he says . this lengthy meeting which we've heard may go as long as 90 minutes and look for reflection once putin is back in russia. that's where the community doesn't work, where we collect o

for many here the russian annexation of crimea was a dream come true. for us this is the kind of chance that only offers itself every thousand years and we took our chance i think we did everything right. there are plenty of rallies like that but when my state tells me to be a patriot me of not loving my homeland enough i think that's out of order. i don't care if putin is serving his own personal ambition here i'm not interested in what he does in syria i want my grandmother to get a bigger pension and teachers to get higher salaries i want people to stop dying of cancer in hospitals because there is no money if that happened you could justifiably say that russia is strong but at the moment it's down and out. as a qualified teacher but he says he cannot live off a teacher's salary he makes sense me as a sports reporter and taxi driver. and although he is an ethnic russian against the crimea twenty fourteen as reasonably competent intelligent young people we already realize that nothing good would come of it that there will be no stability the crimea wo

good would come of it that there would be no stability in the crimea would never be internationally recognized as part of russia and that it would lead to no end of problems and become very difficult. as one of the few ethnic russians here who dared to openly criticize the kremlin. the people realize what country they now live in they don't open their mouths if it's not necessary of course they're afraid that the authorities would make life difficult for them but mikail is also disappointed with ukraine and what he sees as growing nationalism there he sees no future in either country be it ukraine or russia. of course the idea of raising children on a country like this is spooky the kind of childhood you get here i wouldn't wish it on anyone. looks like i'll have to emigrate. sadly. this is the seat of the regional government crimea will always be russian it says on the sign today sergey aksyonov the kremlin backed regional leader is meeting politicians from germany's a.f.d. party they've promised to support him and his opposition to e.u. sanctions acts ya know if looks pleased he a

crimea was the big one. eastern ukraine, that is 2014. since then, the encouraging you call in syria and the ongoing conflict, think about the election and the meddling we have talked about here. the list is long. but how do you take relations that have been described now as being the worst as we have seen since the cold war? how did that happen? >> i think again, getting these two heads of state together, and in many ways that is diplomacy, it is getting the two personalities together and simply get to know each other and understand each other's position. again, back to the cold war when reagan and gorbachev sat down together in 1986, we were providing stinger missiles to the afghans that were literally shooting russian airplanes out of the sky. so this isn't the lowest our relationships have ever been. but there are a number of sticky issues. i think one more thing that the president will want to talk about in syria is our position with iran. the assad regime with russian airpower looks like it is there to stay after essentially being i

what are you going to name two months arena just rashad adopting the strategy instead of scouring crimea she should look for a bride here and some are. moving here the last little is there some of those lessons to do. here sue cliffs there are two perched. zero zero. zero. zero zero point zero zero so. you know. it's interesting you can you go to them you. just have seen a cyclist light this is how vehicles board the ferry literally bumper to bumper it's hire some ordeal first you have to wait in line for tickets then line up for inspection then again to actually board. after all that so even in good weather and depending on how many cars there are the crossing can say two to three hours even though the actual sailing time is only fifteen to twenty minutes but if it's stormy forget it you stay ashore praying for the weather to break. but i. just got here today with. a little. fairies have the cerro bromance about them every hope they keep going after the bridge opens. you know and i made it across the straits she's going on to moscow and all vis a vis shots and some are. all serene this

but if you go just to name two months arena just rashad adopting the strategy instead of scouring crimea she should look for a bride here and some on. monday since the last little is there's a lot of listeners this digital legend here is the stupidest. took a. toll on. your point. that you know. it's interesting you can you go to them you put up a sky just what you want you to just have seen a service like this is how vehicles board the ferry literally bumper to bumper it's hire some ordeal first you have to wait in line for tickets then line up for inspection then again to actually board with the amusing. after all that even in good weather and depending on how many cars there are the crossing can say two to three hours even though the actual sailing time is only fifteen to twenty minutes but if it's stormy forget it you stay ashore praying for the weather to break. but i. just got see a course that i would. never sell you a little but we're just going through the. ferries have this era of romance about them i really hope they keep going after the bridge opens the. you know and i made i

on ukraine president trump did not speak about crimea did not reiterate u.s. policy that crimea is an exception by russia was illegal in fact it was only president putin who spoke about that saying that. referendum was held in crimea and they decided to join the russian federation and president tom didn't put up any protest for that so i think that europeans think it maybe it could have been worse they were expecting maybe more lambasted from the podium and there wasn't a whole lot of that so i mean on the whole perhaps europe is a bit relieved that it didn't hear more of the same kind of things that were said at the nato summit last week let's talk a little bit more about that terry you know i mean this summit that has come so close is coming out the back of a bruising couple of days for america's european allies you have been braided triumphant undermined as well at times did you get the impression after this presser that president putin is now kind of gaining the upper hand. well if not gaining i would say that he perhaps already has the upper hand it seems

it feels like another crimea moment for the russian people.with themselves, their country is on the world stage very much, a player to be reckoned with, and that is also the symbolism of the meeting with trump, vladimir putin on the world stage at the highest level and that is very important for a lot of russian people. enjoy the build up and enjoy the match, thank you. who would have thought it, in red square. the headlines... the prime minister warns conservative mps they are putting brexit at risk by arguing over her proposals for how the uk will leave the eu. the us president, donald trump, will leave scotland later today and fly to helsinki for a summit with the russian president. the minister for small business and theresa may's former chief of staff — andrew griffiths — resigns from the government after sending texts of a sexual nature to two female constituents. residents of a village in greenland have left their homes after an iceberg, weighing 11 million tonnes, drifted inland prompting fears of a tsunami. local officials warned the

obama failed very badly with crimea.would not have done it if i were president. >> reporter: is what he wants in syria. >> i will talk to him about that before i talk to you and if something happens it will be great. i'm not going in with high expectations but we make come up with surprising things. >> reporter: the white house is donald trump will spend the weekend prepping for his meeting with vladimir putin and likely get around involved in staying at his club in scotland. >> thank you very much. the top democrats as it would be an insult to our democracy to have our pres. getting chummy with vladimir putin in helsinki. our next guest has been meeting with russian officials, number of these hot button issues. a republican from new jersey joins us. these cyberattacks are things we have been warning about for years. your office was targeted 10 years ago. >> in 2006 and 2007 the chinese hacked my computers. i work strongly and impressively trying to combat them especially in china. they took our emails. i was building th

but the fact is they build bridges to crimea they just opened a big bridge that was started years ago they built i think a submarine port substantially added billions of dollars so that was on barack obama's watch that was not on trump's watch what i have allowed to happen no i would not have allowed it to happen but he did allow it to happen so that was his determination what will happen with crimea from this point on that i can't tell you but i'm not happy about crimea but again that was barack obama's watch not trump's watch yeah go ahead sure. jeff mason from reuters mr president regarding your summit with president putin will you be raising arms control issues which you like which you like to extend new starts and when you raise concerns about violations of the i.n.f. treaty yes and as a spa the up to the nato meeting today would you suggest to him or would you consider stopping military exercises in the baltic states if that's something that you request for a perhaps we'll talk about that but i will say that we are going to be talking about those three your shoes and many more w

president donald trump has said he does not rule out recognizing crimea as russian the province rejoined russia in twenty fourteen but is internationally still considered part of ukraine r.t. samir khan has more. on board air force one on friday trump spoke to reporters about his upcoming meeting with putin when a reporter asked him if he recognized crimea as part of russia he said quote we're going to have to see but then he blamed obama for the entire crimea debacle saying that it was a shame that obama gave up crimea now to remind the viewers of what happened in crimea back in twenty fourteen a referendum was held with international observers present and ninety seven percent of the population voted to secede from ukraine and join russia the west refuse to recognize this plebiscite and then impose sanctions on russia and then separate ones on crimea but just this week we also heard from another u.s. official john bolton who said that trump wouldn't recognize crimea as part of russia so conflicting views coming from the trump administration which seems like basic protocol at this point

yeah crimea but not just crime we're also nato military exercises well this was you know in response to questions that he was being asked in this press conference will you recognize the russian annexation of crimea he said well he'd be alluded to the fact that russia has built lots of infrastructure in crimea the bridge that opened once or so ago linking the russian mainland with crimea but said that the annexation actually happened on a bomber's watch that he wouldn't have let it happen as to whether he will recognize russia's annexation of crimea he said well i can't really say i can't really tell you what's going to happen in crimea from now on he certainly didn't deny that he would do that that would be music to the years of the kremlin but because of course the official position in both in western europe and in washington d.c. is that this was an illegal an exception and there are sanctions that have been put on russia because of it he also was asked about nato exercises in the baltics and whether he would be open to i suppose persuasion from vladimir putin that these should be

that will help them out of crimea. most of those you know while google more familiar with it a bit but really. a day of top level diplomacy comes to a successful and as lot of putin in total trying to wrap up a historic summit having great progress. our relationship. has never been worse. than it is now however that changed as of about four hours ago. despite both leaders agreeing on a number of key international issues the us media already you are yes at the result . only the president calls the reporters the enemy of the american people as an american citizen i just personally think space just an incredibly depressing moment in our time not just for a whole.

box he was put in for invading crimea. the end game i'm afraid is one which the united states is weakened by tpresident not havig a clear eyed approach to our alliances and democracy. >> we appreciate you taking time away from your duties to talk with us. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> all right, our breaking news coverage of the trump/putin summit continues right now. >> welcome to viewers in the united states and around the world. this is your new day. it is monday july 16th. you see your team there, allison and john in new york. i'm chris cuomo in helsinki, finland where they would say good morning to you. right now president trump and russian president vladimir putin are meeting one on one. first question to ask this morning, why president trump wanted it that way. we are told and why they wanted -- he wanted it that way included not being interrupted by his more hard line advisers when talking to vladimir putin. they are behind closed doors. each has a translator and that's it. we won't know what was said until

administration on crimea i think that. that will come from several times by boat by many many other u.s. officials from. mr bolton to the the the the spokesman for the white house and many other. officials who confirmed that the principal ballers who yes wolf they've assumed that the illegally fish no crimea but i should never be recognized remarkably for part of this summit in finland's presidential palace trump is likely to meet putin alone just as he did in singapore with kim jong un in june the u.s. is closest allies are worried what this most unpredictable president might agree to behind these walls james pays al-jazeera helsinki security forces are on high alert across cities in iraq's southern provinces as anger spreads over unemployment and corruption on saturday for test a storm the provincial government building in the holy city of karbala as barbara. broken burnt out. this is the damage after protesters stormed the airport and the ruling party's headquarters at natura just a day before there were scenes of chaos

people like to say crimea, the fact is, they built bridges to crimea, they just opened a big bridge that was started years ago. they built i think a submarine port, substantially added billions of dollars. >> the point is, when there is no pushback four years ago, putin had a runway and that's what you are describing to us today, sir. >> absolutely. what the president has done since that time has pushed back so he knows he is dealing with somebody that is confronting him. but the point about crimea, i totally agree with the ambassador what he is saying. it is a serious violation of international law. i think what putin is on this. we're likely not to make much progress on ukraine and crimea and here is why. there is an election coming in ukraine next year and putin is conducting a massive information campaign inside of ukraine affecting the people. he is trying to get a political change in the order of things in ukraine so he gets a favorable outcome and influence in that country politically that he doesn't have right now. he will wait for that. wait for those results. >> bill: general,

samen crimea. he blamed the annexation on barack obama, but he didn't say whether he would keep the sanctions on crimea or -- on russia as a result of that or whether he was open to making a deal as he suggested in the past. >> he actually as you note said about crimea, i was handed a bad hand and he said nothing much i have to say about it. so it makes you wonder what will you say about to vladimir putin. congressman, thank you for waiting patiently as we get through all of this breaking news. as a republican who weeks ago served in congress with president trump, what is your take on immigration? clearly he is talking to his base there. this is the only thing where he kept the same message in the sun interview as he did in the press conference saying its has been damaging for europe and they better watch themselves. smart play for his party? >> those comments were extraordinarily unhelpful. one thing donald trump and i have in common is my mother's ancestors and his father's ancestors came from th

refuses to recognize russia's annexation of crimea. that's another significant development that's just come out this afternoon. talk to me more about that. >> yeah, that is a big deal because there has been a question and a real concern among people here and of course the u.s. allies that in the summit with putin, trump might make some kind of concession or tacid agreement that he believes cry me a ya is russian. -- crimea is russian. the president has indicated that, well, you know, people speak russian there. isn't that part of russia? during the campaign, trump had said he might consider that he would recognize crimea as russian. so that has been an ongoing question. well, pompeo today in this crimea declaration makes absolutely clear in his words that the u.s. will not recognize crimea as a part of russia. in fact, rejects that. and basically the question surrounding the summit -- >> michelle, i'm going to cut you off there as we want to dip in and take in what is happening on the hill. >> -- we want to change the culture in positi

administration on crimea i think that. that will come from several times by the book but by many many other u.s. officials from. mr bolton who'll be the be the spokesman for the white house and many other. officials who come from the principal ballers who yes wolf they've assumed that the illegally fish no crimea but i should never be recognized remarkably for part of this summit in finland's presidential palace trump is likely to meet putin alone just as he did in singapore with kim jong un in june the u.s. is closest allies are worried what this most unpredictable president might agree to behind these walls james pays al-jazeera helsinki are still ahead on nigeria as you have already you know well sergio safe for now students walk free from a scene in nicaragua but there's no end in sight to months of unrest. plus fears that many nigerians will got hungry as floods wash away crops and farmland. i. mean the weather sponsored by cattle. hello and welcome back as you look at weather conditions across europe this circulation

what will happen from crimea from this point on, that i can't tell you but i'm not happy about crimea. but again, that was barack obama's watch, not trump's watch. when it comes to crimea, that's something i took over. there's nothing much i have to say about it other than i'll look at that just like many other disasters i've taken over. >> jane, i'll ask you to hold on. let's go to the hearing. mike pompeo is speaking now. >> i won't read the whole thing. i will submit it for the record. it's been publicly released as well. but one part reads as follows. the united states calls on russia to respect the principles to which it has long claimed to adhere and end its occupation of crimea, end of quote. i want to show this committee that the united states does not and will not recognize the kremlin's annexation of crimecr. we stand by our commitment to ukraine and its territorial integrity. this crimea declaration formalizes united states' policy of nonrecognition. there's another indicator of diplomatic progress i want to mention. this morning pastor andrew brunson, who was in prison in

that is the question on crimea. election meddling taking center stage at the helsinki summit just days after russians were indicted by special counsel. national security adviser john bolton says that will give the president an upper hand. >> allison barber picks up team coverage live from helsinki, finland. >> reporter: the administration says that they have the upper hand going into this, no secret many democrats are uncomfortable with this meeting, chuck schumer spoke with secretary of state mike pompeo on sunday telling him he doesn't believe the meeting should take place but if it is going to happen donald trump must press vladimir putin hard on election interference, can't simply raise it, accept vladimir putin's denial and let him off the hook. 12 russian intelligence officers on charges related to the hack of democrats emails during the 2016 election, schumer says the president should demand expediting all 12 officials and send them to the us to stand trial, for many that indictment is another piece of eviden