. >> to maria and demetri for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression whicha precondition forcy and lasting peace. >> demetri is a rsian journalist who has taken a stand against authoritarian rule. he dedicated be a to six colleagues who were murdered for their work. [speaking foreign language] >> surprise he said belong to th. -- the prize he said belong to them. he has been highly critical of president putin and they have exposed fraud like the stuffing of ballot boxes and official corruption in police violence. [speaking foreign language] >> i don't know what effect this nobel award will have on censorship othe media in russia with many investigative journalists being accused of being foreign agents. >> maria from the philippines is a woman described as fearless. she has faced criminal charges and death threats and her work has exposed state abuses under their controversial president. including the extradition killings with his were on drugs. thousands of people from poor communities have been murdered. she spoke of the vital importance of telling the truth. >> when you don

reporter: demetri helped found a russian newspaper in 1993 and is the current editor-in-chf.t is one of the few independent newspapers and circulation in russia and has openly criticized the kremlin. several of their journalists have been killed in murders thought to be linked to their works investigating human rights abuses, especially in a southern region. he dedicated his award to them. >> i cannot take credit for this. it belongs to those who died defending people's rights to freedom of speech viewed -- speech. reporter: they will receive a gold medal and prize money. anchor: worse than a plague is how spanish farmers are describing the fallout from the volcano on an island. now water shortages are ravaging crops. bananas are the main source of alth and growers are concerned about their welfare. reporter: it is the 20th day of corruption for the volcano, and a secondary lavstream is edging its way down to see, swallowing --to sea, swallowing crops and causing chaos for farmers. water is scarce and farmers are worried about how to tend to their crop. >> lack of water is ou

caller: did your investigation touch at all on the russian oligarch demetri --, who bought the formerresident's home for about $95 million? guest: yeah, that is a great question. my research, i do have a research piece called "regulating the enabler." and that comes up as one of the many examples of how foreign adversaries can potentially funnel money into our system. not just our financial system, but potentially to interfere in our political system. there's reporting that upon selling that property to demetri rye blow, president trump said to a close confident that that is putin's money. when robert moeller saw president trump on the stage in helsinki with putin, he said if trump is compromised by putin, it would be because of money. that was a concern. we were not fully able to corroborate that, that it was intentionally the kremlin's money. but it does show how we do not know how and why foreign money comes into the u.s. host: rudy in seattle, good morning. you are on with josh rudolph. caller: i only have a comment in regards to our political system. it is set up in such a way th

about a tit-for-tat or the russians b being angry about abt the decisions made by nato recently, demetris this is about anxiety of the u.s.'s perceived expansion further towards the border of russia. guest: i think this is part of a long trajectory downwards. this is probably the lowest point. we saw this beginning in 2014 with what happened with ukraine so i would say that this has been spiraling down. we have seen expulsions from czech republic all across the central and eastern europe, even the u.k. has been a huge expulsion of russian diplomats. it is a. . it is great if they can keep communication. that is a very key issue. also this means that the office in moscow, which had three defense attaches, will also be closed. this valuable channel of communication is close. from what i understand people , aren't so concerned because moscow will continue to speak to washington d.c. and not go through nato so they'll have more of a bilateral approach. hashem: glenn, there has never been a case of an easy ride, easy neutral relationship between nato and russia. it has always been a long hist

maria and demetri were declared joint winners in their fight to defend freedom of expression.ng from oslo. correspondent: recognition for to journalists from countries where investigative reporting is always difficult and sometimes deadly. >> ms. ressa and mr. muratov are receiving the peace prize for their fight for freedom of expression in the philippines and russia. correspondent: maria ressa with her platform is investigating president's violent antidrug campaign. as editor in chief of the newspaper, there are many aspects of russian politics, corruption, and crime dmitri has not looked into. over the years, six colleagues have been murdered for the work and he honored them. this award is for -- are falling colleagues who gave their i've -- lives for the profession. i'm not the right beneficiary. >> the rules are very clear. correspondent: maria ressa told al jazeera of her worries for journalism in the age of social media. maria: when news organizations lost their gatekeeping powers to technology platforms, those platforms abdicated responsibility for the public sphere. t

caller: did your investigation touch at all on the russian oligarch demetri --, who bought the former's home for about $95 million? guest: yeah, that is a great question. my research, i do have a research piece called "regulating the enabler." and that comes up as one of the many examples of how foreign adversaries can potentially funnel money into our system. not just our financial system, but potentially to interfere in our political system. there's reporting that upon selling that property to demetri rye blow, president trump said to a close confident that that is putin's money. when robert moeller saw president trump on the stage in helsinki with putin, he said if trump is compromised by putin, it would be because of money. that was a concern. we were not fully able to corroborate that, that it was intentionally the kremlin's money. but it does show how we do not know how and why foreign money comes into the u.s. host: rudy in seattle, good morning. you are on with josh rudolph. caller: i only have a comment in regards to our political system. it is set up in such a way that you c