that dmitry medvedev is corrupt.ent investigation, anti—corruption there was a recent investigation, anti—corru ption investigation carried out by alexei navalny concluded dmitry medvedev was corrupt, that was the conclusion. and we had people on the square criticising vladimir putin saying it was time for a change. these views do not represent the views of eve ryo ne do not represent the views of everyone in russia. but certainly the fact we saw so many people turning out at an unsanctioned meeting in moscow today suggests... technical problems with sound steve, we have lost you. we will try to talk to you later. thank you. steve coping with the protest and the police moved him on. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn says labour will oppose plans to give ministers the powers to change some aspects of european laws, without needing the approving of parliament. speaking ahead of this thursday's publication of a white paper on the great repeal bill, he insisted that parliament could not be bypassed. we need total accountabi

they say dmitry medvedev has far exceeded his salary. >> he got a billion dollars, no one understandsow. we want to know where it camame from. russia without putin chant protesters who turned out in mass from blood of ask of two st. petersburg. -- vladavaskav to st. petersburg. navalny supporters will have 15 days before they hear from him again. sara: tell us more about the people who took to the streets in protest on sunday. who are they? >> that was really the kind of interesting thing. when you take most protest here in the russian capital to get your standard makes of veterans and also opposition pololiticias who take to the streets but yesterday'y's protests were fild with students, university and high school students and even gradeschool needed. -- gradeschool students. navalny's campaign has struck a chord with the youngsters. those allegations he said against the prime minister was released on youtube. protesters seem m to be more o f the yoyoger demographic. many university students attended the demonstration. sarash: for many of these young people, vladimir putin is the onl

video of you in 2010 meeting with ambassador kislyak, it was part of a meeting that you had with dmitry medvedev at the time. i know there's a difference. >> a big difference. >> senator sessions was under oath and the meeting was far more recent than 2010. but i suspect this was an innocent mistrach by you -- >> no, no, we were meeting with the president of russia. he brought an entourage in with him. he was the one doing the talking. the question is have you met with him. no i haven't met with him. i met with the president of russian. who else is in his entourage? who knows? presidents, heads of state come in, they bring their party, they hardly introduce them. this is completely different. i want to say in that meeting was the republican leadership as well. this wasn't just me meeting with m mededey. who were the other people at the table? you'd have to ask the president of russia. >> could somebody not say you're parsing a little bit about your meeting with russia and jeff sessions made the same kind of innocent mistake? >> no. >> you don't think so. >> are you talking about did i shake hand

russian opposition leader that detailed allegations of corruption largely targeting prime minister dmitry medvedev saying he controlled yachts and mansions, things that outspent his salary. allegations are that he had a special house built for a duck on one of his properties. some proifrths held up images of yell -- protesters held up images of yellow ducks to protest that. and mr. novony has announced plans to run for president in 2018. mr. putin faces a balance -- if he's too easy, there are fears it could protes-- protests coul. >> thank you. >>> it's been less than 72 hours since the republicans failed to pass health care. the blame game now with president trump pointing the finger at democrats saying, "democrats -- finger say, "democrats are smiling in d.c. now that they've saved planned parenthood." one of the freedom caucus members from texas has resigned from that group, putting out a statement that read in part, "in order to deliver on the conservative agenda we have promised the american people for eight years, we must come together to find solutions to move this country forward." many a

the rallies in several cities, demonstrating against alleged corruption by the prime minister, dmitry medvedev0ur moscow correspondent steve rosenberg reports. i'm standing outside of a moscow court house in a spring blizzard. the short while ago, the russian opposition activist navalny was found guilty of organising sunday's mass protests, anti—government protests across russia. he was fined the government of around $350, and then he was found guilty of disobeying police and for that, he was sentenced to 15 days in jail, and this police van behind me has arrived to whisk him off to jail. some of his supporters came and held up some of his supporters came and held up good luck signs hoping that he could see them through the windows of the ban. but then the police officer came up to them, and took them away. earlier i managed to ask him up in the courtroom has significant he thought yesterday's protest had been? it was navalny who called russians onto the streets at the weekend to ta ke onto the streets at the weekend to take part in anti—government protests a nd take part in anti—government pr

the protesters were calling for the prime minister, dmitry medvedev, to resign over corruption allegations. talks aimed at forming a power—sharing government in northern ireland appear to have broken down after sinn fein said it wouldn't be nominating its leader at stormont to become deputy first minister by tomorrow's deadline. but sinn fein president gerry adams said it should be possible to agree a power—sharing arrangement at some point in the future. the head of britain's biggest union, unite, has said thatjeremy corbyn should be given 15 months to see if he can improve labour's poll ratings. len mccluskey is standing for re—election as the union's general secretary. for re—election mr corbyn says labour is ready for re—election for a general election if one is called. jeremy corbyn has said he'll oppose the government's plans to change european laws without parliamentary scrutiny when they become part of uk law during the brexit process. scrutiny when they become part of uk the government wants to include the powers in its great repeal bill, which will be published in draft form this

this is the suggestion that dmitry medvedev, the prime minister, is living well beyond his means, allmeans, all sorts of assets that he could not affordlj don't assets that he could not afford.” don't think he is the only russian person ina don't think he is the only russian person in a position of authority to be accused of that. very brave people, this seems to be moving towards something, whether it is the beginning of something, whether it will be suppressed... sparks protest, now to have these great numbers, whether they will prove to be some kind of uprising, the arab spring, the red spring, it will all depend upon how vladimir putin reacts, knowing that the rest of the world is watching including his great observer, donald trump. daily express, millions face big council tax rise, 90% of local authorities in charges height, even the chance to increase council tax is, which has been flat for many years. capped. —— council taxes. has been flat for many years. capped. —— counciltaxes. social problem. when i see these things i think, we were saying earlier, if it isa think, we were

most of the anger is aimed at the russian prime minister, dmitry medvedev.are getting the sentencing coming out of that it courtroom -- that courtroom. what can you tell us? >> that's a 20,000 ruble fine. that one specifically is for organizing and unsanctioned .eeting that's about 320 euros. we learned this morning that he's going to face a secondary charge and that hearing starts now virtually as soon as the first one is finished. which is about him disobeying police orders. an administrative charge. it could be up to 15 days in prison. had a official response for the first time from the kremlin since those mass protests and mass arrests yesterday. the spokesperson for vladimir said it was irresponsible for the organizers to put on that unsanctioned protest. he said that he put lives in danger and he promised money to those who turned up. genie: these were truly the biggest protest since the last presidential election five years ago. ?ow big could this movement the could this really be the beginning of some kind of change in russia? >> it's a very difficul

he alleges that dmitry medvedev had used charities to conceal vast assets.. but the film has gone viral with 13 million views. mr navalny called the protests to demand an official investigation. today the kremlin complained that many of yesterday's protests had been unsanctioned and were therefore illegal. but the fact that one man, one kremlin critic, had been able to bring so many protesters onto the streets shows that alexei navalny is now a force to be reckoned with. he's certainly drawing crowds. mr navalny has been opening campaign offices across russia. he wants to run for president. he's under pressure, though, from the authorities and he's come under attack. here sprayed with green ink. but he remains determined, he says, to clean up russia. he may be spending tonight injail but these protests have reinforced alexei navalny‘s reputation as president putin's most serious rival. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. hello there. after a glorious weekend, glorious start to the week, things are set to turn more unsettled now as we continue to head through

mr navalny released — claiming that the prime minister dmitry medvedev controls a fortune that far outstripsicial salary. ahead of the ruling in the court mr navalny tweeted @navalny: hello everyone from tver court. the time will come when we willjudge them. steve rosenberg was in court for the verdict and gave us this update. i'm standing outside a moscow court house in a spring blizzard. a short while ago the russian opposition activist alexei navalny was found guilty of organising sunday's mass protests, anti—government protests across russia. he was fined the equivalent of around $350. then he was found guilty of disobeying police and for that was sentenced to 15 days injail. this police van behind me has arrived to whisk him off to jail. some of mr navalny‘s supporters turned up to wave good luck signs, so that he could see them through the windows of the van. then police officers came up to them and took them away. earlier i managed to ask alexi navalny outside the courtroom how significant he thought yesterday's protest had been. it was alexei navalny who had called russians onto the

turnout was in moscow, where an estimated ten- thousand people rallied against prime minister dmitry medvedev, accusing him of corruption and demanding his resignation. among those arrested in moscow was alexei navalny, the main leader of russian opposition to president vladimir putin. protesters crowded around the police van carrying navalny but failed to prevent it from leaving. navalny, who wants to run against putin in next year's election, heads the foundation for fighting corruption, which accuses medvedev of amassing a huge fortune. in a controversial vote, china- backed carrie lam was elected as hong kong's new leader today and will become hong kong's first female chief executive on july first, defeating a more popular opponent. she wasn't chosen by the general electorate but by a 1,200 member committee dominated by pro- chinese officials and political figures. police and pro-democracy protesters clashed. the demonstrators accuse china of meddling in the vote process and called the outcome a "fake election." in mosul iraq, there are conflicting reports today about recent air-strikes t

what we have seen today is that people didn't think that dmitry medvedev was corrupt.niser, and therefore people we re moderniser, and therefore people were particularly angry that he allegedly was involved in all kinds of corrupt activities. in terms of anything happening to him, it is highly unlikely that anything will happen. ijust highly unlikely that anything will happen. i just saw a highly unlikely that anything will happen. ijust saw a report highly unlikely that anything will happen. i just saw a report where the russian legislature said that it is up to the presidential administration to investigate any kind of wrongdoing, and it is unlikely that president putin will give in to these kinds of demands as prime minister. —— demands regarding his prime minister. the bangladeshi army says troops have shot dead two suspected islamist militants holed up in an apartment block since friday. a senior military official said more militants could still be in the five—storey building, which is in the north—eastern city of sylhet. at least six people were killed on saturda

he alleges that dmitry medvedev had used charities to conceal vast assets, mansions, yachts, even a vineyardthe film has gone viral with 13 million views. mr navalny called the protests to demand an official investigation. today the kremlin complained that many of yesterday's protests had been unsanctioned and were therefore illegal. but the fact that one man, one kremlin critic had been able to bring so many protesters onto the streets shows that alexei navalny is now a force to be reckoned with. he certainly roaring crowds. mr navalny has been opening campaign offices across russia. —— he's certainly. he wa nts to ru n across russia. —— he's certainly. he wants to run for president. he's under pressure wants to run for president. he's under pr essure from the authorities and he's come. but he remains determined, he says, here sprayed with green ink. but he remains determined, he says, to clean up. he may be spending tonight in jail but these. he may be spending tonight in jail but these protests have reinforcedalexei navalny‘s reputation as president putin's most serious rival. still to co

of people joined the demonstrations nationwide, calling for the resignation of prime minister dmitry medvedevcorruption allegations. steve rosenberg reports from moscow. there were moments when moscow resembled a battlefield. russian riot police broke up an anti—government protest, on what was a day of demonstrations across russia. in moscow, they detained more than 500 people. earlier, police had poured into the city centre, warning that the protest was illegal. still, thousands of people packed into pushkin square, to accuse the russian government of corruption. the level of corruption is too high in russia right now, and every single citizen understands it. it's hard to live in corruption atmosphere. i have children, grandchildren, and i can't breathe in this. these people have come out to protest against government corruption, but the message which this is sending to the crowd is that fighting corruption is not a priority of the russian authorities. among those arrested, russian opposition leader alexei navalny. he says he intends to run for president next year. whether he'll be allowed t

the protesters were calling for the prime minister, dmitry medvedev, to resign over corruption allegationsme deputy first minister by tomorrow's deadline. but sinn fein president gerry adams said it should be possible to agree a power—sharing arrangement at some point in the future. the head of britain's biggest union, unite, has said thatjeremy corbyn should be given 15 months to see if he can improve labour's poll ratings. len mccluskey is standing for re—election as the union's general secretary. for re—election mr corbyn says labour is ready for re—election for a general election if one is called. jeremy corbyn has said he'll oppose the government's plans to change european laws without parliamentary scrutiny when they become part of uk law during the brexit process. scrutiny when they become part of uk the government wants to include the powers in its great repeal bill, which will be published in draft form this week.

he alleges that dmitry medvedev had used charities to conceal vast assets, mansions, yachts, even a vineyardllion views. mr navalny called the protests to demand an official investigation. today, the kremlin complained that many of yesterday's protests had been unsanctioned and were therefore illegal, but the fact that one man, one kremlin critic, had been able to bring so many protesters onto the streets, shows that alexei navalny is now a force to be reckoned with. he's certainly drawing crowds. mr navalny has been opening campaign offices across russia. he wants to run for president. he's under pressure, though, from the authorities, and he's come under attack, here sprayed with green ink. but he remains determined, he says, to clean up russia. he may be spending tonight injail, but these protests have reinforced alexei navalny‘s reputation as vladimir putin's most serious rival. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. more details have emerged about a new 2020 competition to be introduced into domestic cricket in england and wales. it's hoped the tournament would rival the popularity of t20 c

the protesters want the prime minister — dmitry medvedev — to resign over corruption allegations.pposition activist alexei navalny. a short while ago, i spoke to our moscow correspondent steve rosenberg, who was at a protest in moscow, and gave us an update on mr nalavny. alexei navalny was detained and we are being moved by the police away from the square and the protest looks to be coming to an end. navalny will not been surprised to have been arrested. presumably the authorities will have to handle this delicately given the likely response if he is not treated respectfully? absolutely. it is no surprise that he was detained. it is a dilemma because if they clamp down hard on alexei navalny that could see support across the country. there was a good turnout today for the protests across russia. but if they decide not to press charges against him, then we could see protests in the coming weeks. it is a dilemma for the authorities. looking ahead at the russian economy, if there are further economic problems here, social problems, that encourage more people to attend future protest

about corruption, and one of the demands of protesters is that they wanted the prime minister, dmitry medvedevto achieve this, and is this really what they wanted, or is this about something more? there is a long—term problem with corruption in russia, and most russian people realise that. what we have seen today is that people didn't think that medvedev was corrupt. he was kind of scene as a liberal moderniser, —— he was kind of seen as a liberal moderniser, and therefore people were particularly angry that he allegedly was involved in all kinds of corrupt activities. in terms of anything happening to him, it is highly unlikely that anything will happen. i just saw a report where the russian legislature, the duma, said that it is up to the presidential administration to investigate any kind of wrongdoing, and it is unlikely that president putin will give in to these kinds of demands for his prime minister. one person is dead and at least 15 others injured in a shooting at a night club in the us state of ohio. police say there were hundreds of people at the cameo club in cincinnati at the time

700 people after thousands took to the streets demanding the resignation of the prime minister, dmitry medvedeve detained. peoplejoined anti—corruption detained. peoplejoined anti—corru ption valleys throughout russia, defying bands on the marchers. this is thought to be the biggest anti—kremlin protest in five yea rs. steve biggest anti—kremlin protest in five years. steve rosenberg was in the thick of the protest and gave us this update. here on pushkin square in the centre of moscow, the crowd is charting, we russia. there are several thousand people who have gathered here. the russian authorities say this anti—corruption protest is illegal, but people have come onto the streets anywhere. there is a very heavy bullies presence. one man tried to unfurl an anti—putin poster, police dragged him away and the crowd were shouting, disgrace, let him go. the level of corruption is too high in russia right now. every citizen understands it. it is hard to live in corruption atmosphere. i have children, grandchildren. and i can't breathe in this. so now the riot police have moved on to pushkin square.

>> dmitry medvedev is his name, and he's accused of being corrupt, accused by the main opposition of, of having vineyards, of having yachts, one of the properties he's said to own has a special house that's been built for his pet duck. so it's sort of classic, sort of corruption, eastern europe type of allegations against his spoegszman for the record categorically denies these allegations. but thousands of people came out all across the country to voice their demand for him to resign or for him to be thrown out of office. >> i understand one of those detained is a prominent rush shachb who has announced his intention to run for president next area? >> yes, this is alexi know valley, he's the main opposition figure in russia, he's the man who called these protests, he was detained as soon as he reached central mooscow and has been kept in custody overnight. he's a controversial figure, in the sense that he's been accused of affinities with ultranationalists so he's somebody that doesn't necessarily unite the anti-putin opposition in this country, but he's got a brilliant way of cutti

course is a reference to a hot mike moment in 2012 when president obama was overheard telling dmitry medvedevthat he would have more flexibility to work on issues such as missile defense negotiations after the election. leland: we all remember the fallout from that. garrett tenney with all that information. thanks. elizabeth: alexander bolton, senior staff writer at the hill. thanks for joining us. i want to start with the news of the weekend. research on spicer say the white house is demanding congress add more to their already investigation of russian meddling in the election. i want to ask you what that have been included in their investigation? would they look in any communication in the executive branch or other entities? >> i think the focus of the republican-led investigation would be to see whether russia had an improper influence that determined the outcome of the election, whether he didn't act sooner the election to trump. that is the mandate of the investigation. but the democrats are to turn the investigation into is to find out why ties to the trump advisors have with vladimir p

in connection with the russian annexation of crimea, and the russian president dmitry medvedev, whosetion launched huge protests over the weekend in russia, sits on the board. you're the ranking democrat on the foreign relations committee. did you know about this meeting? >> wolf, no, i did not know about this meeting, and it seems like every day we're finding out about more contacts that were made between russia and the trump team. certainly mr. kushner, that's a major contact with a person that has the ear of the president and that's certainly information that's very interesting and it seems there's a pattern here. what we want to know is what was the purpose that have meeting, and i know he's planning to come before the committee, but i still point out there's just too many contacts here, too many episodes that the american people deserve an independent review, an independent investigation that doesn't have any of the restrictions of a jurisdiction of any of our committees that can have full-time theme are not partisan that rex pert on the subject and that can take a look at. it mi

there's a photo of you in 2010 meeting with ambassador kislyak, part of a meeting you had with dmitry medvedevt the time. >> there's a big difference. >> and senator sessions was under oath and the meeting was far more recent than 2010 but is it not possible -- i expect this what is an innocent mistake by you. >> we were meeting with the president of russia, he brought an "entourage" in with him. he was the one who was doing the question. the question is have you met with him? i haven't met with him. i met with the president of russia. who else is in his entourage, who know. presidents, heads of state come in and they bring think party and barely even introduce them so these completely, completely different but i want to say in that meeting, was the republican leadership has well so this wasn't me meeting with medvedev, it was a meeting of the house and the -- the house bipartisan leadership with him. who are the other people at the table, you'd have to ask the president of russia. >> could somebody not say you're parsing a little bit about your meeting with the president even though the ambas

generated the protests, in part, to demand the resignation of prime minister and former president dmitry medvedevvalny released a video earlier this month showcasing myriad mansions, yachts and vineyards medvedev allegedly has amassed. hundreds of protestors were arrested yesterday in moscow and elsewhere. today, the european union called for their release. a putin spokesman said: "the kremlin respects people's civic stance and their right to voice their position. we can't express the same respect to those who consciously misled people and provoked illegal actions." white house spokesman sean spicer said today: >> the united states will monitor the situation and we call on the government of russia to immediately release all peaceful protesters. >> warner: for his part, navalny has announced plans to challenge putin for president in 2018. but his eligibility to do so is in question, over previous criminal charges. for the pbs newshour, i'm margaret warner. >> woodruff: for more on the protests, president putin, and where this goes from here i'm joined by journalist and author masha gessen. she's a

trump is referring to president obama's hot mike moment with the then outgoing russian president, dmitry medvedev. meanwhile, his former campaign manager, cory coreylewandowski. >> what we've seen from the previous administration is they did spend time listening to conversations between then senator jeff sessions and the ambassador to russia while he was in his u.s. senate office. if that were to take place, which supposedly did take place, what other conversations have they listened in on from the american public? >> whoa, whoa, whoa, you're saying they were listening to conversations between then senator sessions and the russian ambassador kislyak or mike flynn and kislyak? >> no, i'm talking about jeff sessions. >> there is corey lewandowski, trump's first campaign manager, like trump, providing claims but no evidence to back up the claim. now the white house is calling for an investigation into president trump's claims. so, we want to go to west palm beach, florida, and nbc's kasie hunt is standing by for us there. you've been covering this over the last 26 hours, but what's the latest reacti

i'll have more flexibility and that was the hot mike moment during a meeting with then outgoing dmitry medvedev. we'll go to palm beach, florida and casey. what can you tell us about the latest reaction to these accusations? >>. >> these explosive accusations outlined, frances, james clapper telling chuck todd on "meet the press "qwest that he would have known if there were any wiretaps of trump tower or any of trump's associates during the campaign and he asserted that he was denying that those existed, and of course, that raises questions again about where the president got his information for these explosive allegations whh, of course, he presented witut any evidence. there was reaction thisorning from people across the political spectrum. josh ernest, the former press secretary out speaking to a certain extent from the former president's perspective. sarah huckabee sanders, spokeswoman for president trump, both appeared separately, but i want to play for you a little bit of what both of them had to say and then we'll talk about it. >> we know exactly why president trump tweeted what he twee

thousands of people attended the nationwide rallies against alleged corruption by the prime minister, dmitry medvedevhouse in a spring blizzard. a short while ago, the russian opposition activist alexei navalny was found guilty of organising sunday's mass protest, anti—government protests across russia. he was fined the equivalent of around $350, and then he was found guilty of disobeying the police. and for that, he was sentenced to 15 days injail. and this police band behind me has arrived to whisk him off to jail. some of mr navalny‘s supporters came and held up good luck signs hoping that he could see them through the windows of the van. but then, the police officers came up to them and took them away, detained them. earlier, i managed to ask mr navalny up in the court room how significant he thought yesterday's protests had been. it was alexei navalny who called russians onto the street at the weekend to take part in anti—government protests, and people came across the country, in dozens of towns and cities, in their thousands. the biggest protest was in moscow. i was on pushkin square where the

protesters want prime minister dmitry medvedev to resign over the negotiations.ei navalny is among those detained. a short while ago i spoke to steve rosberg when he was at the heart of the protests in moscow and he gave us the protests in moscow and he gave us this update. here on pushkin square in the centre of moscow, the crowd is taunting, we are russian. there are several thousand people who have gathered here. —— the crowd is charging. the authorities say this anti—corruption is charging. the authorities say this anti—corru ption protests is charging. the authorities say this anti—corruption protests is illegal, but people have come onto the streets anyway, and there is a heavy police presence. one man tried to unfurlan heavy police presence. one man tried to unfurl an poster on the statue. police pulled him down and people we re police pulled him down and people were shouting, disgrace, let him go. the level of corruption is too high in russia right now. every citizen understands it. it is hard to live ina understands it. it is hard to live in a corruption

here is dmitry medvedev meeting with the opposition. was trying to pack a different way forward putin when came in and nixed that. second, even during this period of confrontation that started in 2012, the reset ended in 2012, but in different places we found ways to cooperate. and that is something to remember as we think about a new administration. you can walk and chew gum at the same time, and during that period we got some big things done, including the syria chemical weapons deal, even when all the other noise was happening. then there was the last straw. have you noticed a pattern here? giant demonstrations, people we don't control sitting in washington or the kremlin, crazy ukrainians who think they belong in the european union. like, we were not controlling them, but they had a vote. that voted with their feet when yanokovich decided not to sign the agreement. the vice president called him several times to try to defuse this crisis. working with the regime and the opposition. we thought we had a deal in february. i was in ukrai

navalny called for the protest after publishing a video report claiming that prime minister dmitry medvedev accrued luxury items. during his time in office. claims that he denies. one american was also arrested. journalist alec lunh tweeted i was released 5 1/2 hours after being arrested and the navalny protest caused him to be charged with holding an unsanctioned rally. hundreds are still in detention this morning, and however brave it was for the protesters to come out, the president has an approval rating of 80%. as for navalny, he was in court, fined an sentenced to 15 days in jail for organizing the protests. david. >> thanks, alex. >>> now to a new arrest. the family of the american tourist killed in london is speaking out this morning. abc's lama hasan has the latest from london. good morning, lama. >> reporter: this morning the family of melissa cochran, wife of kurt cochran skilled in that attack in the heart of london speaking out just moments ago. >> the most difficult part of all of this is that kurt is no longer with us. and we miss him terribly. he was an amazing individual wh