government responded by placing its troops on combat alert along the border with crimea and in eastern ukraine. ukraine's u.n. ambassador, volodymyr yelchenko, said russia's accusations are false. he says all but one member of the council have pledged to respect territorial integrity. >> let's hope, and, well, this is my biggest hope, is that with this discussion or this discussion will help russian position to understand they cannot continue this kind of behavior. >> russia's u.n. ambassador, vitaly churkin, said he hopes ukrainians would be prudent enough to not further the escalation and asked the united states not to meddle by seeking a security council resolution. the diplomatic spat comes as shelling intensifies between government troops and pro-russian separatists in eastern ukraine. >>> in other news, a wave of coordinated explosions have struck tourist destinations in southern thailand. the blasts have killed four people and wounded 34 others. among the injured are ten foreigners in the seaside town. roselyn debhavalya in bangkok has been following the story. >> police have ordered a

savchenko has called for more prisoner exchanges in the war in eastern ukraine. s end, she wants to talk with the separatists, a controversial stance in ukraine. >> politicians and pr managers are starting to cast aspersions on me, saying i did this and that wrong. and people are starting to believe them and to criticize me. but that's fine. i'm absolutely relaxed about it. i'm sure they'll also throw rocks at me in the future. >> that sounds like a sense of foreboding. the defiant pilot knows her popularity could suddenly change into mistrust and rejection. in politics, especially ukrainian politics, that's common enough. >> whenever i'm in spain, i always get quite confused about when the shops open and close. that's because a lot of shopkeepers pull down the shutters during the day to go for an afternoon siesta. nowadays, big international firms tend to ditch the siesta, so that they're not out of step with people abroad. but in western spain people feel like they are permanently out of synch with their neighbors just over the other side of the border in portug

it helps to organize aid to eastern ukraine.lexei volunteers here, helping war victims over the phone. >> what's your name, and how can i help you? reporter: we accompany alexei to the russian embassy in kyiv. alexei's been here before, to protest against putin. it's a place that arouses mixed feelings. >> i'm not afraid here, no. but i still feel somewhat uneasy in ukraine, becaue ukraine won't grant me asylum. they won't give me permission to stay here. reporter: alexei's application for asylum was turned down. he still doesn't understand why and believes the reasons he was given were just flimsy excuses. he's not alone in his plight. since the annexation of crimea, ukraine has approved only about 5 percent of aslyum applications from russians. next alexei pays a visit to maxym butkewytsch, a human rights activist who helps people obtain legal assistance. he's been seeing more and more russian refugees. according to the united nations, alexei meets the criteria for refugee status. >> paradoxically, the unhcr recognizes me as a

joins us now live from eastern ukraine. phil, of course, ukraine might be celebrating 25 years of independence from the soviet union but on the ground in eastern ukraine, the battle for independence continues. so, how much worse might this fighting get? how might it escalate, perhaps, from here? >> reporter: well, rosemary, it is an active war, and what we've seen in recent months, an intensifying one. so, for some months now, greater violence, more casualties, including civilians. add to that russian military maneuvers and a real increase in the aggressive nature of the rhetoric between ukraine and russia. that is why the ukrainian government and some international analysts are suggesting that the possibility of a wide scale open conflict is now suddenly looking more likely again. there is another view, however, and that this could be russia, if you like, increasing the stakes, creating leverage to try and use in further talks that could perhaps portray ukraine as the unreliable partner in any sort of peace process, thus a

france try to progress as a filament of the treaty but the security situation in eastern ukraine worsens then the summer. every day people lose their lives on the contact line between ukraine and eastern ukraine, especially the ukrainian soldiers. you can imagine that in this situation it is difficult to lift the sanctions. of course, we are working on that. we spoke with with the russian and ukrainian president did we're in touch and i hope we will be up to present some progress to the european council. juliette: global news, 24 hours a day, powered by 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. bloomberg. caroline: juliette, thank you very much and we all know about it, fed policymakers have been making the case for a rate hike ahead of janet yellen's speech at jackson hole. >> the most recent meeting, i did express my view that i thought it was time to continue the process of normalization of interest rates it when i look at where we are with the job market, when a look at inflation , when i forecast for that, i think it is time to move. >> i hope that chair yellen walks

this is what a cease fire looks like in eastern ukraine. >> remarkable reporting there and phil blackw live from ukraine and phil, the concern is that this tension could erupt into full scale fighting. is that where this is heading? >> reporter: that's one analysis, isha, that's right, that the trend in recent months has been heading in that direction. international observers say there has been a dramatic uptick in fighting. you can see there that it really is still very much an active war. casualties have increased, civilian casualties have increased. we've also heard this dramatic escalation in rhetoric between ukraine and russia. russia claimed that ukrainian saboteurs tried to breach crimea, that russia annexed in early 2014. russia says that wouldn't be allowed to pass. we've seen military trainings and mobilizations since then and ukraine says -- the ukrainian government believes that this is all potentially a justification for imminent military action on russia's part, isha. >> all right, phil black joining us there from eastern ukraine. phil, stay safe. thanks so much. time fo

savchenko has called for more prisoner exchanges in the war in eastern ukraine. talk with the separatists, a controversial stance in ukraine. >> politicians and pr managers are starting to cast aspersions on me, saying i did this and that wrong. and people are starting to believe them and to criticize me. but that's fine. i'm absolutely relaxed about it. i'm sure they'll also throw rocks at me in the f future. >> that sounds like a sense of foreboding. the defiant pilot knows her popularity could suddenly change into mistrust and rejection. in politics, especially ukrainian politics, that's common enough. >> whenever i'm in spain, i always get quite confused about when the shops open and close. that's because a lot of shopkeepers pull down the shutters during the day to go for an afternoon siesta. nowadays, big international firms tend to ditch the siesta, so that they're not out of step with people abroad. but in western spain people feel like they are permanently out of synch with their neighbors just over the other side of the border in portugal. >> in spain, t

it helps to organize aid to eastern ukraine.exei volunteers here, helping war victims over the phone. >> what's your name, and how can i help you? reporter: we accompany alexei to the russian embassy in kyiv. alexei's been here before, to protest against putin. it's a place that arouses mixed feelings. >> i'm not afraid here, no. but i still feel somewhat uneasy in ukraine, becaue ukraine won't grant me asylum. they won't give me permission to stay here. reporter: alexei's application for asylum was turned down. he still doesn't understand why and believes the reasons he was given were just flimsy excuses. he's not alone in his plight. since the annexation of crimea, ukraine has approved only about 5 percent of aslyum applications from russians. next alexei pays a visit to maxym butkewytsch, a human rights activist who helps people obtain legal assistance. he's been seeing more and more russian refugees. according to the united nations, alexei meets the criteria for refugee status. >> paradoxically, the unhcr recognizes me as a

they invaded it rather stealthily, annexed it and moved further into eastern ukraine after the success in crimea. this is recognized by the international community as ukrainian territory. but it is currently occupied by russia. rajini: things are escalating. could this be the brink of war? >> tensions are certainly heightened, no doubt about it. we have seen military movements. it could be a normal rotation of forces by the russians in crimea, but the ukrainians have upped readiness of their forces along the crimean border and the eastern part of ukraine. there is reason to be worried about this. we have to understand that putin is looking at this not just vis-À-vis ukraine in its own right but given the domestic realities inside russia. you mentioned the change today, the removal of his chief of staff, and this is the latest in a number of personnel move we have seen in russia in the past few months and putin has to keep that in mind, too. rajini: how significant is the demotion of his chief of staff? >> i think this is a pretty serious move. he was with putin for many years, includin

this coming amid and surge of violence in eastern ukraine.at's where government troops have continued to fight the rebels there. kiev says they are getting cash, weapons and fighters from russia. so where is all this heading and what does vladimir putin have in its sights? mitch is a former special officer. good to see you, mitch. it's been quiet in terms of the headlines but not so on the ground. russia is pouring in tanks into the eastern part of the country. >> good afternoon, eric. yes, russia is -- they are engaged in an assymetric moveme movement. they are planning a military exercise next month as well as rotating troops on what they call a free planned rotation of the troops in crimea. historically what the analysts are concerned about is many countries have used troop movements like this as a prologue to an invasion. >> they have apparently lied before about this saying we are not sending anyone in there. and the russian forces aren't in there. it turns out the russians are coming back to moscow in body bags. >> truly, they have 9500

right now it's in a position to take eastern ukraine if it wants.ou look at what putin did in 2008 in the waning days of the bush administration it went into georgia and detached a couple of provinces. i don't think it would be surprising at all if he did the same now. this is an administration that does not want trouble. they have a candidate who doesn't want to be embarrassed, meaning hillary as a successor to obama. if i were him, this would be the time certainly what he is doing with iran in syria is incredibly aggressive but it shows absolutely no fear of american retaliation or even resistance. not even military retaliation. not even arming the ukrainians. this is remarkable. and i think when putin meets no resistance, he pushes against open doors. >> maybe time for a re-set to the re-set. thank you, panel. next up, sometimes the most touching moments in life actually come in the most unexpected places. ♪ ♪ think yotry nexium 24hr.'s best for your heartburn? now the #1 choice of doctors & pharmacists... for their own frequent heartburn. get co

. >> reporter: russia and a part of ukraine dirt 2014 sent troops into eastern ukraine in november of that same year. credit boswell, cbs news, the white house. now 20 lawmakers in writing a letter to the speaker of the house paul ryan asking him to rescind his endorsement of donald trump. the letter reads in part, will continue to endorsement of mr. trump's hateful, bigoted and sexist vision threatens the integrity of the house of representatives in which we serve. so far no comment from ryan. the bbc political analyst jon keller is here. you have been taking a closer look. >> while their national survey shows bounce for hillary clinton, their key battleground state should give clinton fans pause. i've got a deep dive coming up at 5:30 pm. see you then. >>> tonight a look at ge his visi rs there two other buildings at the south want to show you the ge rendering. the company plans to add a 12 story building next-door with a room for public amenities. >>> devastated by fire not once but twice. >> one local families incredible resilient after a morning fire tore through their home. >>>

you're talking about crimea, on the black sea, and the region in eastern ukraine. first crimea. in 1991, as the soviet union dissolved, ukraine and russia became separate nations. voters in crimea were split, but they voted 54% for ukrainian independence. protests erupted and in 2014, ukrainians pushed out a pro-russian government in kiev. in crime, yeah unidentified forces, no flags on their uniform, foment an uprising an a referendum going the other way,h in favor of russia. then russia annexed crimea with international outcry but little bloodshed. meanwhile, war broke out as militant separatists took over towns and fought ukrainianan government forces in a war that continues today. the key question: what was russia's role? we know russian troops stationed in crimea did seize key positions there, and russia confirmed that it sent soldiers on intelligence missions in gone dak. the ukrainian government says russia has done far more, sending soldiers and weapons. uh anyhow back to mr. trump. his clarification on his words that putin isn't going into ukraine from a speech yesterday

. >> reporter: russia annexed crimea, and sent troops into eastern ukraine. craig boswell, cbs news, the white house. >>> no more delays in the trial of a man accused of killing sierra lamar. antolin garcia-torres is accused of killing lamar in 2012. her body has never been found. >>> a bay area man died in a southern california rave over the weekend. the victim was 22-year-old derrek lee from san francisco. he was one of three who died during the hard summer music festival. no cause of death, yet. >>> the first korean war memorial on the west coast has been unveiled. hundreds of veterans and their families were on hand this morning, with a ribbon cutting at the san francisco national cemetery in the presidio. the memorial took seven years to construct. >>> 2200 korean war veterans are buried at that cemetery. >>> the giants and the a's, both making some moves, as major league baseball's trade deadline hits. the giants going for pitching. they're picking up starter matt moore from tampa bay, and a left hand reliever, will smith from the brewers. the giants ha

. >> germany and france try to progress -- but the security situation in eastern ukraine worsened. le lose their lives between ukraine and eastern ukraine, especially ukrainian soldiers. you can imagine in this situation it is politically very difficult to lift the sanctions. we are working on that. we spoke with the russian and ukrainian presidents and we are in touch and i hope we will be able to present some progress to the european council. the son of a russian lawmaker has been convicted. one of the most lithic credit card trafficking schemes in history. he was found guilty by a seattle federal jewelry -- federal jury of stealing credit card numbers from hundreds of u.s. businesses. he was hunted by the u.s. service for more than a decade for the 2014 arrest. volkswagen's agreement to pay 600 -- 652 auto dealerships followed by a cheating scheme will cost about $1.2 billion according to a person familiar with the matter. it will raise vw's settlements that include those by car owners billion.ators to $16.5 meanwhile the carmaker is facing investor claims and possible criminal c

the conflict in eastern ukraine appears to be heating up once again.yiv says it is putting troops on high alert. ukrainian president petro poroshenko made the announcement after moscow declared it was putting forces on the crimean peninsula on alert. moscow claims the steps are to protect critical infrastructure. security forces captured what it says were ukrainian agents on a sabotage mission. time for a check of business news. monday saw donald trump outline his economic vision as president of the united states. now it's hillary clinton's turn. helena is following the latest on that. >> that's right. at the democratic contender hillary clinton promised to make the american economy work for everyone, saying, if you can, dream it, you should be able to build it. her plan is to create decently paid jobs, making those at the top pay their fair share of taxes, and supporting working families. clinton says that when her republican rival donald trump was in nearby detroit, he only talked about failure, and was missing what was really happening, that detroit

she calls moscow's annexation of crimea and its military actions a eastern ukraine, quote, breach ofdamental principles. china will propose a joint initiative to revive quick global growth. president obama will attend the summit. olympic medalist ryan lochte apologized on social media, saying he was sorry for not being more careful and candid when describing the events that took place last sunday. lochte did not go into detail about what happened at a rio gas station, but said he was involved in a quote, traumatic situation. finally, all-night service launched on the two -- tube. six trains will run on the central and victoria lines overnight. expanded service is expected to boost the u.k. economy. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm courtney donohoe. nejra? nejra: thanks so much. for anyone who's ever been on a london night bus, i'm not sure you would be quite as excited about the tube. now, to what many consider one of the thornier issues in the upcoming brexit issues. some tech companies are worried the div

the president says the confrontation between ukrainian forces and russian backed rebels in eastern ukraineotten worse. ukraine putin accuses of engaging in terror attacks in crimea, with russia annexed to years ago. turkey has revealed just how broad the crackdown was after last month attempted coup. the prime minister says more than 40,000 people were detained and over 5000 people are still in custody, plus 80,000 turkish employees were removed from duty. the uk's future relationship with european union requires a custom-made solution. deputy foreign minister tells bloomberg they will be able to cherry pick the economic advantages. what is clear is that u.k. can expect assets to become in market unless it allows for free movement of workers. take a look at the world's largest aircraft. it flew for the first time today over central england. it is 302 feet long and can stay aloft for two weeks and carry heavier loads than conventional airships. global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2600 journalists in more than 120 countries. i am courtney donohoe. this is bloomberg. nejra: thanks

bloomberg will have live coverage on clinton's speech at 1:15 eastern. ukraine is warning that russia is trying to ask -- escalate the conflict over crimea. bruton hasesident accused ukraine of engaging in terror tactics. russia annexed crimea in 2014. loan by then economy. egypt has been struggling since the ousting of the longtime leader in 2011. the plan cuts electricity subsidies and curbs increases in wage. 's turkey, president erdogan approval rating has soared. approve of the way he is handling his duties. news, 24 hours a day powered by 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. nejra: now back to currencies. the one-year anniversary of china's shocked evaluation of the u.n.. .--yuanhe yuen joining us now with a look at flury.ngs fx is thomas he joins us from zurich. great to have you on the program. weking at some of the movies have had today, starting with the eu ceiling -- new zealand dollar, both rallying today. the new zealand dollar was on perhaps more expectations from the central bank but this is also about the h

this is what a cease-fire looks like in eastern ukraine. phil black, cnn. >>> phil black, thank you. tunisia has a new unity government. how a nonconfidence led to the change at the top of the north after an country, next. >>> plus, more horror for aleppo. a barrel bomb attack kills children in the devastated syrian city. how it has become a death trap for many people. >>> welcome back to cnn "newsroom". i'm george howell. the tunisian parliament voted in a new government on friday. the national unity party won with over 75% support. tunisia's president appointed him in early august after a no confidence vote ousted the former prime minister in july. >>> people in the syrian city of aleppo are mourning victims of a barrel bomb attack. many attacks after 15 people, including children, died in them. we're about to show you disturbing images of the aftermath. they are almost unbearable to watch. but we feel it is important for the world to understand the extent of what is happening in syria. residents dug frantically to look for loved ones bur

france trying to progress in fulfillment of the minsk treaties, but the security situation in eastern ukraine worsens during the summer. every day, people lose their ,ives on the contact line especially the ukrainian soldiers. you can imagine that in this situation, it is very difficult to lift sanctions. of course we are working on that. we spoke with the russian and ukrainian presidents. i hope we will be able to present some progress to the european council. nejra: volkswagens agreement to pay 652 u.s. auto dealerships will cost it about $1.2 billion. that is according to a person familiar with the matter. that will raise vw's settlements to $16.5 billion. the carmaker is still facing investor claims and possible criminal charges. global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts. i'm nejra cehic. this is bloomberg. francine: janet yellen takes to the stage today for the much awaited remarks at jackson hole. september rate hike on you the one in three. odds jump to one in thre. >> i did express my view that i thought it was time to continue the process of normal

. >> reporter: russia annexed crimea, and sent troops into eastern ukraine in november of that same year. craig bosswell, cbs news. >>> arizona senator john mccain criticized trump's comments about the khan family. part of it reading, i challenge the nominee to set the example for what our country can and should represent. quote, when you say your job building buildings is akin to our sacrifice, you are attacking our sacrifice. >>> he held up a pocket sized version of the u.s. constitution. since then, sales have skyrocketed. it became the second best selling book on amazon, just behind the new harry potter book. >>> hillary clinton is getting a bump in the polls thanks to the democratic convention. clinton now has a 7 point lead over trump. trump held a slight lead before last week's convention. millions of dollars are pouring into campaigns legalizing the recreational use of marijuana in california. the national coalition has raised more than $2 million. former facebook president sean parker has contributed to a group that has raised 6.7 million to support passage. if approved by voter

hybrid war that they carried out in europe to annexed crimea and to invade eastern ukraine had it central element. >> everyone is talking about rush of the people behind us. what they have been doing. the white house has not called them out in a strong way. do you think that they should? be more aggressive e? >> the white house has done what they need to do. said that the fbi's investigative. that investigation will focus on a number of things. including attribution. attribution in the cyber world is a difficult problem. >> what do you mean by that? >>, turn informed conclusion based on everything that you know that x entity was behind the attack. kind of cyber that at some of the great challenges. the fbi is going to have to look at the attack and how strong the evidence is that they can attribute the attacker particular entity and the whole question of what you do with the information. whether you go publicly or privately. if you come to the conclusion that they did it. assessment of intentions and then you have an assessment of consequences and actions. my view is if in fact you could

hybrid war that they carried out in europe to annexed crimea and to invade eastern ukraine had it central element. >> everyone is talking about rush of the people behind us. what they have been doing. the white house has not called them out in a strong way. do you think that they should? be more aggressive e? >> the white house has done what they need to do. said that the fbi's investigative. that investigation will focus on a number of things. including attribution. attribution in the cyber world is a difficult problem. >> what do you mean by that? >>, turn informed conclusion based on everything that you know that x entity was behind the attack. kind of cyber that at some of the great challenges. the fbi is going to have to look at the attack and how strong the evidence is that they can attribute the attacker particular entity and the whole question of what you do with the information. whether you go publicly or privately. if you come to the conclusion that they did it. assessment of intentions and then you have an assessment of consequences and actions. my view is if in fact you could

. >> the conflict with russia flared up in eastern ukraine. tensions have remained high but we rarely see this type of standoff. moscow warning it could cut off diplomatic relations if ukraine doesn't back down. >> the attempt to trigger a state of violence to provoke a conflict is nothing but the desire to divert attention from calling on both sides to settle the issue through diplomacy not violence. and making it clear the u.s. stands firmly behind the ukrainian government. >> this is a very tense time. we do understand that there's violence and we do recognize ukraine's right to defend its own citizens. >> kiev warning of a major russian military drill scheduled for next month which it says could be a rehearsal future invasion of ukraine. in london, fox news. >>> a carpet of flowers fills the central square in belgium. 600,000 giant flowers laid out on the historic grand palace today. the theme for the carpet draws inspiration from japanese representations of flowers, birds, the wind and the moon. all to depict the beauty of nature. entire d

the only way i could think of defending him, and it is a stretch, would be that in the case of eastern ukrainehave not had uniform russian divisions going there, but funny -- on uniformed guys going in, to themea was a threat principle of international relations. the one thing we can all agree on is that you cannot use military force to change borders. it is the one idea of sovereignty. it has been around for a couple hundred years. when saddam hussein tried it in kuwait, the world, including the soviet union, came together to rebuff it. charlie: you can't use military force to change governments? richard: no, borders. what russia did is clearly a threat to the postwar order, the order in europe. we didn't have the military option to resist them, i understand that. but the fact that we have resisted with sanctions, or penalized russia, makes sense. mr. trump suggested that he would examine or look at the sanctions policy. you have the story about the republican platform not talking about providing legal assistance insteadkraine, appropriate assistance, whatever that means. what seems to be mis

he has already gained a lot by occupying crimea and also eastern ukraine because he's undermind the kiev government quite a bit. so i think that's really his strategic objective. he wants a weak government in kiev, he doesn't want to align with the west, and that's what a lot of this is about. trish: and, general, you would have to think that he must be sort of sitting back and, you know, maybe smiling a bit at the disaster europe is in. both from an economic perspective from the debt crisis, et cetera, but also, general, as a result of the immigration tragedy that is happening there with more than a million migrants moving into germany and all of the chaos that has thus ensued. how do you think he is seeing europe through his prism as a result of the immigration struggles. >> yeah. they're all positives from his perspective. whatase strategic objective is russia has always looked at eastern europe as a buffett to protect the mother land itself. they had a frenchman in the 19th century burn moscow and a german in the 20th century get within 20 miles it of. that is serious to them. it may

and so when i see things like that plus the comments on crimea and on the don boss and eastern ukraine, when i see statements like that, it scares me. when you're heading a global super power, consistency and predictability, those are great values. >> you've endorsed jeb bush and john kasich dropped out of the race. ultimately if you're going to vote, you most likely are going to choose one or the other and certainly if you're going to vote for the next president, you're going to vote for one or the other. >> i am right now in the i cannot support mr. trump. it does not yet mean i will support secretary clinton. i mean that from the heart. i have not made that decision and i don't know if i will. >> general hayden, thank you very much. i appreciate your time. >> thank you. >> and "outfront" next, hillary clinton picking up another key business endorsement. what is behind the billionaires backing clinton. and an outbreak of the zika virus in the united states. the cdc issuing an unprecedented warning for pregnant women in the united states. (cashier) cool. (peyton) ah...18. the old numb

the hybrid war that they carried out in europe to annex crimea and invade eastern ukraine had as an essential element of the information warfare. anna: everyone's talking about russia as the people behind this. what they have been doing. the white house has not really call them out in a strong way. do you think they should be more aggressive, in calling out russia on what they have done here? stephen: i think the white house is doing what you need to do. they have said that the fbi is investigating, and they are the entity that investigate cyber attacks. tom: that investigation will focus on a number of things, including attribution. attribution in the cyber world is a difficult problem. jake: when you say that, what do you mean by that? tom: it means coming to an informed conclusion based on everything that you know, that x entity was behind the attack. in cyber, that's one of the great challenges, the challenge of attribution. the fbi i'm sure will have to look at how strong the evidence is that could attribute that attack to a particular entity. and the whole question comes, what do you do

go that's the basic principal of how the world operates, what they did in eastern ukraine. akes place against other comments donald trump made about nato. so seeming to give russia a past and to raise question about the american alliance relationships is a major foreign policy statement. >> and americans for so many years, when we immigrated russia was enmy number one. many trump supporters don't view putin to be a great threat to the u.s. as isis and what have you. i think what you were talking about is something many trump supporters don't see as a big issue. >> and romney said russia would be one of the greatest threats to world stability. >> he played more into the clinton campaign's hands than almost anything i could imagine him doing. >> yes. sam stein, you wanted to get in? >> yes. he said we had nothing to do with this provision. it is cause for giving ukraine defensive weaponry. they said we didn't have anything to do with that. it is not true. he has two rnc sources saying that it was in fact the trump campaign that pulled that provision out of the platform. it kin

statement that russia won't enter ukraine when they've already annexed crimea and they're in eastern ukraine. these are issues giving heartburn not only to me but many of my friends in the republican party. you look at the crowning foreign policy achievement of ronald reagan and george h.w. bush was a dismantlement of the former soviet union and to have the republican nominee seem like he's saddling up next to the -- this neo-russian imperialist trying to disrupt the post-cold war order that we led this order after the berlin wall came down, the soviet union collapsed it seems it flies in the face of what many of us as republicans have stood for. >> so what are you going to do? >> what's that? >> what are you going to two? whom are you going to vote? whom are you going to support? >> well, i'm not supporting hillary clinton under any circumstances. i certainly believe that her mishandling of the classified material recklessly and negligently should disqualify her from serving as commander-in-chief and i've expressed my concerns about donald trump. i might have to write somebody in. secretary

, somebody that essentially endorses the illegal seizure of the crime ea and it's actively in eastern ukrainenoring the fact that we've had russian aircraft in international airspace and naval ships at sea so i think mr. putin probably can't believe his good fortune that trump's words are weakening nato, an alliance that straicon strains his dangerous behavior. >> thank you for joining us. >>> turning now to hugh hewitt, you've been writing about t concern you have which is the supreme court. explain. >> if donald trump doesn't win the supreme court will take a left and probably long lasting if not forever turn to the hard left. so i listed in my column today a dozen different areas of constitutional law that i've been teaching that will go off the map and that i wanted never trumpers to consider the fact that the court won't be lost for four years, it will be lost for 40 years. i have enormous respect for the general. when he retired in 1996 he was inducted into the ranger hall of fame. he's a hero. i'm just a civilian but i was in the green room yesterday with general flynn who is a three s

donald trump could not know under questioning that russia and russian-backed forces had taken over eastern ukraine>> no. i can't. i mean, it's been a major news story for the last two years. it's the first time since the end of world war ii that borders were forcibly changed in europe. there's no excuse to not knowing what is going on in that part of the world. >> at the same time, you've got him saying in the past that he had a relationship with vladimir putin, now he says he doesn't know vladimir putin. there were a lot of questions about what putin is trying to do and whether russia is behind the hacking into democratic organizations. including the dnc, of course. what do we know about putin and trump? this is thomas roberts back in, i guess it was 2013. >> do you have a relationship with vladimir putin? a conversational relationship or anything that you feel you have sway or influence over his government? >> i do have a relationship. and i can tell you that he's very interested in what we're doing here today. >> what exactly is your relationship with vladimir putin? >> i have no relationship w

. >> woodruff: in eastern ukraine, new signs of escalating combat between russian-backed rebels and ukrainianernment troops. u.n. human rights officials say casualties in june were the highest in nearly a year. that is despite peace accords that called for withdrawing heavy weapons. >> ifill: 300 people escaped with their lives today in a spectacular plane crash in dubai. they were on an emirates flight from india that slammed down on the runway as it tried to land. the passengers got out just before the plane burst into flames. >> while landing, i think the engine or something burned, so the smoke was coming inside. so immediately they asked us to evacuate. we have escaped from the emergency exit, so we were jumping down. >> ifill: one firefighter died battling the blaze, and traffic was stopped for several hours, but later returned to normal. >> woodruff: back in this country, the state of alabama refused parole for thomas blanton, jr. in the murder of four young black girls, half a century ago. they died when ku klux klansman bombed their birmingham church in 1963. blanton was convicted in

i'd like to see him denounce putin's assistance to the rebels in eastern ukraine that resulted in the shoot down of the malaysian airliner. i want him to renounce what putin is doing in syria as a butcher and dictator. i would like to see him stand up and denounce putin. i'll tell you at the end of the day putin would have more respect for him than he does now. >> rose: why do you think he doesn't do that? some of those things come at different ways, for example why he doesn't denounce putin in ukraine. do you think it's believe putin did the right thing or he believes it's okay or he believes it's okay for them to take over crimea. >> no. >> rose: or because he just doesn't understand the consequences of providing leadership of a country that's the word's greatest power. >> the single thing in my up said that got more attention was this guy is recruited. >> rose: unwitnessing. >> unwitnessing has been recruited by putin. that's the reason he's taking the position he's taken. >> rose: and by the way putin played to his ego. >> putin is a trained intelligence officer. he was a very tal

putin is dialing up pressure on eastern ukraine in particular.mind this time, we don't know. there is another indication he has not given up objective over former soviet union, azerbaijan, baltics. he knows there is weakness in the oval office. he will push. stuart: he has 80 days left with the president as president of the united states. there is one more development, i'm sure you know about this, i bring to your attention. president erdogan in turkey going to iran, state visit august 24th. there is some significance to that. tell our viewers, please. >> absolutely. this is the worst case from america's point of view. we had erdogan right after failed military coup make his first meeting with a foreign leader with vladmir putin. obviously not a nato ally. now he is going to iran, which already has axis with russia. i very much fear that we're looking at a trilateral kind of understanding here with iran, turkey and russia. this is pad news for the united states and its friend all over the middle east. it is really bad news for nato. i don't know

i'd like to see him denounce putin's assistance to the rebels in eastern ukraine that resulted in the shootdown of the malaysian airliner. i'd like to see him renounce what putin is doing in syria supporting a butcher and dictator. i'd like to see him just stand up and denounce putin. and i'll tell you that at the end of the day putin would have more respect for him than he russian federation. >> unwitting agent of the federation recruited by putin. that's why he's taken the positions he's taken. >> morell also talked about what he personally would like to see done in syria, what he would like to see done in syria to end the civil war there. >> when we were in iraq, the iranians were giving weapons to the shia militia who were killing american soldiers. >> iranians were making us pay a price. we need to make the iranians pay a price in syria. we need to make the russians pay a price. here's what i want to do. i want to go after those things that assad sees as his personal power base. i want to scare assad. i want to destroy his presidential aircraft on the ground. i want to destroy hi

up to this point, there have been over 10,000 lives lost in eastern ukraine between the russian littlery forces are in western ukraine helping the ukrainian military defend themselves and defend the sovereignty of that state. so yeah, it's definitely a misunderstanding of what's going on in ukraine. >> so jeffrey lord, your reaction as well when you look at the bigger context of this. that is, at the rnc, the republican party platform for the united states towards ukraine changed significantly. and it has been widely reported, including by josh rogan in "the washington post," that the trump campaign is the one that pushed that change, the change that took away the united states pushing for arming of ukrainians against russia. so it looks like a more pro-russian stance now. that's the bigger context of this. >> well, the bigger context is why did this happen in the first place? this is the obama administration and hillary clinton running american foreign policy. how did we get to that stage? i mean, that's the thing that seems to get lost here. these things are not happening in a vacuum