president trump has praised vladimir putin in statements and in tweets, but former chess champion garry kasparov is a longtime critic of the russian president. he's also the author of "winter is coming: why vladimir putin and the enemies of the free world must be stopped." and garry, thanks so much for joining us today. >> good morning. thank you. >> you know, president trump has professed admiration for the russian president. you've been a pro-democracy activist against putin. what do you see in putin that trump doesn't? >> trump's admiration for putin can be explained by, in general by trump's admiration for strong man, for the way the stronger men rule their countries, but i think there is probably something more sinister. >> there are a lot of people, though, who say that a more open relationship, at least having a dialogue, would be a good thing. that's what president trump has talked about. do you think there's any way that an open dialogue would benefit both countries? >> dialogue is always good, but the question is, you know, what are you going to discuss and what price are you willing t

speaks of better relations with russia but former russian chess master and human rights advocate garry kasparov tells our jim axelrod that mr. trump must be careful not to become a pawn in putin's dangerous game. >> sometimes i feel it's like a day in a bad dream. >> reporter: garry kasparov doesn't like the way the relationship between donald trump and vladimir putin is taking shape. >> he always came up with some kind of-- comparing, you know, putin's actions, you see those of the united states. >> reporter: do you respect putin. >> i do respect trim. >> he is referring specifically to this exchange. >> putin is a killer. >> there are a lot of killers, we have a lot of killers, what you think our country is so innocent. >> you hardly find a person that trump didn't touch but putin was always an exception. >> reporter: a former world chess champion who became one of putin's most vocal critics in russia, kasparov was arrested and beaten multiple times finally fleeing four years ago before fellow dissidents bore is nemtsov was murdered and vladimir c-- poisoned twice. >> the way putin had been p

pawn in putin's dangerous game. >> sometimes i feel it's like a day in a bad dream. >> reporter: garry kasparovoesn't like the way the relationship between donald trump and vladimir putin is taking shape. >> he has never criticized vladimir putin. he always, you know, came up with some kind of moral relativism, you know... comparing, you know, putin's actions with, you know, those of the united states. >> reporter: do you respect putin? >> i do respect him. >> reporter: kasparov is referring specifically to this exchange. >> putin is a killer. >> there are a lot of killers, we have a lot of killers. what, you think our country is so innocent? >> you could hardly find a person that trump didn't touch, but vladimir putin was always an exception. >> reporter: a former world chess champion, who became one of putin's most vocal critics in russia, kasparov was arrested and beaten multiple times, finally fleeing four years ago, before fellow dissidents boris nemtsov was murdered, and vladimir kara-murza poisoned, twice. >> the way putin had been presenting the world to russian people, "yes, we do cert

talking to garry kasparov about russian literature.t 100 years. >> crime and punishment is awesome. >> it's psychology, yes, but crime and punishment is different. it's a philosophy. crime and punishment is almost immortal because talks about -- doesn't change whether you have truth or not. >> you know, we're going to get to you, garry, but first revenues, up $0.20, shares a provider of transaction processing technology rising in the news. told you about beating the street top and bottom line drugmakers got a boost from allergan's drug last year. >> president trump playing host to a number of world leaders. japanese prime minister abe now canadian prime minister this week. trickiest relationship could be with russian president vladimir putin. joining us right now is garry kasparov, chairman of human righ rights, former chess champion. if you want to know his author he's author of "winter is coming, why vladimir putin and leaders of the free world need to be stopped." garry, thank you so much for being here. we appreciate it. we hear cr

to leave itave there, but do come back, please, garry kasparov. rights activist and author of the book "winter is coming." that is on your shelves. , battle of the charts. this is bloomberg. -- up next, battle of the charts. this is bloomberg. ♪ vonnie: beautiful you out there of midtown manhattan. looks a bit cold that it is time now for the battle of the charts where we take a look at some of the most telling charts of the day and what they mean for investors. the function is featured at the bottom of your screen. isay kicking things off abigail doolittle. abigail: one of the big questions right now is what is happening with stocks trading at all-time highs. can they stay at these all-time highs? me, it maybehind suggest that stocks are due for a pullback. suggesting that the yield index based on that is a measure of valuation and basically takes the s&p 500 earnings numbers, divided by the index when it is hired for valuations that are relatively healthy, right now we do see that it is starting to drop lower. it is worth noting that that -- tha