despite all of this the kremlin does say the offer does still stand for up to ten talks here and with moscow of course in light of everything that's happened recently that does not at all seem likely. lose the france they are giving us an update on that story now and the u.s. president. snubbing putin over the snowden situation comes despite a washington not extraditing some of russia's most wanted man either geo political analyst eric draitser says a cancellation is just damage control to save face at home the notion of putin as bringing the foreign policy trajectory back to the cold war is part of the us propaganda machine you see the decision to grant temporary asylum to snowden was not merely a political one it was one that was made out of sheer necessity by putin the russian government because frankly they couldn't have allowed the mellow drama to continue on in that airport and so what we're seeing as it's being reported in the media is that this is kind of a tit for tat harkening back to the cold war but i think that what we're seeing is actually practical politics this is real

america is prepared to build relations with russia on an equal footing and that's how the kremlin reacted to barack obama canceling his meeting with president vladimir putin the u.s. says it has little to discuss with russia on such a high level after moscow granted asylum to n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden for more on this here's our correspondence of france. washington had stated that it would react to negatively if edward snowden were given asylum by russia and this canceling at the meeting between the two leaders seems to be a product of that the white house cites a lack of recent progress in a bilateral agenda it's president obama himself who gives a very interesting explanation of the relationship between the two countries at this point there's still a lot of business that we can do with them but there's been times where they slip back in the cold war thank you for that and a cold war mentality the kremlin feels that washington is not interested in a partnership on equal footing in fact it came as a surprise to many russians when edward snowden knocked on their door. but we didn

that being silent in the face of evil something that we can't do and so and you know being here on a kremlin funded propaganda network i'm going to wear my gay pride suspenders and going to speak out against the horrific anti-gay legislation that vladimir putin has signed into law that was passed unanimously by the russian duma that criminalizes homosexual propaganda difficulty makes it illegal to talk about homosexuality in public you see the spate of violent attacks on gay people russians will discuss and they didn't spend a lot of what about bradley manning plus i exist i don't i'm not really interested in talking about bradley manning i've been talking about the horrific environment of homophobia in russia right now and to let the russian gay people know that they have and they have friends and allies and solidarity from people all over the world and we're not going to be silent in the face of this horrific repression that is perpetrated by the payment by your paymasters by vladimir putin that's what i'm here to talk about all right that's what you're talking about and i don't know how a

between theship white house and the kremlin continues to deteriorate over edward snowden.t least nine people were killed after the government opened fire at a mosque following the suicide bomb attack. >> we start off with barack obama holding a press conference in the last hour dominated the edward snowden affair. the u.s. president increases measures when it comes to tapping into phone records. the banks push ahead with controversial surveillance programs. reassessromised to relations with russia, which is granted asylum to edward snowden. obamatake a listen to mr. on the surveillance. >> given the history of the abuse by governments, it is right to ask questions about surveillance. this program is an important tool in our efforts to disrupt terrorist plots. this does not allow the government to listen to any phone calls without a warrant. i understand the concerns of those who are worried that this could be subject to abuse. after having dialogue with members of congress and civil libertarians, i believe that there are steps we can take to give the american people additi

had already been strained yet with a new leader in the kremlin there weren't resat. in diplomatic circles. i can still remember the moment when i stood up to meet him in my office. to the room with a shining smile. i told him i'd like to find a way to ease relations between our countries to improve them. take into consideration the distinct feelings that georgian and russian people have always had to watch each other. that he had the same feelings. that was our primary goal and that it could be achieved. that was the end of our discussion. i was on a visit to the white house as head of the presidential administration. the first words that george w. bush my future colleague said to me and fact about him. he said. is a good guy. was the first thing i heard from him. but there were differences too while madrid it was only adjusting to his new role really had already built up the most. generous. forms including operates of the army within a day georgia to join nato there was just one technicality frozen conflicts. and in the summer. really made a decision to do. i believ

we also have a former kremlin adviser. idea on the snowden affair that he is poking obama and i is one thing. this appeals to traditional russian values. this has the backing of the majority of the russian people? about snowden and the notion about the anti-gay laws and other conservative pieces of legislation passed recently are all driven by internal politics. putin needs to consolidate the conservative part of the society, which represents about 2/3 of the russian population. his support base is deteriorating rapidly recently. without getting those guys together, without proving he can provide stability for the traditional russian values, without that, he cannot preserve his power. >> it is also about distancing himself from the west. he says russia can be great again with the resurgence of the church. he is saying he steps to protect its conservative russian. >> in a sense, yes. he has to respect the views of the people that live in russia and not listen to what the western powers are saying. gaye saw images attacking

on the one hand it shows the importance of working with the media which the kremlin recognized that the time but on the other hand it shows that the country was prepared for it but. do you think russia as a whole and the russian leadership in particular have learned a lesson from this war when it comes to working with the media. i believe that a country that builds its ideology around war is on the wrong path who. listens need to be learnt there's no doubt about it or just as you pointed out one of them yourself and i completely agree with you. i mean the bias of a number of foreign media and their distinctly anti russian propaganda. the other hand of course we do need to be prepared to act in such cases that. if something like this heaven forbid had happened later. i suppose our response would have been better coordinated but to be entirely honest i don't think we made any major mistakes. but it is a common perception that russia wasn't a successful bit of propaganda. let's not forget that we stood by our own beliefs. to me whilst most western mass media followed the narrative of their

intervention, was 6,000-kilometers from the kremlin on thursday, independenting flood defenses in the i don't think that pat pin has something to say just now. to come up and to say that this attack will be wrong and a mistake, and a crime, and don't do it, while i think everybody knows that it will happen anyway. it doesn't make any sense to putin, and i'm sure he will appear after the strike. and he will strongly condemn. >> as for the russian people a poll on wednesday revealed that 39% have never even heard of the war. >> at the moment, i can occupied with other things. i don't follow the news. >> they once invaded iraq, and it turned out there was no chemical weapons. they use this as an excuse to launch an attack. >> what's most important to the kremlin is not to be seen but the people as bending to u.s. pressure, and maintaining its roll as the protector of syria. so that end, two russian warships were deployed to the eastern mediterranean on thursday as tensioned continue to rise. a remind tore u.s. nail forces gathering in the area, that this is not solely an american pawn. o

only option he's got on the one hand and on the other yeah i think you know the protection of the kremlin is considerable safety net show us on the ground and yeah i will try to prove that it is safe for edward snowden to stay here in russia because the whole world is watching absolutely absolutely and it's probably a potential two to inadvertently. put a bill on the faces of the white house administration the state department in the pentagon who have been. falling over themselves falling backwards over themselves since snowden's revelations started to come out going right back to the. national security administration's boss saying flatly. some claimed telling an untruth to convert to congress inquiry and then having to backtrack on. that and saying that he thought he was telling the least or giving the least erroneous answer possible extraordinary linguistic twists and turns in order to justify what had gone on so i think i think that. from a very. strategic international p.r. perspective the ball is in moscow's court they've got snowden and he's going to be looked after and i think ever

but there's been times where they slip back in the cold war thinking and a cold war mentality the kremlin feels that washington is not interested in a partnership on equal footing in fact it came as a surprise to many russians when edward snowden knocked on their door we didn't invite edward snowden and russia was in his final destination anyway he was in transit but as soon as he began his journey is route was revealed and our u.s. partners effectively blocked him from taking any further flights they even made other countries afraid of taking him in following that global manhunt that had the united states pressuring many countries to get edward snowden back on his home soil it's worth pointing out something with regard to the extradition treaty that does not exist between russia and the united states it's something russia has pushed for many times but it has been denied furthermore russia has also requested extradition or even a return of its citizens who are on domestic and international wanted lists for in some cases terrorist acts those requests were denied numerous times so as this s

eight relations between russia and georgia had already been strained yet with a new leader in the kremlin there weren't a reset was trendy in diplomatic circles. i can still remember the moment when i stood up to meet him in my office. the room with a shining smile. i told him i'd like to find a way to ease relations between our countries to improve them. take into consideration the distinct feelings that georgian and russian people have always had to watch each other. that he had the same feelings. that was our primary goal and that it could be achieved. that was the end of our discussion. i was on a visit to the white house presidential administration. the first words that george w. bush my future colleague said to me about him. he said. there's a good guy. that was the first thing i heard from him. but there were differences too. was only adjusting to his new role really had already built. the most. generous. forms including of the army within a day georgia to join nato there was just one technicality. and. really made a decision to do. i believe that the peace. agreement.

. >> no, the kremlin controls it -- no, no, no. >> there's no comparison. >> the kremlin owns them but you can't say that putin whispers in the ear of -- >> the kremlin owns them, julia. we'll come back to you. krystal, the notion that snowden was the deciding factor here is something that's being debated a lot today. it seems like the white house and the administration had a lot of incentive to actually look for a reason to not have this summit since there really was at this point very little to talk about. >> yeah, i think that's right. snowden was a convenient excuse. there was a lot of pressure actually on the president to not have this one-on-one summit with putin as a result of snowden. but in reality there wasn't a lot to talk about. we haven't been able to make progress on things like syria, the crashes we have been able to collaborate on such as the transit routes from afghanistan. there wasn't any more progress to be made there so there was a risk for the president of having a one-on-one summit and really having nothing come out of that so i think it was sort of a no-brainer

. >> 6000 kilometers from here, the kremlin is prioritizeing the defense of the city.resident putin is expected here in the next few days. for those outside the city near the riverbank, the destruction is nearly complete. they will be set up in camps like these amid allegations that more could have been done in the first few days of the emergency and that the government responded too late. the flooding has hit the entire area in the far east, 15,000 people homeless with more flooding expected to arrive. the rescue operation may now very quickly broaden its scope before it gets worse. >> too much rain there, too little rain in other places. here is jalelah ahmed with the weather. >> here in idaho where the pony and complex fire are now contained but unfortunately, radar is tracking another area of weather with winds 40 miles per hour which could perpetuate those infernos, all way into the central portion of idaho and into oregon's cascades. there is moisture farther to the north but very little in the areas where they need it. even into oregon, the majority of the rain

and the kremlin chose to take an anti-american line in not accusing then secretary of state secretaryclinton of almost orchestrating the protests. things just kind of snowballed from there. things haven't been going well for about two years, a year and a half, and the snowden thing i think was really just the last straw. >> and chrystia, isn't the awkward reality here that this anti-americanism actually plays well in russia? is that fair? >> well, i agree with you, fareed, and i would double down on that argument. you know, i've seen some people talk about the cancellation of this summit as a blow for putin, and i think that nothing could be further from the truth. i think that what we're seeing in russia is putin playing the classic authoritarian leader's playbook. and what he is doing is not only playing to a nationalist xenophobic anti-western constituency, he is building that constituency. he is doing everything he can to create a power base in russia and a sense among ordinary russians that everybody else is against us, everybody else is hypocritical. we are strong. i am the pers

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today, kremlin officials expressed their own disappointment at the u.s. decision to forego the summit. but they said president putin's invitation still stands. mr. obama still plans to attend the g-20 gathering in st. petersburg, next month, but has added a side visit to sweden instead. and secretary of state john kerry and defense secretary chuck hagel will meet with their russian counterparts in washington on friday. >> brown: was the president right to cancel the meeting? and where does this leave u.s.- russian relations? stephen sestanovich teaches international diplomacy at columbia university. he served in the state department during the reagan and clinton administrations. dimitri simes is president of the center for the national interest. he just returned from a trip to russia where he met with senior russian officials. welcome to both of you. stephen sestanovich was it the snowden asylum in the end that led to this and do you think it was the right move. >> i think it was a key factor in the decision but it wasn't the most important issue. what it

they'll use this as an excuse to launch an attack. >> what's most important for the kremlin is not toseen by the people as bending to u.s. pressure, and maintaining its role as the protector of syria. >> to that end, two russian war ships were deployed to the eastern mediterranean thursday as tensions rise, to remind u.s. naval forces that is not solely an american pond. >> on the one hand, putin who has enough clout to encourage him to the negotiating tables after any strikes on his country remains opposed to the military action that could bring about these new talks in the first place. peter sharp, aljazeera in moscow. >> syria has suggested that if the u.s. attacks, it will retaliate against israel, so israelis have been trying to get their hands on free gas masks. 5,000 people waited in line in fear of a possible missile strike. israel has act vaulted its missile defense system in preparation for retaliatory attacks. the conflict has created nearly 2 million refugees who are directly affected by the rye lens. refugees continue to pour in and out of syria and neighboring countries,

z.bakery in san francisco richmond district you can find all kinds of russian vodkas from stoli to kremlin. the owner says a boycott will not change putin's mind but will hurt his business. >> he's going to take lots and lots of regular citizens. russians, armenians and americas love our product. they better do something else, think something else. >> and the activists do have something else on the table. the 2014 winter olympic as warded to the russian town that are now called for games to be boycotted n san francisco, abc 7 news. >> former president george w. bush expected to be released from the hospital after undergoing a heart procedure, doctors discovered a blockage and today, insert aid stent to open it. the 67-year-old expected to resume normal activities on thursday. carolyn johnson is here with more on the type of procedure. here is a look at the human heart. the reason people typically get a stent is because plaque build up that is formed by ldl cholesterol in the blood that can accumulate over time with no symptoms. in the type of procedure+dv the stent is inserted into an art

in the last hour an aide to president putin said the kremlin was disappointed to the move and the invitation remains open. russia announced last week that it would allow snowden to stay in the country up to a year. following snowden's leaks and subsequent flight to russia president obama repeatedly expressed that he should not get in the way of u.s. and russia's relations. >> we've got a whole lot of business that we do with china and russia and i'm not going to have one case of a suspect who we're trying to extra diet suddenly being elevated to the point where i've got to start doing wheeling and dealing and trading on a whole host of other issues simply to get a guy extradited so that he can face the justice system here in the united states. >> amid bipartisan efforts to punish russia, calls to boycott the bilateral meeting to the 2014 olympics in sochi, things have changed. the white house announced the president will spend some time in sweden. quote, a close friend and partner to the united states. joining me today senior fellow at the center on budget and policy pry orpds akds an msnbc

several countries gay and lesbian groups have been demonstrating against the discrimination from the kremlinlike here in front of the russian embassy in israel. some politicians and activists are calling for a boycott of the winter games in light of the law. controversy has not impacted on the world athletics championships taking place in moscow, where a rainy evening could not prevent another supreme performance from usen bolt the flamboyant jamaican is never short on continent -- confidence, but after getting off to a slow start the american was in front for the first 50 meters, but could not hold on with tracks of victory in 9.7 seconds, and the young jamaican took bronze. big clash inthe action was between [indiscernible] erupt into life with just seconds on the clock. shocker's striker opened scoring with just 82nd but the grip on the match slip away when the star player hobbled off injured. fighting his way into the lead before a second strike made it on the strike of halftime, hamburg was quickly in front again. in the second encounter, the mayan secured a second victory over stood gu

as far as putin is considered as far as the kremlin is considered this is about degrading the syrian military and securing victory for the rebels. >> it does not need any u.n. approval for any action that it needs to take. we're now at the united nations. >> reporter: here at the united nations, ban ki-moon, secretary general, is meeting with leaders. diplomats hearsay it is color that the u.s. is not going to wait for that analysis, that the u.s. administration has already made it's mind up what that chemical analysis is going to say. they've not only decided there was a chemical attack. maybe they decided that the chemical attack was carried out by the assad regime. it's clear to diplomats here that there is no way that the u.s. will wait for the security council. they're never going to get russian approval, that's clear. there is something on the calendar that will affect the timeline, world leaders are supposed to gather next week in st. petersburg in russia. president obama is supposed to be there. diplomats think the strikes will take place well before thursday. otherwise it co

they'll use this as an excuse to launch an attack. >> what's moeing important for the kremlin is not to be seen by the people as bending to u.s. pressure and maintaining its roll as the protector of syria. to that end two russian warships were deployed to the eastern mediterranean on thursday as tensions continue to rise, a reminder to u.s. naval forces in the area that this is not solely an american pond. so the one man, vladimir putin who has enough clout to president assad to encourage him to go to any tables before strikes on the country remains fundamentally opposed to the military action that brings about these new talks in the first place. >>> staying in russia, but on a different topic. the russian president ordered an investigation into the handling of the country's recent floods. this came after putin flew over the flood-ravaged far eastern region to inspect the damage. the flooding was the worst in russia for 120 years and it cost the country about 1 toll toll billion. putin wants an inquire in the way local officials have responded to the flooding. unions have been on str

>> what it looks like is, for example, the deputy head of kremlin propaganda machine coming on television and saying banning gay propaganda is not enough. we need to ban gay man from being donors of blood and sperm, and should they get into car accidents, i'm quoting now, we need to bury their hearts underground or burn them for they're unsuitable for the aiding of anyone's life. this is very classic sort of dehumanizing war rhetoric. >> yes. >> it's showing the enemy is less than human, and on the other hand the enemy is extremely dangerous. >> we played clips of somewhat notorious fascist big mohawk thug who goes around luring gay men into interactions and then humiliating them and putting videos on youtube. some of the most upsetting stuff i've seen. it looks like you're staring into the very darkest heart of fascism. very core deepest worst kind of stuff that people and governments do when they hate together. >> i think that's absolutely right, and the thing to keep in mind about is that it's instigated by the kremlin. >> journalist masha gessen. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> ap

by granting edward snowden asylum the kremlin is making a cracking nation. it is moving several games ahead in a diplomatic game of chess. president cute and will not want to alien out. -- will not want to alienate president obama. there was supposed to be a summit between the two leaders. now, that is in jeopardy. >> we are disappointedth russians would take the step despite the request to have mr. snowden expelled to the u.s. do face the charges against him. >> relations between the two .ountries were already bad today, after a deliberate maneuver by president putin, they took a turn for the worse. unhappy white house. i discussed these developments with the senior member of the foreign affairs committee who joined me from capitol hill. moscowrelations between and russia have been great recently. >> president cute and has never -- president putin has never got his longing for the cold war over. he made an egregious error. >> what kind of reaction can they take? they are deliberating on whether to go with the g 20 summit. should this be called off? >> they

rights were as important in the united states as the american government claims they are, and if the kremlin actually respected and committed to human rights, and i would like to remind that the u.s.s.r. is a signatory of the 1948 universal declaration, the international covenant for economic, social, and cultural rights. there should be a commitment. we would not be in this mess. there would be something to build upon. >> we are running out of time. in terms of the human rights issue, russia has a lot to do. >> that is the caricature, isn't it? i have heard different points of view. some of them have said it, but in my view, it is largely exaggerated and largely a caricature. and certain issues, there's a greater freedom of expression in russia than there is in the west. this course in the west has narrowed and is narrowing, and russia, after 70 years of dictatorship, has experience and is continuing to experience a freedom which in some respects, we don't enjoy in the west anymore. >> i need to's you there, i am very sorry. we are out of time. -- i need to pause you there. thank you very m

. >> reporter: what is important to the kremlin not to bend to u.s. pressure.nd to that end two russian warships were deployed to the mediterranean as tensions continue to rife. naval forces gathering in the area, and this is not solely an american pawn. so one man, vladimir putin, who has enough clout with assad, remains fundamentally opposed to the military action that could bring about these news talks in the first place. al jazeera in moscow. >> thousands of people continue to leave syria, to try to find refuge in neighboring countries. many head to northern iraq, many of the refugees are sinnan kurds. we're live now, all the talk over the 24 hours about military action and the vote against it in the british parliament, have you talked to the refugees there, what do they think about the possibility of military strikes? >> they have mixed feelings here. there is some hope that the military strike will relief them of the situation they're in now, and you can see the condition behind me, but they're also saying why has it taken this long for anyone to take act

the attacks were carried out by islamist rebels, fighting against the russian states and the kremlin backed chechen president. he has been cracking down on both the rebels and their families and friends, leaving many chechens to seek shelter in the west. an increasing number of both suspected militants and innocent civilians try and make their way into the european union. most of them enter through poland. >> going for a simple stroll is an activity that abdul has come to appreciate. up until eight years ago, he lived in the russian republic of chechnya. he decided to flee from poland where he and his family could be safe and free from the intimidation they experienced in chechnya. >> i left because i had to save my life and those of my family. back then, everyone on the street was treated like a terrorist. you could be arrested at any moment. then they would demand money for your release. if you did not pay, you would be found dead later. that is why we fled with my brother and my whole family. >> abdul was arrested or times by arraignment security operatives, and four times, money

obama might reconsider the meeting planned in moscow with vladimir putin in september, i think the kremlin cannot be as optimistic anymore. both sides actually wanted to avoid an escalation because they need each other when it comes to fighting international crime or international terrorism, but certainly, the case case is a burden. >> thank you very much. these latest developments, as britain's "guardian" newspaper has published another raft of secret guardians provided by snowden. >> the report says the nsa can monitor pretty much everything a user does online. they can mine data for names, telephone numbers, and keywords used in private, stations, all without a warrant. the agency's director insisted at a hacker convention that the goal was to find terrorists and not to spy on average citizens. is this surprising? that this level of surveillance is even possible? >> what is surprising is that there are still surprises left in this ongoing story. technically, it is not really surprising. just a question of how much money we had to throw at the task of collecting a huge amount of data and