but back to the kremlin. that was different as was pointed out at the top of the show than the public defense offered by don jr. explicitly and we see from reporting, allegedly by the president, in weighing in on the meeting, to say that to the extent, this was the argument. they argued to the extent there were people name checking these powerful kremlin folks, it was puffery. it was trying to get past it by saying, i know these a-listers when you don't. no. they knew. what is the legal path? >> well, it's interesting. i was taking a look at the issue when i read "the new york times" article. i was writing a twitter thread about it. i went back and looked at the public statements they made about this meeting which i had previously dissected. it was very interesting to read the statements. in those had statements, they didn't quite say this woman was not affiliated with the russian government. they kind of dance praunlds issue. what i tells me is, their lawyers recognized already some time ago this was a probl

(speaking russian) this kremlin, the power these days is always in singular.matter where it is. it belongs to the president. it comes from the president, flows out of the president. >> narrator: and in his own backyard, putin was seeing a growing threat-- popular revolutions in three former soviet republics... (people chanting, reporter speaking russian) ...challenging moscow's influence. (reporter speaking russian) >> people in the streets is a really frightening sight to putin. people in the streets can make all sorts of things happen. >> narrator: they were called the color revolutions, and again putin feared america was trying to export democracy. >> putin concluded that these were efforts by the united states and our intelligence services to, in fact, install in these neighboring countries regimes that would be anti-russian. >> because you acted, georgia is today both sovereign and free, and a beacon of liberty for this region and the world. >> putin is convinced that people don't just come out into the streets. they have to be driven by somebody. there h

supposed influence on the two thousand and sixteen election accusing our channel of serving as a kremlin propaganda tool however no concrete evidence was given in the report in september the us justice department contacted r.t. contacted r.t. america service supplier demanding it register as a foreign agent in the us a law that was drafted to prevent the spread of world war two propaganda however registering would compromise the personal data of employees which the russian foreign ministry spokesperson explained was a safety issue for staff the fact that r.t. is no longer included in google's preferred u.s. advertising list won't concern the channel too much however r.t. is currently the world's biggest news network on you tube last month our channel smashed the five billion views mark on the website. i. knew. we value most i. i'll be back with more news after a short break. america has a colony it's called puerto rico and they overcharge them for stuff and now there's a disaster there leave them to rot and it's a failure of capitalism it's a failure of politics in washington it's a fail

that doesn't mean that she was actually ordered by the kremlin or commissioned by the kremlin to go reach out to the trump campaign. i think she was quite sincerely representing her private client. it so happens her private client has extremely close ties to the prosecutor's office and in fact the entire magnitsky affair has close ties to the prosecutor's office. all in it together but all in it together in a messy way. not in a way that -- where they get orders and clear instructions and do it elegantly. elegantly is the last thing they are. >> absolutely. it does feel, natasha, the sloppiness is on both sides. on the trump side of the ledger, offers made, reply in e-mails, yes, we'll take t. experts i've spoken to suggested that may have been on purpose. that perhaps there was an element of the russian influence campaign where they warranted everyone to know they were doing this. they left fingerprints on the dnc hacks, were very, very sloppy when it caming to hacking e-mails and made it very obvious to security researchers, they, it originated in russia. and a sense perhaps it was larg

clearly by any measure, to the kremlin raising the question of why anyone involved in u.s.uld want to be so deeply and intimately involved with someone who was so close to yanakovich. >> paul manafort was well paid. has there been any reaction to the news of these indictments? >> this is kind of interesting, wolf. we've seen some sporadic comment coming from mostly activists who were opposed to victor yanacovic and what he presided over. what we haven't heard from yet is the government, the country's president. one aren't analysts are suggesting we haven't heard anything from the ukrainian government yet is because they're possibly concerned or anxious about upsetting the white house. they rely heavily on all different number of various forms of usa, they can't afford to get into some protracted political battle with the trump administration, there has been speculation that that may be contributing to their absence in making some kind of a statement against manafort. >> kristen, thanks very much. that's it for me. a special breaking news coverage continues right now with er

they are now heading to the kremlin.nying them but at the moment they are not intervening, they are escorting them down the street. you are not afraid to be here? we have no choice, we must be here. we have no future with putin. the only chance for us in this country, not to leave country, not to live abroad is alexei navalny. the point is to support alexei navalny‘s bid to run for the presidency. he has gathered crowds in support for the bid for the presidency. officially he is not allowed to run because he has a criminal sentence but he says he has huge support and wants to prove that by being allowed to run. they are heading to the underpass and the police have moved in to block the way through to red square and the kremlin and have done the same above ground, trying to keep protesters as far away as possible from the seat of power. perhaps the strangest thing about this is it appears to have ended without mass arrests. the riot police normally move in quickly in situations like this but this time the police seem to h

former mi6 agent with a lot of kremlin connections.dnc apparently paid for in the latest information that we have, brings into question whether or not it's ethical for them to have gone over that line. paid for the research that they have? it's a thick wick he. >> white. what people forget it's not cricket. this sell mrashs dossier was so controversial at the time that news organizations refused to touch it except for because feed that said we don't know if it's true. other organizations were more interested in damaging certain candidates than they were that trying to report on them. >> martha: brings to mind the issue of fake news which is also in your bailiwick in terms of real journalism. >> this is pretty fake. it is not journalism. they might have found things that are true. when you hide the funding you are putting yourself beef mind a curtain and not being straight and readers and viewers on line because you've put money on the line and they don't know it. >> martha: as we know the bank records of fusion gps have been requested

in a sense it states that the kremlin knew that this delegation was going to trump tower. they authorized it and greenlighted the talking points. that is direct evidence of collusion. >> jeremy, you often remind us that collusion in and of itself is not a crime. tell me why, if it's not a crime, it is such an electrified third rail for donald trump? why is he tweeting about it on the same day that another fact is revealed in "the new york times" that simply makes it more obvious, makes it more clear that collusion between the kremlin and the trump campaign was at least attempted? >> there could be some criminal actions here that bob mueller will take before the grand jury like violations of federal election law. violation of the registration requirements, as a foreign agent, but more fundamentally, this is a national security violation and part of the fbi and bob mueller's probe is to determine whether or not america's national security was compromised. what leverage russia had during the campaign and now has over our foreign policy and this is going to be a major part of

some connected to the kremlin directly.f the clinton campaign was paying for steele's research, why were they in effect colluding with russia? irony of ironies. maybe most important of all, why is the fbi refusing to answer basic questions from congress? our government is not supposed to work like that. the fbi is not its own country. it's not a private organization. it's not elected by voters. except that they obey the laws that citizens, you and me, voted for. the fbi can't ignore the congress of the united states. that's obstruction. it's also scary. if federal agents with guns are not accountable to congress or to the president they work for, who are they accountable too? who is really in charge? suddenly you're looking at something resembling an occupying army. that's when things fall apart. mark steyn is here with us. you're an international connoisseur of irony. how are you responding to this story that was designed to prove collusion between republicans and russia and now it's the opposite? >> yeah. trump is in the

that is a different thing than having christopher steele go to the kremlin and talk to talk to kremlinicials and get their >> our research is dirty. surprise, surprise! should it be relied on? no. should be a major part of our campaigns? no. >> congresswoman jerry think it's appropriate for a political party to use senior criminal officials for this research? >> no, i don't. let's find out more. let's, let mueller find out the truth. >> thank you panel, we will see you a little later if we have time left. we come back, open warfare with president trump and what it means for the gop. ohio governor john kasich is next. with our allstate agent, and i know that we have accident forgiveness. so the incredibly minor accident that i had tonight... four weeks without the car. okay, yep. good night. with accident forgiveness, your rates won't go up just because of an accident. switching to allstate is worth it. we're on a mission to show drip coffee drinkers, it's time to wake up to keurig. wakey! wakey! rise and shine! oh my gosh! how are you? well watch this. i pop that in there. press brew.

that is a different thing than having christopher steele go to the kremlin and talk to talk to kremlinnd get their >> our research is dirty. surprise, surprise! should it be relied on? no. should be a major part of our campaigns? no. >> congresswoman jerry think it's appropriate for a political party to use senior criminal officials for this research? >> no, i don't. let's find out more. let's, let mueller find out the truth. >> thank you panel, we will see you a little later if we have time left. we come back, open warfare with president trump and what it means for the gop. ohio governor john kasich is next. mom: open road, here comes the heffley family. narrator: whether it's a short trip or a long haul... gps: estimated time--47 hours. narrator: they will beg... mom: you're hungry? i'm happy to provide. narrator: they will plead... both: deep-fried butter on a stick! narrator: but whatever you do, don't wimp out. now you're talkin'. narrator: make them buckle up. it can't hurt. narrator: remember, safety first... [crunch] cheese curls... aah! second. are you orange? >> this week op

theon information came from the kremlin. they used it in a political campaign in the presidential campaign. i thought the whole charge was trump was using information from the kremlin to win. but hillary was. stick with the charges that the russians interfered in the election, colluding possibly. that's what's under investigation with the trump campaign. to elect donald trump. the russians weren't cooperating with christopher steele to elect hillary clinton. that's an asinine charge breaks through and actually, it's more than a charge. it's proven by the facts. >> to what end? steele was working sources. m >> tucker: lets me finish my sentence. everyone admits the russians gave information to the hillary campaign for pay. they paid fusion and steele. information goes to the hillary campaign to beat trump. you don't see that as collusion? >> that his opposition research. >> tucker: oh. >> entirely different. then when russians are buying ads. >> tucker: totally makes sense. i guess what i needed was yet in washington vocabula

the anthems of saudi arabia and russia have been played at one of kremlin's most spectacular rooms and that means the landmark meeting has happened deals with the largest and the richest gulf kingdom always mean big numbers on paychecks and kinks oman is in russia to do just that to put those signatures on the many papers that are expected to be signed and he has told that he is genuinely happy to be in washington for that but it is no secret that the international geopolitical scene russia and saudi arabia are exactly friends but this only adds. to the story for when it comes to using economic partnership the three is really can do many things together and high ranking officials from the sofa countries housman t.-z. journalists with big numbers that i've been telling you about multibillion dollar contracts are expected to be announced including possibly three billion dollars worth of arms purchases by saudi arabia the gulf kingdom is also planning to spend at least one million dollars on energy projects in russia as part of a joint fund saudi arabia also wants to invest in gas product

jaclyn high while the thems of russia and saudi arabia have been played inside one of kremlin's most spectacular rooms so that means the meeting is underway as you were saying and deals with the biggest and the richest gulf kingdom always being in big numbers all of these paychecks and kids is in russia to do just that for these signatures on these many papers that are expected to be signed and he has told a lot of our pollutant that he is genuinely happy to be in russia although it is no secret that on the international geopolitical scene saudi arabia. aren't exactly friends but that only adds spice to the story because when it comes to the economic partnership and cooperation high ranking officials from both countries have already been teasing the journalists ahead of this visit with the big numbers that i was telling you about we are expecting multi billion multi billion dollar contracts to be announced for instance possibly three billion dollars worth of arms sales to saudi arabia saudi arabia is also planning to spend at least one billion dollars on energy projects in russia sau

. >> seth: tell me what are your ties to the kremlin? run this, like -- rice? you know like rice paddies -- with like the -- you know, there's like the water, and you've got to go get the rice? >> seth: yeah, uh-huh. >> fred: so -- you sound like you don't believe me. >> seth: i don't believe you. >> fred: a bunch of us -- >> seth: i will say, it's a weird start to your ties to the kremlin. >> fred: a bunch of us -- >> seth: uh-huh. >> fred: run one of those together. >> seth: who do you mean, "a bunch of us"? who's the us? >> fred: guys from the kremlin. >> seth: okay. [ laughter ] >> fred: you know, yuri. do you know yuri? >> seth: i don't know any of them. >> fred: okay. so they live outside of moscow. and i've met them and we were just like, "hey, we should sell rice." why not? everyone loves rice. so we just started this paddy. and we go in there and we have like, it's like a strainer. >> seth: i don't want to know the process of making -- [ laughter ] >> fred: why not? >> seth: well, i'm fascinated by your kremlin connection. >> fr

that is a different thing than having christopher steele go to the kremlin and talk to talk to kremlin >> our research is dirty. surprise, surprise! should it be relied on? no. should be a major part of our campaigns? no. >> congresswoman jerry think it's appropriate for a political party to use senior criminal officials for this research? >> no, i don't. let's find out more. let's, let mueller find out the truth. >> thank you panel, we will see you a little later if we have time left. we come back, open warfare with president trump and what it means for the gop. ohio governor john kasich is next. americans, 83% try to eat healthy, yet up to 90% fall short on getting key nutrients. let's do more. one-a-day women's. complete with key nutrients we may need, plus it supports bone health with calcium and vitamin d. one-a-day women's. even if you're trying your best.be a daily struggle, along with diet and exercise, once-daily toujeo® may help you control your blood sugar. get into a daily groove. ♪ let's groove tonight. ♪ share the spice of life. ♪ baby, slice it right. from the makers of

about the money to the kremlin, but his investigation.s i understand it, that willful misrepresentation of campaign expenditures is a criminal offense. >> representative gowdy: i'm not an election law expert but the good news is you don't have to be to understand the absurdity of believing that you can launder all of your campaign money by just hiring a law firm. imagine if you and i were running for congress and we just hired a law firm and said hey, you go to all the opposition, you go by all the television, you go by although bumper stickers, higher all the experts and we will launder all of this through a law firm. i can't think of anything that defeats the purpose of transparency lost more than that. i am interested in that and i am also interested in sharing some memory tricks with folks at the dnc because no one can remember who paid $10 million to a law firm to do awful research i find that stunning. $10 million and no one can remember who authorized it, who approved it. if you've got two issues, a memory issue and then the lack o

they are now heading to the kremlin.lice are accompanying them but at the moment they are not intervening, they are escorting them down the street. you are not afraid to be here? we have no choice, we must be here. we have no future with putin. the only chance for us in this country, not to live abroad is alexei navalny. the point is to support alexei navalny‘s bid to run for the presidency. he has gathered crowds in support for the bid for the presidency. officially he is not allowed to run because he has a criminal sentence but he says he has huge support and wants to prove that by being allowed to run. they are heading to the underpass and the police have moved in to block the way through to red square and the kremlin and have done the same above ground, trying to keep protesters as far away as possible from the seat of power. perhaps the strangest thing about this is it appears to have ended without mass arrests. the riot police normally move in quickly in situations like this but this time the police seem to have st

it's hard to imagine life behind the kremlin wall in those days before the tatas broke in in the days when you don't go to keep the prince with the long brained ensues duff and his soldiery chase down the narrow streets on their horses. in those days solemn procession as would make their way on every feast day to the service in the cathedral of the nativity of the virgin after the nine hundred seventeen revolution its doors were closed to the faithful. but behind the railings the mystical world of orthodox belief was present shimmering mysteriously in the depths of the room is the high screen or icon of stacey's. the own distress goes on the pillars and walls go back to the thirteenth century the russians took over not only the faith of the byzantine church but also its images. image that's what i call means. he is one of st john the evangelist the images of the saints were not regarded as fantasy pictures. the arrangement of the figures and stories on the icon of states this was strictly laid down the t.o of saints apostles and prophets who are venerated as mediators of god's grace a

that's what we expect to see from the kremlin.ges and guilty plea from papadoupolos doesn't have him meeting or speaking with russian officials, just trying to. the idea any sort of collusion will still dismiss. what could give us more insight is when we find out who the unnamed contacts are in the indictments and in the guilty plea from papadoupolos. if they have keks to roupgs officials, that may change the story, but for now, it's more of what we're seeing which is a continued russian denial of any sort of russian meddling despite u.s. intelligence agreeing there was and any sort of denial of collusion. >> thanks. it will truly be a busy day over there as well. >>> democrats also feeling the ripple effects of the first criminal charges. democratic power broker tony podesta says he is stepping aside from the podesta group, the washington lobbying firm he founded. tony represented a range of clients here in u.s. and abroad. >> cnn reported earlier the firm failed to fully disclose its work to are a ukrainian group. podesta's firm

at least who think that perhaps this is a betrayal that think perhaps she has done a deal with the kremlin of some sorts because to be allowed into the ring as it were in russia it takes the consent of the kremlin this is a very tightly managed political system there are opposition parties but there are opposition parties really in name only in most elections that have taken place recently the kremlin likes to have. a sort of a liberal voice that couldn't essentially draw opposition votes into the ring to give the whole process some legitimacy and there is also because any soldier in the is it that she is playing that role for this particular election and i do not use the word challenge though rory because i've seen stranger things as we both have in presidential elections in recent months and i suppose one has to wonder who this lady actually is you know behind the if you want to say even the facade of being a presidential candidate. why she's she's a smart cookie no doubt about that she is essentially a russian celebrity who's been. in the public eye for since she was pretty young in ear

i should say that the kremlin propaganda has been up to the task but it's been tough going. >> that walk pron gan da machine which i think you know well. >> i do indeed. and you know, putin is among the most artful users of propaganda, and raised to new art form. but, you know, like trump, he creates his own reality. it doesn't need necessarily to comport with the facts. and we see how our own president does that on a daily basis. and though the real news media tries its best to hold his feet to the fire, you know, what he says bears so literal relationship to the truth that it almost seems like something out of the soviet old playbook that putin still seems to be using. >> and, joyce, one of the other points the oligarch made is that if you understand how the prosecutor in russia works, it is not with the deference that people have in the united states to say the position you held or how it works in a functions democracy. he says this prosecutor who has a history of pub like use, explicitly cited offering dirt on clinton is essentially an arm of the operation and thus his view is that t

the kremlin became worried that this was pointed toward a u.s. directed regime change effort that would prominently feature social media as well as other things, and they started to take action to defend themselves. you started seeing a lot of activity inside russia to get a handle on social media influence, so-called troll factories were created where they employed thousands of people to go out and post things in this medium. comment on blogs and other posts online. take out advertising, create message campaigns of their own. this became very, very common inside russia. a lot of people were employed doing this and a lot of money was spent in this area. it gradually moved from inside russia out into the world more broadly, including into the united states. >> what years would you describe this process? >> the mid-2000's and on. the question here is, is what we are seeing with these advertising purchases on facebook and twitter the product of these troll factories going out there and doing what they have been doing for years, business as usual? i

howie: how many campaigns have somebody talking to kremlin officials? that has given this an entirely different cast. you are rather nonchalant about it. joe: was the kremlin in both campaigns? was it feeding fake information to christopher steele? was it giving fake information or information to -- in exchange for something? howie: some journalists are saying the democrat lawyer involved lied about the fusion gps. the new york times quoting sources saying hillary clinton didn't know by the. brian fowler said he didn't know about it. is the media going to pursue this question of who knew about the money being spent? >> politico went to they did not tell the truth about who was funding this. and we'll see more digging on what happened at the ""free beacon."." howie: it was "buzzfeed" that made it public saying they had no way of confirming if the allegations were true. the president tweeted saying it's not coincidental that they are focusing on phoney russia stuff when he's trying to get tax reform. the washington "free beacon" broke the story. a conserv

this is a kremlin operation top to bottom.ence to prove it. >> and you use the word agent. you use that word very purposefully. you're not just using it casually. you' . >> indeed. natalya was not an independent operator. she was working as part of a kremlin project. she was dispatched to new york to try to repeal the act, which is something putin hates more than anything because it puts his own money at risk of being frozen in the united states and elsewhere. she was working for him. >> and her memo that she gave to trump jr., jared cukushner, pau manafort was about the act and you an tax fraud scheme. if this meeting was the best the russians got on an issue this serious to them, does it lead you to think there was no collusion between russia and the trump campaign? >> i have no idea whether there was collusion or whether there wasn't between two. all i know is that they came with a specific ask and their ask was to repeal the act. now, we don't know what they were offering in return and i think it's probably premature to sa

because the kremlin basically has. a problem at the moment with alexei in avowedly now alexina valmy is the anti corruption opposition leader who for the last few years has been organizing protests the length and breadth of this huge country connecting with young people election of and he is currently sitting in police detention but he wants to be allowed to run in next year's presidential elections so it's only a subjects' candidacy essentially provides for the criminal welcome distraction from that kind of putin in the narrative and that is something that people here in the opposition movement and journalistic cetera are concerned about how it's they think the subject must have done some sort of deal with the kremlin for this to be taking place because in this whole track insists that she is genuine and that she is going to be standing as a sort of anti everything candidates that she is would be pointing out the flaws in the system and even says that if the kremlin allows novell need to stand for the presidential ele

. >>> tonight new reporting that the kremlin played a role in the meeting with don junior. >> it's called opposition research. >>> the white house caught scandal as fox says execution. >> and those people got the chair. >>> plus, is the bannon trump white grievance playbook backfiring in virginia. >> i'm for keeping them up. >>> and as the media movement explodes. >> it's time to clean house. >>> white house ends the week calling them liars. >> is the white house position all the women are dying ts. >> we've been clear on that from the beginning. >>> all in starts right now. >>> good evening from new york i'm chris hayes. new reporting from tonight makes the incriminating event in the russian saga look more incriminating. by the effort campaign to collude with russian agents in the run up to the election is of course the june 2016 meeting at trump tower between russian lawyer and some of them candidate trump's senior aids. we know now despite claims to the contrary, that was directly related to the russian government. let's remember what happened back in july. when "the new york times" fi

european values report is called the kremlin's platform for useful idiots in the west an overview of artes editorial strategy and evidence of impact now what this report does is neatly compile a list of basically all of our t.'s guests because it features thousands of people and it's not just you know or a random list not only are there seven categories in this report dividing our guests into us politicians and political figures british politicians european and other international politicians writers journalists academics and so on so seven categories and if that wasn't enough it also indicates the number of times each guest appeared on r t and links to some of the most relevant episodes it's clear that this particular think tank really worked hard at watching r t here in the u.k. in the states and all around the world he doesn't really mince words when it comes to our team gets not only is the report dubbed useful idiots but it also calls the guests naive and oblivious to our t.'s intentions so certainly something that is not being too nice to people who have chosen to come and expr

high level kremlin officials for the information? >> we were told that. i think it was in the "washington post" story. fusion gps reported that. this information was paid for. if you look at the flow of information of fusion gps, red flags are being raised. we have kremlin officials who are passing information through into the american media to discreddi discredit a president. this is the real collusion. >> you want all these investigations to continue to come up with final answers on the sensitive issues. you are raising the sensitive issues, the democrats are raising and the president may say as he tweeted this morning and i will read it once again. it is now commonly agreed after many months of costly looking that there was no collusion between russia and trump and there was request hillary clinton. you want all these investigations to coming up with answers so that the american public learns exactly what happened and tries to prevent the russians from engaging in this kind of activity down the road, right? >> i think america dese

medical opposition march is being taking place across russian they were called by kremlin critic and blogger alexina volney i spoke to nick urine about it a little earlier round eighty cities across the country scheduled to be holding these rallies today muslim according to a birthday gift to russia. president as today to me a person celebrates his sixty fifth birthday and perhaps in a plot to spoil the day position figure alexina valmy has called for these nationwide protests here in moscow resorts one out of around seven hundred people and a small number of people were detained that's now over those people have been released now what i should point out is that not all of these rallies have been authorized by the or otherwise ation is something you need when you bring together a large number of people for safety concerns traffic regulations and things like this so while police have been present at these rallies that largely been there to ensure that everything remains peaceful so yes so far no violence voted in the one of the biggest turnout was op north or was that in some petersbu

when you have a kremlin written dossier that is compiled by.christopher steele fellow, he puts it altogether. all the fake details are provided by russia. the idea that the highest level of the clinton campaign and perhaps even hillary herself did not know about it? did not know where it came from? that doesn't pass the straight face test. i guess we have to hear from mrs. clinton. i want a real interview with her. not a favorable journalist. she should come on and talk to a serious journalist about what she knew. >> sean: laura, that's never going to happen. >> well, she's afraid. >> sean: she's compromised. she was lashing out at me and fox news channel by name just earlier this week. i want to get your take on

now where the times newspaper claims british politicians are doing the kremlin's bidding by participating in ati's programs it names of prominent lawmakers who have appeared on shows such as going underground and news thing it gives the precise number of their appearances on the fees reportedly paid to them the times claims it's all part of the kremlin to extend its reach within british politics. has been taking a closer look. this is one of britain's most read newspapers and one of the leading editorials in the london times today happens to be all about this place r.t. it's called helping parents in and it names and shames all the politicians that appear on the channel it's not although there's another article that elaborates on can sons about the extent of kremlin influence here in westminster and whereas talking to the media is normally considered an expression of freedom of speech here in the u.k. these articles appear to suggest that the politicians talking to r.t. are greedy and even treacherous well to talk about this more i'm going to gate crash the studio going underground host a

and proxy agents of the kremlin is pretty clear we need to start. hello my name is neil and. what do we need to be ashamed about missing when the two things one of us. what have you done what have we done wrong well apart from looking at all of our guests of course this wouldn't be a proper think tank report if it didn't actually try to get r t itself it does say that the goal is to look at the history agenda the evidence of impact of the channel that they describe as pushing pro kremlin agenda or under the guise of free speech and alternative journalism now not only does this report claim to be debunking certain what it calls myths about the channel such as being a reliable news source saying that it's not harmful and also goes into key points such as saying that archie's whole goal is to denigrate the west and our tea is rooted in the denial of truth we can say that some of the sponsors behind this piece is mostly private donors but as well as open society which is obviously a george soros foundation the european parliament the u.s. embassy in the czech republic and we do k

he's talking about talking with the kremlin directly. this is not russian guy on the ground hey i got information. this is with the government. this is what the big whole case and investigation has led to. >> and if i may, jim. >> absolutely. >> what we have here is bunch of theories on behalf of democrats looking for a smoking gun that may or may not exist. but we have documentary evidence on the fact that hillary clinton campaign, democratic national committee and now we find out to tune of additional 2 million dollars obama administration org organizing for america organizing for action put in 12 million dollars to the fusion gps to have this phony ed up dossier by christopher steel delivered to the you know powers that be. so they co-open their investigation based on phony dossier. if there's any collusion we don't know for a fact yet. but it looks like the collusion is between the clto >> you want to jump in i can hear you. >> it's a wonderful nice diverse talking points let's be prank that's opposition research hired specifically a

about when he had contact with the professor oversees and others boasting their contact inside the kremlin. including a russian woman who papadopoulos believed to be the niece of vladimir putin. papadopoulos falsely told the agents to be in contact card to his service with the campaign. the court documents state "the professor told defendant papadopoulos as he later described the fbi that they, meaning the russians, have turned on her. this russians had emails of clinton street and they have thousands of emails. following that conversation, the court documents continued, papadopoulos continued to correspond with campaign officials and continue to communicate with the professor and the russian ministry of foreign affairs connection in an effort to arrange a meeting between the campaign on the russian government." however, these court documents also make clear that the trump campaign rebuffed this effort by the russians working through papadopoulos to set up a meeting with the candidate himself. an unnamed senior campaign official is quoted in these documents as having written "we need someo

he admitted that during the campaign he was in touch with russians who side they had kremlin contacts. president trump has not tweeted anything since manafort and gates indictments were announced yet morning when he denied there was collusion. tracie potts breaks things down a bit remind you that today is the deadline to request your virginia absentee ballot. you will need one if you can't neighboring to the polls to have a ballot mailed to you, you must request it by 5:00 p.m. today. to vote absentee in person, you have do it by this coming saturday. you might need to explain why you can't vote on tuesday and show supporting documents. >>> there is a big ceremony taking place in advance of the olympics. >>> angie goff at the live desk with a live video from athens, greece, where it all started, angie. >> right. where it all started. where it was lit in greece. it's heading to the host