you know, all these guys from kremlin administration, they blame western media of double standards butd very devoted believers in double standards. so dmitry peskov or any other kremlin guy could say anything they want about freedom of speech, but there is no freedom of speech in russia today. you say there is no freedom of speech. no. because his argument would be, as you say, not least the uk is guilty of double standards because of their approach to russia today. oh, oh, it's revenge. it seems to me that, you know, russia today, free to speak as whatever they want to. but, you know, the main problem is that there is no rules in this game. there is no rules. me and my colleagues, we just counted, and we counted 90 laws against media and freedom of speech, 90. but all countries have rules. when you include a hyperlink in an article, are you not aware that you may fall foul, that you may be responsible for what is at the end of that link? you know, speaking about no rules, i may give you one more example. hatred speech is banned in russia and all rude, so—called f words and so on, is b

and the kremlin is watching a new major foreign policy news by the trump administration. >>> plus another democrat gets into the 2020 race. no toes in the water for cory booker. he is all in and all over the place with a full on media blitz this morning. what's so special about today? we'll explain and ask what he's really running on and what's his path? >>> in washington roger stone plans to resist a potential court order to keep him silent. we're live to explain what else stone wants to talk about. we have our team covering it live on this friday morning. we start with the president talking all things russia as his administration takes a serious step that they say sends a strong message to the kremlin but one that's putting allies on edge. president trump sitting down with the new york times in the oval office saying of the russia investigation i'm not a subject. i'm not a target. when asked about it. and what deputy attorney rod rosenstein has told him. we also are talking act what the president talked about with roger stone related to wikileaks. nothing, he says. telling "the times" h

foreign minister sergei lavrov, the one bragging now about how someone in the trump administration has been begging for kremlin advice about what to do with kim jong-un of this summit, that same russian foreign minister somewhat randomly also happens to be in vietnam this week. he happens to be in hanoi. while the trump kim jong-un summit will be taking place in hanoi. what is he doing there? could be just a coincidence. hanoi is lovely this time of year. high 70s, low 80s, cloudy and thunderstorms all week. so be on your toes over the next few days. that is going to unfold over the next few days. a lot of -- actually, it's worth noting, it seems like small logistic l stuff bstuff but new stuff will actually take place in the middle of the night u.s. time. we'll have a cheat sheet later what will unfold the next few days and when. it's awkward because of the time difference between here and vietnam but will make for a real 24 hour news cycle where stuff happens all day long here, you know, in what is expected to be a big week of news and when we're supposed to be sleeping, there will be more big news happening

foreign minister sergey lavrov, the one bragging about how someone in the trump administration has been begging for kremlin advice about what to do with kim jong-un at this summit , that same russian foreign minister somewhat randomly also happens to be in vietnam this week. he happens to be in hanoi. while the trump/kim jong-un summit will be taking place in hanoi. hanoi is lovely this time of year. high 70s, low 80s, cloudy and thunderstorms all week. so be on your toes over the next few days. that is going to unfold over the next few days. actually, it's worth noting, seems like small-balance logistical stuff, a lot may happen and it will take place in the middle of the night u.s. time. we'll have a cheat sheet later on as to what's going to unfold over the next few days and when. it's a bit awkward because of the time difference between here and vietnam, but it's going to make for a real 24-hour news cycle. and then when we're supposed to be sleeping, there's going to be more big news happening where the president is all those time zones away in vietnam. don't worry, there will be plenty of time to cat

and the kremlin is watching a new major foreign policy news by the trump administration. >>> plus anothergets into the 2020 race. no toes in the water for cory booker. he is all in and all over the place with a full on media blitz this morning. what's so special about today? we'll explain and ask what he's really running on and what's his path? >>>

kremlin operations. and the u.s. response to them. links with trump's campaign, transition administration or businesses or attempts to compromise or leverage trump and his family and associates. long list there. the potential vulnerabilities of trump and associates to be pilot issed to influence u.s. policy and any important rent or domestic attempts to obstruct investigations. >>> with the news of the restarted investigation president trump abandoned tuesday night's call for unity and returned to name calling. >> did you say adam schiff? >> adam schiff. >> on what basis would he do that? he has no basis to do that. he's just a political hack who is trying to build a name for himself. that's what they do. there's no reason to do that. no other politician has done that. it's called presidential harassment. >> so, the house intel committee chair responded. i can understand why the idea of meaningful oversight terrifies the president. several of his close associates are going to jail. others await trial and criminal investigations continue. we're going to do our job and won't be distracted or intimidated by threats or attacks. top lawmakers a

kremlin. those russian officials heard on these intercepts discussing contacts with trump associates. so the obama administration was coming to a close, just a few weeks, right, between when an election happens and when the new president gets sworn in. in this case, the elect has just happened. the inauguration is pending. the outgoing obama administration has taken a swipe at the russians with expelling their spies and taking back their compounds and all the rest. they've produced this public-facing assessment about what russia did and what putin's intent was behind that attack on our election, but at that same time, in this very compressed, fraught time period during the transition, the obama administration also realizes they've got this growing pile of intel, and their intel is not just about what the russian government did, it's about contacts between russia and the trump campaign during the time of the russian attack. and so in addition to all the stuff that the obama administration did in public in its last days, in addition to that declassified public facing intelligence report and all those announced san

any sort of new administration why does russia loan money to what some regard as risky bets well there's two factors to this part of this is due to the internal politics of the kremlin and the various players within there some of whom might believe that there is some sort of genuine advantage to this but generally speaking it's a way for for russia to present itself as a superpower on the cheap. you know while these loans aren't insignificant in the grand scheme of things they aren't going to buy bankrupt russia if there is some sort of default however by making them and by you know positioning itself as an ally to this country on the other side of the world they can you know keep on some of the superpower trappings of the old soviet days pretend you know it's still a global power rather than a regional one. and to do so without without risking too much do you read into some of the recent statements by some russian officials about how the two sides in venezuela really have to talk to each other and the signal to all the perhaps rusher is kind of reviewing its stance to make sure it's not putting all of its weight behind one side that might ultimately lose and this g

any sort of new administration why does russia loan money to what some regard as risky bets well there's two factors to this part of this is due to the internal politics of the kremlin and the various players within there are some of whom might believe that there is some sort of genuine advantage to this but generally speaking it's a way for for russia to present itself as a superpower on the cheap. you know while these loans aren't insignificant in the grand scheme of things. they aren't going to buy bankrupt russia if there is some sort of default however by making them and by you know positioning itself as an ally to this country on the other side of the world they can you know keep on some of the superpower trappings of the old soviet days pretend you know it's still a global power rather than a regional one. and to do so without or without risking too much do you read into some of the recent statements by some russian officials about how the two sides in venezuela really have to talk to each other and they signal to all the perhaps russia or is kind of reviewing its stance to make sure it's not putting all of its weight behind one side that might ultimately los

any sort of new administration why does russia loan money to what some regard as risky banks well there's two factors to this part of this is due to the internal politics of the kremlin and the various players within there some of whom might believe that there is some sort of genuine advantage to this but generally speaking it's a way for for russia to present itself as a superpower on the cheap. you know while these loans aren't insignificant in the grand scheme of things they aren't going to buy bankrupt russia if there is some sort of default however by making them and by you know positioning itself as an ally to this country on the other side of the world they can you know keep on some of the superpower trappings of the old soviet days pretend you know it's still a global power rather than a regional one. and to do so without without risking too much do you read into some of the recent statements by some russian officials about how the two sides in venezuela really have to talk to each other and the signal to all the perhaps rusher is kind of reviewing its stance to make sure it's not putting all of its weight behind one side that might ultimately lose and this g