kurt volker, thank you so much.his family around the world but in russia, putin has warned against demonstrations. russian state media calmly announced navalny�*s death earlier. here's the moment that it broke. speaks russian. vladimir putin's spokesman said russian's penitentiary service was looking into navalny�*s death but provided no further information. there are now reports of police detaining pro—navalny protestors in the streets. the bbc russian service says over 100 people have been detained so far, according to a human rights group in russia. for more on the reaction in russia and the wider fallout from the news of navalny�*s death, i spoke to angela stent, a former state department national intelligence officer for russia and eurasia. thanks indeed forjoining us. it's the russian presidential elections next month. what does the death of alexei navalny mean for opposition efforts? ~ ., , navalny mean for opposition efforts? ~ . , ., efforts? well, it means that the opposition _ efforts? well, it means that

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earlier i spoke with kurt volker — a former ambassador to nato — who is also in munich for the securitys death. thanks for being with us. you are at the munich security conference. the news breaking this morning about alexei navalny. is it surprising to you? navalny. is it surprising to ou? ., . . . ~' navalny. is it surprising to ou? ., . . . ,, you? not at all. we knew he was in the russian _ you? not at all. we knew he was in the russian prison _ you? not at all. we knew he was in the russian prison system. . in the russian prison system. they have tried to kill him a few times before. they've deliberately put in such conditions of confinement so they could damage his health and see if they could break him. so the fact he died in prison is not a surprise. it should be a wake—up call for the west and for anyone who seeks to see a better world, a better russia, better security for europe. this is the nature of the government regime. we can't pretend any more or deny it. this is an abusive, authoritarian leader who is forcing aggression upon his neighbours. . forcing aggression upon his

let's speak to kurt volker, former us ambassador still with me.onvicted in germany. on the social media site x, maria pevchikh, one of navalny closest advisers claimed vladimir putin had him killed because negotiations were nearing completion for a prisoner swap in which navalny would be exchanged along with two american citizens for the assassin vadim krasikov. krasikov, is an fsb officer, who was arrested in berlin in 2019 for the murder of a chechen dissident in berlin 5 tiergarten park. he was sentenced to life imprisonment. it just interests me itjust interests me this because we know that there were two americans who are still in prison in russia. the wall street journalists who are still in prison in russia. the wall streetjournalists being one of them, but we did not know that alexei navalny was part of this deal. there has been no comment today so it has not been confirmed by the us side but i wonder what you make of it? several things struck me about the story. i do not doubt the person who knows in the balmy saying this, but i think it

and the world we turn now to kurt volker. he was u.s.resentative for ukraine negotiations during the trumpet and got -- during the trump administration. i want to begin with your reaction to those comments from former president trump saying he would encourage russia to attack a nato ally if they did not pay their dues what did you think when you heard that? >> it is an outrageous comment. if you look at what russia is doing to ukraine right now, killings, bombing cities, civilian deaths, torture and rape as a weapon of war -- you should not wish that on anyone and do say that we would encourage vladimir putin to attack one of our allies is too much. to be clear, what president trump was doing, he was at a campaign rally and he was bragging about saying what he had said in the past. even so it is nothing to brag about. it is not the kind of leadership that america should be showing the world. nato was created to prevent war. it was created so that by banding together and countries pledging to defend each other, we would dissuade anyone fr

ambassador to nadal kurt volker joining us tonight.e your time. >> thank you. ♪ amna: house republican leaders continue to struggle to conduct the basic functions of government, hindered by a razor-thin majority and infighting within their ranks. this congress has witnessed failed floor votes, two extended battles for the speaker's gavel, and the booting of former congressman george santos late last year. as lisa desjardins explains, the latest wrinkle will come tomorrow, when santos' district gets its congressional voice back. lisa: at the base of long island, a race of congress. fast, massive steaks and quite a back story. 73 days ago house members ousted george santos. the empty seat has been the difference in some key boats. including last week's attempt to impeach alejandro mayorkas, which failed in the house by one vote. democratic hopes in the race are pinned on tom. >> this is not a game. this is not about tweets or press conferences. this is about real people's lives. lisa: he is a moderate democrat who held the seat for six y

ambassador kurt volker. thank you very much for your time today thank briana >> we're watching several legal developments involving former president trump with potentially major implications for the cases against him. trump is in a federal courtroom in florida right now. his lawyers are trying to gain access to classified evidence in the mar-a-lago documents case and the clock is ticking on trump's legal team to file an appeal to the supreme court over a ruling on his claims of presidential immunity. that deadline is today. all of that is a hearing gets underway in fulton county, georgia. the da there, fani willis, fighting subpoenas as a trump co-defendant, attempts to get her disqualified from the election, racketeering case. cnn's kristen holmes is near mar-a-lago in west palm beach, florida. christian, a crucial week here in court for the former president. he's treated his past court appearances like campaign stops. is that what he's doing here >> brianna, actually, it's quite notable. he is not doing th

you cannot influence this, american diplomat kurt volker noted that ukraine is unable to change the situationion of aid to our state by the american congress, because such a decision currently depends only on internal political processes in the states. at the same time volker noted that we should continue public diplomacy and communicate directly with voters and congressmen. these are two different things, the reason for the delay in congress has nothing to do with ukraine, so you can't influence it: it is about the us southern border, legal immigration, fentanyl coming into the us, and the measures we are taking, to control the situation on the border, that's what it's about, and it has nothing to do with ukraine. an auction exhibition was organized in the museum of the kyiv fortress. we sketch the war. teachers and students of children's art school number 7 in kyiv united to raise funds for drones for the military. the price of the entrance ticket is symbolic - uah 30. painted helmets, tubuses, shell casings and other military trophies can be purchased until march 6. on weekends, the organi

american diplomat kurt volker noted, that ukraine is unable to change the situation with the allocationaid to our state by the american congress, because such a decision currently depends only on internal political processes in the states. at the same time, walker noted that we should continue public diplomacy and communicate directly with voters and congressmen. these are two different things, the reason for the delay in congress has nothing to do with ukraine, so you cannot influence it: it is about the southern border of the united states, legal migration, fentanyl coming to the us and the measures we take to monitor. the situation at the border, that's what it's all about, and it has nothing to do with ukraine. they survived the occupation, left, but returned home. the horbel family met a full-scale invasion in their hometown of balaklia in kharkiv oblast. it was captured by russian troops in the first days of march. how the family managed to escape and why the heroines of our next story returned, sharing memories from espresso. this is anna's former office in the local cultural cen

opponents to embarrass them, i think more of an accusation because it's domestic politics. issue, kurt volker at the munich conference, he admitted that in principle, even in the house of representatives , 80% of the congressmen present there are ready to vote, but due to the political struggle between biden and trump, it has not yet been put to a vote, and so in principles, look, the agreement passed through the senate, and in acceptable form for ukraine, i.e. there together in one. israel, taiwan and ukraine , and this is very good, because unlike ukraine, specific papers have been signed with israel and taiwan, well, at least there are obligations that are fixed or by law, regarding taiwan, although the us does not recognize taiwan as a separate states, but they have a separate bill regarding taiwan, and an agreement was signed with israel back in 1979, and since 1988 , it... is a-a ally outside of nato, and because, of course, this is also a political game , each one accuses one of non-constructive behavior, ah, earning accordingly, well , future points for the primaries in the elections,

. - let's speak to kurt volker, former us ambassador to nato and former special representative for ukraineout these comments? first being with us. what did you make about these comments?— being with us. what did you make about these comments? first of all, it's a terrible — about these comments? first of all, it's a terrible statement _ about these comments? first of all, it's a terrible statement to - about these comments? first of all, it's a terrible statement to make. i it's a terrible statement to make. the purpose of nato is to prevent war, and to encourage and adversary to attack an ally it willjust lead to attack an ally it willjust lead to war. so it is clearly an outrageous something to suggest. he was speaking in the past tense, not saying this is what he would do now, saying this is what he would do now, saying this is what he did when he was president — we don't know if that's true, he was at a political campaign rally, bragging about what he claims to have done. in the purpose was to get countries on the fence, which he said he was successful at. and indeed as we see now, it

pete: we have kurt volker here to respond. ieve to be the significant development and what you think they should do? >> yeah, it'll be interesting to see what they come up with. they should apply sanctions to the people in the russian system that allowed this to happen and vladamir putin is clearly responsible. they tried to kill navalny in 2000 when he came back to russia after having gotten medical treatment in germany and put him in jail in increasingly harsh condition with l intent they'd damage things the way they'd done. pete: sanctions have seemed to work so far with russia, haven't really deterred them and they seem to be able to get around them and targeting individuals in the system. >> it penalizes them personally and can't travel and study abroad in europe or the unit and could apply. on the broaderrer issue of sanctions against russia and take ago toll on russia and not the decision making and going to lose on the battlefield for that to happen. but the sanctions are creating additional costs for russia and budget

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ambassador to nato kurt volker in munich, germany.ust your reaction to navalny and the fact the kremlin says it knows nothing about it. >> yeah, first off it's sad for him and for his family and so, of course, we extend condolences to them. this is not a surprise to anybody. they have been trying to kill navalny many times. remember the case of the poison sprayed at him at a rally, poison in his underwear. someone putin has wanted to keep away from politics and in jails. they've engaged of a policy of keeping him in prison. putting him in increasingly difficult conditions while in prison hoping it would somehow take a toll on his health which today, in fact, it did. >> dana: there is an amazing documentary called navalny that won the oscar that year about his courage, determination and how he said that a film can be a weapon deployed later on. so other people can see it and no what was actually happening. i wonder this morning about the push from the biden administration and how much more they should ratchet up the pressure in order f

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. >> former ambassador kurt volker worries about america's adversaries, sensing weakness at the top the number one that i view this way is led him or putin because putin is former kgb officer, he thinks in personal terms, he thinks in terms of personal psychology, the scrutiny of secretary austin over all of this is nowhere near finished. he scheduled to testify before the house armed services committee at the end of february about the failure to notify officials of his previous hospitalization s. wolf, are you wish him of course, a speedy recovery, brian todd. thank you very, very much up next, new details on that shooting inside a houston church, including the condition of a seven-year-old that the. >> special, election to replace george santos tomorrow starting at 08:00 p.m. eastern. >> this is what it feels like to file what tax later confident are guaranteed maximum refund tax. >> file fearlessly >> i love to compete give me a challenge and watch me prove people wrong but i'm not about to slow down >> let's go switch to consumer cellular. >> we've got everything you need and none o