we've waited 25 years in latvia to have russian language tv for our minority. lost a lot of people to russian tv. reporter: in their attempt to compete with russian media, the russian language latvian broadcaster has found allies in riga's lovely art nouveau district. in 2014 the neighborhood became home to a segment of the russian intelligentsia -- twenty employees of russia's most successful internet portal, living in exile. the meduza website takes an in-depth look at russia everyday and offers an alternative to moscow's state propaganda. these young russians hope for a better time post-putin. they're used to finding their news for themselves on the internet. >> they don't watch television. that's why the propaganda machine isn't working with them. this is what right now the specialists, the guys in present administration felt, the television doesn't work with huge and very important and very active part of the society. reporter: so what can actually be done in the face of headlines proclaiming the demise of latvia, and other propganda? >> right now, russia

they assumed things were the same in latvia. >> uh-oh. when in latvia, you going to get pulled over when you smear chock and and take the license plate off the front of cars. >> thankfully nobody was injured in their escapade. the guy dos face a fine of around $456 and a six-month license suspension. >>> animal aid unlimited in india got a call that there was a dog so sick that it couldn't move on the street. and when they showed up, this what they found. guys, this is very difficult to see. this poor dog. >> this poor dog looks like it just laid down to die. >> it looks like it's given up. >> it's curled up covered in mange, scabs everywhere, emaciated, probably hasn't eaten in who knows how long. but the worst part is its spirit. there is no hope in that dog's eyes. but they're not going to give up. because that's what they do. they give hope to some of these little animals that really desperately need it. >> it's the worst we've ever seen. >> i was thinking the same thing. >> they do give her an anti-inflammatory to start soothing her

now we have a coalition in latvia which is led by the party lindstuf. what is interesting about him, he is not called or named pro-russian or russian agent but what is interesting about him, he started his business in 1991 with the guy who was already mentioned. and why are they doing this? they tried to not just achieve some foreign policy goals, they tried to capture as it was said by brian, they tried to capture institutions and the ultimate goal is if it's possible to capture the entire state. so first of all they captured of course not only by the nstallations of the mayor, lindbergh's, but other people they captured a port and now they have, again, looking back in history, i can say that they projected the russian influence through several governments of latvia which were not called pro-russian. the others, the prime ministers of latvia, they are clear business relations with russia nd always were, well, at least semipro-russian. semi pre-russian. we don't call mr. lindburg prorussian, he was the guy who publicly called russian troops n latvia as

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we caught up with agalarov and he joins us now from latvia.bout this encounter you had with him. >> reporter: yeah. look. it's really difficult, fred, to get anything of substance out of emin agalarov when it comes to the issue of why he set up this meeting between the russia lawyer and donald trump jr. at trump tower last june. that meeting has become so controversial now. he's refused to go on the record stating why he set that meeting up. his lawyer, we've spoken to his lawyer in new york on a number of occasions and they flatly rejected any of our attempts to sort of get a proper statement. so we took this opportunity here in latvia to track down emin on the streets here where we are now and to put to him some of the questions that we want to get those answer to. take a listen. why did you rrng that meeting with donald trump jr. and -- >> come join me for the show. >> reporter: the american public want to know. >> can i have a drink without your presence? thank you very much. >> reporter: can i just ask you, did the russian authorities giv

the other example i would like to give you is from our neighboring country, latvia. now we have a coalition in latvia which is led by the party of the mayor of ben -- the name of the guy is lenberg. what is interesting about him, he's definitely not called or named the pro russian or russian agent, but what is interesting about him, he started his business in 1991 with the guy who was already mentioned. why are they doing this? they tried to not just to achieve some foreign policy goals, but they tried to capture as it was said by brian the elites of the country. they tried to capture institutions and the ultimate goal is if it's possible to capture the entire states. so first of all, they captured of course not only by having these relations with the -- lenberg but the other people they captured the port of ben sills and now looking back to the history, i can say that they projected the russian influence through several governments of latvia which were not called pro russian. the others -- the prime ministers of latvia, they have clear business relations with russia

matthew joins us live from latvia where this gentleman is performing.cert and confrontation? >> reporter: yeah, yeah. we got the whole package, that's right. look, this is an incredibly important meeting because it's the strongest indication we have had that the trump campaign team may have been open to the possibility of colluding with, with, you know, russian officials. that's what donald trump jr. in the e-mails he released said he's prepared to do. remember, he said i love it when they said they had damaging information on hillary clinton. the pop star has refused to give a proper statement to give his accounts of why he set up the meeting. i came to latvia and tracked him down and put important questions to him. when did you arrange the meeting between donald trump jr. and the russian lawyer. >> come join me for the show tonight. >> we will, definitely. did they give your family information to pass on? >> talk to my lawyer. >> reporter: i did, he said you wouldn't comment. >> so, i wouldn't comment. >> reporter: these are questions you are not goin

i tracked him down here to latvia.e a listen. >> when did you arrange the meeting between donald trump jr. and the russian lawyer? >> join me for the show don't -- show tonight. >> did the family give you administration -- >> talk to my lawyer. >> reporter: he said you wouldn't comment. >> i wouldn't comment. >> reporter: come. on these are questions that you're not going to be able to not comment on at some point. >> guys -- >> reporter: you have to answer -- >> i'm here to perform. to enjoy the show. i'm not going to answer any questions. >> reporter: you're not -- >> you're not going to get a comment. am i clear? you're not going to get a comment. >> well, i definitely got the distinct impression that he wasn't that happy to elaborate on his earlier answer. we left it at that. the fact is that this issue is not going to go away. jared kushner's testifying in front of the congressional investigative committees. these questions, as i said to emin, will have to be answered at some point. >> did you stick around for the

goods and people can easily go from yorkshire to lancashire, and is easily from france to latvia.things like that we are getting from it. this new system will mean that we have border checks at every member state of the european union, or 37 countries. it will also mean that's lorries coming from the eu will get held up coming into this country as well. so it is in everybody‘s interests to come up with a plan to stop that happening. absolutely. because that will add on huge costs to consumers, because the delays and the price of goods coming in and being delivered. it will also mean, environmentally, it is not particularly brilliant. we have seen what happens when operation stack happens when there is a problem down at the channel tunnel or at the channel ports. this will happen right across the country and right across europe and it will encourage lots of firms to relocate, quite simply. so what are we going to do? live on chlorinated chicken? these are the kinds of deals that must be done. they really have to be sorted out much later than this time next year. at the moment, airl

the other example i would like to give you is from our neighboring country latvia. now there is a coalition that is led by the party of the mayor of. [inaudible] and what is interesting about him, he is definitely not called a russian agent but what's interesting is he started his business in 1991. they tried to not just achieve foreign policy goals, they tried to capture elites of the country and institutions and the ultimate goal, if possible to capture the entire state. first of all not only having other people, now they are looking again, looking back to history, i can say they projected the russian influence through several governments of latvia which were not called pro- russian. [inaudible] they had clear business relations with russia and were semi- pro- russian, but the thing is when we don't call mr. lindberg as a progression, we should remember he was a guy who publicly called them occupational ones. the thing is no one cares about that and no one looks into the history of his business. the same thing i should say about, well even u.s. attitudes in 2003 b

the vice president met with leaders of estonia, latvia, and lithuania. he tweeted just within the last 30 minutes, thanking estonia for hosting, saying he's now off to the former soviet republic of georgia. >> an electric company in north carolina says it could be weeking before repairs on completed to power lines in the outer banks. they have been told to leave the islands off cape hatteras, spoiling long planned vacations. on thursday, a construction company severed all three cables that power the island. business ownerserize now out thousands of dollars. >> every day we're not open, that's $5,000 in sales we're missing. and of course, when i get back in the restaurant, it will also be a problem. >> north carolina's governor has called a state of emergency. right now, a few generators are up and running in the sweltering heat. permanent relief is quite a ways away. >> some might say new jersey governor chris christie has been an in your face politician, but this week, he literally got in the face of a baseball fan heckling him. >> appreciate that. >> i

pulitzer prize finalist explores her family's exile from latvia and her journey of among the living and the dead. also been casket looks at the life and influence of is really prime minister, benjamin -- alexander kleinberg for strategic studies reports on how the internet is being used on the internet for warfare on the darkening web. ball professor and former prosecutor, paul butler examines the policing of blackman in his new book, chokehold. look for titles this week and authors in the near future and c-span2 >> now you are part of this. , thank you so much for coming tonight. i'm jeff martin with book smart and magic city books. before we begin i want to say thank you to the tulsa historical society for hosting us. a big round of applause. [applause] lived on great partnerships over the years and helped many more in the future. how many of you is this your first time here? that's a great sign. those of you raised your hand please come back and visit this place. those of you did not raise your hand know what a special place us is in our community >> it's a treat to have a mealw. to

he's tweeting this morning, quote, we stand with the people and nations of estonia, latvia and lithuania and we always will. >>> the u.s. it state department is responding to russia after vladimir putin ordered american diplomats out of the country. >> the state department is calling the move, quote, regrettable and uncalled for. putin retaliating after congress here in the united states passed sanctions against russia last week. putin now says more than 700 diplomats must leave russia by september 1st. >>> coming up at 5:00 we will take you live to washington. president trump's new chief of staff, general jon kelley, is being sworn in today and our tracie potts will have a look ahead at his first owe dashl day. >>> much closer to home in a couple hours bicyclists and pedestrians will no longer be allowed to cross the willow road overpass in menlo park, the overpass above highway 101 is under construction. starting at 7:00 this morning shuttle service will be in place. caltrans is replacing that old overpass with a new wider one. >>> also new this morning, north bay's smart train isn't o

lithuania, latvia, ireland, italy — in alphabetical order, going that way.y, actually, since we're talking since we're talking about brexit, right next to the european union flag. i guess after the uk leaves the eu, this flag will be taken out of this cupboard. i don't know where it's going to go! the eu didn't know where it was going after the brexit vote. it was already reeling from the migration and euro crises and the rise of eurosceptics like france's marine le pen. 12 months on, and it feels really different here. there's a new eu self—confidence in the air, and why? well, a lid has been put on the migrant crisis. and as for those populist euro—sceptics, we've seen them squashed at the polls, notably in france. as for the shock of brexit, farfrom ripping the eu apart, it's actually driven normally bickering european countries into each other‘s arms, forming a united front. for now, at least. what about how the eu now views the uk? has that changed over these last 12 months? there has been utter astonishment since the general election at the disarray in

the bbc‘s sarah rainsford caught up with him at a concert in latvia, and tried to get his comments onays cani can ijust can i just ask you what can ijust ask you what information you were trying to pass on to donald trump junior? you were trying to pass on to donald trumpjunior? no donald trump questions, please. iam trumpjunior? no donald trump questions, please. i am an artist, performing. you said the e-mails we re performing. you said the e-mails were false. ie same donald trump junior was lying? no thank you very much. i'm with some friends there. cani can i ask you one question? the e—mail says you had... can i ask you one question? the e-mail says you had... give me some primacy. i beg you. is there a reason you won't answer the question? the director general of the bbc, tony hall, has said work is already happening to address the gap between the pay of men and women at the corporation. the difference in salaries became clear after the corporation published a list of broadcasters and entertainers paid more than iso—thousand pounds. earlier today, some of the bbc‘s most prominen

the tale of the forrest brothers and armed resistance in the baltic states of lithuania estonia and latvia that formed after world war two to fight for the independence of their states from the soviet the video includes interviews from survivors of that era so the video very clearly is presenting the story from the perspective of the armed resistance a surviving brother recounts his tale of being one of the couple dozen brothers who stage a bloody ambush of several hundred soviets in the forest the video shows a reenactment where soldiers move in slow motion as machine guns blasts loudly and heroic music swells to a climax a surviving villager recounts her tale of baking bread it for the armed resistance when she was only a child and she says that the brothers' biggest dream would have been to proudly show their guns in the open biggest tree which foreshadows where this video was going because after presenting a few more facts about the history of the brothers the video cuts to what has become of the forest brothers legacy the video explains that though the forest brothers seized their arm

on july eleventh nagel's twitter page published a trailer in support of a new film about latvia so called forest brothers the film glorifies the baltic nations guerrilla fighters for resisting the soviet army despite overwhelming odds but the film puts nato in a historical pickle the forest brothers were conscripted and armed by the nazis during their invasion of the soviet union nato and alliance formed in the wake of the defeat of nazi germany is now glorifying those who fought side by side it was barry. or is a spokesperson for russia's ministry of foreign affairs responded on facebook and how many of these soviets were latvians citing the participation of latvian citizens in the fight against the nazis this is not unusual for nato the alliance has kept bad faith with russia and the soviet union's legacy of sacrifice in eastern europe following its collapse since two thousand and fourteen nato has conducted joint military operations in ukraine while providing the ukrainian government with military equipment and funds the ukrainian government which all but explicitly champions the legac

i don't really care what young people in latvia think about america.i do care in terms of what the conservative movement does and its help in terms of how -- what young people in america think about it and whatever you think about donald trump's base, he is making conservatism and the republican party fairly toxic to well educated, millenials, a lot of people that should be the future of the republican party, and that is something we have to deal with. >> i'm now going to turn to this side of the room. this gentleman right here. >> mark. love this panel discussion. we have been talking about trump and reagan, media is something that comes up quite a bit. while media didn't like ronald reagan i'd like your comment how wrong -- give donald trump your tips how he could handle the media like ronald reagan did. >> reagan didn't shut them out. reagan was one of the most successful presidents of the modern era. the media was not kind to ronald reagan. the night of the iowa caucuses in 1980 when he lost to george bush, a huge upset, tom pettite of nbc went on

against andy murray last year remember, and eventually won in four sets and faces ernests gulbis of latvia tomic seemed to be under the weather in his straight sets defeat to mischa zverev of germany. tomic called for what seemed like a medical time—out during the second set. but afterwards he seemed to suggest that there might not have been too much wrong with him. ijust tried, i just tried, there was ijust tried, there was definitely i just tried, there was definitely a mental issue out there. ijust tried to break a bit of momentum but could not find any rhythm. i was not mentally and physically there with my mental state to perform. i do not know why, but i felt a little bit bored out there. so to be honest with you. so i tried at the end i managed to win the set. but it was too late. what a strange press conference. to say you're bored, lots of people say you get £35,000 for going out on a first round and he should give it back for not trying, and saying he did not respect tennis than fact. huge controversy about this press conference and it should rumble on. i'm sure in many years to

. >> the presidents of estonia, latvia, lithuania are wary russia will reverse course and are nervous moscow may take a move like he did in ukraine. on this trip, they want of the vice president to reassure them that the u.s. was still committed to nato's article five, mutual defense pledge and today that's what they got. >> the united states is now and will always be your greatest alley. >> the vice president is in a country that would like to join nato, georgia. the country is holding military exercises along u.s. troops. tomorrow the vice president will be speaking to the troops before heading to montenegro. the final stop on the swing through eastern europe. iran kristin fisher traveling with the vice president. thank you. as we told you, the treasury department carrying through on president trump's promise to inflict nicolas maduro with financial pain. the sanctions are one move to try to put pressure on a president that continues to consolidate his own power and is now, in the words of the white house, a dictator. steve harrigan reports from miami on the ongoing strength in vene

. >> pence will discuss regional issues with estonia, latvia and lithuania.heryl: venezuela's national tour council has announced turnout in yesterday's very controversial vote with 4125% election officials there with 8 million people voted to grant the country's president virtually unlimited power for a constitutional assembly. the opposition claims between two and 3 million people voted. lauren: meanwhile, a powerful explosion injuring three police officers during an antigovernment protests yesterday a police motorcycle appears to have detonated. more than 120 people killed. protests in venezuela since april. cheryl: basically a dictatorship now. we will keep following that story. also following big business for you. the drawing board for sprint does one company says it has no interest in buying the wireless care carrier. lauren: tracie carrasco in the headlines this morning. happy monday. good to see you. reporter: charters had no thank you after prince had proposed a merger potentially ending weeks of talks according to "the wall street journal." charters

. >> the vice president's message to the president of astonia, lithuania and latvia, we're with you and will continue to stand with you in the face of russian aggression. russia is planning a major military exercise very close to astonia's border starting in september. so now the vice president is in georgia, which is a country that would like to become part of nato and then tomorrow he's off to montenegro, nato's newest member. this is a re-assurance swing. the vice president doing his best to re-assure the countries that the u.s. will stand beside them in the face of russian aggression. >> thanks, kristin. covering a lot of ground for us. >> we'll have more on the fallout to cut our diplomatic stuff by huge numbers in russia. the real reasons vladimir putin did it and how the u.s. needs to respond. plus, a terror attack in afghanistan. what was targeted and who is behind it. we're live with details on that. people would stare. psoriasis does that. it was tough getting out there on stage. i wanted to be clear. i wanted it to last. so i kept on fighting. i found something that worked. a

she is originally from latvia and faces prison and possible deportation. >>> alleys two illegal street targeting twin city police officers in minnesota went viral after they were posted over the weekend. please had not taken down the signs in st. paul and minneapolis. the signs read, warning, twin cities police easily startled. this comes a week after a police officer fatally shot justine damond , after she called 911 to report a possible assault in her neighborhood. her death was the latest of several fatal officer-involved shootings in minnesota. >>> two luxury brands in the fashion industry are looking to join forces. michael kors is offering to buy jimmy choo anyone $.2 billion deal. michael kors has struggled to maintain its brand image with some of his signature purses and tote bags now selling for half their earlier prices. the stock has lost two thirds of its value since 2014 and it jimmy choo is considered a more luxurious line. some stockholders could reject the deal and demand a higher price. >>> disney is using technology to gain dash gauge the emotional response of moviego

i'm not sure it's fair to say large russian minorities in estonia and latvia are restive. maybe united states would like them to be restive but it's not clear they are. they are probably very glad to be living far wealthier than russia. >> your point is well taken. i agree with you on that. dan, gooded to you. ambassador fried served as coordinator for president obama and early days of the administration. >> thanks for having me. >> stay with us. we're going to dive into the health care drama, including new bill to stabilize showers market. we'll hear from chris van hollen when we come back. the president's reaction to health care fail, attacked members of his own party claimed he was right about the party all along. here is what john oliver had to say about that. >> no one is better at claiming victories at the end of his defeat. i can see him saying at the end of the term, i always stead i didn't have the experience, intelligence to be president, and i turned out to be right. a. (dog panting) geico has a 97% customer satisfaction rating! and fast and friendly claims serv

that is importance to astonia, latvia and lithuania, the countries he will visit because they are formeroviet republics along russia's western border. arthel: this is a fox news alert. seven protesters dead and several officers wounded in an explosion at venezuela's capital city caracas amit a potentially historic vote. president nicolas maduro and his wife first to cast ballots on a measure to form new assembly with power to rewrite the constitution, but later dozens of polling centers appeared empty in silent protest against the vote. steve harrigan live in miami with the latest. hi, steve. >> reporter: arthel, venezuela's president maduro says they are entering an era of combat. that's what happened today as the two sides squared off. in addition to the seven protesters killed, one candidate murdered, shot to death. they were running street battles throughout the protesters willing to risk a possible ten-year prison sentence to go out on the street and protest. for the first time perhaps too in the protests an improvised explosive device went off wounding several. the government has p

he's tweeting this morning, we stand with the nation of estonia, latvia and lithuania and we always will>>> meanwhile, john mccain is back in arizona for treatment for his brain tumor. he was diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer. despite the diagnosis, the 80-year-old senator flew to washington last week to cast one of the deciding votes blocking republican efforts to repeal obamacare. today he'll begin radiation and chemotherapy treatment at the mayo center in phoenix. >>> switching gears, how about salmon for dinner? today the commercial salmon fishing season officially opens in san francisco. several bay area lawmakers will be on hand for the big kick off at 1:35 this afternoon. it's at pier 35 in san francisco. you are urged to check for salmon fishing restrictions. >>> the surf is expected to poind t pound the bay area coastline tonight due to two tropical storms causing stronger currents and less predictable waves. heavy surfs are supposed to impact most south-facing beaches. in southern california some beaches already closed due to those massive waves. >> that makes i

he tweeted we stand with the people, and nations of estonia, latvia and lithuania and always will. >>te department is responding to russia after vladimir putin ordered american diplomats out of the country. the state department is calling that move, quote, a regrettable and uncalled for act. putin is retaliating after our congress passed sanctions against russia last week. putin now says more than 700 diplomats must leave russia by september 1st. at this point it's not clear we have 700 diplomats here but here is what formerfikyk u.s. ambass to russia michael mcfaul is saying about putin's actions this morning. >> one, because i think it's unjustified, we didn't meddle in their elections so why are our diplomats being punished? and number two it's not symmetric to what we did. the obama administration kicked out 35 diplomats, allegedly those that were actually working as intelligence officers. this reduction is over 700. >> mcfaul speaking from stanford this morning, you can hear more of that interview coming up on the "today" show at 7:00 right after "today in the bay." >>> it is 6:3

latvia, lithuania. it is terrific. nine out of every 10 jews born in poland were not alive in 1945. 90% of the males in ukraine who ined in belarus were killed 1945. those people and leaderships in 945 said "never again." we cannot keep doing this. it is in sin. they said the same thing in 1815 after the napoleonic war. that worked well for one century, they kept a long piece in europe more or less. but there was not a continental-wide war until 1914. so we tried again in 1945. we set up a system that we tried to maintain global peas and try to maintain peace between states throughout the world. that system is under intense stress today. that system is under stress from revolutionaries and terrorists and gorillas. it is under duress from terrorist nations who want to rewrite the rules of the road. that system is under very intense stress. more than 70 years now, that system has prevented great power war similar to what occurred in the last century. how big of an army do one question mark how much do want that system? h

. >> what poland wants to do, latvia, what they want to do.hey wanted to join the western alliance, nato alliance. >> certainly. they certainly did. i think from the russian perspective, they see the geopolitics of the region and the classical real politic sense. it's their sphere of influence. what putin is really after from trump at some level is to get a deal that says this is russia's backyard and they can do what they like. the problem is for trump, he can't make concessions on things like that. congress is going along with trump on a wide array of things that people potentially thought they couldn't possibly go along with. but not this. congress really does draw a line in the sand or in the snow as it were on russia. the other thing is that within trump's own circle, his own cabinet, general mattis, rex tillerson have been much more hawkish on russia than a lot of people expected. there's a strange dissonance between this president who is glowing about russia and when this president glows he -- >> lot of people complain about the makeup

pulitzer prize finalist explores her family's exile from latvia and her journey of among the living and dead. also been casket looks at the life and influence of is really prime minister, benjamin -- alexander kleinberg for strategic studies reports on how the internet is being used on the internet for warfare on the darkening web. ball professor and former prosecutor, paul butler examines the policing of blackman in his new book, chokehold. look for titles this week and authors in the near future and c-span2

estonia has one quarter and latvia about a third. they were incorporated by invasion into the soviet union in may 1940. they liberated themselves at the end of the cold war and joined the eu and nato. our article 5 protection extends to them. that's why it was so important that president trump finally reaffirmed today in a speech in foe land that we remain dedicated to article 5. putin needs to know where the lines are and every american president has to defend nato allies. >> ambassador, thanks so much. nicholas burns, former undersecretary of state. phil rutger was with us in the "washington post" but had to do some news. what's the greatest threat to the united states right now? i'll speak to a man who says it's president trump himself. we're watching futures drop, dow dipped from the all time high on monday. i'll give you more on that when we come back. scription does have a few side effects. oh, like what? ♪ you're gonna have dizziness, ♪ nausea, and sweaty eyelids. ♪ and in certain cases chronic flatulence. ♪ no. ♪ sooooo gassy

i just came back from latvia, at a forum, mostly members of the eu, and they look at me like with shock, they didn't know that this even existed. when we get to latin america, we say, no, we don't. they don't cooperate. i think fundamentally what happened is we lost the ability to do counterintelligence in latin america and the iranians know that. they have been exploiting that for a long time. theink what to look at latin america part, i think we also have a legal challenge that lacked counterintelligence and it's a point of communication. it's become more prevalent, meaning that a bunch of networks are converging and how is that interpreted with our partners and friends in latin america? they hear the criminal part before they hear the terrorist part. so oftentimes when we talk to folks in latin america they don't have a proper designation of terrorism the way we do in the united states. hezbollah does not exist as a terrorist organization in latin america. nobody designates it, in paraguay it might be a counterfeiting organization and they don't acknowledge that hezbollah is what the

will intervene to defend estonia, lithuania and latvia who are members of nato as well as poland. so he was sending a lot of mixed messages. we'll protect poland, we'll be good with poland, we'll protect our friends, especially if they pay their nato dues. but at the same time, we didn't want to point the finger at russia too much. i think the big takeaway from the meeting with putin pretty clearly is going to be about fighting isis. i think the u.s. is moving the question of assad and whether he stays or goes into the back ground and it's going to try and announce with putin that there will be coordinated action against isis. and that is about as much as we can expect from that meeting at least in public. >> and let's me ask you aboe l response about the question regarding north korea. if he was sending mixed signals to some of the european allies about the russia issue and having their back vis-a-vis russia, certainly a different tone about ambiguity when it came to what he is going to do about north korea. he said they were behaving very badly, but still not giving any definiti

want a real trail of tears go to eastern europe and see what happened in bella ruse and ukraine, latviathuania, it's horrific. nine out of every ten jews that lived in poland weren't alive in 1945. one out of every three maels that lived in the ukraine of belarus were dead by 1945. those people that were in leadership positions in 1945 said never again. they said the same thing in 1815 after the in a uponian nick wars and set up the concert of europe and that worked well for one century, they kept the long peace in europe more or less, there were a couple minor flare-ups, the crimea war and austrian war but there wasn't a continental wide war until 1914. we try it again in 1945 to set up a system that would try to maintain global peace and prevent war between great powers and great power states throughout the world. that system is under stress, intense stress, today. that system is under stress from revolutionaries and terrorists and gorillas, it's under stress from nation states that don't like the rules of the road, that were written and want to revise those rules of road. that system

is going to be on the western -- western border of russia and probably facing towards estonia and latvia and, of course, down to bela rus. and that's interesting for norway, we still have a company as a part in lit wain ya. from the norway perspective, we would like more transparency, of course. so if russia could inform nato through the nato of russian council or maybe start using the vienna document channel to inform about the exercise, that would be something that would be very welcoming from our point of view. thank you. >> thank you so much, general. we'll now move to evelyn farcus. dive right in. >> thank you to the atlantic council to the estonia government to the participates. care line asked me to speak from the perspective of someone who was in the u.s. government in 2013 when the last zapa occurred. sitting in the pentagon at the time we watched a new defense minister come into office, who is still there and only increased his power and stature in the russian government and society at large. he was a known figure to russians because of his 20-year lead of the internal russian,

exercise activity is going to be on the western border of russia and probably facing towards estonia and latvia and of course down to belarus. and that's also very interesting. for norway, we still have company as a part of this in lithuania. from the norwegian perspective, we would like more transparency of course as we all would like. so if russia could, you know, inform the nato through the nato/russian council or, again, start using the vienna document channel to inform about the exercise, that would be something that would be very welcoming from our point of view. thank you. >> thank you so much, general. now we'll move to evelyn farkus. dive right in. >> thank you. thank you, again, to the atlantic council, to the estonian government, to the co-participants. caroline asked me to speak to someone in the u.s. government in 2013 when the last zapat occurred. sitting in the pentagon at the time we watched a new defense minister come into office. who is still there and has only increased his power and stature within the russian government and in russian society at large. he was already a known

. -- when be a broke latvia broke, you were able to set your people free with the truth. have you had any trouble getting the information in their using their own networks against them? none of the governments that i know of have made a decision to do that. are no society groups that theto do that and bring in different tools that might be there. some of them -- i would argue in -- asof this committee awkward as it might be, is one of the best laws i would suggest penetrates the control system. we recently produced a report on -- as a toololl of in five hours'time we had a response. story. that tells you a there are many ways you can get it. >> there have been reports, put in wasn't directly involved in gave the orders. you have the same information in your countries so that people would know where it is coming from? >> if i have that information, i probably wouldn't be sitting here. there is no assumption in germany that the president's office is directly involved in giving orders to russian interference. the execution is actually accomplished very broadly, a variety of

i just came back from latvia with members of the eu and the countries in the middle east. when i talk about hezbollah and iran, they look at me like they didn't know this existed. why isn't everyone in the world understanding that iran works with hezbollah together, but here we say, no, they don't. they don't cooperate. i think fundamentally what happened is we lost our ability to do continuer intelligence in iran and hezbollah knows that. when we look at the latin america, that's the point of indication. over time, selena has been involve in a lot of this, a bunch of threat networks are converging. but how does that interpret in the region with our friends in latin america? they hear the criminal part before the terrorist part. and so oftentimes when we talk to folks in latin america, they don't have a proper designation or definition of terrorism the way we do in the united states. hezbollah does not exist as a terrorist organization in latin america. nobody designates it in latin america. such in paraguay it could be a trafficking organization. but they don't acknowledg

the amount of missiles and abms and phalaris's and submarines from alaska all ,he way to lithuania, latvia the borders and certainly in czechoslovakia and romania -- excuse me, romania and poland. the polls have done the again -- poles have done it again. they have waited to strike for brezinski, but now he is dead i have somehow fears that poland will once again be the initiator of a third world conflict. have a lot to think about. i'm going to go sit down now with jim, i wish you would ask him some questions as well as me. [applause] >> sit down and i will bottom it -- moderate. mr. stone: ok, good. actually, -- >> actually, i would be happy to see a conversation between these two guys, one wino -- who i know have been friends for a long time. oliver, i'm curious -- i will start out with a question to you -- i think it is safe to say that you and donald trump do not share the same economic or political philosophy, and yet it seems like you are able to draw a distinction between a man whose policies and politics that you have no respect for, but yet draw this distinction between -- whole

. >> the 37-year-old latvia native was charged with second degree murder in the april 2015 death of her-year-old vincent viafore. prosecutors say that graswald who during an 11-hour police interrogation was filmed taking yoga breaks and playing hopscotch sabotaged viafore's kayak removing its plug causing it to take on water and sink during a trip on the hudson river valley. >> i don't see him. oh, my god. >> can you see the kayak still? >> no, the kayak went underwater. oh, my god. >> reporter: an investigator testified at an earlier hearing that graswald said she felt trapped by viafore and wanted to be free admitting she took his paddle after his kayak capsized in the choppy waters while he begged her to call 911. in court monday graswald said she knew the plug was not in viafore's kayak, knew that the weather was dangerous and that he had been drinking and wasn't wearing a life jacket. but she says s anything to intentionally cause his death. >> you could tell by her -- the struggles she had in the courtroom today through her plea allocution that she cared very deeply for vince. she