we'd also visited lithuania, latvia, estonia, georgia and what these countries have been dealing with for years formulations, democrats of the foreign relations committee did a report on this which was no surprise based on what we have heard they have seen this movie before. they get mad at estonia, rushed us, there's a big [inaudible] and the cut off their internet simply because they moved a statue of a russian soldier from a public square into a cemetery where the other statutes like that were. or in one of the countries that would be latvia or lithuania when they are having their 25th anniversary of independence they invite some of the ukrainian parliamentarians who are in exile from mia in the invite that to the celebration and then they cut off the internet in russia gets mad of the parliamentarians from the country. this kind of stuff has been going on for a long time and the fake ads and the influence of election and the best example i have was we heard it directly when we were in munich a few months later from the norwegian minister told us this directly and that the russians

so you're a journalist, working with medusa, which is based, if i'm not incorrect in latvia. of russia. so i wonder how -- what is it like for you to work as a journalist on these topics and what do you ski as -- do you see as the roll of the periphery countries as a base, perhaps are, for russian independent journalism. >> thank you. i guess medusa is based in latvia, but i live in moscow, as a -- because we writing about russia and if we don't live here, we don't understand anything. this topic is really difficult in russia but this topic is difficult in every country, i think. most of time of my reporting on this term is wait, wait, wait, wait for some guy who talk me to some to tell me that he need to talk with this guy or -- >> i think it's a difficult topic for everyone but from what we hear about what happens in russia, how hard it is to be an independent journalist there, do you fine that this -- do you have a feel it's actually dangerous for you to report this topic? >> no. if you go to chechneya and if you have meetings with radical groups and lgbt but this is -- i

riga, latvia,d in but i live in moscow.e are writing about russian -- i do not litter, i do not understand anything. this topic -- i do not live here, i do not understand anything this topic is difficult in russia, but in every country. most of the time of my reporting on this is wait, wait, wait, to tell meme guy that he would need to talk with this guy. -- and i would agree it is a difficult topic for everyone, but what we hear russia,at happens in how hard it is to be an independent journalist, do you find -- do you ever feel it is actually dangerous for you to do? mr. turovsky: no. if you go to chechnya or lgbt topics, it is dangerous when you have meetings with radical groups. know what they think about this investigation, and the response is guy from minister of defense who called that you do not need to investigate. only response from the government. >> ok, we had a question right here. if you could wait for the mike. >> hello. thank you for being here. my name is constantine. it is very it seems polarized in terms o

it ended up at bolton international bank in latvia the account of a shell company folks trying networks limited folks strong like quick pace is registered in cyprus. none of the banks appear to have raised a red flag what's called a suspicious activity report. it's very easy for a bank to throw out a suspicious activity is actually present but the trouble is who's digesting this this which sent to your courts nasserist in many cases nobody. the documents linking quick pace to folks trying networks in turn link quick pace to one of the world's highest profile money laundering scandals it was discovered by russian accountant surrogate magnitsky he was working for an investment firm based in my. go and run by bill browder. surrogate supposed that he was then arrested and tortured and killed in prison. the russian government says magnitsky died of natural causes and accuses browder of the fraud browder claims russian officials stole two hundred thirty million dollars in state funds and huge quarter billion dollar russian government embezzlement synonymous with justice and corruption in russ

in new york was used to move from money they passed it to an offshore company with an account in latvia and a mystery owner the money went through no red flags. western banks have had a hard time making money over the last few years so when somebody shows up and says i like to set up an account with one hundred million dollars then you have to look for a pretty good reason not to set up that account. other documents in the leak lead us to a british village north of london under british law or those type of company that allows foreigners to avoid tax and scrutiny it's called a limited liability partnership. companies for it some people call them get away cars for corrupt money i have heard them better described as on the plate. one of the companies is registered here this is the official office of a company worth hundreds of millions of dollars resources l.l.b. . according to bank statements leaked to us finkel made three hundred twenty eight million dollars in just six months of twenty fifteen. but in public accounts filed with u.k. authorities can call claimed it made less than seven t

has only expressed regret at certain violations of media freedom for example in latvia when russian journalists for no apparent there were communicated raised and sent out of the country but he didn't do much to rectify that he does a lot he has two sets of tools he has the tools of public diplomacy and has the tools of diplomacy i see both. i can assure you. very much engaged he's concerned about these issues and he verse on them very hard previously always see had to sort of preach to you former soviet states former communist states are states that were deemed to be violators of. press and media freedoms to sort of comply with the norms but now we see one western country after another the champions the champions of media freedoms to introduce measures that would limit those media freedoms. what's your reaction to that and do you think that process in itself could be stopped or alter it again coming back to the form of bodies of these are issues being. brought up in a permanent council see. but i think in a more systematic. it is a deal we see institution. for a percentage on the freedom of. i

. >> he did his own rendition of the eagles fight song from where he's currently competing in latvia. ♪ fly eagles fly on the road to victory ♪ >> last week, thousands of you send your renditions of fly, eagles fly. now we're taking our fight song challenge to a whole new level. you ready? renditions with the most people, the mostivity or the most unusual instruments. >>> some challenging temperatures are back here as we turn to your first alert neighborhood weather. cold snap has arrived tonight as we look live at the beautiful shot of the ben franklin bridge. >> with a touch of green on the ben franklin. it's feeling more like january after a stretch of warm days. that's good news for ice skaters at the cross river rink on penn's landing. >> also green there. everybody is in the spirit. >> let's bring in meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz. >> it's going to stay cold through the workweek? >> it is not to be cold over the weekend? we have traffic flowing pret pr well on i-95. the camera is shaking a little bit. we still have wind out there bringing in colder air. our highest tem

right now, andrew shirk is in latvia ahead of the final world cup of the season.talked to him via skype about what making the team means to him. >> i mean, it's a dream come true. i've always been competitive growing up. it would be great to win a medal. that would be everything. >> nbc10's keith jones will be traveling to the winter olympics to bring you complete coverage of all of our local athletes. you'll only see the interviews here on nbc10, home of the winter olympics. starting february 8th. >> very excited about that. we talked to savannah and hoda yesterday in new york about that. >> katy zachry back for our coverage of that, of the olympics. exciting. >>> now to more of the stories we're following at 5:00 a.m. >> deadly derailment. breaking this morning, the desperate attempt to cut victims free from the mangled metal. >>> a woman leaving the hospital is hit and trapped by a car. >>> bad reputation. fans hope a viral video helps change the image of eagles nation. >>> coming up on 5:00. good morning. welcome to "nbc10 news today." i'm tracy davidson. >> i

bellaver it deploys a lithuania canada back on the continent of europe for the first time in years in latvia u.k. and estonian of course united states and poland with spain italy france all these countries together that that significantly changes the military calculus number one number two all three of those countries and poland are doing exactly what they said they would do under article three of the washington treaty which says every nation is responsible for its own defense so each nation of those each of the baltic countries and poland have taken significant steps not just increase spending but to improve their own defense so i would not say thirty six hours or so no thirty six hours so fifty hours one hundred i was odd there are real russians also today quick i would say first of all that the russians would think much harder about ever go on attacking with those countries because of the unity of the alliance and the increased capability but also what i saw again coming out of the defense minister as last week and from ambassador adamic and the european defense agency recognition that we

issue why because it was invented back in the soviet union in latvia and if i'm not mistaken it was used by soviet or fleeced by the russian the fleets and fleets from the former soviet republics and the west but actually it's never used it never ever anyone has to be. pretty but i've got to read it open substance. doesn't give you any competitive edge it just helps you to recover to recover your hard after confrontations. but they said there is no money doping today now they took the mr rochon cough and they grabbed it and took it to the united states. that person has problems he's at odds with the law he's saying if you sell he was doing some lawful things he shouldn't be jailed for that but instead he was pulled a top of the russian anti-doping agency then he tried to commit suicide and he was i wish him good health but that just makes them certainly. makes you think of some certain because then you. might be. true when it comes to that person can we trust him at all can he be trusted moreover so they say he works under the guidance of the us intelligence it's good they say for whom i

meanwhile, austria, latvia, greece, switzerland, and norway are among the countries where right—wingovernments. parties with similar outlooks have also been winning an increasingly large share of the vote at elections in many other european countries in recent years. earlier, i spoke to a czech political analyst and former adviser to the country's first post—communist president, vaslav havel. i began by asking him whether we can expect to see any changes in mr zeman‘s second term. well, i think that march will not change because mr zeman, i think, and ata change because mr zeman, i think, and at a certain section of the electorate. —— much will not. he has been re—elected. he may actually move a bit to be centre because he does not really need because he does not need the drastic range of the political spectrum any more. he has to unify the country. does he have to unify the country. does he have to ca re to unify the country. does he have to care about that? i do not think it has about it. from that point of view, i think you may actually consider becoming a bit more moderate. —— he

meanwhile, austria, latvia, greece, switzerland, and norway are among the countries where right—wingts. parties with similar outlooks have also been winning an increasingly large share of the vote at elections in many other european countries in recent years. one of the world's richest men, prince alwaleed bin talal, has become the latest high—profile figure to be released after a major anti—corru ption drive in saudi arabia. an official said the prince was released after a settlement was approved by the state prosecutor. but the prince said no charges were brought against him, and no deals had been done. 0ur arab affairs editor, sebastian usher, reports. just hours before his release, prince al—waleed bin talal gave his first interview from the gilded cage of the ritz—carlton hotel. in hard cash terms, he has been the biggest catch of all in the saudi purge. the idea of a man worth some $17 billion being at one point reduced to sleeping on a mattress while bargaining for his freedom has been a powerful one, and it is an image he was keen to dispel as he gave a tour of the suite wher

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has blown out tonight the remains over this circulation here still dropping stuff in this un year latvia and estonia and there was something better routes but the wind isn't as strong and there is a following braise and all that tire represent all the rain or snow forming out of it once again we got lies to them for the alps crossing to tear all further south a carpathian mountains following on behind the next system briefly bring snow into the eastern side of the british isles on sunday then it probably turned to right we've got mild weather coming in here that's true coming down through france as well but ahead of it all is still called enough to be wintry the stars died out in the baltic states but not for the sas and romania it's folding come monday we've got right into south of that just coming through greece and the west side of ticky the next system developing now the onshore breezes make it pretty easy when the ice probably still has a fairly good wood if you look at out of the water in algiers or from tunis that breeze will die at some degree and then you have the development fu

he reportedly immigrated from latvia 13 years ago and, quote, wanted to serve his new country immediatelyhe had a 6-year-old better. four other servicemembers were also injured. dangerous winter weather ramping up across the country is a monster storm moves north. the unrelenting call blame for 18 deaths. white out conditions causing this deadly pile up near buffalo, new york. >> this is bonkers. >> one person was killed and all that. several others injured. >> you can't see a thing in front of you. complete white out right now. i still can't feel my fingertips. >> even florida not spared. flurries are actually falling in northern parts of the state. janice dean is tracking this. joining us with more on what we can expect. nice to have you with us. >> a big winter storm we are tracking, snow along the gulf coast, snow in northern florida and we see snow move up the east coast in the next 12 to 24 hours, the past 12 hours, some snow and mixing of freezing rain and sleet across north florida coastal georgia towards the carolinas. a pretty impressive storm that is just getting attacked toget

booker identifying the soldier as sergeant first class michael green, reportedly immigrated from latviayears ago and wanted to serve his country immediately and leaves behind a 6-year-old daughter. four other servicemembers were injured. rob: isis executioner facing his own death sentence in iraq according to any rainy and news station. the evil terror boss earned his chilling reputation for several sick execution videos that were filmed before the recent collapse of mosul, isis fleeing, the country's army capturing the isis chief thinks to a tip from locals in the area. jillian: winter weather ramping up across the country is a monster storm moves north. rob: the unrelenting cold, this miserable weather blamed for 18 deaths over the last week. white out conditions causing this deadly pile up near buffalo, new york. >> look at that, this is bonkers. heather: one person was killed, several injured. >> you can't see a thing in front of you. everything was blurry. i can't feel my fingertips. heather: even florida not bad, flurries in northern parts of the state. and esteemed tracking it al

which one do you kiss, but-- there we were and we'd also visited lithuania, latvia, astona and georgia. and to hear the stories of what they've been dealing with for years, democrats on the foreign relations committee just put out a report on this, which is no surprised based on what we've heard. and we've heard it before. they get mad at astona, russia does, and what do they do, they cut off their internet because they moved a statue of a russian soldier from a public square into a cemetery where the other statues like that were. or in one of the countries that was either latvia or lithuania, when they are having their 25th anniversary of independence, so they invite some of the ukrainian parliamentarians who are of course in exile from crima, they invite that to the celebration and cut off the internet and russia gets mad of the parliamentarianions from that country. this kind of stuff has been going on for a long time. the fake ads. when we heard directly in munich a few months later, the prime minister told us that directly, that the russians had been mad at norway because they've

sergeant golin's dad told us that his son grew up in latvia before immigrating to the u.s.poke to him thursday and that the soldier told him that he loved him. two are being treated and in stable condition and others have returned to duty. >>> let's switch gears for a moment. blizzard conditions of a multivehicle crash, videos show dozens of semi truck us and other vehicles on a standstill on the new york thruway. about 22 vehicles were directly involved in the crash. and at least 75 were backed up and unable to move for several hours. multiple ambulances later rushed to the scene to assist drivers trapped in their cars. so, obviously very dangerous weather conditions suggesting perhaps that it's only going to get worse. let's bring in nbc meteorologist bill karins. he's been away for a few days and we welcome him back. >> nice to walk into a slow, easy forecast. like history, new england, power outages. >> it feels like you need another vacation already to make up for the past 24 hours. >> let's get into this. it's not always we start our weather forecast saying a huge ice

he's in latvia ahead of this weekend's final world cup of the season.andrew this afternoon via skype about what making the olympic team means to him. >> it's a dream come true. i've always been very competitive growing up. and it would be great to win a medal. that would be everything. >> and i will be traveling next week to the winter olympics to bring complete coverage of all of our local athletes. you'll see the interviews only here on nbc 10. home of the winter games starting february 8th. >>> a rare sight caught on video in the middle of a frigid winter in upstate new york. snowy owl was spotted catching a ride on an ice flow. despite the harsh winds and waves he stayed there about 30 minutes we're told bobbing up and down before taking off to find calmer waters. >>> in the philippines, an erupting volcano is putting on a dazzling but increasingly dangerous show. police have been deployed to keep residents from getting within five miles of the crater. lava has flowed nearly two miles from the volcano. evacuation camps have been set up for people fo

now for inclusive interview from the european capital of latvia and finance minister.o much of for joining us. let me first ask you what you think about the german government formation. eurozone it to further integration? >> it is in port and that the is it shortnment up. there are so many issues on the table. the european union. pointsill be the major on the agenda today during the year of group meeting. guy: minister. do you feel left out of this process? finance minister is talking about the fact that france and germany will lead this. basically, they will determine everything. they are talking about it happening this year. do others have a voice at the table, or are those two countries driving this? >> it is of course very important that the two big powers have an agreement among them on the conceptual raise forward. on the other hand, we have to tworstand that the european leaders are as strong as the weakest to the point there is. there are a lot of issues on the table there. and first of all, i want to congratulate the european commission that comes from the pol

latvia's lot -- minister will join us. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ good morning. it is 7:19 a.m.19 a.m. here in berlin. this is a day after the spd voted to enter into coalition talks. a sense of relief in the german capital. taking a look at the markets. first, futures. euro stoxx 50 stocks trading just a little bit higher this morning. bond is a little -- the bund is a little higher in yields. the numbers are red even though the arrow is pointing up. the s&p futures are down. that could change. there are still a lot of hours to go until the u.s. markets open and a lot of haggling to get done in the senate to possibly of her a government shutdown to possibly -- to possibly avert a government shutdown. biggest: the french drugmaker. the deal values hemophilia drug maker at about 105 a share. that is a premium over the friday closing cost. another company has offered to purchase an online company. to get complete control on the e-commerce business. richemont already owns 25% of ynap. hna has been facing increasing pressure from some banks talking about freezing credit lines. it wa

russia which would weaken the credibility of nato, the most honourable estates exposed are estonia and latviasurance in these countries that they are being protected. very good that up to you. professor trevor taylor, research fellow at the royal united services the chief. in other news, the trial of a man accused of the finsbury park mosque attack has begun. darren osborne is accused of deliberately driving a van into worshippers, killing one person. he denies murder and attempted murder. angus crawford has been following the case at woolwich crown court. the prosecution made clear today that although there are no terrorist related charges in the indictment, this was in their words and act of terrorism to intimidate government and the muslim community. darren ‘s bernd denies one account of murder and one of a tented murder, but the —— darren osborne. but the plan was that he had been trying to kill as many people as possible. we believe he hired a van in south wales, he left south wales on 18th ofjune last year, left south wales on 18th ofjune last yea r, drove left south wales on 18th ofjun

he immigrated from latvia 13 years ago and wanted to serve his new country immediately.leaves behind a 6-year-old daughter to. extreme weather now a monster winter storm taking part down south now. freezes over in georgia and soutsouth carolina where temperatures are about 30 degrees below average. snow flurries falling in florida. out whenout conditions causing deadly pileup near buffalo, new york. >> look at that this is freaking bonkers. >> you can't see a gosh darn thing in front of you. everything blurry. complete whiteout. can't tell. i still can't feel my finger tips from walking not even a quarter mile from my vehicle. jillian: janice dean will keep us updated on the weather, guys. ainsley: you know that song i can't feel my face when i was walking with you. yesterday when i was walking i was like i can't feel my face. that's what the song is about. brian: song dedicated to the wind. steve: one of the promises that put president trump in the white house. >> we are going to drain the swamp. [cheers] steve: just now learning how deep that swamp is we have the hard

it's time to bring the immigrants in from latvia in a reasonable way.nywhere else in a reasonable way. ok.: one of the people sitting in a gallery tomorrow, lots of dreamers are a part of that. also a family from puerto rico, this is in "the orlando saysnel," spokespeople, it -- host: that is part of the story. attending the state of the union, and there will be a lot of so-called dreamers in the audience during the president's address tomorrow. coverage of the state of the union starts at 8:00 tomorrow. we will hear from you in the your thinking on what you think the president might say it what you are hoping he will address. the economy and other factors, o. watch it on c-span, monitor it on c-span.org and the c-span radio app. san antonio, texas is next. lynn, hello. to approve calling of the way the president has offered to treat this. democrats getting what they want, with the dreamers assured of their safety here, trump and the rest of us getting what we want in stopping the flow. something that no one seems to think of, as long as mexico and all

latvia is on the border with russia.for every tweet sentin that report that for every tweet sent in russian, five are sent by russian bots. it is a five in one ratio. sweden also saying it has interference already in its election so interference already in its election so this is a big problem in europe. 0ne so this is a big problem in europe. one of the items of fake news i picked up in that european parliament report, one item is saying that sweden is about to introduce a law demanding written consent before you have sex. not quite sure who believes that but i'm afraid some people do. jeff flake was on the floor of the senate today talking about many things and he talked about russian interference as well and made the point that there has only been one cabinet meeting, he has only brought his cabinet secretaries together, not even once, to discuss this. and senator carden said that that was negligent. and republicans i think would also say more has to be done. and why is the president not taking this as seriously as yo