they recorded the statements of mr lavrov.avrov, where he signalled that the united states will expect russia to abide by its agreement in the minsk ceasefire negotiations, to remove its military support from the russian—backed separatists fighting there. we have seen an escalation of fighting in that region. many more casualties than we have seen over the last year national football league. —— year and a half. the last year national football league. -- year and a half. in working out that policy, when you think of the line taking by mr tillerson today, the much harder line, if you like, taken byjames mattis in recent months, where do we see the predominant line. who will dictate the sense of this policy in the white house? i think there is a clear emergence and convergence of policy views between rex tillerson and mr mattis they say they will stay in the mainstream of us policy towards europe and their allies for decades under democratic and republican administration. in terms of whether they will have real influence overfore

secretary of state rex tillerson held talks with sergey lavrov.he two met on the sides of the g20 meeting in bonn, germany. tillerson was known for his years of cozy business deals with russia. >> all eyes have been on two men in bonn, united states secretary of state rex tillerson and his counterpart sergey lavrov. the recent upsurge of violence in eastern ukraine was a subject of the summit and tillerson brought a message for moscow. >> the united states will stand up for the interest and values of america and her allies. as we search for new common ground, we expect russia to honor its agreement. >> meanwhile, lavrov acknowledged that u.s.-russia relations have deteriorated. >> we discussed our bilateral relationship that has been substantially damaged by the obama administration, especially in the last couple of months. >> rex tillerson confirmed the intention to get rid of artificial barriers. >> berlin is watching closely as the u.s. arrives with policies on russia and nato under the new trump administration. german foreign minister sigmar g

that will come under microscopic scrutiny when he sits down with russia's foreign minister sergei lavrovity to global trade, the uncertainty about where the united states now stands on many big issues is almost unprecedented. 0n the one hand you have chaos and a possibly compromised administration, and by that i mean the president donald trump and his closest advisers, some of them are deemed indicated for ties to moscow. 0n the other hand you have the pragmatists, for example general mattis, defence secretary, trying to say to nato allies, let's put this back on course. what is also unprecedented and unacceptable, says president trump, is what he called a biased discredited media, at the new york times and cnn, which he accuses of relying too heavily on leaks and hearsay to undermine his government. i think there is not the same rigour going on right now in newsrooms. the number of rubbish stories that we are seeing with reporters just rushing to publish with thinly sourced or anonymously sourced stories is not doing any favours to the impression that they are out to get donald trump. t

lavrov even commented on this as he was leaving the room. lavrov keeping a low profile and to the revealing his hand. >> thank you very much. president trump is going after democrats today as they continue to call for an investigation into any ties he or his campaign may have had to russia. the president tweeting this morning "fake news media, which makes up stories and sources, is far more effective than the discred discredited democrats but they are fading fast." "the democrats had to come up with a story as to why they lost the election and so badly, 306, so they made up to story -- russia." russia is a reference to the 306 electoral votes. are you moved at all by these attacks by the democrats? it sort of seems kind of common place now. >> it seems like he's missing the point as well. it's like having your house on fire and blaming the smoke alarm. we had a real opportunity yesterday on the judiciary committee as we were setting our 2017 priorities and democrats put forward four different amendments to ask that an investigation take plac

it is my pleasure to welcome surging lavrov -- sergey lavrov who has spoken here are the security conference more times than i can remember. as you know he's one of the oldest serving foreign ministers in underground europe, -- in mainland europe 13 years , more or less, something like that. since we're running out of time this morning i won't give a long introduction speech. please speak to us and if we have time we'll have a few questions at the end. [applause] >> thank you, ladies and gentlemen. 10 years ago, president putin address this conference, and many back at the time in the west considered him to be a challenge, even a threat, though the main content of that message was we need to get away from unilateral actions and to get to equally footed cooperation based on international law and joint evaluation of international law and finding collective solutions. nevertheless, the expressed -- they expressed forewarnings regarding all the added attempts to thwart attempts to reinstate power in the world, and these forewarnings became truth. right now this historic stage which can be define

mr lavrov said that the truce would start alongside the withdrawal of heavy military hardware.l was brokered by representatives of ukraine, russia, germany, and france, on the sidelines of an international security conference in munich. a muslim cleric who was jailed for life in america for plotting terror attacks in the 19905 has died in prison. omar abdel—rahman, who was blind, was convicted of conspiracy in the 1993 world trade centre in which six people died. as iraqi forces prepare to attack islamic state militants in western hundreds of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of barcelona as part of a series of protests calling for spain to take in more refugees. they want the government to allow in more people who have fled syria and other violent conflicts. spain has so far taken injust 1,100 of the 17,000 refugees it promised to accept in september 2015. the american woman who was at the centre of the us supreme court ruling which legalised abortion in america has died. norma mccorvey was known under the pseudonym jane roe, when she took legal action to allow

lavrov obviously met with secretary of state rex tillerson earlier in the week.ch echoes what we heard from mike pence earlier today, the vice president speaks to united states transatlantic allies saying that the united states supports nato. wants to work and sees a common future and a common bond with europe. i think what we're hearing from sergey lavrov is the reaction to hearing what trump saying about nato being obsolete. and perhaps he could make some new deal with president putin. i think what we're hearing is lavrov reacting in some way to that not a particularly happy reaction. however, mike pence did get strong support from the leaders here gathered today when he told them that president trump and united states strongly behind nato. >> today, on behalf of president trump, i bring you this assurance, the united states of america strongly supports nato and will be unwavering in our commitment to this transatlantic alliance. >> reporter: so there was a caveat, and we've heard it before from secretary of defense james mattis earlier this week that nato alli

something the foreign ministry sergei lavrov is pushing back on. issues of mutual interest, but issues of contention. not the least the discussion of use of missiles and fly-bys and the kremlin wondering the understanding of the white house following the departure of michael flynn. rex tillerson will have a full discussion. that's happening on the margins of the g20. he met with the saudi foreign minister talking about yemen and what can happen there and talking about syria too. >> a lot on the plate. nic robertson, thank you. >>> the future of u.s. funding for nato could hang in the balance hinging on whether nato allies decide to pay up. james mattis echoing the tone at the brussels meeting with the nato defense ministers and affirming the support for the alliance. mattis said members must be willing to pull their weight. >> it is a fair demand of those who benefit from the best defense in the world carry the share of the cost of freedom. we should never forget it is freedom that we defend here at nato. >> the nato secretary-general says the mess

we know that mr tillerson is due to meet the very first time his russian counterpart, sergei lavrov,e are so many questions about whether us administration stands in regard to russia and whether it has ties to the criminal. that is something mr aslef was not going to be drawn into when he was asked by reporters but the people around the table and want to know what the us and stray shabazz today when it comes to for example extending sanctions against russia over its actions in ukraine. there are lots of questions yet to be answered. i think other people around the table today is really about one thing, it's about finding out what it means when donald trump says america first, what it means not just for the says america first, what it means notjust for the us but for international allies. if as expected america says they want russia to abide by the minsk peace agreement that gives them some sort of base. 0n the personality front you have lavrov one of the most consummate diplomat in the world at the moment, they are just good to be feeling their way with each other, the body language

lavrov called this meeting productive and useful. i think it's fair to say it hasn't gone unnoticed here in moscow, that president trump's stance on the issue of ukraine appears to have hardened in recent days. tweeted out on wednesday that crimea was taken by russia, that this perhaps suggested that the obama administration was too soft on russia. and here in moscow this is seen as a closed issue. crimea now is part of russia. it seems we've had both from the creme sxlin foreign ministry this week saying we will not be giving this issue back, this is not up for discussion. i think there's definitely some concern on the issue of ukraine, this may be setting up the exact same impasse russia had with the previous u.s. administration and that they still need to work toward finding a way to move past this in order to try to improve the relationship. as i said publicly, the foreign ministry saying this was a productive meeting, isa. >> and-a i know we've been focused on the u.s. but for the other g20 countries this was -- this meeting was

that is the tone that tillerson goes into the meeting with sergei lavrov in a few moments.ism and tillerson going in with a clear message over ukraine. going beyond what the europe allies are saying. united states has support. russia should go by the minsk agreement. get involvement out of ukraine. the united states white house position is the russian troops should pull out of crimea. we heard from moscow and kremlin pushing back strongly on that in the past 24 hours. the two countries who cooperate on are hearing an escalation of the rhetoric of tension between the two capitals. the kremlin realizes it lost dialogue with a partner. michael flynn. >> nic robertson for us in germany at the g20 summit. one of the topics is the u.s. funding for nato. that could depend on whether nato allies pay up. the new defense secretary james mattis was at a meeting with defense ministers. he defended support for the alliance, but members must be willing to pull their weight. >> a fair demanded that all who benefit from the best defense in the world carry their share of the necessary cost

but again, foreign minister lavrov post-cold war order has come to an end.few moments. >>> meanwhile, how much money will you be willing to bet on donald trump? well, guess what, it turns out in the united kingdom the answer is a lot. >> yeah, the trump presidency has business booming there at betting houses across britain. and people can bet on everything from sales of ivanka trump's clothing line. to important the president was impeached. cnn money editor nina desantos has a look at it. >> we had a very, very big march. it's all fake news. it's all fake news. >> reporter: each time donald trump talks he makes news. across the atlantic, he's also talk of the town. >> they get good ratings, you have to admit that. >> reporter: as uk lawmakers prepare to debate whether donald trump's visit to the country should go ahead book makers are seeing an absolute sflflurry to donald trump's name. one of the biggest is ladbrokes. how big is business these days? >> business subpoena. we're actually taking more money on things having to do with donald trump than brexit w

tillerson apparently asked lavrov to back off.son has sounded cautious when it comes to cooperating with russia. he's basically saying he wants them to step away from the front lines and call off their dogs when it comes to fighting with the west in ukraine. ti tillerson also met with his chinese counterpart. his trip was part of this flurry of european controversy. secretary of defense james mattis put the nato alliance on notice in a conference in brussels yesterday, telling his counterparts they need to increase military spending and mike pence is attending a security conference in munich where he'll meet angela merkel and then head to brussels. >> big trip for the vice president. defense secretary james mattis also in munich today. he talked a little bit ago about cooperation between nato and the european union just one day after mattis in a meeting with those nato allies rejected the possibility of more military ties between the u.s. and russia. lucy khavanov has more for us. >> reporter: jim mattis did finish speaking just a

sergei lavrov says it will come into force on monday in eastern ukraine and heavy military hardware wouldhe centre of the us supreme court ruling which legali5ed abortion in american has died. norma mccorvey, known as jane roe, took action to allow her to terminate a pregnancy in the 1973 roe ver5u5 wade case. now on bbc world news, reporters. hello, and welcome to reporters. i'm david eade5, and from here in the world's newsroom, we send our correspondents to bring you the very best stories from across the globe. in this week's programme: sliding back towards anarchy — fergal keane report5 from the central african republic

because rex tillerson will meet for the first time with his russian counterpart sergei ladder of —— lavrovll be questions about the trump administration's attentional ties to the kremlin. we have a sense from rex tillerson‘s people that perhaps he is seeking to smooth things over and during their meeting with boris johnson he might seek solidarity with britain and europe over its response to russia's actions in crimea and ukraine. much to be discussed. the eyes of the world will be on many of these meetings today. all of these problems for the trump administration in the last few days, how is it going down in germany where you are? people have spoken about angela merkel needing to assume new leadership in europe, as suggested by barack obama. officially in berlin they are taking the pragmatic view, they know they will have to forge some kind of relationship with the us. behind the scenes there is a great deal of all arm and it is very interesting to note among the bilateral meetings that rex dallas and is holding today, germany is not on the list. —— rex tillerson. there is concern, primar

then rex tillerson meeting with russian foreign minister sergey lavrov. speaker paul ryan holding his weekly news briefing. this morning, president trump in tweet wrote that leaking and even illegal classified leaking has been a big problem in years.ton for failing new york times and others must apologize. the president discussed leaks of hiss coverage administration at a news briefing today. a began the event by naming new

touched on ukraine, lavrov said they did. so ukraine is still an issue. it's really bad because the fighting is increasing in ukraine once again. a lot of people believe putin is testing the resolve to trump to see what it takes to get a reaction out of trump. >> hockenberry: and there are other tests. we've got a spy ship off the east coast observing connecticut, apparently not to buy real estate. land-based cruise missiles were deployed and that was a surprise and very serious. a destroyer buzzed a ship in the black sea. the foreign minister announced russia is keeping crimea, and some assertion there that crimea will remain a part of russia forever and never be a negotiating point in any discussion of ukraine. what do you make of that? >> it's hard to know what to make of all of this. possibly it is putin trying to test the trump administration to see where they're going. it could also be the putin regime is feeling a little bit uncertain and they want to demonstrate areas where they are strong to try to sort of prevent an

lavrov said in his comments you played.or people who want a thorough investigation, that's encouraging. i think this is a serious enough issue, something along the lines of a 9/11 commission, an inindependent thorough body should do this i think it's less likely that politics will get involved. but it is, it's clear from that tweet that rubio is taking this very seriously. >> i want to follow up on one thing with regard to the russian ship off the coast, a comment that a comment that mark responded to. about the ship. my understanding is that the plans for the ship to come to these waters have been in the works for quite some time. several months ago, before the president, any president was named. so this, idea for provoking the president could have been done for either one. whether it was hillary clinton that won or donald trump. so it was clear that the russian government planned to try and intimidate or try to provoke however the new president was from the very beginning. they're just testing the water. but donald trump

foreign minister, andl sergei lavrov, the russian foreign minister, and i think for them, sergei lavrov is a turf battle between reince priebus and steve bannon, that steve bannon was batting for michael flynn. he was batting for michael flynn. he was the reason he wasn't fired 17 days ago, when the white house first knew about this conversation with the russians. in fact, it is the reince priebus faction that may have lea ked reince priebus faction that may have leaked details of this whole thing to the public. is that what we're seeing here, a battle within the white house itself? i would be very surprised if the reince priebus faction leaked this. it is pretty clear that mr flynn had almost no friends in the intelligence community. that is why the washington post story had nine unnamed sources, directly or indirectly related to the nsc. i guess it is more someone in the intelligence community who came across the transcript and founded worrisome who decided to leak it. they were aware of the content of the call for several weeks, that mr flynn lied to the vice president and repeated t

lavrov called it the anti-western -- the end of the western hegemony, so to speak. it's going to be very recoize the see whether trump has any capacity to respond to that, or if he just goes along with it. >> to our viewers, whenever we have these guests on, we have learned to listen very carefully to what these three experienced experts have to say. and by the way, if you missed malcolm nance on bill maher, you really missed something. what that was to witness. gentlemen, thank you all very much. >> thank you. >> for joining in our mixed doubles conversation tonight. another break for us. when we come back, we talk about the new president's face. >>> we are back. and of the kaleidoscopic issues, found in light. it makes us feel alive. it illuminates our world and connects us to each other. with transitions® adaptive lenses® you'll live the good light. they block uv rays. plus they help protect from harmful blue light. both indoors... and out. enjoy life more comfortably. enjoy life more richly. live the good light. find an eyecare professional at transitions.com th

lavrov called it the anti-western -- the end of the western hegemony, so to speak.t's going to be very recognize the see whether trump has any capacity to respond to that, or if he just goes along with it. >> to our viewers, whenever we have these guests on, we have learned to listen very carefully to what these three experienced experts have to say. and by the way, if you missed malcolm nance on bill maher, you really missed something. what that was to witness. gentlemen, thank you all very much. >> thank you. >> for joining in our mixed doubles conversation tonight. another break for us. when we come back, we talk about the new president's face. we have a question about your brokerage fees. fees? what did you have in mind? i don't know. $6.95 per trade? uhhh- and i was wondering if your brokerage offers some sort of guarantee? guarantee? where we can get our fees and commissions back if we're not happy. so can you offer me what schwab is offering? what's with all the questions? ask your broker if they're offering $6.95 online equity trades and a satisfaction guara

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a book of condolences which the foreign minister sergei lavrov signed.ndolence. he was a very good friend vitaly churkin. he was his predecessor to the u.n. i think it is telling as well. the reaction coming in not just from moscow, but churkin's colleagues at the u.n. many he clashed with on certainly foreign policy issues, but garnered their respect. i want to read a tweet from samantha power. devastated by the passing of vitaly churkin. diplomatic maestro and caring man who did all he could to bridge u.s. and russia differences. you will remember it was in december they had a harsh exchange of words over syria. power asking vitaly churkin if he could experience no shame offer actions. he telling her she should not pretend to be mother teresa. you will see she was obviously very upset by his death. clearly had respect for him. as you say, this comes at a crucial time for u.s./russian policy. a month into the trump administration. vitaly churkin started to build a relationship with the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. anythini haley. i think there will be sc

eric: sergei lavrov the u.n. used to call him the georgian hamilton because he was u.n.forces lieutenant colonel mitch hardback joins us now. russia has deployed a new cruise missiles that the u.s. says violates the treaty. their aircraft has been buzzing our ships. we had a spy ship off the coast of connecticut now going down and telling virginia take keep in mind on our naval forces as well as a submarine base. how do we reign them in? are they testing the president? >> i think yes, eric and they certainly are but i think those days are numbered. what lavrov said in munich is actually i think a demonstration of the concern russia has because now because of the post-westworld. what he also didn't say is there are over 20 countries in nato that it said okay we are going to start paying our gdp bill on defense. that means for russia 20 countries are going to increase defense spending. 20 countries of 28 of the alliance are going to build up their military. of course lavrov is calling for a post-west alliance in russia and putin are concerned about the progress in nato. er

lavrov and mr. kerry personally. i could see how much they both invested in trying to reach a workable agreement but each time, they had succeeded a little bit later, we started to receive different signals from washington that commitments and obligations aprproved by the secretary of state did not get enough support from other branches in washington like pentagon or cia, i do not know american hierarchy and we could see there are different approaches to the cooperation with russia and syria, to the syrian issue in general in the united states of america. this is how we did not succeed in having better cooperation with our american partners in this case, we have no doubt we could have been good partners. this is how we started to develop cooperation with turkey and with iran which was not mentioned here but we have trilateral cooperation now. and it does work well enough. but i want to stress immediately that astana is not meant to replace geneva talks. definitely not. we are in favor of united nations involvement in

secretary tillerson meeting with lavrov in bonn. secretary tillerson said this. give it a listen just into us here in new york. >> foreign minister lavrov and i had a productive meeting. we discussed a range of issues of mutual concern. as i made clear my senate confirmation hearing, the united states will consider working with russia when we can find areas of practical cooperation that will benefit the american people. where we do not see eye-to-eye the united states will stand up for the interests and values of america and her allies. as we search for new common ground we expect russia to honor its commitment to the agreements and work to de-escalate the violence in the ukraine. >> bill: that just in from germany. marie hart, how are you doing? good morning to you there in washington what do you think they can do together? >> well, listening to what rex tillerson said it sounds like something john kerry would have said. our policy that we said many times was we'll work with russia when it's in our interest to do so and oppose them when they invade crimea and ea

there's no doubt that sergey lavrov will probably run into u.s. vice president mike pence.ill be speaking on saturday morning as well as the vice president. the vice president is basically cheer not just on a listening tour or trying to shore up relationships with european abili allies but also talking about things happening in the middle east, talking about syria, the fight against the islamic state. there's questions about how russia and the united states can work together in fighting terrorism that would basically mean they would have to do intelligence sharing. we heard from the new secretary of defense, general mike mattis in brussels, he was saying we're far away from that kind of commitment. >> we are not in a position right now to collaborate on a military level. but our political leaders will engage, try to find common ground or a way forward where russia, living up to its commitments will return to a partnership of sorts here with nato. russia is going to have to prove itself first. >> big questions surrounding the russ russia/u.s. relationship, whether it's fight

secretary of state rex tillerson counterpart russian lavrov today in germany. >> people have been veryeen to see whether he speaks for trump and what the space of the u.s. administration would look like. it was a little bit awkward, because it is customary when you do a joint statement or kind of bilateral with another leader, in this case sergey lavrov, his russian counterpart, to do a handshake, a couple of words. and as he started speaking, all the press were ushered out, foreignused the russian to ask why the press was being hushed, which is surely a little bit ironic. tillerson made a statement to the press shortly afterwards where one important point he mentioned was the u.s. is backing the minsk agreement. that will go down well with a lot of european countries. trump: the nominee for the secretary of the department of labor will be mr. alex acosta. he has a law degree from harvard law school, a great student, former clerk for justice samuel alito. he has had a tremendous career. >> who is he, and where does he come from? >> mr. acosta is the dean of the florida international un

sergei lavrov says it will come into force on monday in eastern ukraine and heavy military hardware would also be withdrawn. the woman at the centre of the us supreme court ruling which legalised abortion in american has died. norma mccorvey, known as jane roe, took action to allow her to terminate a pregnancy in the 1973 roe versus wade case. now on bbc world news, reporters. hello, and welcome to reporters. i'm david eades, and from here in the world's newsroom, we send our correspondents to bring you the very best stories from across the globe. in this week's programme: sliding back towards anarchy — fergal keane reports from the central african republic where only the un are keeping the peace. standing now on the bridge at bambari, between the christian and muslim districts, it's clear to me that without a united nations presence, there would be slaughter here. 21st—century fratricide — rupert wingfield hayes investigates the killing of the half brother of the north korean leader, allegedly by agents of the regime. the cold war at its very coldest — jonathan beale reports from nato‘s

we also as i understand it, nic, getting some reaction from the foreign minister, sergei lavrov.us through what happened this morning. >> reporter: yeah, well, this was what the european leaders were waiting to hear, waiting to hear from vice president mike pence, why? because they have been concerned about everything president trump has been saying about nato being obsolete, the potential there could be a deal between president trump and putin that goes over the heads and wishes of european leaders. when they heard mike pence saying i am bringing a message from president trump that the united states supports nato, there was a strong round of applause. this is how it went. >> today on behalf of president trump i bring you this assurance, the united states of america strongly supports nato and will be unwavering in our commitment to this transatlantic alliance. >> reporter: so the caveat involved in that, the expectation that nato partners will pay up more and spend more on their defense budget, that's something that is expected here and there's a willness to ingne that. he talked

another thing pra brought attention is lavrov saying the post cold war order is over. do you make of that? >> well, it's very interesting, christi, because if you think about it, that was kind of what donald trump campaigned on, the idea that not only the post cold war order. i mean, when foreign minister lavrov is talking about it, he's kind of really talking about this standoffishness between the u.s. and russia and the u.s. being the only super power. really donald trump has been campaigning on that the post world war 2 ii order is really ana anat ta -- that the u.s. can't go it alone, the u.s. can't be the policeman, it needs to team up with russia. in that sense there is common ground on this idea that a new world order and certainly steve bannon, the president's chief white house strategist has said that the old world -- the old post world order is really not working. so i thought that was really interesting, that that's really a similarity. i think when everything we're talking about in terms of russia and the kind of mixed messages coming from this administrati

this was the first face-to-face meeting with sergey lavrov. they discussed the situation in ukraine. no talk of lifting sanctions. they focused on issues of cooperation the two companies could work together on for example, fighting isis. more than that, we don't know. there was a brief press availability before this meeting where one reporter managed to squeeze in a question whether lavrov was concerned about the turmoil in washington and the controversies. he said we do not interfere with the domestic affairs of other countries. they are tight lipped about the details. rex tillerson has strong ties with russia. this is the first meeting. he's no stranger to the country. the chief of exxon mobile, gave no leverage. we don't know. there are a lot of questions about what trump's america first policy means for allies here, what it means for the relationship with russia going forward and what it looks like on the ground. we have to give it a few days to play out because they did not reveal any new details about what they might have agreed on. step

>> pamela, you had sergey lavrov essentially saying it was nato expansion that really has created the and if you think about it from russia's point of view, these great expansion of nato and several eastern european countries on the backyard. that got russia back up and sees that as an affront on its sphere of influence in europe. so that is what it says created all of this tension and essentially saying, you're forcing us to go into ukraine and forcing us to do this because we're feeling a threat. i mean, obviously, europeans don't see it that way, but you heard russian foreign minister lavrov essentially saying that the post-cold war order is over. and, you know, russia needs to be considered a super power once again. >> are you're peeeuropeans conc? how is the new trump administration viewed abroad in general? >> i think european leaders don't know what to expect. i mean, clearly, vice president pence said a lot of encouraging words today about the commitment to the alliance. i think they would have liked to hear more about the european union. president trump hasn't been all that k

that is russian foreign minister sergei lavrov who tillerson meets today. we have more from lucy cavanaugh from the summit in germany. good morning, lucy. >> reporter: it's day two of the g20 talks in germany. rex tillerson expected to go to a meeting on syria. they're discussing the conflict. also of significance tillerson is expected to meet with the chinese foreign minister before departing back to washington. a packed agenda for him. the new secretary of state, however, keeping a very low profile, not taking any questions from the press. in fact, since he took office two weeks ago he did meet with the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov yesterday behind closed doors. we don't know the details of what the two men discussed. afterwards rex tillerson making a very stement to the media, five sentences saying that the two countries will be looking into areas where they can cooperate together but also that the united states will stand up to russia when the two countries do not see eye to eye. he did mention the crisis in ukraine calling on russia to use it

. >> this is lavrov indiana. -- rural indiana. most of the people who are born here stay here. it is o uncommon in this tightknit community. alex: disbelief. >> everybody wants to know what happened and why and who did this. alex: the family members dropped the children off and when he returns to pick them up, they were nowhere in sight. hundreds of volunteers combed the trail, looking for any signs of the friends. police checking the snapchat for clues. >> missing, objective, we do not know for sure. the cell phone has been pinging around town. dex: a search teams to your, a community in morning, searching for answers. >> that this could happen in our own town, it is scary. jummy: that was alex perez reporting. every now and then, everybody gets lost on the road. apparently, pilots are no exception. check this out -- a military helicopter landed on a highway in kazakhstan because the pilot was lost baird a truck driver recorded the incident on his phone. you can see the helicopter pilot speaking to another driver there. the kazakhstan ministry of defense said the incident was

james mattis was there yesterday and stake tillerson spoke with his russian counter-part sergey lavrov at the g 20 foreign ministers meeting. is the trump administration making headway in rebuilding our fixed agreements, do you think? >> i think the line that you just mentioned about two governments is for and more of a reality. i think actually support mccain articulated it very well yesterday when he said, to the same conference in munich, that when you listen to general mattis, the defense secretary, when you listen to rex tillerson, the secretary of state, when you listen to general kelly, department of homeland security, when you listen to john mccain, you hear a rational discourse about international affairs, about russia, about ukraine, about all these issues that are very well understood here in europe. when you listen to president trump, you hear something really wildly and disturbingly different. i think that europeans are wondering which government are they talking to? are they talking to the government of tillerson, mattis, mccain, and kelly? or are they talking to the gove

tillerson is expected to confront lavrov over russia's annexation of the ukrainian province of crimea in 2014. meanwhile, russia's military has deployed a secret new group capable cruise missile violates a landmark 1987 arms reduction treaty the between the u.s. and russia. that is according to the new york times, which reports the new weapon threatens to derail any future arms treaties with russia and has the pentagon considering whether to develop medium-range cruise missiles of its own. meanwhile, the u.s. navy says it is tracking a russian intelligence vessel that has come within 30 miles of the coast of connecticut. the ship appears to be spying on u.s. submarine base. fast food ceo andrew puzder has withdrawn his nomination as labor secretary one day before his confirmation hearing was set to begin. puzder was facing increasing criticism for reports of widespread sexual harassment at his chain restaurants, as well as labor and safety violations. he's also under fire for allegations of domestic violence against his ex-wife, who even appeared on the "the oprah winfrey show" in dis

you often saw john kerry and sergey lavrov together, working are russia on iran, a little less on syriaand certainly not at all on ukraine but this is kind of what we do. what do you think of what he said? >> first of all i think he's trying to reassure our a y allies who are wondering what in the world is going on in washington, especially with regard to the russian relationship. i mean, after all, donald trump doesn't shrink from criticisms of anyone. and yet there's this kind of strange silence when he talks about russia. so, i think it was an attempt to kind of put his policy on russia into a more traditional mode. look, we'd like to find common ground, you know, maybe press a reset button, if you will. but, you know, we have -- we have real problems with what they've done in ukraine. so, i think it's kind of an effort to calm things down. whether they buy it in europe is another matter. but i think there's -- he -- both vice president and secretary of defense mattis has been doing this. to some extent we've seen our secretary of state do it as well. the real problem is it's home al

sergey lavrov repeated moscow's standard line. >> you should know we do not interfere in the domestic matters of other countries. >> rex tillerson, the former exxon mobil chief, is known for his involvement in the business world. there was a warning for russia over ukraine. >> where do we not see eye to eye, the united states will stand with the interests and values of america and her allies. as we search for new common ground, we expect runner -- russia to honor its agreement to the missed -- minsk agreement and work to de-escalate violence in the ukraine. reporter: the results of the president election were not discussed. delano: david friedman, the man the u.s. president asked to take his envoy to israel, has apologized for inflammatory rhetoric during the presidential campaign. his apology comes after five former u.s. ambassador's to israel labeled him unfit for the job. he reiterated the presidents view that he is -- president's view that he isn't committed to a two state solution in the middle east. rump's comments indicated a major shift. friedman, my grandfather -- pro-palesti

announcer: at the munich >> at the munich security conference, sergey lavrov russian d claims of interference in the 2016 u.s. election. he also discussed future with europe. 35 minutes. >> it's my pleasure to welcome has spoken v who here more times than i can remember. you know he's one of the oldest serving foreign more or , 13 years less, something like that. ince we're running out of time this morning i won't give a long speech.ction please speak to us and if we have time we'll have a few questions at the end. >> thank you, ladies and gentlemen. president putin and ssed this conference many back at the time in the west considered him to be a thoughge, even a threat, the main content of that message as we need to get away from unilateral actions and to get to cooperation based on international law and joint evaluation of international law finding collective solutions. nevertheless, the expressed forewarnings regarding all the thwart tempts to attempts to reinstate -- these forewarnings became truth. now this historic stage which can be defined as post end.war has come to an outcome in our

russia, moscow, after, invited a man who was received by putin, sergey lavrov, the minister, and he hadgreement. first to curb all the immigration from libya, and also to work under the un—backed government of the so—called national accord government, and to be the leader of the army. what does russia get? an american lease in libya. —— an american base in libya. what is happening is simple. you just have to study this man, and some of us have been in russia for ten years during communist times, we know who the kgb and putin are. this guy has succeeded in iraq — sorry, in syria, making sure that the failure of the west is my gain. and he is doing exactly the same template in libya. what he has done is identify this general khalifa, and what he is doing is look, this man has the military power, he is trying to promote him to become the real leader. the only problem is, with russia, he does not care the type of commotion which is, for example, the same template syria, it does not matter whether the syrian president is a democrat or anything like that. if he is a stubborn man. if you look

john kerry and sergei lavrov, the foreign leader of russia, they started all over again. that can be achieved with tough foreign policy. this idea that we have loose foreign policy because we're trying to make friends is sort of the idea is to be tough, and then say we'd like to feel better. the concept of the white one that he asked for. then it got much more interesting because the white house, like the immigration ban, like the appeals bung he would its message. we watched this for the last 48 years. the president has brought somebody into this position. this is the national security adviser who is trusted all around. those leaks that christy was talking about. people who are trusted by the institutions, general petraeus is on that list. so there are two or three names floating around that could stem this leak. it could smbe whoever is briefi the president, is someone who is tried and trustworthy. >> someone in the white house virtually from the beginning of time, in their brief time in office, has known about this. >> i think that's troubling certainly to the extent h