lithuania was in a bind. beckelman quoted the prime minister, "while lithuania could perfectly well estimate 500 or even 1000 such refugees, this would simply constitute an invitation to the germans to send in thousands more, which would swamp the country. still, several hundred made it 1000o the country, and more were scattered at various points along the frontier in a no man's land by november 2. asked to send aid, the lithuania red cross declined "on the grounds that these were not citizens, as they were not on lithuanian territory." at the same time, lithuania frontier citizens, as they were not on lithuania guards refusedw bringrom the area to food, clothing, and blankets to the refugees in the field. it is impossible to overemphasize the devotion and sacrifice of these small communities, beckelman wrote. comparing their activities to the underground railway of the civil war era, beckelman explained "the actual work of smuggling refugees over the frontier was carried on by you wish young people -- by jew

on more responsibility in nato since russia annexed the crimea countries like lithuania are worried the nato presence in the baltic region sends a signal to russia ion lundeby dog a country such as germany with its great political relevance and its enormous economic power has to be ready to take responsibility and that includes places where you might not get praise over the past two years there have been crises around europe a home. for the two that starts on our eastern border the dispute with russia also known as its own who was lent us as our that's on europe's door step on its head and it has a major impact on our stability our growth and our future ones who confabs what i mean. you know i want to do it right i did really well he. all mountains on germany's border with the czech republic around three hundred eighty soldiers will be heading from marion barry to lithuania sergeant young is also here it's their last muster on home territory not everyone is happy about the german presence on nato's eastern border russia considers it a provocation that's why a reporter from the russi

good again i want to know why it's considered necessary to show an increased presence on lithuania's eastern border but where is the threat where's the aggression where the attacks. for the. from exxon was in for what for want of one we are there because of a nato decision made by nato members were there because of the threat perceived by the people of lithuania is their cordoned off rule and i personally feel that this talk of threat is being hyped up. this doesn't look like a policy of determined political signals don't play much of a role for yan and his colleagues they have to follow orders and pack their backs. on a call goes out who can do this then a group the selected and then you go. on to one of them. to lithuania the german soldiers will be stationed here for six months treaties between nato and russia prohibit any permanent presence. daily routine being fit staying fit just in case yannis thirty nine he's been in the army for twenty one years what suffice to be a soldier back then isn't enough anymore the german army has changed its stance with the equipment. the scans i

-- latvia's and lithuania's and defendants. the summit will focus on how to strengthen security, business, trade, energy, and cultural partnerships. the visit will highlight baltic states achievements since independence, including the economic growth, recent success in meeting nato's defense and spending pledges. a quick reminder, the white house easter egg roll will be a week from today. we are inviting the white house press corps to bring your kids to the event. please work with the press office to secure your tickets. zeke? >> first, on thursday white house officials were on the stage -- on friday morning he threatened to veto. said h.r.o he mcmaster had his support. thursday we found out he was leaving the white house. there was a shakeup last week. can you talk to the white house's credibility and why the people should trust anything administration is telling us. mr. shah: our job as an administration is the best information we have available to us, the most accurate information in a timely fashion. sometimes the dynamics

to lithuania the german soldiers will be stationed here for six months treaties between nato and russia prohibit any permanent presence. daily routine being fit staying fit just in case yannis thirty nine he's been in the army for twenty one years what suffice to be a soldier back then isn't enough anymore the german army has changed its stance with the equipment. the scans i thought their guns it was awful so when i started in the army a flak jacket weighed three kilos but windows were blown up the rust belt looks worse and we didn't really notice. up on instagram help a little while and these days there's more in the way of protective gear and accessories of all of the to fill out side of metal. nato has grown germany's. sponsibility doesn't stop at its national borders anymore defending the country has reached completely new dimensions. this is his classic slanders is for this is defending your country and your colors as a boy i grew up in northern the varia and i remember american tanks on the czech ward one from from i lived in a village five hundred meters away and all the talk th

the presidents of its stony alot spea and lithuania are preparing for a key summit with u.s. president donald trump in april and the country's tense relations with neighboring russia will be high on the agenda because trees are western facing nato members but is stoney a lot to be are still wrestling with how best to integrate non-citizens most of whom are ethnic russians lithuania latvia and estonia declared independence when the soviet union dissolved in the early one nine hundred ninety s. many ethnic russians who had settled in the baltic states during the soviet era remained lithuania granted citizenship to all residents. and a studio require non-nationals to pass language and history tests to be granted citizenship well today about twelve percent of lots of u.s. population and six percent of a stone the us population are non-citizens the vast majority are ethnic russian so here in our studio to discuss this in the spring is an award winning investigative journalist and broadcaster and is one of the two founders of the baltics interfere and best again of journalism from

. >> i am from -- of lithuania. in baltic results states, one baltic state has done 5%, another 93 present, another it if i present. i am not an inexpert position to comment on that that to note i am still old enough to remember those times when lithuania also voted 96%, 98% during soviet times. i appreciate the recommendation regarding russian speaking in lithuania. my wife is pharmacist. 20%-50% of all the sales she does is to russians acres. it is not i think a problem. frequentonment, visitors, if they can order -- mycernible] we can question is back to the questioner regarding this discussion, what is next in the presidential term westmark usually the kremlin media sends the signal. today there was much kremlin controlled media about the results on what does it mean. also from the officials. maybe to elaborate, what kind of message after already the results were live, what kind of messages are sent to west by the kremlin? >> i will start because first follow-up have been watching this for the last two days, i m

maybe that exists also in lithuania. think of this as a very good sign that in recent years, the baltic states have begun to develop independent media in the russian language to combat the hateful messages spread in the propaganda. >> question to everybody else. the question of ambassador hearst about putin's role. for many years since the soviet union acquired nuclear weapons it was never intended to be used, particularly after the collapse of the soviet union, the russian leadership saw it as an accessory. nuclear weapons would provide russia with the right to claim it was still a superpower. with the developments lately, we see intentional tensions with the west. now we are dealing with a new putin. he is not willing to become friends with west. he is willing to use nuclear weapons if the worst comes to worst. do you think that is correct? >> very briefly, thank you for your question. apparently, we are going to discuss this very exciting topic. i do not believe that president putin has changed. yes, he is using this

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including myself in the united kingdom is how quickly germany and other european union countries latvia lithuania estonia but also fronts came out to support and the european parliament came out to support its may very normally and to say that the blame for this ultimately rests with russia the response from the white house was not to meet it and was very any meek and by no means a straw man that's a problem for mrs may british people have voted to get out of the european union and they voted at all to get closer to america. let out you know that's that's a very good point especially the day after the secretary of state was fired by the u.s. president's not a good situation for the british prime minister tonight that is for sure i think least thank you very much we appreciate your insights tonight we're here in germany months of political gridlock came to an end as i'm going to america was sworn in as head of a new coalition government today michael took the oath of office from the in this talk president both on shore but as you see right here she did it in front of lawmakers who had earlier narr

among the countries that russian diplomats are going to be departing from france germany poland lithuania denmark the czech republic the list continues however not all e.u. states have signed up to kicking out russian diplomats austria notably has announced that the russian diplomats can remain and also vogue area has said that it won't be expelling any russian diplomats that are currently stationed there also at the e.u. summit last week that each summit went to resume a so successfully argued for this collective european response well shown crude younger the president of the european commission he advocated a rather different approach to moscow take a listen to what he had to say everyone was sure. didn't really lose. the. need to move to discuss for sure all of them i'm not sure so not all e.u. states on the same page and not all figureheads agreed to the extent to which to punish moscow or to cooperate with it perhaps instead nevertheless what's happened today is being billed as the biggest collective expulsion of russian diplomats in history all this while the investigations that pol

among the countries that russian diplomats are going to be departing from france germany poland lithuania denmark the czech republic the list continues however not all e.u. states have signed up to kicking out russian diplomats austria notably has announced that the russian diplomats can remain and also well garia has said that it won't be expelling any russian diplomats that are currently stationed there also at the e.u. summit last week that you summit where to resume a so successfully argued for this collective european response well sean claude younger the president of the european commission he advocated a rather different approach to moscow take a listen to what he had to say. everyone will show. you can do reduce. the structural. needs an open channel to discuss for sure all of them complete not. so not all e.u. states on the same page and not all figureheads agreed to the extent to which to punish moscow or to cooperate with it perhaps instead nevertheless what's happened today is being billed as the biggest collective expulsion of russian diplomats in history all this while the i

looking ahead to next week, the president will welcome leaders of gastonia, latvia, and lithuania to the white house on april 3. president trump and the three baltic heads will celebrate that of the independence and set the stage for another century of strong ties between our countries. the u.s. baltic summit will focus on how to strengthen trade, andusiness, partnerships. the visit will also highlight achievements including economic growth, recent success in meeting nato's defense, and spending pledges. easterual white house and cut will take place the week from today and we invite the press to bring your kids to the event and police work has office to secure tickets. with that i will take questions. thursday, what does officials on the stage were warning that he threatened -- and 10 days ago sarah said that h.r. mcmaster at the president's confidence in leaving the white house. -- then there was a shakeup can you speak of the white house's credibility? why should the american people trust anything this administration is telling us? mr. shah: our job is to give you the best informat

david: they had key bases in latvia and lithuania.s is an attempt by the united states, don't to into the baltics the way you went into the ukraine. >> absolutely. president trump is very good standing firm with all of our allies. in this case what we're doing with 18 other countries, rejection of the russian dip low mats and important to stand by estonia and baltic states they feel very threatened by russia. there are no natural to invasion. those countries are worried about russian activity outside and within their own country. david: scott you linger. thank you very much. melissa: media deal in jeopardy. at&t and time warner are fighting to complete a huge merger and must clear a huge hurdle with the justice department first. ♪ david: fighting for that at&t and time warner mega merger not without some drama. one of the witnesses was allegedly provided with a transcript of last week's testimony which would made today's testimony null and void. outside to explain it all connell mcshane. reporter: the guy is an executive at sling tv,

looking to next week, the president will welcome the leader of astonia, latvia and lithuania to the white house on april 3. president trump and the three baltic heads of state will celebrate the 100th anniversary of astonia, latvia and lithuania's independence and set the stage for another century of strong ties between our countries. the u.s. baltic summit will focus on how to strengthen security, trade and cultural partnerships. the visit will highlight the economic growth, recent success in meeting nato's defense and spending pledges. a quick reminder, the easter egg roll will take place on the south lawn a week from today. we're inviting members of the jury of the white house press corps to bring your kids. work with the press office to secure tickets if you vice president already. with that, i'll take your questions. zeke? >> thanks, raj. on thursday, white house officials were on the stage and said the president would sign the omnibus legislation friday. he -- the president expressed confidence in his attorneys. and then the shakeup there last week. so can you talk to the white hous

from lithuania. a note regarding the vote in baltic staes. 95%,the baltic states has another 83%, another 85%. i am not an expert to comment on i ambut just to knote that old enough to remember when they voted 98% during the soviet times. a short note that my wife is a and 20% of the sales she does is in russian to russian speakers. .t is not a problem [inaudible] is regarding this discussion, what is next in -- usually thel kremlin media sends the signals. there were many messages about the results and what does it mean. putin had comments on other politicians. maybe you can elaborate on what these comments are and what kind of messages are sent to the w est. >> i have just been watching it for the last two days. it seems to me that the talk show on the russian-made channels still have this inertia, anti-western, anti-u.k., anti-american, but putin is given a much softer line. putin wants unity inside the country. our opponents should join us in our mission to rebuild the country. no domestic reveng

his mother is from lithuania. >> that was great they did that. >> reporter: nice to be reunited. looking live at 202 at county line road in chalfonte. the roads are wet, if you look under the streetlight it's coming down out there. so, be careful as you travel out there. mall functioning traffic lights northeast philadelphia at the boulevard, dave. >> reporter: we have rain pushing off to the northeast, bothering folks in southern bucks county, trenton and burlington county. there's yellow creeping up into burlington county out of camden county. points to the west are better off. most of this is rain, but we have reports of wet snow mixing in west of philadelphia. that of course is going to be an issue later today. if you're traveling out of town, wet in philadelphia, boston and new york, no major delays just yet. we as we look at conditions on our septa platforms, mid 40s and low 40s all the way. we have the threat of rain and errantly wet snow. >> thank you, david. >>> something to think about before you snap the selfie for instagram. the picture could make your nose look bigge

julieta vika to from lithuania discontinued her art studies but she still managed to make quite a namefor herself. she publicizes her work on social media. it's a big deal for me because my gallery i can get that's on there and. that's my first step here and maybe you'll ask me some questions because of social media. like which is out shopping for new materials in the list when ian capitol hill news . for next work will consist largely of sweets a dentist nightmare but for you lead to a dream come true. food shops is like a one on one line for me for example scholars. and their needs is for. for. this to see the deals for a face. the face of albert einstein all done in sweets it's a creation made to be eaten. julieta believes are its longevity is all relative most people think it's valuable because of that but i want to be opposite and say a sample and performance. but she still needs to earn a living so she does take commissions for advertising work for artistic the face at reception as. one of her previous works depicted the russian president vladimir putin sometimes the artistic mes

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soil also denmark say they will expel two diplomats lithuania three diplomats czech republic three italy to un fronts for germany's foreign ministry has also confirmed beilin is sending russian diplomats home and the same measures apparently will be taken by poland as well as many as ten european nations have said that they'll take action this follows u.k. prime minister to resign may's arriving in brussels last week with anti russian rhetoric regarding much russia's alleged involvement with the poisoning of sich a script on his door to yulia on march the fourth this is despite the ongoing investigation despite presenting any evidence of moscow's involvement in the e.u. last week released a joint statement saying that they agreed with the u.k. that it was highly likely russia was behind the attack of the poisoning of sick and souls brain and that they saw no plausible alternative explanation now the chemical weapons body who are conducting the independent investigation say they'll take another two to three weeks to finalize the analysis and the kremlin of course has denied any involvemen

including myself in the united kingdom is how quickly germany and other european union countries latvia lithuania estonia but also fronts came out to support and the european parliament came out to support this it may very well in the end to say that the blame for this ultimately rests with russia the response from the white house was not immediate and was very any make and by no means a strong not that's a problem for mrs may british people have voted to get out of the european union and they believe that call to get closer to america. look out you know that's that's a very good point especially the day after the secretary of state was fired by the u.s. president is not a good situation for the british prime minister tonight that is for sure i think lisa thank you very much we appreciate your insights tonight. well today in berlin those of us who follow politics found ourselves in gulf with a sense of deja vu competing with the feeling that this is it today i'm going to became germany's chancellor for the fourth time taking the oath of office just as she has done three times before and of course

among the countries that russian diplomats are going to be departing from france germany poland lithuania denmark the czech republic the list continues however not all e.u. states have signed up to kicking out russian diplomats austria notably has announced that the russian diplomats there can remain and also vogue area has said that it won't be expelling any russian diplomats that are currently stationed there also at the e.u. summit last week that he used summit where to resume a so successfully argued for this collective european response well sean called younker the president of the european commission he advocated a rather different approach to moscow take a listen to what he had to say. everyone was sure. to reduce. news to the open channel to discuss for sure all the questions. so not all e.u. states on the same page and not all figurehead. agreed to the extent to which to punish moscow or to cooperate with it perhaps instead nevertheless what's happened today is being billed as the biggest collective expulsion of russian diplomats in history all this while the investigations that

we know that poland, lithuania and another country have expelled russian diplomats.e afternoon sunshine as well. we have had plenty of sunshine already in north—west england, where is in weather watcher picture was sent from cumbria. lots of sunshine, just a bit of a high cloud in the sky. further south barely a cloud in the sky. the cloud has bubbled up a bit since in scotland, england and wales, but will melt away later. some thicker cloud in the west and this is a system that is waiting to roll in off the atlantic. it will bring thickening cloud to northern ireland and will threaten an occasional spit of rain in the south west. otherwise largely dry. the cloud in england, scotla nd largely dry. the cloud in england, scotland and wales will melt away later in the afternoon to allow some sunshine. temperatures not too badly, ten to 13 degrees. but cold aircoming from badly, ten to 13 degrees. but cold air coming from scandinavia in shetland. a lot of cloud and showers as well. tonight the risk of a touch of frost in north eastern scotland. some rain will work in and

take that decision lightly also expelling four russian officials off from poland expelling three lithuania and the czech republic expelling two russian officials denmark netherlands and italy and expelling one we have a stone yet romania to be fed and ukraine is also expelling thirteen russian diplomats now it must be remembered though that there are other voices to be head austria has confirmed they will not be taking any measures against russia they will not be expelling any russian diplomats now this mayor koch what the president of the european commission said at the e.u. summit last week about the importance of communication at stake listen to what he had to say. everyone was also indicate the willingness to give a structural shift from. newton open chamoun to discuss who for sure all of them do not question. so when it's that this is open dialogue with russia is necessary for now though we've seen a wave of expulsions following the u.k. prime minister's visit to brussels but it's going to take at least two to three weeks for the chemical weapons forty who are carrying out this indepe

among the countries that russian diplomats are going to be departing from france germany poland lithuania denmark the czech republic the list continues however not all e.u. states have signed up to kicking out russian diplomats all straight notably has announced that the russian diplomats can remain and also garia has said that it won't be expelling any russian diplomats that a currently stationed there also at the e.u. summit last week that each summit went to reason may so successfully argued for this collective european response. called younger the president of the european commission he advocated a rather different approach to moscow take a listen to what he had to say everyone was sure. reading this. group is for sure she is concerned. about the relationship we need to open china to discuss who for sure all of them do not question. so not all e.u. states on the same page and not all figureheads agreed to the extent to which to punish moscow or to cooperate with it perhaps instead nevertheless what's happened today is being billed as the biggest collective expulsion of russian diploma

country because of their big fat welfare state they did not stop a dog area and they did not go to lithuania either. still if people seek refugee if people are unsafe i believe they deserve shelter whoever they are and whatever background they have but why not is it the case that today or in the last few years rich arab countries islamic countries like gulf states or saudi arabia who have the same culture the same climate the same ideology or religion who are not the poorest countries in the world why don't mean didn't they take in some of the real refugees as well even though i'm again. more islamic immigrants to holland that that's not the same right that by claiming that all those people are bad people that is not the case there are also many people in holland from islamic origin that have assimilated and integrated and are doing very well we're all day with some muslims coming in to the netherlands how do you get them to adapt and not be one of the problems i would propose to have no more immigrants from islamic countries holland today we already have in holland out of a population of se

states that have taken measures as well and france and poland also expelling four russian officials lithuania and the czech republic expelling three denmark and the netherlands and italy expelling two and is still yet romania and latvia finland expelling one and ukraine are also expelling thirteen russian diplomats now it must be remembered though that there are other voices to be heard speaking at the e.u. summit president of the european commission stressed the importance of communication let's take a listen to what he had to say everyone was also. reading this. as far as russia is concerned. we need to open china to discuss for sure all of them do not question. so when it's that that's an open dialogue is necessary and the minister of foreign affairs in russia has the ministry of foreign affairs and russia rather house released a statement on their website saying that they express strong protest in this decision taken by a number of members and it doesn't help in the said for the paper traitors of the incident and that they will respond soon but a reminder that chemical weapons body who ar

nato members, four countries, estonia, lithuania, latvia and poland and finally we put troops on the groubnd, this is the ide that this is a trip wire, putin will not cross it. i think there's issues with it what do you think? >> i think there's major issues with it. you only have a credible defense if you are willing to use it. one of the most fundamental concepts in national security strategy. we have proven over the past year that putin can walk all over us, even right here at home and we will not do anything. and just looking at the difference in the last couple of days to the american response versus the difference between the american response and the uk response to this poisoning in britain is just, it's frightening. and don't think that putin is not taking a lesson from this. don't think that he is not testing us with everything that he does, and saying, well with, they don't seem to do anything. so i will push further. and all of the evidence supports this. i mean, there's not a credible intelligence case to say something contrary to this, to say, oh, no, nork what we really

our allies we're putting american combat brigades in eastern europe and poland and estonia latvia lithuania the russians know we're serious look we you know they've killed probably two hundred russians in syria a couple weeks ago no one's talking about that i don't think that would happen in the obama administration so i think president bush has to pay our taxes we present trump's take a tough line on the russians but rhetorically he's maybe dialed back a little to you know why would you guess what you know look you'd have to speculate why larry you know we don't know all the negotiations are taking place we don't know you know there are things going on in syria obviously where we need russian cooperation we need the conflict in syria we need to try and protect the civilians who are being slaughtered by bashar al assad in syria so there's a whole range of issues where we have to cooperate with the russians but there are also issues where we have to push back hard to meddle in our elections is one of those red lines where we do have to push back hard on the russians your advisor to mitt romn