mayhem in macedonia's parliament.urnalists as the long—running political stalemate became something far more disturbing. the latest protests have been peaceful but the underlying tension remains. macedonia hasn't had a government since last december‘s election. the country is stuck. these protesters are country is stuck. these protesters a re loyal to country is stuck. these protesters are loyal to nikola gruevski and his party. they have run macedonia for more than a decade and claim they can't hand over power to the opposition social democrats because they have made too many concessions to the country's ethnic albanian minority. for one of the mps attacked last week, they say that is just an excuse. battered but back at work, she insists the issue isn't ethnic relations, it's about vmro avoiding prosecution for corruption in office. whatever they have done in the last three months is with only one purpose and this is to prevent a peaceful transfer of power because a new reform— oriented government would mean crimina

there is growing concern that macedonia is descending into chaos. refusing -- our correspondent sent this report from -- macedonia's parliament. journalists as a stalemate became something far more disturbing. the latest protests have been peaceful, but the underlying tension remains. to protesters are loyal nikolai -- and they claim they , because they have made too many concessions. one of the mp's attacked last week says that is just an excuse. >> whatever they have done in is only three months for one reason, to prevent a peaceful transfer of power, because a newly formed government would mean criminal accountability for some of the people who have stolen millions of euros from the citizens of macedonia.eared -- >> the family has left a mark on macedonia, but now they political violence is putting programs at risk. some harmony would be welcome , and two years of protest international pressure may bring about a solution, but only the take itimistic would for granted. tim: now, the name castro has been synonymous with cuba since in 1959.ry revolu

there are lots of great memes of him pushing the president of macedonia, is it? yes, macedonia. think. yeah. er, montenegro, was it macedonia? i think it was montenegro. montenegro, yes. but, yeah, and great to watch his wife slapping him away. really, it's just another instalment in the trump reality show. but he's yet again demonstrated, in telling the israelis that he's back from the middle east, that he has no depth whatsoever. he is who we think he is. but who had depth about the middle east, i ask you? nobody has any recipe for how to solve it. so he comes and makes those easy statements which have no consequence. unlike you, i would be prepared to give him the benefit of the doubt. we have all critiqued him in your fashion, but he is a work in progress, hopefully. i think he is a work in progress. and he is learning. and he made a good speech after the manchester bombing when he referred to these jihadists as 'losers'. that was a very happy — felicitous, almost — phrase to make. you could say that is part and parcel of his own show... well, it's interesting because lots o

colleagues in macedonia have been working with the rare felines since 2006.ime melovski has fitted some with transmitters so the researchers can track their movements via gps. mr. melovski: that's the idea -- toto make a suitable habitat fr new lynxes to conquer new territories and to expand. not only north towards kosovo and montenegro, but also south towards greece because greece also offers a lot of suitable habitats. cornelia: but settling lynxes in new places requires the help of local people in conserving nature. ramadani and his colleagues visit schools to talk to the children. their enthusiasm for the beautiful animals is evidently contagious. they are working on a new brochure for school students, and d a lynx quiz, written by e team in macedonia. the teaching materials have proven effective there. now they are being translated for distribution in kosovo. the small country is one of the poorest in europe. many people in the countryside depend directly on what they find in nature to survive. they also leave a lot of trash in the wild -- they dump it i

macedonia, we mentioned earlier on. if you never knew about macedonia and you don't know any macedonians. how do you get an interest in it? >> the reason you don't care about it is because you don't know any macedonians. every subject that rises to the level of being a news story once you peel back the first couple layers are fascinating. there are people who are engaged and doing heroic things. there is issues at stake and there is money at stage. at some point it really effects my life. i may not have cared about fannie mae and freddie mac but a whole lot of mortgages were effected by those company. when lehman brothers failed i didn't know what lehman brothers did. but their collapse had incredible ripple effects. so it's just reeducation every single day, getting to the bottom of it. finding out why it matters. >> has there ever been a case where you couldn't find out where it matters? >> yes, there has. i'll never tell. >> okay. do you have a general philosophy that guides you through life? has it sustained you thr

that it got back they gave end this fall from the macedonia. me that whenamuses she was point and boston. it was a flag. was was the flight that was designed from jamestown. >> thank you very much everybody for coming. [applause] >> this holiday weekend on american history tv on c-span3. the 19tht 10:00 p.m. 70 documentary about the all-black u.s. infantry regiment known as the harlem health fighters during world war i. the germans attacked. they got slugged almost immediately. johnson bought them off. he shot and he caught and slung it around, he defeated 24 germans. he had 21 wounds in his body. p.m. and at 10:00 author on the women telephone operators of the signal corps. in france before they got this lineup the local operators had to speak to a french operator. they had to learn a liquid. they did not speak french. bilingual women this job. otherwise you would just use men. because at this shot they were better than that. >> monday at 9:00 a.m. we will visit the national world war i memorial in kansas city, missouri. authors and the museum

and at that dinner each leader of the 28 leaders macedonia is joining so 29, each have about three minutes to talk. they want to hear especially in the eastern part of the nato alliance they want to hear assurances from president trump that he is committed to the alliance. rebel he said secretary mattis here, vice president pends was in munich saying nato is part of the u.s. agenda. a lot want to hear that from president trump. president trump is expected to talk about not only global terrorism but other countries and their commitment to the 2% of gdp spending that amount on their defense budget. >> certainly another day of watching the president and all of the activity out of there. thank you. >>> while the president's trip appears to be going smoothly the white house dealing with a headline on russia and the trump campaign from "the new york times." the report says in part quote senior russian intelligence and political officials were discussing how to exert influence over donald trump through his advisers according to three current and former american officials familiar with the intelli

two hydro projects, one in croatia and one in macedonia, we have actually cancelled the loans, becausewere such that they were not right to go ahead with. it is not as if we don't care about these questions, we do. there is an after—care issue as well. trying to put this in a bigger picture context, we have talked about the origins of the bank. investing capital through a bank which has, as its members, europeans and a number of other shareholders, that you could nurture and foster free market capitalism and democratic values, and that your work would herald a new era. it seems to me, in some ways, thatjob has pretty much been done. if you look across eastern europe, most countries are anchored in the eu, and those who aren't are desperately trying to get in. that is why it seems to me that you are desperately scratching around for new places you can invest money, and make money, and you are compromising on the core beliefs that the institution began with. i would of course reject that. starting with the traditional countries we started with in eastern europe. some of them have advance

macedonia where the dispute of members of parliament and albania that doesn't have a national government and summer -- several other garden spots. >> how will you use the information? rep. defazio: there's a lot that relates to the whole question of syrian refugees and all of those sorts of things. there are drug issues. there are issues about nato and the eu. about the u.s. support for their efforts. we get briefed by the state department. there are a whole host of issues they want us to use us to help push u.s. interests. >> thank you for making us part of your stop before you had off on that long journey. with our discussion about domestic issues, highway transportation, and the budget. we appreciate your time. rep. defazio: thank you. >> there are lots of complicated politics ahead. why don't we start with health care? if you look at twitter this afternoon, there are all kinds of people on both sides vowing to make this an issue in the 2018 election. this does move on to the senate. what is at stake? this is your -- everyone is talking about health care. >> before i came over here, s

that has not been a massive blunder, there are lots of great memes pen pushing the president of macedonia at one stage. think it was montenegro. great to watch his wife slapping. it is just another instalment in the trump reality show. he has yet again demonstrated, telling the israelis that he is back from the middle east, that he has no depth whatsoever. he is who we think he is. who had depth about the middle east, iask he is. who had depth about the middle east, i ask you? he is. who had depth about the middle east, iask you? nobody he is. who had depth about the middle east, i ask you? nobody had any recipe on how to solve it. he comes and makes easy statements which have no consequence. unlike you, i would which have no consequence. unlike you, iwould be prepared which have no consequence. unlike you, i would be prepared to give which have no consequence. unlike you, iwould be prepared to give him the benefit of the doubt. we have all critique ten in a fashion. he is all critique ten in a fashion. he is a work in progress. i think he is a work in progress. he is learning. he made a

. >> anthony: next, went from greece to macedonia? >> sakher: yes. >> anthony: correct?ou welcomed here? >> sakher: yes. very welcome. >> anthony: so here we are, cologne. one of the most liberal, if not the most liberal cities in germany. a city doing the right thing. and on new year's eve, the whole attitude towards refugees, not just european policy, but the whole moral question was thrown into doubt. cologne found itself to test case, both example of tolerance and hope and worst-case scenario. here's what was reported. on the night of december 31, 2015, witnesses saw crowds of up to a thousand men described as predominately arab and north african near cologne central train station. some broke off into small groups, assaulting hundreds of women as they left the train station. police were completely unprepared. the situation continued reportedly for hours. three weeks after the incident, the official numbers were as horrifying as first reported. 766 criminal complaints, of which 381 are sexual offenses, including 3 rapes. many across the world of course saw this as the

the content of it and they were running -- you know, there's all of these stories about guys over macedonia running these fake news site. i have seen them now and it looks like a sort of low level cnn organization. >> or a fake newspaper. >> or a fake newspaper. so the russians in my opinion and intel, counter intel, people i have talked to, could not have known how best the weaponize the information unless they were guided. >> guided by americans? >> guided by americans and guided by people who had polling and data information. >> who is that -- >> let me just finish because this is the second and third step. so we know that they did that, we understand it best example. within one hour of the "access hollywood" tapes being leaked, within one hours -- let's say wikileaks, the same thing -- dumped the john podesta e-mails. if you have ever read the john podesta e-mails, their antidigm to boredom. >> we had him here once. >> yes. forgive him for what he said about you. they were run of the mill e-mails. should we do this, what should she say, the stuff that is so common, basic. within one hou

and they were running, there's all these stories about guys over in macedonia who are running these fakeites. and i've seen them now. you sit there and it looks like a low level cnn operation. >> or a fake newspaper. >> like the denver guardian. >> so the russians, in my opinion, and based on the intel and counter intel, people i've talked to, could not have known how best to weaponize that information unless they had been guided. >> by americans. >> guided by americans and people who had polling and data. >> who is that? >> let me just finish because this is the second and third step. so we know that they did that. we understand it. best example, so within one hour, one hour of the "access hollood" tapes being leaked, withinne hour, the russians, let's say wikileaks, same thing, dumped the jon podesta e-mails. now, if you've ever read the jon podesta e-mails, they are boredom. >> we had him here once. [ laughter ] >> forgive him for what he said about you. but they were run-of-the-mill e-mails. especially run-of-the-mill campaigns. what did she today? the stuff that's so common, basic.

there are going to be 28 or 29 leaders here, if you include macedonia.hance to get -- just to hear donald trump in their own words. >> hans, don't worry, sometimes you just don't know how people are going to react, especially with donald trump, because he is so different than what foreign leaders are used to coming out of america. hans, appreciate it. >>> back in washington, there's growing outrage over the budget that is prompting leading democrats and their supporters to rally on capitol hill in the next hour in protest of that budget plan. among them is congresswoman barbara lee of california. she joins me now. thank you very much first of all. yesterday you tweeted something that said you're fasting in solidarity with the chirp and families who will go hungry if the president's cuts to food and aid are enacted. fasting in solidarity. talk to me about your message. >> first of all, let me just say this budget is a disaster. it's cruel and heartless. specifically with regard to food assistance, the president cuts $190 billion. 47% of those receiving s.

. >> anthony: growing your own food, finding your own food, that was life in macedonia.ow it is an affectation. >> rene: the worst moments, the worst meals are when people are just following a sort of culinary trend. and they will see, oh, there's an edible, but it tastes like --. but it'sdible and 's foraged, therere i'll put it on the menu. the fish no matter what.go on >> anthony: oh wow. >> noma cook: grilled pike heads with the beach herbs you foraged yesterday. >> anthony: oh! >> alessandro: wow. >> anthony: then you just pick off every little bit. but i think even at its most ludicrous manifestation, surely it is a positive thing that people are actually starting to look around and see where -- grows. >> rene: it still is good, because people are being connected to the place they're in. what's edible, what's not, what is there to eat. >> rene: oh here we go. jackpot. this is a mustard, a beach mustard. in three weeks, this is gone, new things come up. >> noma cook: so, this is our bread serving. it's a sourdough bread that's made with a swedish grain. and this is