they said unequivocally that mikhail lesin did not drink and fall to himself to death.was bludgeoned to death with a baseball bat. he was beaten to death there isn't a single person inside the bureau who believes this guy got drunk, fell down and died. everybody thinks he was whack and that putin or the kremlin were behind it. which is news. but it still left open the question of why he got whacked in the first place, and whether this would ever be solved as a murder. those fbi agents had an answer for that, too. quote, it was the department of justice that paid for the hotel room where lesin died. d.o.j. officials invited him to washington to interview him about the workings about rt. but lesin never made it to the interview. he died the night before it was scheduled to take place. so these anonymous fbi agents coming to buzzfeed and telling them that hours before mikhail lesin was scheduled to talk to u.s. investigators, he was murdered in his d.c. hotel room that report from buzzfeed news for obvious reasons went off like a rocket last year when they opened it. opene

in 2014, mikhail lesin quit and did it suddenly and unexpectedly.there were reports he would be investigated in the united states for possible money laundering. by some accounts he went into hiding and had a falling out with people close to putin reportedly fearing for his life, he contacted the fbi and told them he was ready to cooperate in the money laundering case if they could keep him safe. during that time, his whereabouts were a mystery until he turned up dead in a hotel room in washington d.c. with an appointment to go to the justice department the very next day. hold that thought. >> vo: they want more out of life in every way. so they're starting this year's garden with miracle-gro potting mix and plant food. together, they produce three times the harvest to enjoy... and of course, to share. this soil is fresh from the forest and patiently aged to guarantee more of what matters... every time. three times the harvest. one powerful guarantee. miracle-gro. you wouldn't accept from any one else. why accept it from your allergy pills? flonase r

s chief political editor mikhail. mikhail let's start with a joint statement tells more about what's been said yes this is actually pretty strong stuff we have here france germany the u.k. and the united states basically saying that this is a breach of international law calling on russia to really stick to its international commitments not just. against the use of chemical weapons but there's also restoring reference here that this is the first time that chemical agents are actually used on european soil since the second world war and this pretty much puts us into cold war rhetoric here pretty swiftly it also talks about a pattern of irresponsible russian behavior now we don't know exactly what is meant by that but in context with that nato statement of from mr stalls in back the nato secretary general there who talks about meddling potential interference attempts to destabilize western countries this is more than just a hint of being in for something in further destabilizing entire country something russia flatly den

president ronald reagan held a series of meetings with soviet leader mikhail gorbachev their efforts to scale back the arms race between the two countries eventually led to the end of the cold war finally if this meeting happens donald trump would become the first u.s. president to meet with a north korean leader while in office his change of heart is in part thanks to south korea this is the man doing the running between p.r. myaing and washington d.c. and he's finally reached a major milestone. by poor president president thought that you know meeting north korean leader kim jong un he is committed to to do provide. him pledged to north korea really good frame from any for the nuclear or this or tests that he thrust his eagerness to meet the president from that phone as possible it is a sentiment shared by the u.s. president who confirmed that a meeting is being planned. the historic breakthrough comes after south korean negotiators held talks in pyongyang on monday it was here they learned that denuclearization was on the menu. far from giving up their bombs in recent years north

joining us, national security analyst, evelyn far gas, journalist mikhail zeiger, an expert on russian politics the author of "all is the kremlin's men inside the court of vladimir putin," and an executive member of the congress committee of america that represents the interest of ukrainians in america. it's great to have you here. look, russia has been accused of killing people in the uk. there's been a bunch of mysterious deaths. this was done in such a provocative manner. this agent is extremely deadly. what do you make of it having written a book about putin's inner circle, having been an independent reporter in moscow? what were they up to? >> that looks very weird. first of all, we have little doubts that there is some russian organization. government related or some association of ex-veterans of kgb. >> connected to. >> but still there are no doubts about that and indirectly we had an official confirmation about that from russian state television because last week, russians, the editor-in-chief of the news service of russian state channel said that that is going to be the lesson

on his inaugural visit to moscow eggen krantz met with mikhail gorbachev who assured the new east german leader that the soviet union remained its stalwart friend and supporter. a to the digital into the mikhail gorbachev spoke about his first telephone conversation with a gun krentz he affirmed that the relations between the two countries had always focused on the desire to move forward together. at the uk but that this betrayal deeply touched the hearts of all ordinary russians this is never happened before. or the russia whether we call it democratic or liberal. russia trade the germans and yes it was a trail. i knew pretty heavily shia. but here that. we gave the german democratic republic the right to freely determine. we did not negotiate the safety of the people who had always been our loyal allies . and that was criminal. case coming can. beno conrad's remain seated. minister. shall we implement the plan for a day x. . this is not you. i have to think. in those comrades these are the soviet union will no longer protect us and that's the situation that. and what we do now. because

slowed significantly after the end of the cold war when mikhail gorbachev became the leader of the soviet union recently there's been a lot of talk about north korea and their nuclear missile program and now with president russian president putin who gave a recent state of the nation speech where he discussed cruise missiles that could reach anywhere in the world it raises the question of what's going on and for. boom bust perspective on business and finance how much money is being spent on these sorts of things and which companies are profiting from the development of star wars type systems and here to discuss is probably the best person around in the world a former pentagon official michael maloof michael thank you so much for being with us let's time travel you were at the department of defense then when i was out talking about nuclear arms awareness week and things and it was a sort of an unnerving time but take our viewers who don't recall back to what was going on and then which were the companies that were involved in this strategic defense initiative at the time well it was at the

the seeds of which had been planted by the soviet union's last premier, mikhail gorbachev. - [sachs] almost everybody was facing extreme uncertainty and alarm at a collapsed economy, empty shelves, high inflation and tremendous political turmoil. - then under the advice and guidance of western economists, western business leaders and western politicians russian started to implement what has been known as shock therapy reform. (mournful music) - [news reader] a chicken costs nearly two weeks' pay. only those with hard currency are assured of getting something. - [narrator] tens of thousands of state-owned enterprises had to be privatized, reshaping the entire russian economy. - [buchanan] it was seen as really something like the period of the 1870s, 80s and 90s in the united states with robber barons doing exceedingly well, and the people not doing well, and their standard of living falling. - [polyakova] each state enterprise was assigned a certain number of vouchers and then people can buy them up. those who had the connections, who had some money already, not your average russian c

." >> he's been dubbed "people" magazine's sexiest doctor alive. 28-year-old mikhail varshavski, alsos way to social media stardom with 2.6 million instagram followers and counting. >> can you walk down the street without being noticed? >> the selfies happen all the time. >> yes. what is going on? what's up, guys? >> especially in crowded areas like airports, you're talking about a restaurant, they'll ask for medical advice. >> reporter: his popularity fueled by picture perfect snaps of the good doctor with his dog roxy, babies, and working out. and he dishes out a healthy dose of medical advice on his youtube channel. >> what video has gone most viral? >> actually it was my first video that i uploaded. it's called "morning routine." >> hey, everybody. dr. mike here. >> i showed the health effects of my morning routine, what it means to your brain when you do something as small as make your bid before you leave the house, when you do some stretching in the morning, when you take a cold shower. so people really related to that. >> can i overdose on claritin? >> once a day, no. >> repor

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weekend forty one children were among the more than sixty people who died in cannot oval correspondent mikhail a common dusky tells us about one family's story. locals in camera will have been shattered by what happened in the shopping center last weekend it's here at the city's central cemetery where the first funeral ceremonies have been held this is where those three generations of bar and the family relate to rest grandmother marina mother natalee and five year old only gonna die together in the far on sunday the victims are hard broken and they brought flowers and toys to mark the loss of their loved ones their one thing that family wants to know is how these people really died really don't believe void they're being told by officials and want their world to know about their pain. and that grief is the infant across russia today with memorials held in seven cities on what's being declared a national day of mourning but the heartache is mixed with anger many believe authorities are trying to cover it up for lack safety standards that may have contributed to the high death toll. the size of

coalition so we're in for some rather interesting times interesting times our chief political editor mikhailacross the thank you so much. every day all over the world people suffer discrimination because of the color of their skin to draw attention to the problem the un has declared today international day for the elimination of racial discrimination and that's also the goal of the activists in our next report they grew up in the suburbs of paris feeling the effects of what they say is institutionalized racism now they're working to make france a more tolerant society. has decided to fight back against what he calls france a structural racism he arrived with his parents at the age of two but he's always felt like a stranger in this country. there is an implicit insidious racism in france black people hardly ever feature in advertisements or movies we are erased from the public sphere which is like killing us in the public mind we don't exist and that makes it easier to exclude us from society we don't get access to good jobs and it's hard to find a flat. in two thousand and five he founded t

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doha institute for graduate studies he joins me here in the studio and also with us is now being mikhail is professor of political science at george mason university in washington george washington university i should say in washington thank you so much for being with us both of you let me start with you on mohammed el masri why is the credibility of this election so in doubt. was your introduction talked about if you have several candidates who have been systematically eliminated the only candidate who's been allowed to remain in the race is a token figure he himself is a c.c. supporter the day that he declared his intention to run his profile picture on facebook was was of the c.c. himself he had been campaigning for a c.c. all of the media narrative is in cc's favor it's completely propagandist one way so those are some reason sneh spring in a bionic eye in washington a bit would you agree with that many people say this is a fosco election that's meant for consolidation of power that it's not legitimate in the eyes of the international community would you agree with that. the question

protesters and four police officers were injured in the fighting supporters of opposition leader mikhail saakashvili set up the makeshift camp last october they've been calling for the creation of an anti corruption course they say they found grenades and smoke bombs in the raid. and the people in wales remain cut off by snow off the days of weather transports been affected across much of the u.k. israel way lines and airports closed the cold snap has been blamed for dozens of deaths across europe. the doctrine of one hundred ten schoolgirls in northern nigeria last month has again highlighted the extreme challenges millions of children face in getting a basic education on top of the threat of violence is that because of corruption in nigeria's education sector and resistance i parents actually addressed travel to the northwestern city of sokoto where the government is now paying parents to take their children to school. on the dusty streets into a classroom i desire is finally get you an education. like ten thousand other girls should have a chance to pursue our dream of becoming a doct

now the soviet leader mikhail gorbachev was extremely concerned about nato expanding the borders. he asked president bush not to do this. he saw the political risk within russia of this undermining the democratic forces that he had unleashed. president bill clinton had logical directions he could have gone. one was the direction advocated by george kennan who is now well into his 90s and still commenting. he said don't even think of expanding nato. this is what we fought for to get to this point. let us see if we can support the forces in russia and reach an accommodation understanding. the other logical position is the republican position that basically says we need to protect our new allies in central andon eastern europe. age 93, 97 says it will be the most fateful error in the entire post-cold war era that will inflame anti-western dictatorships. to restore the atmosphere of the cold war to the relations and foreign o power. top state department officials said this was nonsense and the united states could have its cake and eat it too and we could provide withouts alienating ru

slowed significantly after the end of the cold war when mikhail gorbachev became the leader of the soviet union recently there's been a lot of talk about north korea and their nuclear missile program and now with president russian president putin who gave a recent state of the nation speech where he discussed cruise missiles that could reach anywhere in the world it raises the question of what's going on and from a boom bust perspective on business and finance how much money is being spent on these sorts of things and which companies are profiting from the development of star wars type systems and here to discuss it probably the best person around in the world a former pentagon official michael maloof michael thank you so much for being with us let's time travel you were at the department of defense then when i was out talking about nuclear arms awareness week and things and it was a sort of an on. nerving time but take our viewers who don't recall back to what was going on and then which were the companies that were involved in this strategic defense initiative at the time well it was at

protesters and four police officers were injured in the fighting supporters of opposition leader mikhail seconds really set up the makeshift camp last october. many people in wales remain cut off by snow after days of bad weather transport has been affected across much of the u.k. we've grown way lines and at ports closed temperatures are now starting to rise it's not just the u.k. that's been struggling with winter weather much of northern europe has been snowed in and storms in the northeastern u.s. left more than two million people without power and don't forget we've got much more content on our website just click on al-jazeera dot com. let's get you up to speed on the top stories here on al-jazeera syrian government forces have reportedly taken almost complete control of the town of frontier in eastern guta more than six hundred people have been killed during the government's nearly two week long bombing campaign syrian planes are dropping leaflets telling people to leave the area but with no security guarantees residents say that's just not an option it's allianz will head to the p

protesters and four police officers were injured in the fighting supporters of opposition leader mikhail saakashvili set up the makeshift camp last october even calling for the creation of an anti corruption port. germany social democrats are counting the ballots after members ots on whether or not to enter into another coalition with angela merkel the result will either let merkel finally form a government more than five months of the election or plunge the country into more political uncertainty dominate cain has more. thursday night in leipzig and for the social democrats the hot topic is coalition across germany the party members are deciding if they want to work with anger merkel's christian democrats again young members like binyamin girl there are clear. because of his. there's no grand vision in the scrum coalition and i think we can only develop as an opposition party i think it's not logical that the election losers build the new government contrast that with the views of older members like christoph yaps he's proud of his fifty years as a social democrat and says pragmatism is

the new president and communist party leader mikhail gorbachev was an acting reforms to popular acclaim also among many ordinary east germans. the east german regime including arish in general secretary eric whitacre oppose these reforms they had already witnessed many changes over the years and plan to simply wait out gorbachev's reforms before them political transparency glasnost and perestroika could only herald the beginning of the end the end of socialism the soviet intelligence service the k.g.b. agreed. listen he refused to listen to anyone he was sick sick with narcissism she will meet zero for the first time ever the k.g.b. was sidelined has continued to function but no one was interested in what it had to say. about his own vision his own view of the world those of us in the k.g.b. in russia we always panic or never gorbachev announced a new initiative of the money will go to they were always poorly thought through absolutely populist front and also very dangerous. for the feel what it must. tired i want to go back to myself. susan you're not tired mr mucosa i realize you're v

>> no doubt, if i'm in the administration, the last person i want to see on mikhail enradar is the ambassador to russia from the united states. >> they say the claim is not true, a white house official telling cnn he's met with senior security councilmembers several times throughout the year and they have encouraged others to meet with him. this official olympiapoints outs access jon huntsman had not been granted in moscow. wolf? >> thank you. >>> coming up, more breaking news. an ally to trump's campaign says he was detained and questioned as part of robert mueller's investigation. -if you told me a year ago where i'd be right now... aah! ...i would have said you were crazy. but so began the year of me. i discovered the true meaning of paperless discounts... and the indescribable rush of saving drivers an average of $620. why does fear feel so good? i fell in love three times -- once with a woman, once with a country, and finally... with myself. -so, do you have anything to declare or not? -isn't that what i'm doing? >>> happening now, breaking news, subpoenaed by mueller. a trump ally is or

. >> it's interesting what mikhail just said, 1r57d is made out to be some dr.type character who is always 12 steps ahead and yet he fumbled the french elections badly, angered macron and has done the same in germany. he's made a number of moves that are shortsighted and at the end of the di interference in the u.s. elections ended up backfiring terribly on him and here we have nikki haley speaking out about as strongly as any u.s. representative could and followed up by the white house saying basically the same thing. >> the fact that putin's move may not be smart from our perspective of logic doesn't mean he isn't responsible and i think by the account put forward by nikki haley, clearly russia was responsible and i believe putin as a former kgb officer would have known about and directed an operation to go after skripal. >> the timing just couldn't have been worse. why? >> i think -- this is part of a long-running effort by russian intel zwroeps go after this individual and i want to put in context who he is. he's somebody the united states of america helped

misunderstanding of the amnesty bill was the start of the shadow of the cold war.ad he wasn't going to hand mikhail gorbachev a 500,000 evicted americans, illegals or whatever you want to call them. manyny of them have fled communm in nicaragua and cuba and also walsobeheaded with we had a whiff of policy where we accepted the communist immigration countries who are looking for political asylum in the united states. so i go through this all the time as a g misunderstanding on the immigration that is much moree sophisticated than you heard previously. .. >> when you're talking about a george wallace or pat buchanan, the way that newt gingrich helped to talk the fire politics so deeply. but i was actually referring to was the final speech that ragging gave want you to imagine donald trump's anything remotely like the is a god bless him teeming with people of all kin kinds, living in harmony peace. the city with reports that hunt with commerce and creativity and if there had to be walls the walls had doors and the doors were open to anybody with the will and the heart to get here. that is how i saw te

mikhail bridges led his team with 23 pints. i think he threw down this alley-oop. wildcats up 14. of 8 from beyond the arc. he had just one point in the first half. 22 the rest of the way. villanova advances to the sweet 16. 81-58 the final. >>> for the women number one overall seed uconn taking on st. francis. huskies dominated start to finish. samuelsson, her sister played at stanford, had 18 points, and uconn led 55-19 after one quarter. it's more than st. francis had the entire game. bucket in the final seconds of the half gave uconn a 94-31 advantage. uconn would go on to win 140-52. st. francis would shoot 57 threes to no avail. going to take a little break here after that. i don't have to work out tomorrow. >> that's so cute. >>> at arnold palmer's event the bay hill where we have quite a crowd atonight leaderboard, tiger woods six birdies on the day. here on 18 to end his day, 3-under 69. he's five back at 7 under. rory mcilroy, meanwhile, had the round of the day. 5-under 67. birdied two of his last three holes. his approach on the 18 is going to set up that final birdie.

wildcats, going to get it over to mikhail bridges in the corner.down -- knock down the three, villanova escapes with a win on the road. sixty-nine-68. >> lasalle, dayton, first half, johnny schuller, going to get the steel herement takes it up the court. gets it over to bj johnson for the slam. explorers, take down the flyers, 71-53. >> temple-uconn, owls down one, but tyler polly, going to knock down the three here for the huskies. owls just couldn't get over the hump. temple falls 72-66. >> that's sports in a minute. i'm kristen rodgers. >> kristen, thank you. all right, talk about one costly mistake for a new jersey man. >> i blame the uber driver though. >> oh, sure it is his fault. >> plus. >> this big teddy bear, why is it dancing? why is it getting down low, low, low? we'll tell you in just a moment. >> here is a question. this is cute ♪ mom, we got girl scout cookies to sell. the girl scout cookie inspired flavors you love. now in the dunkin' coffees you love. only at dunkin'. ♪ gus, you are crushing it! just trying to shed those extra poun

walking away, yes, that is what ronald reagan did in reykjavik 30 years ago in mikhail gorbachev.had a great agreement, then don't develop anti-miss sell defense systems. yeah, we're not close to it anyway, give it away. reagan said no. he walked away. everyone criticized him. he was right and we won the cold war. when you go in as obama discovered don't say red line unless you mean it. trish: yeah. >> have you thought through step by step like a chess game. what if they do that, what if they do this. i imagine we can make some progress. trish: this is the way he is negotiating his entire life we have to prepared for he have route come. >> people feel backed into a corner or can't publicly say look like they're backing down. then you are going to force them to do what neither of you want them to do. so if you given them a face-saving, face is very big especially in asia. if you give them a way they can say, we got what we wanted or we got something so it doesn't look like they were forced to back down. melissa: yeah. >> the chinese are very sensitive. what the europeans did to the

judge villanova seton hall this one went to over time, wildcat getting it over to mikhail bridges ine corner. knock down the three, villanova, escapes in a wild one on the road. sixty-nine-68. >> temple uconn owls down one, but tyler pauley, knocks down the three, for the huskies, owls just couldn't get over the hump last night, temple falls 72-66. >>> lasalle dayton, first half, johnny schuller gets the steel. takes it up the court. he's going to get it down low to bj johnson for the slam. explorers, take down the flyers, 71 to 53. >> that's sport in a minute. i'm kristen rodgers. >> see, now, why wasn't i born with a bj john son? >> come on, that's a name. >> well, you're mj. >> that's true. >> true, mj nothing like bj. all right, coming up on 6:25. all right. yesterday, on sports talk radio, this was the talk of the town. people really talking about trading nick foles. >> i mean, that's been the question really since the super bowl happened though. >> but this is real serious talk now. >> well, one team that's emerged as potential suture is the arizona cardinals, yes, the cards he

mikhail first. >> we've seen the reports about the alleged coup attempts in soo estonia and trying to keep from joining the club and russian relations with the balkans run deep. very much a problem for us, for romania, myself and moldovans also, citizens of romania, we -- balkans, historically known as powder keg of europe and russian influence there is very important. now in attempt to undermine their pro-western ambitions, fee feels very much like trying to encircle eastern europe. you're i'm sure aware of russia having special relations with the governments in hungary and czech republic. this feeling of encirclement is problematic. hopefully we've seen that attempt in macedonia failed, and hopefully serbia is able to withstand the pressure and deliver on its commitments and start actually meaningful negotiations toward joining the european union. because joining european union, for all its problems, european countries that managed to join the eu are by and large success stories. transformed economically and how the national government is run, institutions work. that's a long-term t

of getting the first nuclear disarmament agreement of the cold war had it not been for reagan and mikhailbachev building a personal relationship and talking and reagan talking with other russian leaders, such as -- during those years. i think we have got to also give the president a kind of wide latitude here because he is just going to talk. and begin to lay the groundwork for the negotiations that will follow. >> yeah, but reagan never did it without george schultz and wineberger. tils said yesterday he didn't think we ought to have negotiations. the president contradicted him. that's what i worry about. what kind of message are we sending? it's not unified. >> jason: i think it's a positive step forward. i thank you both for your expertise on this topic. thank you for joining us tonight: we have update out of california. coming out of our los angeles bureau. there has been a hostage situation we have been reporting on fox news and we have will carr who is in our los angeles bureau to give us an update. >> and, jason, we have just learned from our correspondent adam housley from two dif

ronald reagan did that in 1985 when he met with mikhail gorbachev in reykjavik.rocess of preparation is now what's most important here. >> i was having this conversation with my team yesterday about how the word "sanctions" sometimes is hollow. it just becomes, you know, a placeholder like insurgence was a few years ago. in relaying this to the viewer, the listener, sometimes they don't really get what that is. can you detail for us which sanctions now are hurting which parties that would get kim to this, this position where just several months ago, not too many months ago, he was saying he would never give up and is having a conversation about denuclearization and accepting the u.s.-south korea military exercises? >> as many people know, we've been imposing sanctions on north korea for a while. the trump administration has stepped up that effort, and it's hitting key sectors of north korea's economy. and that has to hurt. but the point here is i've been talking to north koreans since november, twea2016, after presi trump was elected. beginning then, they basical