a phone conversation with mr putin to me in the wake of the incident and we have. data. reciprocally but we have not exchanged any official you documents or statements russian the russian media is also welcome to ask your questions come your son to d.d. . but do use the microphone. i have a question. but i didn't hear the gun and as we all know that turkey. has been. of the assad regime in syria three of them were from. has indicated. a change nobody leadership in syria at the same time is impression and cherokee. interested in stability more than any other countries in the world don't you believe that following. president assad syria might. become much quick myron chaos which might also affected neighboring countries. because it isn't then him. and then the dynasty this is. this is. us that. we honestly. have across thank you for this question. should. first of all we share. our outlook on the issue of providing stability in syria. we are categorically against. any. any. violation of their territorial integrity. as you know. syria. has already taken action that has caus

at this point, it is hard to tell exactly what that means, since the kremlin also said today that mr. putin still has unspecified differences with the u.s. approach. like, perhaps, differences about whether the global community should do more than suggest that president assad stop killing his own people and resign. we do know, we do know, at this point, that the u.s. and the russians are talking. but we don't yet know what's going to happen. this conflict in syria has reached a dangerous and uncertain moment. it has lasted nearly a year and a half now. but frankly it may not have that much further to go. >>> on this show last night, we tried to shine a little light on the latest conspiracy theory emanating like the smell of something old and moist from the bowls of the conservative media. >> do you know the name of the villain in this movie? bane. the villain in "the dark knight rises" is named bane, b-a-n-e. what is the name of the venture capital firm that romney ran, and around which there's now this make-believe controversy? bain. the movie has been in the works for a long time, the rel

at this point, it is hard to tell exactly what that means, since the kremlin also said today that mr. putinfied differences with the u.s. approach. like, perhaps, differences about whether the global community should do more than suggest that president assad stop killing his own people and resign. we do know, we do know, at this point, that the u.s. and the russians are talking. but we don't yet know what's going to happen. this conflict in syria has reached a dangerous and uncertain moment. it has lasted nearly a year and a half now. but frankly it may not have that much further to go. according to ford, the works fuel saver package could literally pay for itself. jim twitchel is this true? yes it's true. how is this possible? proper tire inflation, by using proper grades of oil, your car runs more efficiently, saves gas. you could be doing this right now? yes i could, mike. i'm slowing you down? yes you are. my bad. the works fuel saver package. just $29.95 or less after rebate. only at your ford dealer. so, to sum up, you take care of that, you take care of these, you save a bunch of thi

at this point, it is hard to tell exactly what that means, since the kremlin also said today that mr. putinith the u.s. approach. like, perhaps, differences about whether the global community should do more than suggest that president assad stop killing his own people and resign. we do know, we do know, at this point, that the u.s. and the russians are talking. but we don't yet know what's going to happen. this conflict in syria has reached a dangerous and uncertain moment. it has lasted nearly a year and a half now. but frankly it may not have that much further to go. ♪ ♪ something to me ♪ that nobody else could do who have used androgel 1%, there's big news. presenting androgel 1.62%. both are used to treat men with low testosterone. androgel 1.62% is from the makers of the number one prescribed testosterone replacement therapy. it raises your testosterone levels, and... is concentrated, so you could use less gel. and with androgel 1.62%, you can save on your monthly prescription. [ male announcer ] dosing and application sites between these products differ. women and children should avoi

mr. putinth warrant on military intervention. mr. putin gave him the answer today with the first of many vetoes to stop nato or the united nations from intervention. the united states doesn't want on the ground. it wants turkey and france to do the action. it will not happen. the russian fleet is now on patrol between syria and cypress. that's air defense. we cannot intervene over russian air defense. >> what does russia want? how do you see their interests here? >> it is their only key middle eastern ally. russia will do everything possible to preserve the assad regime. they were unhappy about the libyan resolution a yearing a. they believe trerp tricked into supporting a humanitarian resolution that ended in regime change. they don't want it to happen again. >> john batchelor, terrorists are bombing everywhere. they may be the good guy terrorists. they are the ones blowing up assad's cabinet, his own brother-in-law was killed. that's going to continue no matter what the russians say. no matte

will try and of all things i mean the i want to refresh your mind there the president of russia mr putin that he was also very much and was a project of the twenty government and universal and spoken about the internet and stuff i mean he doesn't speak much about internet itself but he spoke a lot about the electronic services as used to fighting corruption are not on there as a very important. for the comfort of the governor or the citizens because they idea is easy access is a access and no q. mr on taking your new position you said that you will try to develop russian media as a market well what do you mean because because i thought i thought we do have a media market in that way yes we have the volume of our media market east ten billion dollars per year. so our ideas. iis that if we have a market this market should demand. and we should create the conditions are for the further development of this market because these market leaves in the conditions of very strong competition. of their world competition cheaper and also in the changes of the new realities because. me and day. rememb

powerplant that's why my security nko was also present there with mr putin. in the normal course of events in a whole that's the way it will be in december this year we play into a the foundation for the third unit which will cost a few billion dollars. but they have a good few days. as we can see chinese businessmen are very interested in russia the realized they can reason big money here us in a number of chinese businessmen here with perfect knowledge of the russian language which means they have done a good in at least five years of their lives to learning in order to make money specifically in russia. but what about ordinary people in china are they interested in russia people often see these days the east of russia will soon be populated by the chinese do you think they are interested in moving here. if you look at china's written history. and we can find then as to conical there were kept busy day after day. the past two thousand years scrupulously of the. negative story hundred years is not that big of a deal for them but that is true so china was exp

mr putin the same reports here in israel the security establishment here is saying that this was the work of in a suicide bomb in fact we've heard one eyewitness report that somebody climbed onto their backs and when most immediately afterwards the best exploded there is speculation that it could be the roof. and it's not his but then perhaps. israeli government is assuming a team of experts to barbaria to ascertain the devices and the kind of materials that were used in the bomb and in that way they will be able to determine who was behind it at the same time there's a lot of criticism being leveled at the airport security. we're hearing this from eyewitnesses that there simply was very airport security we're seeing it now from israeli government blaming both bad and european security there is certainly a mood of panic and mood of a lot of anguish at the moment as an emergency line has been set up families trying to israel so mean so i'm trying to find out what happened to mad ones and friends who were on that pain and on their best policy thanks very much indeed for that mark repor

we heard him asking medvedev to tell mr. putin to give him space, this is my last election, he said. after my election i'll have more flexibility. why is it that flexibility with russian leaders is more important to him than transparency for the american people. now the president did have a moment of candor, however, just the other day. he said that the actions of venezuelan dictator chavez have not had a serious national security impact on us. in my view, inviting hezbollah into our hemisphere is severe, it's serious, and it's a threat, and i'll recognize it as such. but at least he was being consistent. after all, this is the president who faltered when the iranian people were looking for support in their struggle against the ayatollahs. that public uprising was treated at an inconvenient problem for the president's policy of engagement. instead of a moral and strategic opportunity, that terrible misjudgment should never be repeated. unarmed men and women in tehran find courage to confront oppressors she should hear the voice of

meeting with russian president putin in may to discuss future cuts, but that didn't happen since mr. putinsier to bring pressure on north korea and iran. iran is saying their nuclear program is peaceful. north korea is known to have tried a nuclear test. gregg: context for you now on the nuclear program as it sands today. the united states has a total of just over 5100 warheads, of authors 1700 strategically deployed. russia has the next largest arsenal, with just under 1500. martha: from nuclear warheads to the great green fleet is what they are calling it, a new navy policy that is coming under fire from republicans. it's a policy that mandates paying $26 for a gallon of gas. it is actually a bio fuel blend of reb an regular and alternative fuels. the government wants to turn half of the navy fleet green over the next ten years and the price will come down over town. but critics remain a bit skeptical about all that. gregg: nearly 2 million homes and businesses still this hour without power in 11 states, and washington d.c. four days after that terribly destructive storm, or set of storm

deep as the russians and i think the turkish prime minister gave this message to to mr mr mr put president putin that you know it is also in the in in russia's interests maybe to support for for after assad process i mean because according to turkish government as it is going to leave today or tomorrow i mean sooner or later he's going to leave and that in the aftermath i mean they believe that russians would also have interests in syria so probably he tried to. talk about obviously you know you're saying that russia has been supportive of the syrian government when it comes to u.n. the u.n. in new york certainly russia and china have to close together to stop western powers i think perhaps some might say a bit too hastily when it comes to a possible article seven being implemented against that of syria but when you say that russia has something to gain from this what does russia have to gain. i mean i mean i think it's in the turkish turkish foreign ministry and turkish government circles there is this believe that when you know because there is this perception that russia is behind it then and

mr. assad he's getting from vladimir putin from the iranian regime, it's what sustaining him.ose calls don't come through, yes, we'll probably see the building of the end. and he'll probably escape or put up a fight to the end. if he still has the support of russia and the government of iran, it will be difficult to dislodge him. >> our understanding this morning is he's now not in damascus but in one of the coastal cities. if he does decide to flee, where is he likely to go? would he go to russia? would iran take him in? >> there's no doubt the iranian regime would take him in. yes, he may go to iran, he may also go to venezuela. there are a number of bad countries out there. the most important issue here is henry kissinger suggested the syrian crisis should not be of importance to the united states. i disagree. i believe that we have as the united states a moral obligation to help the syrian people. we don't necessarily have to send troops to the ground. but we can certainly help with the refugees for example that are in turkey, lebanon. we need to show our moral resolve. be

mr. speaker, what happened very sadly, according to most reports, is he was beaten to death. what does this legislation do? something again putin would be opposed to, it actually penalizes anyone who was involved in those human rights violations against sergei. so, mr. speaker, this is a good thing and at the same time, at the same time in passing pntr we will say that the 140 million consumers in russia will have access to goods and services from the united states of america. under the measure that's passed both houses of the russian parliament, as i said, overwhelming majority, it will go into effect in -- within the next couple, three weeks. what we need to do, mr. speaker, we need to recognize that the world will have access to that consumer market. we need to get -- we need to create jobs here in the united states of america. we need to open up that market for u.s. goods and services. so, mr. speaker, when this vote comes forward, don't believe that this is somehow a rewardtorial putin and the people who are leading russia. this in fact is a great benefit for workers in the united states of america, businesses in the unite

putin today, this is the right thing for us to do. we should not lose access to the market. i also want to note that my very good friend, mr. herger, who has been a great leader on the issue of trade is here, mr. berg is here who has very involved in this. i would be happy to yield to my friend from new york, mr. reed, who has played an important role on this issue. mr. reed: i thank the gentleman. i rise today in strong support to join my friend from california as he knows we have been supportive of free trade from the moment we got here. i was so pleased to see colombia, panama, and south korea be passed. mr. dreier: thank you very much, madam speaker. with that i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: thank you. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from virginia, mr. connolly, for five minutes. mr. connolly: thank you, madam speaker. this month as america's families and businesses anxiously await congress' action on the expiration of any number of tax cuts, i thought it would be a good idea to ask ourselves again that question, what would ronald reagan do? let's query the gipper. after all, for the

mr. speaker, it's important for us to note the question is o not important russia will be a member of the w.t.o., i believe that our access will play a role in undermining the policies of putin, the question is are we going to get our western values into russia? we need to say yes. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house communications. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives, sir. until july 26, 2012, pursuant to section 3307 of title 40 united states code, the committee on transportation and infrastructure met in open session to consider resolutions to authorize 12 leads prospect tuss including the general services administration, g.s.a., f.y. 2011 and f.y. 2012 capital investment and leasing programs. cilp and one resolution to authorize the exercise of a purchase option on currently leased space for $14 million below fair market value. our committee continues to work to cut waste in the cost of federal property and leases. the resolutions approved by the committee will save the taxpayer $10.3 million annually, or $178 million over the terps of the leases. these resolutions ensure savings through lower rent, avoiding holdover penalt