mr. putin, so many people are calling you from different parts of the world. you can actually study the map. right now, we have a phone call from kiev. demetri ask your question, , please your >> my name is dmitry, i live in ukraine. why did you abandon us? we are not all supporters of bandera. we go to celebrations of the victory day, but why are we all represented in the same light in the media? mr. putin: thank you for your stance. thank you for respecting our legacy. you just said that you took part in the internal regiment march in memory of victory. we do not try to present everyone in the same fashion. but again, we are afraid to offer public support. we are afraid to harm you. we try not to interfere in the domestic political affairs in ukraine. certainly, we do appreciate your position. thank you so much for this call. >> mr. putin, what do your friends say on the subject -- v -- like the man who was helping with the prisoner exchange? mr. putin: we do have a lot of friends in ukraine.

mr. putin: thank you for your stance, thank you for respecting our legacy. partust said that you took in the internal regimen march in memory. we do not try to present everyone in the same fashion. but again, we are afraid to offer public support. are afraid to harm you. we try not to interfere in the domestic affairs of ukraine. certainly, we do appreciate your position. thank you so much for this call. what do your friends say on the subject -- like the man who was helping with the prisoner exchange? mr. putin: we do have a lot of friends in ukraine. you just mentioned one o f them. i became acquainted with him when he was head of the executive office of president kuchma, the first president of ukraine. was themain partner current prime minister, head of the executive office of the president of russia in that time. we have good relations. i believe he is the ukrainian nationalist. he does not like that definition. he believes he is an enlightened hisiot of ukraine, but father was a member of

. >> mr. putin what do your friends say on the subject like - was helping with prison exchange. >> we do have a lot of friends in ukraine.you just mentioned mr. - i got acquainted with him when he was head of the executive office of president - has made partner was - because he is the current prime minister and was head of the office of the president of russia in those times. and we still have good relations. he has his own convictions. i believe he is a ukrainian nationalist. he doesn't like that definition. he believes he is in -- and enlightened nationalist. -- he spent some time in jail and was exiled. and that is where he was born. he has his own views on the independence in ukraine. he is a supporter of independence of ukraine. but his system of values is based on fundamental works of ukrainian nationalist. who pens their works in the 19th century. and later we had mr. - if my memory serves me right, he, a modern figure. and all of them proceeded from the assumption that ukraine needs to be in

translator: hello, mr. putin, i live in. [inaudible] i'm your big supporter and i'm very pro- russian and i wish you good health and success in your life. my question is as follows: >> >> twice in history as you probably know we have joined our efforts as allies into wars but the russian empire holds the united states to gain independeindepende nce right now we're seeing sentiment in the united states with the political struggle i don't want to give any advice but banks. we know that there are a lot of friends out there as friends of russia as my colleagues told me and opinion polls we have a lot of friends in the united states but we have this atmosphere with the media but definitely there are a lot of people in russia and eventually our relations would go back to the normal. >> so now let's continue to the direct line with our guest we realize the most everybody here is worried to discuss those international issues. so we have the editor-in-chief. >> oh by to talk about the relations with u.s. and russia so with that new i

the lack of trust of mr. putin on both sides of the aisle here is paramount. now this says that these sanctions will stay in place unless congress disapproves them anded as some new sanctions. both good things. i hope the house will pass the bill without change and send it to the president's desk. with that, i withdraw any objection and again thank the majority leader for the cooperation we've had.

one of mr putin's inner circle is my guest today. imir yakunin ran russian railways for a decade and was a close putin adviser. so much so the us made him a target of sanctions after the invasion of crimea. he left the railway two years ago. is he still a true believer in the putin project? vladimiryakunin, welcome to hardtalk. hello. i think it's fair to say, you, for a decade more, were one of vladimir putin's closest associates and advisers. in general terms, as you look at putin's impact upon russia, would you say that you believe he is taking russia in a very positive direction? thank you for your introduction. listen, to tell the truth, i never considered myself a voice to be in the position to be considered an adviser of mr putin. i was doing my business, i was ceo, i was the head of the project, that is true, but i never was the adviser, to either the prime minister or the president of the russian federation. as far as your question is concerned, i suppose that is the knowledge and i suppose the reference is to the poll showin

thoughts on president trump. >> he is for a friendly relationship with russia. >> reporter: now mr. putin is facing a critical question, how will he deal with america's new commander in chief. a lot to talk about with president putin when i sit down with him for a one on one interview here in st. peter s burg tomorrow. this will be the first time he sat with an american journalist since the appointment of that special counsel to look into allegations of russian interference in our election. so van savannah? >> look forward to that. you can see the interview with president putin on the debut of sunday night with megyn kelly this sunday on 7:00 eastern, 6:00 central on nbc. >>> to the horrifying moments inside a popular casino resort in the philippines. a gunman believed to be acting alone entered the casino in manila and stole casino chips, shot a tv and set fire to gambling tables. that sent panicked guests scrambling. one isis fighter claimed responsibility but no official claim from that terrorist group. president trump labeled it a terrorist attack at first but a senior u.s. intelligen

>> he is for a friendly relationship with russia. >> reporter: now mr. putin is facing a critical question. how will he deal with america's new commander in chief? a lot to talk about with president putin when i sit down with him for a one on one interview here in st. petersburg tomorrow. this will be the first time he's sat with an american journalist since the appointment of that special council to look into russian interference into our election. >> megyn, we look forward to that. you can see the exclusive interview on sunday night with megyn kelly this sunday on nbc. >>> the horrifying moments inside a casino resort in the philippines, a gunman believed to be acting alone, stole casino chips, shot a tv, and set fire to gambling tables. that sent panicked guests scrambling. one isis fighter claimed responsibility, no official claim from the jihadist group. no one was shot, and robbery may have been the real motive after all. the suspect remains on the loose. >>> ahead of tonight's tip-off in game one of the nba finals. lebron james is speaking out about a d

one of those nine times i went over there, i met mr. putin for the first time. i knew mr.orbachev. i knew the old russia, but i did not know mr. putin. i asked him about snowden. in the film, he clarified the russian position. juan: let's turn to another clip from "the putin interviews" were you ask about edward snowden who was given asylum nearly two years ago in russia. ani am sure you must come as ex-kgb agent, you must have hated what snowden did with every fiber of your being. >> the only thing snowden does, he does publicly. did you agree with what he did? >> no. the nationalink security agency had gone too far in its eavesdropping? >> yes, certainly. and that matter, snowden was right. but you ask and i gave you a direct answer will stop i think you should not have done it. if you did not like anything in his work, he should have simply resigned. but he went further. that is his right. but since you are asking whether it is right or wrong, i think it is wrong. >> so he is saying he should not have whistleblown and should have resigned on the principle, like mr. puti

with mr. putin, i felt like i was keeping him interested. i was making him think, and about everything, across the board, about what's going on in the world today, and i think he said some very pregnant things about the united states and about russia. >> rose: michael weiss and oliver stone, when we continue. >> rose: funding for "charlie rose" has been provided by the following: >> and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> glor: the russian ministry defense announced friday a russian airstrike may have killed the leader of i.s.i.s. abu bakr al-baghdadi. it is far from the first time the leader of the islamic state has been reported killed or wounded and the report remains unconfirmed. so how likely is it that baghdadi is dead and, if so, what would i.s.i.s. look like without him? michael weiss is an investigative reporter for cnn and the author of "isis:

but in russia many wonder why mr. putin is facing allegations at all. of the country's top broadcasters who works at a state-run channel. >> we see this as a matter of national sovereignty. if there was interference with our presidential election, that's a pretty big deal. >> are you serious that russia, even being the biggest country on earth could have interfered in the democratic process of the mightiest democracy on the planet. >> russia has the best hackers in the world. >> the best hackers might be in north korea or something. >> more than two thirds of americans say russian interference is an important issue, only 29% of voters believe russia is an enemy. president trump praised mr. putin. >> i respect putin. he is a strong leader. i can tell you that. >> but criticized him for continuing to support the syrian regime after it launched a deadly chemical attack. >> putin is backing a person that's truly an evil person. >> the kremlin says there is no evidence against the syrian government. a lot to talk about with president putin when i sit down wi

president trump praised mr. putin. >> i respect putin.ader. >> but criticized him for continuing to support the syrian regime after it launched a deadly chemical attack. >> putin is backing a person that's truly an evil person. >> the kremlin says there is no evidence against the syrian government. a lot to talk about with president putin when i sit down with him for a one-on-one interview in st. petersburg tomorrow, the first time he sat with an american journalist since the appointment of that special council to look into allegations of russian interference in our election. >> and don't miss that exclusive interview with russian president vladamir putin during the premier of megan's show, sunday night with megyn kelly. that is sunday at 7:00 p.m. eastern, 6:00 central here on nbc. >>> ahead new video of tiger woods' encounter with police, plus the war horse saying good-bye to the uss independence. finally the search is over. drug-free aleve direct therapy®. a tens device with high intensity power that uses technology once only available

president trump praised mr. putin. >> i respect putin. he's a strong leader. >> reporter: he's also criticized him for continuing to support the syrian regime after it launched a deadly chemical attack. >> putin is backing a person that's truly an evil person. >> reporter: the kremlin says there is no evidence against the syrian government. this is just steps away from the grand jury of st. petersburg and boyhood home of vladimir putin. we asked people here what do they think of america? >> it's a good country. >> russia and u.s., they should be big partners. >> reporter: what do you think president putin wants? >> right now, his only goal is to stay in power. >> it is the best president we have ever had. >> reporter: and their thoughts on president trump. >> he is for a friendly relationship with russia. putin is facing a critical question, how will he deal with america's new commander in chief. a lot to talk about with president putin when i sit down with him for a one on one interview here in st. peter s burg tomorros burg tob. this wi

here i don't know how he will fold that kind of attitude if you will into his upcoming meeting with mr putin i think i think because of the political pressure he feels here at home he's got to show he's not a patsy he's not putin's puppet so i think that all goes into his calculations you think it'll go well next month. i really don't know there were there have been reports or fights within the administration about should it be a subject of beauty or just a side bar handshake or something like that and that mr trump wanted to have a substantive bt i think they will get one and i hope they will especially with the developments in mosul in iraq we are looking at some kind of end game here with regard to isis held territory we need to figure out where we're going here and not have a conflict love each other or hate each other there's got to be some sort of cooperation in syria at this point right i agree thank you so much jim jatra former u.s. diplomat thank you. all right that is the news tonight i am military and that he and for add at will be back next week follow me on twitter at manila cha

putin's skills as a strong leader. but as we first reported in march, what mr. p doesn't talk about is the unfortunate fate that stalks some of putin's most prominent critics. they have been victims of unsolved shootings, suspicious suicides and poisonings. tonight, the story of one of them. vladimir kara-murza was an opposition activist on the front lines, protesting putin's policies, organizing demonstrations and town hall meetings. he knew he was on a dangerous mission. when we met him last year, he told us that one day in may, 2015, he learned just how dangerous. >> vladimir kara-murza: i was in a work meeting with my colleagues in moscow, when i suddenly started to feel really sick. and i went, within about 20 minutes, from feeling completely normal to feeling like a very sick man. then, i don't remember anything for the next month. >> stahl: you were out for a month? >> vladimir kara-murza: i was in a coma for a week, and i don't remember anything for a month, and had basically a cascade of all my major life organs failing, one after another; just switching

republic's statements made by a secretary johnson but they did take action so when president obama told mr. putin we knew they were taking measures so if you are president of the united states you are well within your rights to tell putin we think he is doing. it is no good if you collect that and though you said. >> if you don't want that to see the light of day. >>. >> this is monday morning quarterbacking but if you go back and look the american people deserve to know what is happening clearly after ringing the village bell we should've had a response that was painful to the russians and by a covert means i don't want to micromanage the mia testimony clearly shows that president trump has taken no action at whatsoever. >> but the description in that you gave that the obama administration does not take significant action. >> the obama administration ensure taken more action and that has implications for europe. >> but what should have been done with a commander in chief?. >> many have said this is the crime of the century if it is conducted by intelligence agencies we know russian intelligence

you are aware that president obama talked to mr. putin about that, are you not, in the sum irof 2016? ambassador burns: that's what the news reports say. i also know the obama administration briefed the eight senior members of congress early on. there were public statements made by jeh johnson on october 7. they did take action. it's not as if the obama administration just was silent on this issue. senator risch: indeed, when mr. -- when president obama told mr. putin that we knew that they were taking active measures, that was a class -- that was classified information, was it not? ambassador burns: i think if you are the president of the united states, and you're trying to deliver a stiff diplomatic mission, you are well -- that's the object of the conversation. senator risch: couldn't agree more. that's the purpose of classified information. no good if you collect it and don't use it. ambassador burns: not always. sometimes you don't want that information to see the light of day. senator risch: what else should president obama have don

. >> can you be sure that what happened to you was directed by mr. putin?ell, of that i have no idea. i don't know the precise circumstances. i don't know the who or the how. but i do know why. >> [ speaking russian ]. >> reporter: in recent years quite a few of putin's e have perished by swallowing things they shouldn't have. in 2006 russian spy turned kremlin critic alexander lit vin enko drank tea laced with polonium 210. two years earlier the ukrainian politician victor yurchenko had somehow ingested dioxin. he survived but was disfigured. but what would the motive be in the casef othe critic vladimir karamerza? cambridge educated, he was for years a washington-based reporter for a russian tv station. so he was well connected and had perfect english, which he used to incessantly criticize the regime on the international stage. >> a government that is based on genuine support does not need to jail its opponents. >> reporter: as if 'tis outspokenness wasn't enough to anger the kremlin, he made matters worse for himself when he joined forces with this man.

intelligence has concluded mr. putin himself ordered the disruption of the election. gardless, president putin said the u.s. should be the last country to accuse russia of meddling. translar: i will tell you something that you probably already know. i don't want to hurt anyone's feelings, but the united states everywhere all over the world actively interferes with electoral campaigns of other countries. put your finger anywhere on a map of the world, and everywhere you will hear complaints that american officials are interfering in internal electoral processes. with respect, that sounds like a justification. >> it doesn't sound like a justification. it sounds like a statement of fact. every action has an equal and opposite reaction. but i repeat. we don't have to do that. presidents come and go, and even the parties in power change, but the main political direction does not change. that's why, in the grand scheme of things, we don't know who is the head of the united states. we know more or less what is going to happen. and snow this regard, even if we wanted to, it wo

sometime in that period, i ran into mr. putin.d to him about the snowden affair any told me his version of it which is in the film. interesting. from that grew a warmer relationship. i think he knew my work of the untold history of the united states which was shown in russia. interesting. from that grew a warmer very successful. he knew some of my work as a filmmaker. we asked for a longer interview. it started like that. it was sort of a loosey-goosey arrangement. he liked it and wanted to continue, we would continue. charlie: there has been criticism to not challenging enough, all of those things. you must have a point of view on that because you chose a technique that you thought would be the most effective in accomplishing your goals. oliver: when you see somebody for 20 hours in front of a camera, you know, you do see character. you get the sense of the person. did overe questions i that time, you have to realize i am listening, i'm watching. i was not arguing the issues with him. the issues he knows his way and the americans

>> president obama. >> he was aware this was going on and he talked to mr. putin about that. >> you heard my a testament about president obama i had great respect for him to give him the benefit live hindsight should have acted to be transparent with the american people but he did take action but donald trump is now investigating and taking no action. >> i'm talking about somebody who could have done something you are aware they talk to mr. putin about that ?. >> also the obama administration brief to the of congress there republic's statements made by a secretary johnson but they did take action so when president obama told mr. putin we knew they were taking measures so if you are president of the united states you are well within your rights to tell putin we think he is doing. it is no good if you collect that and though you said. >> if you don't want that to see the light of day. >>. >> this is monday morning quarterbacking but if you go back and look the american people deserve to know what is happening clearly after ringing the village bell we should've had a

mr. putin's support of the assad regime. in january of this year, senator mccain and i introduced legislation that would have imposed new sanctions on russia because of these activities. we wanted to make sure this was bipartisan and we had 18 senators who cosponsored the bill with us, ten democrats, ten republicans, to make it clear that this is not an attack on one administration. this is america and we have to be together in a strong -- in a strong message against the putin regime. that bill included sanctions on cyber activities, it included sanctions on its ukrainian activities and it included sanctions in regards to their seern activities -- syrian activities. the legislation incorporated what has been known as the democracy initiative that provided ways to provide a more unified front with our european allies in defending against the cyber attack that's we saw coming from russia. at the same time senator graham filed, with my cosponsorship, a bill that would require a congressional review before the president could gi

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with mr. putin, i felt like i was keeping him interested.m think about everything across the board. about what is going on in the world today. i think he said some very pregnant things about the united states and about russia. he was always hopeful about bringing it back together again. we could be partners against terrorism. we could be partners in space. charlie: does he believe that? oliver: yes. in syria, he was most effective with his bombing campaign. it was short and brutal against isis. charlie: that is simply not -- oliver: obama had been bombing there for four years. charlie: oliver, it was short and brutal against the opponents of assad. he told me "i'm going in there to prop up the guy." we are supporting it was not short and brutal against isis. -- the guy we are supporting." it was not short and brutal against isis purity cannot work onisis, they did not turn isis until late in the game. he cannot walk away from committee without seeing how vladimir putin sees the world. make the point doesn't mean anything is wrong with it. th

a lot of cloak and dagger but no fire with the smoke so far. >> well, with respect to mr. putin be a communist. so he's not really trustworthy one way or another. but when it comes down whose helped putin are the anonymous sources who are blown up our intelligence operations with respect to spying on him and figuring out what his people are doing and saying and talking about. now that we know we're doing that and who knows ended as a result of our intelligence gathering as a result of these illegal leaks designed to take down president trump. in order to do so, they're helping president putin by making it harder for us to figure out what he's up to. charles: so, jean wab how confident are you that we will ultimately get to the bottom of this? listen, conventional wisdom says that russia medalled in our elections. but it feels to me that the larger legal issue revolves around the unmasking and leaking of names. and then to tom's point also making it harder to make any kind of intelligence surveillance of vladimir putin in the future. >> i think that russia has always and probably

hee should not have whistlebrown, and should have resigned in principle, on the principle, like mr. putin did when he resigned from the k.g.b.? >> mason: th "the putin interviews" will begin airing monday june 12 on showtime, a division of cbs. in the philippines, police initially said no one was seriously wounded in an attack yesterday at the resort world casino in manila. they later found at least 37 dead, apparently from smoke inhalation. authorities say the gunmen set fires before taking his life. isis is claiming responsibility, but police say it was a botched robbery. comedian kathy griffin apologized again today for a photo showing her holding a mock-up of president trump's bloody head. griffin says she's getting death threats, is under investigation by the secret service, and she said the president is trying to ruin her life. >> he broke me. he broke me. and then i was like, "no, this isn't right! it's just not right!" and i apologized because that was the right thing to do and i meant it. >> mason: griffin has had several performances canceled, and she lost her job cohosting cnn'

senate said to mr. putin, in no uncertain terms, that when he violates international norms and interferes with our election, he will not escape reproach. not only did we pass a new round of tough sanctions for russia's meddling in our election, we codified existing sanctions into law, making them harder to lift, and we moved to make the congress, not the president, the final arbiter of sanctions relief when necessary. any idea of the president that he can lift sanctions on his own for whatever reason are dashed by this legislation. the house of representatives should take notice that 97 senators voted in favor of this package, and i hope that leader ryan will move with the same haste to pass this package of sanctions through the house. i hope the president will sign it. the months-long effort to forge a bipartisan consensus on russia sanctions, an issue that gets to the vital interests of our country, to the wellsprings of our democracy, gives me hope that democrats and republicans can come together and work

any relationship between reality and mr. putin is just pure coincidence, isn't it? ce or less, depends on how you look at it. lou: a lot of people were starting to talk favorably about vladimir putin in those days. when we decided to make him into the villain of the piece, it was not the thing to do. as a matter of fact remember mitt romney and all the characters who said russia is the greatest threat, they were dismissed. but the truth is russia has been a preeminent threat. there are 1,700 nuclear warheads in the possession of the russians and ready at his order to be launched. it is extraordinary to think of what destructive power is at his command. >> he made no secret of the fact he's interested in resurrecting the soviet empire. one of the keys to that would be taking some of the baltic states. and when we looked at a map where we were with trying decide what would be -- and talking to some of your friends it in, what would be one of his objectives, is stone yeah was one that -- is stone yeah was estonis is one that stuck out. it represents the bridge to all of

mr. putin, a great, solid person. mr. macron is very vertical.aight in terms of what he wants. in my mind, as i remember, he was one of the ministers in the previous administration who was against the sanctions. i believe we will see a real negotiation, a real kind of work between russian government and french government in that respect. russia and france have a long history of working together, business relationships. so i believe we'll see a good result out of this. >> irrespective of the fact that the sanctions have not been formally removed, you see their impact as being gradually relaxed because european businesses want to get on with doing business with phosagro and with russia at large? >> not only just with phosagro, but the whole of russia. look at this forum, it's a bunch of new investors or old investors who came here, ceos of big funds, a lot of representatives of sovereign -- foreign solve esovereign funds. everybody understands russia today is quite stable. in terms of the economy and the market, there's a perception that we will be

boilerplate russian talk they don't even know this talk i've never seen it in the us an explanation from mr putin's point of view of the crimea of ukraine i've never seen it so don't talk to me about boilerplate this is anyway the west is very divided as you know they would hate me i'm just a mess dr don't i don't take an opinion i don't take stands i'm i'm i'm able enable to shoot this documentary because of my reputation because i do think we we had a good dance we had a good dance and i think over two years. and twenty hours of interview time that's quite a bit and i think the camera doesn't lie i think the camera tells you things in body language body language i guess that you can't quite feel sometimes from just words so yes christian and oliver stone how to dance together as he said he did a k. to two years of his life to make him departing interviews as he's called it is a series which in total loss for always made up from an incredible twenty always a footage with the russian president it's already been released and president putin has been so titled so that viewers can hear the intonation

big show in noise to make them look tough and effective maybe advance of mr trump's meeting with mr putin at the g twenty. next number on the cover video has been released this time revealing attitude seems at c.n.n. towards russia latest always again at least amongst a few this time one of the american news channel political commentators seems to strike it all off but what do you think's going to happen this weekend with all russia. that's going to be nothing really i that is the second video in as many days from investigative journalism group project veritas with more on this latest one that has colored mopin. yet another leak related to c.n.n. from james o'keefe and project vera toph's that was van jones who briefly served in the obama administration and is now a commentator for c.n.n. in the clip he says that the the russia thing is a nothing burger now it's important to be clear here we don't exactly know what he's referring to about the russia thing could be the russian investigation could be the allegations about trump the context of the clip is not exactly clear who this leak come