i think mr. putinis continuing to provide those things that allow the conflict to simmer in the southeastern part of ukraine. and why would he do that? i think what he's demonstrated is he can destabilize and keep the situation unstable in the southeast. why would he do that? if the situation is unstable in the southeast. this discourages foreign investment. it keeps the ukrainian forces in the field, which is a cost and a burden to the government and if te keeps the situation in southeast ukraine unstable and continues to demonstrate to the people of the rest of greater ukraine that the government can't influence or retain control of this area, so all of this is e destabilizing and not help tofl a government that needs to get on with reform. that needs to get on with economic recovery, that needs to encourage international investment, et cetera, et cetera, and a warm conflict in ukraine is detriment to all of those possibilities. >> do you think nato is eventually going to get okay with the idea of ju

mr. putin's activities in ukraine before he meets with mr. putin kind of as a rallying call or conversation? >> well, i certainly wouldn't rule out any consultations with prime minister cameron. in fact if you stick around today, we may have a little news in that regard. but the -- there you go. and i think this sort of reflects the kind of enter na international consensus there is about russia's destabilizing behavior inside of ukraine and concerns about russia's intent when it comes to the use of their military inside of syria. again, russia is rating from a position of weakness in confronting challenges in both those countries. but they have taken steps that we believe in both situations are counter row dubt difference when it comes to both their issues but also the broader community's interests. we believe there is a collective interest. and we believe it's in russia's interests to observe those international norms. instead they have flouted them for more than a year now and that has been a source of concern on the part of the united state

mr. putin's erotic move in syria? is it a ploy to save -- what is driving mr. n's said in move in syria -- sudden move in syria? pressurery least, argued that these airstrikes were requested in writing by the syrian government. beforea has announced fightingparty who was terrorism could send an army in cooperation with the syrian government. >> the question is, what did the russians hit in this destruction? moscow claims these were is facilities. the pentagon says that their information suggested no were present. syrian opposition leaders claimed that their forces and civilians were hit. the kremlin rejected the deliberate distortion. is clear that they named a target nowhere near major is centers in the north. syria is being dangerously crowded with airstrikes. the u.s. coalition was bombarding is strongholds near a lego. two separate campaigns with a minimal coordination, increasing danger for all in an already volatile conflict. >> the result of this kind of action, it will, inevitably, simply be to inflame the civil war in syria. what is puzzling is how mr.

petersburg-- and mr. putin. >> and so it was money that was being laundered in germany. >> laundered in germany through investments in real estate. >> narrator: putin had been on spag's advisory board since 1992 and had a close relationship to one of its principals. he only stepped aside when he became president. but when german police moved in to raid spag's offices, they discovered they had a problem. >> it was a political affair. they must inform at this time chancellor gerhard schroeder. so it's the first time, i think, that about a normal investigation from a prosecutor in a small town in germany, mr. schroeder get informed of, would like to be informed about this investigation. why he would like to be informed? because... putin. it was so high-level. >> narrator: to this day, gerhard schroeder and vladimir putin are close friends who celebrate birthdays together. >> what happened to the investigation in the end? >> it finished without any result. >> narrator: schroeder has never publicly addressed the cas

francine: mr. putineat lengths to try and appear like he is restoring a relationship with mr. obama. will he bite? crispin: i think the u.s. president will want to take what he wants out of it and make clear what the dividing lines are. making clear that there are areas of risk you cannot compromise. not least on ukraine. francine: will that be interpreted as successor vladimir putin? -- as a success for vladimir putin? crispin: interpreted by whom? the russian media? i think everything is. interpreted by western powers? i think there will be concerns ist he has made a point that heard by rather more governments at the u.n. than they would like. theink we will see over next few days, weeks a sort of counterargument and a number of different capitals. it begins when he needs angela merkel. francine: will they talk about china? is the question -- will you see a bit of a rapprochement between the u.s. and the infrastructure bank which caused such a headache in the last couple months? does that have an impac

i think mr. putinis continuing to provide those things that allow the conflict to simmer in the southeastern part of ukraine. and why would he do that? i think what he's demonstrated is he can destabilize and keep the situation unstable in the southeast. why would he do that? if the situation is unstable in the southeast. this discourages foreign investment. it keeps the ukrainian forces in the field, which is a cost and a burden to the government and if te keeps the situation in southeast ukraine unstable and continues to demonstrate to the people of the rest of greater ukraine that the government can't influence or retain control of this area, so all of this is e destabilizing and not help tofl a government that needs to get on with reform. that needs to get on with economic recovery, that needs to encourage international investment, et cetera, et cetera, and a warm conflict in ukraine is detriment to all of those possibilities. >> do you think nato is eventually going to get okay with the idea of ju

mr. putinussia. >> what about the internal split in ukrainian government where far-right groups are opposing giving the provinces more autonomy. because things turned ugly outside of parliament and three officers were killed. >> this shows the depth of political feelings that are going to be associated with the changes to the constitution that have been agreed to in principal, in the minsk ceasefire agreement. the problem is that the ceasefire agreement mixes two things. it mixes the actual ceasefire, which is barely holding as you have indicated, with political steps that take some time, take some effort, take some political compromise, and are causing great unrest and great discomfort in ukraine. so these debates on how to change the constitution, need to take place, of course take place peacefully, and there's no excuse for the violence that we saw today and yesterday, but they need to take place. at the same time, the ceasefire needs to be adhered to. so the ceasefire needs to be separated

will see a consensus among the republican candidates we need to make sure that we stand up against mr. putinmr. assad, and isis. expect to seenot divisions over national security and rusher in particular? >> i think everyone will be trying to beat up on the president and say that it is his weakness that has caused mr. putin to do what he is doing in syria. and that the solution is to be strong and the reassertion of american's drink -- of american strength. laura: you're watching "bbc world news america." still to come on tonight's program, racing to contain the wildfires in california. with thousands of homes under threat, firefighters are working around the clock. incoming prime minister has assured the country's government remains strong despite the internal -- internal party coup that brought him to power. >> politics are rarely dull and often ruthless. the new man at the top is a former investment banker. his late night ambush of tony abbott was unexpected. >> australia's prime minister. and a former lawyer businessman is expected over time to announce bolder policies to combat climate

trudeau it was going to do with mr. putin. mr. trudeau, you can't even stand up to stephen harper on c-51. how are you going to stand up to putin? [laughter] mr. harper toxic good game with regard to getting with mr. putin, but the fact is that the are two people, yakunin and sechin, who are on the list of some of our closest allies, including the americans. mr. harper has refused to put them on the list of sanctions for candidate. candidate. you know why? because they got important dealings in canada. he's going to tell cisco localist anybody else. that's like saying that paul is on pugilist in which he which is but not that much of that. the rest of the people don't matter much but these two count. yakunin and sechin should be on canada's sanctions list. they are not because mr. harper toxic good game about getting with putin, but two of his closest buddies are not being sanctioned because of their canadian connections. mr. harper is protecting them instead of sanctioning them. >> in fact has already admitted can has by far the l

mr. putin: you are right. charlie: are you prepared to in syria?iran mr. l work with anyone to build a word that is free of isil. charlie: let's start with putin. john: there are not many journalists who have got to sit across from putin. charlie: not only broadcaster from the west that i know of from 7-8 years. john: and extraordinary length. charlie: we spoke for an hour and 45 minutes. then he invited me to have a cup of tea. the tea went into appetizers, appetizers went into dinner. [laughter] there was no vodka. no caviar either, by the way. john: let me ask you this question -- you looked into his eyes, like george w. bush, who said he saw his soul -- what is he like? charlie: he's the man who was a leader of a country that he loves. he calls it the fatherland. affected by the collapse of the soviet empire. he said as much. he called the greater disaster of the 20th century. he is not out to restore the soviet empire. in my judgment of what he said to me. to try to make sure that russia is heard and respected and that it plays a role. i think in syria

obama will have an opportunity to discuss these issues with mr. putin when they sit down on the sidelines of the ga on monday for the first time in more than a year. putin is on a whistle stop trip spending less than a full day in new york to attend the u.n. general assembly. what are russia's true intentions regarding syria? putin said he wants a diplomatic resolution to the situation. >> translator: in this case we act based on arequest from the syrian government to provide military and technical assistance. which we're delivering under entirely legal international contracts. >> reporter: al jazeera asked the european federation chief frederica mogherini if she knew what was happening. last time he spoke with him was his fear of the complete collapse of the state structures in syria. this could be one of the reasons why russia is aking in thi actiy but it could also be a willingness to show the fact that russia is an important substantial player in this crisis. >> reporter: meanwhile expect iran's president rouhani to bring this up, he may also mentio

what will you listen for this morning from mr. putin and mr. obama? >> mr. putin and mr. discussing syria and isis and also the ukraine. the u.s. is definitely not on common ground. the u.s. and russia will be diverting -- diverging quite strongly on islamic state. supports looking to their strongman, bashar al-assad, in syria, because they have all kinds of assets, military assets. obama is looking to sideline bashar assad, who is a brutal dictator, responsible for 300,000 deaths in syria. i must go to barry eichengreen. when we see the merger news this morning, away from globalizing and capital fetters. you could write a new book called "the great distortion," and all that michael mckee and i do with is distortion. where does the great distortion with monetary politics and market distortion end? when the u.s. economy finds its footing. that may be the beginning of the end, as it were. michael: as the fed is supposed to raise rates, markets expect additional stimulus. it does not seem to matter where the cash is coming from these days. i think the markets are right, that

however, mr. putin doesn't bring that much to the table. what he brings is a record of lying to us. >> what about bringing assad to our side, choosing sides like we did in world war ii. we don't like assad, but we need to get rid of isis. is the president likely to do that? >> the president is coming to accept the reality that if assad leaves too quickly, you have chaos and every likelihood the worst people in syria will take over. the problem with what's just happened is that putin's embrace of assad and iran is almost a guarantee that isis will keep fighting. if you wanted to give the extremists a reason to fight to the last -- >> because they are sunnis? >> because they are sunnis and they hate the russians, they hate the persians, the iranians. this has a sectarian quality. the addition of russian power will make the jihadists all the more angry. is the u.s. going to embrace that? it's hard for me to imagine. the only way this is a good thing, i think, is if putin sees that now that he's in it, the only way to get something out of it is

. >>> let's take i live to moscow there we have mr. putin attending the reopening of the moscow central mosque, sitting next to him and also attending is the palestine authority president mahmoud a boss, that is the mosque you can see there. are brand-new, built. it was originally built in 1904, also attending is turkey erdog erdogan. it was demolished for a number of reasons, one of the official reasons given was that it was in dire need of repair. but significant real that i mr. putin will be attending this reopening on the eve of eid. peter sharp is in moscow and we spoke to him earlier. >> reporter: it's been described as one of the biggest mosques in europe. it can handle more than 10,000 worshipers. it's taken 10 years to build. there has always been a mosque here but the old mosque was detroit on september 11th, 2012 and the building started shortly after that. it cost $170 million, not from russian state funds, these are funds that were raised by muslim communities right across the world. but it still won't solve the problem of findi

and as you recall the summit meeting that mr. putin and mr.ama were to have on the sidelines of the chief when meeting, or actually were in moscow right out of the meeting in st. petersburg, that was canceled. over the course of the last 20 years, nuclear weapons have come to assume a much larger role in the overall strategic posture for moscow. i do think the reverse is true for us your one problem i think we face, a larger, sort of general way, mr. kennedy strategic mismatch. it's a greater extent today which existed during the cold war period, especially the latter cold war period. but secondly and over the last 15 years, whatever trust vladimir putin had towards the united states, particularly the united states, has evaporated. and even worse, his whole domestic, political consolidation is much more dependent upon anti-americanism. it is the principle problem i think in his political legitimacy authority building strategy with the russian public. and so we just heard this over the past several years this growing chorus of we are the enemy.

and as you recall, the summit meeting that mr. putin and mr. obama were to have on the side lines of the g-20 meeting, or actually in moscow after the g-20 meeting in st. petersburg, that was canceled. now over the course of the last 20 years, nuclear weapons have come to assume a much larger role in the overall strategic posture for moscow. and i think the reverse is true for us. and so one problem i think we face, and in a larger sort of a general way, is there is kind of a strategic mismatch. to a greater extent today than that which existed during the cold war period, especially the latter cold war period. but secondly, and over the last 15 years, whatever trust vladimir putin had towards the united states, particularly the united states, has evaporated. and even worse, his whole domestic, political consolidation is much more dependent upon anti-americanism. it is the principle prop, i think, in his political legitimacy, authority-building strategy with the russian public. and so we've just heard this over the past several years, this growi

short sighted and cynical mr. putin has a plan and mr. obama does not. we'll talk to the analyst. who has the solution for syria? >> at least putin has a plan and obama doesn't. usually a plan beats no plan? putin's plan is that he has a new coalition. russia, iran/iraq and syria and others. you saw the british prime minister. >> that was a strong statement saying russia has to have a role here and supportive of putin. >> president obama said my plan is working and get rid of assad. putin gets up. assad will stay and this is what we will do. increasingly they are looking for putin to solve the problem. is he successful? only time will tell. and if he is successful and defeat isis and have a mange role for russia putin is the new king maker. >> he gains further legitimacy. and speaking from a perspective of an advisor. when you see it prioritizes and going after isis and assad, what should that be a priority? >> who is your enemy. everybody is everybody got enemy. enemy of my enemy is my friend and only for a while. putin thinks that the biggest rallying cry is to defeat isis. that'

obama and mr. putin toasted. but there was a metaphor in the disconnect between the two leaders when mr. putin took a call at the table. ings obama chastised his conduct in syria. >> they threat ton pull us back into a different world. >> where might equals right in foreign affairs. >> we should support tyrants like bashar al-assad who drops barrel bombs to massacre innocent children because the alternative is surely work. >> reporter: still, mr. obama said he would work with russia and iran to try to find a seclusion in syria. later, the two met face to face for first time in over a year. both leaders ignored reporters' shouted questions. white house officials insisted ukraine would be the primary topic of the meeting, putin trying to change the subject with his action necessary syria. but a year after the crisis began, russia is still there. mr. puti obama vowed to keep sanctions on russia. >> if that happens without consequence in ukraine it could happen to any nation gathered here today. >> reporter: and anto

showed himself to not be precisely friendly. >> you hit the nail on the end really because what mr. putin was trying to do was not find a solution to isis. no he was trying to reset the global image that he's got right now. also trying to reboot the relationship that he's got with the u.s. maybe. do you think there's really going to be a major reset of that relationship? >> well, look, i think we're in a very difficult position. we have presidential elections coming up here in about a year and a half vladimir putin knows that he, essentially, at this point has free reign. the united states hasn't pushed back much on ukraine. there's been sanctions certainly but we haven't pushed back in a way that we could have. we also haven't done much in syria. the red line that was so infamous just a couple of years ago, it's now, i think, exceedingly clear that the united states doesn't really intend to do much in the region and to my mind, we have essentially abdecated our role in this conflict. so we'll see where these things go but i'm not terribly hopeful that we're going to have much of anything

where is the policy construct forward to help mr. putin? jacob: mr. selves first and foremost, and only then help will come from the rest of the world. the issue is that too much of too many countries have asked ?hemselves -- how can i be safe from travel? tom: these are the ghosts of 1998. vonnie: how do you see it play out? will it play out through currencies? will we see a collapse in government bonds? jacob: 1998, 1997, the asian crisis, and 98, russia defaults, emerging markets crisis,. . had some important, good consequences. many of the emerging markets, and particularly latin america and also in the asian region, have improved their policymaking. their fiscal situation is so much better, but we should also recognize that when you speak there aren america, the better countries in the worst countries. and i feel that today markets are much better judges about what constitutes good policy and bad policy. whatever venezuela will do now with oil will not save these bad policies. tom: all right, jacob frenkel with us with jpmorgan international. our

it's a tool for negotiation, it's a sign of good intention, and as mr. putin tries to pretty other countries ipersuade othere east to join his coalition against i.s.i.l. peter sharp, al jazeera, moscow. >>> coup leader from burkina faso says he regretted the people admitting he didn't have the support of the people. nicholas stark reports from ouagadougo. >> presidential guards are no longer in charge and no longer visible in the capital. life is slowly returning to normal with shops closed for a week, ali is trying to stock up on basic necessities. >> we mope peace is going to last. we have come out to buy things. for us this is a cause ever celebration. >> after being held hostage by the coup leaders for a week, burkina faso interim leader appears. >> ends to all correctly presidential election for a new burkina faso. >> but can he do so with coup leader general dendarse still in charge of the presidential guards. behind closed doors negotiations still continue between the coup leader and the army. but without michel kafando. general jendari in a statement s

obama and mr. putin.uphemism which makes a lot of people feel good because it remind them of more predictable times. i think the truth is the conflicts are so much more complex and so are the sides involved in them that cold war is actually an oversimplification of an increasingly difficult situation. >> and we saw president putin seize the agenda on the subject of syria and throw the united states off balance, but at least the two sides are talking. that's what some people are saying. how likely is it that they will work together to fight isis, or is this simply a game of one upmanship? >> well, there's no alternative to working together against isis. look, the west and the united states has tried -- have tried everything they could. nothing has worked so far. we have high ranking american officials admitting that of the 60 or so trainees, only four or five are fighting in the field. this is a disaster, what's going on across the middle east. so the russians have now inserted themselves directly into thi

as mr. putin tries to persuade other countries in the middle east to join his coalition against the common enemy, isil. . >>> thousands are gathering in sady saudi arabia. the followers of islam must be together through a set of rituals around mecca. more than two million people will take part. the rituals last on tuesday. on wednesday, they praise god and ask for forgiveness. >> it is the essence of pilgrim. they will have it validated. this is considered the pillar. we have about two million pilgrims gathered here. they will be asking god for forgiveness, blessings. by the end of the day, around sunset, the pilgrims will leave and they will continue their rituals. having two million people in once place poises a security threat. they have deployed more than 50,000 security troops to secure the area in other areas which they consider the rituals of this. they have a health hazard, you have two million people and you need to deploy a lot of medics, about 15,000 medical teams are deployed to help.

but on monday, mr. putin was quick to lay out his view of how to handle the concert in syria, a view that is different from the u.s. oliver farry explains. putin calledmir on international coalition to combat the islamic state group. the coalition would work closely with bashar al-assad's government. >> uniting efforts against the new problems we face will create a real, broad, antiterrorist correlation -- anti-terror coalition. those who are bravely fighting terror, face-to-face. >> that is backed by iran. the u.s. is part of its own international coalition in syria but has now worked toward dislodging the syrian president while washington -- but while washington is continuing to soften its line, it is only willing to go so far. president obama: the united states is willing to work with any nation to resolve the conflict. but we must recognize there , anot be, after so much return to the prewar status quo. francois hollande said that the departure was a prerequisite to establishing lasting peace in syria. >>

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mr. putin's comments come as world leaders gather in new york for the general assembly. vladimir putin said that syrians and only syrians can decide the fate of their country. >> there's no other solution to the syrian crisis than strengthening the nextive government structures and rendering help fighting terrorism, but at the same time urging them to engage in positive dialogue with the rational opposition and conduct reform. >> some of the coalition partners want to see president assad go first before they will support. >> i'd like to recommend to them the following. they should send this message to the syrian people, it's only the syrian people who are entitled to decide who should govern their country and how. >> meanwhile, the president of france, francois hollande has been addressing the media at the u.n. he said the future of syria can't include bashar al assad. >> i am here in new york, together with my minister of foreign affairs. i will be meeting with all of the partners and stake holders on what is called the syrian conflict, a conflict that led to some 250,0

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to peter sharp, a lot of heads of muslim countries attending and the significance really is that mr. putinill be there. >> reporter: that's right. let me just step out of shot for a second and you can have a look at the mosque itself. it opens its doors today. one of the biddest mosques in europe, and finally opens after a decade of construction. it costs about $170 million, funded by private donations, not by the state. across the muslim world. but it actually won't solve the problems of overcrowding. now course only has five mosques and there are, believe it or not. nearly 2 million muslims in moscow. in moscow alone. and by 2050 half the population of russia will be muslims. the new mosque is really a vehicle for russia that helps russia position itself in the middle east at a time when it's military foot print in syria is growing. now of course this morning it's religious ceremony this afternoon it will be the political agenda as you said the president of turkey and the palestinians are here and will be meeting with vladimir putin. >>> pete are sharp in moscow, thank you very much. and

mr. putin calling it very good. >>> some showers moving in and they're going to stick around for a while. meteorologist lee goldberg tracking it in the weather center. >> we now have tropical storm joaquin in the atlanta, likely impact our area later in the week. meanwhile, couple sprinkles out there right now. just the beginning. we're still very warm but lots of changes in accuweather coming up. >>> plus, crashing down. heavy equipment >>> dramatic and exclusive surveillance video shows an incredibly close call in midtown manhattan. take a look again. pedestrians were near ly hit as a driver tipped over on west 30th near 6th avenue. the vehicle fell over while trying to get in to a construction site. it fell in to an unoccupied nypd van. fortunately no one was hurt. >>> lane shut downs on the george washington bridge as an aging span gets much needed repairs. new york bound lanes on the lower level are shut down until 5:00 tomorrow morning. workers are removing temporary construction platform

mr. donald trump will most likely meet with vladimir putin later this month. gop debate this week mr. trump said he would get along with mr. putin. >> i would talk to him, get along with him, and i may be wrong, but i would get along with a lot of the world leaders this country is not getting along with. liz: what would it look like and what it even happened? let's take it to you. what do you make of this? >> who knows if he will get a meeting. this is obviously just another tactic to present himself as the most viable candidate and leader. this romance makes total sense. i can see them riding horses bare chested together. is it that sensible to think that we want our president to get along with a leader who is building military bases in syria and wants to replace us there? liz: has putin ever met with any us presidential candidate on either side of the aisle? >> not that i can recall. i don't recall him meeting with mitt romney the last go-round. he had meetings with john mccain but not specifically in the capacity of the gop nomination. i think it would be a

mr. putin, i would think is, okay, what are your intentions? what are you going to do? why are the troops there? what's going to happen next? that's not offensive position to be in going into the talks. >> one thing that we haven't been able to get extreme clarity on is the fact of whether or not russia called for the meeting or whether the u.s. called for the meeting. we know that both people are going to be showing up for this meeting. we'll find out on the back end here of what they have to say. i know you have spoken to arab diplomats about the situation that get a reaction. we've heard from both men at the u.n. what are you hearing? >> one issue that constantly comes up when you talk to arab diplomats has been about the lack of u.s. leadership in tackling the issue of the assad regime. you speak to turkish officials and they wanted more u.s. involvement with issues like imposing a no fly zone over the northern part of the country, to try and neutralize the air power the assad regime has. y

new militia, as a shell of the coast, not succeed very much, and i think it's a good reason for mr. putin to send troops in latakia because there is a fear that latakia fall in the arm of the rebels because the syrian army is clearly unable alone to protect latakia. and damascus homes are protected by the hezbollah, but iran, because it's strategically very important for the hezbollah and iran to be in indianapolis discuss to be close to the -- to be in the area of -- to protect what i call the hezbollah, and latakia is not so strategic for iran. it's not strategic for russia because military base in -- also russian navy and the international airport of latakia, and the russian want also to have submarine base [inaudible] -- and i think that mr. putin want to do in the syrian coast what the did in georgia, to have a foot in the region, and will not try to invade all of syria because it would be useless for him. probably it would like to help the syrian army to protect aleppo, because aleppo is completely surrounded by -- i don't know if you want to enter in the game with the kurdish. the

mr. putin's remarks to the united nations.and he readily admitted that russia had discarded the soviet union and this was a new situation. and they're back to what normal countries are -- should be judged by, not by standards that were established during the cold war when russia itself was being directed by an ideological zealous clique in the communist party, the same way radical islam is having such a major impact on islam. the radical islamists have that type of ability to impact on policies and large numbers of people through their violence. so, i really reject the idea that, well, putin is only down there and russians are only down there to help assad, their friend. although part of being a great country is making sure that when you make a deal with somebody, that you keep the deal even when it gets tough, and you don't leave your friends in a lurch after they've risked everything for you. and it seems that in the last few years the united states h has -- my colleague accidently indicated, the united states -- yeah, some

do you believe putin believes that? what -- mr. believes is the best question to ask him. we've seen that all of our guesses have been wrong on his foreign policy moves. i do believe president obama was alinn. in t we need more visible presence. nato is struggling right now. five intoput article meaning in the 21st century, it is not only about purely military but it addresses hybrid risks. work that is ongoing. alls not easy to define kinds of hybrid elements or hybrid threats that one can experience. how is the continent going to come together? the response so far is fractured and not nearly enough. mr. rinkevics: i do believe that the refugee crisis and how we are going to solve this is one of the defining moments. the threat has been very membernt opinions among states, especially about so-called quote is an distribution. i do believe that at the end of .he day we come to agreements the overall development of the european union as we know it can be in danger. from your perspective, what needs to be done to stop the flow? do you

mr. putin air forces to go after his enemy. >> put this into context for us the entry now into syria as we know the u.s. is conduct these strikes in syria against isis. >> what we are talking primarily is again the defence of the outside regime. russia has seen mr. assad is in trouble. they have two major bases in syria. the naval base of khartoum, which is critically important for their various sea fleets. all of those things are important as an allie to mr. putin. she defending mr. assad as his allies. he is realizing there is a potential of him falling. he is bulking up a bit. from a standpoint of isis, mr. putin said he will go ever a the terrorist organization. we are talking for a potential alliance against the terrorists and beefing up of the assad regime. >> one. you talk about with potential there. although as you say moscow is going to defend its allie in the regime with syria. we know what the u.s. intentions are there. there is a potential for something catastrophic here if you have

i think that is what mr. putins repeating, the idea that the state structure in syria must not be destroyed but at the same time, a reasonable process of transition has to be worked out by all the powers in the area. amy: during his address to the u.n. general assembly, president obama said the coalition could have done more following the 2011 invasion of libya. let's go to a clip. >> were order has completely , but wewn, we must act will be stronger when we act together. it such efforts, the united states will always do our part. we will do so mindful of the lessons of the past, not just the lessons of iraq, but also the example of libya where we joined an international coalition under a u.n. mandate to prevent a slaughter. even as we helped the libyan people bring an end to the reign of a tyrant, our coalition could have and should have done more to fill a vacuum left behind. amy: can you respond to president obama, professor? >> well, amy, i don't want to argue with him about following because one ofe, the probl

i think mr. putin has called checkmate now on the united states in this power move into the region. >> it's not surprising they've worked out this intelligence cooperation with syria, support al assad's regime, or iran, for that matter what happen is surprising is that the iraqi government is part of this russian intelligence cooperation right now, despite all of the u.s. support, military equipment, economic aid and everything else the u.s. has done for iraq. are you surprised by that? >> not really. when i was in baghdad last may, meeting with the prime minister a week before ramadi fell, he told me they are relying completely on the shia militias to figisis. shia militias are a proxy of iran. iran is intent in moving into the region, into iraq to contro baghdad and it's again, been a complete fail our of foreign policy and completely withdrawing from the region that has allowed this power vacuum to exist, which i believe created isis, created this problem, and now most disturbing thing is that russi

it is a tool for negotiation, a sign of good intention as mr. putin tries to persuade other countries in the middle east to join his coalition against the common enemy, i.s.i.l. peter sharp, al jazeera, moscow. >> joining us is shere rvetionn, hunter. >> good to be here. >> until this mosque was finished some 2 million muslims only had three official places to worship. >> well, exactly. that is one of the reasons i remember that i visited in the either 2000s is old mosque. and you know, even that was a quite reasonably large place but still was not sufficient for increasing number of muslims some of whom that have come from the countries in central asia and the caucasus and so on. when you have the friday prayer people had to go and pray outside of the mosque. so this is a very you know a demand that many of moscow's muslims including the religious leadership had. and so this must be a very happy day for all of them. >> and vladimir putin sounded almost like president obama when speaking about islam today. now how much real meaning is there behind thi