still, kara-murza maintains that he was poisoned. >> vladimir kara-murza: i have absolutely no doubt this was a deliberate poisoning, that it was intended to kill. because, as i mentioned already, the doctors told my wife that it's about a 5% chance of survival. and when it's that kind of percentage, it's not to scare. it's to kill. >> stahl: can you be sure that what happened to you was directed by mr. putin? >> vladimir kara-murza: well, of that we have no idea. i don't know the precise circumstances, i don't know the who or the how, but i do know the why. >> stahl: in recent years, quite a few of putin's enemies hav perished by swallowing things they shouldn't have. in 2006, russian-spy-turned- kremlin-critic alexander litvinenko drank tea laced with polonium-210. two years earlier, the ukrainian politician viktor yushchenko had somehow ingested dioxin. he survived, but was disfigured. but what would the motive be in the case of the critic vladimir kara-murza? cambridge educated, he was for years a washington-based reporter for a russian tv station. so he was well-connected and ha

boris nemtsov was not only kara-murza's close friend, kara-murza was in russia at the time promoting a documentary he made on his friend. on boris nemtsov, the man shot dead on the bridge. he was touring the country promoting this documentary going from lecture to lecture. you've been on book tours, you know what it's like when you go from location to location. he was in a very hectic period and sometime during that period his doctor says he was given some sort of poison. he doesn't know when, he doesn't know where but he was promoting this documentary on another activist, a friend of his who's the godfather to one of his children and then in the middle of the morning, 4:30, 5:00 a.m. he says, he suddenly feel this is incredible pain, he shoots up out of bed, he can't breathe and within 15, 20 minutes, he can't even stand and his organs start collapsing. so look at the pattern. his friend was shot dead. he was poisoned some time while he's promoting a documentary about his friend. other activists in his circle have end up killed or injured so in his claim that there's a pattern that

russian activist vladimir kara-murza says he nearly died after the latest incident last month. he says what happened to him is an example of what the kremlin will do to silence critics. kara-murza says he wants help in fighting putin's government, but not in the form of political support. >> what we do ask for, the only thing, in fact, we ask for from our friends in the international community including the leaders of the democratic countries is that you're honest and open about what's happening in our country, that you recognize and call things for what they are and that you stay true to the values and principles of which your systems are based. >> kara-murza has now had two attempts on his life. the first was in 2015. last month's incident left him in a coma. doctors still don't know what was used to poison him. >>> the number of deaths involving pedestrians are soaring, and it appears cell phones are to blame. according to the governor's highway safety association, there were 6,000 pedestrian deaths last year. that, by the way, the highest in more than two decades. researche

drove off after the killings now being held without murder and burglary vladimir kara-murza says whatappen tmlin will do to silence critics. kara-murza says he wants help in fighting putin's olveitical support. >> wha thing, in fact, we our friends in the international community including the leaders of the countries is that you're honest and open about what's happening in our country, that you recognize and call things that youta attempts on his life, the first. according to the governor's highway association, tretrian d year. that by the way the highest in . researchers say the biggest factor is drivers and, of cours cell phones. >>> samsung is moving on after those disaro fires. it has unveiled its next flagship smartphone. it comes in two sizes. it has edge-to-edgeal recogniti is a virtual assistant and samsung says it gets more tests and inspections than previous ones to prevent battery problems like the note 7. ck a great grandmother lost in the wilderness for five days. turn r life and how she was saved. >>> plus, a man rescues cub. but he may have broken the law actually overn

. >> reporter: russian activist and outspoken putin critic, vladimir kara-murza is lucky to be alive. still recovering after someone about a month ago slipped him what his doctors describe as an unidentified toxic substance. in other words, poison. >> it was about 5:00 a.m. i woke up because my heart was racing. my heartbeat was just getting faster and faster. >> you woke up to this feeling. >> yeah. and then i started sweating really badly and feeling suddenly really weak. i don't think there are words to describe this. you know to describe how you feel when you're trying to breathe and you cannot. and when you just slowly feel your whole body just giving up, one organ after another. you feel like you feel like the life is going out of you. >> reporter: he knew immediately what was happening. because he says, it's the second time in two years he's been poisoned. >> as for the reason? this is what i really do have no doubt about. this is because of my involvement in the russian opposition. >> who do you think is responsible? >> i can only presume that this is, this was done by people

. >> kara-murza said he was poisoned in 2015. almost died, but recovered.s stricken again. investigators haven't proven that poison is the cause. his case is eerily similar it that of russian age gentle ex ander, he had been digging up information damaging to the kremlin. in a cold style operation in 2006 someone slipped the radio active substance, polonium, into his tea, which ultimately killed him. the british investigated. >> there were all sides represented. tons of evidence. on the basis of that evidence, british judge found that mr. putin is likely to have ordered this killing. >> vladimir kara-murza said he is especially concerned about new crack downs by the russian president. anti-corruption protesters in dozens of russian cities were rounded up sunday. among them, man whose ambitions to challenge putin in next year's presidential election are being stymied by his various arrests and dub yas charges. just last week putin critic and former russian lawmaker was gunned down in broad daylight in kiev and a lawyer for a russian whistleblower was badly i

in his first interview since emerging from a coma, vladimir kara-murza told nbc's richard engel whileporter: russian activist and outspoken putin critic vladimir kara-murza is lucky to be be alive still recovering after someone a month ago slipped him as what doctors describe as an unidentified tox ic substance, n other words, poison. >>ing a 5:00 no t . >> 5:00 in the morning, i woke up, my heart was beating fast. i felt suddenly really weak. i don't think there are words to describe this. you know, describe how you feel when you're trying to breathe and you cannot. and when you just slowly feel your whole body just giving up. one organ after another. you feel like, you know, you feel like the life is going out of you. >> reporter: he knew immediately what was happening because he says it's the second time in two years he's been poisoned. >> as for the reason, this is what i do have no doubt about, this is -- this is because of my involvement in the russian opposition. >> who do you think is responsible? >> i can only presume this is -- this was done by people with at least with conn

. >> this is vladimir kara-murza. he survived two poichs attempts, according to doctors.ach time he was given a 5% chance of survival. he doesn't know exactly when this toxin was administered to him. he says he was in russia at the time. he thinks he knows why. he says it's because of his outspoken work against the kremlin. in particular, he's come to the united states. he's been trying to convince lawmakers in this country to keep sanctions, not on the -- not against the russian people but against specific individuals in russia who have been accused of corruption, accused of human rights abuses. we spoke to him. he had just gotten out of a coma. this was a medically-induced coma. he's now being treated in the united states where his family feels that he's safer. >> and what else did he -- >> who do you think was responsible? >> given the sophistication of the poison, and it seems to be very sophisticated because, first of all, we don't know what it is. second of all, when it methodically shuts down all of your organs, one after another within a space of a few hours, that

kara-murza went before a senate subcommittee.on in russia including rigged elections and attacks against journalists. he also talked about two attempts on his life that he blames on the putin regime. >> i experienced a sudden onset of symptoms consistent with poisoning that led to a multiple organ failure and left me in a coma and on life support. >> the most recent incident was just last month when he said he was poisoned and he was poisoned, as well, in 2015. doctors still haven't been able to identify the chemical used in the most recent case. he was given a 5% chance of survival. >>> the senate committee looking into the russian interference in the election is holding its first hearing today. the panel's top republican and democratic appeared side by side and vowed to conduct an impartial investigation. but in the house intelligence chair, devin nunes still facing calls to recuse himself after meeting with a source on white house grounds. that investigation remained stalled, but nunes is scheduled to meet with the ranking dem

ladies and gentlemen, vladimir kara-murza. [applause] >> thank you. thank you so very much, and i want to think first of all the atlantic council for hosting and organizing this very important discussion and for the opportunity to participate in it. it. and i am especially honored and very, very humbled to be speaking after two such distinguished leaders on global democracy and human rights in the united states senate, from two different sides of the aisle, as it should be. and i want to take this opportunity to thank senator marco rubio and senator ben cardin for the work and for the commitment to the principles that are so often forgotten and overlooked in this age of realpolitik, but are so important to so many people. thank you. it seems that there should be little new to say about the state of human rights in russia. after 17 years of vladimir putin's rule. and yet there always is and there never is the shortage of news or discussions on the subject. it has not been that long, 17 years since the famous question was asked at the world economic for

kara-murza, do you still fear for your life? >> of course, i'm a human being, somebody tries to kill me twice in two years, that heavily makes you think. and i do try to take precautions as much as i can. for instance, my wife and children are outside of russia, for obvious reasons. but i want to go back once i'm physically able to. i do want to restart my work. because i think it's important and i think we have, frankly, a responsibility, before all of those people, before all of those young people who are coming out across the country to say no to this regime and who are choosing a democratic future for russia. and i think we have to continue our work for their sake, for our ac sake with and for our country's sake. it's very important that the outside world stops equating russia with just the putin regime. vladimir putin wants you to think that russia is just about him and his regime. but what the whole world saw last sunday was this other russia on display. the faces of a post-putin russia. and it's very important to listen a

kara-murza and will he meet with the russian society? >> i'm not aware. the state department is probably more appropriate for you to address that to. alexis? >> i'd like to get clarification on the answer that you gave to hunter and to major. i thought it was just yesterday that you said that when you were asked about chairman nunes, you had asked preliminary questions and had not gotten answers. so my answer is, you know the answer to that and you're saying you won't answer that question today or you don't know? >> what i'm saying is that a decision has been made to bring in all of the relevant individuals that are reviewing the situation and make them and veilable, that getting into source and process is not the proper way to conduct this review and we want the people conducting it to understand more fully the materials, not necessarily who came in at what time and what effort. >> so just to clarify again, you asked the questions, you will not give an answer as to -- you asked that -- let me finish. you said yesterday that you asked, you didn't get the

russian activist vladamir kara-murza called on the u.s. to be honest about what is happening in his country. panel, rush silences independent media and has no free or fair elections. he also said putin feels itre w elections. >> back to d.c., ivanka trump officially a federal employee, joins her husband jared with ah. the president eldest adaughter hired as unpaid government employee. her title assistant to the president. trump madefter ethics experts questioned her plans to serve in an informal ka pass tee. she released a statement saying she heard the concerns and is working in good faith to address the unprecedented nature of the role. before her father took office, trump appeared to have other plans. >> people think that you are going to be part of the administration, ivanka. >> i'm, no, going to be a daughter. >> she will be a daughter and working daughter in the white house. trump previously announceped she was getting a west wing office and security clearance. ivanka owns her brand but handed over daily management to the company's p

vladimir kara-murza was poisoned to death.t's a dangerous business, being an opponent of vladimir putin's. the man who plummeted from his apartment building on tuesday, he's the lawyer from the family who are still seeking justice for his death. he was due in court the very next day after he was thrown or fell out of that fourth floor window. he was due in court to represent the family. he was also due to testify in may in new york. in a russian money laundering case brought in federal court by preet bharara's office. right now he's in the hospital with serio injuries. joining us with bill browd, the author of "red notice." mr. browder, i know you have stayed up to a terrible hour of the night to be with us from britain, thanks for joining us. >> good to be here. >> let me just ask you the basics of if you know how mr. gorakov, how he is. a fourth floor window is not a good place to start. it's remarkable to me that he survived this fall. >> it's truly remarkable. so when we got the news that he fell down four stories, he's a

his name is vladimir kara-murza. sergei magnitsky's lawyer is in intensive care with head injuries. he may yet survive whatever it was that saw him fling off a fourth floor window ledge yesterday in moscow head first. he may yet survive but he wasn't able to testify today. sergei magnitsky, though, he did not survive. he was dead at 37. they threw him in prison in 2008, they killed him in prison in 2009. and in 2006, 2007, 2008 and at least through 2009 paul manafort, donald trump's campaign chairman, that's when he was being paid $10 million a year to promote the interests of vladimir putin's government secretly in the united states without registering as a foreign agent, without declaring who he was working for, and without ever before now having to defend publicly his real intentions and his real pay masters while he was doing what otherwise appeared to be american political work. there's a lot going on. some of it is deadly, deadly, deadly serious. we have got charlie savage here tonight, one of the best national security and justice correspondents in the country. we have one of

. >> joining me now russian political abt visit vladimir kara-murza. sir, can you explain a bit what it does -- we keep seeing these stories about figures that are in some ways associated with opposition of vladimir putin meeting, quote, untimely deaths. there's the murder in broad daylight in ukraine. there's a lawyer who is tossed out of a window. you, yourself, were poisoned twice. what does that do psychologically to anyone that feels the desire to speak out against what's happening in russia? >> well, what they want it to do, what the putin regime wants this to do is of course intimidate people, to scare people into stopping the opposition activities, into submission, into fear. of course there has been an increasing number of people who have been either political opponents of the kremlin or whistle-blowers or investigative journalists or anti-corruption campaigners who have died one way or another. by the way, both inside russia and outside of russia. and of course just a little more than two years ago, the leader of the russian opposition, forme

>> today vladimir kara-murza appeared at a senate hearing to urge the united states to do more to containr putin. he told the story of how the putin regime tried to kill him. >> in may of 2015, and just last month, both times in moscow, i experienced a sudden onset of symptoms consistent with poisoning that led to a multiple organ failure and left me in a coma and on life support. doctors estimated a chance to survive at about 5%. so i'm very fortunate and certainly very grateful to be sit hearing today. >> what signal would it send in your view if america decided to forgive and forget what russia, the putin regime tried to do in our election? >> mr. putin, you know his background. he is from the kgb. for those people, accommodation and compromise is not an invitation to reciprocate, but it's a sign of weakness, and it's a sign to be more aggressive. >> we decided to forgive and forget, that would be screaming weakness to putin? >> weakness, lack of any kind of will, i would think, and an invitation to carry on. >> coming up, a new threat by paul ryan to defund planned parenthood. cecile

in russia you have this journalist whose name is vladimir kara-murza, who was poisoned, he believes,orders of vladimir putin. he says he still wants to get to work. in our country, the americans look at that as that's stuff that happens in russia, it could never happen here. i want you to listen to donald trump talking about putin and talking about killing journalists and what he thinks about that. >> i hate some of these people. but i would never kill them. i hate them. no, these people, honestly, i'll be honest, i'll be honest, i would never kill them. i would never do that. let's see. no, i wouldn't. >> he's obviously joking there. >> funny. >> and nobody is accusing donald trump of wanting to kill journalists. but the fact that when confronted with the idea that vladimir putin kills journalists, his instinct is to make light of it and say, well, i wouldn't do it either. what do you think of that? >> do i think that donald trump is going to have journalists killed? i mean, part of what has happened in russia over the last 17 years was that vladimir putin has established a state mo

vladimir kara—murza, welcome to hardtalk. hello, thank you for having me. when you first realised that something was wrong in this recent illness that you suffered? well i actually woke up at about 4.30 in the morning because i felt my heart racing, and it was racing at an increasing speed. and then suddenly i began sweating profusely and feeling really, really weak. and i felt my blood pressure dropping suddenly and all of a sudden it became difficult to breathe. i was gasping for air. i was trying to make this movement to bring the air in, and it felt as if no air was coming out. but was probably... no air was coming in, rather, and that was probably the scariest thing. and of course i didn't want to admit it the way that starts it, it happens really do somethingzi'calledzmywtfié gag g; ;;“i;%§ figggm , was, it was the same thing that happened in 2015. life last time, two years ago. immediately collapsed, i was unable to sit, unable to stand, obviously, unable the floor. and thenfigainmuemml-m- and they could call an ambulance. and then within six to.sev.en,