vladimir putin is speaking boldly and carrying a big stick. twice this week, he showcased a military not just pulled from refitted withbut restored pride. russia is rising risk that a face-off may turn into a firefight. ,n red square this week russia's military might was on display. a parade celebrating the victories of world war ii and with haunting/backs of the former soviet superpower, but the focus very much on the future with russians boasting of a busy year of building 2000 new armored vehicles, or hundred new high-tech aircraft, and 60 ships and submarines. >> [speaking foreign language] the hardware is hardly sitting on the sidelines. those are russian fighter jets coming within 30 eight of the uss donald cook last month while on patrol in the baltic sea. russia also accused of coming within 50 feet of a u.s. aircraft, performed a dangerous barrel roll right over u.s. surveillance planes. one of the two guns top advisers on russia spoke about it. are these men as messages to the rest of the world? evelyn lynn absolutely. they are not j

how do greeks feel about putin's visit? is he getting a raptures welcome? >> absolutely.ou'd be surprised. the city center has been all but closed off to the public. that will give you an idea. we have over 2,000 policemen deployed on the streets. we're hearing that the russian leader is going to stay at a coastal resort. the security there is completely beefed up. you know, red carpet to welcome him and this, after all, is an unofficial visit so we have the defense minister meeting him at the airport. a meeting with the president. very symbolic. he has all the honors that would go attached to an official visit. too greeks have a soft spot for russia and for putin and are kind of looking at this with a bit of enthusiasm, but as i said earlier, they're all very well aware of what russia can represent but more often than not they look at russia as a friend and an ally and basically because of the shared values, if you like, that are linked to their culture and their religion and that's exactly what putin stressed when he wrote an article in one of the most popular newspaper

putin says moscow will retaliate. defensive measure to protect europe should iran acquire a nuclear weapon. joining us now is general jack keane retired from the u.s. arm and a chairman of the institute for the study of war. a former vice chief of staff from the army. thank you for joining us, general. >> glad to be here. >> the u.s. says the system is to defend against iran which is working hard to expand the reach of its ballistic missiles. putin says that -- iran took care of the iran threat, we have the deal with the iran now. so that threat doesn't even exist anymore. does he believe that or this about undermining nato? >> he knows full well that this is a very limited capability. it is a defensive missile system. he knows that the iranians are testing ballistic missiles that are capable of reaching europe. he knows all of those facts. he knows that -- the fact that iran has never given up the pursuit of a nuclear weapon. the real reality here is that putin has been working very hard to undermine the national tre

donald trump is a friend of putin. well, actually putin did call me a genius that he said i am the future of the republican party. he's off to a good start. i will say -- [ cheers ] >> i will say he's off to a good start, right, folks? by the way, i am not a friend of putin, i have never met him and i respect him, he's a strong leader. unlike what we have, we have a pathetic leader. we don't even have a leader, we don't even have a leader. would it be nice if we could get along with russia? would i be nice? >> we spend almost $5 trillion in the middle east and we are in more shape today than 15 years ago. if these presidents would have gone away in vacation and not done anything would be in better shape that we are today if you think about it, right? i was against the war in iraq, totally against the war in iraq, totally against it. and hillary raised her hand, hey, it happened and a disaster. president obama got us out very badly. he set a date, we are going to be out a certain date. the other side did not believe it

there goes putin. he was in a game the other night. got an up-close look at the playing surface after going down on his skates. >> despite the mishap, putin and his team recovered, winning the game, of course. and he kept his jersey on. not very often you see putin. >> with his shirt on. >> with any kind you have shirt on. >> thankfully he did. it was a closer game than normal with most of putin's matches. this one was 9-5. usually it's like 20-1. they allowed had him to dominate. >> aren't russians born knowing how to ice skate. >> the person who hit him hasn't been seen since. >> oh, boy. >> and he won. no surprise. >> trophy case looks liking. > >>> coming up, pregnancy and alcohol. some new guidelines are sparking a firestorm of controversy. should bartenders can allowed to turn away expectant moms? >> we're just one day away from the official honoring of a centuries old mediterranean staple. our "insomniac kitchen" shows you how you can make your own hummus. >> yum. >> tasted good. but first, a look at today's forecast. >> announc

>>> putin's parade. russia's president flexes his military muscle and takes some pot shots at the west. what the u.s. and its allies are about to answer by activating a powerful defensive weapon. >>> and prince's pills. we're learning more about the pop star's last days amid new searches of his home and new clues that all was not well in the time leading up to his death. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> we're following breaking news. the former gop nominee, mitt romney, drops a bombshell saying donald trump's failure to release his tax returns must mean he's hiding a, quote, bombshell. romney says it's disqualifying for a modern day nominee to refuse to release his tax returns, warning that could conceal, and i'm quoting him now, conflicts of interest and inappropriate associations. all that comes as a badly divided gop is pinning its hopes for party unity on tomorrow's crucial meeting between trump and the house speaker paul ryan. ryan is one of many mainstream republicans who so fa

he added he believes president putin shares the same perspective. the countries didn't sign a peace treaty after world war ii. >>> the northern territories are four russian-controlled islands, japan's government maintains they're a part of its territory. it says the islands were illegally occupied after world war ii. >> translator: i think i have to advance the negotiations based on new ideas. i told president putin that we need to take new approaches to resolve the issue. and the president agreed with that basic stance. >>> abe said they agreed to hold another summit in september, in russia's far east. abe said he'll try to arrange a visit by putin to japan at an appropriate time. >>> china says it will reject any ruling from an international court in the hague. chinese foreign ministry official has said beijing will not accept any judgment of the permanent court of arbitration that counters their claims in the south china sea. the country claims sovereignty over most of the waters in the region. but philippine officials have filed an appeal with t

yesterday trump was asked how he would deal with putin. amidst rosy predictions this was his response -- >> i think i have a good relationship with him. so far we're off to a good start. he said trump is a genius, okay? >> have you ever shown with him? >> i don't want to say. -- i don't want to say. you might think that's an odd response. i'll give you 60 seconds to figure out why he won't give an answer. >>> why would trump dodge the very basic question have you ever met or spoken with vladimir putin? this is something trump has actually spoken about before. he actually answered this question unprompted last november. >> if putin wants to go in and i got to know him very well because we were both on "60 minutes," we were stablemates, we did very well that night. but you know that. >> it wasn't hard to figure out trump didn't get to know putin very well that night because putin's interview was taped in russia and trump's segment was filmed in trump's new york apartment, which is not in russia. after trump was ridiculed for that bald-faced

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he performed last night in moscow and thanked putin for inviting him to discuss lgbt issues as well asand aids although that get together wouldn't take place during his trip to the russian capital, john made it clear there would be other opportunities. >> dialogue compassion is truly what is needed to end the aids epidemic. i hope to be in russia again and often. >> john has been critical of a russian law against so-called gay propaganda. he's criticized putin for suggesting gay people prey on children. >>> so we're having a close encounter of the martian kind. mars at its closest to earth in 11 years right now. at some point in the past few hours ta, the red planet was just over 47 million miles away and two weeks. no need for a telescope. if you want to see it, look to the southeast about nightfall for the bright fire yellow object in the sky. matt damon nowhere near it right now. >>> and another incredible sight right here on planet earth. the rescue of a baby elephant caught in a storm drain in sri lanka. no one is sure how the pint sized pachyderm became snared. >> it happened in

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what putin and the russian have always respected is strength, trish.trength that was there with the soviet union heard this for 45 years. we did not have to fire a shot and may eventually collapse. we need to do more with from a strength perspective. what we are planning to have with just a token gesture, i think, in terms of stiffening nato's resolve, we have to demonstrate strength on the ground to putin that any attack there is actually going to get a significant response and it is not worth your time doing it. trish: a bully and you have to play tough with a bully. >> yes. you have to deal with him and where he is coming from. he has taken huge advantage of president obama and this administration. trish: thank you so much. good to see you, sir. >> good talking to you, trish. trish: hillary clinton so nostalgic for the '90s economy. she will put bill in charge of our economy. you cannot run on president obama's economy. or at least you should not. my intel on the very big differences between then and now. the '90s, the difference between then and to

believe that putin's view is is that russia is being constrained by the international norms. international norms established by the west and predominately the u.s. it's from that view that he has, i think, set out deliberately to challenge those norms. to disrupt our international order, globally. wherever he has that opportunity. >> given that countries like poland and latvia and lithuania and estonia have chosen freely to join nato, do you think there's any truth to his claims that these are lands that are traditionally oriented toward the east? >> well, he certainly claims that. but as you know, we believe and many of these countries desire to be a sovereign nation and make their own choices the type of government they have. that's what we've traditionally supported as a part of our values and we're in support of today. >> the final point he makes about nato expansion is this is an aggressive action toward russia and could threaten their territorial integrity and sovereignty. has nato been investing lately in large-scale rearmaments of a kind that would launch a massive la

all eyes were on vladimir putin to see how he'd respond.nd, in february 2014, putin sent in troops to seize ukraine's crimean peninsula. >> in europe, we envisioned a different kind of relationship than what has actually emerged. we didn't anticipate that russia would illegally annex crimea. we didn't see that kind of destabilizing activity. >> next, putin's forces began menacing ukraine itself. >> the fundamental point of dealing with a bully like putin is you cannot allow bullies to get away with what they want to do. >> but the president rejected calls for a muscular response, instead announcing limited sanctions. >> i believe there's a path to resolve the situation diplomatically in a way that addresses the issues of russia and the ukraine. >> i think the president should have taken some very strong steps to make very clear to putin that this was unacceptable. he should have provided arms to the ukrainians. >> but he didn't. and today, russia is emboldened, threatening to spread its sphere of influence even wider. secretaries panetta an

putin, what do you do to putin? >> putin has no respect for our president whatsoever.has a tremendous popularity in russia. they lo what he is doing and what he represents. we have a president who is absolutely -- you look at him, the chemistry is so bad between those two two people. i was over in moscow two years ago. i will tell you can get along with those people and get along with them well. you can make deals with those people. obama can't. >> you would make a deal to stop the expansion? >> i woulding willing to bet i would have a great relationship with putin. >> based on what? you are two macho guys? what. >> based on deal. >> you look like george w. bush he looked into his soul. >> you would buy putin. >> i wouldn't buy him at all. i would be able to get along, in my opinion with putin. it's possible not. i'm not saying 100 percent. but i think i would have a very good relationship with putin. >> all right. >> i will tell you what, it's actually important for this country to do that you can't have everybody hating you. the whole world hates us. one of the thing

putin what do you do to putin. >> he has no respect for our president whatsoever.a tremendous popularity in russia. so we have a president -- you look at him, the chemistry is so bad between those two people. i was in moscow a few years ago, and you can get along with those people, and get along well. you can make deals with those people. >> you could make a deal with putin. >> i would be willing to bet i would have a great relationship with putin. >> based on what? >> based on a feel, okay? deals are people. >> george w. bush, looked into his soul and said he was a good guy. >> bush didn't have the iq. >> you would buy putin. >> i wouldn't buy him at all. my opinion, it's possible not. i'm not saying 100% but i think i would have a very good relationship. and i tell you what, it's very important for the country to do that. you can't have everybody hating you. the whole world hates us. and one of the things i heard yeerps and years, never drive russia and china together. >> isis? >> i would hit them so hard. i have a way that would be very respective to isis. but w

he has respect for putin because putin is the kind of guy when he sees a weak president like obama hes. >> you don't think on year one of a trump presidency, you don't think that putin would say i have a friend in the white house who has my back so i'm going to invade these countries. this president trump has collapsed nato which has been a pill yar of the american transatlantic line. china -- >> you're talking about obama. that is not who donald trump is. >> trump has praised the way the chinese government clamped down on the massacre. any american would be horrified by what china did. trump praised it. he said japan should get a nuclear welcome. he's for a communist china. >> jeff sessions who is one of the most competent capable d-- >> i like jeff sessions. how do you defend what you said. >> would you rather have hillary clinton? i would not. i know both of these people and we can't have another eight years of obama policy. >> is the best defense of trump is he's terrible but he's only slightly less terrible than hillary clinton. >> i think he's going to put america first. it's be

putin doesn't want this missile to be placed.ats as a way to counter this. >> he says the u.s. didn't negotiate about russia about where he is putting the shield. what do you make of that? u.s. officials counter russia did not negotiate when it sent thousands of troops na ukraine and annexed crimea. the back and forth is playing out with small chess moves on the ground. the u.s. is having a third combat team, rotating through europe in addition to the ones that are already there and putting them in all of the countries that are friendly toward the u.s. and border russia. the message is if you want to try to gobble up one of these countries the way you did with ukraine or crimea, you are going to have to take on u.s. troops on the ground, even in small numbers. that symbolism will keep russia as bay officials think. >> what is the u.s. responsibility here if russia decides to take action against romania or poland? >> kimberly hits it right on the head. add to the things that she said, these are countries that have been threatened

vladimar putin dismissed accusations that they cheated in the olympics.ls and ten more than the previous winter olympics. and kristin, author of smart power is the grandson of the only gold medal winner to win twice. you think they did it? >> yes, it so manies very, very familiar with the russia we know. it fits a pattern of what russia did in the cold war. lumlimbs and sporting event was the way to put a veneer of success on failed government and state. this is what the soviets did, particularly the east germans and fits with patterns of vladimar putin. he is a believer in propaganda and culture and ideas. he has an army of twitter trolls and steps like this mesh with that. it seems par for course for putin. >> they pulled out all of the stops. incredible shows and all of those fewer works and put the best face, fake or not to the world. >> it was part of putin's plan. he wants russia to be a great power. russia's gd, is less than italies. he has invaded georgia and ukraine that he got away with. the russian military is big but weak and has small good sp

putin does not believe that russia he says is now forced to respond. staffer to president burke and nice to see you. >> thanks, abby. abby: vladmir putin says he will retaliate and because we should take seriously and in the past he followed through on some threats he made? >> absolutely. the what happened, he issued the threats to the romania and poland on friday, because they were hosting components of the missile shield system they constitute direct immediate threats to russia's territorial sovereignty, to their security interests and so he is reserving the right to retaliate however he sees possible, meaning no options are off the table. i think that the broader strategic context here many will recognize this is just continuation of putin's sort of ongoing chicken and egg game with the united states where he likes to be very provocative and claiming he is taking defensive action. abby: you have had unique experience, working with two presidents including president obama. how are they talking about this do you imagine behind closed doors? you have b

what have we done to back off putin and chinese on expansion? nothing.e urge for loin wolf attacks and we're sitting memorial day, the american people, they see that and hear that, they think wow, it is really scary time right now. as far as the strategy, you're critical of that, obviously you said with the current administration. what can the new president do immediately in office to get this going? >> if i were king i would go to jordan and egypt, get a sunni force to become peacekeepers in the three countries i described as kurd cities dan, shiastan and sunnistan. that the the saudi diswill help pay for it. we don't have to put 50,000 american troops on the ground. somebody said that is the strategy. that would be crazy. special operators out there right now, needs to be a few more, you mentioned fallujah, i spent april of and november of 2004 there over 104 americans were killed in that fight, fallujah is many of. smaller. isis is trying to kill people leaving right now. right now it is dark out there. what this administration has got to do maersk it

he'll meet with putin in the black sea resort of sochi. western leaders, they argued, should engage with putin. it was reported that president obama asked abe not to make the rip. mine while, putin's orchestra just played a event in syria. last year islamic state used the site for mass executions. weeks ago, russian air power helped force the militants from the city. global news 24 hours a day, powered by our 2400 journalists in more than 150 news bureaus around the world. tom: thanks so much. let's look at commodities. what's fascinating on this jobs day, it was not moving and what is moving. it's really, really nuanced this morning. equities go nowhere. the dow, 17,660. the yield comes in over the last 24 hours from a 1 0 into a 175. that's a big deal. the call of a 150. crude churning on to the extreme. currency actually pretty quiet. the v.i.x. churning again. but the headline for me is yesterday german yields finally gave way and broke down. we'll be watching the two-year u.s., a litmus paper at 8:30 with bill gross joining us. i'm wa

. >> you can make a deal with putin? >> i would be willing to bet i would have a great relationship with putin. >> based on what? i mean, based on? >> based on a feel. >> come on. >> bush didn't have the iq. >> you are buying putin. >> i would be able to get along. i think i'd have a good relationship and it's important for this country to do that. and one of the things that i heard for years and years, never drive russia and china together. and isis? >> i will hit them so hard, i will find the proper general, i would hit them so hard, your head would spin. i have a way that would be very effective but when i watch obama get up and talk about it, two weeks of doing this, three weeks we're doing that. >> american ground troops in to chase them around? >> take back the oil. they have nothing. >> you have to go in. >> you bomb the hell out of them, then, encircle it, then, you go in. you get mobile go in and great oil companies go in. once you take that oil they have nothing left. >> would you make a nuke deal with iran? >>

putin is all about strength.e strength of his image that has helped retain his leadership. you can see this whether it is performing in martial arts, having his pet labrador sniff angela merkel, who isn't the biggest fan of dogs. in fact, one of the only times he has shown its softness was at his presidential victory rally in 2012. and here comes the argument. putin is being tested by an economy that is tanking. russia is facing the longest recession in decades. gdp fallen by 3.7%. meanwhile, he is holding on to the former kgb tough man image at home. abroad, he has tried playing more of a diplomat. after did -- after starting a bombing campaign in ukraine, he is working with the u.s. to reach a settlement. the question is now, how will putin be remembered? for his diplomatic flexibility or as the unyielding ruler whose military adventurism hurt russia when it's economy could least afford it. alix: that is your global business report. scarlet: coming up, apple's new direction could be video. we will tell you abou

. >> putin has a fragrance. vladimir putin was s. market ago fragrance.vade ukraine. >> speaking of the oscars, i swear he looks exactly like the oscar statue ♪ ♪ >> i predict that the 2016 phrase of the year at the end of next year will be, hey, i smell like putin. >> hey, i smell like putin. >> get off there. people are trying to sleep. >> here is the ad campaign, pilly. can i bring home crimia, fry it up in a pan. become the hell out of isis because your god is a sham. i am putin ang lee. ♪ i can't seem to forget you. your vodka stays on my mind. >> just a couple of ad campaigns. >> miller, you are on. the segment is on. you are on television. >> billy, sorry. >> it's all right. sure. what are you doing out there, miller? >> obviously, politics. hillary supporters, i watch her speak. they must deaden down their sympathetic nervous system to not flush when they are shoveling that fact. i see where comey is interinterview her for the fbi. you know something, that's turned into the falcon and snowman and bad pants suit over there. >> you really want to hu

by 2012, putin becomes president again.l sanctions provoked by russia's intervention in ukraine and the collapse of oil, living standards are falling, and that is putting his appeal to the test. this is the situation. putin is all about strength, and it's his strongman image that has helped maintain his leadership. you can get it in his vast publicity stunts, whether it is competing in martial arts, riding horseback, or having his pet labrador sniff angela merkel, who is not one of the biggest fan of dogs, as you can tell. in fact, the only time he really showed softness was at his presidential victory rally in 2012. here comes the argument. putin is being tested by an economy that is tanking. russia's facing its longest recession in two decades with real gdp falling by 3.7% in 2015. meanwhile, he is holding onto the former kgb tough man image at home. but abroad, he has tried playing the role of a diplomat. after starting a bombing campaign in syria to support his ally, president basshar al-assad, he is now working with th

by 2012, putin becomes president again.sanctions provoked by russia's intervention in ukraine and the collapse of oil, living standards are falling, and that is putting his appeal to the test. this is the situation. putin is all about strength, and it's his strongman image that has helped maintain his leadership. you can get it in his vast publicity stunts, whether it is competing in martial arts, riding horseback, or having his pet labrador sniff angela merkel, who is not one of the biggest fan of dogs, as you can tell. in fact, the only time he really showed softness was at his presidential victory rally in 2012. here comes the argument. putin is being tested by an economy that is tanking. russia's facing its longest recession in two decades with real gdp falling by 3.7% in 2015. meanwhile, he is holding onto the former kgb tough man image at home. but abroad, he has tried playing the role of a diplomat. after starting a bombing campaign in syria to support his ally, president basshar al-assad, he is now working with the

if you've ever spoke ton vladimir putin. and you said i don't want to say. i have no comment on that. >> one of the things people like about you is to answer any question. >> let's assume i did. perhaps it was personal. you know i don't want to -- hurt his confidence. but -- i know russia well. i had a major event in russia two or three years ago. miss universe contest. which was a big, big incredible event, incredible success. i got to meet a lot of people. and you know what? they, they want to be friendly with the united states. wouldn't it be nice if we actually got along with somebody? >> sure, but why do you think russia is doing these dive -- >> because they really dislike obama. they don't respect obama and they really don't respect our country. >> do you think on some issues you're to the left of hillary clinton on foreign policy? >> i think i'm much tougher and i think we won't have to be honest. i hear that i might may be to the left. i believe in very, very strong

russian president vladimir putin is stepping up his opposition to the advanced u.s. missile system being installed in eastern europe saying it's a direct threat to russia's security and naming two nearby countries as particular problems. during a two-day visit to the nato country of greece, putin suggested that poland and romania could find themselves in russia's "crosshairs" for hosting the missile system. putin told reporters in athens yesterday russia could even ta"" retaliatory measures." the world health organization says there is "no public health justification" for postponing or moving this summer's olympic games from rio de janeiro, brazil. the zika virus outbreak began in brazil last year, but the w.h.o. today rejected a plea by 150 health experts, who argue that the games risked speeding up the spread of zika globally. the mosquito-borne virus can cause severe birth defects. the w.h.o. said the games would not "significantly alter" the spread of zika, but advised pregnant women not to travel to rio. turning to the race for the white house, with hillary clin

first putin emanates strength.% of georgians, like, believe that putin is a very bad guy and russians as well. >> anthony: right, but he's on the winning side. >> sophia: yeah, exactly so he's a winner, so they don't judge winners. they say, "okay, we're bad, but west is worse." >> anthony: but are they wrong? >> sophia: of course they are wrong. >> anthony: wherever you find a traditional, religious, conservative society, you'll also find a countervailing force. georgians, as a rule, are compassionate about tradition, about the way things are supposed to be done. ♪ ♪ that doesn't mean that there aren't rebels -- people pushing hard against the status quo. daring, creative souls like chef tekuna gachechiladze. at culinarium, she's taking to extremes the notion that georgian food is in fact the fusion of all the past influences of the many forces who made their way, and forced their way, through the tiny country. she's focused on the next generation. >> anthony: something that was said to me early on, what i need to

just asng in the past, putin removes opponents. that has always meant you were trying to become a dictator. the question is how far his society will let him. host: the prime minister was recently forced to resign. tell me what that tells us about turkey, about mr. erdogan. maximilian: the performance was not that bad. he was a loyalist. host: he had become too prominent? maximilianan: and maybe too successful. it was right after the eu announced the visa liberalization was on track that he was removed. this was like the biggest success in his whole foreign-policy career. a few hours after that, he is out. int shows there is no place turkish politics for a second man next to mr. erdogan. host: perhaps a one-man stateten the making. at the beginning of the short report, there was an trysting statement -- interesting said the from erdogan situation demands the of a presidential system. what situation and might he be talking about? deger: he usually talks about, you know terror threats. he talks a lot about terror. it is really well-kn

trump in response called putin a highly respected man. moscow, despite russia's on-going military presence in ukraine. he told cbs's 60 minutes the u.s. can leave it up to russia to take out isis in syria. >> we want to get rid of isis, let them do it, what the hell do we care. >> reporter: trump warned isis their days are numbered, though he didn't elaborate, he also said he would blow up the oil fields isis has taken over. >> i would bomb the [bleep] out of them. >> reporter: he dropped this doozy. >> i think nato may be obsolete. >> reporter: he hopes to invest heavily in the military but also wants to stop using the military unless it's necessary. another contradiction, trump said he is not in favor of nation building but also says he wants to promote regional stability. how he plans to deal with the muslim world is also still a bit murky. remember when he said this in december? >> donald j. trump is calling for total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states. >> reporter: earlier this month seemed to walk that back

seen here with vladimir putin apologized for the scandal only days after reportedly calling it absurds confirmed the justice department is investigating claims of wrongdoing while there is a full investigation. their president saying in a statement today should there be evidence of a system contaminating other sports, they would have to make the difficult decision between individual justice. nbc sports bob costas will lead the prime time coverage of the summer games if rio and joins me now by phone. bob, where do we stand here? are they, do you think, going to be able to get to the bottom of this and what does it mean for the russian athletes? >> you have the world anti-doping agency involved, federal prosecutors in the united states are involved, the ioc is retesting -- they freeze samples and as testing methods improve, they retest them, retesting from 2008 in beijing and 2012 in london. you have all that going on and the iaaf which controls track and field and has already banned russian track and field from international competition over the last couple of years and will decide nex

. >> vladimir putin reacting strongly to a defense system that the united states enacted yesterday. it's a mitchell defense system but for the russian president it's a little too close to home. >> it's not a defense system. it's part of a strategic nuclear capability the u.s.a. transfered into the periphery. the periphery in this case is eastern europe. the people who are making such decisions should know that until now they've lived in calm, comfort, and security. now, after the play. of these mitchell definition elements, we have to think of how to neutralize the threats for the security of the russian federation. >> and dozens of russian athletes at the 2014 sochi olympic games were allegedly part of an elaborate doping scheme sponsored by the state. the story is taking on a whole new dimension, why? because the men now providing the details about the scheme is the one who helped set it up. the russian doctor who ran the testing labs says the athletes' samples were swapped with the help of the secret service. >> the specter of state-sponsored doping returns and this time it's the

putin i believe wants to force nato's collapse.hing that is material to strengthen he resents that. because it makes it that much more difficult to undermine it. that's why they are so excited about it. >> putin has threatened retaliation with the missile shield in poland. by deploying nuclear weapons nearby. and the iraqi capital. 100 people killed in isis bombings in two days. is there any end in sight? >> no, not likely. what is really happening here is despite the success in terms of taking back territory from isis, taking a lot of their finances away. and certainly their rekrauting pipeline is reduced and honestly their brand is tarnished some what. isis is a reslawsuit organization. they are defending mossil and raqqa. and the second part of their plan to conduct terrorist operations in major cities and why they are doing that? they will kill innocent people to undermine people's confidence in the embodied g. the iraqi government. that is the same tactic that al-qaeda used against the government almost successfully until the

but amir putin said he had pardoned nadiya savchenko and the release is seen as one that wouldase tension before the european union decides whether to extend sanctions against russia. brent: following that story for us are our correspondents in kyiv and moscow. the president of ukraine, how is he trying to sell this -- a big success and mark reporter: this is how it looked like on this wednesday in key of. he announced it on his twitter account and then when she landed here at the international airport, and then this p press conference, having her on the right sideaying as we just heard in that report at she is back and in the same sense, he wants to bring back eastern ukraine and crimea back to ukraine. however, there was an interesting moment in this press conference. i have a feeling that personally she knew about this and tried everything to shape her image in a different way. she says without the help of her sister who gave a lot of interviews to ukrainian media, without all of yourself, she would not the free because politicians would not have cared about her destiny at the end of t

it's obviously a clear provocation by putin. would your orders be to those ships were you president today? >> first of all, it's just no respect for our president and our country. is he tweaking us. and if it were me, i will tell you i would call him and i would say don't do it, just stop it. don't do it they're going to respect us. i have a semi nice relationship with putin. he said very nice things about me, as you know. i would say don't and we will have no impact by the way. i would say don't do it. they do it again, they could have a problem. >> all right. so you wouldn't hesitate if putin defied you and would you make that call public? would you tell the american people listen, i called old vlad would you tell him to knock it off. >> i might do that i would be very strong. do not do that that's provocation that's something that you are not just supposed to be doing. >> if he did, if he defies you, you would have to shoot one of those planes down. >> >> i would have to do something you would hate to do. this is something i