simply disappear on putin's inauguration day. [ speaking russian ] >> in may, putin assumed the presidencyf russia for the fourth time. he won the way he always does, overwhelmingly. putin's chief opponent was otherwise occupied. opposition leader alexei navaldi was arrested while leading protests against the russian president. most of this was not seen on national television. >> for 94% of russians, the main sorgs of ne source of news is television. if it didn't happen on television, it didn't happen. >> putin controls television. >> there is absolutely no critical words about have lavla p putin on the airwaves. f >> i don't see any checks on his power. [ speaking russian ] >> he is able to make singular rapid decisions, the absolutism there is unlike anything i've seen in russia. all that power has been propped up by an astonishing approval rating. at times it reached over 80%. and that's according to american pollsters. >> donald trump wins the presidency. >> but when the united states elected a new president, it looked like russia had fallen for a new leader. [ speaking russian ] >> th

putin.s anointed president. by 1998, by the way, there was another haeir apparent. he was a former governor in nisninovgrad, had been elected many times before. yeltsin made clear he wanted himself to be the next president of russia. that financial collapse meant that that government had to resign and that's when putin came into the void and that's how he became president. >> i just also want to ask you because, again, it's really important to try to figure out where this all went wrong. we all remember that in -- after 9/11 putin stood firm with the rest, stood firm with the united states, allowed the united states, president bush, to use former soviet territories to stage, you know, military into afghanistan, et cetera. something then went wrong. is it accurate to say that he felt betrayed by president bush when he went to war in iraq and further betrayed by president obama when he went to action in libya and in putin's view, took it way too far to regime change? >> yes. in fact, vladimir

what was putin's reaction to it?tin was just going to talk about me privately in the meeting with trump, and i think that he's such an emotional guy that when he got hold of that article in russian, we effectively smoked him out. that's why he mentioned me publicly. i'm glad that whatever happened happened in front of the whole world as opposed to between two guys in a private meeting. >> uh-huh. i just interviewed the gentleman about the politico reporting tonight. you know, there's no real record of what trump and putin actually discussed the meeting today. politico published the document leaked from russian officials outlining the topic they supposedly talked about. nuclear weapons, right? you're skeptical about that. >> i think the russians leaked that document as a way to confuse the conversation. the idea of talking about nuclear weapons is exactly what two nuclear powers should be talking about in a summit like that, not handing over dissidents and critic critics. that is the appropriate conversation and the f

even standing next to vladimir putin in helsinki, the president took vladimir putin's word. let me remind everybody by playing this moment. >> my people came to me, and some others, they said they think it is russia. i have president putin, who just said it is not russia. i will say this. i don't see any reason why it would be. >> he believes vladimir putin over dan coates. that's where we are today. >> he clarified that to say i don't understand why it weren weren't -- weren't be. but he said it was a very forceful denial. so in the con dex, it is very hard to imagine that he just missed a contraction there but i am glad you pointed that out, what do the intell chiefs, can they work around the president? >> look, we can see them collecting information about russian involvement. that is why they're out there so clearly speaking about it. it is about a bipartisan sanctions. you heard them mention yesterday by someone at the podium about operations against russia. if we under take our own u.s. government's cyber operations, he ought to be involved in those operations. has he o

either the president actually sat down with vladimir putin and scolded him and said cut it out and putin ignored him or the message was not delivered. either way it should be concerning for the american citizens. it either means we're being lied to and the message wasn't conveyed forcefully or the power of the presidency isn't what it once was and even after being scolded by the president of the united states, someone like vladimir putin thinks he can continue interfering with our elections without repercussions. >> i want to play him at a rally tonight. >> i got along great with putin and everybody said wow, that was great. a couple hours later i started hearing these reports that they wanted me to walk up and go like this. son of a -- they wanted me to go up and have a boxing match. i said what ever happened to diplomacy? >> so, well, there's a lot of things there. i mean, there's -- i mean, there's a wide gap between diplomacy and a boxing match. no one asking him or thought he would have a boxing match. they just thought he would stand up and be a man as the president of the united s

yeah, so putin couldn't get him to talk but i will. on today's headlines. >> let's start off in europe where the french have officially declared war on leiphone. >> france has banned the use of smart devices in schools, children between the ages of three and 15 will have to sleeve their smartphones and tablets home or turn them off during school hours. students 15 and old ker use their devices. france's education minister says the law protects students from screen addiction. the ban starts in september and fulfills the president's campaign promise. >> trevor: that's right. french kids won't be allowed to have smartphones in school. but don't worry they will still be allowed to smoke cigarettes. i can just see their teachers like pierre, put down your phone an finish drinking your wine. but professor, it is a 2014 cabarnet, that was an off year. i don't care. we must get back to our lesson on how to pleasure a woman. (laughter) oh, and speaking of not knowing how to pleasure women, paul ryan is in the news today. (cheers and applause).

this is the don't use live from but it and i'm going to putin here in germany the differences remain as that you tackle of the tough issues of ukraine in syria the signs of a pragmatic pool as the german and russian leaders talk face to face for the second time in three months. qana declares a week of mourning off the country's most famous son kofi anna dies at the age of eighty the former united nations chief the nobel peace prize laureate served two terms as the world's top diplomat later he became the u.n. special envoy to syria but examine his legacy and. commemorating the day it's only holds a state funeral for the victims accused days bridge collapse in the northern city of jenin one credits his impressions join the country's leader to say goodbye to their loved ones. might have had a home for good to have you with us german chancellor angela merkel has been holding talks with russian president vladimir putin here in germany with the crises in both syria and ukraine high on the agenda but with a key energy project also with the table there are signs of prognostic thaw and what

even talking to vladimir putin in the eyes of the neoconservatives is treason go ahead peter. well i think the americans don't have much to negotiate with in syria. the boots on the ground very limited in numbers effectively they're just. the pro u.s. forces in the south are in the process of being rolled up that only leaves the north the adlib area to dominate cleared in turn to the external support by turkey not the u.s. and i think we're also in danger of looking at the wrong flashpoint not the goal and the goal on the approaching toward the goal and i believe is a done deal read the smoke signals coming or not coming out to jerusalem you can see that the israelis will acquiesce in a return to the status quo ante and the iranians will not move up close to the goal and there's no reason why they should they should want it to. but the real potential flashpoint is the return to a duma type situation remember just back in april we came close to world war three you know we were talking in those terms and the thame scenario could be reproduced at any moment but most likely it wil

this is d w news live from berlin i'm going to michael means very near putin here in germany the differences remain as the to tackle the tough issues of ukraine and syria but signs of a pragmatic thought as the german and russian leaders talk face to face for the second time in three months or so coming up gone as it has a week all morning off the country's most famous son kofi and then dies at the age of eighty the former united nations chief and nobel peace prize laureate served two terms as the world's top diplomats later he became un special envoy for syria will examine his legacy. and commemorating the day actually hold a state funeral for the victims of choose a bridge collapse in the northern city of genoa relatives and friends join the country's leaders to say goodbye to their loved ones. i'm headed on free glad you could join us german chancellor angela merkel has been holding talks with russian president vladimir putin here in germany with the crises in both syria and ukraine high on the agenda with a key energy project also on the table there are signs of a pragmatic for one of th

could join us german chancellor angela merkel has been holding talks with russian president vladimir putin here in germany with the crises in both syria and ukraine high on the agenda but the key energy project also on the table there are signs of a pragmatic thaw and what have been difficult relations. it's their second meeting in three months and there's no shortage of issues for the two leaders to chew over. i mean. in view of the fact that there are so many serious issues around the world we need an opportunity to find solutions we both have responsibility germany but in particular also russia because russia is a permanent member of the security council so we need to look for solutions. solutions on syria will be difficult as merkel said there has been a reduction in the fighting but the search goes on for an end to the conflict but putin at least is talking about post-war reconstruction. still let me remind you that one million refugees are in jordan one million in lebanon three million are in turkey but this is potentially a huge burden for europe and therefore it's better to do ever

so why is putin different? >> again, senator, i don't want to talk publicly about where assets are here or anywhere in the world. there are a number of different reasons for that, but -- >> a yes or no doesn't dictate township and range. a yes or no just says, yeah, he owns property here. >> senator, i'm not aware of any title or deed that would have mr. putin's name on it here in the united states. >> thank you very much. okay, thank you, mr. chairman. >> senator cotton. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you all for appearing here. i hope it is clear from the questions so far that we have bipartisan agreement about the threat that russia poses to our democracy. it is good to to have that agreement which we have lacked for many years. in the last administration, even as russia was surging troops into syria to back up bashar al assad and crimea and waging war in ukraine and beating the united states diplomat on the doorstep of the embassy in russia and flagrantry violating the open skies treaty and flagrantly vi

meeting with putin because he might make a deal over their heads ok all right fine that's a topic for another day but i mean the issue of syria is very interesting and and what james says i think makes a lot of sense of something could be an arrangement let's put it that way to deal with syria but why peter would let me or putin trust donald trump after everything that has been said and done i mean ash carter remember when there was a cease fire agreement everybody was on board and all this all we accidentally attacked the syrian army opes we didn't mean it wow i mean that didn't cut any ice with me or anyone else that i know so peter even if some kind of arrangement could be made to deescalate in syria could the russians trust the americans to come through and we have to remember that trump is under a lot of enormous pressure at home because even talking to vladimir putin in the eyes of the neoconservatives is treason go ahead peter. well i think the americans don't have much to negotiate with in syria. the boots on the ground very limited in numbers effectively they're just. the pro

one key player is obviously putin partner on certain issues but obviously also an adverse reaction on others and you mentioned the key element they are going to michael wants to have an ongoing dialogue in order to discuss issues where they do see eye to eye on the issues where they don't see eye to eye obviously there have been developments for example in syria developments that i'm going to michael i'm betting you put it also wanted to discuss so that explains why they have been meeting right here at meze about that idea of the on going dialogue. well emily as we know of course there's many issues where the two leaders do not see eye to eye and specifically on the issue of ukraine russia and the west have been at loggerheads for a very long time in fact germany itself led to the push to impose new sanctions on russia after an excretion yes so is there any chance that america will and putin will come to some sort of revolution resolution rather on ukraine. well i think very unfortunate out very unlikely at this point and you could tell even from the statements today of letting your p

the nato confound there and then when he meets with putin here i mean nato is doesn't like the public browbeating that trump has given them over spending this spending issues been on the table for a long time it's nothing really new and with that with the trump. putin meeting i mean when they look at trump again i want to go back to the rhetorical scene just more words because you know they're going to think that you know this summit will pass go back to work they'll be at the summit with putin and then. trump goes back on the campaign trail going to his rallies i mean is it just more for photo ops and just bluster because i can't see that he has really the power to make a deal with putin for example. well the service he's showing he has to interests in the middle east the. so-called peace process doing something to get the biggest deal in history between israelis and palestinians and then the process of oil so those those two issues do capture his attention what where he's going he has unfortunately weakened confidence in american leadership in the middle east problem. by withdrawing

putin, etc. have you been briefed as to what happened in helsinki in regards to discussions on sanctions? sec. mitchell: i have been briefed on the appropriate information i need to carry out my job in regards to russia. the president was also clear in an interview yesterday. the question you are asking, he was very clear about this. beyond that, i would say he was very clear with regard to raising with vladimir putin the unacceptability of interacting in our elections. >> he did that when he returned to washington, he did not do that in helsinki. >> with all due respect, i'm not going to litigate the specifics of every, the president has made. i would point you toward our policies directed by the president. i disagree with your overall characterization that the president has not followed his policies. these are his policies. there is no distinction between the administration and the president. he directed a russia strategy. a strategy for countering russian influence. the previous administration

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i said i'm inviting vladimir putin to washington.eant to say, i'm inviting vladimir putin't to washingdon't." ( laughter ) now, mr. president, you just-- you just found the strength to admit that putin is personally responsible for attacking our election. so, let's invite him to the white house! "look, i want putin for a sushi dinner, i want cosby for the slumber party, harvey weinstein for movie night, and security will be handled by ms-13. make it happen." ( laughter ) here's how disastrous that first summit was: we don't even know the bad parts yet. because remember the two hours where they were alone with just their translators? we may never know what they said. but they said something. because tuesday, russia's embassy tweeted, "the russian defense ministry are ready for the practical implementation of agreements reached in helsinki between vladimir putin and donald trump." what agreements? "okay, vlad, you give me your tw yr and i wl give you alaska and eric." ( laughter ) ( cheers and applause ) "is it a deal? is it a deal? is

so why is putin different? i don't want tor, to talk publicly about where assets are here or anywhere in the world. there are a number of different reasons. >> i got that, but -- or, no does not dictate section, township and range. he or no just says, yeah, owns property here. >> senator, i'm not aware of any title or deed that would have putin's name on it here in the united states, but again -- >> thank you very much. you, mr. chairman. cotton?or chairman.ou, many chairman we have bipartisan agreement, to have that, under the last administration, even as russia was surging troops into and wage har assad, war in the ukraine and beating a united states diplomat on the embassy in our russia and flagrantly violating he open skies treaty and gray gra flagrantly violating treatise of other e host treatise. they are not deterred. we need to take additional heard muchwe haven't about the relative impact of the administration has taken versus the last administration in particular the 2016 election. now, some members o

he was told putin would be calling. he's only there for two days and one night. the afternoon of the pageant himself he's asking everybody around him have we heard from putin yet? he's obsessed with meeting with him. >> host: this is one of the big mystery is throughout the book. there'there is an element of au, psychologically he likes to wave that he runs his country and would aspire to run our country like this but to get that business deal -- >> host: and you know he'd been there before. >> guest: getting the greenlight from the top is a way to ensure that the project would go forward. >> host: it's not going to help get a project passed. for 30 years he'd been trying to get a project of one kind or another developed in moscow and it didn't happen. then he hooked up with a russian oligarchs. >> they are basically guiding him through russia and the bureaucracy so how does that unfold? a bit of a character and a pop singer whose last name is aguilera are trying to figure out as a pop star singer. being the son of a russian oligarchy wants to be a singer so they

if donald trump did raise those issues with vladimir putin, obviously, vladimir putin is not taking him seriously at all. what vladimir putin is listening to is donald trump yesterday in pennsylvania where he says this is all a russian hoax. if you are the president of russia and the president of the united states says it's a hoax, hey, we will keep doing it. >> let's talk about what congress could do or is trying to do. you have -- you talked about the deter act. there's a new bipartisan effort announced yesterday to slap new sanctions on russia. you have your own version of punishment on russia. this is getting more attention post helsinki. honestly, senator, are any of these efforts going anywhere? we're 90 plus days out from the election. >> that's the test about whether the republicans in congress, whether the republican leadership in congress is really interested and willing to protect our democracy going into 2018. they made some nice sounding statements. >> they don't seem to be opposed to what you put out. the deter act you put out with rubio. >> that's exactly right. we have s

really want to deal with right now because of the litany of trade issues nato north korea meeting with putin it's on the backburner for him policy wise not rhetorical what do you think richard. because it's not on the back burner he's he's going to keep on the situation in the southwest part of syria where the heat is high. radians have been maneuvering around to near to the golan heights for israeli comfort and that that could trigger a fight in a broader conflict which none of us needs richard who would be which country would be that which country would be the trigger who is the proactive it character you're referring to well. as real has been striking using air power or against what it. is raining in targets in israel. syria and syria that's where it could cope. ok and you write in syria gentlemen i'm going to jump in here we're going to go to a short break it's a hard break i have to go there after a short break we'll continue our discussion on trump's foreign policy stay with our . backstabbers financial survival guide. housing bubble. oh you mean there's a downside to artificially low

ukraine to continues to be a focus of attention this is the first time putin has met merkel in germany since the conflict in donbass began and peace is still elusive. of course we will talk about ukraine as the chancellor said in the context of settling the crisis. we are not making the progress we might have hoped but there is no alternative to the implementation of the minsk agreement. top level relationship looks more active and more cool deal than it has for some years as merkel said earlier this week while breakthroughs are unlikely talking remains essential. we'll talk more about this now i'm joined by the w.c. and the show win in moscow thomas sparrow in may's a bag that's the venue of the talks and here in the studio with me our political correspondent nina has a welcome to you all thomas i'd like to begin with you because american putin met just recently in fact in such a why exactly all the two leaders meeting now well i'm going to michael cohen our focus on foreign policy one of her strengths so vibing a key internal debate on migrations of that can explain at least partiall

an outcry we find out why a video showing austrian foreign minister waltzing with russia vladimir putin. being. to. welcome to the show authorities in south in india a struggling to cope with some of the west floods in over a century more than three hundred people are dead and hundreds of thousands have been displaced rescuers in the state of kerala stepping up efforts to bring food and water to many people still stranded by the high water more rains are forecast for the coming days. with the heavy rain easing off rescuers the seizing the chance to evacuate those stranded down below. his toddler and its mother in the try at last. on the ground boats is still the most effective way to reach remote villages these people have been stuck here for nearly a week their homes are uninhabitable so they've moved all their stuff up the hill camping out together in this fashion really hospital. with been here for the past six days about thirty five of us adults and fifteen children managed to get here we got trapped because of the floods. title supplies are being dropped in by helicopter to deal wi

news live from berlin angle america meets readymade putin here in germany differences remain as the to tackle the tough issues of ukraine and syria about signs of a pragmatic thought as the german and russian leaders talk face to face for the second time in three months also coming up gone a declares a week of mourning after the country's most famous son kofi annan dies at the age of eighty eight the former united nations chief and nobel peace prize laureate served two terms as the world's top diplomat later he became un a special envoy to syria will examine his legacy. commemorating the day italy holds a state funeral for the victims of the cheese days bridge collapse in the northern city of genoa relatives and friends join the country's leaders to say good facets to their loved one. time head of the home free glad you could join us german chancellor angela merkel has been holding talks with russian president vladimir putin here in germany with crises in syria and ukraine high on the agenda but they're all signs of a pragmatic thaw in what have been difficult relations with a key ener

as putin says domestic politics you feel like trump is trying to sort of way emulate leaders like putin to help syria's i'm not sure i can tell you what is in donald trump's head on all the anyone can and if they tell you that i don't think he's stupid i think he's a very sharp guy and i'm sure he wrecks respects the. he may misunderstand mr putin too so i don't know but he certainly hasn't lived up to the idea that he gave many people during the campaign that he was against any foreigner interventions that he thought the united states it squandered its resources its assets in wars abroad so we there was his thinking that it would change but it hasn't changed not because of his willpower it that because he hasn't been able to get anywhere in his administration it behaves been stuck in gridlock from the beginning opposition has been severe also because of russia now because no let's can i ask you really that has been the excuse the has been attacked profoundly for russia there's no evidence as yet and i've seen indicates that russia is in any collusion with mr with donald trump i mean he

big parade —— spoiling putin's big parade —— spoiling putin's big parade —— spoiling putin's big parade happening between turkey and the us and the war of words, vladimir putin says here... vintage putin, showcasing a seizure of any opportunity to divide the west. he's taking advantage of the situation in turkey, it accuses him of, but the ruble has its own issues thanks to sanctions on russia. they were imposed on the us and europe as well as other areas of the world on moscow and russia in general. the russian economy really struggles. you would expect the likes of the russian economy to be enormous when you look at the size of the country and the power it has got, but in terms of financial power, the russian economy is similar size to the likes of italy. when you look at what vladimir putin is doing, he's almost cosying up to the turkish politicians and saying, well, look, you're having similar issues with the us as we are, we can help you. but the stark reality is, there's no way russia can have the financial power to help turkey as much as the us can but both have these sanctions a

if there is a conversation between the president and putin about election interference and putin makes specific representations about what he will or will not do. let's take it further, say there's a conversation about syria and russian engagement in syria and putin makes representations to the president. who will verify what putin says to the president? the director of the national intelligence. the dni coming out of helsinki should be saying, putin said this, mr. president and this is what putin said after speaking about russian interference. instead, what he told us, you just reported to us he doesn't know what happened. >> i have spoken quite a bit about what happened in helsinki, what do you think about what dni coats said? >> it's deeply disturbing. this is a president accused very credibly of colluding with russia in 2016. evidence is piling up including the recent cnn report michael cohen is prepared to testify donald trump knew in advance about the meeting between the russians and the trump campaign. you have a president suspected of working with russia to affect american demo

does vladimir putin personally own asset in the united states? >> senator, i would defer to my colleagues in the intelligence community and i would be happy to talk to them about providing you a briefing on the subject. >> well, they are not here, but you are. so let me ask you again, does vladimir putin personally own assets in the united states? >> again, that's not something that we can discuss in an open or public setting but we would be happy to sit down with you and provide a classified briefing with our intelligence immunity. >> do you have anything to add that? >> mr. >> , you'd. >> no senator. >> if he did personally own assets in the united states, why would we not, as a sanction, consider seizing them? hypothetically? >> hypothetically, if any russian oligarch or senior leader have assets in the united states, of course that is an action that we would consider undertaking assuming it's within our legal authority to do so. >> will this is just my opinion, but here's what i think. i think he does own assets in the united states and i thi

his league. >> president obama i believe was totally intimidated by putin, and putin sort of had hisay with him. >> factually, president obama was very weak on russia. >> don't you think putin thinks that obama is a lightweight? >> when they're together, putin's either laughing at him or not listening or -- i mean, just the body language. >> the kid who's about to get beat up by the schoolyard bully. >> i realize that the republicans want to negotiate with obama, they should put on putin masks. then he will fold like a weak card table. >> i mean this president has been rolled by vladimir putin like a california sushi. >> jimmy: well. what a hungry, hungry hypocrite we have right there. [ laughter ] meanwhile, this is what president obama is up to. he was in johannesburg today. he gave a speech where he had some very timely thoughts on the nature of reality itself. >> we have to actually believe in an objective reality. this is another one of these things that i didn't think i had to lecture about. you have to believe in facts. without facts, there's no basis for cooperation. if i say

president vladimir putin will be the guest of honor at the wedding of austrian foreign minister. and businessman wolfgang milingo at the luxury venue that they'll be getting married out just to the south of garth's in austria president putin is expected to arrive by plane early morning on saturday he'll be then traveling by helicopter to the place where the wedding is taking place there is talk of a carriage ride also going on but i think that might be more for the happy couple and not something that mr putin will be taking part in from the austrian side they've confirmed that the usual security protocol will be in place for the arrival of guess store a visitor of the stature of the russian president but it his arrival in his saying is acceptance of the invitation has provoked a controversial reaction lot of the press across austria and across europe saying what does this mean if putin's extended an invitation to the wedding of a cabinet member of an e.u. nation well what we've seen for in reaction terms is from the head chef of the place where the events taking place well he say

as putin says a domestic politics you feel like trump is trying to sort of way emulate leaders like putin behalf he is i'm not sure i can't tell you what is in donald trump's head i don't think anyone can and if they tell you that i don't think he's stupid i think he's a very sharp guy and i'm sure he wrecks respects the. he may misunderstand mr putin too so i don't know but he certainly hasn't lived up to the idea that he gave many people during the campaign that he was against any foreign of the interventions that he thought the united states it squandered its resources its assets in wars abroad so we there was his thinking that it would change but it hasn't changed not because of his willpower it that because he hasn't been able to get anywhere in his administration it behaves been stuck in gridlock from the beginning opposition has been severe also because of russia now because the u.s. can i ask you really that has been the excuse the has been attacked profoundly for russia there's no evidence as yet and i've seen indicates that russia is in any collusion with mr with donald trump i

both erdogan and putin with his role in syria.been one of prudence must passionate opponents -- putin's most passionate opponents. why is she reaching out? >> a lot of it has to do with donald trump in the fact that merkel feels herself to be a leader in the west, taking the mantle from the u.s., which is preoccupied is not taking that leadership role. ukraine in syria, the u.s. is not playing a role. merkel seems to be the one to step in. , it is an opportunity for her to make progress on these issues and get her agenda in, particularly on syria, where the refugee issue is a vital one. putin's comment -- comment was if you don't help us bring a settlement there could be a bigger refugee crisis in the future. anna: thank you for your thoughts. really fantastic to get both perspectives on what we saw over the weekend. joining us this half hour, the of investments. i spoke to our guests about whether this makes russia more investable, brings russia in from the cold. this is very small, the did not make it to the chancellery. somethi

putin and anglo-american met in sochi putin also emphasized trade after all germany is one of the most important trade partners for russia and of course when things are difficult on the political side leaders often like to emphasize kind of economic deals that could happen but in this case of course north stream is very much at the forefront of the russia of the russian side priorities on the one hand because russia really needs a win now they've just been hit by new u.s. sanctions those come into force next week and the ruble has already taken a huge tumble and also this is an issue where really they can align with with germany political as well i thought it was really interesting to note that. already now has emphasized that this is a purely economic projects and that's important to note because america will have come to this meeting kind of looking for assurances from russia that ukraine will still play a role in the transit of gas that's something that she's trying to push for in this meeting trying to kind of defend ukraine's interests and putin it seems has kind of already handed

the thing between uncle maclin vladimir putin is that they've known each other for years they were in power when george bush was still u.s. president tony blair was still at the helm of the british government and they know how each of the ticks they also know that sometimes they need a bit of time to sit down and have an open and frank dialogue but we also know that this is not the first meeting behind closed doors between the russian and the german top diplomats if you will the germans the russian foreign minister actually came to berlin and nobody found out about it a few weeks ago so this just goes to show that. the.

i have president putin, he just said it is not russia. i will say this, i don't see any reason why it would be. >> the very next day, as we are seeing in this split screen reality, when his hand was forced he wouldn't say explicitly that russia was responsible. >> i accept the conclusion that russia is meddling in the 2016 election took place. could be other people also. a lot of people out there. >> a lot of people out there. and then he did it again a day later saying russia was no longer targeting the united states. >> is russia still targeting the u.s. mr. president? >> thank you very much. >> press, let's go, make your way out. >> no, he is shaking his head. this is dizzying. these are facts, the president saying one thing again and again in public to his crowd. his government with all their expertise and apparatus and intelligence information are saying the opposite. russia did it and they are doing it. >> it is not dizzying, it is compass p exacerbating. when i swore an oath, i hold it today. this is not a president who believes in

>> putin likes to show off his shiny objects. the election he had that crazy press conference where he broadcast his invincible missile. he puts on a massive military parade every year in moscow, i have actually been to one. last week russia kicked off its army expo, is about to launch massive military exercises with china and mongolia. they like to show off military hardware and military toys. und underneath these shows of force, the russian economy is actually under pressure. modest growth is expected this year, 1.8%. the rub he wile hit a two year when u.s. sanctions went into effect, and investors aren't investing, including potentially more u.s. sanctions. that may be one reason that putin may be taking his show on the record. there were reports in russian media late last week that putin is considering a visit to saudi arabia. in the past, saudi arabia committed $10 billion investment to russia back in 2015, so it is highly likely putin is considering a trip to visit the king and to potentially ask for more investment in his

going on but i think that might be more for the happy couple and not something that mr putin will be taking part in from the austrian side they've confirmed that the usual security protocol will be in place for the arrival of guest store a visitor of the stature of the russian president but it his arrival in his saying is acceptance of the invitation has provoked a controversial reaction lot of the press across austrian across europe saying what does this mean of putin's extended an invitation to the wedding of a cabinet member of an e.u. nation well what we've seen for in reaction terms is from the head chef of the place where the events taking place well he says he wants a selfie with the russian president however what we've also heard is from a green party m.e.p. in austria saying that the fact that mrs mills can i sell invited vladimir putin in the first place means that she needs to step down from her position in the foreign ministry for mr nye's will bears responsibility for this and should in order to avert any bad consequences for austria immediately resign if she does not do

president vladimir putin will be the guest of honor at the wedding of austrian foreign minister. and businessman wolfgang milingo at the luxury venue that they'll be getting married up just to the south of garth's in austria president putin is expected to arrive by plane early morning on saturday he'll be then traveling by helicopter to the place where the wedding is taking place. that might be more for the happy couple and not something that mr putin will be taking part in from the austrian side they've confirmed that the usual security protocol will be in place for the arrival of guest store a visitor of the stature of the russian president but it his arrival and his saying is acceptance of the invitation has provoked a controversial reaction a lot of the press across austria and across europe saying what does this mean of putin's extended an invitation to the wedding a cabinet member of an e.u. nation well what we've seen for in reaction terms is from the head chef of the place where the events taking place well he says he wants a selfie with the russian president however what

as putin says a domestic politics you feel like trump is trying to sort of way emulate leaders like putin to help syria's i'm not sure i can tell you what is in donald trump's head on all the anyone can and if they tell you that i don't think he's stupid i think he's a very sharp guy and i'm sure he wrecks respects the. he may misunderstand mr putin too so i don't know but he certainly hasn't lived up to the idea that he gave many people during the campaign that he was against any foreign of the interventions that he thought the united states it squandered its resources its assets in wars abroad so we there was his thinking that it would change but it hasn't changed not because of his willpower it but because he hasn't been able to get anywhere in his administration it behaves been stuck in gridlock from the beginning opposition has been severe also because of russia now because no let's can i ask you really that has been the excuse the has been attacked profoundly for russia there's no evidence as yet and i've seen indicates that russia is in any collusion with mr with donald trump i mea