putin himself. on the other hand we have the perception within the united states that russia is an exowe step shall threat. here is the supreme commander of nato at stanford at the time in 2015 at the same time other statements are being made saying russia is recrying a cold war settlement using force. his colleagues in the military proclaiming russia as a threat to the united states in the same year and most recently president biden when he was running for office last fall saying i think the biggest threat to america right now in terms of breaking up our security and our alliancess is russia. secondly i think the biggest competitor is china. but here seeing russia is much more of a peer power. there are these conflicting perceptions and that is one of the goals of the book and how i started this project. it is thinking about, well is russia strong or weak? and how would we know? and here we are in 2021, 30 years after the collapse of the soviet union having this conversation. and as i will explain

well i think the putin putin government here and russia and the russian government overall didn't have very high expectations of the biden and ministration from the get go but i do think they had hoped for kind of biden being a more reliable u.s. president in some ways when it comes to talks when it comes to shared goals and issues like for exist for example arms control and i think that they hope going forward as well that they will be able to keep some kind of a bare bones relationship going but i think for a leader like flooding there putin who definitely values personal ties and personal relations with leaders when it comes to diplomatic relations between countries i think this is certainly a bad start for that putin biden relationship going forward and reporting from moscow thank you. the other stories making news around the world. several allies of jailed russian opposition leader figure rather alex and of all the have gone on trial in moscow along with 2 members of the band pussy riot a number of on his supporters were detained in january over and to crime the protests local med

that putin is a killer. mary bruce now with putin's request and the response tonight from the white house. >>> and the fiery collision on the tracks. an amtrak train slamming into a truck. 111 passengers and crew onboard. >>> good evening and it's great to have you with us here on a thursday night. and we begin tonight with new reporting here at the deadly shootings in atlanta. three different spas targeted, eight people killed, six of them women of asian descent. tonight, we have now learned the suspect bought the gun on the day of the attack. he's charged with eight counts of murder. and with fear growing among the asian-american community, outrage growing across this country tonight, asking, what is being done to stop the hate? tonight, we are learning more about the victims, including emily tan, she owned one of the businesses. police are trying to reach the families of several other women who worked at the spas. the surveillance showing the suspect, robert aaron long, his own parents tipping off police

in a country where putin is kind of letting their putin is kind of considered untouchable on the political landscape even his critics usually just level accusations at the kremlin or at the government but not at pushing himself really when joe biden says that is a killer what exactly is the u.s. president referring to. well during the mir putin's time in power there has been a fairly long list of deaths or assassination attempts of kremlin critics that of course his critics blamed on bloody near putin himself or at least on the system that he created just a few examples are for example the murder of opposition journalist on the put it cost in 2006 the murder of opposition politician by the same self in 2015 and the failed assassination attempts of russian spy cityscape in the u.k. and last year of opposition politician i like saying now finding that out those are all attempted murders or murders that were blame squarely on the kremlin the kremlin has always denied that and investigations have always have never found a direct link of course to vladimir putin himself but biden could be talki

so you know vladimir putin you think he's a killer. to do so what price must he pay the price he's going to pay well you'll see shortly the interview comes as the united states is thought to be preparing new sanctions against russia for its meddling in the election at an earlier meeting biden made a point of a mark to putin he said no he doesn't have a soul i did say that to him yes and to and his response was we understand one another i wouldn't be in a wiseguy i was alone with him in his office that's how it came about it was when president bush had said i've looked at his eyes and saw a soul i said look through eyes and i don't think you have a soul look back we said we understand each other it's unclear what kind of a response moscow will have but no doubt u.s. russia relations have seldom been this low. or moral let's cross over to our correspondent emily short when in moscow and william grew croft here in berlin emily start with you biden says he considers putin to be a killer what exactly is the u.s. president referring to. well

they can send a message to putin in a way that the world public won't even know but putin will understand i think there are a lot of messages being sent here and, you know, john, you know politics and i think that you've got a couple of men who got domestic considerations. vladimir putin has really important parliamentary election coming up in the fall. there are a lot of efforts right now to win that for the party that putin represents. and here, you know, in the united states with joe biden, he has to look strong with russia. at the same time trying to deal with russia. so, you know, the domestic considerations are playing a role, i think. >> that's a fascinating moment. jill dougherty, grateful for your important insights. we'll continue the conversation as this place out. >>> an arrest outside the vice president's residence and the evidence log is eye opening. >>> but first, 90 million and counting as new stimulus checks are issued, those on the rece receiving end are making plans. >> i immediately got online and paid every bill and got caught up for the first time in months. >> i've

well this was something that a lot of our putin reacted to as well mr putin called this statement strange and also decided to ask. this wasn't a direct question for the european official but perhaps. officials in europe will hear that mr putin said whose interests do you represent is it the people or the pharmaceutical giants those who produce the other vaccines in any case this was something that drew criticism from the company that's making sputnik the as well in a tweet they called mr brett on biased against the vaccine just because it's russian but in any case the producers of sputnik v. are saying that they're ready to save more lives and like we heard from vladimir putin more and more countries are approving the use of the russian vaccines the 1st one sputnik v. in particular and another important statement from the russian president was that again so far no serious side effects from the use of the jap have been discovered you know let's just go over those numbers one more time for if you are an impressive mass vaccination campaign in russia as the russian president was saying more

after president biden said vladimir putin would pay the price for election meddling while at the same time branding the russian head of state a killer. the e.u. considers a controversial digital covert pass to open up travel between member states. and u.k. hospitals warned they may have to take their scalpels to their own services unless they get billions of pounds and support. from you all the most important news from around the world this is r t international i'm donald quarter and welcome to the program. russia has recalled its ambassador to the u.s. to get the lowdown on the state of diplomatic ties with washington and it comes in response to a t.v. interview where prime president biden agreed when questioned that vladimir putin is a quote killer the russian foreign ministry had this to say for us the main thing is to determine ways of improving russian u.s. ties which in a difficult state washington has in fact brought those to the data and in recent years we are interested in preventing they irreversible degrade ation if the americans realize the risks associated with that this

but then again when putin says anything, it kind of sounds ominous. ( as putin ) what a beautiful sunset. this is a most delicious chocolate mousse i have ever tasted. uptown funk is going to give it to you. don't believe me? just watch. russia may be upset that biden is not backing down as white house press secretary general psaki explains. >> does president biden regret calling vladimir putin a killer? >> no. the president gave a direct answer to a direct question. >> stephen: i call it like i see it, jack, putin is a curl, barack is my bed best bud, jill is the hottest teach in town and everyone else called jack, jack. come on jack. of course murdering people is just the tip of the putin crime-berg. in addition to interfering in the 2016 election, russia has also hacked the u.s. government computer system and put a bounty on u.s. troops in afghanistan and this week the director of national intelligence declassified a report on the 2020 election establishing that putin authorized influence operations to help the former president. well, duh-vidanya. that's the easiest game of clue ever.

you know vladimir putin you think he's a killer. or do so what price must he pay the price he's going to pay will you'll see shortly. to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and to all of you around the world welcome we begin the day still waiting. to be vaccinated most europeans were expecting to be vaccinated with the astra zeneca coronavirus shot that is until half of all e.u. countries suspended use of the vaccine on fears of blood clots tomorrow the european medicines agency will meet and is expected to again say there is no risk of blood clots and that the vaccine remains save precious time to inoculate the public has been lost and governments in germany france and italy have provided no evidence supporting their decision to halt the vaccine the european commission president today provided little clarity either when she once again pointed the finger at astra zeneca for not delivering the vaccine doses on time even if vaccinations across the e.u. resumed this week on friday the damage has already been done more people are

what do you make biden's comment that putin is a killer i mean is that. come as a big surprise you from a from a u.s. president to say this about the president of russia yes i think it comes as a surprise for me us president but i think i'm not so surprised that it comes from joe biden the individual because i think joe biden also in the past has a relatively loose mouth i think he was taken a bit by surprise with this killer question but george stephanopoulos and i guess what he said around that is that he confronted him when he talked to hooten and in late january and he was referring to president bush when he was new in office and president clinton was relatively new and office in 2001 bush had said i looked him into the eye and i saw his soul and biden said in the interview i said to putin this time i looked into your eye and i saw no soul and then allegedly the russian president responded i think we understand each other so i guess it's tough talk and t. he wants to show that he's a kind of a tough guy as of course president putin has a reputation of

well i think the putin government here and russia and the russian government overall didn't have very high expectations of the biden and ministration from the get go but i do think they had hoped for kind of biden being a more reliable u.s. president in some ways when it comes to talks when it comes to shared goals in issues like ferguson for example arms control and i think that they hope going forward as well that they will be able to keep some kind of a bare bones relationship going but i think for a leader like vladimir putin who definitely values personal ties and personal relations with leaders when it comes to diplomatic relations between countries i think this is certainly a bad start for that putin biden relationship going forward and we show and reporting from moscow thank you. let's bring you up to speed now with some of the other stories making news around the world. several allies of jailed russian opposition alexina vali have gone on trial in moscow along with 2 members of the. band pussy riot a number of have only supporters were detained in january over anti kremlin pr

>> joe biden has known president putin for a long time. they've both been on the global stage or a long time, worked through many iterations of the united states and russia. he believes we can continue to do that. >> does the president believe that the leaders of -- the krouns prince of saudi arabia, does he view him as a killer? >> i don't think i need to add more killer names from the podium just today. >> i want to ask about other countries, as well. >> okay. >> let me ask about immigration. the president made it very clear in his recent interview that the border is not open, that it's closed except for these unaccompanied minors right now under humanitarian grounds are being welcomed into the u.s. as we speak, crews from multiple outlets are at the border seeing many migrant families being accepted into the country right now. so can you square those two, when the message was that families and individuals were being sent home, but unaccompanied minors were being kept, why young families are in fact being kept here in the u.s. and detain

you know vladimir putin you think he's a killer. or do so what price must he pay the price she's going to pay will you will see shortly. what you our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and to all of you around the world welcome we begin the day still wait. to be vaccinated most europeans were expecting to be vaccinated with the astra zeneca corona virus shot that is until half of all e.u. countries suspended use of the vaccine on fears of blood clots tomorrow the european medicines agency will meet and is expected to again say there is no risk of blood clots and that the vaccine remains safe precious time to inoculate the public has been lost and governments in germany france and italy have provided no evidence supporting their decision to halt the vaccine the european commission president today provided little clarity either when she once again pointed the finger at astra zeneca for not delivering the vaccine doses on time even if vaccinations across the e.u. resumed this week on friday the damage has already been done more peo

so does that mean it had to be putin?h access to -- >> come on, come on, you're not going to engage in an act of nuclear terrorism in downtown london without the knowledge of the office of the president. >> today we begin the open hearings in the inquiry into the death of alexander litvinenko. >> reporter: in january 2015, a public inquiry opened in london. it's a victory for marina, who, along with her attorneys, fought an eight-year legal battle to make it happen. on the opening day, her attorney argued the evidence leads to one disturbing conclusion, which litvinenko himself reached before he died. >> mr. litvinenko came to the awful realization that he had been the victim of a political assassination by agents of the russian state. >> reporter: an expert witness testified the polonium that killed litvinenko could only have come from russia. president putin's spokesman declined our request for an interview. and in march 2015 putin gave lugovoy a medal, the order of merit to the fatherland second class, for his work in

remember, donald trump said putin wasn't a killer and putin is a killer.o is say what he is. and we shouldn't be tiptoeing around this and we shouldn't be trying to appease or please vladimir putin. in the world, putin is a junior varsity player. the united states is a superpower. russia basically is a economy the size of new york. their military budget is 80% smaller than the u.s. military budget. and they should be treated accordingly. and if vladimir putin is going around doing ma fia-style stuff they should be called out for that and i praise president biden for doing that. and there should be consequences in addition to his killing, and that should be in the form of sanctions. >> i talked to james clapper on friday precisely about this and he echoes what you're saying. saying vladimir putin has blood on his hands and that was president biden being honest. i have a question for you about china now. the u.s. is also getting ready to sanction china for their treatment of uighur muslims using sanctions that, as you've been discussing, the magnitsky sancti

from putin. he calls and challenges biden two-way debates. pay close attention. according to the russian dictator a book because i don't want to put this off for a long, i want to relax a little this weekend, so we could do it tomorrow or monday. we are ready at any time to convene at the american side." to the question is this, why would vladimir putin immediately called for a debate with joe biden? no time to prepare. it would have i been saying? what have us at the american people been saying. they all protect anything radical socialist biden. they ignore what's obvious that poll after poll shows half of us the american people see apparently i'm just one of the few people willing to say it all publicly. when you compare joe biden into 2012 and even 2016, joe biden looks extremely weak, frail, often confused, and, yes, struggled in going cognitively. this is not brain surgery. here's the problem we all have. this world has many evil actors, the many hostile regimes like putin's russia, like ira

saying putin needs a strong leader.it wasn't just authoritarianism, if you look at putin's rule he's demonized the lgbtq community, demonized the muslim minorities there, obviously made good use of disinformation and conspiracy theories. and it was already back then a blending of what was happening in republican politics and kind of the playbook that putin ran. and fast forward five years to today and what you realize is it wasn't just donald trump who was kind of compromised by his affinity for vladimir putin, this is core to some of the republican party. not all of them, but some of them clearly look at vladimir putin and see more to admire and more in common than they have with joe biden, and that is a very unhealthy place i think for the republican party to be. >> what does it mean to vladimir putin when he sees republicans saying that stuff on fox? >> well, he loves it, lawrence. i mean, he loves to meddle in our politics. he basically has the attitude almost of a troll, but he's invested in these relationships. th

so fox and republicans believe putin would win a debate with joe biden because they agree with putin'snclude murder, a whole lot more socialism than they've ever seen and a cancel culture that includes long sentences in siberian prisons. joining our discussion now is ben rhodes now an msnbc political analyst. ben, your reaction to the reaction to vladimir putin challenging joe biden to a debate. >> lawrence, it reminds me in 2015 barack obama was getting ready to write his speech on the 50th anniversary of selma and rudy giuliani and other republicans were doing television appearances and comparing putin to obama. and the thing obama told me is it wasn't just authoritarianism, if you look at putin's rule he's demonized muslim minorities there, obviously made good use of disinformation and conspiracy theories. and it was already back then a blending of what was happening in republican politics and kind of the play book that putin ran. and crow fast forward five years to today and what you realize is it wasn't just donald trump who was kind of compromised for his affinity for vladimir pu

putin is nam us for being a killer trk is kind of his thing, along with horses and nipples, putin has poisoned inspector sushi, thrown journalists out of windows tried to assassinate his most vocal critic alexei navalny but putting the lethal nerve agent novichok in his underpants, a the crime show murdered. he killed so many people that in 2017 "the washington post" was able to publish a list of ten critics of vladimir putin who died violently or in suspicious ways. his greatest hits are hits. putin dismissed biden's accusations telling reporters it takes one to know one so a, he is admitting that he is a killer, b, no, it doesn't. if a cop catches you standing over a dead body holding a bloody knife he doesn't say i have no idea who did it because i have never stabbed anyone. putin went on when i was a child, when we argued in the courtyard we said the following. if you call someone name, that is really your name. it loses something in english. the original russian translates as i am rubber, i will turn you into glue. putin continues to belabor the point saying that every state had

after remarks by joe biden inflame tensions bill vladimir putin you think is a killer. so what. approach is going to play a role you'll see shortly. also coming up tanzania's president dies after weeks of absence from public life there had been rumors that he had contracted. the vice president says he died of heart failure and. when the pandemic 1st struck it we found itself alone among the european nations confronted with an unknown threat. returns to one of europe's 1st coronavirus epicenters in italy to hear how locals have dealt with their collective trunk. that's good to have you with us. joe biden is facing what could be the 1st major diplomatic crisis of his presidency moscow has recalled its ambassador to the u.s. for consultations after biden confirmed she thought russian president putin was a killer the u.s. president was speaking in an interview with a.b.c. news she also promised to. old slotting there couldn't accountable for meddling in the us elections director of national to this was the interview that galvanized 2 huge nations the u.s. and russia when in an exclu

you know vladimir putin you think he's a killer. i do so what price must he pay the price she's going to pay will you'll see shortly you don't have to be an expert in diplomacy to realize how serious this is we might end up hearing from the kremlin that russia chose not to accept the insult period so what then not even a chance to sort out anything at all between the behemoths of world politics no wait after agreeing with the killer part joe biden gives russia and his counterpart a chance through places where it's in our mutual interests to work together that's why our renewed to start agreement that's overwhelm an interest in humanity that we diminish the prospect of a nuclear exchange but like i said i'm not so sure the russian side will simply forget the offensive label anyway these mood swings are probably exactly what you should expect from how mr biden treats russia and the next 4 years but perhaps these aren't actual mood swings they've become a classic feature of how washington's been dealing with moscow for years there will

interview president biden agreed when questioned the russian leader vladimir putin is a killer my colleague. statement more. oh this isn't just strong this is very serious this doesn't look just like an insult not just like a groundbreaking phrase because in the diplomatic sense really this could potentially be a catastrophe for u.s. russia relations but it's also very important to look at the actual wording to look at how joe biden said this and what context so it wasn't actually his own phrase it was a response to a question from a journalist so you know vladimir putin you think he's a killer. or do so what price must he pay pray she's going to pay will you'll see shortly it was originally an escalation from the journalists he put that question out directly using the world the word sorry killer and as you can see the u.s. media is at it again this is what they want to do they don't want vague phrases about the russian leaders they want labels and no matter who that is in the oval office they wanted from donald trump now they want it from joe biden but at this point it is absolutely clue c

know, i can work with putin, i see his soul.aid, i looked into vladimir putin's eyes and i saw three letters, kgb. i think mccain got that one right and i think joe biden has it right. >> what did you think of the trump unorthodox approach of being so sycophantic, to use your word, to stand on the world stage and say i believe him over united states intel? was that just self-serving, to protect trump from any scrutiny of having been assisted? what was the effort of that play and why is biden's play better in your opinion? >> well, first of all, in international relations, i was dean of the fletcher school of law and diplomacy for five years. i have a ph.d in international relations. rule number one, be honest and direct. it clears up any chance of miscalculation. in terms of why president trump was so benign in the face of constant putin aggression in syria, in ukraine, above all, chris, in our elections, you know, there's more good reporting to follow on that, i hope. however, what we have now is a biden administration in my vi

here are just a few examples. >> i have the great honor to be with president putin. >> president putinen we have this great friendship. and by the way, getting along with russia's a great thing. getting along with putdin and russia's a great thing. >> biden of course not only speaks differently, sergey, but his policy toward putin is now completely different. right? doing these sanctions, for example, for navalny's poisoning. do you think that this worries putin at all? >> yes. of course the change of the politics by washington is very dangerous for putin. he understands very well maybe the most important is not what president biden has signed, that seven persons, lieutenants of putin were under sanctions and the 14 companies, but the most important that president biden from the very beginning he restored the alliance with europe. so today what is most important, sanctions are synchronized between the european union and the united states. and that is the most damaging, that is the most frightening for putin. >> sergey, thank you very much. i appreciate your time tonight. >> thank you,

brent: the sanctions target people close to that amir putin -- to vladimir putin.l they affect members of the russian elite living abroad, those who live where you are, unthinking. bill: these sanctions were against important, high-level, and high-value targets in the vladimir putin regim. none of these officials keeps money in their own name. they keep money in the name of their oligarch friends who hold it for him. the only way you can touch these pele in vladir putin is by going after the oligarchs, so yes, naming and shaming is good, they are high-value targets, and i'm sure they're not happy to be on these sanctions list, but t do the properly, more needs to be done and be brought into these business people. brent: we have spoken about the threat, the danger from the kremlin. moscow is saying it will react in kind to these western sanctions. what does that mean? what do these retaliations in kind look like? bill: the beauty of the sanctions are that most of these russians want to keep their money in properties in the west and in banks in the west, and it's not

international now we'll start with breaking news because florida may putin has responded to being labeled a killer by his american counterpart joe biden during a recent t.v. interview. because only. i would wish him good health i'm not joking i mean it secondly i want to say that in the history of every country there are many tragic and dramatic events but when we judge people or the nations we look into a mirror we see ourselves that we impose on others what we see in ourselves when i was a child and we had arguments in the playground we used to say bounces off me and sticks to you and it's not just the children saying the meaning is very deep. ok let's talk further about this now and go to our correspondent constant in the cold who is there across what was said this afternoon 1st glance it may surprise many that he may have used this phrase but we should stress to you that you know certainly in russia there's a deep meaning to what we said to our absolute then you know of course a lot of our opponents response to those bombshell remarks made by joe biden was highly anticipated and every

president joe biden has described russia's vladimir putin as a killer he was responding to a direct question from a journalist adding that he'll pay the price for meddling in the 2020 us elections so let's get more on this now from. he joins me in the studio quite a headline this but is there any context around what was being said well andrew this is a just quite a headline this is indeed i guess it is fair to say breaking news a groundbreaking statement from president joe biden and this puts a massive question mark over what exactly the relations between the president of russia and the president of the u.s. are going to be starting from this point but i just want to make sure we all understand what happened it was an interview to a.b.c. and this killer of state. and wasn't something joe biden said on his own again he was responding to a question from the journalist and let's just have a look at what this exact moment looked like during that interview you know vladimir putin you think he's a killer. or do so what price must he pay the price she's going to pay will you'll see shortly. we ment

well i think it's unrealistic to sanction vladimir putin. but but it's very realistic and it has even been done before during the trumpet ministration to sanction putin's billionaire cronies his cashiers in 2018 the trump administration sanctions 7 of the russian of the biggest russian all darks that's what really touches putin and that's what he should do right now and that's what biden should do right now and he hasn't and heard the reason he hasn't is because biden wanted to do this in a multilateral way combining forces with the e.u. but the e.u. gets watered down by its own dysfunction of having to have unanimity and so it has since a country like hungary can hijack the whole world by being one of the 27 members of the e.u. it has to agree on things and then the e.u. and then the u.s. copies that and so it's definitely not as good as it could be by any stretch of the imagination these sanctions that they do target people who are close to putin will these sanctions will they affect members of the russian elite living abroad i'm thinking

president joe biden agrees when question that the russian leader vladimir putin is a careless let's get more on this now for marty's and for trying to get. strong words here from biden just unpack for us the significance of this isn't a strong this is very serious this doesn't look just like an insult not just like a groundbreaking phrase because in the diplomatic sense really this could potentially be a catastrophe for u.s. russia relations but it's also very important to look at the actual wording to look at how joe biden said what context so it wasn't actually his own phrase it was a response to a question from a journalist so let's take a look at what this scene exactly was like and. you know vladimir putin you think is a killer and i do so what price must he pay but pray she's going to pay well you'll see you shortly. so as you can see it was originally an escalation from the journalists he put that question out directly using the world the word sorry killer and as you can see the us media is at it again this is what they want to do they don't want vague phrases about the russian l

interview that he thinks putin is a killer. it's a strong and very negative thing to say i think it was inappropriate were you surprised you keep in well i was surprised to hear him say that of course although biden is somewhat of a loose cannon so he he may even regret the way he stated that now that it's been put in the press and put in front of him for him to see himself yes he went on to say russia will pay a price what sort of price do you think he's talking about increased sanctions or something more. i would guess it's mostly the sanctions but you don't know biden came up during the cold war and it doesn't seem like he's ready to let go that make peace with russia and other countries and that's what we really need for the safety and peace of the world in for the strength and safety of americans here we need to be nicer to the world community and not treat the entire world as enemies those are pretty conciliatory response to reply from the foreign ministry here in moscow but nevertheless the end buster to the u.s. has ret

like the close circle of vladimir putin — like the close circle of vladimir putin.hat's why we can't expect that vladimir putin or the kremlin will change havey or because of the sanctions _ will change havey or because of the sanctions l— will change havey or because of the sanctions. ~ ,., ,, sanctions. i think some in the us will be pleased _ sanctions. i think some in the us will be pleased at _ sanctions. i think some in the us will be pleased at the _ sanctions. i think some in the us will be pleased at the white i sanctions. i think some in the us i will be pleased at the white house is now coordinating with the eu. that said, the eu doesn't speak with one voice when it comes to sanctions one voice when it comes to sanctions on russia. we saw this in the aftermath of the attacks here in salisbury. where are the splits at the moment when it comes to imposing punishment on the russians? the slit is punishment on the russians? the split is rather— punishment on the russians? the split is rather on the economic and trade _ split is rather on the economic and trad

they listed in the readout of biden's call to putin.ing about in that interview saying he feels like he can take a much more combative approach and fully aware of what he's doing and so what you're seeing today with them summoning the am basketball tore back to russia comes after yes, he agreed that he does think that putin is a killer, and that is something that you heard from president trump but in a very different way because remember in 2017, he was also asked and confronted by bill oriley saying putin is a killer. i think it's a wakeup call for russia. the question is how it changes things going forward because of course, they have to work together given they are nuclear powers and how that looks like. >> dana, i want to play quickly for the viewers one of the many examples of what the former president had to say about putin from the infamous summit that was shocking, the comments he made in front of putin on the world stage casting doubt on what his own top intelligence official said about the russian election interference in 2016

putin and russia?t's all after the break. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> tucker: donald trump as of the president anymore and you haven't heard a lot about russia recently. that's until yesterday when joe biden had an interview to designed to show us he's stuff is now. >> i do. >> what price will he pay? >> you will see shortly. >> tucker: putin's going to pay because he's a killer. putin responded by challenging biden to a debate which would be worth watching, we want to hear biden out. let's take a close look at russia's record to come out upset about russia and what have they done? committed, they find of the entire third world and africa and latin america. they are stealing our jobs, intellectual property, dumping tons of fentanyl into the country which has killed more than 100,000 people. they for the university of's with spies and trying to dominate the world. that's not russia and they didn't unleash a virus that destroyed the economy and left millions died, china did not. joe biden knows this, he knows russia isn'

in a country where putin is kind of letting their putin is kind of considered untouchable on the political landscape even his critics usually just level accusations at the kremlin or at the government but not at pushing himself really when joe biden says the putin is a killer what exactly is the u.s. president referring to. well during the near putin's time in power there has been a fairly long list of deaths or assassination attempts of kremlin critics that of course his critics blamed on vladimir putin himself or at least on the system that he created just a few examples are for example the murder of opposition journalist on the party of course in 2006 the murder of opposition politician by his himself in 2015 and the failed assassination attempts of russian spy. in the u.k. and last year of opposition politician i like saying now viney thou those are all attempted murders or murders that were blame squarely on the kremlin the kremlin has always denied that and investigations have always have never found a direct link of course to vladimir putin himself but biden could be talking about t

calling president biden's label of putin as a killer ridiculous after biden also put putin on noticessia meddled in the 2020 election. >> he'll pay a price. we had a long time, he and i. i know him relatively well, and the conversation started off. i said i know you and you know me. if i establish this occurred, then be prepared. >> so you know vladimir putin. do you think he's a killer? >> uh-huh, i do. >> what price must he pay? >> the price he's going to pay, you'll see shortly. >> matthew chance is "outfront" in moscow. this is hugely significant. the president of the united states calls putin a killer, and obviously, they have pulled their am basketbassador from thd states. you've got a response from the kremlin. tell me what you know. >> reporter: not much of one. all they said, as you mentioned already, they said this is ridiculous that president biden should accuse putin of being a killer and face a price for that, as well. that's the only reaction we had to russian officials from my source in the russian government tonight. nobody else said a word about it. but the actions t

president biden if he thinks his russian counterpart is a killer listen to this you know vladimir putin you think he's a killer. or do so what price must he pay the price she's going to pay will you'll see shortly. or more let's cross over to our course was really sure when in moscow and william grew croft here in berlin and really start with you and says he considers putin to be a killer what exactly is the u.s. president referring to well of course he wasn't very specific but over the years of letting mir putin's rule there has been a whole list of pretty high profile murders or at least attempted murders for example the killing of opposition journalist on the in 2006 the killing of opposition politician but he seemed sort of just meters from the kremlin walls in 2015 there was also the attempted killing poisoning of cityscape by the former spy in 2018 and most recently of course the attempted poisoning of say not viney the opposition politician that happened just last year and these are all killings or attempted killings that putin's critics have blame squarely on him of course the k

interview where president biden agreed when question that the russian leader vladimir putin. the foreign ministry gave this reply. for us the main thing is to determine ways of improving russian u.s. ties which in a difficult state washington has in fact brought those to a dead end in recent years we are interested in preventing the irreversible did radiation if the americans realize the risks associated with that this will be discussed you're in consultations between the russian foreign ministry and other relevant departments and with the russian ambassador to washington commenting on the situation the us state department said that america will continue working with russia it will also hold moscow accountable earlier my colleagues under former. talk through the developments. well this isn't a strong this is very serious this doesn't look just like an insult not just like a groundbreaking phrase because in the diplomatic sense really this could potentially be a catastrophe for u.s. russia relations but it's also very important to look at the actual wording to look at how joe

news he also promised to hold lattimer putin accountable for meddling in the u.s. election. director of national to this was the interview that galvanized 2 huge nations the u.s. and russia when in an exclusive interview with a.b.c. news. george stephanopoulos asked president joe biden so you know vladimir putin you think he's a killer. so what price must he pay the price is going to pay well you'll see shortly the interview comes as the united states is thought to be preparing new sanctions against russia for its meddling in the election at an earlier meeting biden made a point of a mark to putin you said no he doesn't have a soul or i did say to him yes and to and his response was rather stand one i wouldn't a wise guy i was alone with him in his office that's how it came about it was when president bush had said i looked at his eyes and saw a soul i said look through our eyes and i don't think you have a soul we understand each other it's unclear what kind of a response moscow will have but no doubt u.s. russia relations have seldom been this low. and when it is standing

you know vladimir putin you think he's a killer. and do so what price must he pay the price is going to pay well you'll see shortly. to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and to all of you around the world welcome we begin the day still wait. to be vaccinated most europeans were expecting to be vaccinated with the astra zeneca coronavirus shot that is until half of all e.u. countries suspended use of the vaccine on fears of blood clots tomorrow the european medicines agency will meet and is expected to again say there is no risk of blood clots and that the vaccine remains safe precious time to inoculate the public has been lost and governments in germany france and italy have provided no evidence supporting their decision to halt the vaccine the european commission president today provided little clarity either when she once again pointed the finger at astra zeneca for not delivering the vaccine doses on time even if vaccinations across the e.u. resumed this week on friday the damage has already been done more people are now

putin is at odds with biden. they hate biden. go putin.ain four years of making exceptions for putin, and now they are going deep, all the way remember helping putin to diminish the united states. they love the shirtless putin over at fox. any chance to stress his vigor, on the air where it is sometimes difficult to figure out which side they are rooting for. >> russia's president challenging president biden to a live televised debate. do you think it is healthy to see this happening so early in biden's presidency in. >> joe biden is the president and does not need to keep this narrative. >> i think they should hash it out. >> they view biden as somewhat of a clown. >> biden can't answer questions from reporters he can't do it with vladimir putin on live television. >> he is likely to show up on that picture on a horse. >> joe biden is weak and frail and struggling cognitively. the whole world can see what we see. >> putin and biden. it would not end like rocky iv. i don't think the american would prevail. >> biden's clear break with trump

-- mr putin. let's ut a killer? -- mr putin. let's put this — a killer? -- mr putin.- mr putin. let's put this in context. - a killer? -- mr putin. let's put this in context. the - put this in context. the russian federation has been active with this information campaigns for more than four years, in fact, more than six years, in fact, more than six years if you look at it closely. continuing an old soviet tradition. and the last time, the only major example that comes to mind of russia and the soviet union indeed at the time, owning up to a deception or disinformation operation happened in 1987. it is extremely unlikely here that putin would own up to what happened in 2016, the election interference, and indeed, what happened in 2020 committee continued, this time more covert, more disciplined election interference again. both times they will hasten to add, it was very unlikely they actually move the needle, though they were more counter—productive, really, for russia than successful. in terms of _ russia than successful. in terms of the big picture, amidst you think