i'm pretty sure that putin won't sign any sort of deal with us or european peacekeepers on the russian border. which may prove very hard to undo. and people now have to adapt to this new society and, disturbingly, the war is turning entire groups every, you know, topic, every conversation, - every person or organisation latvia, where i'm reporting from, was once part of the soviet union, with a shared border with russia, but nowadays is a staunch member of nato. and its changing society, when it was forced to move out of moscow i, donald john trump, do solemnly swear... president trump used to say he'd sort out the war in ukraine within 2a hours of coming into office. that was never going to happen, of course, but getting a peace deal russia will keep all or most of the territory it's captured, and ukraine won't be allowed tojoin nato for a long time, that'd be victory of a kind for president putin, he was lucky to survive an attempted coup but has the war now turned decisively in putin's favour? here in riga, still, he's in power. he doesn't have any plausible opposition. it seems lik

but has the war now turned decisively in putin's favour?e in riga, i turned to the bbc news russian correspondent still, he's in power. it seems nothing threatens him back at home, back in moscow. if vladimir putin makes a deal with trump and with ukraine, this peaceful outcome of this invasion, he... ..obviously he keeps the crimea peninsula. whether it means that his winning now allows him to stay in powerand, uh, this peaceful outcome of this invasion, he... ..obviously he keeps the crimea peninsula. it seems like russian forces would not retreat from donetsk, for instance. so, like, he has some territorial gains. whether it means that his winning now allows him to stay in powerand, uh, not to have any issues for another decade, we don't know that because, as we have seen in these almost three years of the war, and as i've seen as a reporter for more than a decade working inside the country, russia is an amazing place where almost everything can happen, and it usually does. president trump and his team may not be able to put enough press

when he. >> actually does. >> talk to putin. >> putin will praise. >> him again. a great guy. >> he is. >> he'll say, you. >> and. >> i. >> we're. >> we're united against. >> the liberal. >> internationalists like. >> mcfaul and putin. >> as you. >> know. >> putin is good at that. >> he's a former. >> kgb officer that ran informants in that kind of way. i've seen him do it, you know, in meetings with u.s. government officials. >> and i think when he. >> begins to praise trump again, maybe we won't see. >> those critical. >> tweets that we saw. >> last week. i have one quick question for you. russia's baltic neighbors are still attached to an electrical grid that's connected to russia. that's coming to an end. tell me a little bit about this. why is this important and what are they worried about? >> huge achievement. >> remember. >> they're part of the. soviet union. >> they're part of the soviet grid. and it took them three. >> decades to get. >> off it. but it means. >> it's another step towards independence. and all three of those. countries i was in one of them

from putin's invasion of ukraine.o putin. >> is destroying russia by. >> not making. >> a deal to end. >> the war. yale's jeffrey. >> sonnenfeld thinks he. >> knows what trump trump's about face is about. trump avoids association with losers like the plague or. >> the pandemic. >> sonnenfeld writes, and he's quick to avoid feeling like he's on the losing end of a negotiation, smelling defeat from putin's myriad military. economic and diplomatic failures. trump does not see putin as a worthy ally. furthermore, he resents putin presumptuously. >> acting as. >> if he is the puppeteer controlling trump, desperate for a deal, end quote. >> joining us. >> now is michael mcfaul, who served as the u.s. ambassador to russia from 2012 to 2014. he's msnbc international affairs analyst. i would take. >> it that, ambassador. >> your recommendation. >> to most americans. >> is. >> don't get. >> in touch with the kremlin. don't don't call. their tip line, don't don't phone, don't text them. don't do this. absolutely don't do it. >>

putin has been there for 25 years. i happen to think he is a short timer by which i mean kicked out tomorrow morning. but rather that it sort of down the road but not that far down the road. he's run this place for 25 years and we are in the midst of the ukraine war and a terrible confrontation between the united states and russia and we think that that is the only russia that exists but that is not true. the russia that i covered in many ways was similar. it was a dictatorship. there is no doubt about that but it was a dictatorship that was reaching out to the west, that was reaching out to a leader like kennedy and trying to get a deal. khrushchev always invited western musicians, artists, scholars, journalists, to come to this soviet union. that is not happening today at all. so the relationship was so very different. we had a chance then to coexist peacefully. in a competitive relationship, coexisting. today, that coexisting factor is i don't want to say in doubt, it is something that we have to consider very caref

well, i'm not going there. >> do you plan on meeting with president putin? >> we, we have always had good relationship. president putin and i have always had a good relationship. that's why so said it happen. this would've never happen if i were president. it's so sad to see that happen. so many dead people. by the way so many cities are demolished, talk about gaza, take a look at ukraine. so many of the cities are demolition sites, demolished, so sad. should never happen. almost beautiful golden domes but much more important all those pitiful people are dead and it should never happen. thank you very much everybody. [inaudible] >> this afternoon president trump and the prime minister of japan will hold a joint news conference at the white house. we will bring that to you live on c-span2. you can watch on the free c-span now that you out or online at c-span.org. she's been shut the door to c-span's online store. browse our latest collection of c-span products, apparel, books, home decor and accessories. there's something for every c-span fan and every purcha

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i believe president putin is invited to come to delhi very soon, isn't he? well, i think the quad leaders will be coming here very soon. and let me also tell you... i'm talking about russia. from the invasion of ukraine by putin's forces in february of 2022. i guess these are connected, aren't they? hop, step and jump. we were told to buy russian oil because if we hadn't bought russian oil and we had started buying our quantities of 5 million barrels a day, which we were buying, bought from the middle east. you've made the point. no. the price would have gone up to $200 a barrel. i'm now into geopolitics. it's interesting. indian foreign service. you understand the way geopolitics works. is it wise, do you believe, for india to have forged majority vote. russia violated ukraine's sovereignty in this invasion, the place it is now in? as i said, a limited understanding of the situation, india is in a comfortable position all over. secretary of state met was the indian foreign minister. a quad meeting is taking place here. my prime minister has had a discussion

and secondly, this is a win win for bruton, because putin has a lot of oil. the majority of it used to go to e u countries, but the european union has banned most oil imports since rushes full scale invasion of ukraine pollutants. oil shipments to north korea are also a way to show how little he cares about sanctions of any kind. kim's regime has been under un sanctions because of his missiles and nuclear weapons program for almost 20 years. they also limit oil imports to north korea. before russia consistently supported the restrictions. now put in has changed course, excuse brake kentucky, un sanctions such as breaking the cold mechanism as russia has a lot of power in the us because it's a permanent member and the security council, meaning it can veto things. in 2024, russia used it's vito to shut down a you and watch dogs that monitors sanctions on north korea. because it's a couple itself is completely paralyzed on the issue of north korea. no new sanctions can be passed. so russia's behavior in the security council is pretty useful for north korea. mean

and they all might be producing for putin. but we're not really back on the animal gifts, because these are all likely missile factories. north korea often conceals these kinds of factories by giving them misleading names. in 2023, kim reportedly ordered a boost to north korea's production as missiles and artillery shells. and guess what? north korea has been providing russia millions of artillery shells. according to south korea's intelligence service so it seems kim is helping food and re supply and his war of attrition, the smallest and most of the 2 of which housed also used to be extremely useful. index on the nation supplied by the way, the horses we saw earlier were reportedly also part of pollutants payment for north korean shells. and kim isn't just providing shells. this is a north korean ballistic missile. ukraine says russia has been using them in the war. like here in kids these are remnants of missiles used in a tax and several locations across ukraine. the u. k based investigative organization conflict arm, and

unlike the rise of literary putin. so getting lived in russia. 1992 to 2013 and now you're an opinion columnist of the new york times and the recipient of numerous awards, including guggenheim and carnegie fellowships, i guess. and is this distinguished professor at city university of new york, craig newman, a graduate school of journalism and a visiting writer at bard college. so next with us today, we have an anonymous who's a journalist, writer, and documentary filmmaker studying the memory of wars in the post-soviet. she's a presenter on tv, also known as tv or in and formerly the only independent channel in russia and now working in exile. so anna is a scholar at barnard college, the united states and a co-founder of the russian independent media archive and dedicated the preservation of all of russian independent, independent media as important evidence of the era and we're happy to welcome we have an african who is a historian and journalist for 15 years he has been studying stalinist culture and subjectivity ye

ok, let's start with putin. of course we are already violating this limitation, and the -- magazine that was added to our collection, of course it is a media that was operating in the late 1990's and it was actually demolished with the media mass holding in 2001. i'm sorry, but we will be violating it further, because it is too much, there is too much interesting in the 1990's. ilia: let me say a few words about the telegram. we are lucky because we can transform that into technical -- we can try to preserve all of the telegram channels. we can see the links. as soon russian independent media mentioned them, that can give us links that we can start working with, trying to see just what qualifies as independent media telegram channels. because we understand that the community of journalists understand the value of independence better than we can. in that case we can trust the community and that is the thing we try to do because we did not want to come up with some objective measure or value of independence but re

well, i am not going there. >> are you planning to meet president putin? pres.: we have always had a good relationship, president putin and i have always had a good relationship. that's why it is so sad this happen. this would have never happened if i was president. so sad. so many dead people. by the way, so many cities are demolished. you talk about gaza. well, take a look at ukraine. so many of those cities are demolition sites, demolished. so sad. all those beautiful golden domes, but much more importantly all those beautiful people are dead and it should have never happened. thank you very much, everybody.[ . >> thank you guys. out this way. let's go, guys. guys, let's go. all right, guys, come on. all right, thank you guys, let's go. come on, guys, let's go. guys, let's go. out, out. thank you guys. thank you.

writing a book on the ideology of putin is impaired let's welcome our great panel today. i think we are ready to begin the presentations almost. just stand for the mike. >> we don't have a stand. >> okay. we met they can look like an interview then. [laughter] >> am i going first? >> yes. >> okay. >> in that case, i am going first. so, actually, this is a little bit odd. do we want to do a presentation first? >> okay. if you think that is more appropriate, let's do it this way. >> yeah, let's start with that. okay. leading you to the slides. okay. my job really quickest to give you an understanding of what russian archive is. at the moment so that we can just continue our talk. okay. so, if we need the main purpose of the project in the furthest way possible we are here to preserve the work that russian independent journalists have been doing for more than 20 years and to create an archived that is just publicly opened and is free and as exhaustive as possible. that is not our only goal because obviously we have a mission that is threefold. first of all, we are preserving

president trump: i will probably meet with president zell ins ky and meet with president putin. losing millions of people on the battlefield. you have eight or 900,000 russian soldiers are dead and very badly wounded and same thing with ukraine. probably 700,000. the numbers are lower than that but i don't believe those numbers are correct. i would like to see it end on a human basis. it's terrible what's going on. open fields with no protection. the only thing that a bullet can hit is a human body. i would like to see that end. would have never started. that war would not have started, putin would have never started that war or october 7 if i wasn't either. that mess would have never started. i would like to help out. one of the things we're looking at with president zelenskyy is having the security of their assets -- they have assets underground and other things and we want -- we want security, because as you know, europe is putting up much less money, nato, europe, call it wherever you want and $300 billion plus and the number is $100 billion. $200 billion less than us and oc

so, condemn, putin's violation of ukrainian. sovereignty, said.ve said on record this is not a time for war. that's not a condemnation of russia's invasion of ukrainian territory. demand to end the war. on on palestine, etc.. that the prime minister's primary commitment is to ensure a sustainable manner. and we've done very well on all three insofar as russia is concerned. yes, we've had long standing relations with the erstwhile soviet union. we have relations with the russian federation, but we have much stronger relations in many with some of the other countries, including from the united states. on energy, i think it has and today we were encouraged by the americans, by western europeans. i think they're out of the equation. they're no longer part of it. because you've turned the conversation toward america, donald trump is determined to use tariffs as you can expect tariffs to be imposed on indian exports to the united states, can't you? let me give you a primer on tariffs. what makes me very happy about what president trump is saying. he has

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putin made the comment he's an illegitimate leader. that's not his call. both sides will give a little bit. zelenskyy indicated -- he softened his position on land and putin's going to have to soften his positions as well. it can't be one way or the other. the western world won't stand for it. when you look at president trump, basically the true art of the deal individual, he understands that. he understands where negotiations are going to go and how they have to end. it's in our best interest, both here in the united states but globally as well to get this to a conclusion and i think that president trump is the one individual that can actually make this work and i'm very kv department it will work -- confident it will work. joey: there's a war in ukraine, a war in israel that's in a cease fire, there's the threat of china invading taiwan. seems like there's the threat of war just about everywhere. how important is it for the trump administration to show in this first attempt that they can end this big war between ukraine and russia, how important is that

with putin's television shamefully broadcasting nude pictures of america's first lady who is so beloved, melania trump. in conclusion, god bless our troops as the global war on america continues. trump is reinstituting existing laws to protect american families with peace through strength. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent i address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, i rise today because elon musk, an unelected billionaire is repeatedly and blatantly breaking the law including usurping the authority reserved for congress. music claimed powers even the president himself does not hold including the authority to delete agencies created and funded by this body. mr. min: he's gained control of the treasury's payment system, used to make all payments by the federal government. trump promised to cut $2 billion, the discretionary budg

but it was essentially a call for regime change and it focused on one man vladimir putin, just as he said, the north stream pipeline would not be allowed to allow gas to flow to germany. do you expect uh these papers to be the classified under i license a call soon was looking to for individual med die be when he made that to a sudden revelation about the plans to kill boots and when we get the details annoyed stream, do you expect uh from uh uh, a trump administration that boeing to open up a lot of information is kept secret from the us public or not before deal with the crane. i highly doubt it trump is actually mirrored when asked about it so which it in itself is revealing that donald trump refused to comment on who is responsible for nato. and the biden ministration is doing all they could to deny us hand including leaking stories to the washington post, another mainstream publications about ukraine's responsibility, and a secret operation of which in which vladimir zalinski was kept in the dark. so i don't expect anything new, but i do commend independent investigators like er

when putin saw how incompetently that was handled. i was going to get out, but i was going to keep bagram. now china has it. i was going to keep one of the biggest airbases in the world. they left it. other than bagram i was going to get out. i was not keeping bagram for afghanistan. i was keeping it for china because it is one hour away from where china makes its nuclear weapons. and we were keeping it. so we have a lot of great things happening in our country. i am really thrilled about doug and i'm really thrilled about his friend, chris wright, who is a legend in the oil business. they keep telling me he's like a legend. and he is a legend too in a lot of businesses. and we have an amazing group of people working with us. the man behind me became a tremendous success. he was not a wealthy man. he did not start off a wealthy man and he ended up a wealthy man. that is a great talent. and he's willing to sacrifice so much to put it to work for our country. watch the job he does on the interior, but in particular on really making our

putin hates usaid. maybe that's why musk hates usaid. this is an agency that represents the very best of america&keeps us safer by creating a more table world and keeps america safe. you know, foreign assistance is about 1% of our entire federal budget and maybe before coming after usaid republicans should look at all the billions and billions of dollars in tax breaks and subsidies they give to oligarch like elon musk. you want to save money, start there. elon, pay your fair share of taxes. what is happening right now across the government is that an unelected billionaire is trying to gut the government to give other billionaires a tax break. our answer is hell no. and as much as donald trump and elon musk want, this is not a dictator ship and will not allow it to become one ever. we're going to fight and we're going to win! >> enough is enough. we will not stand for this. this is illegal. this is wrong. and this is unconstitutional. it takes an act of congress to shut down usaid. but you know what, congress will not let this happen. we

but do you feel pressured by his position and his affinity with vladimir putin?work very. >> actively, not. >> only with congress on a. very strong bipartisan basis, but with president. >> trump's team. >> and the new administration now. >> and we. all pray. >> that president trump is. >> successful in his efforts. >> to bring this war to an end. >> so, look, we are sharing our information. we are. >> sharing the. >> battlefield update. it's clear. >> to us. >> and we are very glad to hear from. >> president trump. >> and secretary. >> bassett and secretary. >> rubio that. >> you know about the new potential. sanctions packages, about sanctioning iran. you know, the initiative. >> yesterday, the axis. >> of evil has to be stopped and has to be brought to the table. >> and. >> you know, we can together do it. and ukraine. is not only defending our country, but as we say, we. >> are defending. >> also and not. >> just europe. >> but essentially. >> defending freedom and the right to be who. >> people want to be. >> the right to pray, the right to live. like we want

but i think more broadly for ukraine, we're hearing trump and vladimir putin. to keep ukraine on that so if we're hearing these proposals that, look, elections in ukraine have legally been postponed under martial law enshrined in the constitution. and yet it's a common moscow attack line to because of the lack of elections taking place. so i think we're going to hear and i think all you're going to hearfrom ukraine is a calls for substantial security guarantees — assurances. if ukraine feels it can get enough of those assurances to potentially cede territory to a proposal for peace. but we are in early days, but i think we are going to see as clearly the us wants to to press ahead. but the crucial question here is whether donald trump with new tactics of targeting supply lines, highways instead and so how do you convince a russian president who's new generation of fans. people showed up to a recent event. its organiser, kojo dim—oh can tell us more. did you expect to be playing chess 10pm on a chess until 10pm on a wednesday? i chess until 10pm on a wednesday?- chess until 10pm on a w

putin hates usaid. maybe that is why mosque hates -- musk hates usaid. this agency represents the very best of america and keeps us safe by creating a more stable world, helps to keep america safe. foreign assistance is about 1% of our entire federal budget. maybe before coming after usaid, republican should look at the billions and billions of dollars of tax breaks and subsidies they give to oligarchs like elon musk. you want to save some money? let's start there. [applause] hey, elon, pay your fair share in taxes. what is happening right now across government is an unelected billionaire is trying to got the government so he can give other billionaires a tax break. our answer is hell no. we live in the united states of america. as much as elon musk and donald trump want, this is not a dictatorship, and we will not allow it to become one ever. and we are going to fight and we are going to win! [applause] >> enough is enough. we will not stand for this. this is illegal, this is wrong, and this is unconstitutional. it takes an act of congress to shut down

it sends a signal to xi and putin that if you want territory and if you give a speech and have will, it. i admit the future here is bleak. but to basically surrender to something that in my judgment has no redemptive aspect at all damages the already remaining credibility of the united states. i can give you an alternative pathway that makes sense but it takes a lot of leadership. and will and skill. >> let's bring it full circle how does this affect phase two of the agreement. we have the name of three more hostages do be released tomorrow. it does feel like the plan is hanging by a thread. on what basis do you negotiate the next phase if you cannot agree on the endpoint? >> phase three was the return of dead bodies and three to five years of reconstruction. i think you can get through phase one although we will test that tomorrow. hamas has provided the names. i think that will go through. i think the media completely missed the story of netanyahu's visit to washington. he looked to me like the cat who swallowed a dozen canaries because i think there was no confrontation, no moment

putin would not have started that war if i were president.way, you wouldn't have an october 7 if i was president either. that mess would not have started. but no, i would very much like to to help out. one of the things we're looking at with president zelenskyy is having this security of their -- vonnie: president donald trump speaking from the white house as he meets with the japanese prime minister. the markets selling off after those headlines came out that he's going to be announcing reciprocal tariffs necks week. he said it's going to be across the board. that sell-off moderating down and the nasdaq itself down 1%. we're going to turn it over now to bloomberg's texas bureau chief julie fine live in dallas for a special interview with fedex governor greg abbott. julie? >> government abbott, thank you so much for being with us. >> my pleasure. thank you, julie. >> i want to start with the news of the morning the president saying he will have some type of announcement on reciprocal tariffs in the coming days. now, he has paused tariffs for

gabbard: putin started the war in ukraine. chair cotton: senator moran, i want to extend my condolences to the loss of life for the fellow kansans. sen. moran: thank you. many people are very kind in expressing their condolences and i appreciate you saying this in this setting just now. lt. col. gabbard you are asking your questionnaire about your priorities and you listed iran and hamas and hezbollah and north korea. you also mentioned russia. the only thing you said about russia in fully explaining why it is a priority is ending the war with russia. when you talk about russia, what are your fears or policy priorities beyond ending the war? how do you see russia as a threat to the united states? ms. gabbard: if confirmed as the director of national intelligence it will be paramount for me to assess where our intelligence gaps may exist so that i can provide the president and all of you with the most accurate full picture of that threat assessment to directly answer your questions. i think it is a complex environment. russia r

what do you think. >> vladimir putin. >> is. >> up to? >> he's up. >> to. >> asserting his role. >> in. >> the middle east. what we should be doing and saying to the russians is that we're going to fly anywhere, anytime, anyhow we want to in order to stem the flow of isis. isn't it clear yet that putin is going to do what he wants to do, because. >> he believes. >> he can do it with impunity? let me emphasize. >> andrea. >> he's not putin is not strong. we have an overwhelming advantage of him. but what he's doing is ryan crocker. said he's doing is ryan crocker. said he's playing his cards skillfully. at bombas we make the most comfortable sock in the history of feet so comfortable you'll wish you had more vist bombas.com and get 20% off your first order if you're living with diabetes, i'll tell you the same thing i tell my patients. getting on dexcom g7 is one of the easiest ways to take better control of your diabetes and help protect yourself from the long-term health problems it can cause. this small wearable... replaces fingersticks