senator chuck schumer instantly demanding new sanctions against moscow bucks abrams from the quincy institute for responsible state craft in the us a knowledge missed intelligence data is always questionable. when i 1st read this story in the new york times i pointed out on twitter that it was weekly source a number of people replied and they said yeah but you know it's been corroborated by you know the wall street journal with section on c.n.n. and so the more mainstream media piles up on a story like this the more it takes on the impression of being true but again we can't really know that well without knowing more about this how is the intel generally who is providing this home and is it pure or is it largely partisan trick begin television series how bad largely trump and so it's not hard mainstream media to get in touch. with the sort of not we're not going to tell the person to verify the veracity of these stories even if they're not necessarily true where even if we're hearing you know a partial truth about it it's certainly trying to be spun in the way in a way that implicates trump i

military historian and president of the quincy institute for responsible state craft from lynn is only a political analyst and professor in european studies at stanford university berlin and from moscow we have pavel felgenhauer a journalist and defense analyst thank you all very much for joining us here today only if i could start by getting some reaction there from germany we've had the foreign minister saying we're close partners in the transatlantic alliance but it's complicated in those words say so much don't they what is the prevailing response of this move. well it is not. a spectacular situation we are talking about 9500 troops and as you said in the beginning we saw 6 digits of troops being stationed in germany and we saw the numbers go and don't have the numbers are growing up again after crimea i would not put too much weight on this particular announcement of the decision we still have to wait if it ever happens or it's just the threat because last year we heard something similar of from the american ambassador that the numbers of american troops will go down but the polit

max thanks so much for coming on great to speak to max abrams my guest fellow at the quincy institute for responsible statecraft. in other news after being delayed by the global pandemic moscow finally held its huge military parade on wednesday it marked the 75th anniversary of victory of a nazi germany but square record to the sound of thousands of marching feet from those tasked with protecting the motherland hot on their heels literally came a procession of military vehicles and equipment for the whole thing was topped off with a spectacular 5 past. the ng and the am i going to be at. me and me and i. i. me at. my correspondent something you tell it was a red square and some. but the emotions of the day. to me actually the most moving part of the day it's all to the present spoken and they say in unison or i would i would rock and that's because i hear history in that sound there are echoes of these people 75 years ago on red square sic she was celebrated but more importantly so with the people who have fought tooth and nail to bring it up out my grandmother for chachi for india a

least robert mueller will have a 2nd shot around 2021 we heard from max abrams a fellow at the quincy institute for responsible state graph in the us who says anonymous intelligence data is always questionable. when i 1st read this story in the new york times i point to go on twitter that it was weakly sourced and a number of people replied and they said yeah but we're you know it's been corroborated by you know the wall street journal what section on c.n.n. and so the more mainstream media piles up on a story like this the more it takes on the impression of being true but again we can't really know that well without knowing more about this intel how is the intel generated out who is providing this into the home and is it pure or is it largely partisan driven begin telling agencies how bad largely trouble and so it's not hard for mainstream media to get in touch with sort of another anonymous tell the person to verify the veracity of these stories even if they're not necessarily true where even if we're hearing you know the truth about it it's certainly trying to be spun in the way in a way tha

: andy is an historian and owtired colonel and former west point professor, president of the quincy instituteponsible statecraft. >> this interventionist impulse, which has been really the defining feature of u.s. national security policy since the end of the cold war, simply has not delivered the goods. ili think p out of europe, ending our security commitment, our overall security posturing. nick: president trump said the er of troops in germa would go down, with some going to poland. >> we will reduce our forces in germany. some will come home and se will be going to other places, other places.uld be one of those other places in europe. nick: a reduction in germany, some worry, would send the wrong signal to russia. >> i don't deny that i requested that the president not withdraw u.s. forces from europe. nick: some worry this could antagonize russia. she is the autr of "putin's rl" >> it is notvi clear that u.s. troops to poland is anymore in the.s.' national interest than keeping them in germany. nick:eb congress ising whether to block the move. the pentagon is working on options to remov

he is now president of the quincy institute for responsible statecraft. >> this interventionist impulse, which has been really the defining feature of u.s. national security policy since the end of the cold war simply has not delivered the goods. i think pullinout of europe, ending our security commitment should be one part of rethinking our overall security posture. >> schifrin: today president trump said the number of troops in germany would go down, with some going to poland, which does meet the 2% goal. >> we're going to be reducing our forces in germany. some will be coming home, and some will be going to other places, but poland would be one of those other plas, other places in europe. >> schifrin: but duda worried a d reduction in germany, wond the wrong signal to russia. >> ( translated ): i do not deny that i requested the president forces from europeaw u.s. >> schifrin: stent worries the opposite: a move to ponind could anta russia. she's the author of "putin's world." >> we shouldn't be needlessly provocative. and it's not clear that moving more in the u.s. nationalany intere

quincy adams. his a portion of her talk from institutions historical society in may of 2019. >> john adams was a disciple of the light meant as much is jefferson. at the heart of this revolutionary movement was the impulse to unmask superstition like the divine right of kings. and independence of thought. john adams held that a desire for things to be found in every part. they needed an audience. the ruling you needed the masses to worship the riches and their money. this is why he identified the danger of the cult of personality. it is when the personality of the leader is equated with the nation. nancy: the worship title or places we the people, as the sole of the body of politics. adams watch the cult up close and personal. first when he was in france. franklin seduced the educated leads as america's first rock star. adams understood the desire among human beings to be seen and loved. he zoomed in on the force of spectator ship. there was the opposite. the fear of obscurity, of insignificance. long before every american wants 15 minutes of fame, adams was in place of danger of ventilation . at the cen