i never worked for russia. not only did i never work for russia. i think it's a disgrace that you even asked that question. because it's a whole big fat hoax. it's just a hoax. >> i'm joined by michael schmidt, who broke the story for "the new york times" this weekend. iamec alcindor, and greg brown and a former federal prosecutor. michael, an amazing story. the story is national security interests, the fbi agents, not politicians, but fbi agents, were looking into whether this president was working for the russians. what was their concern? >> here's why this matters. our collective understanding of this from the beginning has been the president facing a criminal obstruction investigation. the fbi, we now know a year and a half ago, was not comfortable with his relationship with russia. they could not understand why he fired comey. they thought there was something more there. there was enough to take the extraordinary historic step, a historic step to actually open this investigation into the president's ties to a foreign adversary. they were so un

has actually been tough on russia." the second part is its own thing, but the first part, the consistent -- frank, the consistent attack on the fbi, on law enforcement in general at a federal level, but on the fbi, the idea that it is populated with hacks, that it's a witch hunt, this is the president's response to everything that the fbi has said or done. >> well, and it's totally irrelevant. whether it comes from him or comes from any of his spokespeople because as david said, it's about his actions. they speak for themselves. in terms of the initiation of an investigation, it's all based on the suspicions that the fbi had about his behavior. you know, and i noted that in typical counterintelligence investigations it's about determining if one foreign power is collecting intelligence against us and if americans wittingly or unwittingly are enabling or facilitating that collection. in this case, i mean, it seemed loud and clear beyond, you know, the suspicions even that there was something that was there, and, you know

he never spoke ill about russia. >> tucker: never spoke ill about russia.t's the evidence united states senator holds up to prove that the president may be working for our enemies. so maybe trump does like russia, who knows?oe by the way, he's allowed to if he wants to. it doesn't make them evil, it just means he disagrees with prevailing orthodoxyt in d.c. ad that's okay. we're supposed to have spirited debates over questions like this. but no longer. policy differences are no criminal offenses. today on cnn professional dumpers and max booth listed 18 reasons the president may be a russian spy. if you look to the reasons, a lot of them turned out to be political positions that he just doesn't agree with, firing jim comey, pulling out of syria, criticizing the european union. and this is our favorite one, we are quoting, "supporting populist."ca the permanent war caucus in washington has succeeded in criminalizing dissent from their agenda. by the way, if it were happening in a less developed country we would know exactly what to call it, it's an attempted

my view my view is that the relations between china and russia are very political dates and for russia and sometimes i certainly know we've tension going to some of those. relations. so it's our lessons in this china and i'm sure that the russians are not only in division of the two are important the relations with china weeks i have to. see the superdome there's all different of these people but the relations between japan and china russia and china are in the extremely good grace and let it be so if you think it is in the interest of russia. that doesn't bother us i hope. but it will go on but you know the question that the general public here and russia is asking right now because japan and china they have their own island dispute going on but if japan wants russia to get islands back and enjoy good relations afterwards why doesn't it do the same with a cat who alanson the south china sea that's what people are asking over here. this is views based on the facts. based on let me let me tell you frontal lobes and all the policies through these two issues. no we are doing our best we d

i never worked for russia. and you know that answer better than anybody. i never worked for russia. not only did i never work for russia, i think it is a disgrace that you even ask that question. because it is a whole big fat hoax. it is just a hoax. >> weird he doesn't say it was a disgrace to jeanine pirro asking that question. and as the shutdown enters day 24, the question of the president's loyalty to his own nation has never been more in doubt. that raises another question. what is to be done about it? greg miller covers "the washington post" and broke the story that trump concealed details of face-to-face encounters with putin and offer the "the apprentice" and first take us through what your reporting indicates of how anomalous the president's behavior around his talks with putin compared to other talks with world leaders. >> it is beyond anomalous. it is abnormal approaching unprecedented as far as i can tell. all of the presidents that we've known in our lifetimes have had meetings with the russian le

russia you've been railways are. going there's a great contribution of the russian railways into the serbian railways there is. probably a joint. dispatch center than twelve hours expand the scale of transportation available to us we have also discussed issues of defense corp will continue to support their leadership in increasing their defenses and defense capabilities move will enhance cooperation with their military and to prizes and will continue military exercises joint military exercises we have also discussed humanitarian ties very intensive. over russian band and troops you go off and come to perform in serbia. there's been successful projects such as the project to create the internal. interior of the. serbian. church and the saints church and i will be using this opportunity to build this church later today . another. issue. that's only be testament to our friendship is. the fact that the one hundred to six to six. was a rush age of education of the gospel is currently being held in serbia. and of the that

that russia.cunt hole just to turn the page build new facilities and move on it has to get to the bottom of any by lesions that may have taken place in the past it sounds like you believe that there are some forces in russia whom may not be willing to pursue that path is that right. i think i don't want to comment your question because first the full responsibility for my air of response ability sometimes i think. worth working in russia is. because we didn't have any support i mean serious support yes we have support from many so suppose we working and said the working group ok it's sort of nice but we need nobody hearing. nobody racing a boat special position that professional position. hold to for what may be. for example the press secretary for president pushing the trip to schools told. didn't have all the information. on the different pm i have too many information do i understand you correctly mr gao knows that you feel like your work is not being fully supported here in russia when we disc

and russia and russia in recent years so whether or not this one is again going to add more fuel to the fire and exactly how much this scandal blows up of course remains to be seen in the days to come. a french government spokesperson has accused the yellow vest movement of trying to stage a coup the common signals are toughening stones from the authorities following weeks of violent protests dubiously has more well not a great start to the year for president machen with the latest polling showing that seventy five percent of french people responded that disapprove of the president that's despite the concessions he's tried giving the yellow vests movement over the last few weeks and that comes as his cabinet met for the first time on friday since the start of the new year yellow vest movement something on their plate to discuss and afterwards the presidential spokesperson discussed at the l a best movement describing them as agitators who wanted to overthrow the government. says the announcements of the manual macro the yellow vests have become a movement of agitators who want insurrect

and if i can elaborate on this question why russia. why does russia have. to take the return of russian nationals russia as you know it craig said that machines can be exchanged when we swap but there are dozens of other. grade if. you refuse to do is why. would i see the earlier. politicians politicians in ukraine i think this would be a political to any country but as regards the current situation in ukraine i'm not the only person who is eager to see some sober minded politicians clear just look at. some ukrainian media. what the criteria are. should respect their own constitution their own laws. this starts with the empty constitutional. power in ukraine in europe with started demanding. to expel the russians from crimea i think this is not sober minded. my president. i ran for president he said he would be the president of peace but once he became president. he stopped seeing. instead. he's been quite militant recently. promising to. liberate. occupied territories just here refuses to implement the document that he signed himself i mean the minsk accor

ill about russia.t is the evidence the united states senator holds up to prove that the president may be working for our enemies. so maybe trump does like russia, who knows? by the way, he is allowed to if he wants to. if that does not make them evil. it means that he disagrees with prevailing orthodox in d.c. that is okay. we're supposed to have spirited debates over questions like this. but no longer. policy differences are now criminal offenses. cnn professional dumb person max boot listed 18 reasons that the president may be a russian spy. if you look at the reasons they are political reasons that boot does not agree with. firing jim coming, pulling out of syria, criticizing the european union. an supporting populace. to the war caucus in washington succeeded in criminal dissent from the agenda. if this was happening any less to developed country, we would know what to call it. it is an attempt at two. a political leader gets elected on a platform that law enforcement agencies do not like, so they

we have nothing to do with russia. >> we don't know how much he had to do with russia.n't let us see his tax returns. but his lawyer made clear there was a deal in the works with moscow when trump said there was nothing and there was the campaign. his best case explanation is that donald trump put a pro-russian mole in charge of his campaign. think about that. that's the best scenario. we still don't know manafort's role in that russia friendly platform change at the connection that was about the same thing that he was talking to his russian buddy about. remember, 16 other trumpers had contacts after trump said no one did then once he became president, trump fired james comey to stop t quote, russia thing. told you about that on tv and bragged about it in the oval office while handing over top secret information. to the russians. that alone could warrant a look at where the president was working for the russians. can you blame the fbi for being suspicious? and remember, they warned then candidate trump and his campaign to watch out for the russians. after that warning,

i never worked for russia. >> tonight "the washington post" reports that donald trump hit details of talks with putin and confiscated interpreters notes. >> i said to myself, i said, you know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a made up story. >> greg miller joins me live. >> plus the amount of public evidence the president was following directions from the kremlin. and then democrats demand assurances from the president's pick to oversee the mueller probe. >>> and why hillary clinton is saying, i told you so about trump and the russians. >> from everything i see, has no respect for this person. >> well that is because he'd rather have a puppet as president. >> no puppet. no puppet. >>> "all in" starts right now. >>> good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes. it is a question now front and center in american politics. in fact, it is become so central that even donald trump's absolute favorite fox news host was forced to ask him on live television this weekend, is the president of the united states an

russia has a record of it. and now they've got that to wield against him in case they ever need to give his leash another little tug. and then on top of that today, just in case the u.s. and europe were not back on their heels enough with what appears increasingly to be the capture of the u.s. president by a foreign adversary and him wiring nato, russia's greatest adversary on earth, to explode of its own accord. i mean, today on top of that, the british government edged to the precipice and started to fall off in a freefall that appears increasingly destined to take much of organized western europe with it. >> order. order. the ayes to the right, 202. the nos to the left, 432. >> wow. >> the ayes to the right, 202. the nos -- order. the ayes to the right, 202. the nos to the left, 432. so the nos have it. the nos have it. unlock. on a point -- indeed, post traumatic stress disorder . point of order. >> the house has spoken and the government will listen. it is clear that the house does not support this deal, b

how much is this going to provoke russia do you think. well you see if you create a new security service is doing something to pressure on the clergy they're not doing it very seriously because they know that in three months time there will be election elections and they cannot fully support the illegal and the constitutional intervention into really just affairs so please don't be afraid of something very serious happen it's more political game on the ukrainian establishment as well as politicians are using religious matters as a tool in the elections the same is with the security service and i would say that for you probably the audience the international audience would be interesting to know what it means in your own context what is happening in ukraine it's as if in america there is the unification of those these christians who support mr and on the other side those who support mrs clinton and democrats and if american government would act on one side or establishment on in supporting one part or another part of these divided politica

russia today. all of this goes back to the question of how do we get to an axis of whatsapp -- autocracy? putin understood russia could not operate a long and he did not approve and appreciate democracy. so how do you become a a competitor where you have allies around the world, particularly in the west, who will see it your way? it's simple. you use these information and warfare systems and techniques and methodologies to allow western democracies, who are now the bugaboo, right, of autocrats and dictators the worldwide, to put themselves out of democracy. you do that by using freedom of the press as as a weapons syst. you use the expression and public right to redress as its own internal cruise missile. the way you do that is you feed them information, information that they think is true. it may, in fact, be true but to liberty in such a sequence that it will turn the truth on its head. you put that through social media systems that self propagate by studying the individual who would consume your

of the honor of treaty don't take into consideration the fact that russia has a c. in place michel. that are not included in the treaty the united states says it will withdraw from the i.n.f. treaty with russia as early as beginning of next month now to give you some background about this agreement it was signed by american president ronald reagan and soviet leader mikhail gorbachev back in one thousand eighty seven and it took effect just a year later now the agreement stipulates that both countries should destroy all ground based missiles with a range of five hundred fifty five hundred kilometers. when not only prompted by. there were further exacerbated often donald trump unveiled plans for an ambitious expansion of our an american defense capabilities. token defense and we're also talking. to get off and see that again when we have the finest weapons in the world and we're ordering the finest weapons in the world america's just published the first review of its missile defense program in almost a decade and it besides plans to deploy twenty new ground based inte

know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a made up story. again, this bombshell report from "the new york times" tonight reporting that law enforcement officials were so concerned by the president's behavior after he fired comey that they began investigating whether he had been working on behalf of russia against american interests. "the times" say this was a controversial decision inside the fbi. that it's not clear if the investigation continues. but that special counsel robert mueller did it -- did it -- took it over when he was appointed in may. as "the times" reports, the criminal and counterintelligence elements were coupled together into one investigation. former law enforcement officials said in interviews in recent weeks. because if mr. trump had ousted the head of the fbi to impede or even end the russia investigation, that was both a possible crime and a national security concern. "the times" tonight also reports getting some access to the testimony of the top lawyer at the fbi at the time, fbi general counsel james baker. and the

his presidency with sanctions against russia fully in the past russia not to. respond in kind to avoid confrontation so what's wrong with that is this it against america's best interest in the future. of the member all for the u.s. administration has qsa russia not to seize american property and not to expel american diplomats so that was want to accusations against phil and the other accusation i think was. but a few. he asked him best. to. through my school. ask. moscow to bug the resolution that was being discussed in the u.n. security council the time for. asking israel to stop building new settlements on the occupied territories and since the obama administration did not want to stand in the way of this resolution and contrary to their previous position they wanted to abstain from flynn based on the charges by council or the special counsel. has. to veto this. was not to veto this resolution i'm not getting into the specifics of this matter i don't want to discuss whether we should have passed this resolution and not but what he did is he asked to russia b

yet. >> i never worked for russia. not only did i never work for russia, i think it's a disgrace that you even ask that question because it's a whole big fat hoax. it's just a hoax. >> reporter: president pushed back on a series of hair-raising reports on the russia investigation. both "the new york times" and cnn reported that fbi agents launch the an inquiry into the president's decision to fire the bureau's director, james comey, in 2017. to find out whether mr. trump had done so to directly benefit the russian government. president still defends that decision. >> i guess they started it because i fired comey, which was a great thing i did for our country. so, the people doing that investigation were people that had been caught that are known scoundrels. i guess you could say they're dirty cops. >> reporter: the president initially justified the comey firing by saying he had an ax to ground with the russia probe. >> when i decided to just do it, i said to myself, i said, you know, this russia thing with trump and ru

they said they think it's russia. i have president putin, he just said it's not russia.. but i really do want to see the server, but i have confidence in both parties. i really believe that this will probably go on for a while but i don't think it can go on without finding out what happened to the server. what happened to the servers of the pakistani gentlemen that worked on the server. they are missing. what happened to hillary clinton emails, 30,000 emails gone. just gone. i think in russia they wouldn't be gone so easily. i think it's disgrace that we can't get hillary clinton's 33,000 emails. i have great confidence in my intelligence people. but i will tell you that president putin was extremely strong and powerful in his denial today and what he did is an incredible offer. he offered to have the people working on the case come and work with their investigators with respect to the 12 people. i think that's an incredible offer. okay. thank you. >>> at the tail end of that incredible two minutes president trump echoed an offer from vladimir putin made in private to he

they said they think it's russia. i have president putin. he just said it's not russia. i will say this, i don't see any reason why it would be. >> so continue, director, about the red flags that that would raise. >> well, again, i think that that performance and statement was a red flag, no pun intended, and it seemed to reinforce what the intelligence community was long concerned about, and i was before i left in january 2017 about this deference to russia and the vilify kags lification intelligence community and the fbi and anybody else that was in anyway involved in our assessment or the investigations and when i think the low water mark or high water mark, whatever metaphor you want to use of concern on the part of the intelligence and law enforcement communities. >> listen, i'm not sure if you have any -- if you're in touch with any of the folks still at the white house, but i'm sure you have some insight on what will be going on now because this is a white house in crisis. i'm just wondering, within the national intelligence community right now, what is going on?

i have nothing to do with russia i have nothing to do with russia. >> well, the lies, boys. turns out according to "the times" those top officials were some of the worst offenders. they report 18 undisclosed contact between roger stone and russians before inauguration day. the report 17 for donald trump jr. and six each for president trump and his former campaign chairman paul manafort "the washington post" put it's this way in a damning report of their own -- if trump's advisers lied over and over again, of on about contacts with russians, the question is why? it's that question mueller is likely to put to roger stone, now facing seven felony charges, who this weekend had a change of heart about helping special counsel robert mueller >> any chance you'll cooperate with special counsel robert mueller if he asks >> you know, that's a question i would have to -- i would have to determine after my attorneys have some discussion if there's wrongdoing by other people in the campaign that i know about, which i know of none, if there is i would testify honestly i would honestly tes

and russia. and you know, the president has repeatedly disparaged even his own intelligence agencies. so you add all of that to the recent reports that the president confiscated his interpreter's notes after a meeting with putin and that u.s. officials really haven't throughout these meetings been able to get readouts throughout his several face-to-face encounters with vladimir putin and it really does, don, add up to mounting questions that have been lingering really for more than two years now, probably stretching even farther back than that into the campaign. don? >> appreciate your reporting. jessica schneidr. i want to bring in now susan glasser, bradley moss and max boot. max is the author of "the corrosion of conservatism: why i left the right." good evening, everyone. i appreciate you joining us on this monday evening. how significant is it, max, that trump was apparently negotiating -- was in negotiations for a trump tower moscow in november of 2016 according to rudy giuliani who then wa

he said it is not russia. i don't see any reason why it would be. >> hillary clinton say may have been onto something after all. >> he would rather have a puppet. no no puppet. you're the puppet. >> she digging on whether to reopen the government. he seemed to rule out declaring a national emergency. >> i'm not looking to declare a nation national emergency. >> the public blames more so than democrats. >> the government remains shut down for one reason and one reason only, the democrats will not fund border security. >> the president brushed off any worries he was trying to hide interaction earlier today insisting that those encounters have been what he called successful. democrats will also say the president's meetings can be described as successful for the russians. >> thank you very much. let's bring in our senior justice correspondent. why would the president go to these extraordinary lengths to keep the contentsov of meetings with putin secret who have the highest top security clearances? >> yes. how many

to russia, by any measure president obama was much easier, much more gentle on russia. >> it's curious that throughout that whole summer when these investigations started you had vladimir putin policies almost being parroted by donald trump. >> many of us would argue while those sanctions had been put in place, the trump administration has been very slow at implementing those sanctions. >> also front and center, friday's "new york times" report the fbi opened a kount intelligence inkwur any 2017 whether the president had been working on behalf of russia, whether actively or unwittingly so. listen to the new chair of the senate judiciary committee lindsey graham. >> i'm going to ask the fbi director, was there counterintelligence investigation opened up regarding the president as being a potential agent of the russians. i find it astonishing and to me tells me a lot about the people running the fbi, mccabe and that crowd. i don't trust them as far as i throw hem. >> here's a look at that bombshell front page "washington post" story today and the reporter greg miller also wrote the book

customs from russia's normal. at the nineteenth century to my mosque. told me about the legendary leader of dug a stone a mom sharmeen who fought the russians but then made peace but the talk. was not. they exist on the emotional need. which. is just. one book or book a spot of us love him so. almost say and. spoke when they called g.'s me. i was very encouraged to hear a young muslim from their band be so positive about our code systems in the russian federation especially because i know that many ethnic russians are prejudiced against our muslim compactor it's from the caucuses. on the second day of the fitter i was honored to be invited to a mountainous village known for its long tradition of silversmithing. the regime that is it can be outnumbering. alibek could tire himself a simple smooth took me to his cousin's house with a large extended family have gathered for a lavish celebration. try somebody more good now quit. some choice i would rather who thought this the sooner it will be over. for. sure because i

we're focused on russia now you often. say the onus is on russia to prove that it's transparent that it's willing to cooperate with water. do you think russia is doing enough in that regard we're going to put on the requirements of what is extremely important for russia because. realizing of all requirements especially requirements on the second stage of decision executive committee of what. important because from this depends. next stages and. it's not the question of compliance before it's a question of the future generation of russian it's not future because the generation it's a question of. what possible it will be how we will in the wall of. the international competition in the russian music show. and. negative results and negative. situation in this case. we will believe that do we involve the international competition and are something to it was the extremely important question. estimated that the step by step. last possibility to be in. now can i ask you specifically about the appeal to put in because i know that

and russia might move closer together. in other news today the turkish president's plane has landed in moscow today for another round of bilateral talks in florida may paint in the meeting is expected to focus on the fate of syria after america's pullout and on further reconciliation in the war torn country with more here's more if an option this will be the eighth meeting between mr arrogant and mr putin in the last year and that is apart from a long twenty phone conversation. as the two leaders had seems that they have a lot to discuss syria of course for sure will dominate wednesday's talks to be more precise its northern region east of the afraid to this is the area where the u.s. troops have been stationed once they're out and that is after sudden decision to withdraw american military personnel from syria he announced about that back in december twenty eighth this area will become especially vulnerable and the question will definitely rise who is going to control it right now serious kurdish forces are in charge and

i never worked for russia. not only did i ever work for russia, i think it's a disgrace you even ask that question because it's a whole big, fat hoax. it's just a hoax. >> getting prickly, that was our own kristen welker getting the president to answer a question judge jeanine pirro could not. >> are you now or have you ever worked for russia, mr. president? >> i think it's the most insulting thing i've ever been asked. i think it's the most insulting article i've ever had written. and if you read the article, you would see that they found absolutely nothing. but that the headline of that article is called the failing "the new york times" for the reason. they've gotten me wrong for three years. they've actually gotten me wrong for many years before that. >> proof that he reads the paper. joining us from "the new york times," one of the reporters who broke this latest development, mike schmidt, and fraat the tab msnbc and national affairs analyst and co-host and executive producer of soon to be back on the littl

so russia from that point on from two thousand to two steps asymmetric steps to counter. those american initiatives the whole concept of mad mutual assured destruction it is being deconstructed now victor gave a very good menu of all of these agreements that came into effect are being abandoned and we have the new start treaty marked two thousand and twenty one that will come as well with no talk about having a new treaty here this looks like the destruction of this principle of mass assured destruction which would only insure destruction where people should not be deceived by this war fads you know i think president point i'm going to say it's the first strike it's all about a first right here on building self himself on his intention step we call it it. it's new technology it's ultimately going to be a very very big part of our defense and all of our friends and of quote so and again let's talk about the costs you know to put one kilogram of equipment into space you need to spend at least five thousand dollars and you will need to pull tons songs you know not thousands

russia come back into compliance in advance by then but if i bowl away if russia doesn't come back into compliance then we have to be prepared for a world without the on the street in. with more. russian me saud's boy lifting the treaty of moscow for its part denies violating the pact to earlier on wednesday the russian foreign minister accused the u.s. of increasing the risk of nuclear conflict by developing a new type of thermo nuclear warhead. it's them as far as the announcement about the u.s. beginning to manufacture a new low yield nuclear warhead i remind you that the topic was already included in last year's review of washington's policy in the nucular sphere even then we expressed our serious concern about the fact that the production of such warheads lower the threshold for a nuclear conflict and as such increases the risk of nuclear conflict well emotional it is the pentagon's newest toy the w seventy six dash two when it is essentially i mean you less baggage less radiation less fallout and most importantly less responsibility i think you started through. and for major count

i'd like to express my gratitude for being in russia and i'd like. to thank mr president putin for his hospitality. of course. after the strike accident. the accident happened on monday. for all of the sixteen casualties the sixteen people who lost their lives were touched nationals for them and the search for. their casualties are still continuing i'd like to send my condolences to my brothers who lost their lives about this time i respect their family. i'd like. to. also send my condolences. for the other casualties from other countries. russian authorities i put all the efforts day they could put on the help can reach search of the of the casualties in the accident and i would like to thank on my i would like to thank mr mr putin on my behalf and my country. the relationships between russia and turkey in terms of energy culture economy and tourism we have. very. big the corporation and tories in is a leading topic on this. but the efforts of mr putin and myself are cooperation is strengthened and each day. in economy we are continuing to have a go

buckle up and brace for impact trump introduces star wars two point zero and calls for impeachment russia gate morphs into treason gate. cross talking some real news i'm joined by my guest here in moscow mark sloboda he's an international affairs and security analyst we also have victor allege he is a political analyst as well as a leading expert at the center for actual politics and we have dmitri bob and she is a political analyst with international and german cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciated mark let me go to you first hear we're calling this program a star wars two point zero on the back of the release of the missile defense review of two thousand and nineteen how different is this from what was called in the one nine hundred eighty s. under ronald reagan star wars yeah i don't think there is a lot of difference except for maybe the sums of money much sums of money i mean that's been snowballing over time anyway so reagan's strategic defense initiative which. the u.s. spent an enormous amounts of money on and resulted in n

i never worked for russia.ter than anybody. i never worked for russia. not only did i never work for russia, i think it's a disgrace that you even ask that question because it's a whole big fat hoax. it's just a hoax. [ inaudible ] >> i haven't been following it. i really haven't been following it. [ inaudible ] >> a deal with what? i don't know if we're close to a deal. it should be the easiest deal that i've ever seen. we're talking about border security. who can be against it? we're talking about drugs pouring, in human traffickers tying up women and putting tape in their mouth and pouring into our country. we can't have that. we have drugs, we have criminals and we have gangs. democrats don't want to do anything about it. they say it's immoral. it wasn't immoral three years ago, five years ago, six years, and ten years ago when they raised their hands to approve a wall. all of a sudden it's immoral. it's immoral for one reason. because they know they're going to lose in the 2020 election. that's the only re

ukraine have cut ties with russia. dire consequences but what's triggered the split was a politically motivated this is inside story. i don't welcome to the program the peron i'm the eastern orthodox church has over two hundred fifty million members around the world its spiritual leader is based in istanbul but for follow us in ukraine there is a new found independence churches that have officially cut ties with their russian branch accusing it of what they called propaganda the decision has angered russian leaders will bring in our guests in a moment but first mohamed. discussion from moscow. oh oh bartholomew the first the leader of the eastern orthodox church and a man at the center of what's being described as potentially one of the biggest rifts in christianity in recent times. with his signature on saturday he officially split most of ukraine's orthodox churches from centuries of russian jurisdiction. flow horrific emotive on sunday during a service in the turkish city of istanbul to mark the orthodox feast day o

worth working in russia is. because we didn't have any support i mean serious support yes we have support from any sort of sports we working and said the working group ok it's sort of nice but we need nobody hearing. nobody racing a boat special position professional position. to probe what may be. for example the person who is the. president pushing through to schools told. me or information. the difference would be i have too many information do i understand you correctly mr gao knows that you feel like your work is not being fully support here in russia when we discuss a ball the real support for example like case which was before this one case and nobody discussed with it maybe only the minutes of sports but. most of all above the common question. and. when i discuss the ball the support i told to both the efforts to solve the current. situation and grow. yes i understand or worked in the responsible for the areas of responsibility but i want to tell now we need to live different level of corporation. we. we

of europe needs more rush hour than russia itself but because russia is serve the biggest country of the second station on the evolved russia the council of europe is useless we've heard time are passing by and the risk of. russia exiting former conceit of europe really where we try to find a solution to circumvent it but we vote to at the meeting we went too far on video huge mistake because it didn't change the position of russia. as return to our breaking news story this hour president on trump's officially recognized the venezuelan opposition leader one guy though as the country's interim president killing more peaceful and more as he's in new york but is the latest place. well we have a statement from the white house officially recognizing the leader of venezuela's national assembly wanted wedo as the legitimate president of venezuela and declaring nicolas in the during the elected leader of venezuela the elected president declaring him to be illegitimate this is from the white house now this comes on the heels of a video statement from mike pence the u.s. vice president express

it was about russia, it was always about russia full stop. one of the problems we've had as we analyzed this and focused on the question of the president, right? did the president do x? did the president do y? you lose sight of the way the fbi understands the investigation. from the fbi's point of view, this was an investigation of russian activity with respect to the 2016 election and as a subsidiary matter, the interactions or assistance that anybody had with that activity on this side of the atlantic. that is, anybody who may have provided support to them. from the fbi's point of view, the purpose of this investigation was to understood and thwart russian activity, it was not an investigation of the president. all of a sudden, the president of the united states swoops in, starts putting pressure on the fbi with respect to this investigation in the case of flynn, demanding things of it, and then turns around and fires the head of the agency. all of a sudden, the fbi is saying, whoa, is the president's activity in trying to shut down the inv

mimic the approach of russia and china. the idea that states have a sovereign right to control, or censor information within their borders. frankly, that is a vision that is incompatible with american values and our constitution. what i am saying though, is that we need to confront the fact that our adversaries have an approach that considers control of information, and essential component of their overall domestic, as well as offensive, defensive and offensive strategies. have not only failed to recognize the situation over the last two decades, but we have particularly, tended to downplay and minimize the dangers of operation. the truth is, the 2016 presidential campaign, served as a wake-up call for cyber attacks, and information operations. no, people one, and today, december 7, of a digital pearl harbor, or a digital 9/11, as if there will be a single act that will wake the country. and make us take action on these issues. i think i know, and i think what many of you in this room know as well, you're already living thi

russia and china of course fought in world war two and it was russia the nazi germany in berlin. interestingly enough in the american media doesn't like to talk about it certainly my pump ale doesn't like to talk about it but there is a peace process going on to finally resolve the issues in syria and it's being led by russia in my pump doesn't realize or doesn't want to recognize that go ahead. and. successful because basically they consider commission is walking most likely there will be negotiations in geneva or the fight in syria is now much less than just a few months ago and obviously you have russia turkey iran walking alongside and you have. in the united states where it is yes it's very because i was located if you're going to you could put turkey in both camps so i'm. compelled speech you know it was strange i when i read some of their sentences from it i thought oh jesus he is starting to say it now. you know mike when you said all were choices the choices that we make have consequences for other countries like jesus yes yes he's going to talk about old destroyed citie

very close cooperation the russia or foreign minister. is in close contact you know still no roof and recently they had this meeting in vienna and they were very corporate. and all sure the european countries are trying to remain. these we've worked. the you should compensate worked. we have loss after the meter all. of the united states illegally from disagreement i'm sure you follow the latest results of the nato summit in brussels and it's shocked many russians i have to tell you by the way mr trump treated his american partners do you think this if he continues on that path relating to the europeans in that way do you think it would be easier for iran to get what if iran wants from the europeans because he said before in previous interviews that there is no unity here on the iranian question but in europe. you know all cooperate unit you're all in in that train or he's quite. understand their role is continue but what they're doing in nato he's not. come but you know what you wish to have in the european countries of course use they w