it is the famous rescues of russian scientists in some ways fast forward to that in 2014 the russian airdrop and can hearken back to that. the national history, national narrative and it's impressive and they are polling the narrative forward. in many ways the comments try to pull that accomplishment trying to return to that a 21st century context. do you need help with that. you need technology for a 21st century arctic development and they are pushing that away and it's been sanctioned. to try to challenge russia's arctic development as it pursues the third i really appreciated the methodology for reinvestment and that is how you interpret it . i agree with steve. for a variety of regions of the geopolitical environment and harkening back to the great pitcher out of core is russia's access to the north atlantic to keep that is quite critical. there is some of arctic exceptional at them and we all need and want international cooperation. the arctic is not a means. it is too important. and the strategic nuclear deterrence or in the arctic and is geopolitically important. we can creat

they are russian volunteers. on russian television, you can see. every political leader of the party doe clairing. >> do you agree there are thousands of russian soldiers no. by the way, even the head of general staff of ukraine said we don't have any evidence that the russian regular forces are fighting. >> it has been estimated 12,000 soldiers. >> this is fantasy. he is in fantasy land living. >> there seems to be abundant evidence, abundant evidence that these men are there. why don't you admit to that? >> sorry. you know, nobody knows, nobody showed the images. nobody proved only two servicemen, military men whom they are blaming to be part of russian army. two. not 12,000. but even this two is under the question because nobody denies that the russian volunteers are fighting there. >> that's true. nobody denies that. but russian -- >> not from the states. >> not from the states and no regular forces are fighting. >> no evidence of russian regular forces are fighting in ukraine? >> well, i think that that again has been disproven by what we have

as has russian tour guide vadim.e'll keep showing tourists the breathtaking natural beauty of spitzbergen while the conflict over the arctic and its resources goes on. damien: beautiful. greenpeace has warned that both russia and norway are trying to turn the arctic into the next saudi arabia dotted with oil wells. who do you think the arctic belongs to? russia, canada or denmark, which have all laid claims to part of it? or should we just leave it to the penguins and the polar bears? let me know what you think about that or any of today's stories. of course when you mention russia these days, it's hard not to think about the conflict in ukraine. when it broke out last year, many in britain and the us started talking as if there was a natural divide between a pro-moscow russian-speaking east, and a pro-european ukrainian-speaking west. in fact traditionally the two communities are closely intertwined. that's one reason why the conflict which is tearing the country apart is so painful. but the fighting rages on and mo

the northern territories remain in russian hands and continue to be an impediment to full japan-russianrelations. but finally, the united states remains the dominant power in the pacific. although there are signs that that might be changing. thank you. [applause] [speaking latin] so, i can understand why there are no questions. yes, sir? >> if you don't mind -- are you arguing that truman felt or was briefed that conventional bombing was rent is as it was -- wouldrendous as it was swiftly save lives, and that therefore the jews in - -the decision to use the nukes was only about the sovs? richard: it was about ending the war quickly before the russians could be fully prepared to exercise their interests. >> use of the nukes in truman's mind was to end the war quickly and save lives. richard: i agree with that but it was also -- [laughter] >> the soviet thing was important but secondary. the primary was to stop this war now. what was the objection from marshall and the others? did they not believe that conventional weapons and a blockade would do it? man.rd: marshall was fdr's he supporte

at the arctic is a russian mecca. so -- and you can find our report at this. it's on our website, again 124 pages we're trying to do our part for the environment so we're not producing too many hard copies, they'll be coming later. but again if i can just offer a final reflection, the incredible importance of the arctic to russia's future development. we have seen an historic evolution of russia's arctic policy that i would not call a partnership. i would call it both a challenge to both arctic and nonarctic states. and that's part of that dwault of international cooperation and enhanced security. and finally, what do we do about this? what are the recommendations? i have to say -- and we've been doing research on the arctic for well over six years. this is the most challenging part because you would think this is an area where we could be the most creative but it has been challenging. so as i look at the totetality of the arctic, the economics, the security, which arctic tely the council cannot address, it's forbidde

it wants to break away these russians partially russian speaking territories.ven all russians. >> it's up to them. >> what it is doing, what it is doing is trying to cranedfluence inside ukraine, disruption and eventually the change of the government to have a more malleable government friendly to russia. this has backfired because with the invasion, i think contrary to president putin's expectations, ukrainians have rallied and become more anti-russian than anyone expected. and so this is why i think it's now frozen in this area of eastern ukraine, crimea. we may see some attempts to take more territory this summer or this winter around marioupol and odessa. we have to be vigilant to try to keep the war where it is and unwind it again. i think what we all should want is for ukraine to have sovereignty inside its own territory. >> only -- the only possible way to stop mr. putin is to provide ukrai them. >> are you prepared to have a full-blown war with russia? >> i think it will limit aggression of putin. it will stop him in the beginning. and another problem i

capello replaced them with a russian coach. the way that comes about shows us the way russia deals with the kind of problems that come into the state apparatus to reform there are tough time reforms in the football system. what i really want to say is that football gives us this really unique opportunity to understand some of these issues and gives us a wide audience. when you look at how many football fans there are around thanorld, it is a lot more people who follow daily politics. so what football is for me and what football grad is for me, it is a prism, a window into russia, reallyow the entire region, operates. isunderstand a region that widely misunderstood. thank you. to --hat, i give you over lisa: thank you. toave had five opportunities visit russia serving in 1988 so i have seen quite a bit of change over those years. my last experience was in sochi during the winter olympic games. 17 consecutive olympic games, sochi ranks very high. it was extremely well-organized. it was a beautiful city. the people were great. the

that was what the russian foreign minister said. we have to remember both russia and iran are allies of the syrian government. and both of these countries now have been leading really a diplomatic push to try to revive peace talks, di diplomacy has failed over the past few years, these two countries put forward proposals but so far those proposals have been rejected by the opposition and their regional backers. what russia first proposed was broadening the international coalition which is fighting against isil to include the syrian government. this is the way russia believes the fight against isil will be won. saudsaudi arabia reject that. the syrian national coalition which is the main syrian opposition in exile rejected that. they don't believe that any legitimacy should be given to the syrian government. we also know that iran has its a own peace proposal and it has been calling for dialogue saying -- it's about formal a national unity government ceasefire, holding elects under international supervision. and what we understand is

he considered it rude. >> he would only speak russian in front of some other russian.he just assumed that whoever he was with was some other russian. >> later, michael called his boss at home with an unusual request. >> he was asking for money, $200,000, that he said he needed to raise for a client that night. this, of course, put everyone on their guard, because to get a call from a broker at night seeking $200,000 is highly unusual. >> michael said his client was leaving town early the next day and needed the money immediately. naturally, michael's boss said no. >> he just said, it's not that we're unwilling to come up with the $200,000, but we certainly aren't going to be able to come up with it tonight. >> and michael's boss said that he made a strange reference to a boat. >> what he said was, didn't you tell me that your father gave you $200,000 to buy a boat, to help you buy a boat? well, his supervisor hadn't told him anything like that. and his supervisor later concluded, and later told the police, that he suspected that michael was trying to send an alarm of s

the russian government has been telling russians for the last several months that the second quarterbe the bottom, the worst in terms of the contraction but there are a lot of economists saying actually -- for example capital economics, we could have a contraction of more than 6% in the third quarter. hsbc saying it could be even worse in the fourth quarter. watch the oil price. that has a big thing to do with this. also watch consumer demand in general. russian consumers sentiment, how they feel about how things are going. manus? francine: ryan, i'm actually going to pick it up. what are the prospect turnovers ruble strengthening? ryan: we all know it is not a new theme that the russian ruble has been hostage to the oil price for a very long time. brent over the last year has fallen by 47%. the ruble is down by 43%. you don't have to be a rocket scientist to see the connection. it is the worst performing currency to have last three months. what you want to focus on now is all of these russian companies that owe money in foreign currency. $61 billion worth of debt that comes due by t

we all grew up with russian education, russian history, and seeing the demolition of the greatness of the country, the heritage, social and cultural, in scientific areas, it's very painful because russia had a lot of bad things that happened throughout history, but also it had a huge positive influence towards world culture. and today, you know, it has been almost thrown away. and we can just only hope that one day, sooner than later, our country will start building a future on positives rather than on negatives and hatred. >> host: so garry kasparov, hasn't vladimir putin restored quite a bit of russian pride. >> guest: look, let's go back to the '30s. adolf hitler also restored -- you know, restoration means creating a foundation that's warped, without wars, without prosecution of the -- [inaudible] without, you know, limiting the freedom of speech and just, you know, general freedom and human rights inside a country. putin's stability is an illusion. when people say putin's very popular, putin's very popular. it's like a dictator's very popular. what do you expect? you call people

eastern ukraine with at least 10 people killed in the latest fighting between government forces and pro-russian rebels. moscow is accusing ukraine of planning a major military offensive. first, though, bloodshed in the heart of thailand's capital, bangkok, where a bomb exploded as item a popular -- a bomb exploded outside of a popular hindu shrine. the government says the attack at the erawan shrine was intended to kill foreigners. is my wolf -- ismail wolff has the latest. : 123 people have been injured. an extremely devastating incident here in the capital, bangkok. the country is reeling from this last. -- blast. we will try to get more information on the numbers. clearly, a large number of people affected by this blast. it happened around 7:00 p.m., in the commercial district. a number of chinese, taiwanese tourists believed to have borne the brunt of this. the shrine is popular among east asians. it's also next to a busy intersection. many passersby also affected by this. the city is still reeling from it. laura: thailand is traditionally a very peaceful country. a lot of people will be as

it's not in the russians' -- it is in the russians' interest that this agreement be signed because thenhe iranians can become a greater threat to us as well as to china. so that's why i do not agree with this agreement. soleimani's visit to russia, the russians' cooperation with them from president putin right on down to on the defense minister and lower people it is a very bad signal. >> bad signal indeed and one with incredible consequences. general, always great to see you. thank you so much for joining us today. >> thanks for having me uma. >>> a deathly attack on a u.s. special operations base in afghanistan making news. insurgents storm in and now americans are once again in the crosshairs. the details still ahead. >>> plus, a top senator in president obama's own party announcing his opposition to the nuclear deal with iran. will other democrats follow senator chuck schumer in saying no? we'll take a look at the potential impact of his decision. >> chuck schumer's a friend. we served in the senate together. and senators will make up their own minds and members of congress. i obvio

russian. if you were on the u.s.-canadian side, he speak english -- you speak english over there. everything is into language. for american astronauts, they have to learn russian. russians have to learn english. i was going to fly up with a crew of three with another american and a russian and i worked hard to learn russian. i wanted to make sure i could talk and communicate with my crew member. he did not speak much english so when we communicated it was in my bad russian. you have to be able to interact to get to know one another. learning each other's language and culture is very important. station,on the space we do almost every field you can think of. we look at how flames burn. there are no convective forces. flames don't come to a point like they do on earth. in space a flame will burn perfectly round. science has studied things like this. they are trying to study the basic rings of combustion. how do pollutants and incomplete combustion, how does that happen? maybe we can improve our b

the russian exiles do not mince words.ey see russian president vladimir putin on a par with hitler and stalin. obukhov has launched a campaign on the internet called "stop fascism in russia." herman obukhov: this guy and this guy have killed millions and millions of people. putin probably did not kill millions, but it is still blood. since he took power, hundreds and thousands. chechnya and now in ukraine, it is already thousands. >> they make it clear they see putin as the aggressor. herman obukhov: this is from mortar. this is from artillery. it's heavy. this is from a tank. >> arms and ammunition left behind by pro-russian rebels in eastern ukraine. manufactured in russia. the photos show their deadly force. as evening falls in kiev, obukhov meets some of his fellow dissidents at the urban beach. among them, yuri melnichuk. the tattoo on his arm says putin is a thief. yuri melnichuk, exiled dissident: unfortunately, i don't see any forces in russia today that could change anything. people like us realize that elections

similar media programs contesting russian media narratives have been launched in e.u. countries, poland announcing plans for content factory, a tv or newsagency aimed at exposing ms information coming out of russia >>> crowd funding is popular as revenues dry up. wiki leeks is trying to raise funding for deals. the trans-atlantic trade and investment partnership is an agreement negotiated between the e.u., and the u.s. the aim of the agreement, is, negotiators tell you wills, to create jobs and growth on both sides of the atlantic by removing trade barriers. some videos and documents have been released, it has not disclosed details information on what agreements are discussed, and the impact they'll have on the public. julian assange said the secrecy of the ditail casts a shadow on european democracy. on this cover, special interests are running wild. it affects the life of every human being. the time for secrecy is to answered. crowd funding received more than 44,000 in a few days. among the pledgers, pentagon papers whistleblower daniel elmsworth and others. we repor

the russian, what is ukraine -- you ask a russian, what is ukraine, and they will say it is part of themselves. existentially or historically. i don't justify, but that is a fact. and also trying to find the independence of ukraine. thatg to convince russia ukraine without using as a threat -- would not be seen as a threat. we have been negotiating for a few months with russia. we have been negotiating with some success, but also with some shortcomings in our actions. kim: i think he wants to step it. -- step in. there are also areas of corporation. -- areas of corporation. especially on the nuclear negotiations on i run's nuclear program. -- on iran's nuclear program, which we just saw conclude. paula: i think the core of the challenge in what we are witnessing, because of the illegal annexation of crimea and the aggression in eastern ukraine -- what this does is impose a direct challenge to the institutions post-world war ii, post-cold war as we know it. which is to maintain peace, security, and stability for decades. it also has posed a challenge to the very values that we hold. but it is n

and it is dangerous for the russian leadership, because the russian voters might have questions about success in georgia. about the kind of success that they are not experiencing and is not happening in russia. this is one of the reasons why georgian success matters. this is one of the reasons why it should be important not only for us, but for our friends ,artners in those countries that georgia succeeds in these exercises, to prove to those countries in the region that if you try hard and work hard, then success as possible. a couple of years ago, six years ago, when the policy was tasked with some of the best examples and an unfortunate failure, the european neighborhood policy started to accept countries. europe was enthusiastic. brussels was making plans, one to another. today we basically had one and a half countries left. azerbaijan almost did not show up. the other one almost walked out of the room. problems. big problems. significant ones. ukraine, we know. then there was georgia standing as one country alone, trying to prove its course and that we deserved a chance. we can c

and its dangers for russian voters and for the russian leadership itself because the russian voters might ask questions about the success of georgia. about the kind of success that they are not experiencing and is not happening in russia. this is one of the reasons why georgian success matters but this is one of the reasons why it should be important for not only for us but also for our friends, partners, allies, countries that georgia succeeds in these exercise, to set an example, to prove to all those countries in the region that if you try hard, if you work hard, then success is possible. a couple of years ago or sixers ago when the european policy was tested at this .1 of the best examples of an unfortunate failure, the european neighborhood policy started to accept six country. europe was very enthusiastic, making plans one after another. today with a schedule and one half country left on the path. belarus never leave work. -- network. problems, big problems. significant ones. in moldova, ukraine, we all know. georgia was 10 as the one country alone trying to prove its course and try

it readple say, forget with the russians, it was not. when the cold war ended and stuff, looked, they had they knew more than we ever imagined. of course, it was a relevant. -- a relevant. -- irrelevant. i would not doubt that australian intelligence was not completely penetrated. german headquarters army headquarters, were penetrated. it was incredible. me in the evening, if you would. >> it is time for lunch. thank you very much. good job. [applause] first lady helen taft made several notable changes to the white house. whitevious was replacing male ushers with african-american staff. she led an effort to create a memorial for victims of the titanic. her greatest legacy was bringing japanese cherry blossoms to the capital. helen taft, tonight on first ladies. examining the public and private lives of the ladies and their influence on the presidency. from martha washington to michelle obama. american history tv on c-span3. >> each week, american history reel america brings archival films that help tell the story of the 20th century in a

yesterday there were russian warships. i ron would be the other side of that. over the past year and a half that it has been russian foreign policy that is animated by this risk taking with this. what you are looking at is russia attempting to revive the rules of the road, eastern europe or more so in the poor -- in the persian gulf. i think what you are looking at is both. one of the main misconceptions we have with regard to russia is in.n has a desired everything suggests that is not true that he is engaging and opportunistic policy. at the gradual escalation of --mmetric restaurant suppression and the ukraine is due to lack thereof. this is very good to apply to what russia is doing of the middle east. russia has big ambition and the united states in the go to arms supplier in the middle east. has a pride of place of the court nuclear supplier from the middle east. this is a lesser-known fact that russia is the world's leading exporter of technology. so the iran deal from a commercial sense looks a lot like a showroom for the russians. but i think what you

of course it requires a russian commitment. fifa will catalyze the process in germany to do a russia. the question i have as you can imagine as a soccer player and physician and the health system is completely down. how would that quality be assured? >> i know what they did for sochi. and this is across 12 different cities. they bring in ge provided medical equipment. they built new clinics. they had helicopters. they brought in the expertise that they did not have it locally. >> i think you know in the russian system that is more complicated than just been collapsing. you have a public to many provincial city is in bad shape. you also have a private system where you have middle classes for a system and they have been issued. they have more of an issue with good people trained, skilled surgeons and so on and then not having enough equipment. i think they would do exactly what they did because that's the way when you cannot modernize the system you are creating parallel, a centralized system where they put a lot of money to make

capello and has replaced them with a russian coach. the way that comes about shows us the way russia deals with the kind of problems that come into the state apparatus to reform the ways there are tough time reforms in the football system. what i really want to say is that football gives us this really unique opportunity to understand some of these issues and gives us a wide audience. when you look at how many football fans there are around the world, it is a lot more than people who follow daily politics. so what football is for me and what football grad is for me, it is a prism, a window into understanding how russia, really the entire region, operates. to understand a region that is widely misunderstood. thank you. with that, i give you over to -- lisa: thank you. i have had five opportunities to visit russia serving in 1988 so i have seen quite a bit of change over those years. my last experience was in sochi during the winter olympic games. of my 17 consecutive olympic games, sochi ranks very high. it was extremely well-organized.

he gave up on russian. you see mao's chinese he had an enormous capillary but his pronunciation was who nannies and all his life he was from that part of china. he was not gifted for an ear for languages. c-span: this picture. >> guest: this is 1949. stalin's 70th birthday. between mao and stalin is the east german leader. mao and stalin had political wills on that occasion but basically mao refusing to leave until stalin agreed to talk and to talk seriously about the relationship with china. but for two countries supposedly communist supposedly allies it was a very edgy and called for relationship. c-span: go back to that time. back when things started to coalesce at the point when chiang kai-shek was ahead of the nationalist in china. how many people were under his control? >> guest: at that depends on when you are talking about. in the early days chiang kai-shek i wonder if padilla lost china and the answer of course is the analogy, corruption and no real vision of where he was taking the country. but he

will further deter russian aggression aggression by the russian president vladimir putin. carter said just last week about how seriously the u.s. is taking the russian threat. >> but it seems that's the direction he wants to take them towards one of more confrontation. and we're simply going to have to check that. both on our own -- in our own security interests, and because we have important allies and friends in that part of the world. >> the outgoing army chief of staff raycalled russia the biggest threat going forward. the deployment to latvia is temporary. a lot of deployments are rotational. they'll send them in a couple of weeks then move them out. this is part of that balance where you want to show reassurance to u.s. nato allies but you don't want to further antagonize russia. it's a tough thing to do. there are a lot of folks who feel it hasn't been forceful enough. >> pete king who we had on. >> republicans and democrats have been critical as well. >>> russia's president abuse tin has been working out for the camera. has he already worked out a plan to outmuscle

when people say, forget it, with the russians, it was not. when the cold war ended and friends looked, they had stuff, they knew more than we ever imagined. of course, it was irrelevant. i would not doubt that australian intelligence was not completely penetrated. german headquarters, army headquarters were penetrated. it was incredible. catch me in the evening, if you would. >> it is time for lunch. thank you very much. good job. [applause] >> with live coverage of the house and senate, here on c-span three we complement that covered by showing you the most relevant congressional hearings and public affairs events. c-span3 is home to american history tv with programs that tell our nation

it seems likely that the russians, who made -- that the russians would succeed in saving in taking the small port that they would have no tanks, and little if any artillery. newly appointed commander, a highly experienced is picturedeneral here as a division commander shortly before the nazis invaded russia. he would immediately find that the road in length as well as the ones on the coast were, as u.s. intelligence analysts had dryly noted, subject to blocking. imperial fifth army was the control of a combat hardened lieutenant general and very interesting character. 33 infantry 32 to battalions and 37 238 artillery 2 -- 37 to 27 to 38 artillery batteries. he would detach and send it rumoii what -- to whatever battalions he deemed prudent. battalions from principallyons -- where one days- of rail and road march from rumo i. stalin's force of would quickly come under direct siege, a situation that would not provide a useful basis for soviet occupation demands. having stalingrad, a wide but somewhat broken river, aey would be confined to gallipoli like enclave andounded by hostile hills

and the chinese anxious about the russians. nixon loved this pitting one side against the other, and he played that actually -- and kissinger deserves crept, he was -- credit, he was good at this kind of thing. they did play them against each other. ultimately, he wanted the chinese and the russians to tell the north vietnamese to take a deal. that didn't work out. they had this word linkage, that they were going to link all these things together ultimately to lean on the north vietnamese government to take a deal, and the north vietnamese were pretty stubborn. the chinese and the russians didn't really play ball, so that piece didn't work out that well. but the fact is nixon went to china, nobody else had done it. it took a republican to do that. it was the right thing to do, and it took some guts and some vision to do it. >> as an afterthought, the number of things that you've outlined here that nixon actually accomplished i constantly, despite all of his facts -- all of his faults, wonder why he isn't given more credit than

the russian tupolev airplane is being used for a school trip.d mostly children and nine crew member. the flight enters german air space flying at 36,000 feet, the same as the dhl cargo jet. the two airplanes are on a collision course. despite being over germany, the airspace is controlled from zurich by the private swiss air space control company skyguide. air traffic controller peter nielson is the only person handling the airspace at the time. his colleague has taken a break, leaving him to monitor two screens several feet apart. this is against regulations. but a common practice known and tolerated by skyguide management. on one screen, nielsen is busy coordinating the arrival of a delayed airbus. he doesn't notice that on the other screen, there is a conflict between the russian airplane and the dhl cargo jet. >> the controller was overloaded. had a lot of responsibility. an overloaded controller is more prone to make errors. >> to make matters worse, nielsen doesn't realize the ground-based optical warning system which alerts him to imminen

so much link for russian population to europe.so much seen as a european sport where you would want to play with the big european countries. of course it didn't a sense, it makes the kind of symbolism of the world cup even more visible because you would have to interact with country that russia considers as its people are the ones she wants to partner with, which most of the u.s. and european countries. i think that would be a kind of very high level focus for russia and for the population to be sure like they receive all the big famous team, and narrative around this kind of reconciliation with some element of the western country like sports are going well. that will be a kind of interesting moment to see how the narrative, isn't so not anti-western, so they have to display very positive narrative about the western culture. and i was saying russia is part of the western or european picture. so then we have to make the shift before the cop arrives. >> it's interesting to me most host of major events want to bring visitors in. i'm

who buys russian cars? who buys russian computers? nobody. they buy russian oil. natural gas to europe was the depe depe dependency putin wanted. that's why we are at that point we are at today. he looks at the same ideas that brought down the iron curtain and ended communism. and he sees them going country to country to country if eastern europe, ukraine today. and he knows if you don't squash it there, what happens in kiev can happen in moscow. at the same time, i as an american look at where are we today? i think we're in a 1980 moment all over again. how many of you are millennials? fewer, but still. the millennials are not here in the auditorium. they're watching this online. but for the millennials, we old folks called warriors. we were not happy warriors in the reagan area. we changed the world. we had a leader who showed us how to do it and we all did it. and for the young millennials watch online, this is your 1980 momentment the world is hungry for leadership. we have lost our way. we think of moral equivalent seu of this system, that system. we're not.

but the russian policy was never like this.body back in the soviet era or nowadays, we have strong confidence in the russians as allies. they have proven themselves throughout the crisis. for four years now, that they are sincere and transparent in their relationship with us. >>> two nato soldiers have been shot dead in afghanistan. >> reporter: the attack happen ed in a base in held monday province. the government men were wearing afghan military uniforms, it's the first so-called insider attack since april. >>> hungary's government is considering what labarbera to call in the army to secure its border. despite the construction of a barbed wire finance to keep them out. in a moment we'll speak to the united nations in bid best but first andrew simmonds on. >> reporter: by the day the numbers are harder to digest. here in what's called the one-stop center an entrance to serbia from macedon yeah, more than 10,000 people have passed through in five days. and further yo up the line more than 2,000 a day are arriving. the number re

and russian reinsurances. reassurances trying to reassure the gc c states, the six gulf nation from what you heard do you think the gulf states will be reassured? >> obviously the gulf states don't have many choices. they are coming to the reality that the iran treaty is a done deal just last week, saudi arabia and the united states signed an arms deal almost $5 billion which includes qualitative and strategic weapons. this is what the united states is trying to say we will deliver. so this is one way that the americans are saying to the arab allies we will help you against any aggression in the region. and obviously from public statements the gulf states are trying to come to terms with this particular reality. >> interesting would was there. obviously the foreign ministers from the gcc nations the russian and united states secretary of state. obviously they are looking at all the problems in the middle east including obviously syria. >> to my mind the presence of lavrov is especially interesting. >> is that

the russian, what is ukraine -- you ask a russian, what is ukraine, and they will say it is part of themselves. existentially or historically. i don't justify, but that is a fact. and also trying to find the independence of ukraine. thatg to convince russia ukraine without using as a threat -- would not be seen as a threat. we have been negotiating for a few months with russia. we have been negotiating with some success, but also with some shortcomings in our actions. kim: i think he wants to step it. -- step in. there are also areas of corporation. -- areas of corporation. especially on the nuclear negotiations on i run's nuclear program. -- on iran's nuclear program, which we just saw conclude. paula: i think the core of the challenge in what we are witnessing, because of the illegal annexation of crimea and the aggression in eastern ukraine -- what this does is impose a direct challenge to the institutions post-world war ii, post-cold war as we know it. which is to maintain peace, security, and stability for decades. it also has posed a challenge to the very values that we hold. but it is n

tilted against his side was the truck but it wasn't russian. it was civilian and full of lumber that now burned in the fire sparkling in the snow. we kept our distance will but word close enough to field of fire interfaces. we could see the cab and the steel starting to rest. behind the shattered windshield flames came out with an upright silhouette. do this absence feeling strangely alive. i can't say how long we walked. when we left the sun still hadn't risen but the silhouette had remain. on her journey home we said nothing and try to hide in our silence. is that the attack spread through the families of kabul. a dead driver had been an employee. several days later my father and our village were called to settle the matter. the collaborations were short lasting but two days and my father returned. this bengalis on both sides said that our fathers were responsible for her actions that he must replace the truck and recoup the damaged cargo. our informant made out very well the first truck force us to sell our home and the second whiteout my fa

. >>> now, a russian court has sensed an estonian policeman for 15 years in prison for spying. arrested last september when he said i was caught in russia territory with a gun, cash, and hidden recording device. but estonia said that he was abducted at gunpoint at a border crossing. the eurean union said that the detention is illegal. >>> russian authorities have been accused of covering up the scale of an oil spill in siberia in june. environmentalists say that the government is vastly has under reported how much oil leaked as the oil companies have accused

and that-- . >> rose: by the russians or by the outside forces. >> both by russians and also outside forces. this sort of understanding that the west had made promises and they didn't deliver on those promises. >> rose: is that true? >> is it true. i mean-- . >> rose: yes, is it true. >> i'm obviously not-- is it true-- . >> rose: what promises did the west make and not deliver on? >> i think it's important to realize that everything is complex. and that great countries have certain prerogatives. we discovered that with cuba. under crush ef, we came close to a massive, massive problem. >> rose: you mean a nuclear exchange. >> correct. for russians, crimea and the ukraine is a little bit like cuba. you know, it's almost unfathomable for most russians to have the idea that nato will show up on the border of russia. it's provocative. >> rose: was nato in cry mea with nuclear weapons? >> the issue i think is-- again, i am not making a moral argument but i also understand how the russians see existing circumstances. which is the empire falls apart. and there was this understanding whether

who knew if the russians have sent anyone to aid their convoy? who knew would come across survivor's? these were uncertainties and were prepared for and we were prepared for what we found. as we pressed into the last ridge which saw only the beginning of our terrible decay. toga on this side with the track truck but it wasn't russian, it was a civilian and full of lumber to not burn in the fire sparkling in the snow. we kept our agenda close enough to field of fire interfaces and we could see the cab which curled the scale and the steel but needs a painted sportster raspberry behind a shattered windshield flames without an appraisal what that burned with one who met death immediately without pain and shock and do this seem strangely alive. i can't say how long we watched. then we left the sun had risen that the select had. on their journey home they said nothing and tried to hide in our silence. news of the attacks spread through all the families. the truck had been from our informant company and that the driver had been an employee. several days

russian officials tell the rebels a negotiator is coming to discuss terms for a russian withdrawal fromnya. >> eventually they were told that the main general in the war was going to come and talk to them. there was a sense that after two days of standoff they had managed to finally achieve a breakthrough. >> but the russian government has another plan in mind. >> the russians have no intention of allowing the main general in the war to go inside. they tricked the terrorists, alluring them into a sense of full security. so they lowered their guard. they relaxed. >> and they're going to pay for that. at 5:45, more than four days into the siege, russia forces make their move, staging a full scale assault. they pump a cold war era weaponized gas into the theater. once they knock out the terrorists with the chemical agent, the plan is to enter and shoot. it's a decision the russian government will come to regret. >> what happened next was utter chaos. the government gave no warning whatsoever to the emergency services. >> emergency service workers are grossly unprepared for the hundreds of

the russians assisted us caving. and now the russians are discovering that the one thing they care a lot more about, which is the ability of europe to hold their strategic arsenal at risk, is not going to alter in their favor as a result of this deal. so, my sense is that there are different permutations of how favorable this deal is. certainly for the iranians, very favorable. i think some iran's international partners in which category i put russia as well as china, i think they're finding it may over time be less favorable. >> the gentleman in the back. nude nude of -- [inaudible] i'm interested not what power we have in congress over what portion of the sanctions regime, which is arguably the most complex sanctions regime ever we have had of a rouge state. i've counted 17 executive orders and about four dozen provisions, major legislation every couple of years since at least 1990. some of those for nonproliferation, some human rights, some for terrorism, some are ewan lat -- ewan raft recall, some have a presiden

laura: how about the russians? what sense are they making of this violence? >> it only makes them happy in moscow. what russian policy is aimed at is to distract, destabilize the government in ukraine, precisely to make it difficult for president poroshenko and his government to do the necessary reforms or to do implementation of the assumption agreement -- the association agreement. laura: in theory, the russians want this peace plan, don't they? they are saying. but do they in actuality? >> they say rhetorically. there was a phone conversation between president clinton, the german chancellor, and the french president -- president putin, the german chancellor, and the french president. they say they want it. laura: how much reaction in washington is there to this violence? >> washington favors some decentralization of ukrainian government. this is of some concern. it will make president poroshenko's life, which is already difficult, even more difficult. laura: germany's chancellor angela merkel says she is troubled by what she called a mood of hate toward fo

you have seen russian soldiers there, you see the russian soldiers return home. you had equipment inside, it was brought in from outside from the russian inventory you have leadership intelligence, training several training camps. >> and you can watch the entire episode of third rail, it airs tomorrow night at 6:00 p.m. eastern time, 3:00 p.m. park. >>> the shooting death of michael brown in ferguson, shedding light on the city's broken judicial system. we'll look at whether the courts are still profiting off of the poor. >> 150,000 people injured every year. 33,000 are killed. >> to see my child laying on the table. >> what was that total bill from start to now? >> almost like 10 million dollars. >> enough people have decided that the gun lobby has too much power for too long. the nra is not invincible. >> after the death of michael brown, a scathing report by the justice department finding that ferguson missouri's courts profited off of a system that is supposed to be fair. traffic tickets. most of the targets were poor and black. city leaders said they promise

pro-rebel russians seem suspected. i spoke to julia in moscow and she told us reaction from the kremlin. -- a: there hasn't been any information also. but moscow is likely to stick to the old line and wait until after the official investigation into the crash -- until the crash is complete. and allegations it was a russian-made missile. moscow denies any responsibility into the crash and said when the ukrainian army and moscow has two versions what happened to that plane, one of the versions is that it was shot down by ukrainian fighter jets. and the second version it was shot down from the ground by ukraine army. but it was dismissed by some experts. but russia's foreign minister, he commented on information last week about this could have been a russian-made missile and he said while it's easy to establish where this missile was made and which country it belongs to but according to him that hasn't yet been done. so moscow is ready to dismiss the latest allegations and wait until october when the dutch report is due t