continent pretty well to discuss that i'm now joined by federal of ghana editor in chief of russian global affairs magazine it's good to talk to you again thank you very much for coming over thank you now earlier this year you published a very interesting article in one german magazine on the future of european integration and what's interesting about that article is that while the content was the same it had to carry different titles in russian and in english in russian it was the house construction is finished meaning the e.u. enlargement is over whereas in english it was something about the new dawn in the e.u. russia relations others 2 things indeed related. course . the relationship between russia and the european union and it's interesting to remember that the russian federation. incarnational russia and the european union is a contemporary incarnation of european integration were born. it was emerged on the wall stage in late december. and european union formally was established. so we are. of course. very long tradition the russians or this need have been integration the relations on. what

continent pretty well to discuss that i'm now joined by federal of ghana editor in chief of russian global affairs magazine it's good to talk to you again thank you very much for coming over thank you for having me now earlier this year you published a very interesting article in one german magazine on the future of european integration and what's interesting about that article is that while the content was the same it had very different titles in russian and in english in russian it was the house construction is finished meaning the e.u. enlargement is over whereas in english it was something about the new dawn in the e.u. russia relations others 2 things indeed related. course . relations the relationship between russia and the european union and it's interesting to remember that the russian federation. incarnational russia and the european union is the contemporary incarnation of european integration were born almost simultaneously it was russia emerged on the wall stage in. well a december. and european union formally it was established february 19th to show we are the same age of course. this

continent pretty well to discuss that i'm now joined by photos of john the editor in chief of russian global affairs magazine and still can if it's good to talk to you again thank you very much for coming over think you were on but now earlier this year you published a very interesting article in one german magazine on the future of european integration and what's interesting about that article is that while the content was the same it had very different titles in russian and in english in russian it was the house construction is finished meaning the e.u. enlarged.

in every other multilateral international organization the now russians being treated in the attempt to isolate this country . global affairs analyst patrick henning sending you for joining us on the program today. now for anyone just joining us we are breaking down our breaking news i want us decision to ban russia from international sports for the next 4 years to do that we're joined live in the studio by alex. now there's a lot to this ban it's not just the athletes can you break down what the details of the ban really do include well again in about 45 minutes we'll know the full extent of it when the press conference starts in switzerland and we'll probably have more clarifications from the world anti-doping agency itself but what we've heard so far from the press office of. you know a couple of members of water actually speaking to the press this looks to be a very wide ranging but. essentially all sports competitions over the next 4 years but as we've been saying all along the participation of russia in those international major international sporting events like the fifa world cup in 2022 and like next summer is euro

and here's abc's chief global affairs correspondent martha raddatz. >> reporter: the russian spy ship "victor loenev" spotted in international waters, sailing down the coast of the southeastern u.s. its behavior erratic, and dangerous. sailors from charleston, to savannah, to the port of jacksonville, warned to use "extreme caution" because the ship is operating in an "unsafe manner." the russians, now east of the bahamas, failing to respond to calls from commercial vessels trying to coordinate safe passage and failing to use running lights, even in low visibility. the u.s. has been tracking increased russian activity in international waters. while overseas in the eastern mediterranean, u.s. navy reared a madmiral william houston telling david, the u.s. is aware the russians are trying to send a message. >> they absolutely are, and we're watching them very, very closely. >> you are. >> yeah. there's really not a day where we're not watching them every single day. >> reporter: tonight, the u.s. has a navy destroyer, "the uss mahan," shadowing the russian ship off the coast. >> and mart

. >> this is a fictional thing propagated by the russian security services themselves. >> we have our global affairs analyst and senior fellow on the council for foreign relations. max, good to have you here. it is clear the president and his allies don't care that this is a debunked conspiracy theory that fuels what russia wants to have happen here, this disinformation to be spread and doubt cast on whether they were responsible and yet it seems to be a key part of the president's defense in this impeachment inquiry. do you think they just believe if they keep saying this that that's what eventually people will believe? >> yeah. i think trump and guiliani are basically showing their contempt for the impeachment process because they seem to be doing the very same thing now that trump is getting impeached for, which is traig ying to solicit ukrainian interference in our politics. the best summary i saw was in "the washington post" quoting a trump donor who said the fact that guiliani is back in ukraine is like a murder suspect returning to the crime scene to live stream themselves moon dancing. it is

sanctions targeting russians north stream to gas pipelines in germany of berlin saying it amounts to interference and domestic affairs. and another inspector breaks ranks from the global chemical weapons watchdog the o.p.c. w. saying its final report on the alleged attack in the syrian city and do what distorts.

sanctions targeting russians north stream 2 gas pipeline to germany berlin saying and amounts to interference in domestic affairs. and another inspector breaks ranks from the global chemical weapons watchdog the o.p.c. w saying its final report on the alleged attack in the syrian city and do what distorts the facts. this is the weekly here on r t welcome to our roundup of the headlines that shape the week. russia's investigative committee has released the identity of the gunman who opened fire outside the headquarters of the federal security service building in central moscow on thursday evening the shooter was 39 year old you've got him in europe who lived in the moscow region he killed in f.s.b. officer before being shot dead himself another officer died later in hospital 5 other people were injured during the attack including one civilian investigation and a possible motives is still ongoing we spoke to the suspects neighbors and father. but lately he became very secretive and also got some kind of strange. use to tell me that he liked shooting leave and wanted to get a sports rank and become a more stores. where he worked he replied in the emirates embassy as

global affairs analyst susan glasser sums it up. articles of impeachment death of a wto. rebranded nafta deal public feud with fbi director meeting with russian minister for no apparent reason. a presidential campaign rally in a battleground state. it's so true. all of the complicating, frustrated, chaotic and yet, you know in ways this little piece of legislation, it's all happening on the same day. >> it's a typical tuesday in washington. you know? >> in trump washington i. hate to be flippant about it but it really is. conditioned to understand a lot of white noise around a lot of major developments washed out in the white noise. to your point talking about a major piece of legislation, took several years to negotiate and get through and affects a lot of people. same time, talking impeachment. >> hard to focus on any one thing feuding with his fbi director and doing a deal and, by the way, about to get impeached by the house of representatives. good to see you. >> thank you. >>> more on breaking news. democrats unveil impeachment articles on president trump, bill clinton just weighed in. seed video. and the president, current one, attacks

russian people and also in terms of their leader. we will see how that plays out. it turned out not to be a good morning for vladimir putin today. vonnie: global affairsst michael, thank you very much for joining us from paris. coming up, president trump may be getting renewed pressure over his business dealings. that is next in our legal statement. this is "balance of power." ♪ kevin: this is "balance of power." i'm kevin cirilli in washington. vonnie: i'm vonnie quinn in new york. the committee's latest impeachment hearing is underway. i've been trying to keep an eye on live go. it is a phenomenal thing to watch the procedural, you know, things going on in washington, d.c. it will be over most likely by later on today, correct? kevin: in terms of going in terms of where this is headed a midweek, anticipating the drafts of articles of impeachment with a vote anticipated by the end of the calendar year. from there, there is going to be a back and forth with senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and chuck schumer. they are going to try to come up with rules. if leader mcconnell can't work with democrats, it will be a partyline vote. that's the next le

global affairs contributor. ambassador sherman, your reaction, first of all, to the way we get the news yet again of a trump/putin conversation. it is the russian government, not the most open government in the world. it's the russian government that lets us know that happened. >> true. as you opened the show tonight and talked about really a movie script sort of like "the twilight zone," all i could keep thinking about was all the president's men. in this case, the president is vladimir putin, not donald trump. it appears that putin is really in control of all that is going on here. whether that's the president holding up money to ukraine because he wants to self-deal for his political future, whether it is what's happening with russia and the united states, whether they're going to control our next election. but the echoes of "all the president's men" really was in my head the entire time i was listening to your first segment this evening. >> and here's the secretary of state on his way to ukraine, state department officials speaking to reporters today. when asked specifically, is mike pompeo going to get involved in this demand for an invest

global affairs analyst susan glasser tweeted the trump era in full today. articles of impeachment, the death of the wto, the rebranded nafta deal, public feud with his fbi director, meeting with the russianoreign minister for no apparent reason. a presidential campaign rally in a battleground state and just tuesday. so right. it's tuesday. what is thursday looking like? >> that's the thing that we, it's hard to put all of this stuff in the right context. >> yeah. >> because you're so close to it. what we do every day, so close to it, minute by minute. you step back, this is enough news, brooke, for a week, a month. six months, in a past administration. and i still don't know that we know the cumulative effect on people who aren't us. >> totally. >> viewers. people consuming this. how do they take it all in? what matters to them? articles of impeachment standing out? the wto, the election will help us figure out but we've not ever, ever seen an information environment like this. >> thank you, sir. >> whew. >> take a breather. you want my water? there you go. chris cillizza. thank you. >>> we mentioned bill barr, we'll talk how he and republicans keep gatlighting americans coming up, and o