accusation and when my ever cape town the federation of human rights advised me to leave i did it because you know that activity again the. security of russian federation it's a crime a state threesome. there are. punishment it's to mean two years of prison so you came to paris with your children how difficult was it for you to leave russia to leave us i had a true feelings filled feeling was i felt myself like a traitor of people because you know that many people in region they connected with me their hopes on justice even in any cases we did not receive the rules alt's sometimes the fight for your rights it's also a result it's like a fight for justice against unjustice and this is a moment i feel myself. i own laws the rules i feel that i was absolutely. outside a situation. like i lost the connection because my people. it was a really difficult even when i arrived in paris i refused to ask a political refugee during three months because i rolled many placation to russian prosecutor to. be about that why the channel for russia. russia twenty four accused my organization in the spear not do you have the evidence of all these do you can you

is in their core interests to promote and improve relations with the russian federation including for the sake of international security which we have been talking so much about especially mr lavrov. you think about the european leaders. record neutrally to the reintegration law. adopted in ukraine what you thing can be the practical ramifications. of this lot well this reintegration law if we speak to you from the legal terms is basically erases manes the minsk agreements the agreements that have been adopted. thanks to the. meeting of the four leaders of the normandy group in minsk and this is something that is obvious for us because it's obvious to us as for our reaction i have stated on numerous occasions that we have you were clear information that in europe people in europe and in washington understand what kind of game the ukrainian authorities are playing right now how they're trying to evade their obligations under the minsk agreement but i hope that in the private. contacts. with other leaders. leaders are telling this to the ukrainian authorities. absolutely but this is. the most. can not. just simply do not

hopefully but we just need to jump in because we've got the back of the united nations security council talking on the russian federation is addressing is the chamber right now that we've been seeing once again how the united states is abusing the platform of the security council. and why is the united states a permanent member of the security council and one of the authors of the much harder because undermining the what they already of the security council as the means by which is it responsible for maintaining international peace and security which i think it is obvious for everyone that the topic chosen today does not fall within the parag it established by the u.n. charter for this security council and the references we hear today tomorrow that gold thirty four of the u.n. charter as it applies to the situation are completely inappropriate this should be obvious to anyone who will take the time to read article thirty four of the charter once again when you have. we have often drawn attention to the fact that it is unacceptable to use bogus pretext to include in the agenda purely internal political affairs issue of w

russian federation. one should not forget that russia and the united states, as permanent members of the un security council and the largest nuclear powers, there a special responsibility for maintaining global peace and security. therefore, despite all negativity, we should not shut off from one another. not look back at the past, but rather follow the strategic vision of our common goals. it is clear the russian and united states interests intertwine when it comes to the fight against global terrorism. there is a context within the russian and united states presidents on the sidelines of the asia-pacific summit in vietnam, in a joint statement of syria that our countries need each other. they are coordinating their efforts to defeat isis and achieve a stable political settlement in syria. we are united in necessity to address the challenge of nonproliferation of weapons of mass distraction. the fact that we have not reduced our efforts to resolve the iranian nuclear program and to destroy syria's chemical weapons despite our strong disagreements over the ukrainian crisis speaks volumes. today, development

of the russian federation for his statement. statement inake a my capacity as the representative of kazakhstan. the asg for his factual breathing. -- his factual breathing. iefing. the security council deals with issues related to national peace and security, and respects the sovereignty of other states. we regret the loss of life in a iran, but kazakhstan considers this a domestic issue. this, since they do not threaten the peace and security of the region. very careful in reiterating the importance of maintaining global stability worldwide by reducing violence and preventing tension. we have too many issues to address already in the middle east. we truly believe that disputes should be resolved by peaceful means to prevent the further escalation of violence, and not inspire extremist forces. we join in others in calling iran -- in calling on iran to have mutual respect for their society. we know that the level of tension in a ron has decreased -- in iran has decreased. a peaceful despite the recent developments, they should not undermine the sustainability of the joint comprehensive plan of action for the iranian nuclear program. the world community must remain committed,

ready forn officials november's midterm election, federal officials are ramping up efforts to protect against russian hacking and other types of securityhreats. the department of homeland security is speeding up security and lawmakers are crafting plans to help thwart russian interference in the midterm. they're asking viewers, do you have election security concerns? democrats can call (202)-748-8000. republicans, (202)-748-8001. independents, (202)-748-8002 . you can also reach us on social media on twitter at --@cspanwj and on facebook at -- facebook.com/cspan. more from the hill about how operations are underway for the midterm elections and keeping them secure. top cyber security officials at the department of homeland security said wednesday that they expect the department to complete a rigorous selection security test requested by a number of tests in april. acknowledged previous reports of backlog of brisk and phone ability assessments, which the department has offered to states as part of its designation of election infrastructure as critical. politico reported -- reported that there is up to a nine-month wait, leaving little t

of the smallest and weakest economies in the russian federation. on paper the republic is independent as regards domestic policy but economically it's completely aligned to russia moscow guarantees military security and in return and joyce access to the oil reserves here. alexei and design a tentative as representative in dug a stand out looking for slaves in a brick yard some of the victims have been here for years they fear reprisals from their bosses by years condition the government the victims tell us we're too scared to talk. sometimes they beat us or lock us up and the music business was but when you approach us it's ok. i mean i was going to do it. we've become psychologists we can talk to people like them now everything starts with a small step. then we agree an initial meeting if they've been at a factory for a long time they went immediately trust us to do it i do mr james the situation at the keenest which we have to build up trust first before we can get them out of there which i'm very proud of in. the endless fields of bricks given an idea of just how many people have to work here often against their will. the kilns are all fired with gas illegally diverted siphoned off from the oi

security firms say they have already seen attempts to hack olympic organizations. the same russian group that penetrated the democratic party during the 2016 election is reportedly trying to collect e-mails from a series of olympic sports federationse move comes after russia was banned from the upcoming olympics for athletic doping. the concern is that russia will retaliate by leaking prominent officials' e-mails. >>> team usa will be sending 240 athletes, which is the largest delegation to the winter games from any country ever. one is south lake tahoe's maddie bowman. this is the women's ski half pipe. she told us that participating in this new event made walking down the opening ceremony even more special. >> i never experienced the opening ceremonies, but no one on my team had either. you know, the coaches, the pts, the other athletes. it was so fresh and cool for us. and we just -- we lived it up. we soaked it up. we took in every moment. and i wouldn't have changed that. it was definitely, oh, we're here to ski but look at all these shiny things around us. it was a cool experience. >> it is cool. from lake tahoe to south korea. she's in good form already. she looks to repeat, winning a gold in the last x-games competition be

russian federation for his statement and i know make a statement in my capacity as a representative of kazakhstan. ber colleagues, i thank assistant secretary general for his complete and factual briefing. the security council deals with issues related to national peace and security, and respects the sovereignty of other states. we regret the loss of life in , but kazakhstan considers the developments in the islamic republic of iran as a domestic issue, which you do not fall under the mandate of the security council, since they do not threaten the internationals peace and security. we should be very careful and we reiterate the importance of maintaining global stability worldwide and in the middle east in particular, by reducing violence and preventing new tensions. we have too many issues to address already in the middle east. we truly believe that disputes should always be resolved by peaceful means in order to prevent the further escalation of violence, and should not inspire extremist forces. we therefore join others in calling iran to have mutual respect in their society. among all social groups involved. we note that the level of tensions in iran has decreased and the situation is gradually no

russians. steve: meanwhile let's talk a little bit about this. yesterday the secretary of the department of homeland security secretary kirstjen nielsen confirmed that the department of homeland security has asked federaln sanctuary cities. if sanctuary cities are not going to conform to federal law, essentially they are trying to figure out whether or not they can lock them up. brian: so de blasio, rahm emanuel, mayors in major cities. steve: philly, california, los angeles, cook county, illinois. and chicago are already on a last call list. ainsley: senator kamala harris had this conversation on this topic. >> acting director homan said he asked the justice department to quote look into criminal charges for elected officials with sanctuary policies as they are harboring illegal aliens according to 8 usc 1324. this comment was specifically about california elected officials u after the enactment of the california values act. my question is whether dhs is currently working with the justice department to bring section 8 usc 1324 charges or any criminal charges against state or local officials. >> i believe the request was made the department of justice is reviewing what avenues might be available. brian