secretary of state rex tillerson held talks with sergey lavrov.he two met on the sides of the g20 meeting in bonn, germany. tillerson was known for his years of cozy business deals with russia. >> all eyes have been on two men in bonn, united states secretary of state rex tillerson and his counterpart sergey lavrov. the recent upsurge of violence in eastern ukraine was a subject of the summit and tillerson brought a message for moscow. >> the united states will stand up for the interest and values of america and her allies. as we search for new common ground, we expect russia to honor its agreement. >> meanwhile, lavrov acknowledged that u.s.-russia relations have deteriorated. >> we discussed our bilateral relationship that has been substantially damaged by the obama administration, especially in the last couple of months. >> rex tillerson confirmed the intention to get rid of artificial barriers. >> berlin is watching closely as the u.s. arrives with policies on russia and nato under the new trump administration. german foreign minister sigmar g

the russian foreign minister, sergei lavrov, insisted today that russia never interfered in the internalh very strong business ties to moscow, this was an almost forensically analysed meeting between rex tillerson and his russian counterpart, sergei lavrov, after which the new american secretary of state indicated the trump administration was keen to work with russia to a point. where we do not see eye to eye, the united states will stand up for the interests and values of america and her allies. as we search for new common ground, we expect russia to honour its commitment to the minsk agreements and work to de—escalate the violence in the ukraine. mr tillerson's words were welcomed by foreign secretary borisjohnson after their bilateral meeting. given the consternation in europe over russia's annexation of crimea and what some see as the threat from moscow. i think rex tillerson's absolutely clear in his view, which is the same as mine — you've got to engage with russia, but you've got to engage in a very guarded way. you've got to beware of what they're up to. there's no question, when

that's going to be a really critical meeting, because this is a veteran foreign minister, sergei lavrovongest serving on the block. he will undoubtedly be trying to size up and analyse any sense of american weakness, which is the charge, of course, against the administration from its critics, who say the administration is compromised partly by rex tillerson‘s commercial ties and links to vladimir putin before he left business and partly by everything that has happened in washington over the past few days. rex tillerson will try to distance himself from any of that controversy, try to reassure allies and critics that the united states is going to pursue a twin track policy towards russia, highly critical of the ukraine for instance and in particular, and it's going to maintain sanctions, which is one of the critics make, that you seem to be showing signs in washington of weakening them, and yet it also wa nts to weakening them, and yet it also wants to engage on the other track of the policy with vladimir putin and explore ways of building a better relationship. it's clear that many of t

something the foreign ministry sergei lavrov is pushing back on. issues of mutual interest, but issues of contention. not the least the discussion of use of missiles and fly-bys and the kremlin wondering the understanding of the white house following the departure of michael flynn. rex tillerson will have a full discussion. that's happening on the margins of the g20. he met with the saudi foreign minister talking about yemen and what can happen there and talking about syria too. >> a lot on the plate. nic robertson, thank you. >>> the future of u.s. funding for nato could hang in the balance hinging on whether nato allies decide to pay up. james mattis echoing the tone at the brussels meeting with the nato defense ministers and affirming the support for the alliance. mattis said members must be willing to pull their weight. >> it is a fair demand of those who benefit from the best defense in the world carry the share of the cost of freedom. we should never forget it is freedom that we defend here at nato. >> the nato secretary-general says the mess

that is the tone that tillerson goes into the meeting with sergei lavrov in a few moments.ism and tillerson going in with a clear message over ukraine. going beyond what the europe allies are saying. united states has support. russia should go by the minsk agreement. get involvement out of ukraine. the united states white house position is the russian troops should pull out of crimea. we heard from moscow and kremlin pushing back strongly on that in the past 24 hours. the two countries who cooperate on are hearing an escalation of the rhetoric of tension between the two capitals. the kremlin realizes it lost dialogue with a partner. michael flynn. >> nic robertson for us in germany at the g20 summit. one of the topics is the u.s. funding for nato. that could depend on whether nato allies pay up. the new defense secretary james mattis was at a meeting with defense ministers. he defended support for the alliance, but members must be willing to pull their weight. >> a fair demanded that all who benefit from the best defense in the world carry their share of the necessary cost

it is my pleasure to welcome surging lavrov -- sergey lavrov who has spoken here are the security conference more times than i can remember. as you know he's one of the oldest serving foreign ministers in underground europe, -- in mainland europe 13 years , more or less, something like that. since we're running out of time this morning i won't give a long introduction speech. please speak to us and if we have time we'll have a few questions at the end. [applause] >> thank you, ladies and gentlemen. 10 years ago, president putin address this conference, and many back at the time in the west considered him to be a challenge, even a threat, though the main content of that message was we need to get away from unilateral actions and to get to equally footed cooperation based on international law and joint evaluation of international law and finding collective solutions. nevertheless, the expressed -- they expressed forewarnings regarding all the added attempts to thwart attempts to reinstate power in the world, and these forewarnings became truth. right now this historic stage which can be define

then rex tillerson meeting with russian foreign minister sergey lavrov. speaker paul ryan holding his weekly news briefing. this morning, president trump in tweet wrote that leaking and even illegal classified leaking has been a big problem in years.ton for failing new york times and others must apologize. the president discussed leaks of hiss coverage administration at a news briefing today. a began the event by naming new

we know that mr tillerson is due to meet the very first time his russian counterpart, sergei lavrov,e are so many questions about whether us administration stands in regard to russia and whether it has ties to the criminal. that is something mr aslef was not going to be drawn into when he was asked by reporters but the people around the table and want to know what the us and stray shabazz today when it comes to for example extending sanctions against russia over its actions in ukraine. there are lots of questions yet to be answered. i think other people around the table today is really about one thing, it's about finding out what it means when donald trump says america first, what it means not just for the says america first, what it means notjust for the us but for international allies. if as expected america says they want russia to abide by the minsk peace agreement that gives them some sort of base. 0n the personality front you have lavrov one of the most consummate diplomat in the world at the moment, they are just good to be feeling their way with each other, the body language

foreign minister, andl sergei lavrov, the russian foreign minister, and i think for them, sergei lavrov is a turf battle between reince priebus and steve bannon, that steve bannon was batting for michael flynn. he was batting for michael flynn. he was the reason he wasn't fired 17 days ago, when the white house first knew about this conversation with the russians. in fact, it is the reince priebus faction that may have lea ked reince priebus faction that may have leaked details of this whole thing to the public. is that what we're seeing here, a battle within the white house itself? i would be very surprised if the reince priebus faction leaked this. it is pretty clear that mr flynn had almost no friends in the intelligence community. that is why the washington post story had nine unnamed sources, directly or indirectly related to the nsc. i guess it is more someone in the intelligence community who came across the transcript and founded worrisome who decided to leak it. they were aware of the content of the call for several weeks, that mr flynn lied to the vice president and repeated t

tillerson met with his russian counterpart, sergey lavrov. on apparently asked lavrov to back off. tillerson has sounded cautious when it comes to cooperating with russia. he's basically saying he wants them to step away from the front lines and call off their dogs when it comes to fighting with the west in ukraine. ti tillerson also met with his chinese counterpart. his trip was part of this flurry of european controversy. secretary of defense james mattis put the nato alliance on notice in a conference in brussels yesterday, telling his counterparts they need to increase military spending and mike pence is attending a security conference in munich where he'll meet angela merkel and then head to brussels. >> big trip for the vice president. defense secretary james mattis also in munich today. he talked a little bit ago about cooperation between nato and the european union just one day after mattis in a meeting with those nato allies rejected the possibility of more military ties between the u.s. and russia. lucy khavanov has more for us. >> r

at the g20, as he holds talks with his foreign counterparts including borisjohnson and russia's sergei lavrovut i think what some of the things said risked undermining the judiciary. two more people are arrested in connection with the airport poisoning in kuala lumpur as officials confirm kim jong—nam, the brother of north korean leader kim jong—un, was the victim. a state of emergency is declared in new zealand as fires encroach on christchurch. hundreds of homes have been evacuated as one pilot died in a helicopter crash and at least 11 homes have burned down. more than three million people could avoid getting colds and flu every year by taking vitamin d supplements, according to new research. and... the cast for the new love actually sequel, filmed especially for red nose day, has been unveiled. good afternoon. welcome to bbc newsroom live. president trump's senior diplomat, the secretary of state, rex tillerson, is making his debut on the international stage. he's attending a meeting of foreign ministers from the g20 countries in germany. he will have talks with the foreign secretary, bor

there's no doubt that sergey lavrov will probably run into u.s. vice president mike pence.ill be speaking on saturday morning as well as the vice president. the vice president is basically cheer not just on a listening tour or trying to shore up relationships with european abili allies but also talking about things happening in the middle east, talking about syria, the fight against the islamic state. there's questions about how russia and the united states can work together in fighting terrorism that would basically mean they would have to do intelligence sharing. we heard from the new secretary of defense, general mike mattis in brussels, he was saying we're far away from that kind of commitment. >> we are not in a position right now to collaborate on a military level. but our political leaders will engage, try to find common ground or a way forward where russia, living up to its commitments will return to a partnership of sorts here with nato. russia is going to have to prove itself first. >> big questions surrounding the russ russia/u.s. relationship, whether it's fight

i think what we're hearing from sergey lavrov is the reaction to hearing what trump saying about natocould make some new deal with president putin. i think what we're hearing is lavrov reacting in some way to that not a particularly happy reaction. however, mike pence did get strong support from the leaders here gathered today when he told them that president trump and united states strongly behind nato. >> today, on behalf of president trump, i bring you this assurance, the united states of america strongly supports nato and will be unwavering in our commitment to this transatlantic alliance. >> reporter: so there was a caveat, and we've heard it before from secretary of defense james mattis earlier this week that nato allies need to get a program to pay up by the end of the year. some of the talk is how european countries will do that. one of the examples they give is united states defense industry produces one type of tank. in europe, there are five different manufacturers for tanks. the europeans think that they can better organize the way they do their defense spending, christi.

secretary of state rex tillerson met with his russian counterpart sergei lavrov today in germany. >> people have been very keen to see whether he speaks for trump and what the space of the u.s. administration would look like. it was a little bit awkward, because it is customary when you do a joint statement or kind of bilateral with another leader, in this case sergey lavrov, his russian counterpart, to do a handshake, a couple of words. and as he started speaking, all the press were ushered out, which caused the russian foreign to ask why the press was being hushed, which is surely a little bit ironic. tillerson made a statement to the press shortly afterwards where one important point he mentioned was the u.s. is backing the minsk agreement. that will go down well with a lot of european countries. pres. trump: the nominee for the secretary of the department of labor will be mr. alex acosta. he has a law degree from harvard law school, a great student, former clerk for justice samuel alito. he has had a tremendous career. >> who is he, and where does he come from? >> mr. acosta is t

sergei lavrov says it will come into force on monday in eastern ukraine and heavy military hardware would also be withdrawn. the woman at the centre of the us supreme court ruling which legalised abortion in american has died. norma mccorvey, known as jane roe, took action to allow her to terminate a pregnancy in the 1973 roe versus wade case. now on bbc world news, reporters. hello, and welcome to reporters. i'm david eades, and from here in the world's newsroom, we send our correspondents to bring you the very best stories from across the globe. in this week's programme: sliding back towards anarchy — fergal keane reports from the central african republic where only the un are keeping the peace. standing now on the bridge at bambari, between the christian and muslim districts, it's clear to me that without a united nations presence, there would be slaughter here. 21st—century fratricide — rupert wingfield hayes investigates the killing of the half brother of the north korean leader, allegedly by agents of the regime. the cold war at its very coldest — jonathan beale reports from nato‘s

we also as i understand it, nic, getting some reaction from the foreign minister, sergei lavrov.us through what happened this morning. >> reporter: yeah, well, this was what the european leaders were waiting to hear, waiting to hear from vice president mike pence, why? because they have been concerned about everything president trump has been saying about nato being obsolete, the potential there could be a deal between president trump and putin that goes over the heads and wishes of european leaders. when they heard mike pence saying i am bringing a message from president trump that the united states supports nato, there was a strong round of applause. this is how it went. >> today on behalf of president trump i bring you this assurance, the united states of america strongly supports nato and will be unwavering in our commitment to this transatlantic alliance. >> reporter: so the caveat involved in that, the expectation that nato partners will pay up more and spend more on their defense budget, that's something that is expected here and there's a willness to ingne that. he talked

that is russian foreign minister sergei lavrov who tillerson meets today. we have more from lucy cavanaugh from the summit in germany. good morning, lucy. >> reporter: it's day two of the g20 talks in germany. rex tillerson expected to go to a meeting on syria. they're discussing the conflict. also of significance tillerson is expected to meet with the chinese foreign minister before departing back to washington. a packed agenda for him. the new secretary of state, however, keeping a very low profile, not taking any questions from the press. in fact, since he took office two weeks ago he did meet with the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov yesterday behind closed doors. we don't know the details of what the two men discussed. afterwards rex tillerson making a very stement to the media, five sentences saying that the two countries will be looking into areas where they can cooperate together but also that the united states will stand up to russia when the two countries do not see eye to eye. he did mention the crisis in ukraine calling on russia to use it

james mattis was there yesterday and stake tillerson spoke with his russian counter-part sergey lavrov at the g 20 foreign ministers meeting. is the trump administration making headway in rebuilding our fixed agreements, do you think? >> i think the line that you just mentioned about two governments is for and more of a reality. i think actually support mccain articulated it very well yesterday when he said, to the same conference in munich, that when you listen to general mattis, the defense secretary, when you listen to rex tillerson, the secretary of state, when you listen to general kelly, department of homeland security, when you listen to john mccain, you hear a rational discourse about international affairs, about russia, about ukraine, about all these issues that are very well understood here in europe. when you listen to president trump, you hear something really wildly and disturbingly different. i think that europeans are wondering which government are they talking to? are they talking to the government of tillerson, mattis, mccain, and kelly? or are they talking to the gove

you often saw john kerry and sergey lavrov together, working are russia on iran, a little less on syriaand certainly not at all on ukraine but this is kind of what we do. what do you think of what he said? >> first of all i think he's trying to reassure our a y allies who are wondering what in the world is going on in washington, especially with regard to the russian relationship. i mean, after all, donald trump doesn't shrink from criticisms of anyone. and yet there's this kind of strange silence when he talks about russia. so, i think it was an attempt to kind of put his policy on russia into a more traditional mode. look, we'd like to find common ground, you know, maybe press a reset button, if you will. but, you know, we have -- we have real problems with what they've done in ukraine. so, i think it's kind of an effort to calm things down. whether they buy it in europe is another matter. but i think there's -- he -- both vice president and secretary of defense mattis has been doing this. to some extent we've seen our secretary of state do it as well. the real problem is it's home al

sergey lavrov repeated moscow's standard line. >> you should know we do not interfere in the domestic matters of other countries. >> rex tillerson, the former exxon mobil chief, is known for his involvement in the business world. there was a warning for russia over ukraine. >> where do we not see eye to eye, the united states will stand with the interests and values of america and her allies. as we search for new common ground, we expect runner -- russia to honor its agreement to the missed -- minsk agreement and work to de-escalate violence in the ukraine. reporter: the results of the president election were not discussed. delano: david friedman, the man the u.s. president asked to take his envoy to israel, has apologized for inflammatory rhetoric during the presidential campaign. his apology comes after five former u.s. ambassador's to israel labeled him unfit for the job. he reiterated the presidents view that he is -- president's view that he isn't committed to a two state solution in the middle east. rump's comments indicated a major shift. friedman, my grandfather -- pro-palesti

he has edit of course with his russian counterpart sergey lavrov. was that meeting in light of some of the comments we've heard from him? >> well, it's hard to know, of course, what happens behind closed doors. only the aides and the participants themselves know. but what we do know from the beginning of the meeting was this was of course a first meeting. so it was more of an introductoin introductory meeting. they didn't really get into the nitty-gritty issues of any hot-button issues from the exchange that the press saw when he went in seemed cordial. afterward we saw a tough statement from tillerson. it was a lot more measured. he basically said the u.s. will cooperate with russia when it fits with u.s. interests but when it does not then the united states will stick to its values and its own interests. and at the end he had some pretty tough words on ukraine, saying that the united states expects russia to stick by the minsk agreement. so i think it does seem that tillerson is trying to project a much more measured tone than that ever president

the russians also deployed a cruise miss until apparent violation of an 1987 inf treaty and sergei lavrovpoke about a post-west. strong support for the trans-atlantic alliance. jeffrey lord, is russia trying to test president trump and how should president trump respond to this? jeffrey is not here. i'm going to go to you, mark lamont hill. what do you think about that? >> well first i get confused with jeffrey lord all the time. it's like -- >> you guys are just alike. everything you say -- and do and think -- >> it's app important moment for donald trump and his administration, he ran with a level of proximity to the russian government. he wanted to reset to use the language again, the relationship with russia, it looked like he was going to be much closer. we've seen the last three to four weeks is the relationship to russia and a posture towards russian which is far more consistent. this isn't that different than other foreign policy relationships that president trump has offered. he was very close to benjamin netanyahu. until he makes a different claim on settlements that's more trad

announcer: at the munich >> at the munich security conference, sergey lavrov russian d claims of interference in the 2016 u.s. election. he also discussed future with europe. 35 minutes. >> it's my pleasure to welcome has spoken v who here more times than i can remember. you know he's one of the oldest serving foreign more or , 13 years less, something like that. ince we're running out of time this morning i won't give a long speech.ction please speak to us and if we have time we'll have a few questions at the end. >> thank you, ladies and gentlemen. president putin and ssed this conference many back at the time in the west considered him to be a thoughge, even a threat, the main content of that message as we need to get away from unilateral actions and to get to cooperation based on international law and joint evaluation of international law finding collective solutions. nevertheless, the expressed forewarnings regarding all the thwart tempts to attempts to reinstate -- these forewarnings became truth. now this historic stage which can be defined as post end.war has come to an outcome in our

russia, moscow invited a man who was received by putin, sergey lavrov, the defence minister, and he hadthey reach an agreement. first to curb all the immigration from libya, and also to work under the un backed government of the so—called national accord government, and to be the leader of the army. what does russia get? an american lease in libya. —— base. you just have to study this man, and some of us have been in russia i was there for ten years during communist times, we know who the kgb and putin are. this guy has succeeded in syria, making sure that the failure of the west is my gain. he's doing exactly the same template in libya. what he has done is identify this general khalifa, and what he is doing is look, this man has the military power, he is trying to promote him to become the real leader. the only problem is, with russia, he does not care the type of commotion, the same template as syria, it does not matter whether the syrian president is a democrat or anything like that. if he is a stubborn man. if you look at it, if it is correct, he has cracked down on isis, he will st

john kerry and sergei lavrov, the foreign leader of russia, they started all over again. that can be achieved with tough foreign policy. this idea that we have loose foreign policy because we're trying to make friends is sort of the idea is to be tough, and then say we'd like to feel better. the concept of the white one that he asked for. then it got much more interesting because the white house, like the immigration ban, like the appeals bung he would its message. we watched this for the last 48 years. the president has brought somebody into this position. this is the national security adviser who is trusted all around. those leaks that christy was talking about. people who are trusted by the institutions, general petraeus is on that list. so there are two or three names floating around that could stem this leak. it could smbe whoever is briefi the president, is someone who is tried and trustworthy. >> someone in the white house virtually from the beginning of time, in their brief time in office, has known about this. >> i think that's troubling certainly to the extent h

the us secretary of state rex tillerson and his russian counterpart sergey lavrov have expressed theire american people. more arrests in malaysia in connection with the airport poisoning of the half brother of the north korean leader. researchers claim vitamin d supplements could spare more than three million people from colds orflu in the uk each year. now time for the sport. hugh has been waiting for a long time. honestly only a couple of minutes. mark clattenburg is to quit hisjob as a minutes. mark clattenburg is to quit his job as a premier league referee to ta ke his job as a premier league referee to take up a position in saudi arabia, he is considered one of the best referees in the game. last season he took charge of the finals of euro 2016, the champions league and the fa cup. our sports correspondent has been following the story. he is going to go to saudi arabia and take up a role there as head of referees, working with existing referees, working with existing referees, but i understand it will involve refereeing local league games. my understanding is he signed a one year

in other news: the russian foreign minister, sergei lavrov, has said that a ceasefire between russian—backedand the ukrainian army will come into force on monday in eastern ukraine. mr lavrov said that the truce would start alongside the withdrawal of heavy military hardware. the deal was brokered by representatives of ukraine, russia, germany, and france, on the sidelines of an international security conference in munich. a muslim cleric who was jailed for life in america for plotting terror attacks in the 19905 has died in prison. omar abdel—rahman, who was blind, was convicted of conspiracy in the 1993 world trade centre in which six people died. as iraqi forces prepare to attack islamic state militants in western hundreds of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of barcelona as part of a series of protests calling for spain to take in more refugees. they want the government to allow in more people who have fled syria and other violent conflicts. spain has so far taken injust 1,100 of the 17,000 refugees it promised to accept in september 2015. the american woman who was at th

russia's foreign min sterk sergey lavrov, speak teg conference, dismissed nato as a cold war institution and called for a post-western world order while praising new ties with the u.s. "what kind of relations do we want with the u.s.," he asked? "pragmatic relations, mutual respect and understanding of our special responsibility for global stability." jonathan vigliotti, cbs news, london. >> morgan: dozens of cities are urge urging a federal judge to continue block president trump's travel ban. the administration is writing an updated travel ban 2.0. >> he has the right to keep people out if he feels it's not in the best interest of our country, right? >> reporter: the trump administration is preparing a new, more-specific executive order to limit immigration from concern nations. >> we've got to keep our country safe. >> reporter: the president insists his first executive order limiting immigration from seven predominantly muslim countries was legal and the only problem is the federal judges who blocked it. >> court system has not made it easy for us. though parts of our necessary and c

visit ncicap.org] >> at the munich security conference, russian foreign minister sergey lavrov challenged claims of russian interference in the 2016 u.s. elections. he also discussed future relations with europe. this is 35 minutes.

wave of shock and the shock produced here in munich, the intention by that time john kerry and sergey lavrov to have a special meeting on the fringes of munich and we had the beginning of the issg, the beginning of the humanitarian task force, the beginning of the cessation of hostilities task force, we had a contact group of 22 countries and had even an operation of sanctions in u.n. and geneva to control a cease-fire. the cease-fire did hold. it was a miracle. well, it did hold, we had 75%, 65% of reduction of violence but it didn't hold more than three months. during that period we had even a boom in a way of humanitarian access. so why did it not hold longer? why did it break down? because that is what can lead us to where we are today. many reasons. the first was the so-called non-constructive ambiguity. everyone is saying al nusra is a terrorist organization, the terrorist organization according to the u.n., is not everybody fighting the government is a terrorist organization. it is other than daesh according to the u.n. therefore they should be exclude from the cease-fire. of course,

international stage, was speaking after a g20 meeting in germany with the russian foreign minister, sergei lavrovnow isjeremy shapiro, director of research, european council on foreign relations. in terms of that brief comment we heard from rex tillerson, that specific comment about ukraine is presumably what other members in the t20 really needed to hear. they need some reassurance. t20 really needed to hear. they need some reassurance . yes, t20 really needed to hear. they need some reassurance. yes, this is part of the reassuring store. i think rex tillerson probably doesn't really know what the policy towards russia is, since nobody seems to know it. he's been repeating what the policy has been trying to tell the allies what they want to hear. he's hoping that early tomorrow morning the president doesn't wake up and contradict him in a tweet. with that brutal? he is being incredibly cautious in public, saying as little as possible and making sure everything is off script. i guess you're not surprised by that approach? that's my impression. one can pity rex tillerson, he doesn't have a deputy

sergei lavrov says it will come into force on monday in eastern ukraine and heavy military hardware wouldhe centre of the us supreme court ruling which legali5ed abortion in american has died. norma mccorvey, known as jane roe, took action to allow her to terminate a pregnancy in the 1973 roe ver5u5 wade case. now on bbc world news, reporters. hello, and welcome to reporters. i'm david eade5, and from here in the world's newsroom, we send our correspondents to bring you the very best stories from across the globe. in this week's programme: sliding back towards anarchy — fergal keane report5 from the central african republic

commercial dealings with president putin, face—to—face with russia's veteran foreign minister, sergei lavrov should know that we do not interfere in domestic matters of other countries. but if that was meant to close the issue of alleged russian interference in the united states, it didn't. at nato headquarters, america's defence secretary seemed to repeat the accusation. reporter: do you believe that the russians interfered in the us elections? right now, i would just say there's very little doubt that they've either interfered or they've attempted to interfere in a number of elections in the democracies. so, could boris johnson somehow help america out? the foreign secretary came closest to making his new friend, rex tillerson, laugh at their first meeting. afterwards, the foreign secretary told me they'd had a terrific conversation, he had no worries at all about the united states and russia. we don't want to get into a new cold war, that's something that london and washington are completely at one on. i think that goes for all our european allies as well. but nor do we want to allow russ

he greatly valued vitaly churkin's professionalism and diplomatic tall eent we have se sergei lavrov note in the book of condolence here at the ministry. he was respected by his colleagues, even the ones he clashed with the most. telling with the response from samantha power. devastated by the russian ambassador vitaly churkin's passing. deeply caring man who did all he could to bridge the differences. you remember, there was a harsh exchange over russian actions in syria. power asking churkin have you no shame. u.s. should look to syria. the fact he had heated exchange and garnered respect. it shows the level of experience and heavyweight nature of the man whose career spanned three decades. he began in the soviet union. a lot of scrutiny who is set to replace him at the u.n. given this is an uncertain time as to how the russia/u.s. relationship will develop. >> clare, a crucial question moving forward. who will be the next ambassador to the united nations from russia. thank you. >>> investigators trying to determine what caused a deadly small plane crash in australia. the scene is

today president trump offered his condolences while foreign minist minister sergei lavrov paid tribute with flowers and a message of remembrance. he died yesterday at the russian mission in manhattan. autopsy resultse available. today would have been his 65th birthday. >>> new details on a security breech at o breach at one of the nation's busiest airports, jfk. 11 passengers walked right through the precheck line without being screened by security. three of them set off medal detectors and were given no secondary screening. two hours passed before agents with the transportation security administration notified airport police. by that time, the passengers were gone. >> i don't know how that happened. >> i find it shocking, though, given how tight security is. >> tsa officials said their canine team was present at the checkpoint at the time of the incident and they are confident the breach presented what they called minimal risk. they are promising a complete review. there is currently no one in the top job at that agency. >>> in just one day prince george's county fire crews responded

but very strong words from russia in response, the foreign minister sergey lavrov saying this goes beyondhristian values, it's beyond good and evil. and when asked about this, spokesman peskov said let's not judge. specifically, on the ground in eastern ukraine, a cease-fire that has brokered partly by russia and ukraine and germany as well is hanging by a thread. the independent monitoring group that's monitoring the cease-fire, they told me just a few hours ago that 200 cease-fire violations overnight. that half of them were explosions would suggest that help weaponry is still there. one of the key tenets of the cease-fire is to withdraw the heavy weaponry to a safe position, away from the other side. that apparently has not happened yet. so this is still a very fragile situation, and particularly for the people there in that region. >> clare sebastian reporting thank you. >>> from eastern europe to sunny california, but in fact been very sunny. in parts of san jose hit by severe flooding, more than 2 inches of rain have come dune in the past 48 hours. and submerging whole neighborhoods

because it's customary when you do a joint statement or bilateral with another leader, in this case, sergey lavrovo the handshake, a couple of words. as he started speaking, all the press were ushered out, which cause the russian foreign secretary to ask, why the press were being hatched, which is surely a little bit ironic. mark: the drop is president trump departing for more than a ,ecade of u.s. foreign policy suggesting peace between israelis and palestinians could be achieved with one state. let's not forget what is happening in nato, warning the rest of nato needs to spend its money. there are lots of potential flashpoints, are there? svenja: yes. the problem is we've heard very little. we've had the one short statement to patch up this early incident i mentioned, where he could've had a statement to the press and it did not happen. tillerson made a statement to the press shortly afterward. one important point he mentioned was the u.s. is backing the minsk agreement. that will go down very well with quite a lot of european countries. but for the rest, he's kept us all guessing. we don't real

that should happen tomorrow between russian foreign minister sergey lavrov and secretary of state rexillerson. and this comes at a heim of heightened tension, news coming out of the u.s., three separate military incidents from russia, plus a military source telling cnn that russia has deployed a ground launch missile in violation of a 1987 treaty. we also hear from military sources in the u.s. that a russian spy ship is floating in international offer of delaware. that has happened before. but not that often. and the final incident happened last week, three russian planes, according to the u.s., bumping a u.s. navy vessel in the black sea. russia is denying that saying those incidents didn't happen. frankly surprised that russia is worrying about it. and then coming out of moscow, as well, mixed messages concerned about coming out of the u.s., particularly that comment that we had from sean spicer that president trump would like to see crimea returned to ukraine. that's causing great consternation here in moscow. one official saying it was like a cold shower over expectations of impro

secretary of state rex tillerson meeting with russian foreign minister sergey lavrov for the first timeaking the post as america's top diplomat. the trump administration is battling controversy ties to russia and leaks around them. all the while, russian spy ship making its way up and down the east coast of the u.s. we're talking to the fbi agents who story was captured in the 2007 film, "breach." starring ryan phillipe. he helped catch robert hanson, a traitor who gave massive amounts of intelligence to the russian government. eric o'neill joins us now. great to have you. and you're the perfect person on a day like this. you risked your life, you dealt covertly with soviets who had no idea you were with the good guys what you lear about the trump administration leadership starting with multiple phone calls with the russians make you uneasy? >> it makes me uneasy what we know about michael flynn's conversations with russia. question know he had some. wasn't completely honest. intelligence community hasn't found he did anything illegal. we don't know a lot. it makes me uneasy not to know

a book of condolences which the foreign minister sergei lavrov signed.ndolence. he was a very good friend vitaly churkin. he was his predecessor to the u.n. i think it is telling as well. the reaction coming in not just from moscow, but churkin's colleagues at the u.n. many he clashed with on certainly foreign policy issues, but garnered their respect. i want to read a tweet from samantha power. devastated by the passing of vitaly churkin. diplomatic maestro and caring man who did all he could to bridge u.s. and russia differences. you will remember it was in december they had a harsh exchange of words over syria. power asking vitaly churkin if he could experience no shame offer actions. he telling her she should not pretend to be mother teresa. you will see she was obviously very upset by his death. clearly had respect for him. as you say, this comes at a crucial time for u.s./russian policy. a month into the trump administration. vitaly churkin started to build a relationship with the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. anythini haley. i think there will be sc

eric: sergei lavrov the u.n. used to call him the georgian hamilton because he was u.n.forces lieutenant colonel mitch hardback joins us now. russia has deployed a new cruise missiles that the u.s. says violates the treaty. their aircraft has been buzzing our ships. we had a spy ship off the coast of connecticut now going down and telling virginia take keep in mind on our naval forces as well as a submarine base. how do we reign them in? are they testing the president? >> i think yes, eric and they certainly are but i think those days are numbered. what lavrov said in munich is actually i think a demonstration of the concern russia has because now because of the post-westworld. what he also didn't say is there are over 20 countries in nato that it said okay we are going to start paying our gdp bill on defense. that means for russia 20 countries are going to increase defense spending. 20 countries of 28 of the alliance are going to build up their military. of course lavrov is calling for a post-west alliance in russia and putin are concerned about the progress in nato. er

. >> secretary of state rex tillerson had his first meeting with russian counterpoint sergey lavrov. he had a lot of context with russia in his business context as ceo of connection exxonmobil. should the american people expect a different chapter in u.s.-russian relations, given it's tillerson and not kerry. what's going to change here? >> i think there should be little change. what we can't afford to see is daylight between what the secretary of state is trying to achieve and what secretary of defense mattis is trying to achieve. tillerson and mattis clearly are going to be on the same page. they need to be on the same page. >> even if they're on a different page than the president? they're much more critical of russia than the president is. >> that's the next point. you got it. you're absolutely on it. the concern is will, as barbara starr indicated, will secretary mattis be able to continue to call it as he sees it? i would hope that he would. that's been his track record. that's the type of gentleman that he is. what we're going to see with secretary tillerson and secretary matt