or moscow geoffrey roberts he's a historian senior fellow at the helsinki for advanced studies and a member of the royal irish academy and we have nick like petro he is a professor of political science at the university of rhode island all right gentlemen let's talk about cutting the gordian knot where we all know the poor state of relations between the west and russia we both know that. how do we get out of this cold isaak or we just have to accept the status quo for a very long time and. i'm afraid it's the latter. i don't see any political figure on the horizon in the west who could take the lead and show that kind of innovative thinking that would lead to an era of mutual benefit and potential reconciliation between the east and west because i do think in the long run it will happen. because there's a lot of general frustration among many knowledgeable politicians and academics and observers but there's no one willing to step up to the plate as it were and assume that responsibility basically of saying you know the the emperor has no clothes we need a different we needed a nixon t

on behalf of the chairman of the helsinki commission and our chrisrman, congressman smith. welcome to this briefing on, "beyond tolerance." i name is smith -- my name is nathaniel hurd. this is a briefing on faith in the public square, as a good in and of itself, as a public's -- public good, and as affirmed religious freedom. jewish communities have been the religious square in the united states since at least the 1950's. a man targeted and killed 11 of our jewish brothers and sisters in the tree of life synagogue in pittsburgh, pennsylvania. last night the executive editor gazettepittsburgh post- the only city is where people who are non-jews pronounce the yiddish words correctly. on august 18, 1790 george washington visited newport, rhode island. he wrote a letter to the congregation, entitled "to the hebrew congregation in newport, rhode island." children of the star of abraham who dwell in this the merit andnue goodwill of the other inhabitants. while everyone shall sit safely under his fine and there shall be none to make him afraid. may the father of all mercy andtere

which took place in the helsinki in finland and he called that meeting a hard to all but also a very productive thing to have happened to both countries and he explained he said that such meetings are really very useful to move the relationships between the relationship between the countries forward and he also said that the world that kind of john bolton has said expressing his opinion on the fact that it is very useful finding common ground finding common ground even when relations are not in their best state really have a listen and appreciate your taking the time to get together and be pleased to go over all the items on your agenda and to begin to as you indicated i think president trump would look forward to seeing you in paris on the sidelines of the celebrations under the anniversary of the armistice because despite our differences which exist because of different national interests it's still important to work in areas where there is a possibility of mutual cooperation any minute now john bolton could come here to a venue here in central moscow not far from the kremlin to ad

knot i'm joined by my guest here in moscow jeffrey roberts he's an historian senior fellow at the helsinki for advanced studies and a member of the royal irish academy and we have petro he is a professor of political science at the university of rhode island all right gentlemen let's talk about cutting the. where we all know the poor state of relations between the west and russia we both know that. how do we get out of this called a sock or we just have to accept the status.

gordian knot i'm joined by mike is here moscow geoffrey roberts he's a historian senior fellow at the helsinki whom for advanced studies and a member of the royal i. to me and we have nick like petro he is a professor of political science at the university of rhode island all right gentlemen let's talk about cutting the gordian knot where we all know the poor state of relations between the west and russia we both know that very well. how do we get out of this cold a sock or we just have to accept the status quo for a very long time to come. i'm afraid it's the latter. i don't see any political figure all on the horizon in the west who could take the lead and show that kind of in a.

i can't tell you the specifics of what was discussed in helsinki. i can tell you that arms control was a topic of conversation. we've since had dialogue with our russian counterparts last month in august, nsa bolton met with his counterpart, the foreign minister lavrov and secretary pompeo have had multiple discussions and i've had discussions as well. arms control remains a dialogue. >> so as the russian ambassador said, verbal agreements, did veshlg agreements get entered into and if so, what are they? >> i'm not aware of any agreements other than continuing the dialogue, senator. >> so it was discussed and you know this by virtue of what? >> i know it was discussed based on feedback through senior representatives in the state department. >> senior represents. t can you define that for me? >> discussion of those that were in attendance at the debrief with ambassador huntsman. >> let me ask, is there anything different that you can add to that, mr. trachtenberg? >> i'm unaware of any agreements that were reached. >> do you agree that congress has be

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with to the end it's very interesting after the helsinki summit noticed it was quite glaring to me is that even his inner circle the people around him did not defend him in public or tried to explain nikki haley after the general assembly she went on the on the cable stations and tried to convince them that the people of world were laughing with trump and not against him or her or not it is an expense and i think that's a together collectively what you're saying is very interesting because you know. it's going to sapphic that you know one of the problems that's he's got money problems. but one of his problems is that you know he plays into the hands of the liberal globalist critics by firstly by embracing elements of the you know the neo con adventurous militarist kind of a program second they trampling all over. yes. multilateralism in every car and every at every opportunity yes and that's not that's not right you know it's possible to combine a concept of global politics based on nation states based on sovereignty and all of that kind of thing with sensible multilateralism which in

gordian knot i'm joined by my kids here moscow jeffrey roberts he's an historian senior fellow at the helsinki for advanced studies and a member of the royal irish academy and we have nick like petro he is a professor of political science at the university of rhode island all right gentlemen let's talk about cutting the gordian knot where we all know the poor state of relations between the west and russia we both know that very well. how do we get out of this cold isaak or we just have to accept the status quo for a very long time to come. i'm afraid it's the latter. i don't see any political figure all on the horizon in the west who could take the lead and show that kind of innovative thinking that would lead to an era of mutual benefit and potential reconciliation between the east and west because i do think in the long run it will happen. because there's a lot of general frustration among men.

the commission on security and -- known as the helsinki commission is discussing the role of faith on modern democracy. we expected to begin in just a moment.

skilled negotiator than president trump. >> putin's diplomatic power played over president trump at the helsinki summit was a pivotal moment that reverberated around the world. >> he showed he was not willing to stand up to the russian leader. and tonight, foreign diplomats are saying that for the first time in 70 years, they cannot depend on an american president. >> but putin's show of intellectual force in helsinki was not just about trying to prove his dominance over president trump. >> vladimir putin doesn't care about donald trump. vladimir putin doesn't care about the republicans, vladimir putin doesn't care about the democrats. he hates america. he hates the united states. he wants to create problems and trouble here. >> he wants to see western democracies in crisis in chaos. foreca mostly so they can't challenge him. >> putin is one of the most powerful men in the world. and he's forced himself on the stage no matter how much somebody else might want to keep him off. >> a toughness that came early to putin. he was a child of the soviet union born in leningrad in 1952, the only surviving

and they may well be working towards some kind of new agreement because let's not forget before the helsinki summit this summer repeatedly said that he wanted arms agreements with russia and you know either he's completely schizophrenia or he is playing a very together you're saying there but of course. you know the whole thing that you know you can't cry wolf too often surely that kind of part was really true is going to be called out at some point the russians are no fools let's face it worst case scenario with no treaty in place what kind of threat could that be to current balance of world power. well obviously america has a full spectrum dominance and. you know trump has repeatedly said he wants to maintain that he wants to maintain a position in which no country can come even near or even group of countries can come near challenging american power so i think that's a very clear line in terms foreign policy but equally i think we have to give him some credit i think trump is a realist in international relations a very vehement realist what i mean by that is that he thinks that internatio

native language] [speaking in native language] >> on another subject that the president putin and president trump discussed in helsinki, we agreed that the meeting, the first meeting of the joint u.s. russia business council would take place in the first quarter of next year. this is something that ambassador huntsman has been particularly involved. >> [speaking in native language] [speaking in native language] [speaking in native language] [speaking in native language] [speaking in native language] >> we discussed continuing concern with russia meddling in the election so why was particularly harmful to russian american relations without producing anything for them in return. >> [speaking in native language] [speaking in native language] [speaking in native language] >> we had lengthy conversations about arms-control issues, the new strategic landscape, the president's decision on the inf treaty. >> [speaking in native language] [speaking in native language] [speaking in native language] [speaking in native language] [speaking in native language] >> with that, let me turn it over to our moderators. i would be happy t

>> i cannot tell you the specifics of what was discussed in helsinki. i can tell you arms-control was a topic of conversation. we have since had dialogue with our russian counterparts. last month in august, and is able to and met with his counterpart. the foreign minister of pompeo had multiple discussions. i have had discussions as well. arms-control remains an open dialogue. to make as a russian ambassador said, verbal agreements, did they get entered into? if so, what are they? >> i'm not aware of any agreements. >> it was discussed, and you know by virtue of what? >> i know it was discussed based on feedback through senior representatives and the state department. to make can you define that for me? >> the discussions of those that were in attendance at the debrief with ambassador huntsman . >> is or anything different you can add to that? >> no, senator, i'm not aware of any agreements. a >> do you agree that congress was given a directive that links the nuclear modernization program with creating a strategic arms-control process? >> i do agree that

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officials at the helsinki summit. these events may seem unrelated, but they are actually part of a pattern of malicious and threatening russian behavior. today we'll explain the connection and make recommendations for how we can deter and counter russia's use of dirty active measures as part of its hybrid warfare operations below the level of military conflict. dirty active measures have a long and sordid history in the russia and the soviet union dating back to the czarist times. for assassinations, poison was obvious the weapon of choice, including the attempted cyanide poisoning of raze putin. lenin opened a poison laboratory to test weapons to be used against political enemies, named the special room, which was also named the lab of death. they developed nerve agents known as novoshocdh.k. these tactics were amplified under stalin and used against assassins. used inside and deployed abroad. as stalin notoriously said, death solves all problems. no man, no problem. given president putin's background as a spy master,

. >> it is like the helsinki moment for president trump. of leaders accused of doing wrong. he will do that pretty loosely. it is a remarkable part of his presidency. he does it consist tenially. it is a -- consistently. it is a way to deflect the bad things. >> he long had a complicated relationship with saudis. whether it is reagan or the 9/11 hijackers. this is so in your face. if, in fact, we do nothing, what is the message to fellow thin skinned rulers to ougautocratic leaders? >> the issue is we will do nothing. that is a second concern for the united states, not just for the administration. that is the message. that is how we get to this point. >> we have three weeks until the midterms? two weeks? >> three weeks. >> three weeks from today. we are talking about elizabeth warren's native-american ancestry. listen to the president yesterday. >> what about -- >> she owes the country an apology. what is her percentage? 1/1000? >> the president says do you owe her an apology for the cracks of pocahontas. he said i'll give her $1 million if

the new arrival is no day of bank, which is moved to helsinki. ve was driven by regulatory consideration and a wish to be inside the european banking union. joining us on the phone from helsinki is the ceo of nordea bank. great to have you with us. thank you for joining us. your desire to be inside the banking union. dennis banks expressed concern about joining the banking union, in part because they are having worries about having to salvage europe's struggling banks. why does that not worry you? guest: at the largest bank in the nordic region, we have markets in sweden and denmark where we are a leading bank and all four countries. we need to have the same competitive conditions that our european peers. the stability, predictability, and level playing fear with the largest players in europe. in that sense, it's a very natural step for us to take. manus: we've touted you this morning, as a mega-bank. you're now too big to fail. we've spoken to you several times about the decision and getting their. take me forward. how much bigger you want to mak

approach of security so so kind of we have started leaving that from really day song if you look at the helsinki final act of nine hundred seventy . five you kind of. realize that we have a security concept that he's faced on the long and. hard security but then also an economic in my own mental. aspects. and then. the human rights rule of law them a craft that can secure shin's and i think that shows this. already. many years ago show says brooch off trying to interlink security and and development i want to talk now about money. funding how you achieve the sustainable development goals and with that i'd like to turn to you christina because i know that you used to ryan. the budget in europe for humanitarian efforts. and right now and you perhaps you know the numbers a little bit better than i do so please forgive forgive me if i don't have them exactly. right now is something in the hundreds of billions the cost of achieving the sustainable development goals i know it's a big poster outside it said that it was seven built trillion a year that's a very big gap isn't it. a huge gap it is also a

my concern is we are out as kayleigh mentioned the helsinki proliferation treaty. w treaty like he has done with our trade agreements? we need something in place that will not put us into another nuclear arms race when i was growing up. that was one of the hallmarks of president reagan's time in office. >> you look back at administrations, and every administration has tried to work with russia. obama called putin a strategic partner. every president tried to have a working relationship. what i can tell you, this president will try that. but he's not going to enter into a raw deal for the united states of america. we see that with the trade deals and toughness he exhibited on the world stage. with the nafta deal and clinton years, this president won't be entering into something that doesn't help the american citizens. >> it looks like the democrats are underestimating trump here. >> i hope you are right. i hope he's well aware. i think a lot of his rhetoric to date and the conversations and nice considerations he made about putin are leaving everyone sceptical. i can

but there was a good we had a very nice meeting with the american president in helsinki if we had touched on the subject of oil price and influence i would have told him if you want to find the main culprit for the all price hike don't you just have to take a look in the mirror which it's true geopolitics do play a role in oil price hikes that's a fact. it was decided by do what to make of mr putin's assessment that mr trump does have an effect on oil prices and self well mr putin is a very key and reader of geopolitics of the world and he is a clever politician and consequently what he told the president at all is little by shouting at topic and saudi president rob is not helping us in going down it's pushing their prices up especially after his withdrawal from the nuclear agreement with iran he is not helping him self and therefore he is not helping the united states or we're peaceful out of that. and i know it's kind of asking you to look into a crystal ball a bit here about but based on how things are currently the geopolitical situation right now and rising oil prices are good for th

i think it's fair to say that the helsinki summit did not get the kind of reviews the president thoughthave any concerns about a second summit? >> well, i would hope that this would be an opportunity maybe to recover from what happened in helsinki. i think it would be appropriate to talk about the inf treaty, for example. i think the two, since this was signed by two leaders, gorbachev and reagan at the time, if we're going to end it, there should be, you know, dialogue between the two leaders now. >> this is the treaty the u.s. is talking about pulling out of? >> right. exactly. >> because russia has been violating it. >> right. >> has russia been violating it? >> yes, they have. that was clear to us in the last administration. they have been in violation of it since about 2014. >> is there anything wrong with him pulling out? >> there's an already for him pulling out of it. there's a dimension of china, for example, who is not bound by it. so perhaps if china were to agree to bye-bye the inf treaty, i doubt they will do that, so yes, that's what it's about. and there may be a case to

forms together prevent human rights people remember, my dad, one of his major accomplishments was the helsinki agreements in europe, which really broke open the discussion and the kind of started that slippery slope of human rights among climate is block nations. and jimmy carter carried human rights across the globe. they really came together with great respect and admiration and friendship, even to the point, at my fathers funeral jimmy carter was one of the urologists for that. again, bipartisan respect -- eulogy. the strength of american democracy. >> do we have any more questions? >> one over there. >> thank you. thank you. [applause] >> this is really just a very moving and insightful and fabulous discussion between the two of you. really grateful for both of you being willing to do it here at the ford school and in the betty. we will have a reception after this. everybody is welcome to join for that. if you'd like that to her of the ford school we have students outside it to give you a tour f the ford school, and have a wonderful, wonderful homecoming weekend, and go blue. [applause] >>

there was bipartisan outrage when donald trump cowtowed in front of vladimir putin at the helsinki summit. what the russians see from that is the president of the united states is not going to do very much against the russians for meddling in our elections. when donald trump keeps saying this is a hoax, this is a witch hunt. that just incentivizes the russians to keep trying to attack us, and that's why they have been so brazen. i'm pleased that at least the department of justice officials under donald trump see this differently. they're going to go after these russians and try to do what they can to stop this meddling. >> while that's going on, howard, the russia probe continues the investigations. reporting we had this week that manafort, who was, as i mentioned, in court today, is be asked about roger stone and walk us through what you know from your reporting. the history of their relationship and what you heard from mr. stone today. >> right. before i get to that, if you don't mind for one quick second, i would say to bring it back to the united states, not just the ukraine and balka

if you remember my dad was one of his major implements was the helsinki agreements in europe, which really broke open the discussion and the started that slippery slope of human rights among communist blocked nations and jimmy carter carried human rights across the globe, and so they really came together with great respect, and admiration, and friendship, and even to the point that at my father father's funeral jimmy carter was one of the eulogists for that. bipartisan respect that is the strength of the american democracy, so. >> lisa: do we have any more questions? >> guest: thank you. [applause] this is really a very moving and inciteful and fabulous discussion between the two of you and i'm really grateful for both of you being able to do it here at the ford school, and -- betty. we are going to have a reception after this. everyone is welcome to join for that. lisa and mike will have time to chat further at the reception. if you'd like a tour of the ford school we have ford school students outside to give you a tour. and have a wonderful homecoming weekend, and go blue. >> lisa: and t

the reason for that is, helsinki in the eu.another systemically important bank for the eu to manage, but it also has an asset base twice the size of finland's economy. how comfortable are the fins with this? kim: i think being part of the eurozone makes the finnish more comfortable than being outside of it. kim, will people be moving their desks? will there be consolidation and headcount reductions? im: only two people are moving to helsinki. the ceo and the chief compliance officer. our thanks. we have some breaking news. further news on european banks. a standard chartered bracing for a possible slaying on iran actions. billion.be $1.5 to bender, we're going taking comments from president donald trump at the top of the hour from the rose garden. he is set to be speaking about the new canada and mexico deal, which he has termed usmca. couple ofabout usmc days ago, and has now come to fruition after talks last night. the dow is up 1%. the s&p is up 7/10 of 1%. those comments live in a moment. this is bloomberg. ♪ guy: 30 minute

to allow him to nominate a supreme court nominee , as well as to make important trips such as the helsinki really came nothing of that. that was actually a different group, a group of prominent psychiatrists and myself. but in terms of the duty to warn, i know there is a group out there that took the name and call themselves duty to warn. but he came out of my conference, which i organized a year and half ago. amy: at yale university. >> that's right. about the ethical question of, basically, the professional responsibility of the importance of restricting what we say, which has revolved around the old rule, and our societal responsibility to educate, to promote public health, and to warn when n necessary. and wewe came to the conclusion that there are instances where we do have a duty to warn. in fact, in psychiatry, we have a duty to warn and a duty to protect when it comes to patients. and the same should also apply with respect to society because the ethical guidelines make their that we have a duty to patients and a separate duty to society. if i may, i will explain a little bit about

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i mean, this is the most embarrassing appeasement of a dictator since the helsinki summit in july. >> mike, in your opinion, is it possible that the crown prince, mohammed bin salman, who is the power, who had detained people in the ritz-carlton, you know, saudi officials, even some members of the royal family, for some time, would not have had knowledge if in fact some people involved in his close protection detail, one of the top forensic surgeons in the country, who is affiliated with the government, was involved in this? >> i would find it unlikely. but i would also like to introduce a note of skepticism about everything that we have heard, because most of our information about what happened there is coming from the turkish security services. and turkey has very bad relations with saudi arabia, and is clearly using this to gain some advantage over them. i think the saudis probably played into their hands in this regard. but i don't think we know exactly what happened inside the consulate. >> i think that's absolutely true. and you know, some of the stuff is published in a pro-turk

the osce began as the conference on security and cooperation in europe with the signing of the helsinki final act in 1975. in the midst of the cold war. by the heads of state of 35 countries from europe, including the soviet union and other countries in central and western europe as well as the united states and canada. in osce language extending from vancouver to vladalostok the long way around. it enhanced security by confidence building measures, opening the way for economic and environmental activities and promoting human contacts between east and western europe during the cold war. many of us believe that it played a critical role, actually, in bringing an end to the cold war and establishing a whole new set of political relationships in europe. with the collapse of communism in 1989-'91 the cse created a set of permanent institutional structures including a secretari secretariat, a permanent council at the ambassador y'all level and a conflict resolution center based in vienna, an office of democratic institutions and human rights based in warsaw and the high commissioner on natio

lot of times republicans did clash over issues of foreign policy and national security were even the helsinki comment between the president and vladimir putin. not only they were senators but the chairmanship so they theoretically have power to do something but look who is succeeding both men jam in half one of the most conservative members is expected to continue and jim who was also equally conservative from the foreign relations committee chairman there is some speculation rubio may trade on - - try to move over but he said he will not do that he is happy in his position and those that are far more outspoken so if there is something that happens in the foreign policy realm that goes against that traditional party if they choose to speak out what they do and how that affects the rest of the party ben sass actually doesn't talk to the press directly a lot on capitol hill jeff flake will talk on almost anything but he is gone next year. it's just a different dynamic affecting the rest of the conference because it does matter who the chairmen are and what they say matters to the rest of the co

the same thing in 2016, a dozen of them were indicted, that indictment was handed over before the helsinki summit and yet president putin and his proxies are continuing and that's because president trump has not made them pay a price, he continues to deny it, he embraces putin and gets nothing back and i think until we push back, until we try to deter this kind of barvegs, of course, we should expect people like putin and other actors but putin first and foremost to continue to intervene in our elections and in our democratic society. >> mimi rocah, i am holding in my hand as they say this complaint. it's voluminous. a couple things to know about it. it was filed september 28th, we just learned about it today. it was filed in the eastern district of virginia so that's question one, why that jurisdiction. question two is why now? >> the why now question is intriguing. so, first of all, it's not just why now. it was, as you said, sworn out, this affidavit and the complaint on september 28. a couple of weeks later it gets unsealed. that was enough time for them to go to the grand jury and get

. >> if you're keeping score that would be their first face-to-face meeting since the helsinki summit. >> just now president putin denied having anything to do with the election interference in 2016. every u.s. intelligence agency has concluded that russia did. who do you believe? >> president putin, he just said it's not russia. i wail say this, i don't see any reason why it would be. president putin was extremely strong and powerful in his denial today. >> president putin, did you want president trump to win the election? >> translator: yes, i did. >> katty kay, rejoining us david referendum from "the atlantic." when you look at this, john bolton may be trying to do more than one thing. he has han unusual boss in donald trump. what do you see as the actual goals what was he's just conveyed today? >> yeah, i think john bolton is trying to achieve two aims at once. one is to say, look, the meddling had no impact in the election result, and my boss was elected legitimately off his own merits. but also, if you do happen to think of meddling again, please don't do it and i'm going to con

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there was the helsinki thing. but this one feels like it might become a moment where the whole trump foreign policy gets put in question. people have been saying, well, he really hasn't been tested by the crisis. he's been lucky. things people like me think are big foreign policy mistakes, but haven't paid a price for them. you could have a question now, a historic relationship, one that has been controversial, one that should have been more controversial, perhaps. and it could be a real moment, interesting moment for american foreign policy. >> and simone, as bill points out, the u.s. has been turning a blind eye to saudi human rights abuses -- >> for a while. >> -- for decades. but there is probably no president who has more starkly talked about why we need saudi arabia in their view than president trump talks about it. take a listen to him talking to fox business, which -- trying to explain, i think, in some ways why he doesn't seem to care more about the murder of this journalist. >> you know, we need saudi ara

i remember a real turning point for him was after the helsinki meeting. ys knew donald was a certain kind of guy but he was very loyal to him. he has seen a very different guy in the last 18 months. in the beginning, i said michael, how could you be lawyer to him? he said, this is not the same guy. this is a different guy. i don't think he thought he was working for a choir boy, but he's seen a morphing into a different character. >> as dan goeldsman will tell you, you don't have to stay and that's what makes sure you're on the wrong side of a custodial interrogation, but i'd love for you to come back and talk about ads? how do you feel about the custodial interrogation joke? >> i feel it was very good, and i feel three viewers got it. but i'm with you. >> the fact that you thought it was good and that it was silent what a low bar we have for humor. my thanks to both of you. donny, i'll see you in a minute. >>> up ahead, these midterm ads you've got to see including barack obama weighing in. >> you remember those hearings were members of congress were aski

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the helsinki summit, genuflecting in front of putin. this is the conflict i see republicans going through who are in this administration, you know, am i able to have my voice heard, do i want to have the influence that comes with this job even if the policy ends up reflecting differently? and, frankly, even though she's leaving, by sitting there in the oval office and embracing trump and praising jared and ivanka, i mean, she is aligning herself with, you know, whatever the outcome of this administration is. >> deif dina powell is the front-runner for the position of u.n. ambassador, what are her confirmation hearings going to be like? she was one of the people at the forefront of the trump administration's alignment with saudi arabia, the aftermath of this horrible incident we're still not sure what happened but it's pretty clear that a dissident journalist was murdered on turkish soil. >> jonathan, ashley, let me give you the last word on this. any predictions on wrt story is going to go? jonathan, you opened up, said you have no idea