let's talk further now about this with security analyst and former u.k. army officer charles bridge charles good evening t. i don't know if you had much time to look at these documents they seem legitimate at first glance would you go along with that. yes i had a look through of course the very interesting if they are genuine and there's nothing so far to suggest that they're not of course a consistent with a long long history of british influence operations perhaps going back even one hundred years to the first world war and so on we think about various historical incidents where attempts have been made usually successfully to covertly influence public opinion in key countries such as united states and so on and if we think more recently the syrian conflict for example we can think of some examples that could arguably be linked to this strategy of influencing public opinion for example the child activist barn or the white house and so on and so it to that extent there's nothing really surprising here that britain is absolutely key among nations in organizing

anything earlier my colleague andrew pharma discussed this issue with security analyst and former u.k. army officer rich. what struck me was the sheer speed in which this influx operation was able to swing into action in real time not just in organizing or rather influencing media coverage but actually through. twitter and other social media very rapidly. mobilizing resources in order to change minister appointments even in other countries when you look at the timeline of that operation it was just just a few hours from when the operation was launched to when the operation succeeded is there a gray area. on whether they're actually doing anything wrong here because the pushing in opinion but everybody's entitled to an opinion. it would be up to using the spanish case would be up to the spanish officials to take everything on board before finally deciding who to appoint. yes you're absolutely right and certainly no problem with anybody expressing any opinion so long as it's lawful doesn't. facilitate violence and so on but what we've got here is the hidden influence actually these are not ge

army maybe but there is one thing that all these countries agree on the u.s. the e.u. the u.k. is part of it still all agree on the need to defend themselves against russia said it when making this e.u. army proposal and nato officials repeat it like a mantra that there is growing russian military activity and they need to be able to counter it he spoke to political analyst chris bambery told us the government doesn't want the u.k. to be left out in the cold by the u.s. . britain is once to keep nato as the sole game in town because of its links the united states that's why the united states wants to keep nato and they don't want it european army so britain does not want something else rivaling that but i don't think there's any really serious commitment crazy if you like it's a rival to nato as i say would involve a huge amount of defense spending the reason why britain britain is backing america of course is that britain and actually friends with the two european countries which had a relative military weight unlike germany and intervened in afghanistan or iraq in goodness kno

army. either gavin williamson similarly forceful in his words saying he said he's told a u.k. newspaper that an army certainly won't be happening on his watch take a listen it is an absolutely crazy idea nato has delivered european security for the last seventy years and we should feel very proud of it should we undermine not by forming a separate military force absolutely not you can absolutely rest assured that britain will never become part of the european army on my watch while some might question gavin williamson having an opinion or troll on any. endeavors given that the u.k. isn't planning to be part of them they are leaving the european union nevertheless the idea for an army has been floated in the past by several leaders but it's always kind of been a taboo subject but all that changed last week when angela merkel and emmanuel microland both expressed their support for the idea as part of the world war one centenary commemorations take a listen to what each of the leaders had to say that. we need to show that europe is moving forward on social economic issues reinforc

army maybe but there is one thing that all of these countries agree on the u.s. the e.u. the u.k. is part of it still all agree on the need to defend themselves against russia said it when making this e.u. army proposal and nato officials repeat it like a mantra that there is growing russian military activity and they need to be able to counter it we'll be back with more news in a couple of minutes so stay with us. what politicians do something to. put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected . so when you want to be president or injury. or something want to be that's. actually going to be crossing the sea like in the fall tree in the morning can't be good. i'm interested always in the waters of our. sydney. dollars. dollars. dollars from the dollar adalah is what i wasn't being. when we got carried over here we care the music with us. we are here we were dragged here. by your love going to get rid of those who are not go away who will not die quite. real the heart of what we do is the truth. when lawmakers manufacture consent instinct of public wealth. when the ruling cl

army men. we have more soldiers overseas right now in the u.k., british army, canadian army combined.oving the world forward in line with our values. i would ask everyone, think her veterans tomorrow but take an extra step. inc. their families. they are truly suffering under the weight of the service are not something i'm focused on if we have less than and how do we do with these wars into its second decade. >> i hate to cut you off heading into her commercial. just know that millions of americans around the country cheering you on. your fellow freshman veteran class and were on your side to thank you so much. leland: well said. acting attorney general matthew whitaker already under fire by democratic leaders. does he deserve a chance before the criticism. strong wind picking up the already deadly fires in california. will the weather change? i landed. i saw my leg did not look right. i was just finishing a ride. i felt this awful pain in my chest. i had a pe blood clot in my lung. i was scared. i had a dvt blood clot. having one really puts you in danger of having another. my doctor

sixty's and then threat the seventy's the british army came in over at the time the coast times came down gradually with shared membership between the u.k. and ireland of the of the e.c. at the time both the troubles continue to get worse so it became a heavily militarized border i can remember as a child and the nineties you had to cross an army checkpoint any time you want to cross that border which has over two hundred roads by the way there was roads that were unapproved and so on so forth at this stage though over the last twenty years since as you mention the peace agreement the good friday agreement the border has become essentially nonexistent an invisible border it's driving across the border today is no different than driving from brandenburg into another point to stand in germany or in any normal country you wouldn't know it was there a century of course everybody's worried that these border with could be could return thank you very much of the business. u.s. is re imposing sanctions on iran from monday next week they'll affect the all gas and banking sectors washington will penalize countries and companies that do not hold o

us for cross talk to us in the conflict in yemen and french calls for a european army and if you're watching in the u.k. political talk show renegade coming up. alone welcome to crossfire for all things are considered i'm peter lavelle is the idea of peace in yemen and also trump is insulted the europeans might defend themselves and russia gate front and center again. cross talking some real news i'm joined by my guest here in moscow mark sloboda he's an international affairs and security analyst we also have dmitri bobbitt she's a political analyst. international and we have going these and he is a professor of the higher school of economics as well as author of the decay of western civilization and resurgence of russia all right as usual german crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i would appreciate david let me go to you first here donald trump went to paris for the. ceremonies commemorating the end of the first world war the bringing of peace after that carnage of four wars four years and twenty million dead in twenty million casualties. he felt insulted that hi

u.k. said we don't want to participate in a european army. we already have nato. if that becomes a replication of nato or draws focus on it, that remains to be seen. it is still very conceptual. >> what you are seeing here is the tension between what secretary mattis has been tried to do since he took over the pentagon, which is reassure european partners that the u.s. commitment to the alliance is ironclad, and then the questioning he -- the questioning created by the president whether or not the united states needs to be there. >> thank you. i hope you will come back. appreciate it. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] joined c-span sunday, veterans day, live at 4:30 a.m. eastern for the 100th anniversary of the end of world war i. with french president emmanuel macron speaking at the arc de triomphe. washington journal is live on c-span at 7:30 a.m. and american on c-span 3 for a special call-in program on

u.k. said we don't want to participate in a european army. we already have nato. whether or not that becomes a replication of nato or draws focus on it, that remains to be seen. it is still very conceptual. i haven't heard anything from the pentagon in terms of a response. >> what you are seeing here is the tension between what secretary mattis has been tried to do since he took over the pentagon, which is reassure european partners that the u.s. commitment to the alliance is ironclad, and then the questioning created by the president whether or not the united states needs to be there. >> thank you. first time appearing. i hope you will come back. appreciate it. >> today, president george w. bush and former first 80 bloor the liberty awarded medal at the national constitution center in philadelphia. former vice president joe biden presents the award. on c-span, c-span.org or listen on the freak c-span radio app. >> monday night on the communicators, verizon senior vice president and chief network --icer on for asians push to on verizon's push for 5g. >> what is di

u.k. said, we don't want to participate in a european army, we already have nato. whether that actually becomes a replication of nato or something that draws focus from it, that remains to be seen. it is still very conceptual. i have not heard anything from the pentagon in terms of a response. reporter: i think what you are seeing is the tension between what secretary mattis has been trying to do since he took over the pentagon, which is reassure european partners that the u.s. commitment to the alliance is ironclad, and then the questioning inevitably that is created by the president's public questioning of whether or not the united states needs to be in nato. host: thank you both for appearing on newsmakers for the first time. i hope you will come back. appreciate it. reporter: thanks. >> i had thought about the forgotten presidents even before i began the book, and it occurred to me there might be something these presidents off so had in common, not just that they were forgotten. announcer: university of north carolina constitutional law professor michael gerhar

u.k. which is traditionally not interested in some sort of european armies of this is an interesting creation of a coalition of the willing and how this will affect nato will it help or will it compete with nato in the future is also problematic i think everyone would be happy if europe did more heavy lifting the u.s. is involved in three theaters right now and if your did more heavy lifting in its own region i think that would be very much appreciated and i want to bring bring up something to theresa made a good point that she said that there maybe it is a fair critique that europe could do more of the heavy lifting and some would say that that's what donald trump has been trying to get to it's just maybe not perhaps the most diplomatic way that he says things and let's just be honest he's actually insulted a lot of allies bit and said things that just weren't actually true about you know they owed the u.s. money etc etc having said that do you think he has a fair critique. of course i mean he doesn't have a point the europeans are not doing their share to collective security within nato and

u.k. which is traditionally not interested in some sort of european armies of this is an interesting creation of a coalition of the willing and how this will affect nato will it help or will it compete with nato in the future is also problematic i think everyone would be happy if europe did more heavy lifting the u.s. is involved in three theaters right now and if your did more heavy lifting in its own region i think that would be very much appreciated and i want to bring bring up something to eat a good point that she said that there maybe it is a fair critique that europe could do more of the heavy lifting and some would say that that's what donald trump has been trying to get to it's just maybe not perhaps the most. a diplomatic way that he says things and less is honest he's actually insulted a lot of allies bit and said things that just weren't actually true about you know they owed the us money etc etc having said that do you think he has a fair critique of course i mean he does have a point to europeans are not doing their share to collective security within nato and. european allies o

u.k. prime minister theresa may is bowing to set firm as an army of brexit hardliners mobilizes to have her removed. they submitted a letter of no-confidence after cabinet members resigned. >> i am doing my job of getting the best deal for britain. deal that is in the national interest. when a vote comes before the house of commons, and peas are doing their job. they will need to consider the vote of the british people and our duty to deliver on that. is bloomberg now u.k. politics reporter. prime minister may seemed defiant. expect the no-confidence vote to be triggered? is aat we could see leadership challenge in the coming days. potentially as early as next week. if 48 of her fellow mps sent a letter in saying they have no confidence in her leadership areas by the rules of the conservative party, if the chairman gets those letters, that will trigger a no-confidence vote area >> we half a dozenseen members of her cabinet quit their post. have detrimental is this for her plan? blow is another massive but she is a staggering on. this evening, she gave a press conference and she was defiant.

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u.k. which is traditionally not interested in some sort of european armies of this is an interesting creation of a coalition of the willing and how this will affect nato will it help or will it compete with nato in the future is also problematic i think everyone would be happy if europe did more heavy lifting the u.s. is involved in three theaters right now and if your did more heavy lifting in its own region i think that would be very much appreciated and i want to bring bring up something to get a good point that she said that there maybe it is a fair critique that europe could do more of the heavy lifting and some would say that that's what donald trump has been trying to get to it's just maybe not perhaps the most. a diplomatic way that he says things and less is honest he's actually insulted a lot of allies bit and said things that just weren't actually true about you know they owe the us money etc etc having said that do you think he has a fair critique of course i mean he does have a point to europeans are not doing their share to collective security within nato and. european allies or

u.k. which is traditionally not interested in some sort of european armies of this is an interesting creation of a coalition of the willing and how this will affect nato will it help or will it compete with nato in the future is also problematic i think everyone would be happy if europe did more heavy lifting the u.s. is involved in three theaters right now and if your did more heavy lifting in its own region i think that would be very much appreciated and i want to bring bring up something to eat a good point that she said that there maybe it is a fair critique that europe could do more of the heavy lifting and some would say that that's what donald trump has been trying to get to it's just maybe not perhaps the most. a diplomatic way that he says things and less is be honest he's actually insulted a lot of allies bit and said things that just weren't actually true about you know they owed the us money etc etc having said that do you think he has a fair critique of course i mean he does have a point to europeans are not doing their share to collective security within nato and. european allie

u.k. and trade union backed the protesters with the following video. annoying or shall mobile phone robots and the story we cannot rule out. the army. i was on has more than half a million employees worldwide including a quarter of a million in the u.s. the minimum wage it pays an hour is twelve dollars in europe and fifteen dollars in the u.s. the company recently increased the rate in the u.s. up to workers there protested. following the black friday protest amazon denied exploiting workers and said that it provides a safe positive work space with competitive pay and benefits labor rights lawyer told us that amazon is susceptible to worker and consumer pressure. we see in the united states that because of bad publicity and some calls by people like senator bernie sanders amazon raised its wages to fifteen dollars an hour from about twelve dollars an hour so we see that they are amenable to pressure look it's a consumer oriented business and so particularly if consumers are willing to put pressure on them they will change their way but also again people do care about working conditions of others in the pay of others and i think peo

to the u.k., a lot of development spirit theresa may is standing firm for now as the pre-brexit army- arm within the conservative party plot her ousting. theresa may: i will do my job of getting the best deal for britain. i will do my job of getting a deal in the national interest. when the vote comes before the house of commons, mp's will do their job. they will need to look at that deal and consider the vote of the british people to leave the european union and our duty to deliver on that vote. let'st: for the latest, ring and am a maroc thomas. give us the state of the play at the moment. theresa may gave a three-hour speech before parliament today. several members of her cabinet resigned. where are we with the leadership challenge? >> it is true there are increasing numbers who want to see a change of leadership. they haven't yet reached the threshold, the number of letters that need to go into trigger the content. the magic number is 48 and we know so far that it has not reached. we do not know how many have gone in. theresa may gave a rather defiant speech. he is this was sayin

army was on the border between the u.s. and mexico. ordering era -- area in texas and arizona. sterling is seen as sharpening it the u.k. can reach a deal with the european union. rallied nearly 2% last week on reports of a financial services come even though officials denied it. recent election setbacks. berlin to plann finding a new leader when angela merkel steps down. she is giving up leadership and will not seek another term as chancellor. indonesia has ordered an official investigation as they -- the search enters an eight day. eighth day. global news 24 hours a day, on air and at tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm haslinda amin. this is bloomberg. in a final, frantic push, president trump is holding five rallies across the country. his primary focus is keeping the senate in republican control. mark is joining us now in the new york studio. where do things stand? are we going to see that the wave we have been talking about? -- we do not know if we will see a blue wave. democrats are poised to pick up the seats that they need to take control of the

army access a has paratrooper mark colvin smith has warned russia indisputably poses a bigger threat to the british people than isis day ash that all is a conference attended by representatives of the u.k. government and even the royal family came together to forge better ties between russia and britain as news broke from u.k. armed ukraine after reports of a suspect chemical attack by defacto u.k. backed rebels in syria we sat down with russia's ambassador to the u.k. alexander yakka vanko ambassador before we even get to the russia u.k. trade forum your take on russian troops firing on british back to green in forces is not about the i mean the problems of ukraine this is the the problems of everybody because ukraine has the form of the international law but isn't it difficult have a forum trying to increase trade ties when if you open a newspaper in britain you're more likely to be exporting assassins general. form reza has offers an end to the british army says your government has a greater threat to this country than isis diaster well i think it is going to responsible statement if you look at the let's say britain and the security of britain you'll find when russia and syria oh m

british army access a has paratrooper mark colvin smith has warned russia indisputably poses a bigger threat to the british people the nicest that all is a conference attended by representatives of the u.k. government and even the royal family came together to forge better ties between russia and britain as news broke from u.k. armed ukraine after reports of a suspect chemical attack by defacto u.k. backed rebels in syria we sat down with russia's ambassador to the u.k. alexander of enco ambassador before we even get to the russian u.k. trade for room your take on the russian troops firing on british backed you green in forces not about the i mean the problems of ukraine this is the problems of everybody because ukraine has the form of the international law but isn't it difficult to have a forum trying to increase trade ties when if you open a newspaper in britain you're more likely to be exporting assassins general. of former residents offers an end to the british army says your government has a greater threat to this country than i says. well i think it is going to responsible statement if you look at the britain and the security of britain you'll find when russia and syria. eliminate

army , greece -- three months ago they said the bailout is over. i had a laugh because how can you say the greece bailout is over when it is only going to get worse. u.khe next payer will have to pay more and more money. i would tell anyone who wants to put this to the people and --vince them it is not quite 2016. >> we are here to talk about the financial and other implications of where we are now. what are the economic implications for the u.k.? >> if the deal was to go to them, clearly the u.k. is much aligned with the eu. the implications for the market in terms of asset prices are positive. -- >> talk about democracy. what are the implications of the economy for this deal for theresa may? >> just go as you were before. you will have alignment on trade and immigration. alignment on a lot of things. what eventually this leads to is, let's see how the eu evolves and what happens with the italian crisis. the implications come back to the u.k. in an economic way of not having the freedom to do the trades you want to do. europe as a whole is sinking in size. everything you talk about. with thet just trade rest of the world and not have any of the prefe

u.k. and it really was the wall that tore the heart of the country you could say one in four of the male population joined the armyalmost nine hundred thousand soldiers in the whole empire died so this is the war that each year is being remembered millions of people are wearing poppies in this in this time of year just to remember the fold and soldiers though those that sacrificed and i think there's still a lot of high regard for those people who were fooling in the in the great war and the festival in all these soldiers from across the empire. and the german president or the shining martyr today laid a wreath the fact that he's there in the fact that he was invited in just just repeating the commemoration events in the u.k. vet is unprecedented isn't it. yes it is unprecedented former presidents have taken part in other ceremonies but not in this main ceremony here in london and it's been described as a historic act to resign my has said that she was looking forward to well commemorate the peace and celebrate the peace that has been between germany and the u.k. . of of late of course after the second well but th