russia. will long his want of friendly relations has wanted the u.s. as a partner and there's no reason that we should reject that all of branch that i think russia's been holding out for some time from the outset of me looking in that so many resources so much has been put into trying to find a link between moscow and washington and legally speaking but nothing has been fined do you think that there is a way back after this will somebody actually offer an apology if nothing is find or will it just be a dulling a silent ending of that nothing has come to fruit in terms of a legal relationship. yes well if history teaches us anything in the u.s. these types of controversies do just tend to peter out over time though this so-called russia gate scandal has been going on as you know is had a lot of traction for many months but i do believe in the end nothing will be found you know wrote a book about that in fact the plot to scapegoat russia and but i think in the end it all just kind of evaporate and i don't think there will be an acknowledgement or an apol

u.s. diplomats in russia to a new year party at the kremlin then we had in july the u.s. house of representatives overwhelmingly passed a new anti russia sanctions bill moscow cut the u.s. diplomatic presence in russia to the same level as it has in america and that led trump to extend the sanctions analyst told us that the raid is a clear violation though of international law. i think it is national lays it down very clearly the one hundred sixty one fianna convention of to plastic relations says that any diplomatic and affiliated premises nifong country. and any incursion on that territory is therefore seen as an attack on the country that is hosting that. diplomatic mission so this is breach of international rule that there is some sort of meaningless parade of power by raising america the big issue is now that this creates a bad precedent because with this event taking place now in the united states other countries may follow i guess embassies with which they don't have good relations with this is a collapse of of the international diplomatic system by what the america

in russia one of the u.s. consulates especially considering that since a few days ago no american consulates in russia and they wouldn't mind there are three now in st petersburg in your book in the in the euros in the far east let us talk none of them will any longer syria russian citizens who would like to get visas so they offer no sure of this for russian citizens who are trying to come to the us as tourists students or as anyone else at this point so russia is very likely to respond in a tough way to close the closing down of one of the consulates if you see the diplomatic language to be coming out of the ministry of foreign affairs the foreign ministry is demanding the immediate return of the consulate in san francisco it's using a very very tough limit of course that's not going to watch it's not going to happen soon leaving to the next step and of course the americans are not nothing to stop here either they are already people airing their next steps and they go on their own site you know every single o

u.s. has stated that this is a response to russia's decision to reduce the size of the u.s. mission in russia back in july twenty seventh teen we've also had a reaction from the russian foreign minister himself so good i've spoken out about the decision to close the facilities is also said that russia is not the instigator of these moves measures or this. story was not russia it was started by the u.s. administration with the only purpose of u.s. relations concerning the u.s. conflict which is going through always been friendly towards the american people and we're still open to constructive relationships but as you know it takes two to tango. american partners or breakdancing on their own time all the time so as you can see the relations between the u.s. and russia are still pretty tense. well the u.s. state department says the searchers are legal claiming diplomatic immunity is revoked following any closure however the vienna convention states immunity remains in place until diplomatic staff leave the country vienna convention on diplomatic relations article twenty two poin

u.s. diplomats in russia to a new year party at the kremlin and then in july after the u.s. house of representatives overwhelmingly passed a new anti russia sanctions bill moscow cut the u.s. diplomatic presence in russia to the same level that has in america and that led to extend the sanctions and analysts told us the raid is a clear violation of international law. i think international lays it down very clearly the one hundred sixty one fianna convention of to plastic relations says that any diplomatic affiliated premises and from country. and any incursion on that territory is therefore seen as an attack on the country that is hosting that diplomatic mission so this is a breach of international law that there is some sort of meaningless parade of power by raising america the big issue here is now that this creates a bad precedent because with this event taking place now in the united states other countries may follow i guess embassies with which they don't have good relations with this is a collapse of all of the international diplomatic system by what the americans and t

u.s. and russia will not stop economic cooperation and also the current situation is because u.s. secretary of state to listen keeps bad company but you so much you don't live in there should this point to a current diplomatic differences we continue to have contacts with american firms. including vast energy companies such as exxon mobil which rex tillerson used to head up we also gave to listen and when you get he seems to have ended up in bad company and he's headed in the wrong direction but i hope that cooperation and friendship lead him back on the right path by u.s. russia relations are up for discussion on r.t.c. . without russia's new envoy to the un talking there here's a quick preview you can watch the full interview later today. president he was campaigning in the shop after wards he promised to deliver all improving u.s. russia relations but unfortunately due to many reasons i will not remember a the more or judge them he was not able to do so medic of that is the privately and openly say that too much depends on the little ations and it's not appropriate solo these d

u.s. including russia's oldest consulate in san francisco have officially closed now by the u.s. state department. and shelves and cover doors these are the pictures that artie's rugby video agency filmed inside one of those now closed probably sees russia's trade mission in washington d.c. . the counterterrorism chief has revealed britain has the highest number of islam is the extremists in all of europe. was here out why. a member of the black yeah we only got black people right. and police lieutenant in the u.s. has been fired after this dash cam video showed him assuring a woman during a traffic stop the police only kill black people. very good evening to you my name is neil harvey you're watching our international trade mission in washington d.c. has now been officially closed to more diplomatic probably sees including russia's oldest consulate in san francisco will also be closed today and these are live pictures for you so the deadline is passed the building has now been cleared out in washington and what we anticipate now is the u.s. or thirty's going in. just to clarify t

russia summons a deputy chief of the u.s. embassy in moscow to protest plans to search russian diplomatic sites in america a move it brands as illegal and aggressive. the territory has revealed that britain has the highest number of islamist extremists in europe and also to. i think really having a. cure out why i remember all the only black people out here we all black people right. a police lieutenant in the u.s. has been fired after dash cam video shows him suring a woman during a traffic stop that police only kill black people. follow their welcome come to life from what's going you're watching r.t. international our top story this hour russia has some of the deputy chief of the u.s. diplomatic mission in the country to express anger at the american security services intention to search a russian trade mission in washington moscow says it is a clear acts of aggression. we considered the planned illegal search of russian diplomatic premises in the absence of russian officials and the threat we have received to break down t

russia u.s. ties threat to the new low after searches of moscow's diplomatic compounds will be the full story after this break. thank you for new to the game this is how it works now the economy is built around corporations corporations run washington washington post media the media over voters elected the businessman to run this country business equals power you must it's not business as usual it's business like it's never been done before . brace for a single. day superman. they start training very young. eight months of intensive school. wraps. and they save lives. welcome by moscow responded angrily this week to the searching of russian diplomatic compounds which had been ordered to be closed by washington videos of men searching on the roof and even ripping up flooring at one of the sites was posted on the russian foreign ministry facebook page f.b.i. agents check basements and attics drawers even cupboards with every operation made no sense and washington's unexpected sparked outrage in the

u.s. and russia are still pretty tense. the u.s. state department says the search is all legal claiming diplomatic immunity is revoked following any closure but the vienna convention states immunity remains in place until diplomatic staff leave the country vienna convention on diplomatic relations article twenty two point one the premises of the mission shall be inviolable the agents of the receiving states may not enter them except with the consent of the head of the mission. article thirty nine point two when the functions of a person enjoying privileges and immunities have come to an end such privileges and immunities shall normally cease at the moment when he leaves the country think international lays down very clearly the one hundred sixty one fianna convention of to class relations says that any diplomatic affiliated premises not from country. and internal not territories their forces an attack on the country this is history . so this is all international terrorist some sort of meaningless parade of power by raising america t

and all these problems affect russia u.s. relations i don't truly enjoy the effect that certain politicians tend to blame russia for everything russia and china have to sort out. the problem with north korea russia has to do something about syria they say and they also blame us for other crises even for yemen even though we have nothing to do with yemen what affects russia u.s. relations is not the fact that we have certain conflicts it's because the previous administration at tacked us. they set this time bomb for russia us or i did not expect in noble nobel prize winner to do such a thing but he really showed his true face and we're still suffering from the consequences of this action and we also saw for from the fact that he campaigned on raising doubts as to the illegitimacy of donald trump selection is still going on the people claim that russia meddled in the u.s. election and they don't offer any facts any evidence yet there is the fact that de servers the d n c. were hacked by an insider a person who is staffer who wor

u.s. has stated that this is a response to russia's decision to reduce the size of the u.s. mission in russia back in july twenty seventh team we've also had a reaction from the russian foreign minister himself so good i've spoken out about the decision to close the facilities is also said that russia is not the instigator of those moves measures the sanctions already was not launched by russia it was started by the u.s. administrator and with the only purpose of us russian relations are completely u.s. we're not seeking conflict with this going through always been friendly towards the american people and we're still open to constructive relationships but as you know it takes two to tango. american partners or breakdancing on time all the time so as you can see the relations between the u.s. and russia are still pretty tense. well the u.s. state department does say that the searches are legal claiming diplomatic immunity is revoked following any closure however the vienna convention does state that immunity remains in place until diplomatic staff leave the country vienna conv

u.s. and russia are still pretty tense the u.s. state department says the searches are legal claiming diplomatic immunity is referred following any closure that the vienna convention states immunity remains in place until diplomatic staff leave the country. vienna convention on diplomatic relations article twenty two point one the premises of the mission shall be inviolable the agents of the receiving states may not enter them except with the consent of the head of the mission. article thirty nine point two when the functions of a person enjoying privileges and immunities have come to an end such privileges and immunities shall normally cease at the moment when he leaves the country think international down very clearly the one hundred sixty one fianna convention of to class relations says that any diplomatic affiliated premises no one country. and any incursion on that territory is an attack on the country that is hosting that diplomatic mission so this is the breach of the international law that there is some sort of meaningless

u.s. ordered russia to close three diplomatic premises in forty eight hours immediately after the eviction u.s. officers searched the san francisco consulate and trade missions in new york and washington in response to the seizure and searches of property the russian president vladimir putin asked the russian foreign ministry to take legal action. because the north american counterparts didn't let russia use its property it's a violation of our property rights i will tell the foreign ministry to go to cool see how well the highly praised she dishes system in the u.s. works however washington says it wants to end the diplomatic crisis in fact two days after putin's remark on taking legal action the u.s. state department had this to say. we would like that's relationship to improve we don't want to continue this kind of diplomatic tit for tat people in the united states need to get over this russia hysteria and that's what it is that's being ginned up. by the media here and americans need to call for more friendly and constructive relations with russia it's my firm opinion that russia all al

u.s. ordered russia to close three diplomatic premises in forty eight hours immediately after the eviction u.s. offices of the san francisco consulate and trade missions in both new york and washington in response to a seizure and so it was a property of russian president vladimir putin the russian foreign ministry to take legal action. because the north american counterparts didn't let russia use its property it's a violation of our property rights and i will tell the foreign ministry to go to cool see how well the highly praised she dishes system in the u.s. works. oh washington says it wants to end the diplomatic crisis two days off to taking legal action the u.s. state department had this to say. we would like that relationship to improve we don't want to continue this kind of diplomatic tit for tat people in the united states need to get over this russia hysteria and that's what it is that's being pinned. by the media here and americans need to call for more friendly and constructive relations with russia it's my firm opinion that russia all along has wanted friendly relations has wan

u.s. state department facing up questions from journalists over the. use of the. horrible diplomatic protocol you know and i don't know if you are working today or what but i think. russia's new ambassador to the u.s. presence his credentials amid one of the worst diplomatic periods the country's face. also coming aid convoy in the war weary east.

the new low in u.s. russia relations in both countries expelling each other's diplomats and u.s. congress forcing president trump into a new round of sanctions on moscow do you feel that donald trump's compay to idea of and the spat with russia is now a dad for good. it's in america's interests accords with america's values to. approach with russia so why is it that trump who didn't want to pass new sanctions was corner.

so i heard you say that other countries have been also calling for an improvement of u.s. russia relations which countries are you talking about and will washington listen most importantly. many countries privately and openly say that much depends on the by letter a little ations and it's not appropriate that solo these days and they should be improved and that will be for the best for the better of the world and not just our two countries so recently moscow says that it considers terrorists and us law enforcement inspection rates on russian diplomatic mission in america a violation of diplomatic immunity president putin said that russia will go to an american court over a property rights do you think legal action can be successful here. i don't think that it's appropriate for me to comment on that common sense being made in most of the night i don't see anything to add to it the except that i agree the moves that were made not only which moves but how they were made were both very friendly but how do your colleagues in the united nation reacted to this situation because it was a

retaliating against russia. the u.s. ordering russia to close the consulate along with two diplomatic annexes in washington in response to staff cuts at the mission in moscow ordered by -- in michigan ordered by the russian government. fred pleitgen is at the embassy, and he's not alone. good morning. >> reporter: certainly not alone. there was a lot of media here. some have left because there was a statement a short while ago by anthony godfrey, deputy chief of staff here. he says the new measures are meant to stop the downward spiral of relations between the u.s. and russia. here's why he said that -- he said, look, the russians want us to cut our diplomatic stoaff to 455. yesterday they said, look, if you want parity as far as the diplomatic staff is concerned, there's also going to have to be parity as far as the diplomatic institutions are concerned that we can have in each other's country. that's why the u.s. said you've got to close down the consulate in san francisco. with that both the u.s. and russia have three

u.s. to russia. he answered questions before the u.s. senate foreign relations committee. this hearing is about one hour. >> nato remains vital to the security of europe and the united states. the european union is a critical partner in trade and politics and global humanitarian efforts. france and the united kingdom russia's bad acts complicate much of the good that the united states tries to do. the russian federation possesses not only the second strongest military power in the world but a seat on the united nations security council. years,last several .ussia invaded ukraine vladimir putin entered the syrian war on the side of the regime and has repeatedly used chemical weapons on its millions. last year, russian efforts to influence the 26 in u.s. election fund mentally damaged our bilateral relationship. u.s. election fundamentally damaged our bilateral relationship. hand, we have issues of common interest. we have to figure out a way to . thatetween these issues will be a challenge for our next ambassador. today's nominee will need to perform some of the most importa

how bad can it get how low can russia u.s. relations go at this point it's anyone's guess but one thing's for sure donald trump's call for better relations is now dead in the water. you know most over there. mark zuckerberg at facebook. arguing about artificial intelligence like is he going to destroy the world. maybe we'll mark zuckerberg has already destroyed the world so why does he care let's find out. welcome to a special edition of broadcasting around the world from washington d.c. tonight catch me if you can we've got a panel from two sides of the aisle talking about the all important tax debate in this country it's time to talk health policy with two panelists with very strong opinions also we dive right in the latest on this from capitol hill on these divisive topics expect some fireworks and then of course we hope we go right over to china where brics is unfolding before our very eyes we take a look at what these five economic powerhouses brazil russia india china and south africa are up to standby to busbar right no

u.s. foreign policy if russia had. been such a bad country you know it would rejoice but i don't think so because russia does not want to defeat what damages the united states russia wants to defeat the i do all of your change and that ideology is the same in the united states in western europe in central europe i mean. after all this is the u.k. he basically keeping him cost with you know the situation you are absolutely right there's really no cost so there's no charges for the use of money mulayam all the e.u. in the former soviet union ukraine is now going to introduce legislation that would make it a criminal offense for the ukrainian officials to visit russia which is like make it a criminal offense for canadian stories at the united states you know or even worse so you have this i do all of which is the real enemy not the country this is your favorite card to play so gentlemen we're going to go to a short break and after that short break we'll continue our discussion on russia u.s. really. years ago i traveled a

media welcome to the show it's actually great to have you with us so we're off the new low and u.s. russia relations in both countries expelling each other's diplomats and u.s. congress forcing president trump into a new round of sanctions on moscow do you feel that drone trumps compay to idea of and then this spat with russia is now a dad for good absolutely not it's in america's interest and accords with america's values to to to find a rapprochement with russia so why is it that trump who didn't want to pass new sanctions was corner of into doing that by congress which is controlled by his own party why are republicans working against their own president well it's trump is not a cradle republican if if you understand what i mean he ran on the republican ticket but his allegiance to the republican party is weak and the republican party's allegiance to donald trump is weak and this was intraparty warfare but it would seem like as time goes on it's in others interest to kind of bond why isn't trump succeeding in getting them on his side. well there is a lot of hostility from the republican

in russia u.s. relations. ok let me go back to nicholas one of the things that you know i ended the first segment here why should russia really care if the u.s. doesn't want to parlay and of our bilateral relationship then at a certain amount of a certain point you just say ok that's the way it's going to be but we live in a real world with very real problems and let's consider north korea i think the russia has been played a very constructive role in the united nations lot of people didn't agree with russia's position in voting on. the when they did do that in china did do that they had a roadmap how to move forward in a very reasonable one i would say in that which has been completely ignored which is it's been it's. nor is an understatement ok i mean most people don't even know what happened ok so but this is a time when the united states and russia really truly need to work together and to resolve this crisis that i think that has been generated from the west that can be a different conversation but these a

political establishment feels that they need an enemy and they are painting russia as an enemy which is of course proprietors so ok while u.s. politicians claim russia is a threat to american interests washington's still enjoys russian how beyond some key issues like syria and north korea fighting isis as this strange still approach to only way for them to actually move forward oh no there must be there are much better ways and. there were in the republican primary there were seventeen candidates. three of them were tough what i call did my forbes dot com column tough as there were then some quiver there were some. we caught and then there were some strong hawks there at the republican electorate favored the tough as that would be donald trump rand paul and ted cruz who are not deliberate. by sixty percent of the vote and the remaining fourteen candidates had to split had to split up the rest of the vote between them some of them were very hostile to russia and they got very small percentages of the vote then in the general election trump was clearly the tuft of against the neo con hillary clinton belligerent stance toward