u.s.-russia bout relations. have you thought about that? >> inevitably russia and china -- there is an extend to which their respective relations with the u.s. affects their particularly russia's eagerness to engage with china, and that they are united in oppositions to u.s. goals on a number of levels. that sort of brings them closer. i think the position that we now find ourselves in is that their relations with each other are significantly better than our relations with either of them which i think is what kissinger said we should not be doing about 40 years ago. you know, there have been a lot of significant developments in russia-china relations, particularly the military. dara: so, you know, up until recently, it seemed like china was more willing to stand on the sidelines and let the united states and russia duke out their problems while they continue to be active in other regions very quietly. however i think there is a few new irritants in the u.s. and china relationship. new military technology going into place in japan. that is a

u.s.-russia relationship today and why? >> as someone who has worked on this a few years, at least, i thought it got really bad during the ukraine crisis in russia and subsequently invading ukraine. then it got worse in october of 2015, russia began its operation in syria, contrary to u.s. objectives at the time. but subsequently, of course, we had the interference episode in our 2016 elections, which really sent things off the rails completely. so, you know, i keep thinking that maybe we've hit the bottom, but over the last five years, the u.s.-russia relations have surprised me in how low they can go. i think there is a way of conflict developing, though that's in no ways inevitable and counterproductive from a u.s. broader introspective and there are a number of things we could be doing if not in cooperation with russia or at least with russia's acquiescence, and given that, i think we are basically at lagerheads across the gamut where our interests are both at stake, where both sides are making each other's lives difficu

>> u.s. russia relations, the economic relationship between the eu and russia is far more significant than ours with russia, and of course, they are neighbors, in a way that only alaskans are. therefore, the broader west relations with russia, it's a more palpable thing for a lot of eu countries. generally speaking, that has been somewhat of a force for moderation in the broader western position, and the context of decision-making bodies like nato and the eu. at the moment, if we dial back a couple years, there was a very united u.s. eu front on russia policy, resulting from the ukraine crisis, to an extent that was really unprecedented, even going back to the soviet period. that was coordination on sanctions, and the eu was taking more of an economic hit from the sanctions than the u.s. was, and unified policy on how to deal with the ukraine crisis. now, as a result of tensions in the broader trans atlantic relationship, to be diplomatic, the foundations of that unity are eroding, and particularly

u.s.-russia relationship, the sort of the foundations of that unity are to a certain extent eroding and particularly on sanctions where the piece of legislation i mentioned actually targets european companies for doing business with russia, particularly in the context of a particular pipeline project that germany -- or german companies are spearheading. but also in terms of sanctions, we're now on the opposite sides of iran sanctions as well. so when acting together, i think the u.s. and eu can have a greater impact. the challenge is now this potential coordination is happening in a much more complex u.s.-eu relationship that has developed in the last couple of years. >> so dara, on that same question, the last couple years it seems like despite those differences, europe has been infuriated by election meddling and things like that. would you say the eu is more aligned with u.s. policy or not so much? >> i think we're seeing lots of populist trends popping up in europe, and where a few years ago i would have said the trans-atlantic relationship is strong, we have a common vision, i don't feel that w

and russia since the end of the one nine hundred eighty s. that may be about to change u.s. authorities believe russia may have developed weapon systems like these in breach of the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty. we're not going to let them violate a nuclear agreement and go out into weapons that we're not allowed to wear the ones that have stayed in the agreement and we bonded greatly but russia is not fortunately on to the agreement so we're going to terminate it we're going to pull out. the kremlin has denied trump's allegations saying it has not produced any missiles that are prohibited by the i.n.f. treaty the prospect of a unilateral u.s. withdrawal has caused shock in moscow. as russia has taken trump's announcement very seriously various officials today have been warning of the danger of such a decision and of the serious consequences that it could have the i.n.f. treaty was seen as a major breakthrough in nuclear security when it was ratified by former soviet president mikhail gorbachev and u.s. president ronald reagan in one thousand nine hundred eighty se

relations well many experts here say the u.s. russia relations are there are low worst point ever and that this announcement is not going to help but of course and then we have to ask ourselves were john bolton is the right person to deescalate because he is known for his hawkish should views on russia on the iran over issues and he was reportedly the one who was pushing for this plan for this withdrawal behind closed doors in the white house the u.s. has accused russia of violating the treaty on its part has the u.s. stature the agreement to or does the terms of the agreement. well we know there. is a thinking about producing deploying a new messiah was to account for as i said that china's activities in cell with china sea but so far the pentagon has only begun research and development into such missiles that would be banned by this treaty and research is not prohibited by under the spec now the german foreign minister heikal mas has the us to consider the consequences that this will have on future decide on them and if it has washing

u.s. out of this through. well of russia is certainly taking this announcement very seriously they've been warning of dangerous consequences today there's been a statement from the kremlin spokesman who said that the u.s. this u.s. move would actually make the world a more dangerous place but we also have seen from the russian side a kind of warning that this move could also trigger a kind of tit for tat reaction that any actions will be met with reactions as the foreign minister of state gay lover off said today so kind of certainly the specter of a new arms race is hanging heavy over moscow today meanwhile we said u.s. national security advisor john bolton is in moscow he will meet with vladimir putin and sergey lavrov this was a planned visit but still just what can we expect from these talks. while the kremlin spokesperson has said today that putin and bolton will certainly discuss the i.n.f. treaty their meeting tomorrow and arms the arms are supposed are supposed to are going to be excuse me a big topic today as well w

u.s. hasn't provided any evidence that russia is, indeed, in breach of that treaty. the u.s. is saying russia has developed new medium-ranged rockets and deployed them. that's why they've been saying that the russians are in breach. the russians for their side are saying they believe the u.s. is violating the treaty by inventing missile defense technology. you see the accusations flying back and forth. from the russian side they were more on board with keeping the treaty. despite the flaws it might have, it is a document from 1987, that has provided more security and does have a place in trying to prevent nuclear weapons from becoming very prolific. >> obviously there's a great deal of attention, fred, on what russia has been doing. the u.s. president, as you pointed out, says russia has not honored that treaty. tell us, what has russia been doing? >> reporter: well, i mean, in this sense in terms of the inf treaty, the americans are saying -- they've been saying this since the obama administration, since the second term of the obama administration, that the russians are serio

u.s./russia relationship? >> well, instance bolton enters into russia, many hard feelings will emerge, many russians don't like him. this is a hardening of relations, at least in terms of weapons. so this is, in some ways the reverse of some of the dynamics that we have seen between president trump and putin. we are moving in two different directions within one administration. >> finally, julian, beyond the u.s. and russia and china, how do you believe that our nato allies receive this decision? >> not in a good way. they have always very much wanted this agreement to stay in place. this is always been not simply about the u.s. and russia, but about protecting our nato allies from these kind of intermediate range missiles, which threaten them. this is where the agreement originally stem from, the concerns of europe as much are the concerns of the u.s. they are not going to be happy with this and it will create more friction between the u.s. and nato allies which are already not in a great state. >> historian a

u.s. and russia that has been solid and it seems that the u.s. for u.s. ministration. is not too concerned about kind of breaking up these agreements and that's certainly one thing that russia will be kind of showing off now that the u.s. it's not a reliable partner even when it comes to keeping the world safe i think that will be their move in terms of the writer of moving on. now president trump has accused russia repeatedly of violating the agreement is he right is there any evidence. well the u.s. has accused russia of violating the supremum for years actually under the obama administration as well and nato has also recently come out and accused russia of violating the violating this agreement as well russia on the other hand has always denied it today they've also been denying it what we can say is that russia has certainly been popping its rhetoric in recent months and this year as well when it comes to nuclear weapons when it comes to weapons overall in. the state of the union address in march he had a whole section where he laid out all the new modern weapons th

u.s. and russia have been. the united states doesn't need ground launched intermediate range results to deal with china. in fact, the vice-chairman of the joint chiefs of staff last year said explicitly, we do not need such missiles to counter china. and the united states doesn't have any such missile and development and there is no nato country that would accept any such ground launch cruise missile to be deployed in their territory. the last time that happened, back in 1983, the room millions of europeans in the streets telling ronald reagan and mikhail gorbachev to get rid of those missiles. for a number of reasons, this is counterproductive, it is dangerous, and it does open the door to the possibility of renewed nuclear competition in this area. and it could threaten another important treaty, the new strategic arms treaty, the main treaty limimiting the two sides strategic arsenals, which is due to expire in 2021 if trump and putin don't extend it. nermeen: let's go back to the 1980 summit when president r

doesn't happen just like my colleague in washington has just said you know why doesn't russia let nato and the u.s. go and inspect these systems in russia and why doesn't your european allies could the u.s. to allow russians to inspect ballistic missile defense systems in your.

u.s. and russia and these are really critical. agreements between our two countries and i think again the misunderstandings surrounding the campaign transition team trumpet ministration and myself and the misunderstandings between our two countries going back many decades is reflective of these deep problems between our two countries and it's unfortunate that we have this current stumbling block but i'm hoping through perseverance on both sides will be able to work through it. turkish media is reporting an event police have found an abandoned vehicle belonging to the saudi consulate in an underground car park on the outskirts of istanbul it is said to have been left there following the killing of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi the diplomatic facility turkish police reportedly believe the vehicle was parked outside the saudi consulate on the days that shoji disappeared since riyadh's admission that the journalist was murdered calls have intensified for saudi arabia to be punished but the u.s. appears to be stalling with donald tr

bolton is here for talks with russia's top diplomats and security officials his visit here to the russian capital comes after president trump announced that he'll be taking the u.s. out of a nuclear arms treaty with russia also vowing to develop new weapons of the treaty was signed back in one thousand nine hundred seven between then soviet union and america under the agreement all short and mid range nuclear and conventional missiles were eliminated apart from those who launched from the sea and it's being reported that bolton will now meet the russian president at some point as well r.t.d. has more on the u.s. national security advisers visit to moscow. obviously john bolton and he's back shed till he doesn't have really really have time to switch to moscow's time zone here indeed he has kicked off his meeting spree by sitting down with russia's head of security council they talked about all sorts of things mostly military and conflict he things syria afghanistan all sorts of nonproliferation treaties like for example when it comes to chemical weapons and nuclear weapons but of course the big topic they both kind of briefly touched upon was this i.n.f. treaty

what it wants there that's a good question it's a question i ask my students about everything from u.s. russia policy to u.s. policy was are.

>> taking you to u.s. russia relations at 7:15 pm easter and we have live coverage on cspan- 3. danielle serves as a political reporter and will talk about women in campaign 2018, good morning . >> talk about the importance of the female vote this year and what are both sides doing to get that? >> so as far as the female vote goes, people vote more on parties and one thing i'm looking at his numbers on the ballot and if the election were held right now would you vote for the republican or democrat in your district. women tend to say democrat, much more than men. in every single pole that you look at, by a good margin of acs, i will vote for the democrats. men, meanwhile are either depending on the pool you look at, roughly evenly divided or they tend to lead slightly to the republican. democratic women are off the charts, they've come out in big numbers especially in state and house races . >> out is what we've seen with the brett kavanaugh confirmation how does this do, is it long- lasting or short-term quick suspect if i could answer that, i would be up askew pay grades. that

it's a good question it's a question i asked my students about everything from u.s. russia policy to u.s. policy with regard to venezuela no one knows and this is the mystery of this administration it's a conundrum what trumps policy is from monday to tuesday to the end of the week so it's very difficult other than listening to strident voices like those of john bolton the neoconservative nutcase in my view or mike pompei o who is not far from that definition some other spokes person for the administration the only sane and sober one being in my estimation gen mattis at the pentagon secretary of defense of course with regard to syria though i think president obama's strategy and i actually had occasion to talk to president obama in the roosevelt room in november of two thousand and fifteen and got some inkling of this was to admit that bashar al assad was there that simply we had made a street strategic error and interpreted his role in syria like we had interpreted mubarak's role in egypt and that was wrong because there was a sizable portion powerful portion of the syrian

>> you already mentioned that we would present hooton or russia in the u.s. election to think it's melting into next month's midterm election and what steps do you have planned to it interview. >> [speaking in native language] [speaking in native language] [speaking in native language] [speaking in native language] >> were watching these very closely, christopher ray said about a month ago that if we did not detect anything like the level of involvement in 2016. as he pointed out that could change with one keystroke. we have two weeks to go until the election. i hope there's not meddling at all it's worth noting that the president signed an executive order about a month ago that would require a report within 45 days if any meddling took place. we will be examining the information on ongoing basis but particularly afterwards. >> [speaking in native language] [speaking in native language] [speaking in native language] [speaking in native language] [speaking in native language] >> we will get a microphone back there. >> you have said that you discussed in your v

c-span3, foreign-policy experts discuss the future of u.s. russiaations. >> coming up on today's washington journal,

u.s. from a nuclear weapons treaty with russia despite opposition from his party. it prohibits the u.s. and russia from possession, producing or test flying missiles with a range of up to 3,000 miles. the u.s. accused russia of multiple violations of the nuclear weapons treaty which russia denies. president trump is ready to launch a new arm's race with russia. >> we have a tremendous amount of money to play with. we are going to terminate the agreement and we will develop the weapons. >> national security adviser is traveling to russia for talks starting tomorrow. republican leaders warn withdrawal could lead to the weakening of other treaties. >>> how will the of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi. the saudi arabia government claims it had nothing to do with the death at the saudi consulate but u.s. lawmakers aren't buying it. saudi arabia said jamal khashoggi left the saudi consulate after arriving on august 2. but the foreign minister said they now learned officials were trying to cover up a rogue operation operation >> the individuals who did this, there was a tremendous mistake made

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u.s. and other members of nato on how they can find a diplomatic solution to make certain that russia does not violate the treaty and in fact what kay bailey hutchinson stressed during the press conference is that the u.s. is very much interested in getting russia to reverse course to withdraw its efforts to develop these types of missiles and to go back to the status quo which has been in effect for thirty one years now she did say as a hypothetical that if russia continued on its path that at some point the u.s. would have to consider it but it was not an outright threat as some have been reporting in the press on tuesday many thanks for posting john f. with the position in washington d.c. well let's get the russian reaction rory chalons has the reaction from moscow. we have heard from the foreign ministry spokeswoman marie is a car of a who's never one to mince her words and certainly likes the opportunity to comment on things that the united states has said or done now her take on kay bailey hutchison's remarks are that they are aggressive destructive and dangerous her full quote is th

u.s. and russia has drawn condemnation from germany berlin's foreign minister urged washington to reconsider the move the announcement by the u.s. that it's going to withdraw from the i.m.f. a quote is regrettable the agreement has been an important pillar of our european security architecture for thirty years for us in europe it's of great importance we call on the u.s. to consider the possible consequences. he was referring to the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty which requires the u.s. and russia to eliminate their mid range ground based nuclear missiles russia has responded to trump a statement warning that pulling out of the deal could lead to to retaliate or measures. we condemn the attempts to get concessions from moscow by using blackmail especially over an issue that has value for both international and nuclear security as well as for maintaining world stability the nuclear arms treaty will be discussed in moscow on monday when u.s. national security advisor john bolton meets with russia's foreign minister because only a tranquil and kevin one discussed what america's withdr

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u.s. out of a nuclear arms treaty with russia while also vowing to develop new weapons under that pact this treaty was signed back in one hundred eighty seven between the then soviet union and the u.s. under that agreement all shortened mid range nuclear conventional missiles were eliminated apart from those launched from the sea bolton is set to meet with the russian president on tuesday let's get you up to speed on where we are now correspondent been following monday's talks hi there any details on what john bolton the russian foreign minister had to say to each other. has held the total of about six. of them with the head of russia's security council in about an hour with the foreign minister himself as a result of these two john bolton has said that now the united states have a better understanding of russia's position. on this i.n.f. treaty and but world still needs wants a more detailed understanding of that he also stressed that apparently the united states does not have the like a solid position on this and they are said to continue our conversations and discussions about the validi

u.s. and russia and these are really critical. agreements between our two countries and i think again the misunderstanding surrounding the campaign transition team trump administration myself and the misunderstandings between our two countries going back many decades is reflective of these deep problems between our two countries and it's unfortunate that we have this current stumbling block but i'm hoping through perseverance on both sides will be able to work through it. as calls grow for saudi arabia to be punished over the death of journalist jamal khashoggi donald trump's son in law an advisor jabbered cushman has said that the white house is still in the fact finding phase of the investigation. do you trust the saudis to investigate themselves i mean we're getting facts in from multiple places and then once those facts come in the secretary of state will work with our national security team to help us determine what we want to believe and what we think is credible and what we think is not credible saudi arabia's foreign minis

u.s. and russia from possessing producing or test flying this house with a range of five hundred to five and a half thousand kilometers the u.s. accuses russia of deploying weapons that are banned under this agreement to intimidate european nations of former soviet states while russia says u.s. missile defenses violate the pact the u.s. withdrawal allows it to deploy new weapons reportedly to counter a chinese arms buildup in the pacific when i so-called as a nuclear expert is a fellow at the james martin center for nonproliferation studies he thinks trump is acting hastily. fortunately both sides has never been able to sit down or because they were going next for discussion technical or all of you resolve it in the course if you do diplomacy the welsh speakers will doesn't rule out. or so organise else all the demise of the street you learned are what i would say of the drum we're going to stray she really rushed into and we're getting treated eleven people have been killed in a roadside bombing in afghanistan a half province the victims include a woman and six children the area is an eyeso

u.s. and russia had. >> but u.s. esident donald trump says russia isn't holding up its end of the deal. he says russia is, in fact, developing missiles the treaty prohibits. that puts the u.s. at a disadvantage because china is developing them with no such restrictions. listen. >> russia has violated the agreement. they've been violating it for many years and i don't know why president obama didn't negotiate or pull out and we're not going to let them violate a nuclear agreement and go out and do weapons and we're not allowed to. we're the ones that have stayed in the agreement and we've honored the agreement but russia has not unfortunately honored the agreement so we're going to terminate the agreement. >> that is the view from president trump. let's go to our fred pleitgen joining us live from moscow. this treaty signed in 1987. it has been around a good time though. has there been reaction from the russians? >> reporter: well, there certainly has. you know, i think we've heard rumblings over the past few days by t

russia's security council head and the u.s. embassy said that they also discussed arms control and lavrov has also said that that will be an important topic but though this is on the table it doesn't seem there is much cause for optimism bolton himself has. shown that he's kind of in he opposes these arms treaties and the russian military expert today told me that russia also thinks that they're actually bad for the country he said that putin came out criticizing this agreement in the past and that actually trump has literally taking taken this decision off his hands now emily the e.u. is significantly alarmed by trump's statement and urges both sides to preserve the ins the treaty as it's known for short which is crucial for this continent to europe and global security let's take a quick look at what the agreement is about and then we'll continue our conversation at the other end of it. the nineteen eighty seven intermediate range nuclear forces treaty was seen as a major breakthrough in nuclear security when it was ratified b

u.s. and russia from possessing, producing or test flying ground watch nuclear cruise missiles with a rangeof up to 3000 miles pick the u.s. accused russia of multiple violations of that treaty which russia denies. president trump says he's ready to launch a new arms race with russia. >> we have a tremendous amount of money to play with, 700 billion plus 716 billion and we will terminate the agreement and develop the weapons. >> some republican leaders warn that withdrawal could lead to the weakening of other arms treaties. >>> 18 people dead and 170 others hurt after train derailed in taiwan. five of the eight cars flipped over as all eight cars went off the tracks. they were built to travel 150 miles saying how fast the train was going as the cause of crash remains under investigation. taiwan's president said it's the islands worst train crash and nearly 30 years. >>> air b&b stepping in to help after severe flooding stood -- destroyed homes in parts of central texas. the open homes program is giving people a free place to stay at -- while they rebuild in 52 countries in texas have activa