which respect from the ukraine and its allies? mr. chaly: with the ukraine should do now is an promilitary capabilities, proof military capabilities. combinationronger in terms of intelligence. it is easy to understand this is blackmail, attempts to accuse ukraine. everybody understands, we need to exchange information. we need to be prepared for any development of this situation. it is relative to the 21st century, and russia's approach in geopolitics. what we need to do also, we stand against the violation of human rights, including crimea. the ukrainian state now even goes further. we are ready, and president poroshenko mentioned -- i believe they will go back to this territory and i believe this -- will lean closer to europe. we mostly pay attention to development. development, and make the ukrainian territory more traffic for everyone, including some people in -- more attractive for everyone, including some people in crimea. salaries,think about and they say the ukraine was the key in not proposing this -- now they understand thi

but first we go to ukraine.ver since russia's annexation of the crimean peninsula two years ago and the subsequent military conflict in eastern ukraine, tensions have been extremely high between the two countries. the fragile ceasefire that was in place may now be crumbling amid a recent upsurge in violence. in today's report, we take a look at the situation of refugees from russia, people whose criticism of their government forced them to flee their homes and seek a new life in neighboring ukraine. reporter: little remains of alexei vetrov's former life in nizhny novorod. some pictures of demonstrations, some files on his laptop. alexei tells us that he's the one carrying the poster. >> nostalgia and bitterness. that's what i feel when i look at these pictures. i've had to move on. my old life is over. reporter: alexei fled russia two years ago. eventually he ended up in this hostel in kyiv, ukraine. each of the rooms is shared by 10 people. for his one and a half square meters alexei pays 40 euros a month in r

murdered in ukraine.gainst theght ukrainian government, i felt in and had twome point small kids, and i decided that it's not safe anymore to stay in the united states government gave me support and gave me a chance for a new life. >> is your message getting through to the ukraine? and what is that message? message -- i my would say my mission is to to build bridges between my country, the united states and my country, ukraine. , and i both are mine feel very related to my nation, to ukraine. at the same time, this country gave me a new life, so i want to connect. that is the major thing. i want to give them more about the world around me in ukraine because we are broadcasting to ukraine, and i see that our message is heard, as we are basically serving a surrogate studio for all ukrainian tv channels. none of ukrainian media have representation here in the united states. basically, if they reach to us for help and we are covering all lot of. stories, a international stories, and a lot , somerican politics

ukraine, he was murdered in ukraine and during my fight against ukrainian government, i felt very, i mean i felt in danger at some point. and, had two small kids. and i decided that it is, it is not safe anymore to stay in ukraine. and the united states government gave me support and give me a chance for a new life here in the united states. >> is your message getting through to the ukraine? and what is that message you want to share? >> my message is, actually, what i see, my mission is to inform as it says here, to build bridges between my country united states and my country, ukraine because both are mine and i feel very related to, to my nation, to ukrainians. at same time this country gave me new life. that i connect. i want to give them more understanding about the world around because we are broadcasting in ukraine. i see our message are heard and we're basically serving here in ukraine, we're serving as a studio for all ukrainian tv channels. none of the ukraine media have representation here in the united states. so basically they reach to us for help and we are covering all

tom burridge, bbc news, southern ukraine. katty: a tense border between ukraine and crimea. quick look at other news around the world. president obama has declared the u.s. state of louisiana a disaster area after unprecedented flooding caused by torrential rain. the move makes federal-aid available in the worst affected districts. at least six people have died and emergency services have rescued more than 20,000 people. one of the worst affected areas is the louisiana capital, baton rouge. authorities in the american city of milwaukee have defended their police force after a black man were shot dead on saturday. it triggered a two nights of rioting. officials say the suspect had a gun when he was shot and the officer who shot him was also black. the city mayor and police chief accused outsiders of deliberately trying to incite unrest and cause damage. for over a month the indian state of kashmir has been rocked by demonstrations. more than 50 people of been killed and 5000 injured in clashes between police and protesters who demand independence for kashmir. special report f

in ukraine, he was murdered in ukraine during my fight against ukrainian government i felt very -- i mean i felt in danger at some point and had two small kids and i decided that it is not safe anymore to stay in ukraine. and united states government gave me support and gave me a chance for a new life here in the united states. >> host: is your message getting through to the ukraine? what is that message if you want to share? >> guest: my message is actually what i see my mission is; it to inform and build the bridges between my country and the united states and my country and ukraine because both are mine. i feel very related to my nation, to ukrainians, and at the same time this country gave me a new life so i want to connect. i want to give them more understanding about the world around meaning ukrainians because we are broadcasting to ukraine. and i see that our message our heard. we are serving the ukrainian se services for all ukrainian tv channels. none of the media has a representation here in the united states. so basically they reach to us were fr help and we are covering a

he is not going into ukraine, just so understand. he is not going to go into ukraine, all right.ou can mark it down. put it down. take it any way -- >> he is already there, isn't he. >> frankly, that whole part of the world is a mess, under obama, with all the strength that you're talking about, and all of the power of nato and all of this, in the meantime, he is going -- he takes crimea, he is sort of, i mean -- >> you said you might recognize that. >> i'm going to take a look at it. the people of crimea, from what i've heard, would rather be with russia than where they were. >> so here is the thing. putin did make a military move, when he seized the country's crimea penisula. >> donald trump is out on twitter trying to clarify what he meant to say in that interview with abc yesterday. he put out two tweets just now. what i said in an interview that putin is not going into ukraine, you can mark it down, i'm saying if i'm president, already in crimea, following that up, so with all of the obama tough talk on russia and the ukraine, they've taken crimea and continued to push. that

here is some footage from ukraine's military television.n armed revolt against kiev broke out in eastern ukraine, savchenko volunteered for combat duty. moscow-backed separatists captured her, and she was brought before a russian court. international observers called it a show trial with fabricated charges. she was sentenced to 22-years in prison. at home, nadiya savchenko became a hero. this may, she was unexpectedly released. her return to kiev stirred emotions. she announced that she wanted to go into politics. she even set her sights on the presidency. >> to be able to change the powers of the presidency and the structures of the country, to make laws useful to the people, and to battle corruption, one would have to become a dictator holding all the power. and later return the power to the people. >> savchenko's flirtation with the idea of absolute power breaks taboos -- even in ukraine. relations between savchenko and president petro poroshenko were reserved from the beginning, even as he honored her with the title "heroine of ukraine"

>> because it's who he was dealing with in ukraine. first of all, it would be important if these were, in fact, illegal payments made which has not been proven. that's part of the corruption case. what's important in terms of this election is that the person that he was basically supporting or working for in the ukraine is allied now very closely with vladimir putin. obviously has very strong russian ties. there's no real direct connection between paul manafort and russia and/or putin other than they had this client or paul manafort had this client who is now very much allied with vladimir putin. >> all right. drew griffin, thank you very much. i appreciate that. i want to bring in cnn presidential historian douglas brinkley and ambassador james woolsley and jill dougherty of the cannon institute in washington, she joins us via skype. i'm so glad to have all of you on for this. this a very interesting and intriguing story we've been dealing with here. jill, i want to get your per perspective. you lived in russia. you reported for condi

so that is a fact that russia not only in ukraine, but also unfortunately have troops in ukraine. >>that sound bite right there? >> well, not only the sound bite, but everybody else was sprurprise ed about the fact, because we are concerned that mr. trump do not have all of the fact, and for example those who have approved the gop platform, and it is my concern that it is a contradiction of the gop platform, taand the republicans and the democrats by the way, with the purchase and the support of ukraine and the weapons approved in the congress, and so this is a public statement by mr. trump that is in contradiction of this. >> and to be clear, the republican party does not have a platform calling for a lethal weapons to ukraine to defend against russia, but you wish it did and you wish that had not been taken out of the republican platform? >> and before, mr. trump mentioned about the crimea and the lift of the sanctionsb it can be discussion, but now it is in contradiction with the official position of the united states, and the republican platform, and so that is a lack of strategy

but i still feel somewhat uneasy in ukraine, becaue ukraine won't grant me asylum.ey won't give me permission to stay here. reporter: alexei's application for asylum was turned down. he still doesn't understand why and believes the reasons he was given were just flimsy excuses. he's not alone in his plight. since the annexation of crimea, ukraine has approved only about 5 percent of aslyum applications from russians. next alexei pays a visit to maxym butkewytsch, a human rights activist who helps people obtain legal assistance. he's been seeing more and more russian refugees. according to the united nations, alexei meets the criteria for refugee status. >> paradoxically, the unhcr recognizes me as a refugee, but ukraine doesn't -- on the basis of the very same convention. reporter: maxym butkewytsch says he's heard many similar stories. ukraine's government dismisses such allegations. but its human rights ombudsman admits it's a complex situation. >> we do not have a policy of rejecting asylum applications coming from people who have fled russia. there's no such pol

and waing war in part of ukraine. here's russia, on the right side of the map. you see ukraine on the bottom and latvia, those are the bat tick states. vice president biden announing he will be visiting latvia to try to soothe their concerns we won't defend them against russia. until 2014 in ukraine, russia did not apparently feel compelled to claw away at its border with ukraine and take over pieces of that country largely because russia had their own guy in control of that country, installed a russia friendly viktor yanukovych, and this pro-russia pro-putin dictator in ukraine as his top political advisor in ukraine an american, experienced american political pro who kept an office in kiev, moved to kev part-time, this american political guru who basically orchestrated yanukovych's rise to power as putin's guy as president in ukraine. popular upriings in ukraine ultimately threw yanukovych out. after that he went scurrying back to russia and thanked putin for rescing him after he was thrown out of power in his own c

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they're not going into ukraine the person said but they're already in ukraine.at was two years ago i mean, do you want to go back, you want to have world war iii to get it back? that was during obama's watch? so during obama's watch -- you know all the tough guy statements, right? so he talks about donald trump is not strong on russia. first of all, i have to say this, wouldn't it be great if we got along with russia? am i wrong in saying that wouldn't it be great? [ cheers and applause ] you know, russia, like us, has nuclear weapons, folks. it would be really nice if we got along with russia and others that we don't get along with right now and wouldn't it be nice if we teamed up with russia and others, including surrounding states and maybe nato and we knocked the hell out of isis and got rid of these people? wouldn't that be nice? [ cheers and applause ] but even beyond that, even beyond that putin said some very good things about me. people say oh, trump's going to be weak with putin because putin is saying nice things about me. okay, all right. and i said

the territory was annexed from ukraine two years ago. comes after russia accused ukraine of mounting an incursion into crimea. for more on what this escalation could mean, i spoke a brief time ago with a former state department official, now at the mccain institute. why is this flaring up now? >> the russians claim the ukrainians are trying to launch an incursion and stage terrorist acts in crimea. the ukrainians have denied this. let's remember that a little over two years ago russia a nnexed crimea from ukraine. they invaded it rather stealthily, annexed it and moved further into eastern ukraine after the success in crimea. this is recognized by the international community as ukrainian territory. but it is currently occupied by russia. rajini: things are escalating. could this be the brink of war? >> tensions are certainly heightened, no doubt about it. we have seen military movements. it could be a normal rotation of forces by the russians in crimea, but the ukrainians have upped readiness of their forces along the crimean border and

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it's possible the russians want to change the way negotiations about ukraine are run.currently it's in the context of the normandy four, which is france, germany, ukraine, and russia. president putin says that's not possible to do anymore, although, in ukraine, they say that it still is. another thing that could be happening is the russians have decided that that he want to put ukraine on notice, and that they decided that this is sort of the best way to do it. >> brangham: all right, andrew roth of the "washington post," thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you. >> brangham: the islamic militant group boko haram has released a video that purports to show dozens of the nearly 300 nigerian girls it abducted from their school more than two years ago. in the video, posted today to twitter, one of the girls says that 40 of them have been married to militant men, and that some girls have been killed in nigerian air strikes aimed at the militant camps. while a militant held her microphone, she also appealed to the nigerian government to free jailed members of boko ha

he's not going to go into ukraine, all right? you can mark it down, you can put it down, you can take it -- >> he's already there, isn't he? >> well, he's there in a certain way. but i'm not there. you have obama there, and frankly, that whole part of the world is a mess under obama. with all the strength you're talking about and all of the power of nato and all of this. in the meantime, he takes crimea, he's sort of -- >> but you said you might recognize that. >> i'm going to take a look at it, but the people from crimea, from what i've heard, would rather be with russia than where they were. >> sam, should voters be concerned that mr. trump seems to not understand the geopolitical situation between russia and crimea, that he fumbled that answer, essentially? >> i think, you know, i've run for office and i would -- the phenomena i thought of when i was listening to the interview, mr. trump was thinking about something else and he answered the question when he was thinking about something else. and i'm not trying to offer an excu

he's not going into ukraine. he's not going to go into ukraine.mark it down. >> he's already there. >> well he's there in a certain way but i'm not there yet. you have obama there and frankly that whole part of the world is a mess under obama with all the strength that you're talking about and all the power of nato and all of this in the meantime he's going away. he takes crimea. >> but you said you might recognize that. >> i'm going to take a look at it but the people of crimea would rather be with russia than where they were and you have to look at that also. >> that reminds me of a painful episode. >> how so. >> well, he is doing something on the history of russia and and made the mistake of blaming fdr and said that the soviets were allowed to roll their tanks into eastern europe he wrote on my paper, western they already there? and he said good point. >> good thing you didn't do that interview. >> exactly. that's exactly what happened yesterday. he is not going into ukraine and channelling him, isn't he already there? he is. it's amazing that

ukraine describes the claim is fake. also coming up, fighting in and around the besieged city of aleppo has cut off water supplies to 2 million people. the u.n. is calling for urgent access to the syrian city to bring in food and water. and germany is set to introduce tough new antiterrorism measures said to include deporting foreigners, planning attacks and breaching doctor-patient confidentiality. thank you very much for joining us. russia has accused ukraine of carrying out to arm grades on the crimean peninsula. a ukrainian province russia annexed in 2014. russia says the attempted incursions were aimed at hitting key infrastructures and were boarded despite the test of a soldier and russian intelligence officer. the attacks reportedly happened last weekend. russian authorities have not explained why it has taken three days to release the details. ukraine has called the information fake. our correspondent is standing by in moscow. what more do we know about this? guest: what we do know is the russian president reacte

he's not going to go into ukraine. >> except russia already annexed part of ukraine two years ago. lawrence wilkerson is here on that. >>> plus, the avalanche of allegations against the man who spent decades shaping the psychology of the american right. now the presidential debates could be in jeopardy and why fire marshals are now enemy number one for donald trump. >> now because of your fire marshal, who i am not a fan of [ cheers and applause ] -- he's probably a democrat, probably a guy that doesn't get it. >> when "all in" starts right now. >>> good evening from new york, i'm chris hayes. today donald trump launched day four of his personal war on a grieving muslim american family who lost their son in the war in iraq and who would have been barred from immigrating this to country under trump's proposed muslim ban. the republican nominee's vendetta against the parents of army captain humayun khan who died after standing in the way of a car carrying a suicide bomb echoes his attacks on the judge overseeing a fraud case against trump university who trump insisted was biased due

many in ukraine disagree and fear a russian invasion. today ukraine put up a brave front. correspondent benjamin hall is in kiev tonight. >> reporter: ukraine might have left the soviet 25 years ago next week but they haven't forgotten how to hold a military parade. today they prepared for a milestone on the 24th. but hours earlier vladimir putin visited crimea and met with his powerful security council, a stark reminder that russia against controls parts of ukraine. these troops are preparing to celebrate their independence, but in the east of the country their colleague ks are believing that russia may be planning an all-out invasion. a celebration and a symbol. a symbol that their military is ready to fight for independence even if it is dwarfed by their neighbors. onlookers agree. >> here now i see we can protect ourself. that makes me happy. >> reporter: it was a week ago that russia claims it did arrest saboteurs entering from crimea. and putin threatened the act would not go unpunished. >> translator: we are not going to cut off our relations with the ukraine despit

so in ukraine, at least, they're continuing to investigate.important to remember ukraine's a very poor country. people there struggle to get by. average salaries might be around $100 a month. and that this money was either extorted from businesses or it was undocumented donations to a political party that was highly corrupt and regarded as highly corrupt now. that this money was taken out of the country possibly by a fellow american is upsetting and this is on a level that is disgusted in ukraine, they're eager to get to the bottom of this and find out why this large payment was made. >> andrew kramer, thank you. >>> according to the "the wall street journal", donald trump, you are on the clock, ascathing editorial. >>> plus, violence in a major american city after the police shooting of an african-american man. will body camera video show the same story that the officers are giving? i have asthma... ...one of many pieces in my life. so when my asthma symptoms kept coming back on my long-term control medicine. i talked to my doctor and found a

joins us now live from eastern ukraine. phil, of course, ukraine might be celebrating 25 years of independence from the soviet union but on the ground in eastern ukraine, the battle for independence continues. so, how much worse might this fighting get? how might it escalate, perhaps, from here? >> reporter: well, rosemary, it is an active war, and what we've seen in recent months, an intensifying one. so, for some months now, greater violence, more casualties, including civilians. add to that russian military maneuvers and a real increase in the aggressive nature of the rhetoric between ukraine and russia. that is why the ukrainian government and some international analysts are suggesting that the possibility of a wide scale open conflict is now suddenly looking more likely again. there is another view, however, and that this could be russia, if you like, increasing the stakes, creating leverage to try and use in further talks that could perhaps portray ukraine as the unreliable partner in any sort of peace process, thus a

he's not going into ukraine, just so you understand.rs he's not going to go into ukraine. you can mark it down. you can put it down.. >> he's there, isn't he? >> he's there in a certain way, but i'm not there. you have obama there.er >> reporter: critics point out vladimir putin and russia are in ukraine now. let's look at some facts. you're talking about crimea, on the black sea, and the region in eastern ukraine. first crimea. in 1991, as the soviet union dissolved, ukraine and russia became separate nations. voters in crimea were split, but they voted 54% for ukrainian independence. protests erupted and in 2014, ukrainians pushed out a pro-russian government in kiev. in crime, yeah unidentified forces, no flags on their uniform, foment an uprising an a referendum going the other way,h in favor of russia. then russia annexed crimea with international outcry but little bloodshed. meanwhile, war broke out as militant separatists took over towns and fought ukrainianan government forces in a war that continues today. the key question: what was russia's role? we know russian

many in ukraine disagree and fear a russian invasion. today ukraine put up a brave front.ondent benjamin hall is in kiev tonight. >> reporter: ukraine might have left the soviet 25 years ago next week but they haven't forgotten how to hold a military parade. today they prepared for a milestone on the 24th. but hours earlier vladimir putin visited crimea and met with his powerful security council, a stark reminder that russia against controls parts of ukraine. these troops are preparing to celebrate their independence, but in the east of the country their colleague ks are believing that russia may be planning an all-out invasion. a celebration and a symbol. a symbol that their military is ready to fight for independence even if it is dwarfed by their neighbors. onlookers agree. >> here now i see we can protect ourself. that makes me happy. >> reporter: it was a week ago that russia claims it did arrest saboteurs entering from crimea. and putin threatened the act would not go unpunished. >> translator: we are not going to cut off our relations with the ukraine despite the cu

donald trump has clarified when he said putin would not go into ukraine. he said when he was president. he said he wasn't ignorant that putin had gone into ukraine. >> i watched the interview and it seemed he didn't have the full set of facts when he answered the question of george stephanopoulos. more troubling to me is he mightimight be willing to recognize the annexation of crimea. >> crimea had a referendum, voted to leave ukraine and rejoin russia. but the concept of this, if trump is supporting the idea that people should have the right to vote on who leads them, what would be inherently wrong with that, general? >> inherently wrong is that the history of post world war ii europe, the lines are the lines. every nation has internal tensions. if you begin to change any of the lines, all lines are up for grabs and now we've got an increasingly unstable situation in europe. >> so just in terms of the practicality, what you're talking about is stabilization is more important and it's the more pragmatic and right goal than just a straight democracy. >> tha

here is some footage from ukraine's military television.st kiev broke out in eastern ukraine, savchenko volunteered for combat duty. moscow-backed separatists captured her, and she was brought before a russian court. international observers called it a show trial with fabricated charges. she was sentenced to 22-years in prison. at home, nadiya savchenko became a hero. this may, she was unexpectedly released. her return to kiev stirred emotions. she announced that she wanted to go into politics. she even set her sights on the presidency. >> to be able to change the powers of the presidency and the structures o of the country, to make laws useful to the people, and to battle corruption, one would have to become a dictator holding all the power. and later return the power to the people. >> savchenko's flirtation with the idea of absolute power breaks taboos -- even in ukraine. relations between savchehenko ad president petro poroshenko were reserved from the beginning, even as he hononored her with te title "heroine of ukraine". her r populari

. >> thes has been quietly involved in ukraine, u.s. troops seen here, training with ukrainian forces earlier this month. putin's end game is confusing everybody, though. while playing aggressor in ukraine, he is also offering support in syria and today shows just how much of a role he is willing to play by sending bombers to attack isis from a base nir an. >> putin wants to make a deal. he's using every possible way to force the u.s. to the table. >> many people think they could do more. it seems as if putin holds many of the cards. countries surrounding him aren't able to stand up to russia and many influential ones like the u.s. just don't have the appetite. it's likely he will keep trying as long as he can get away with it. sharon? >> we'll talk about that with the panel. benjamin, thank you. >>> back here at home, much consternation about guantanamo bay. 15 more terror suspects have left the prison. traveling with president obama, our report from martha's vine yard. >> according to the pentagon, these are the faces of the enemy, al

in eastern ukraine. ukraine's u.n. ambassador, volodymyr yelchenko, said russia's accusations are false. he says all but one member of the council have pledged to respect territorial integrity. >> let's hope, and, well, this is my biggest hope, is that with this discussion or this discussion will help russian position to understand they cannot continue this kind of behavior. >> russia's u.n. ambassador, vitaly churkin, said he hopes ukrainians would be prudent enough to not further the escalation and asked the united states not to meddle by seeking a security council resolution. the diplomatic spat comes as shelling intensifies between government troops and pro-russian separatists in eastern ukraine. >>> in other news, a wave of coordinated explosions have struck tourist destinations in southern thailand. the blasts have killed four people and wounded 34 others. among the injured are ten foreigners in the seaside town. roselyn debhavalya in bangkok has been following the story. >> police have ordered a s

from ukraine to pau12 million in off the books cash payments. from ukraine to paul . million in off the books cash payments. from ukraine to pau7 million in off the books cash payments. from ukraine to paul manafort. manafort called the allegation silly and nonsensical. >> reporter: this is andrea mitchell in scranton, where hillary clinton is going after donald trump where he's strongest, with white working class voters. trump is counting on them to give him his best and perhaps only shot at the white house. clinton today bringing along scranton's hometown hero to make his case, even stopping at his childhood home. >> if you're worried about your job, then there's only one person in this election who will possibly help you and that is hillary clinton. >> we're going to make the biggest investment in new good paying jobs since world war ii. >> reporter: joe biden telling me trump's economic plan doesn't add up. >> he has no notion what he's talking about. and just look at his budget. >> reporter: what do you say to white, not college educated men in pennsylvania, in s

new tensions in ukraine and crimea. you contain putting troops on combat alert on the russian border after accused of sending across the border two russian soldiers died. who here is the ukraine representative to the united nations speaking about that today. >> president putin had made a statement in which he accused ukraine in making provocations along the border with crimea, which sounds absolutely ridiculous. >> charles, you want to touch that one? >> it's completely ridiculous. it's reminiscent. hitler started world war ii by invading poland and his subterfuge was, his story was that the polls had actually attacked germany. it's completely implausible. this is putin who in the waning days of the bush administration detached two provinces from georgia. he sees weakness in the white house, a president who has -- wouldn't even give defensive weapons to ukraine. the europeans want to abolish sanctions. he has now made up with turkey. he is in a very strong position. he would expect no resistance. i think he is ready to

trump's response was -- you can see for yourself. >> he is not going into ukraine. he is not going to go into ukraine. you can lock it down. >> he's already there, isn't he? >> he is there in a certain way, but i'm not there. obama is. that whole part of the world is a mess under obama. john: with foreign-policy experts slamming trump for his unawareness that russia has been in ukraine since 2014, trunk tried to clarify or amend his statement. he tweeted -- what i said in an interview that putin is not going into ukraine, you can mark it down, i'm saying if i'm president. already in crimea! voters, obviously, not speaking down to them, but they don't know generally a lot about crimea or ukraine, and they are not interested in the details of foreign-policy. given all of that, why does this matter? mark: because the filter is powerful. what trump has done about putin, talking about praising putin through the middle of last week, through the stories about paul manafort and ukraine, to trump's statements about what happened with the platform, it adds up to near universa

, they're not going into ukraine, the person said but they're already in ukraine.i said yeah, well that was two years ago. that's, i mean, you want to go back? you want to have world war iii to get it back? that was during obama's watch. >> all this unfolding at a key juncture in the election. both nominees will soon start receiving intelligence briefings. barbara starr joins us with details. so these intelligence briefings, do we know when the candidates will be getting them? >> reporter: the intelligence community is prepared to begin the briefings at any time, make the offer to both the presidential and vice presidential candidates and set up a location, secure location where they can meet with them and offer these briefings. these have been going on for years every election cycle but this year, like everything else, a lot of drama involved. the republicans don't think hillary clinton should get a briefing. the democrats don't think donald trump should get a briefing. but the intelligence community indeed is making an offer to all four candidates to give them an

to ukraine.i see our message and we are basically serving here in ukraine, we are serving as a guest studio for all ukrainian ukrainian tv channels. none of the ukrainian media have representation in the united states. basically they reach to us for help and we are covering all the u.s. stories and international stories in american politics stories for ukraine and different televisions from here in the united states. we are playing a very vital role for ukrainian media. not only informing but even getting incentive. ukrainian story is still developing and there's a lot of independency on all a gar and they are still trying to use their media outlet as a tool and what we do at voice of america, we show them how to do a fair, unbiased television information. >> your ceo described you as the tom brokaw of ukraine. what is your reach? you been gone for 15 years. what is your reach like now? >> last year we had 7 million viewers for one of our television shows so basically it's around 18%. we have 18%

why does it matter at home what putin is doing with the military in the ukraine?s is out of the putin p y playbo playbook. he creates instability and using false claims to create it. and then justifies the use of his military and deflects theous of that military. that was false claims in crimia and seized and annexed it. and false claims in europe and i am sorry, i said eastern europe. this play bock is coming again. he wants the instability and notes inially a military objective but he is attacking in three locations. he creates instability and he uses it as a leverage for negotiations to it stop the instability and bring it to it a halt. and in the intro is 100 percent accurate. sanctions have hurt putin and he wants them removed and this is an attempt to go after that. and at home, he has elections coming in duma and local regional elections and his party is up for election. he wants a decisive victory and seen that he is in control. >> how much has it to do with putin would rather with president obama who he has steam rolled rather than roll the dice and see w