russia increase the production and deployment of other mission -- missiles. let me ask you a few questions about the next steps in our attempts to bring russia back into compliance. has the united states asked russia to halt production of these missiles? that way the military situation does not deteriorate? >> we have had discussions with the russian counterparts, whether obligations are with compliance, and how they are violating the treaty. >> have we specifically asked them to halt production? >> we have told them to get back into compliance and show them examples of what that looks like. >> wouldn't halting production begin the process of getting them back into compliance? >> and discussions, i prefer not to talk about open dialogue on negotiations in an open setting. >> hiding behind things that are not classified and calling them classified are beyond the pale. does united states asked russia to provide an exhibition of the missile? that way u.s. experts can see as technical characteristics and determine if it can fly more than 500 kilometers, which would violate the treaty? >> i don't know, i don't know if other agencies have. >> not to my knowledge, senator. >> what steps does

russia's violations and further threatening european security. let me ask you a few questions about the next steps in our attempts to bring russia back into compliance. has the united states asked russia to halt production of the nine and the 7 to 9, so that the military situation doesn't further deteriorate during our discussions? >> we have had discussions with the russian counterparts, in our meeting on what is there obligations and how they are violating the treaty. >> how we specifically asked them to halt production of that? >> we have told him to get back into compliance and showed them examples of what that looks like. >> okay. >> wouldn't halting production begin the process of getting them back into print -- getting them back into compliance? >> hiding behind things that are not classified and calling them classified are beyond you know, the pay. me ask you this has the united states asked russia to provide an exhibition of the missile so u.s. experts can review its technical characteristics and determine whether it can fly more than 500 kilometers which would violate the treaty? >> i have not, i don't know if other agencies have. >> do you know of any? >> not t

hour donald trump ramped up his nuclear weapons threat warning that the united states intends to build up its atomic asked until russia and china quote come to their senses he declared that washington is planning to pull out of a key nuclear arms treaty with russia right here to the agreement this should have been done years ago but still people come to this that we have more money than anybody else by far we'll build it up until they come to their senses when they then lol. these are all. by the way not only will we do which i would love to do but right now they are not here to the agreement. the treaty is talking about there was signed back in nineteen eighty seven between the then soviet union and the united states now under the agreement all short and mid range nuclear and conventional missiles were eliminated apart from those launched from the sea the u.s. national security adviser john bolton and russia's foreign minister met a few hours ago for crunch talks in moscow he goes donald has more on that meeting . bombs and vies in fact has held the total of about six hours of talks five of them with the head of russ

kind like you mentioned russia and turkey being members of the so-called asked in a process france and germany members of the so-called small group which also includes the united states so russia and turkey now have the e.u. on the table but it's who is not here which is also significant and that is the united states the united states does not have much influence in syria but you can say that they control thirty percent of the country simply because they have a military presence in the kurdish region in the north east of syria are now mccraw and the french president discussing with before the summit the possibility of arranging a u.s. russia.

is not asking any questions about anything that involved president while president of united states, all questions relate to when donald trump was a private citizen and a candidate regarding russialusion nonsense. lou: well, question i would ask, what sense does that make? this has -- none. >> none. lou: he has trivialized just about everything associated with maximum charter he was given by rod rosenstein. >> this is an embarrassment for legal profession, deputy of justice, but. rod rosenstein created this monitomonster on purpose, he was engaged in discussion with corrupt fbi officials to record president of united states and president is keeping him for one reason, he has to get this mueller thing over with, when that done there will be no jeff sessions and no rod rosenstein that will be best thing that happened to this country in two years. >> it stunning. the fisa abuse, i have to say what congressman mark meadows came up with request of the court to investigate whether or not fbi was abusing the process, you know here we are, two years into this administration, two years intos fbi, and two years plus with fbi and special counsel investigating russia collusion. this is a fi

finances the european union norway russia and other countries have formally asked the world trade organization to set up a resolution panel to address the united states' higher tariffs for imported steel and aluminum the countries believe the tariffs are not allowed under the beauty of the rules establishment of the panel means the w t o members have failed to come up with a resolution among themselves and the w t o is now stepping in as an arbitrator the rulings of the paddle must be implemented immediately according to don't you t o rules. let's go straight to new york where our financial correspondent us cause is standing by hi yes well we've seen these tariffs they have been in effect a few months now have they really had any effect on u.s. business at all. you know we do see that costs are going up for companies who produce canned soups for example. all the way up to companies who make planes or cars but when we talk about steel we have tariffs of twenty five percent when it comes to minium it's only only ten percent or so that is manageable to a certain degree but we hear some companies actually pointing to some margin pressure and for sure the

the american servicemen were also asked to rank the greatest dangers facing the united states top of the list cyber terrorism followed by russia and china former pentagon official michael maloof believes key national threats are widely misunderstood. we have a looming a confrontation growing and so the troops may be right but i think it's probably in the wrong area i don't think it's going to be that china or russia that they should be concerned about and should be. doing something against iran and i think this latest case with jamal khashoggi cyber terrorism as such even against troops in the field is a very realistic concern especially when you consider the extent to which the u.s. military today relies on technology to look at the f. thirty five b. if if an e.m.p. went off and and they and they were able to successfully to freeze all electronic components of that aircraft it would be useless and it's a ninety million dollar airplane per copy the united states going a u.n. ambassador how to partly house apartment she's no idea what the united nations did before kicking up the post details of a leaked conversation have emerge

the european union, norway, russia, and other countries have asked the world trade organization to set up a resolution panel to address the united states higher tariffs for imported steel and aluminum. the countries believe the tariffs are not allowed under wto rules. that means that wto members have failed to come up with a resolution themselves and the wto is stepping in as arbitrator. the rulings must be implemented immediately according to wto rules. let's go straight to new york where our financial correspondent is standing by. we've seen these tariffs. they have been in effect a few months now. have they had any effect on u.s. business at all? >> we do see that costs are going up for companies who produce canned soups for example, soda, all the way up to companies who make planes or cars. when we talk about steel, we have tariffs of 25%. when it comes to aluminum it is only 10%. we hear some companies actually pointing to some margin pressure. they've tried to switch those cost increases to the consumer, who will feel some of the pain. on the other side, some companies profit from those higher tariffs. aluminum prices in the u.s.

therapy and union norway russia and other countries have formally asked the world trade organization to set up a resolution panel to address the united states' higher tariffs for imported steel and aluminum the countries believe the tariffs are not allowed under w t o rules establishment of the panel means to double duty of members have failed to come up with a resolution among themselves and the w t o is now stepping in as an arbitrator the rulings of the panel must be implemented immediately according to w t o rules. let's go straight to new york where our financial correspondent jim acosta is standing by hi yes well we've seen these tariffs they have been in effect a few months now have they really had any effect on u.s. business at all. you know we do see that costs are going up for companies who produce a canned soup for example a soda all the way up to companies who make planes or cars but when we talk about steel we have tariffs of twenty five percent when it comes to. only only ten percent or so that is manageable to a certain degree but we hear some companies actually pointing to some margin pressure and for sure they try to actual

ask for asylum, will the united states deny women and children. fox news. >>> president trump says he plans to withdrawal the 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 indi

how can we combat that and we are asking them to take down accounts and is the united states planning action against the type of entity whether it is russia another nonstate actor, that is continuing to take that. >> i think at some point this has become a level of conflict that i don't want to make a nuclear and allege he did as we have had land mines and chemical weapons we've been reluctant to use those tools. we ought to agree with our partners around the world that there ought to be some norms here and this gets us on the economic front more we've been talking about national security. western liberal democracy is not just in america but across europe. i managed to do pretty well in business. i don't think that modern american capitalism has worked for enough people and we need a political philosophy that moves o. some other way. we ought to have a system that says if you invest a thousand dollars and a computer we ought to at least treat them equally. now we favor the capital investment over the human investment index people are not going to work for the same job we need is social contract. one party is we are going to get you a bunc

state when at his confirmation hearing asked about human rights situations in china, russia, egypt, saudi arabia, the philippines said i'm not ready to judge. you're not ready to judge whether the unitedstates condemns execution. how much do you need to know? this went on with troubling softness on rights throughout the middle east, gutting the career service which we all know. the proposal to remove from the state department's mission statement democracy and human rights. i was assistant secretary for democracy, human rights and labor. both of them to my job. the attack on the icc, the downplaying of singapore, human rights, the withdraw from the human rights council. and then tillerson after one of the most pathetic terms of office inspired by treat. now, one of the most prominent areas, though, was trump's statement that torture works, will use waterboarding a lot worse in the first days of the administration executive order -- draft executive orders for flooding which would restore black sites and restoring enhanced interrogation tax pics. which is contrary to the obama position finally embedded in the framework's report just before obama left office. in torture as the well-known

asked that the greatest challenge of the united states of america. included joint chief of staff, mike mullen who said it's not china, not russia, not islamic terrorism. it's the american national debt. if we don't balance the budget and get our debt paid down and paid off, this country faces the risk ofof bankruptcy. they are elected to be leaders on the horizon and see what's coming and do something sooner rather than later. congressman peterson has been in office for 28 years are gone up from 3 trillion to 21 trillion. i will make that one of my very highest priorities we can talk about the farm bill in any other things.f if they go bankrupt, then all the rest of that is of very little use. we have to get back to balanced budgets which we did in the 1990s. >> closing statements. 90 seconds. dave hughes come here first. >> thank you aarp temporary public television proceeds night. my name is dave hughes come publican commerce and for minnesota seven. i am running for congress because i think the people ofev western minnesota needs true conservative leadership. congressman peterson has for years been lauded as being conservative but for his entire 2

ways that aren't just asking private companies to take down accounts, and is the united states planning offensive action against the type of, you know, entity -- whether it's russia non-state actor -- that's continuing to take that sort of damage -- >> i think we have to think about offensive capability. at some point, you know, this has become such a level of possible conflict, you know, that just as we've had -- i don't want to make the nuclear analogy, but just as we've had, you know, around land might bees and chemical weapons -- land mines and chemical weapons, certain things you say we're not going to do. we've been reluctant to use those tools. i think we ought to have some rules. we ought to agree with our partners around the world. but there ought to be some, there ought to be some norms here. and i also think, you know, there is, this gets us more on the economic front. we've been talking about national security. but, let's face it, there's, you know, western liberal democracy is under assault not just in america, it's across europe, you know, when you look at the change of the recent brazilian elections. and, you know, i was, i managed to do pretty wel

russia, the relationship with russia and the united states is in manyways perhaps much worse than it would have been had president trump not actually come int power. but when you asksident putin about that, he doesn't take thel bait, if you he doesn't -- he's not going to throw president trump under the bus. as far as president trump is concerned, this is a docratic party inspired conspiracy. they're justpngry aresident trump for winning the election. he thinks president trump won the election fair and square, and byhihe way, heks that the democrats have it out for him and russia, as well. r he didn't give any... make any suggestilly that because things are not sort of coming, turning out as he was hoping in rms of russian-american relations, he blde it clear he wasn't going thme donald trump himself for that. >> schifrin: but he did have some criticism of president trump, and specifically of ast ement president trump made last week some first let's listen to that. g is is a statement of president trump speak the u.n. general assembly referring to the leading oilngrodu countries of opec, which is led by saudi arabia. >> we defend many of these nations for noting,

asked the question. there is another side to this. since the end of the cold war, the united states have been very actively involved in internal affairs in russiaave seen to the development ofnot develop -- nongovernment organizations and other means. the united states has been very active in influencing political events within the russian federation itself. ok? as a means of trying to undermine their sovereignty. we've also seen the expansion of nato to their borders, missile-defense right on their ukraine,the events in which on many accounts, was an active coup led by western countries, the support of the dictator in georgia for that conflict took place. so i was wondering if you could elaborate a little bit on the other side of this story, if you could. thank you. guest: it is a good question. these are vladimir putin's arguments. this is what he points to. are you kidding me? you guys are crawling all over our country, interfering in our affairs all of time, refusing to respect the sphere of influence in our region that we think we should be entitled to, lecturing us in ukraine. you have people in ukraine working with the government that se

united states and then he uses them like that. and makes them look stupid. in response to trump accusing her of collusion with russia, hillary clinton tweeted yesterday, seriously, you asked me on national television. our next guest is author avenue book that concludes with reasonable certainty that russia, russian help was crucial to trump's win. it's entitled "cyber war how russian hackers and trolls helped elect a president. what we can't, don't and do know." professor of connection at the university of pennsylvania, kathleen hall jamison joins us now. also with us staff writer for the atlantic, covering national security and the intelligence natasha bertran and staff writer for "the new yorker". there's a new piece entitled "was there a connection between a russia bank and the trump campaign." a lot of questions to get answered this morning and professor jamison, i would like to start with you. the conclusion that your book makes draws a little bit more of a direct line. how do you get there finally. i know it's hard to answer on the air, but give it a try. >> three ways. troll, imposters, hacking on social media. and the possible influence of russia disinformation, j

russia with the president of united states? [inaudible] >> there's no choice. you are obliged to the forthright and fulsome with whatever sense of intelligence you have. >> let me ask you this question about our friends of democracy never quit talking about a a symptom that message of a cause. years ago, and it article, the unit history which posited essentially that the world had come to the conclusion that market democracy of liberal democracy wasn't in . come anybody agreed this was the way record organize our society in the future. three or four years ago president obama spoke regularly about a more art of universe that was long bent toward justice. there was a kind of feeling for the previous several presidencies that time and human behavior were on a dislike on the site for democracy, democratic development and that we were aiming toward something, for the widespread adoption of an american model. i'm surprised, a lot of other people were surprised but just how fragile this idea is and him winning if that for you is among the bigger surprises of the last couple of years or how you think about the durability of american democracy and the democratic experiment?